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The committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol will hold its final event on Monday, during which it will release publicly its list of criminal referrals and vote to publish its final report two days later.
Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) told reporters Tuesday that the committee has escalated its timeline for a public-facing event that will cap its more than yearlong investigation.
“We looked at the schedule, and it appears we can complete our work a little bit before that. So why not get it to the public as quick as we can,” he said.
Thompson said the panel has not finalized the referrals but is considering “five or six categories,” with the committee flagging behavior for entities such as the Justice Department, the House Ethics Committee and professional associations including bar associations.
“Some referrals go one place. Some go another,” he said.
While the committee’s final meeting was set to be Dec. 21, the panel will instead release its final report that day.
The criminal referrals are expected to walk through what laws the committee alleges were violated in the plot leading up to the attack by a group that could include former President Trump, White House leaders like chief of staff Mark Meadows, and attorneys advising Trump like Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman. Jeffrey Clark, a DOJ attorney Trump weighed installing as attorney general to forward his baseless claims into voter fraud, may also be on the list.
It would be up to the Justice Department to determine whether it wishes to pursue any prosecution based on the committee’s recommendations.
The panel has hinted the GOP lawmakers who rebuffed its subpoenas could be referred to the House Ethics Committee, often criticized for failing to do more aggressive policing of its members.
Still, it may be the only option for the panel to address the subpoenas that were ignored by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) and Reps. Scott Perry (Pa.), Jim Jordan (Ohio), Andy Biggs (Ariz.) and Mo Brooks (Ala.).
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), one of the Jan. 6 panel’s members, previously said the constitution “makes it clear that Congress doesn’t hold members of Congress accountable in the judiciary or other places in the government.”
The panel could also make referrals to bar associations for the numerous lawyers that aided Trump in challenging the outcome of the 2020 election, with some already facing penalties for making false claims in court about baseless allegations of voter fraud.
Giuliani earlier this month took the stand before the District of Columbia Bar in a disciplinary hearing before its Board on Professional Responsibility that could result in the loss of his law license. Giuliani has already had his New York law license suspended, which he is appealing.
Clark is likewise facing disciplinary action before the board.
And Sidney Powell, another attorney for the Trump campaign, is facing the loss of her law license in Texas.
Updated at 4:07 p.m. | 2022-12-13T22:22:32+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/insurrection/jan-6-panel-to-release-criminal-referrals-next-week/ |
Bleisure vacations blend business with time off in the new, work-from-home era
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Bleisure vacations blend business with time off in the new, work-from-home era
A plane takes flight with palm trees blowing in the wind below.
The COVID-19 pandemic has flipped our understanding of life on its head—especially when it comes to work.
Though work-from-home at first seemed to be a temporary trend, employees are increasingly staying home by choice rather than necessity even as workplaces have reopened. In January 2022, Pew Research found 59% of employed adults reported working from home all or most of the time; 61% of that group said they were doing so out of personal preference.
Some claim hybrid working has made balancing their personal and professional lives easier, but others say it has made it more difficult. Employees report losing out on the social aspect of interacting with coworkers face-to-face.
There is now a whole new world of hybrid working arrangements available, and the relative mental health, productivity, and creativity benefits of each are being explored and appraised. Workcations, for instance, are when employees work remotely from an exciting location they can take advantage of during their off-hours, as digital nomads have done for years.
Bleisure travel is when an employee combines a business trip with the opportunity for leisure, often by extending the trip by a weekend. Bounce looked into the details behind the growing popularity of bleisure travel using sources from across the internet, including the Society for Human Resource Management, the Atlantic, and TripActions.
Bleisure trips offer similar advantages and disadvantages as hybrid work at large. Expanding one’s creativity, productivity, and motivation through novel experiences is lucrative—so long as one follows the advice below to balance work with personal time, and making sure that work doesn’t take precedence while out of town.
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What are bleisure trips?
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“Bleisure” trips are when an employee turns a typical business trip into an opportunity to add in nonwork activities. One may bring friends or family along or extend the journey after business meetings are over to squeeze in some sightseeing, relaxing, or other personal time before heading home. During bleisure trips, the company will typically cover accommodation and expenses during the work period, and the employee will be responsible for funding any add-ons or additional time.
Employees and employers need to consider several things before taking a bleisure trip. For example, if an employee works odd hours off-site, who is responsible for ensuring a safe workspace? What about wages and hours? For instance, will the employee be allowed to work in a different time zone? If so, do certain hours need to overlap with the home office? How will working hours and leisure hours be distinguished?
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Bleisure trips are on the rise
A woman types on her laptop on an airplane.
Even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, travel expense software company Navan (formerly TripActions) reported that more than one-third of business travelers were tacking on extra weekends before or after work-related travel. The company says this indicated people were combining personal and business travel.
As of 2021, 66% of companies either plan to or already explicitly allow adding leisure time to business trips, according to the U.S. Corporate Travel Report 2020-24 by Phocuswright.
Bleisure-friendly work environments are becoming more frequently touted in job descriptions as lucrative perks. The Global Business Travel Association reports that global business travel hit a whopping $754 billion in 2021, and it’s only increasing—GBTA expects it to exceed $1.48 trillion in 2024.
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How bleisure impacts work-life balance
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Employees eager to take advantage of the opportunity for a bleisure trip should carefully consider the pros and cons. On the one hand, working remotely and building our own schedules can provide flexibility for better work-life balance, which offers mental health benefits. However, it also blurs the lines between one’s personal and professional lives and further challenges a worker to disengage, relax, and refresh from work.
Despite still being busy with tasks, bleisure workers have reported feeling rejuvenated simply from the novelty of experiencing an unknown environment. New experiences have proven benefits for one’s capacity for creativity, motivation, and productivity. Swapping the office for a more nature-focused and daylight-filled area can offer health benefits—which could arguably help avoid burnout and cut back on sick leave that employees would otherwise take further down the line.
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Tips for successful bleisure trips
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It is certainly possible to have both a productive and enjoyable bleisure trip, so long as one openly communicates and plans ahead of time.
Employees should receive explicit permission from their employer before the trip to ensure both sides have equal expectations surrounding communication, working hours, and other aspects. Be proactive in making sure your accommodation away has reliable WiFi, outlets, printers, and any other equipment you may require. Ensuring your workspace is private and free of distractions and noise is essential. Finally, set boundaries for yourself, so you let coworkers know when they can reach you—and when you’re officially off the clock. Protecting time off is important so you don’t end up working endlessly without taking the valuable opportunity for activity and rejuvenation that a bleisure vacation offers.
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distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio. | 2023-03-02T10:09:03+00:00 | keyt.com | https://keyt.com/stacker-travel/2023/03/01/bleisure-vacations-blend-business-with-time-off-in-the-new-work-from-home-era/ |
Campaign Highlights the Many Faces and Stories of the Goodwill Job Seeker
ROCKVILLE, Md., May 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Goodwill Industries International, the leading nonprofit provider of job training and placement services in North America, today announced the national debut of their "New Lives" ad campaign. The campaign tells a compelling story about how donations to Goodwill help change lives by supporting individuals who face various challenges on their path to employment.
Consumers know about Goodwill retail stores, but many are not aware that this household brand's mission is to provide people with support to empower themselves and thrive through training, development and employment. People receive employment support and other human services through Goodwill and, in 2022, they helped more than 2 million people access resources, build skills and advance careers.
This campaign features the many faces and stories of Goodwill job seekers, what they have overcome, and how donations from the public have played a vital role in their self-empowerment. "Goodwill helps connect millions of people to the job skills training they need for employment today," said Goodwill Industries International CMO Onney Crawley. "We want the community to know that their generous donations are turned into support services that have the greatest impact for people who are seeking to advance in their careers or start on a new path that changes the trajectory of their lives."
Before piloting this campaign, Goodwill surveyed consumers across the country to assess their interest in the brand's mission story. The results showed that more than half of donors and shoppers were more inclined to support the mission while 42% of job seekers were more likely to seek employment support from Goodwill.
As part of the campaign, Goodwill has partnered with Vicki Salemi, nationally recognized career expert, author and nationally syndicated columnist, writing "Vicki on Careers," weekly for Tribune publications to help amplify the stories of the people served by Goodwill.
"I'm proud to join this campaign and partner with Goodwill to help individuals looking for work get the tools they need to excel in the workforce and gain employment," said Salemi. "I've been an advocate of Goodwill for many years and appreciate how their career experts help people advance their careers."
ABOUT GOODWILL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL
Goodwill works to enhance the dignity and quality of life of individuals and families by strengthening communities, building bridges to opportunity, and helping people in need reach their potential through learning and the power of work.
For more than 120 years, 155 local Goodwill® organizations across the United States and Canada have helped people find jobs, support their families, and feel the satisfaction that comes from working. Goodwill organizations assist people through a variety of employment placement services, job training programs and other community-based services.
Goodwill sells donated items in nearly 3,300 outlet and retail stores in the United States and Canada and online at shopgoodwill.com®, the first nonprofit internet auction site, and other online marketplaces. The revenue creates job placement and training programs to help people earn paychecks and build their careers.
Goodwill is Where Your Things Start New Lives. For more information on the campaign, visit goodwill.org/new-lives/ or to find a Goodwill location near you, visit www.goodwill.org. Follow us on Twitter: @GoodwillIntl and @GoodwillCapHill, and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube: GoodwillIntl.
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New dinosaur species discovered on English island
Published: Jun. 16, 2023 at 9:44 AM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) - Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur.
The Natural History Museum says the armored dinosaur was found on the Isle of Wight, off the coast of England. This is the first armored dinosaur found on the island in 142 years.
It is part of the Ankylosaur genus and was named Vectipelta barretti, after professor Paul Barrett of the Natural History Museum.
Researchers say this dinosaur would have been roaming the Earth during the early Cretaceous period.
Parts of its fossils will be displayed at the Dinosaur Isle Museum this summer.
Copyright 2023 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | 2023-06-16T14:53:03+00:00 | mysuncoast.com | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2023/06/16/new-dinosaur-species-discovered-english-island/ |
NEW YORK, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Castle Connolly Private Health Partners, LLC ("CCPHP"), a leading membership-based (or "concierge") medical practice conversion and support company, is pleased to announce its collaboration with William Priester, MD, to establish Priester CCPHP, a concierge medicine program in conjunction with his existing internal medicine practice New York, NY.
Reestablishing a strong doctor-patient relationship
During Dr. Priester's tenure as internist and cardiologist in New York, he has built enduring relationships with his patient base, many of whom have been loyal to him for several decades. As his practices continued to grow, so did the administrative demands of operating and maintaining a private practice.
Like many other private internal medicine physicians, Dr. Priester has found himself at a crossroads: either continue to practice high-volume medicine, seeing many patients a day, but spending a limited amount of time with each of them or let his practice evolve to deliver highly personalized, preventative care and a chance to empower his patients with greater education and information.
The Priester CCPHP Membership
The concierge (membership-based) model continues to be a rewarding experience for physicians and patients alike. The increased time and flexibility allow concierge physicians, like Dr. Priester, to schedule patients for an hour appointment, if desired.
I've always believed in the importance of the doctor-patient relationship," says Dr. Priester. "This concierge model will not only support that relationship, but allow it to go one step further, by allowing more time with each patient."
Concierge patients of Priester CCPHP receive a host of added amenities as Members, including 24/7 connectivity to Dr. Priester via a direct phone number and a customized telehealth app, same/next day appointments with limited to no wait times regardless of medical necessity, and a robust wellness program called the SENS Solution® Wellness Program powered by CCPHP, which focuses on Sleep, Exercise, Nutrition, and Stress Management.
Through the partnership with CCPHP, Dr. Priester also has access to Castle Connolly's Top Doctor® Network of nearly 60,000 top recognized physicians nationwide. Being a recognized Top Doctor® himself, Dr. Priester can consult with and refer patients to top physicians of similar distinction.
About Dr. Priester
William D. Priester, MD is a board-certified internist and cardiologist serving the community of New York, NY. Dr. Priester earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Iowa and completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Metropolitan Hospital in New York. He completed his fellowship in cardiology at Lenox Hill Hospital, where he continues as an Adjunct Attending Physician.
Learn more about Dr. Priester's concierge program, Priester CCPHP:
- Visit: priesterccphp.com
- Call: (212) 292-1049
- Email: priestermemberservices@ccphp.net
About CCPHP
Castle Connolly Private Health Partners (CCPHP) works with exceptional physicians to create and support concierge (membership-based) healthcare programs that enable the optimal practice environment and the physician-patient relationship. Members (patients) pay an affordable fee to take advantage of a wide array of enhancements for a more convenient, comprehensive, collaborative, and personalized approach to support health and wellbeing. For more information, go to ccphp.net.
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Yuma police have made an arrest in a recent string of commercial burglaries.
Yuma Police Department Officer Christina Fernandez reported that at approximately 9:19 p.m. on Monday officers responded to the 100 block of West 24th Street in reference to a burglary at a business in the area.
The investigation showed that a male suspect broke a window and entered the building, which set off the alarm.
The suspect fled the scene prior to officers arriving.
Multiple burglaries had previously been reported in the area, happening between the dates of Feb. 14 and Feb. 19, somewhere between the hours of approximately 3 a.m. and 8 a.m.
On Tuesday, at approximately 3:04 a.m., a YPD sergeant was patrolling the same area when he observed an individual who matched the description of the burglary suspect and of pictures posted on the YPD Facebook page.
“When we see an increase in crimes in a certain area, as time permits, we do try to focus on them more with increased patrols,” Fernandez said.
The suspect, identified as a 14-year-old male, was taken into custody and booked into the Yuma County Juvenile Justice Center for five separate burglaries.
The Yuma Police Department encourages anyone with any information about this case to please call the Yuma Police Department at (928) 373-4700 or 78-Crime at (928) 782-7463 to remain anonymous. | 2023-02-22T13:20:05+00:00 | yumasun.com | https://www.yumasun.com/news/suspect-in-commercial-burglaries-apprehended/article_10eab46a-b244-11ed-b9e9-ff8f7377bbd9.html |
NEW YORK, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Wells Fargo common stock between February 24, 2021 and June 9, 2022.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 29, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in WFC:
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Wells Fargo & Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Wells Fargo had misrepresented its commitment to diversity in the Company's workplace; (ii) Wells Fargo conducted fake job interviews in order to meet its Diverse Search Requirement; (iii) the foregoing conduct subjected Wells Fargo to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement action, including criminal charges; (iv) all of the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to negatively impact Wells Fargo's reputation; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Wells Fargo you have until August 29, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Wells Fargo securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the WFC lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/wells-fargo-wfc-lawsuit-loss-submission-form?id=30191&from=4.
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SOURCE The Klein Law Firm | 2022-07-26T10:50:26+00:00 | wbrc.com | https://www.wbrc.com/prnewswire/2022/07/26/wfc-alert-klein-law-firm-announces-lead-plaintiff-deadline-august-29-2022-class-action-filed-behalf-wells-fargo-amp-company-shareholders/ |
REVERE, Mass. (WWLP) – State Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy for the double shooting at Revere Beach Boulevard over Memorial Day weekend.
Preliminary investigation states that the shooting took place on May 28 and occurred during a large fight and that shots were fired into a group of people. It is also possible that the woman was not the intended victim of the shooting.
State Police Spokesperson Dave Procopio told 22News that the first shooting took place at approximately 7:11 p.m., where a 17-year-old woman was shot in the lower body. The woman was sent to the Massachusetts General Hospital for their injuries.
A second shooting happened at approximately 8:05 p.m., where two victims were injured. A 51-year-old woman suffered gunshot wounds to her legs and was also sent to Massachusetts General Hospital. The injuries are believed to be non-life threatening. A 17-year-old boy was grazed by a gunshot, and he declined to be taken to a hospital.
The State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section worked with detectives to find the suspect. He is scheduled for his dangerousness hearing next Monday in Chelsea District Court. | 2023-06-07T10:52:24+00:00 | wwlp.com | https://www.wwlp.com/news/crime/17-year-old-arrested-for-shooting-at-revere-beach/ |
BOONE COUNTY, Ind. — Some neighbors in Boone County are frustrated over a potential massive innovation district taking over thousands of acres of county farmland.
Green signs for the Boone County Heritage Preservation Group line some rural roads in the county. The group was formed in response to the state talking with landowners about potentially purchasing 4,000 to 7,000 acres of land along Interstate 65, west of Lebanon, for an “innovation development district.”
“This is a natural resource we need to take care of,” said Alan Mohler, a corn and soy bean farmer on lands that would become part of the development.
Mohler said turning these lands into a huge development would take away a great part of Boone County.
“This some of the best farmland in Indiana,” Mohler said.
Boone County leaders see this development as a huge opportunity for the state.
“If you had to sit in a room and make a list of the things you would like to see in a development near you, this type of development is what we’d be looking for,” said Boone County Commissioner Jeff Wolfe.
Wolfe said county leaders have had several meetings with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation and other state partners.
“They’re talking about some high end commercial type uses, hopefully research development, high end manufacturing,” said Wolfe when asked what the land would be used for.
Lebanon Mayor Matt Gentry said this is a once in a generation project.
“It has the potential to completely transform our community and we want to make sure what we transform it into the community we want to see,” Gentry said. “So, how do we balance our small town charm with these additional potential people and jobs coming into our community?”
As of right now, Gentry said no part of the development would be in Lebanon. However, it would use Lebanon utilities. He added that the goal is to make sure people living in Lebanon don’t have to leave to find opportunity elsewhere.
“That’s what we’re trying to build here in Lebanon,” he said. “We want a place people can live, work and play all here in Lebanon.”
Both Gentry and Wolfe said they have heard from people who dislike like the idea of the project.
“They’re not very happy about it, they’re concerned and have a lot of questions,” Gentry said. “Concerns about how this this going to impact them, concerns the farm field they are used to looking at is potentially changing to something else.”
An online petition against the potential development has gained nearly 1,900 signatures as of mid-May. Carrie Douglas, a member of the Boone County Preservation Group, said the land the state is looking at is already being used for its intended purpose.
“This land is primed for corn,” she said. “That’s a value, that’s a development.”
Members of the group are also concerned about environmental impacts of construction on these lands west of I-65.
“It handles drainage from the city of Lebanon and from these fields so developing on these lands is going to interrupt that natural balance,” Douglas said.
The group is also worried about companies at this potential tech park sticking around, when the land could just stay as farm land for generations to come.
“There’s no reason that I would think this area would not be in food production for eternity, as long as man is going to eat food it should be in ag production,” Mohler said.
There are always concerns about quality of life. Neighbors who live around the possible area of construction are worried what will happen to the peaceful country they love living in.
“Wide open spaces, clear skies, clean air,” Douglas said. “My children come home from school everyday and they play in our creek and I want to make sure they can still do that.”
Douglas said she knows some of the neighbors in the area have already agreed to sell their land to the state while others are holding out.
“There have been quite a few that have signed because of the dollar amount,” she said. “It’s hard to turn that away.”
Both Wolfe and Gentry said they are confident in the direction talks on this development are going.
“The state has really pushed hard to make this work and we’re working with them to facilitate that to the extent that it is right for Boone County,” Wolfe said.
Douglas said the group is committed to fighting for these farmlands.
“We’re not going anywhere,” she said.
A spokesperson for The Indiana Economic Development Corporation said there is nothing new to report about the potential Boone County development since a FOX59 story in April. However, IEDC would be open to an interview in the coming weeks when more develops. | 2022-05-16T20:53:34+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/news/neighbors-worried-about-potential-massive-development-in-rural-boone-county/ |
(The Hill) – Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Sunday shared a death threat his family received over his participation in the House select committee’s investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.
Kinzinger took to Twitter to share the letter that was mailed to his home and addressed to his wife, Sofia Boza-Holman.
The letter threatened harm to the Illinois Republican as well as his wife and child.
He warned of the possibility of “violence in the future” but told ABC’s “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos that he isn’t worried about the threats to him.
“I’m not worried personally. … It threatens to execute me as well as my wife and 5-month-old child,” he said.
“I’ve never seen or had anything like that. It was sent from the local area. I don’t worry, but now that I have a wife and kids it’s a little different. There are people that — there’s violence in the future, I’m going to tell you. And until we get a grip on telling people the truth, we can’t expect any differently.”
Kinzinger, who along with Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) is one of two Republicans who serve on the Jan. 6 select committee, also alluded to his belief that the Republican National Committee is encouraging threats against lawmakers.
“The Darkness is spreading courtesy of cowardly leaders fearful of truth,” he said in his tweet linking to the letter.
Kinzinger, who is not running for reelection, also told Stephanopoulos that he was very concerned about the 2024 elections. “Wake up, America. Wake up, Republicans, because this is not going to be good for you if you think it is,” Kinzinger said.
His comments came just days before the Jan. 6 panel is set to hold its fourth hearing that will focus on former President Trump’s efforts to pressure state officials in the aftermath of the 2020 election results.
The Washington Post reported that election administrators in at least 17 states received threats of violence in the months after the Jan. 6 attack as a direct result of comments from Trump.
Kinzinger shared the death threat a day before Missouri Senate candidate Eric Greitens (R) posted a controversial video urging his supporters to go “RINO hunting” and renewed the conversation around violence and threat against elected representatives. Greitens has been criticized for alluding to hunting humans in the video.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) told host Margaret Brennan on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that while she “didn’t want to go into the threats” she received, it was “concerning” that Kinzinger and his family were threatened.
“But it’s very concerning that Adam and his wife and his little baby were threatened. I saw the threat. It was a written threat,” she added.
The Hill has reached out to Kinzinger for comment. | 2022-06-20T22:27:46+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/house-republican-says-family-is-receiving-death-threats/ |
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union citizens may be able to claim damages from governments if their health has been affected by excessive air pollution, a top court adviser said Wednesday.
In her opinion, Advocate General Juliane Kokott said that “an infringement of the limit values for the protection of air quality under EU law may give rise to entitlement to compensation from the State.”
Advocates General routinely provide legal guidance to the European Court of Justice. Their opinions aren’t binding on the Luxembourg-based court, but are followed in most cases.
The court looked at the matter after a Parisian plaintiff requested €21 million in damages from the French state, claiming that the growing air pollution in the French capital had damaged his health. He said the French state was liable for that harm because it did not ensure that EU limits were respected.
The Administrative Court of Appeal in Versailles, France, which is hearing the dispute, asked the Court of Justice if, and under what conditions, individuals can claim compensation from the state for health damage caused by infringement of the EU limit values.
In 2019, the Court of Justice found that France had “systematically and persistently” exceeded the annual limit for nitrogen dioxide since 2010. In addition, France’s top administrative court last year fined President Emmanuel Macron’s government a record 10 million euros for failing to reduce air pollution to acceptable levels.
Kokott considered that the conditions for state liability applied in this case, although establishing a “direct causal link” between the serious breach of the rules on air quality and specific damage to health might be difficult to prove.
The Advocate General also pointed out “that even if a direct link between a serious infringement of the limit values and damage to health were proved, the matter would not end there.”
“Rather, the Member State may exonerate itself by proving that such exceedance of the limit values would also have occurred if it had adopted in good time air quality plans which satisfy the requirements of the directive.” the court said in a press release. | 2022-05-05T22:18:09+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/world/eu-governments-may-be-liable-for-harmful-pollution-levels/ |
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — The Hillsborough County Canvassing Board has certified the first unofficial results for the 2022 Primary Election Thursday evening.
In Florida, the law requires a machine recount to be conducted if any race or issue would be defeated by .5% or less of the total votes cast for that race or issue. This means board members ordered recounts for the following races:
- County Court Judge Group 14
- School Board of Hillsborough County Millage Election
The recount is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Friday at the Robert L. Gilder Elections Service Center and is open to the public.
Following the machine recount, a manual recount will be ordered if the second set of unofficial results show that a candidate or issue was defeated by .25% or less of the votes cast.
Leaders say the official results will be certified no later than Aug. 30. Results can be found by clicking here.
The one-mil referendum for Hillsborough County Schools is positioned to generate about $146 million annually for schools in the county, largely targeted toward increasing salaries for teachers and staff. It's also meant to expand art, music, physical education and workforce education programs.
Hillsborough County Superintendent Addison Davis said if the new property tax is not passed, then the school district will continue to expand the issue of the teacher shortage within the county's public schools.
"We're facing a national crisis related to being able to fill [teaching] positions every single day, but from our school district perspective, we will continue to be relentless in our efforts to be able to be champions for children," Davis said previously.
Public schools will eventually have to make certain decisions to address the teacher shortage issue, but the county currently has more questions than answers on that topic, especially if the referendum does not get passed, according to Davis.
Public schools in Hillsborough County received money from additional tax revenue as property values have gone up more than 28% in Hillsborough County year-over-year.
The county property appraiser says, locally, Hillsborough County Schools will get more than $58 million in additional tax revenue this year. That's on top of the tax revenue coming from the state.
However, with the referendum, all of the money generated will only stay in the county.
The property tax demands an additional dollar for every $1,000 of real estate value for people who live in Hillsborough County. In other words, if a home is assessed at $200,000, the property owner pays $175 after Florida's Homestead Exemption is applied. | 2022-08-26T00:53:36+00:00 | wtsp.com | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/politics/recount-hillsborough-county-school-millage-tax-referendum/67-7da8aea5-b060-4bea-9649-b06eccd92059 |
Multiple Giants players were inside Minnesota’s Mall of America on Friday night when a teenager was shot and killed, but all of the Giants’ players are accounted for and safe.
A 19-year-old was killed during an altercation, police said, sending the country’s largest mall into a lockdown two days before Christmas.
The Giants were staying in a hotel adjacent to the mall in Bloomington, Minn. The Associated Press reported that a couple shoppers were locked down with a couple Giants players, which the team confirmed.
Fortunately, they got out safely.
“Everyone is back in the hotel and accounted for now,” Giants senior VP of communications Pat Hanlon told the AP Friday night.
Giants play-by-play man Bob Papa also tweeted that he was in lockdown at a restaurant in the mall during the “scary” situation but that he got back to the hotel safely.
The Giants (8-5-1) were in town to take on the Minnesota Vikings (11-3) at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Saturday afternoon.
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How to Watch Women's 32nd Palermo Ladies Open Today: Live Stream and More - July 16
Published: Jul. 16, 2023 at 1:45 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
Today in Palermo, Italy, Sofya Lansere (No. 349 in world) will play Tatiana Prozorova (No. 236), the best of a six-match schedule in the 32nd Palermo Ladies Open qualifying qualification final. If you're looking for how to watch, ESPN has the live stream.
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32nd Palermo Ladies Open Information
- Tournament: The 32nd Palermo Ladies Open
- Round: Qualifying round
- Date: July 16
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- Venue: Country Time Club
- Location: Palermo, Italy
- Court Surface: Clay
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- Prozorova has not won any of her one tournament this year, with an overall match record of 2-1.
- Prozorova has played three matches so far this year (across all court surfaces), and 23.7 games per match.
- Prozorova has played three matches on clay so far this year, and 23.7 games per match.
- Prozorova has won 40.0% of her service games this year, and 37.5% of her return games.
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Homeland Security worker from Minnesota charged in Chinese spying scheme
(FOX 9) - A man who worked for the Department of Homeland Security in Minnesota is facing charges as part of an investigation into spying on Chinese government critics in the United States.
Craig Miller, who most recently worked as a deportation officer in Minneapolis, was indicted Wednesday in the case along with four other men.
According to the complaint, Miller is accused of helping a co-defendant, Derrick Taylor, obtain records on a Chinese dissident living in America. Speaking with investigators, officials say Taylor initially claimed he got the information off the "dark web" but later admitted Miller provided the information.
Investigators say that information was passport data on the dissident’s daughter. Miller told investigators that Taylor, who was his former boss, had told him that he was working on a "missing person case with locals."
Miller is a 15-year employee with the Department of Human Services. | 2022-07-08T03:51:54+00:00 | fox9.com | https://www.fox9.com/news/homeland-security-worker-from-minnesota-charged-in-chinese-spying-scheme |
Big waves – some topping 18 feet in Los Angeles County – wreaked havoc on Friday, Jan. 6, as high tides and a winter swell continued to work over the Southern California coastline leading to beach erosion, pier closures, crumbled asphalt parking lots and boats torn from their docks.
In the South Bay, piers at three west-facing beaches remained closed Friday as waves more than 15 feet tall pummeled the structures.
Additionally, the high surf and tide surge swamped a block jetty at Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, flooding and closing the nearby parking lot. Mounds of sand buried a bike path that runs from Torrance Beach to Avenue H in Redondo Beach and sea water flooded into a parking lot and public bathroom facility.
In King Harbor, massive waves overwhelmed a breakwater jetty and ate into the asphalt parking lot nearby.
“There were 15-foot-plus waves breaking directly onto the rocks at Redondo Harbor,” said Lifeguard Capt. A.J. Lester, a spokesman for Los Angeles County’s Fire and Lifeguard Division. “The parking lot is built on the rocks of the breakwater and the pressure caused the asphalt to break apart like it was an earthquake.”
The piers at Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and Venice Beach were closed in an “abundance of caution” because of the strong west-northwest swell, which crashed surf over the top of the structures. It arrived Thursday along with the rainstorm and was expected to last through Friday, coinciding with a period of high tides.
The piers will remain closed until city crews assess the structures to ensure they haven’t been compromised, likely a day or two, said Capt. Kealiinohopono Barnes, also with the Los Angeles County division.
“It’s a question of stability after such a prolonged force from the waves,” he said. “The beaches there will remain open, but there is a water quality advisory all through Santa Monica Bay.”
In Seal Beach, high surf and wind pummeled the pier, and officials decided to “temporarily close it in an abundance of caution” and to allow for inspection, the city announced Friday. Part of the boat ramp used by oil platform workers was damaged. No timeline for reopening was given.
Crews from the Orange County Fire Authority and Seal Beach Public Work’s Department built sand berms to reinforce the beach. OCFA heavy equipment crews were also busy Friday digging and draining water from the north side of the pier to prevent seawater from entering any structures and homes.
Surf off Manhattan Beach at El Porto hit as high as 18 feet, though other areas of county shore were more manageable.
“We’ve had considerable erosion,” Barnes said of the waves that ate at the sand. “We’ve lost so much in a short timeframe.”
In Laguna Beach, high waves tore down parts of a sea wall at a home in North Laguna, flooded the coastal side of Coast Highway and Broadway, damaged the foundation of a lifeguard tower at Oak Street leaving it tilting toward the surf zone and tore off railing and staircase steps at Woods and Moss beaches.
Aliso Beach’s parking lot was temporarily shut Friday after flooding, but its east side was opened later in the day. The west side of the lot remained closed while crews continue to clear debris. Officials expected work to continue Saturday.
In Capistrano Beach, the parking lot was also closed most of Friday, but reopened by the end of the day.
Lifeguards caution that though the waves might look tempting for surfers, those who go out
should be sure of their abilities. Especially in the next few days, as the surf declines, the water may appear more welcoming, but the threat of rip currents will be greater – especially along the South Bay beaches where the sea floor has gotten carved up more from all the turbulence and wave action.
“That’s when we see a lot of rescues, because the rip currents get really strong and people get caught in them,” Barnes said.
Water quality is also a concern after rain storms, which can wash inland runoff with pollutants and debris to the ocean. Officials typically advise staying out of the water for 72 hours after a storm. On Friday, Orange County health officials were recommending staying out of the water until at least Monday.
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After last summer's heat wave, Oregon instituted rules to protect outdoor workers — rules that are being put to the test this year. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on July 31, 2022.)
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U.S. Sen. Susan Collins was part of a bipartisan group that released text of a bill on Monday that would codify federal abortion-rights protections that were thrown out in June by the conservative-led Supreme Court.
The new measure emerged from talks between the Maine Republican and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, after Collins joined all Republicans and one Democrat in May to block a more sweeping abortion-rights bill advanced by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York.
It remains a poor bet for passage because of the 60-vote filibuster threshold that Collins, one of the rare Republican backers of abortion rights, and other key senators are unwilling to break. Narrow majority passage of the measure in the 50-50 Senate would only be a symbolic victory.
The Kaine-led bill is a simple framework that would ban states from instituting regulations that would impose an “undue burden” on abortion access before the point of viability, which is typically defined as around 24 weeks. States could limit post-viability abortions as long as abortions protecting the health of the mother are not banned.
It would also codify the right to contraceptives, which is protected under a high-court precedent that conservative Justice Clarence Thomas said should be revisited in a concurring opinion in the case that tossed Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that shielded abortion rights.
“The Supreme Court’s recent abandonment of longstanding precedent erodes the reproductive rights on which women have relied for half a century,” Collins said in a statement.
Sweeping abortion bans have taken effect in nine states already after the decision, while another four states ban abortions at six weeks, a period before most women know they are pregnant, according to a New York Times tally. Maine has a permissive set of abortion laws that have been loosened further by Gov. Janet Mills and a Democratic-led Legislature.
Collins was a central figure in the fight over the high court and abortion rights, voting in 2018 for Justice Brett Kavanaugh while insisting that he would not vote to overturn Roe over objections from Democratic senators and abortion-rights activists. After he did in June, the Maine senator accused him of misleading her on the issue.
The senator introduced a similar measure in February alongside Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, that would codify Roe’s protections. The Kaine bill is a slightly expanded version that adds some bipartisan support, but it is unclear whether Schumer will bring it to a vote.
Abortion-rights groups that have aligned with Collins in the past on the issue but mobilized against her after the Kavanaugh vote have criticized these pushes, saying they mean nothing if senators do not agree to dump the filibuster.
“Unless these senators are willing to end the filibuster to pass this measure, there’s no reason to take it seriously,” Mini Timmaraju, the president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, said in a statement. | 2022-08-03T13:09:55+00:00 | bangordailynews.com | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/08/01/politics/susan-collins-bipartisan-abortion-rights-bill/ |
Lexie Hearing is included on the prestigious list for transforming accessibility to quality, affordable hearing solutions.
BOSTON, June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lexie Hearing, a market leader in US hearing healthcare and the developer of the award-winning Lexie B2 Hearing Aids Powered by Bose, has been named to TIME's third-annual TIME100 Most Influential Companies list. The renowned list highlights companies making an extraordinary impact around the world. To assemble the list, TIME solicited nominations from its global network of contributors and correspondents as well as from outside experts. Then TIME editors evaluated each on key factors, including impact, innovation, ambition, and success. The result is a diverse group of 100 businesses helping chart an essential path forward.
"It's an incredible honor to be recognized by TIME, next to some of the world's most iconic brands. At Lexie, we work every day to create accessible hearing care for everyone, everywhere, and we're thankful to TIME for recognizing our positive global impact," said Nic Klopper, Lexie Hearing Founder and CEO.
In late 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the sale of nonprescription hearing aids over the counter (OTC) at retail and pharmacy stores. Today, Lexie's OTC hearing aids help make hearing care more affordable and accessible for the 37.5 million Americans who need it. Available in more than 12,000 stores nationwide for a fraction of the cost of prescription hearing aids, the devices are helping people take control of their hearing and shaping the future of hearing health.
"For too long, proper hearing care was under-prioritized and difficult to access. Hearing aids were exorbitantly expensive and required ongoing consultations," said Klopper. "Lexie is changing that. We have changed an industry by offering more affordable solutions with high-powered technology, providing a clinically-proven hearing experience for a much smaller cost than prescription hearing aids. Our over-the-counter hearing aids and award-winning customer support are life-changing for people with mild to moderate hearing loss who can now get Lexie hearing aids at the click of a button, and once again hear the people and life they love."
TIME editors solicited nominations for the list from companies across a range of sectors, including health care, entertainment, technology and design..
To see the full list, visit: time.com/100companies
Lexie is celebrating this achievement by offering customers a free Care Kit, a value of up to $100, when they purchase a pair of Lexie hearing aids for a limited time.
About Lexie Hearing
Lexie Hearing (www.lexiehearing.com), a market-leading innovator in the U.S. hearing aid market, is on a mission to make better hearing affordable and accessible to everyone. The team at Lexie is passionately committed to helping people enjoy healthy hearing without having to spend thousands of dollars, recognizing that too many people do not wear hearing aids because they are so expensive. That's why Lexie Hearing is changing the industry. They're bringing a great experience and clinically-proven outcomes to customers with high-quality hearing aids, an award-winning customer care program that proves that people with hearing loss are at the heart of everything they do, and smart technology that gives customers control of their hearing experience.
Lexie was developed by hearX Group, an impact-driven company that has provided over 2 million hearing tests in 191 countries globally. hearX takes pride in providing an entirely new way to overcome traditional barriers to the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of disabling hearing loss.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court Friday temporarily paused a lower court’s order limiting executive branch officials’ communications with social media companies about controversial online posts.
Biden administration lawyers had asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to stay the preliminary injunction issued on July 4 by U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty. Doughty himself had rejected a request to put his order on hold pending appeal.
Friday’s brief 5th Circuit order put Doughty’s injunction on hold “until further orders of the court.” It called for arguments in the case to be scheduled on an expedited basis.
Filed last year, the lawsuit claimed the administration, in effect, censored free speech by discussing possible regulatory action the government could take while pressuring companies to remove what it deemed misinformation. COVID-19 vaccines, legal issues involving President Joe Biden’s son Hunter and election fraud allegations were among the topics spotlighted in the lawsuit.
Doughty, nominated to the federal bench by former President Donald Trump, issued an Independence Day order and accompanying reasons that covered more than 160 pages. He said the plaintiffs were likely to win their ongoing lawsuit. His injunction blocked the Department of Health and Human Services, the FBI and multiple other government agencies and administration officials from “encouraging, pressuring, or inducing in any manner the removal, deletion, suppression, or reduction of content containing protected free speech.”
Administration lawyers said the order was overly broad and vague, raising questions about what officials can say in conversations with social media companies or in public statements. They said Doughty’s order posed a threat of “grave” public harm by chilling executive branch efforts to combat online misinformation.
Doughty rejected the administration’s request for a stay on Monday, writing: “Defendants argue that the injunction should be stayed because it might interfere with the Government’s ability to continue working with social-media companies to censor Americans’ core political speech on the basis of viewpoint. In other words, the Government seeks a stay of the injunction so that it can continue violating the First Amendment.”
In its request that the 5th Circuit issue a stay, administration lawyers said there has been no evidence of threats by the administration. “The district court identified no evidence suggesting that a threat accompanied any request for the removal of content. Indeed, the order denying the stay — presumably highlighting the ostensibly strongest evidence — referred to ‘a series of public media statements,’” the administration said.
Friday’s “administrative stay” was issued without comment by a panel of three 5th Circuit judges: Carl Stewart, nominated to the court by former President Bill Clinton; James Graves, nominated by former President Barack Obama; and Andrew Oldham, nominated by Trump. A different panel drawn from the court, which has 17 active members, will hear arguments on a longer stay. | 2023-07-15T04:01:18+00:00 | everythinglubbock.com | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/technology-tuesday/ap-technology/ap-appeals-court-pauses-order-limiting-biden-administration-contact-with-social-media-companies/ |
Everything New on Netflix in October
This being October we’re approaching, Netflix has loads of spooky, creepy, and horrifying new movies and shows coming to streaming next month. There’s Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, based on a story by Stephen King, and Wendell & Wild, an animated movie from Jordan Peele and Henry Selick, the guy who directed The Nightmare Before Christmas. There’s a new season of Unsolved Mysteries, and there’s also the horror anthology series Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities from, well, you can probably figure that out for yourself.
But this being Netflix they also have a ton of other stuff that’s non-horror-related as well. There’s a new film of All Quiet on the Western Front, one of the most famous war stories in history. There’s a documentary on the Redeem Team. There are new episodes of Big Mouth and a new standup special from Fortune Feimster. There’s even a new season of Nailed It!, everyone’s favorite cooking competition show featuring people who cannot cook. (Naturally, this season is Halloween themed.)
And then there’s like 100 other things as well. Here’s the full list of what’s coming to Netflix in October:
Avail. 10/1/22
17 Again
30 Minutes or Less
60 Days In: Season 3
Any Given Sunday
Barbie: It Takes Two: Season 2
Call Me by Your Name
Charlotte's Web (2006)
Chocolat
City Slickers
The Color Purple
Gladiator
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
I Love You, Man
Labyrinth
Land of the Lost
Last Seen Alive
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
National Lampoon's European Vacation
National Lampoon's Vacation
Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Thirteen
Ocean's Twelve
Point Break (1991)
Risky Business
Robin Hood
Runaway Bride
Rush Hour
Rush Hour 2
Rush Hour 3
Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Sex and the City 2
Sex and the City: The Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie
Vegas Vacation
Walking Tall
Wedding Crashers
Yes Man
Avail. 10/2/22
Forever Queens -- NETFLIX SERIES
This series follows the lives of Mexican show biz queens Sylvia Pasquel, Laura Zapata, Lucía Méndez and Lorena Herrera as they form a unique friendship.
Avail. 10/3/22
Chip and Potato: Season 4 -- NETFLIX FAMILY
Challenge by challenge, adventure by adventure, giggle by giggle — yip yip! Join Chip, Potato and their pals for another season of learning and growing.
Jexi
Avail. 10/4/22
Hasan Minhaj: The King's Jester -- NETFLIX COMEDY
Filmed at the historic Brooklyn Academy of Music, Hasan Minhaj returns to Netflix with his second stand-up comedy special Hasan Minhaj: The King’s Jester. In this hilarious performance, Hasan shares his thoughts on fertility, fatherhood, and freedom of speech.
Avail. 10/5/22
Bling Empire: Season 3 -- NETFLIX SERIES
Unfinished business and big opportunities stir up tension in the group, but nothing will stop them from living their flashiest and most fabulous lives.
High Water -- NETFLIX SERIES
In 1997, scientists and local government officials in Wrocław face life-and-death decisions when a destructive flood wave threatens the city.
Jumping from High Places -- NETFLIX FILM
To honor her best friend's last wish, a young woman with severe anxiety confronts her greatest fears to try and reclaim her life — and perhaps find love.
Mr. Harrigan's Phone -- NETFLIX FILM
A boy and an aging billionaire bond over books — and their first iPhones. But when the older man passes, their mysterious connection refuses to die.
Nailed It!: Season 7 -- NETFLIX SERIES
The Emmy-nominated series is back with a season full of tricks and treats as we celebrate Halloween. Featuring ghoulish surprises from some favorite Netflix shows - Umbrella Academy, Cobra Kai and The Witcher, the desserts are intentionally scary this time!
The Fight for Justice: Paolo Guerrero -- NETFLIX SERIES
Soccer star Paolo Guerrero wages a challenging legal battle after testing positive for cocaine a few months before the World Cup. Based on a true story.
The Trapped 13: How We Survived The Thai Cave -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
In this compelling documentary, members of the Thai youth soccer team tell their stories of getting trapped in Tham Luang Cave in 2018 — and surviving.
Togo -- NETFLIX FILM
A man who looks after cars parked on his turf must protect his livelihood when traffickers attempt to make him and his pals sell drugs on the streets.
Avail. 10/6/22
Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Survivors' firsthand accounts and actual footage fuel this emotional docuseries about the deadly 2015 earthquake that shook Nepal.
The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
In this moving documentary, teen Yuguo goes on the adventure of a lifetime as he leaves China to pursue his passion for Romanian literature and culture.
Avail. 10/7/22
Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
This three-part documentary series explores the warped mind of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer through newly-unearthed recorded interviews with his legal team, revealing the ways that race, sexuality, class and policing allowed him to prey upon Milwaukee’s marginalized communities.
Derry Girls: Season 3 -- NETFLIX SERIES
As Northern Ireland takes a big step into the future, so do our girls — but not without hitting a few messy stumbling blocks along the way.
Doll House -- NETFLIX FILM
A troubled lead singer of a rock band sets out to rekindle the relationship he never had with his long-lost daughter.
Glitch -- NETFLIX SERIES
A young woman joins forces with a UFO enthusiast to investigate her boyfriend’s sudden disappearance and stumbles into a wild conspiracy.
Kev Adams: The Real Me -- NETFLIX COMEDY
At age 30, French comic Kev Adams gets up close and personal about how life has changed since his big break 12 years ago — and not always for the best.
Luckiest Girl Alive -- NETFLIX FILM
A writer's perfectly crafted New York City life starts to unravel when a true-crime documentary forces her to confront her harrowing high school history.
Man on Pause -- NETFLIX SERIES
Amid the onset of andropause, a 50-something family man becomes obsessed with change and decides to pursue happiness. Then he bungles it up completely.
The Midnight Club -- NETFLIX SERIES
Inside a hospice for terminally ill teens, members of an exclusive club make a chilling pact: The first to die must send a sign from beyond the grave.
The Mole -- NETFLIX SERIES
THE MOLE is a high-stakes competition series and in this reimagined version, twelve players work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end. Among the players is one person who has secretly been designated "the Mole" and tasked with sabotaging the group's money-making efforts. In the end, one player will outlast their competition and expose the Mole to win the prize pot.
Oddballs -- NETFLIX FAMILY
Bubble-shaped boy James questions anything and everything that annoys him. The result? An awesome life of odd adventure with his two best friends.
Old People -- NETFLIX FILM
A woman who's returned home with her two kids to attend her sister's wedding must suddenly defend their lives against older people on a killing spree.
The Redeem Team -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Using unprecedented Olympic footage and behind-the-scenes material, The Redeem Team tells the story of the US Olympic Men's Basketball Team’s quest for gold at the Olympic Games Beijing 2008 following the previous team’s shocking performance four years earlier in Athens.
TIGER & BUNNY 2 Part 2 -- NETFLIX ANIME
Ice-wielding superhero Blue Rose decides to leave the world of "Hero TV" to go back to her old life as a teenage girl named Karina who loves to sing.
Avail. 10/9/22
Missing Link
Avail. 10/10/22
LEGO Ninjago: Season 4 Crystallized- Part 2
Spirit Rangers -- NETFLIX FAMILY
Native American siblings Kodi, Summer and Eddy have a secret: They’re "Spirit Rangers" who help protect the national park they call home!
Avail. 10/11/22
The Cage -- NETFLIX SERIES
A marriage counselor tries to dissuade his warring clients from getting a divorce while juggling his own romantic dilemmas.
DEAW#13 Udom Taephanich Stand Up Comedy Show -- NETFLIX COMEDY
Thai stand-up comedian Udom Taephanich returns to center stage, bemoaning everything from prostate exams to funerals — all with his signature wit.
Iliza Shlesinger: Hot Forever -- NETFLIX COMEDY
With topics ranging from tight rompers to ugly bras to why every man needs a box spring, Iliza remains the hilarious, affecting voice of her generation.
Island of the Sea Wolves -- NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Explore wild, wondrous Vancouver Island, where the ocean nurtures all life, from bald eagles who go fishing to sea wolves who swim in frigid waters.
Avail. 10/12/22
Belascoarán, PI -- NETFLIX SERIES
Héctor leaves his corporate job and humdrum marriage to become a detective. His first case? Hunting down a serial killer in 1970s Mexico City.
Blackout
Easy-Bake Battle -- NETFLIX SERIES
Talented home cooks put their skills and creativity to the test making fast and easy dishes that are wildly delicious — and worthy of a big cash prize.
The Nutty Boy -- NETFLIX FAMILY
Nutty Boy is an out-of-the-box kid with big ideas who loves involving everyone in his adventures — even though they don't usually go as planned!
Wild Croc Territory -- NETFLIX SERIES
Matt Wright and his fearless team of crocodile wranglers catch and relocate some of the world's most ferocious reptiles in Australia's wild Outback.
Avail. 10/13/22
Dead End: Paranormal Park: Season 2 -- NETFLIX FAMILY
Barney, Norma, Pugsley and friends encounter a slew of strange new creatures, from angels to evil twins to an army of deranged Pauline Phoenix dolls.
Exception -- NETFLIX ANIME
In a distant future where humans are forced to leave Earth, a spacecraft carrying a 3D printed crew of specialists is sent to terraform a new planet.
The Playlist -- NETFLIX SERIES
The Playlist centers around the young Swedish tech entrepreneur, Daniel Ek, and his key partners who revolutionized a whole industry by offering free and legal streamed music around the world. It is a story about how hard convictions, unrelenting will, access and big dreams can help small players challenge the status quo by evolving the way we can all listen to music.
The Sinner: Season 4: Percy
Someone Borrowed -- NETFLIX FILM
To fulfill his mother’s dying wish and avoid being removed from her will, an inflexible bachelor hires an actress to play his fiancée.
Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal -- NETFLIX SERIES
Sue Perkins confronts middle age head-on by experiencing various Latin American countries in adventurous, shockingly legal and sometimes dangerous ways.
Avail. 10/14/22
Black Butterflies -- NETFLIX SERIES
Low on inspiration for his second book, a gloomy novelist agrees to write a memoir for a dying man — and swiftly becomes part of his bloodstained past.
The Curse of Bridge Hollow -- NETFLIX FILM
A father (Marlon Wayans) and his teenage daughter (Priah Ferguson) are forced to team up and save their town after an ancient and mischievous spirit causes Halloween decorations to come to life and wreak havoc.
Everything Calls for Salvation -- NETFLIX SERIES
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "My wife is at increased risk from Covid-19. I wanted to create a way to protect her by keeping hand sanitizer handy," said an inventor, from Rock Hill, S.C., "so I invented the LIFE SAVOR CLIP. My design offers a convenient alternative to storing hand sanitizer in a purse, pocket or car."
The invention ensures that hand sanitizer is easily accessible when needed. In doing so, it helps to reduce the spread of germs and viruses. As a result, it increases convenience and sanitation and it provides added peace of mind during the current pandemic. Additionally, the invention features a practical design that is easy to use so it is ideal for the general population.
The original design was submitted to the Charlotte sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-CNC-802, 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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Oracle Announces Fiscal 2023 First Quarter Financial Results
Published: Sep. 12, 2022 at 2:05 PM MDT|Updated: 43 minutes ago
- Q1 GAAP Earnings per Share $0.56, Non-GAAP Earnings per Share $1.03
- Q1 Total Revenue $11.4 billion, up 18% in USD, up 23% in constant currency
- Q1 Cloud Revenue (IaaS plus SaaS) $3.6 billion, up 45% in USD, up 50% in constant currency
- Q1 Cloud Infrastructure (IaaS) Revenue $0.9 billion, up 52% in USD, up 58% in constant currency
- Q1 Cloud Application (SaaS) Revenue $2.7 billion, up 43% in USD, up 48% in constant currency
- Fusion ERP Cloud (SaaS) Revenue, up 33% in USD, up 38% in constant currency
- NetSuite ERP Cloud (SaaS) Revenue, up 27% in USD, up 30% in constant currency
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) today announced fiscal 2023 Q1 results. Total quarterly revenues were up 18% year-over-year in USD and up 23% in constant currency to $11.4 billion. Cloud services and license support revenues were up 14% in USD and up 20% in constant currency to $8.4 billion. Cloud license and on-premise license revenues were up 11% in USD and up 19% in constant currency to $0.9 billion. For the first quarter of fiscal 2023, Cerner contributed $1.4 billion to total revenues.
Q1 GAAP operating income was $2.6 billion, down 23% in USD and down 17% in constant currency. Non-GAAP operating income was $4.5 billion, up 3% in USD and up 10% in constant currency. GAAP operating margin was 23%, and non-GAAP operating margin was 39%. GAAP net income was $1.5 billion, and non-GAAP net income was $2.8 billion. Q1 GAAP earnings per share was $0.56 while non-GAAP earnings per share was $1.03.
Short-term deferred revenues were $10.5 billion. Operating cash flow was $10.5 billion during the trailing twelve months.
The strengthening of the U.S. dollar compared to foreign currencies had a significant impact on results in the quarter. Without the impact of the U.S. dollar strengthening compared to foreign currencies, Oracle's reported Q1 GAAP and non-GAAP earnings per share would have been 8 cents higher.
"In Q1, total revenue grew 23% in constant currency beating guidance by $200 million," said Oracle CEO, Safra Catz. "Even without Cerner, our total revenue grew 8% in constant currency driven by Oracle's rapidly growing applications and infrastructure cloud businesses. These two cloud businesses now account for more than 30% of our total revenue. As our cloud businesses become a larger-and-larger percentage of our overall business, we expect our constant currency organic revenue growth rate to hit double-digits with a corresponding increase in earnings per share. Cerner will also positively impact revenue and earnings per share growth in the coming quarters as we fully integrate Cerner into Oracle and benefit from the resulting cost efficiencies. This is the first quarter we owned Cerner and they just delivered the best revenue quarter in their history. We expect Cerner to do even better in the coming quarters as we develop an all-new suite of healthcare cloud services."
"Multi-Cloud access to the Oracle Database and Oracle's MySQL HeatWave database will make the world's two most popular databases even more popular," said Oracle Chairman and CTO, Larry Ellison. "In Q1 we expanded our relationship with Microsoft by providing all versions of the Oracle database directly to Microsoft Azure customers. Now all Microsoft customers can directly access the Oracle Exadata Cloud Service, the Oracle Autonomous Database and every other Oracle Database version directly from the Azure Cloud. Today we are also announcing that Amazon Web Services customers can directly access Oracle's MySQL HeatWave database running in the Amazon Cloud. This enables AWS users to run transaction processing, real-time analytics, and machine learning on the single unified MySQL service. MySQL HeatWave delivers 7X better price performance compared to Amazon Redshift and 10X better than Snowflake, 25X faster than Redshift ML, and up to 10X higher throughput than Aurora. See today's MySQL HeatWave press release for customer performance benchmark verification."
The board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.32 per share of outstanding common stock. This dividend will be paid to stockholders of record as of the close of business on October 12, 2022, with a payment date of October 25, 2022.
- A sample list of customers which purchased Oracle Cloud services during the quarter will be available at www.oracle.com/customers/earnings/.
- A list of recent technical innovations and announcements is available at www.oracle.com/news/.
- To learn what industry analysts have been saying about Oracle's products and services see www.oracle.com/corporate/analyst-reports.html.
Earnings Conference Call and Webcast
Oracle will hold a conference call and webcast today to discuss these results at 4:00 p.m. Central. A live and replay webcast will be available on the Oracle Investor Relations website at www.oracle.com/investor/.
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Oracle offers integrated suites of applications plus secure, autonomous infrastructure in the Oracle Cloud. For more information about Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), please visit us at www.oracle.com.
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"Safe Harbor" Statement: Statements in this press release relating to Oracle's future plans, expectations, beliefs, intentions and prospects, including statements regarding the size of our cloud businesses, our organic revenue and earnings per share growth rates, Cerner's impact on our financial results, Cerner's future performance and the development of new healthcare cloud services, the popularity of the Oracle Database and Oracle MySQL HeatWave, and the impact of access to the Oracle Database and Oracle's MySQL HeatWave database by Microsoft Azure customers and Amazon Web Services customers, are "forward-looking statements" and are subject to material risks and uncertainties. Risks and uncertainties that could affect our current expectations and our actual results, include, among others: our ability to develop new products and services, integrate acquired products and services and enhance our existing products and services; supply chain constraints and third-party manufacturing and logistics delays; significant coding, manufacturing or configuration errors in our offerings; risks associated with acquisitions; the COVID-19 pandemic; economic, political and market conditions; information technology system failures, privacy concerns and cybersecurity breaches; unfavorable legal proceedings, government investigations, and complex and changing laws and regulations. A detailed discussion of these factors and other risks that affect our business is contained in our SEC filings, including our most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, particularly under the heading "Risk Factors." Copies of these filings are available online from the SEC or by contacting Oracle's Investor Relations Department at (650) 506-4073 or by clicking on SEC Filings on the Oracle Investor Relations website at www.oracle.com/investor/. All information set forth in this press release is current as of September 12, 2022. Oracle undertakes no duty to update any statement in light of new information or future events.
APPENDIX A
ORACLE CORPORATION
Q1 FISCAL 2023 FINANCIAL RESULTS
EXPLANATION OF NON-GAAP MEASURES
To supplement our financial results presented on a GAAP basis, we use the non-GAAP measures indicated in the tables, which exclude certain business combination accounting entries and expenses related to acquisitions, as well as other significant expenses including stock-based compensation, that we believe are helpful in understanding our past financial performance and our future results. Our non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable GAAP measures and should be read only in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. Our management regularly uses our supplemental non-GAAP financial measures internally to understand, manage and evaluate our business and make operating decisions. These non-GAAP measures are among the primary factors management uses in planning for and forecasting future periods. Compensation of our executives is based in part on the performance of our business based on these non-GAAP measures. Our non-GAAP financial measures reflect adjustments based on the following items, as well as the related income tax effects:
• Stock-based compensation expenses: We have excluded the effect of stock-based compensation expenses from our non-GAAP operating expenses, income tax effects and net income measures. Although stock-based compensation is a key incentive offered to our employees, and we believe such compensation contributed to the revenues earned during the periods presented and also believe it will contribute to the generation of future period revenues, we continue to evaluate our business performance excluding stock-based compensation expenses. Stock-based compensation expenses will recur in future periods.
• Amortization of intangible assets: We have excluded the effect of amortization of intangible assets from our non-GAAP operating expenses, income tax effects and net income measures. Amortization of intangible assets is inconsistent in amount and frequency and is significantly affected by the timing and size of our acquisitions. Investors should note that the use of intangible assets contributed to our revenues earned during the periods presented and will contribute to our future period revenues as well. Amortization of intangible assets will recur in future periods.
• Acquisition related and other expenses; and restructuring expenses: We have excluded the effect of acquisition related and other expenses and the effect of restructuring expenses from our non-GAAP operating expenses, income tax effects and net income measures. We incurred expenses in connection with our acquisitions and also incurred certain other operating expenses or income, which we generally would not have otherwise incurred in the periods presented as a part of our continuing operations. Acquisition related and other expenses consisted of personnel related costs for transitional and certain other employees, certain business combination adjustments including certain adjustments after the measurement period has ended, and certain other operating items, net. Restructuring expenses consisted of employee severance and other exit costs. We believe it is useful for investors to understand the effects of these items on our total operating expenses. Although acquisition related and other expenses and restructuring expenses may diminish over time with respect to past acquisitions and/or strategic initiatives, we generally will incur certain of these expenses in connection with any future acquisitions and/or strategic initiatives.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Dallas kicker Brett Maher missed his fifth extra point of the postseason when his first attempt against San Francisco was blocked before making two field-goal tries.
The Cowboys stuck with Maher for the divisional-round game against the 49ers on Sunday even after he set an NFL record with four misses last Monday night against Tampa Bay before making his final try.
The move looked questionable after Maher’s first attempt against the 49ers was low and blocked by Samson Ebukam.
Maher fared much better on field goals, making both tries but it wasn’t enough as Dallas lost 19-12 to San Francisco.
He made his first field-goal try of the playoffs from a shorter distance in the third quarter when he converted a 25-yarder and then added a 43-yarder in the fourth quarter. He has made his past 12 field-goal attempts.
“Just continue with my process,” Maher said of his approach. “Treat every kick as a separate event. I thought I did a really nice job of that tonight. Leaned into my prep work and was able to hit a couple of big kicks for us here coming down the stretch.”
Maher’s five missed extra point tries in the past two games leave him with the second most in the playoffs in NFL history. Roy Gerela missed six tries in 43 attempts in the 1970s for Houston and Pittsburgh.
Coach Mike McCarthy said he had confidence in Maher but would have gone for a 2-point conversion had Dallas scored a touchdown late to make it a one-point game.
“The reality of it, when we got the ball back next-to-the-last series, the plan was to go down and score and go for 2 for the win,” he said. “That was the thought process. But that had more to do with I just felt our defense was on the field a long time and I thought we picked it up in certain areas in the second half. But we just came up short.”
Dallas signed Tristan Vizcaino to the practice squad this week as insurance, but didn’t activate him for the game.
“Their decision for our kicker was exonerated with his field goals in my mind,” owner Jerry Jones said of the coaching staff sticking with Maher. “I’m proud for him.”
Maher was in the top 10 in field goal success rate during the regular season after making 29 of 32 (91%). He was 50 of 53 on PATs before the playoffs.
There had been a dustup pregame when Maher was warming up. Trent Williams and other 49ers players tried to interfere with his attempts from San Francisco’s side of the field, leading to a brief argument.
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AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL | 2023-01-23T05:19:27+00:00 | wcia.com | https://www.wcia.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-mahers-postseason-misery-extends-with-5th-missed-pat/ |
The U.S. Census Bureau on Wednesday said it was putting on hold plans to apply by 2025 a controversial method for protecting the privacy of participants in its most comprehensive survey of Americans after facing pushback from prominent researchers and demographers.
The science doesn’t yet exist to apply differential privacy algorithms to the annual American Community Survey, which covers more than 40 topics ranging from income, internet access, rent, disabilities and language spoken at home, the statistical agency said in a blog post.
“It’s also not clear that differential privacy would ultimately be the best option,” wrote Donna Daily, chief of the American Community Survey Office.
The Census Bureau embraced using differential privacy algorithms for the first time with the release last year of the first round of 2020 census data, and it had said the method would be applied to American Community Survey data by 2025. Differential privacy algorithms add intentional errors to data to obscure the identity of any given participant. It is most noticeable at the smallest geographies, such as census blocks.
Prominent demographers and other researchers had asked in a letter to Census Bureau Director Robert Santos last summer that the agency drop plans to use the algorithms on future data releases, claiming it would jeopardize the usability of numbers that are the foundation of the nation’s data infrastructure.
The 2020 census questionnaire asked limited questions about race, Hispanic background, sex, age, household relationships and whether a home is owned or rented during the head count of very U.S. resident. The American Community Survey, on the other hand, is much more complex because of the almost four dozen topics it covers when sampling residents in 3.5 million homes.
The Census Bureau has said that the differential privacy algorithms are needed since, without them, the growth of easily available third-party data combined with modern computing could allow hackers to piece together the identities of participants in its censuses and surveys in violation of the law. Bureau statisticians will continue to study privacy methods for the American Community Survey, the statistical agency said.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. , Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ROMA Boots and Demi Tebow are both partnering with Convoy of Hope to provide boots to refugee children displaced by the ongoing war in Ukraine. As winter steadily approaches eastern Europe, cold-weather necessities are becoming even more important for those seeking shelter.
"For me, this [partnership] is very special — not only because I was born in Romania and am part Ukrainian, but because I was given hope over 30 years ago and I was able to migrate to the U.S. as a refugee," says ROMA Boots founder, Samuel Bistrian. "To be able to donate 100,000 boots to Ukrainian refugees in the same region where I was born, to children who desperately need them, with a great organization like Convoy of Hope, is truly monumental."
ROMA Boots donates one brand new pair of boots to a child in need for every pair sold. Over the last 12 years, the company has donated hundreds of thousands of boots in more than 30 countries around the world. The company's mission is to bring impoverished children hope, love and lasting change through aid and education.
"It's been such an honor to be able to come alongside ROMA Boots and Convoy of Hope, to see firsthand the hope that these boots bring to children in need," says Demi Tebow. "As winter begins setting in across eastern Europe, refugees and impoverished children need help and hope more than ever. I'm honored to join ROMA and Convoy to help make a lasting impact in the communities that have been affected."
The war in Ukraine continues. Recent bombings in Ukraine significantly damaged the power grid, and the World Health Organization reports that nearly 1 million homes have been damaged or destroyed since the war began in February. Additionally, temperatures in the region are quickly dropping — making an already tough situation even worse.
"The situation is heartbreaking, but Convoy of Hope is grateful for the many partners who have made our work in and around Ukraine possible," says Ethan Forhetz, Convoy of Hope's national spokesperson. "We are proud of and thankful for partners like Samuel and Demi who give their time, resources and influence to help others."
Convoy of Hope remains committed to providing essentials to people caught in the crosshairs of the ongoing conflict. So far, the organization has distributed food, water, hygiene kits, baby supplies, blankets, toys and other relief items to more than 2 million people across 16 countries.
Convoy of Hope is a faith-based organization with a driving passion to feed the world. With a long history as an early responder in times of natural disasters, Convoy of Hope has been a Four Star Charity as recognized by Charity Navigator every year since 2002. Convoy of Hope has served more than 200 million people since it was founded in 1994. For more information, please visit convoyofhope.org.
ROMA Boots is a social enterprise headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It was founded in 2010 by Romanian-born refugee Samuel Bistrian, who wanted to help children in his home country by combining his love of fashion and philanthropy. For every pair of ROMA Boots sold, a brand new pair is donated to a child in need. In the last 12 years, ROMA has donated 10 million dollars worth of boots across 30 countries around the world.
Demi-Leigh Tebow is a South African entrepreneur, motivational speaker, philanthropist and social influencer who was crowned Miss South Africa and Miss Universe in 2017. Demi's greatest purpose in life is loving God and others through all that she does. Today, she resides in Jacksonville, Florida, with her husband, Tim, working toward her aspirations of becoming a business owner. Demi loves using her influencer platform to create a community that supports women and to share her passion for health, faith, beauty, fashion and lifestyle. For more information, visit demileigh.com.
Contact
Ethan Forhetz
Vice President of Public Engagement & National Spokesperson
(417) 848-8123
eforhetz@convoyofhope.org
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota's second-leading scorer Jamison Battle has decided to transfer to Ohio State for his final college season, the fifth-year forward announced Thursday on his Instagram account.
The 6-foot-7 Battle was a preseason All-Big Ten pick who missed the first four games of the season with a foot injury and played through back trouble down the stretch. He averaged 12.4 points per game with career-low shooting rates of 37.1 percent from the floor and 31.1 percent from 3-point range. He made a 3-pointer at the buzzer to beat Rutgers on March 2.
Gophers coach Ben Johnson said after Battle participated in the team's senior day ceremony that he was leaning toward turning pro, but he entered the portal to keep his options open.
Battle had a superb debut season with the Gophers in 2021-22, when he averaged 17.5 points and 6.3 rebounds per game with 36.6% shooting from 3-point range. The Minnesota native transferred home after playing his first two seasons at George Washington.
The Gophers finished 9-22 overall in 2022-23 and in last place in the Big Ten. The Buckeyes were second-to-last before winning three games at the Big Ten Tournament to reach the semifinals. They finished 16-19.
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Knock Buyer-Seller Market Index shows that buyers will have more leverage in the West, while sellers will maintain an advantage in the East
- U.S. housing market will continue to move in the direction of buyers following the spring homebuying season
- The top five buyers' markets for 2023 are Phoenix; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Las Vegas, Dallas and Denver
- Fayetteville, N.C.; Harrisburg Pa.; Syracuse, N.Y.; Hartford, Conn. and York, Pa. top the list of the best markets for sellers
- By year-end 2023, 36 markets are forecast to be buyers' markets, 41 markets will remain sellers' markets and 23 will be neutral
NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As the reality of high home prices and higher mortgage rates sets in, U.S. homebuyers will gain some leverage in 2023. However, shoppers are in for very different experiences depending on where in the U.S. they are looking to move, according to the Knock Buyer-Seller Market Index 2023 forecast released today, which shows a clear divide between the best markets for buyers versus sellers.
According to the Index, which analyzes key housing market metrics to measure the degree to which the nation's 100 largest markets favor home buyers or sellers, the top 5 buyers' markets are west of the Mississippi, while the top 5 sellers' markets are concentrated in the East Coast.
"With home prices and interest rates cutting into purchasing power, the relocation hotspots where prices grew quickly during the pandemic will increasingly favor buyers in 2023, while more mid-sized markets offering good job opportunities and affordable housing will be the top performing real estate markets in 2023," said Knock Co-Founder and CEO Sean Black. "This will usher in a more balanced housing market. However, home shoppers will find different scenarios depending where in the U.S. they are looking."
As 2022 came to a close it was clear the combination of high home prices and interest rates put an end to the frenetic pandemic housing market. Based on the November 2022 Buyer-Seller Index, the latest month of available data, inventory rose in 80 of the 100 largest housing markets and all but two moved at least marginally toward favoring buyers.
A total of 2,336,520 homes were sold in the 100 largest housing markets in the first 11 months of 2022, down 19% from a year earlier. Median days on market increased to 22, up from 13 in November 2021. The average sale-to-list ratio, which measures how close homes are selling to their asking price, was 98%, down from 99% in October and 100% a year ago. There were 14 buyers' markets in November 2022, 46 markets favored sellers and 40 were in neutral territory.
This year's top buyers' markets are all west of the Mississippi and were popular relocation spots during the pandemic, which caused home prices to accelerate at a faster pace than the rest of the nation on average. Prices in the top five buyers' markets rose by 44.6% on average between January 2020 and last month, compared to 34.9% for the rest of the nation during the same period.
In rank order, the top 5 buyers' metros for 2023 are Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, Ariz.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nev.; Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas and Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo.
Although these markets will see median home price growth moderate and even decline from their pandemic peaks in 2023, prices are forecast to end the year 38% above pre-pandemic levels, 3% higher than the national average change.
A sign of a slowing market, inventory is expected to grow significantly (54.4% on average) in the top buyers' markets. Denver will see inventory grow by nearly 100%, ranking second behind Charlotte, N.C., which is projected to lead the nation in inventory growth at 148.3%.
Concentrated in the East Coast, the top sellers' markets are forecast to see the strongest growth in home sales and listing prices in 2023. They tend to be smaller to mid-size markets with populations under 1 million, where home prices remain affordable. Despite increasing by as much as 50% since January 2020, prices in the top sellers' markets remain well below the national median home price of $374,000.
Fayetteville, N.C.; Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa.; Syracuse, N.Y.; Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, Conn. and York-Hanover, Pa., top the list of Knock's best markets for sellers in 2023.
Home sales across the top sellers' markets are forecast to rise by between 5% and 18% over the next 12 months. The exception is Hartford, Conn., where home sales are projected to dip by 1.7%. In contrast, sales are forecast to decline by 16.3% for the rest of the nation by the end of 2023. On average, the median home price in these markets is expected to increase 8.3%, compared to the less than 1% increase forecast for the U.S. as a whole. Days on market will average 15 days, half the forecasted national median of 30 days, while average months' supply will be just one month, compared to 3.1 months for the 100 largest markets.
According to the Index, the nation's 100 largest housing markets will continue to teeter in neutral territory over the next few months, gain some momentum toward sellers in the spring and then move firmly into buyers' market territory by summer – a trend that will continue through the end of the year.
By November 2023, 36 markets are forecast to be buyers' markets (up from 14 in November 2022), 41 markets will remain sellers' markets (down from 46), and 23 will be neutral.
As the market continues to cool, the 100 largest markets are projected to see home sales decline by 16.3% year over year. Fayetteville, Ark., will face the largest falloff at -22.9%.
By the middle of 2023, months' supply will surpass three months for the first time since the summer of 2019. Charlotte, N.C., is forecast to lead the nation in months' supply at 12.7 – double that of Port St. Lucie, Fla., which is forecast to have the second-highest months' supply at 6.2.
Nationally, the median sales price is forecast to peak in June at $386,000, consistent with a typical home selling season. By November, the median price is forecast to be $374,000, basically flat compared to November 2022. Median days on market will continue to rise throughout 2023, reaching 30 days across the U.S. by November 2023, with Colorado Springs, Colo., leading the nation at 121 days.
Average sale prices across large housing markets are forecast to remain lower than the average ask price in each of the next 12 months, keeping the sale-to-list ratio below 100% through 2023.
1. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, Ariz.
November 2022 median home price: $426,990
Forecasted 2023 home price change: -5.4%
Forecasted 2023 home sales change: +6.0%
Forecasted 2023 month's supply: 3.7 months
Forecasted sale-to-list price ratio: 96%
Phoenix saw home prices grow by 47.4% between January 2020 and November 2022. However, it was one of the first metros to see sales slow and prices begin to recede when interest rates began to rise in 2022. For buyers, Phoenix remains an affordable alternative to high-cost West Coast markets, such as Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. It offers residents more than 200 golf courses, Spring Training, all four major professional sports leagues and numerous cultural events. Much more than a place to retire, Phoenix is headquarters to five Fortune 500 companies: Freeport McMoRan, PetSmart, Avnet, Republic Services and Insight Enterprises.
2. Colorado Springs, Colo.
November 2022 median home price: $425,000
Forecasted 2023 home price change: +1.2%
Forecasted 2023 home sales change: -18.3%
Forecasted 2023 month's supply: 4.2 months
Forecasted sale-to-list price ratio: 97%
Colorado Springs was viewed as an affordable alternative to high-priced West Coast metros and even neighboring Denver, where the median home price is 38% higher. Located at the foot of Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs is known for its great weather with over 300 days of sunshine a year, walkable neighborhoods, easy access to the outdoors and a vibrant downtown.
3. Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nev.
November 2022 median home price: $386,000
Forecasted 2023 home price change: -6.6%
Forecasted 2023 home sales change: +17.6%
Forecasted 2023 month's supply: 4.8 months
Forecasted sale-to-list price ratio: 96%
The pandemic housing boom pushed the median home price in Las Vegas up 57.9% between January 2020 and May 2022, when prices peaked at $450,000. Home prices are forecast to dip below the national median to $361,000 in 2023, and buyers will have more choices as months' supply rises to 4.8 months by November 2023. Known as the Entertainment Capital of the World, Las Vegas offers residents trendy neighborhoods, family-friendly master-planned communities, world-class dining and professional sports. It also has a strong job market beyond tourism in the healthcare, logistics and technology sectors and no state income tax.
4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
November 2022 median home price: $380,000
Forecasted 2023 home price change: +6.7%
Forecasted 2023 home sales change: -9.0%
Forecasted 2023 month's supply: 4.2 months
Forecasted sale-to-list price ratio: 95%
Unlike the three top buyers' markets, prices in the Dallas metro have risen significantly since last year, and are forecast to continue to increase throughout 2023. Despite the rising prices, Dallas had the sixth largest inventory of homes on the market in the nation in November at 14,751. With inventory forecast to grow to 27,000 over the next 12 months, Dallas buyers will have more options. Offering a strong job market and the amenities of a big city, Dallas is considered one of the best places to live in Texas.
5. Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo.
November 2022 median home price: $555,000
Forecasted 2023 home price change: +0.7%
Forecasted 2023 home sales change: -18.2%
Forecasted 2023 month's supply: 3.8 months
Forecasted sale-to-list price ratio: 97%
In the next year, Denver will have seen one of the largest swings in housing demand. Twelve months ago, a home spent just six days on the market. This is forecast to rise to 36 days by November 2023, well above the national median of 30 days and one of the highest days on market of the 100 largest markets. Well before the pandemic, Denver was a relocation hotspot. Home prices have ranked among the most expensive in the nation since November 2016, the beginning of Knock's Buyer-Seller Market Index. Despite the market's slowdown, they are projected to continue to rise in 2023, hitting $559,000 by year-end. In addition to beautiful landscapes and four seasons of outdoor activities, Denver offers its residents a reasonable cost of living, museums and cultural events as well as a booming tech market.
1. Fayetteville, N.C.
November 2022 median home price: $221,500
Forecasted 2023 home price change: +9.6%
Forecasted 2023 home sales change: +17.8%
Forecasted 2023 month's supply: 0.3 months
Forecasted sale-to-list price ratio: 100%
Best known as the home of Fort Bragg, the nation's largest military base, Fayetteville offers its residents an affordable place to live (the cost of living is 20% lower than that of the national average) with the diversity of a larger city and the proximity to the state's mountains and beaches. The city has attracted a large number of companies, including General Dynamics, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and Wal-Mart, creating jobs for residents. It also offers one of the best retail markets in the country, entertainment, minor league baseball, quality healthcare and good schools. The strong housing market is evidenced by the fact that the median home price in Fayetteville is up 50.2% since January 2020, and is forecast to end 2023 at $243,000, up 9.6%.
2. Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa.
November 2022 median home price: $237,000
Forecasted 2023 home price change: +7.5%
Forecasted 2023 home sales change: +3.8%
Forecasted 2023 month's supply: 1.0 month
Forecasted sale-to-list price ratio: 100%
The state capital of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg sits on the Susquehanna River. Etched in American history for the roles it played in the Civil War and Industrial Revolution, Harrisburg continues to grow and evolve, offering residents a strong job market and access to recreational activities, such as hiking, climbing and camping as well as the big city. New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. are all a few hours away by car. It also provides a more affordable housing market and a lower cost of living than many of the East Coast's larger metro areas. Since January 2020, home prices in Harrisburg have increased by 28.2%, and are forecast to reach $255,000 by the end of 2023.
3. Syracuse, N.Y.
November 2022 median home price: $195,000
Forecasted 2023 home price change: +6.4%
Forecasted 2023 home sales change: +5.2%
Forecasted 2023 month's supply: 1.5 months
Forecasted sale-to-list price ratio: 101%
Mention Syracuse and your mind immediately goes to snow – the central New York metro typically gets more than 120 inches per year. But Syracuse has much more to offer, making it a desirable and affordable place to start a career, raise a family and retire. Home to Syracuse University and adjacent to Onondaga Lake, residents have access to college and watersports. Armory Square boasts bars and restaurants, and the city hosts a number of food and music festivals and family-friendly venues. Home prices have increased 35.4% since January 2020, and are forecast to reach $207,000 over the next 12 months.
4. Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, Conn.
November 2022 median home price: $300,000
Forecasted 2023 home price change: +8.5%
Forecasted 2023 home sales change: -1.7%
Forecasted 2023 month's supply: 1.5 months
Forecasted sale-to-list price ratio: 102%
One of the oldest cities in the U.S. and Connecticut's capital city, Hartford has a growing job market, affordable housing market and top-rated universities. This makes Hartford an attractive place to call home for a diverse population. The city's central business district offers galleries, restaurants and entertainment venues, while the nearby vineyards, state parks and mountains provide year-round outdoor activities. Nicknamed the Insurance Capital of the World, Hartford is home to Aetna, The Hartford, Travelers, United Healthcare, Lincoln Financial Group and Cigna. It also has vibrant healthcare, financial services and education industries. Home prices have increased 36.4% since January 2020, and are forecast to reach $326,000 over the next 12 months.
5. York-Hanover, Pa.
November 2022 median home price: $238,000
Forecasted 2023 home price change: +9.6%
Forecasted 2023 home sales change: +8.3%
Forecasted 2023 month's supply: 1.0 month
Forecasted sale-to-list price ratio: 100%
Rich in history, having served as the home of the Continental Congress, the birthplace of the Articles of Confederation and the capital of the U.S., York offers its residents a dense suburban feel. An easy commute to the Maryland-Pennsylvania border, the cost of living in York is lower than nearby communities, making it an affordable housing option for young professionals and families with children. Restored Colonial-era buildings are a reminder of the city's past, while York's shops, flourishing arts community, craft breweries and minor league baseball team provide residents with a number of options to get out and about. For outdoor enthusiasts, Lake Redman offers kayaking, hiking and fishing, while skiing and snowboarding are just a short drive away. Home prices have increased 33.7% since January 2020, and are forecast to reach $261,000 over the next 12 months.
.To view the full report, including rankings of the top buyers' and sellers' markets, charts and metro-level data for the 100 largest markets, please visit: https://www.knock.com/blog/cooling-housing-market-will-divide-the-country-in-2023/
The index comprises six measures: the ratio of average sale to asking price, number of homes sold, number of active listings, median days on market, median sale price and the rolling supply of homes in a given month. It uses data on more than 150 million properties in the nation's 100 largest, most active metropolitan areas since November 2016 from a number of sources. Median days on market data is not available for seven of the 100 largest markets (Boise, Idaho; Richmond, Va.; Seattle; Allentown, Pa.; Portland, Maine; New Haven, Conn. and Bridgeport, Conn.)
Index values range from -4 to 4, with lower values indicating a relatively favorable market for buyers and higher values indicating a relatively favorable market for sellers. Index values ranging around zero denote a somewhat neutral housing market.
Knock is an innovative home finance tech company making home buying simple and certain. Our flagship HomeSwap™ product empowers consumers with a non-contingent, cash-like offer right on their phone to buy the home they want before selling the home they have, providing the certainty of locking in their dream home with the convenience of not having to live through repairs or showings of the old home.
Launched in 2015 by founding team members of Trulia.com, Knock currently operates in 75 markets nationwide. Knock has raised $900 million in debt and equity from top-tier investors, including Foundry Group, Greycroft, RRE, Parker89 and The National Association of Realtors®, giving NAR's 1.5 million members the ability to market Knock's homeownership solutions to their clients. For more information visit: knock.com.
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Adam Rich, ‘Eight Is Enough’ actor, dead at 54
Published: Jan. 8, 2023 at 1:33 PM EST|Updated: 10 minutes ago
(CNN) - Adam Rich, the actor who played the youngest family member on the show “Eight Is Enough” has died.
His family reportedly told media outlets that he died at his home in Los Angeles Saturday.
Rich rose to fame in the 1970s and 1980s as a child playing the youngest Bradford family member, Nicholas.
He also appeared on several TV shows and a number of TV movies into the 1980s, including “Chips,” “Fantasy Island” and “Small Wonder.”
Rich was 54 years old.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia used strategic bombers, cruise missiles and killer drones in a wave of attacks across Ukraine early Friday, while Moscow’s military push that Kyiv says has been brewing for days appeared to pick up pace in eastern areas ahead of the one-year anniversary of its invasion.
Russian forces launched 71 cruise missiles, 35 S-300 missiles and seven Shahed drones since late Thursday, Ukraine’s military chief, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi said.
Ukrainian forces downed 61 cruise missiles and five drones, he said.
The cruise missiles were launched by Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers and from Russian navy ships in the Black Sea, Zaluzhnyi said, while the S-300 missiles were launched from the Belgorod region just inside Russia and the occupied part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region.
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Moscow once again targeted the power supply in “another attempt to destroy the Ukrainian energy system and deprive Ukrainians of light, heat, water.”
“We have sustained damage to high-voltage infrastructure and generation in the western, central and eastern regions, which may cause power outages,” he said.
The Kremlin’s forces focused on Ukraine’s industrial east, especially the Luhansk and Donetsk provinces that make up the industrial Donbas region where recent fighting has been most intense, the Ukrainian military said. Moscow-backed separatists have been fighting Ukrainian forces there since 2014.
But the barrage went further, also taking aim at the capital, Kyiv, and Lviv, near Ukraine’s Western border with Poland. It also struck critical infrastructure in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city in the northeast. Seven people were wounded there, two of them seriously, regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
Air raid sirens went off across much of the country.
Kyiv believes Moscow is planning a ground assault in the east, where the Kremlin is striving to secure areas it has illegally annexed and where it claims its rule is welcomed.
In the Donetsk region, local Ukrainian officials reported that the Russian military deployed additional troops and launched offensive operations. “There is a daily escalation and Russian attacks are becoming active throughout the region,” Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said.
In Luhansk province, the Russian army is trying to punch through Ukrainian defenses, according to regional Gov. Serhii Haidai.
“The situation is deteriorating, the enemy is constantly attacking, the Russians are bringing in a large amount of heavy equipment and aircraft,” Haidai said.
There has been little change in battlefield positions for weeks.
Also Friday, Moldova’s Ministry of Defense said that a missile was detected traversing its airspace near the border with Ukraine. Moldova’s foreign ministry said in a statement that the Russian ambassador in Chisinau has been summoned for talks over the “unacceptable violation”.
The ministry said that the missile was detected in its airspace at around 10 a.m. and flew over two border villages before heading toward Ukraine.
The spokesperson for Ukraine’s Air Forces, Yurii Ihnat, told The Associated Press that another missile crossed the airspace of Romania, a NATO member country. Romania’s defense ministry denied that, however, saying the closest the missile came to Romania’s airspace was approximately 35 kilometers (20 miles).
High-voltage infrastructure facilities were hit in the eastern, western and southern regions, Ukraine’s energy company, Ukrenergo, said, resulting in power outages in some areas. It was the 14th round of massive strikes on the country’s power supply, the company said. The last one occurred on Jan. 26 as Moscow seeks to demoralize Ukrainians by leaving them without heat and water in the bitter winter.
Zaporizhzhia City Council Secretary Anatolii Kurtiev said the city had been hit 17 times in one hour, which he said made it the most intense period of attacks since the beginning of the full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022.
Ukraine’s Air Force shot down 10 Russian missiles over Kyiv, according to the Kyiv City Administration. The fragments of one missile damaged two cars, a house and electricity wires. No casualties were reported.
The Ukraine Air Force said Russia launched S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles on the Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia provinces. Those missiles cannot be destroyed in mid-air by air defenses but they have a relatively short range so the Russians have used them for attacks on areas not far from Russian-controlled territory.
The Khmelnytskyi province in Western Ukraine was also attacked with Shahed drones, according to regional Gov. Serhii Hamalii.
Russia has in the past used Iranian-made Shahed drones to strike at key Ukrainian infrastructure and sow fear among civilians, according to Western analysts. They are known as suicide drones because they nosedive into targets and explode on impact like a missile.
The onslaught lent a sense of urgency to Ukraine’s pleas for more Western military support. The need prompted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to make a rare — and daring — two-day trip abroad this week to press allies to grant Kyiv more aid.
A Russian rocket fell but did not explode in Ukraine’s Lviv province, near to Poland, according to regional Gov. Maksym Kozytskyi. He said on Telegram that there were no victims when the rocket impacted close to a village bus stop.
Moscow’s ambitions have narrowed since it launched its full-scale invasion, military analysts say, when the capital Kyiv and the installation of a puppet government were among its targets. It is now focusing its efforts on gaining full control of the Donbas.
Numerous battlefield setbacks, including yielding eastern areas it had initially captured, have embarrassed Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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The company has been BNEF Tier 1 company since 2017
SAN JOSÉ, Calif., Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boviet Solar Technology Co. Ltd. (Boviet Solar), a leading global solar energy technology company specializing in manufacturing of Monocrystalline PERC PV cells, Gamma Series™ Monofacial and Vega Series™ Bifacial PV Modules, has been ranked as a Tier 1 PV module manufacturer by BloombergNEF (BNEF) every quarter in 2022. Boviet Solar also achieved the BNEF Tier 1 rating for every quarter in 2021.
BloombergNEF's tiering system for PV module manufacturers is based on bankability, to help purchasers of PV modules distinguish between the hundreds of modules available today. To be ranked as Tier 1, the manufacturer must have provided in-house manufactured PV modules to six different projects that have been non-recourse financed by six different banks over the past two years. Since non-recourse financing does not allow the lender to pursue anything other than the collateral, it's an indication that the bank has confidence in the PV module manufacturer.
"The Tier 1 designation serves as independent validation of Boviet Solar's performance as a business partner since it rates PV module manufacturers on bankability or financial stability," said Jimmy Xie, CEO of Boviet Solar.
Bloomberg notes that its tiering system is not a substitute for due diligence, but instead offers bankability as an additional benchmark. Banks and their due diligence providers are naturally reluctant to release their proprietary whitelists of approved solar vendors, so Tier 1 validation indicates that financial institutions have already vetted PV module manufacturers.
"When looking for a PV module partner, bankability matters just as much as top performing PV modules and cost-effectiveness," said Sienna Cen, President of Boviet Solar USA. "Being ranked as a Tier 1 solar module maker by BloombergNEF gives Boviet third-party validation of our financial stability—a great complement to our technology, engineering, and manufacturing capabilities. Tier 1 status should give our customers added assurance that partnering with Boviet Solar is a wise choice for any solar project."
Boviet Solar has maintained its position as a BloombergNEF Tier 1 solar module manufacturer since 2017. The company offers financial/business stability, technology know-how, manufacturing excellence and supply chain transparency. Boviet Solar's PV Modules are known for their power, performance and quality and have been rated as top performers on the PVEL module reliability scorecard since 2019.
Founded in 2013 in Vietnam, Boviet Solar is part of Boway Alloy and a global Tier 1 solar technology company that specializes in the manufacturing of Monocrystalline PERC cells, Gamma Series™ Monofacial and Vega Series™ Bifacial PV modules, as well as solar project development. The company works with IPPs, EPCs, project developers, solar installers, and contractors to deliver top-performing PV modules for utility-scale, commercial, industrial, and residential solar projects. With a proven track record of success working with many of the industry's leading players, Boviet Solar has maintained its position as a BloombergNEF Tier 1 solar module manufacturer and supplier since 2017. The company offers financial stability, technology know-how, manufacturing excellence and supply chain transparency. Boviet Solar's PV Modules are known for their power, performance and quality and have been rated as top performers on the PVEL module reliability scorecard since 2019. Boviet Solar has offices in the USA and Germany, and its global headquarters are in Vietnam. For more information, please visit www.bovietsolar.com.
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FEDERAL WAY, Wash., Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Brave New World Enterprises (BNWE) is excited to have joined forces with Washington State Representative, Jesse Johnson and the Department of Commerce in creating the Black Eco Chamber, a small business development incubator designed to provide culturally unique services to black-owned businesses and entrepreneurs of color.
This program has been a long coordinated effort between BNWE Founder and President, Shyan Selah, and Representative Johnson to address the need for increased economic empowerment among African Americans in Washington State and as such, was included as a sponsored proviso by Rep. Johnson in the 2022-2023 state budget, endorsed by the Washington State Black Caucus, and approved by Governor Jay Inslee to this launch this year.
"As we enter into a new phase of the workforce post-pandemic, we have many challenges yet also opportunities," says Representative Johnson. "One of which is to foster and spearhead an entrepreneurial spirit to help cultivate ideas and support business. The Incubator will be a once in a lifetime opportunity to do just that. I am proud of what we can do with this program for our community and our State."
The Black Eco Chamber also directly serves as a supporting program to help the state's Department of Commerce reach its goals of expanding awareness and services to business owners of color.
"Equity in business opportunities builds a strong economy. Commerce is committed to working to close the racial wealth gap, in part by increasing business ownership of minority-owned firms. Support for programs like Black Eco Chamber program, in partnership with BNWE, is essential to build on momentum among regional economic development organizations, community-based organizations, and other affinity-based incubator programs to continue providing the necessary resources to support black entrepreneurs and business owners in industries that are poised for growth." said Linda Womack, Commerce Managing Director of Small Business Finance and Community Support. Womack noted that Minority Business Development Agency research that shows African-American owned employer firms in the U.S. contribute $128 billion in economic output and 1.2 million jobs per year.
As a Black-owned business, BNWE has made it a mission to provide this opportunity to businesses owned by historically disadvantaged communities, especially black business owners. As an organization that has been rooted in the arts and entertainment industry (with a record label, TV/Film, digital tech, and publishing divisions) and a long-term provider of services including media, marketing, branding, and events for businesses in King County, BNWE has created a unique and dynamic program in the Black Eco Chamber designed to elevate the profiles and function of other minority-owned businesses.
"There is not only an urgent need but also a deep hope simmering in the community," says BNWE President/CEO Shyan Selah. "The pandemic has totally upended social norms for us all, but has in particular for the black community both triggered cultural trauma that stems from economic dis-enfranchisement and lack of equitable opportunity. We aim to be solution developers engineering new ways to re-imagine equity."
In his efforts to ensure that mission, Shyan Selah has also brought on former Vice President of Retail Banking and Wealth Management and the Founder of ClearBlu Capital, Larry Gilmore, as the Co-Executive Director of the Black Eco Chamber.
"I'm honored to have the opportunity to support Brave New World, the State of Washington, and the Black Eco Chamber to have a significant impact in addressing racial equity through entrepreneurship," says Gilmore. "We know that a high percentage of Black owned businesses have a high risk of failure due to the lack of capital and management solutions to scale. We also know that these communities have the highest risk impacting their wealth when exploring entrepreneurship. The Black Eco Chamber is committed to reducing these risks by providing a firm foundation for success with a variety of solutions. I'm confident we will provide long lasting solutions for years to come.``
Programming for the Black Eco Chamber includes networking events and monthly educational workshops covering topics including: starting a business in Washington State, Basic Bookkeeping and Tax Preparation, Corporate Funding Strategies, Franchising, and more. For the 2022-2023 schedule please visit: www.blackecochamber.com.
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Hollywood writers, slamming ‘gig economy,’ to go on strike
NEW YORK (AP) - Television and movie writers declared late Monday that they will launch a strike for the first time in 15 years, as Hollywood girded for a walkout with potentially widespread ramifications in a fight over fair pay in the streaming era.
The Writers Guild of America said that its 11,500 unionized screenwriters will head to the picket lines on Tuesday. Negotiations between studios and the writers, which began in March, failed to reach a new contract before the writers’ current deal expired just after midnight, at 12:01 a.m. PDT Tuesday. All script writing is to immediately cease, the guild informed its members.
The board of directors for the WGA, which includes both a West and an East branch, voted unanimously to call for a strike, effective at the stroke of midnight. Writers, they said, are facing an “existential crisis.”
“The companies’ behavior has created a gig economy inside a union workforce, and their immovable stance in this negotiation has betrayed a commitment to further devaluing the profession of writing,” the WGA said in a statement. “From their refusal to guarantee any level of weekly employment in episodic television, to the creation of a ‘day rate’ in comedy variety, to their stonewalling on free work for screenwriters and on AI for all writers, they have closed the door on their labor force and opened the door to writing as an entirely freelance profession. No such deal could ever be contemplated by this membership.”
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the trade association that bargains on behalf of studios and production companies, signaled late Monday that negotiations fell short of an agreement before the current contract expired. The AMPTP said it presented an offer with “generous increases in compensation for writers as well as improvements in streaming residuals.”
In a statement, the AMPTP said that it was prepared to improve its offer “but was unwilling to do so because of the magnitude of other proposals still on the table that the guild continues to insist upon.”
The labor dispute could have a cascading effect on TV and film productions depending on how long the strike persists. But a shutdown has been widely forecast for months due to the scope of the discord. The writers last month voted overwhelming to authorize a strike, with 98% of membership in support.
At issue is how writers are compensated in an industry where streaming has changed the rules of Hollywood economics. Writers say they aren’t being paid enough, TV writer rooms have shrunk too much and the old calculus for how residuals are paid out needs to be redrawn.
“The survival of our profession is at stake,” the guild has said.
Streaming has exploded the number of series and films that are annually made, meaning more jobs for writers. But WGA members say they’re making much less money and working under more strained conditions. Showrunners on streaming series receive just 46% of the pay that showrunners on broadcast series receive, the WGA claims. Content is booming, but pay is down.
The guild is seeking more compensation on the front-end of deals. Many of the back-end payments writers have historically profited by – like syndication and international licensing – have been largely phased out by the onset of streaming. More writers — roughly half — are being paid minimum rates, an increase of 16% over the last decade. The use of so-called mini-writers rooms has soared.
The AMPTP said Monday that the primary sticking points to a deal revolved around those mini-rooms — the guild is seeking a minimum number of scribes per writer room — and duration of employment restrictions. The guild has said more flexibility for writers is needed when they’re contracted for series that have tended to be more limited and short-lived than the once-standard 20-plus episode broadcast season.
At the same time, studios are under increased pressure from Wall Street to turn a profit with their streaming services. Many studios and production companies are slashing spending. The Walt Disney Co. is eliminating 7,000 jobs. Warner Bros. Discovery is cutting costs to lessen its debt. Netflix has pumped the breaks on spending growth.
When Hollywood writers have gone on strike, it’s often been lengthy. In 1988, a WGA strike lasted 153 days. The last WGA strike went for 100 days, beginning in 2007 and ending in 2008.
The most immediate effect of the strike viewers are likely to notice will be on late-night shows and “Saturday Night Live.” All are expected to immediately go dark. During the 2007 strike, late-night hosts eventually returned to the air and improvised material. Jay Leno wrote his own monologues, a move that angered union leadership.
On Friday’s episode of “Late Night,” Seth Meyers, a WGA member who said he supported the union’s demands, prepared viewers for re-runs while lamenting the hardship a strike entails.
“It doesn’t just affect the writers, it affects all the incredible non-writing staff on these shows,” Meyers said. “And it would really be a miserable thing for people to have to go through, especially considering we’re on the heels of that awful pandemic that affected, not just show business, but all of us.”
Scripted series and films will take longer to be affected. But if a strike persisted through the summer, fall schedules could be upended. And in the meantime, not having writers available for rewrites can have a dramatic effect on quality. The James Bond film “Quantum of Solace” was one of many films rushed into production during the 2007-2008 strike with what Daniel Craig called “the bare bones of a script.”
“Then there was a writers’ strike and there was nothing we could do,” Craig later recounted. “We couldn’t employ a writer to finish it. I say to myself, ‘Never again’, but who knows? There was me trying to rewrite scenes — and a writer I am not.”
With a walkout long expected, writers have rushed to get scripts in and studios have sought to prepare their pipelines to keep churning out content for at least the short term.
“We’re assuming the worst from a business perspective,” David Zaslav, chief executive of Warner Bros. Discovery, said last month. “We’ve got ourselves ready. We’ve had a lot of content that’s been produced.”
Overseas series could also fill some of the void. “If there is one, we have a large base of upcoming shows and films from around the world,” said Ted Sarandos, Netflix co-chief executive, on the company’s earnings call in April.
Yet the WGA strike may only be the beginning. Contracts for both the Directors Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA, the actors union, expire in June. Some of the same issues around the business model of streaming will factor into those bargaining sessions. The DGA is set to begin negotiations with AMPTP on May 10.
The cost of the WGA’s last strike cost Southern California $2.1 billion, according to the Milken Institute. How painful this strike is remains to be seen. But as of late Monday evening, laptops were being closed shut all over Hollywood.
“Pencils down,” said “Halt and Catch Fire” showrunner and co-creator Christopher Cantwell on Twitter shortly after the strike announcement. “Don’t even type in the document.”
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HOUSTON, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Legal Support, the nation's leading provider of litigation support services, is pleased to announce the opening of its new Los Angeles office! Conveniently located in west Los Angeles just off the 405 freeway, the new space offers extra-large, comfortable deposition and arbitration conference rooms with plenty of room to accommodate small proceedings or larger events with up to 30 people.
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(NewsNation) — June 21 marks the first day of summer — the perfect season to cool off in the water, but a nationwide lifeguard shortage is forcing many families to make alternate plans.
According to the American Lifeguard Association, the issue is affecting about a third of the country’s public pools — some are even staying closed for good or opening with limited hours.
So, what’s to blame?
First, it was the pandemic when lifeguard certification classes were canceled. That’s when lifeguards found new and in some cases higher-paying jobs.
But that’s not the case for Robin Borlandoe. She was a lifeguard when she was 16. Now she’s a 70-year-old Philadelphia grandmother coming out of retirement to help with the lifeguard shortage.
She said pools are important for cities across the nation so children have somewhere to go during the summer.
“Philadelphia and most cities because of what’s happening in these cities, these kids have nowhere to go to, especially in those areas where the pools are not going to be opening. So because of the death rate, the gun violence and just to have something to do,” Borlandoe explained.
There are 16 lifeguards over the age of 60 in Philadelphia, and Borlandoe said no matter how old you are, it’s not too late to make a difference.
“What is 70? Is the new, what 40 or 50? So if they think of it like that, then they can come on out. Do something also for your community instead of just sitting. Some people like retirement; some people don’t. They want something to do and it’s a great health benefit. It just moves your body,” Borlandoe said. | 2022-06-21T16:29:25+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/70-year-old-woman-unretires-to-become-lifeguard/ |
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Attackers armed with guns and hand grenades ambushed a police van assigned to guard polio workers in northwestern Pakistan, wounding five policemen, authorities said.
Police returned fire after coming under attack near a bridge in Dera Ismail Khan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to local police chief Aman Ullah.
The police chief, who was traveling with the convoy to a nearby vaccination site, said between six to eight suspected militants ambushed them, opened fire and threw hand grenades at the police van.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack but Islamic militants often target polio teams and police protecting them, falsely claiming the vaccination campaigns are a Western conspiracy to sterilize children. The latest anti-polio campaign started this week, the first in 2023.
U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric, asked for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ reaction, said it is not the first time that health workers and people trying to give polio vaccinations have been attacked in Pakistan and other countries.
“Sometimes we’re faced with a situation where you really run out of words, but it is despicable to target and attack people who are going out in communities, in extremely challenging circumstances, trying to protect the lives of infants and babies from a preventable disease that is almost wiped out; except for a handful of countries, “ he said.
All too often, Dujarric said, these attacks are the result of “a security situation where people actively work against health workers.”
In late November, a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up near a truck carrying police officers on their way to protect polio workers in the southwestern city of Quetta. A police officer in the truck was killed, as were three members of a family traveling in another car next to the truck.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed the Nov. 30 attack. A month earlier, in October, gunmen riding on a motorcycle shot and killed a police officer assigned to guard a polio vaccination team in southwestern Baluchistan province.
Pakistan, which along with neighboring Afghanistan is the only country where polio remains endemic, regularly launches vaccination campaigns. The latest, five-day campaign started this week in northwestern Pakistan and is the first in 2023.
Since last April, Pakistan has registered 20 new polio cases — all in the northwest, where parents often refuse to inoculate children. The outbreak has been a blow to the government efforts aimed at eradicating the disease. | 2023-01-06T12:34:27+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/healthbeat/ap-health/ap-attackers-wound-5-pakistani-policemen-guarding-polio-workers/ |
Family of four dies in Creek County house fire
A house fire in rural Creek County killed four people on Friday, including two children, according to the local fire chief.
Milfay and Stroud fire departments responded to a call at 1:45 a.m. on Friday and found the structure engulfed in flames and a male victim who had managed to escape, Milfay Volunteer Fire Chief Travis Victory said Saturday.
The man, who apparently attempted to go back inside the house, was transported to an Oklahoma City hospital but died from his injuries, Victory said. Two young children and a female died inside the house, he said.
The identities of the victims have not been released, but a GoFundMe account created to help with funeral expenses identifies the victims as Dakota and Makenna Murray and their two children. The cause of the fire has not been officially determined. Victory said it appeared to be accidental.
Milfay is a small community in Creek County about 65 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. | 2023-04-22T20:30:46+00:00 | oklahoman.com | https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2023/04/22/fire-in-rural-creek-county-kills-four-including-two-children/70142060007/ |
SAN FRANCISCO and SUZHOU, China, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high-quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, autoimmune, metabolic, ophthalmology and other major diseases, announces that phase 1b study results of mazdutide (IBI362), a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and glucagon receptor dual agonist, in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes have been published in Nature Communications1. Professor Hongwei Jiang from the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology is the first author of the article. Professor Wenying Yang from China-Japan Friendship Hospital and Dr. Lei Qian are the corresponding authors.
This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multiple-ascending-dose phase 1b study (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04466904) evaluated the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics/ pharmacodynamics of IBI362 in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes, with dulaglutide as an active control. Fourteen patients were enrolled in each of the three cohorts and randomized 8:4:2 to receive once weekly IBI362, placebo or 1.5 mg dulaglutide subcutaneously for 12 weeks. Dose escalation regimens for IBI362 and placebo were 1.0-2.0-3.0 mg (cohort 1), 1.5-3.0-4.5 mg (cohort 2) or 2.0-4.0-6.0 mg (cohort 3), with each dose level administered for 4 weeks.
IBI362 was well tolerated and showed multiple benefits of blood glucose control, weight loss and metabolic profiles.
- The most commonly-reported TEAEs were diarrhea (29.2%), decreased appetite (25.0%) and nausea (16.7%). Most gastrointestinal adverse events (diarrhea, nausea and vomiting) were mild in severity and transient. No severe treatment-emergent adverse event (TEAE) was reported.
- Least squares mean changes from baseline to week 12 in HbA1c levels were −1.46%, −2.23% and −1.66% for patients receiving IBI362 in cohort 1,2 and 3, respectively (−1.98% for dulaglutide).
- Least squares mean percent changes from baseline to week 12 in body weight were −0.9%,−5.0% and −5.4% for patients receiving IBI362 in cohort 1,2 and 3, respectively (−0.9% for dulaglutide).
- Reductions in waist circumference, body mass index, blood pressure and lipid levels, as well as improvement on insulin sensitivity were observed in patients receiving IBI362, with overall trends similar with those observed in phase 1b study in participants with overweight or obesity2.
Professor Wenying Yang of China-Japan Friendship Hospital, primary investigator of the study, stated: "In recent years, GLP-1R agonists with significant glycemic control effect and multiple benefits have gained increasing attention and recommendation by both domestic and international clinical practice guidelines. We are pleased to see that IBI362, a novel GLP-1R and GCGR dual agonist, is well tolerated and safe in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes and preliminarily exhibits effects on blood glucose reduction and body weight loss, together with multiple metabolic benefits. The results of this study got published in Nature Communications, indicating that the capability of Chinese investigators and domestic enterprises in the early clinical development of innovative drugs in the field of metabolism has been receiving international recognition. I look forward to the results of the phase II clinical study of IBI362 in Chinese subjects with type 2 diabetes, and hope that IBI362 will succeed in the upcoming phase III studies and benefit the patients as soon as possible."
Dr. Lei Qian, Vice President of Clinical Development of Innovent, stated: "IBI362 is a potent once-weekly GLP-1R and GCGR dual agonist with both blood glucose-reducing and weight loss effects, and has best-in-class potential in terms of efficacy. The phase II study of IBI362 in Chinese participants with overweight and obesity has completed with promising weight loss efficacy. The phase II study of IBI362 in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes will complete soon. Based on the phase II results, we will actively pursue multiple registration studies of IBI362 in Chinese subjects with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes in the second half of this year, and look forward to accelerating the registration and launch of the product in the future."
2Ji L, Jiang H, An P, et al. (2021) IBI362 (LY3305677), a weekly-dose GLP-1 and glucagon receptor dual agonist, in Chinese adults with overweight or obesity: A randomised, placebo-controlled, multiple ascending dose phase 1b study. EClinicalMedicine 39: 101088. 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101088
About Diabetes
The prevalence of diabetes among adults in China is 11.6%, of which type 2 diabetes accounts for about 90% of the total number of diabetic patients, and the number of patients is still increasing. Poor glycemic control will lead to irreversible microvascular and macrovascular complications such as decreased visual acuity, blindness, renal insufficiency, peripheral neuropathy, myocardial infarction, stroke, amputation, etc. As a latent disease with serious complications and high incidence, diabetes mellitus has seriously threatened human health. Currently, there are many treatment options for diabetes, and the development of new hypoglycemic drugs will also explore the additional benefits for diabetic patients in terms of weight loss, cardiovascular risk reduction, and renal protection in addition to effective glycemic control.
About Mazdutide (IBI362)
Innovent entered into a licensing agreement with Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) for the development and potential commercialization of OXM3 (also known as IBI362, LY3305677 or mazdutide), a GLP-1 and glucagon receptor dual agonist, in China. In parallel, Lilly is developing OXM3 outside China. Mazdutide is a long-acting synthetic peptide related to mammalian oxyntomodulin (OXM), which uses a fatty acid side chain to prolong the duration of action and allow once-weekly administration. Mazdutide is designed to exert its biological effects by activating GLP-1 receptor and glucagon receptor in human beings, which is estimated to improve glucose tolerance and induce weight loss, mimicking the effects of endogenous oxyntomodulin.
In addition to the effects of GLP-1 receptor agonists on promoting insulin secretion, lowering blood glucose and reducing body weight, mazdutide may also increase energy expenditure and improve hepatic fat metabolism through the activation of glucagon receptor. The treatment of metabolic diseases by activating multiple metabolism-related targets simultaneously is currently the worldwide trend in drug development.
About Innovent
Inspired by the spirit of "Start with Integrity, Succeed through Action," Innovent's mission is to develop, manufacture and commercialize high-quality biopharmaceutical products that are affordable to ordinary people. Established in 2011, Innovent is committed to developing, manufacturing and commercializing high-quality innovative medicines for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune, metabolic, ophthalmology and other major diseases. On October 31, 2018, Innovent was listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited with the stock code: 01801.HK.
Since its inception, Innovent has developed a fully integrated multi-functional platform which includes R&D, CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls), clinical development and commercialization capabilities. Leveraging the platform, the company has built a robust pipeline of 32 valuable assets in the fields of cancer, autoimmune, metabolic, ophthalmology and other major therapeutic areas, with 7 products approved for marketing in China – TYVYT® (sintilimab injection), BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection), SULINNO® (adalimumab biosimilar injection), HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection) , Pemazyre® (pemigatinib oral inhibitor) and olverembatinib (BCR-ABL TKI) and Cyramza® (ramucirumab), 3 asset under NMPA NDA review, 3 assets in Phase 3 or pivotal clinical trials, and an additional 19 molecules in clinical studies.
Innovent has built an international team with advanced talent in high-end biological drug development and commercialization, including many global experts. The company has also entered into strategic collaborations with Eli Lilly and Company, Adimab, Incyte, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Hanmi and other international partners. Innovent strives to work with many collaborators to help advance China's biopharmaceutical industry, improve drug availability and enhance the quality of the patients' lives. For more information, please visit: www.innoventbio.com. and www.linkedin.com/company/innovent-biologics/.
Note:
TYVYT® (sintilimab injection) is not an approved product in the United States.
BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection), SULINNO®, and HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection) are not approved products in the United States.
TYVYT® (sintilimab injection, Innovent)
BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
SULINNO® (adalimumab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
Pemazyre® (pemigatinib oral inhibitor, Incyte Corporation). Pemazyre® was discovered by Incyte Corporation and licensed to Innovent for development and commercialization in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
CYRAMZA® (ramucirumab, Eli Lilly). Cyramza® was discovered by Eli Lilly and licensed to Innovent for commercialization in Mainland China.
Disclaimer:
1. This indication is still under clinical study, which hasn't been approved in China.
2. Innovent does not recommend any off-label usage.
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This news release may contain certain forward-looking statements that are, by their nature, subject to significant risks and uncertainties. The words "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "intend" and similar expressions, as they relate to Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent" or "Company") , are intended to identify certain of such forward-looking statements. Innovent does not intend to update these forward-looking statements regularly.
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Innovent, the Directors and the employees of Innovent assume (a) no obligation to correct or update the forward-looking statements contained in this site; and (b) no liability in the event that any of the forward-looking statements does not materialise or turn out to be incorrect.
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Updates Stakeholders on Commitments to Economic Inclusion, Community Development, Human Capital, and Sustainability
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Nasdaq: HBAN) has issued its 2021 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report, which highlights how Huntington helps people reach their goals, provides businesses with the resources to grow, and works to create prosperous and resilient communities.
The 2021 ESG Report provides a comprehensive review of Huntington's progress on performance dimensions that drive sustainable, long-term value for all its stakeholders as well as the impact of its focus on community economic development, equity, and environmental sustainability.
"Our ESG efforts are aligned with our purpose of looking out for our colleagues, our customers and the communities we serve," said Steve Steinour, chairman, president, and CEO. "Our values are the catalyst for our service and performance culture at Huntington. We are committed to delivering an exceptional customer experience, remaining deeply connected to our communities, and providing our colleagues with a fulfilling professional career. We remain focused on our ESG efforts and are inspired by the role we can play in the lives of all we serve."
In 2016, Huntington launched its strategic commitment to ESG best practices to provide increased transparency and accountability around our long-held pledge to promote corporate social responsibly, prudent risk management, and strong financial results.
Huntington's commitment to continually improving the enterprise integration of ESG strategic frameworks is reflected in this year's report that details enhanced board and executive governance structures alongside new product and program investments, maturing metrics, and a growing effort toward impact-based reporting.
"Our governance actions outlined in this report guide us on our path to being a top-tier performing bank, creating long-term value for all of our stakeholders," said Dave Porteous, Lead Director, Huntington Board of Directors. "Our board appreciates the importance of aligning our business objectives and the success of our consumer, business and community partners in the context of shared, sustainable prosperity."
This is Huntington's sixth ESG report and includes its second-year reporting to the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standards for Commercial Banks and Consumer Finance, and third annual reporting to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework.
Notable progress in ESG related focus areas includes:
Driving Investments and Economic Growth in Communities: Huntington's commitments to providing financial education, serving the underbanked, and expanding economic inclusion programs provide a platform to help reduce poverty and drive economic opportunity for all.
- Introduced an industry leading five-year $40 billion Community Plan, to address economic, social, environmental, and racial equity challenges
- Advanced access to banking services providing for customers and communities with 26.2% of our branches located in low-to-moderate income neighborhoods
- Assisted nearly 3,000 families in mortgage distress through the Home Savers Program
- Volunteered 28,500 colleague service hours across more than 1,100 non-profit organizations
- Grew access to capital for small businesses as the No. 1 originator of SBA 7(a) loans (by number) in our region for the thirteenth consecutive year
- Expanded our Fair Play banking philosophy with new products that look out for our customers financial wellbeing
Cultivating a Diverse Workforce and Governance Structure: Huntington is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in its workforce, as well as doing business with a diverse supplier base.
- Achieved 47% diversity on Huntington board of directors
- Attained 68% total workforce diversity, and 45% diversity in middle and executive management
- Implemented a bank-wide minimum wage increase to $19 per hour effective January 1, 2022
- Attained average base pay for women colleagues with the same job titles as men at 99% of that paid to men, and the average base pay for racially diverse colleagues with the same job titles as non-racially diverse colleagues at 99% of that paid to non-minorities
- Increased our total spend with diverse suppliers to 21.3%, exceeding our goal of 18%, supporting over 3,675 jobs and $472 million in U.S. GDP contribution
Serving as a Steward of the Environment: Huntington is committed to the transition to a low-carbon economy. We are taking meaningful actions in our own business and encourage our suppliers, customers, partners, and communities to do the same.
- Achieved CDP's A- climate change rating as part of our ongoing sustainability commitment
- Reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 35% since 2017 benchmark
- Shifting 50% of electricity usage to renewable sources by 2035
- Completed 80 new ENERGY STAR certifications for our buildings
- Developed an exploratory roadmap for achieving a net-zero carbon future
- Invested in dedicated leadership roles including our Climate Risk Director and Environmental Strategy & Sustainability Director, to guide climate risk and climate change transition support for all stakeholders
- Joined the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) to align with industry risk management standards
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is a $179 billion asset regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1866, The Huntington National Bank and its affiliates provide consumers, small and middle‐market businesses, corporations, municipalities, and other organizations with a comprehensive suite of banking, payments, wealth management, and risk management products and services. Huntington operates more than 1,000 branches in 11 states, with certain businesses operating in extended geographies. Visit Huntington.com for more information.
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U.S. Department of Transportation awards airline three new direct flights between Washington Dulles and Cape Town
Tickets on sale now – United's inaugural flight scheduled for November 17
United offers more flights to South Africa than any other North American airline
CHICAGO, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines today announced new direct flights between Washington Dulles Airport and Cape Town, becoming the first airline to provide nonstop roundtrip service from our nation's capital to South Africa. The U.S. Department of Transportation granted the airline three weekly direct flights, which will commence on November 17, 2022 (subject to approval by the South Africa Government). Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online or through the United app. United started seasonal service from New York/Newark to Cape Town in 2019 and expanded to year-round service in 2022. United has more flights to South Africa than any other North American airline.
"We are thrilled to further expand our Africa offering with this first-ever direct link between Washington DC and Cape Town," said Patrick Quayle, United's Senior Vice President of Global Network Planning and Alliances. "These new flights build upon our existing year-round New York/Newark to Cape Town service – together they'll provide a near-daily pattern from the U.S. to Cape Town along with connectivity to the broader region through our Airlink partnership."
United will soon offer a total of 19 weekly flights to Africa - in addition to these new flights to Cape Town, the airline launched nonstop flights from New York/Newark to Johannesburg and Washington D.C. to Accra, Ghana and Lagos, Nigeria in 2021.
Prior to the new United flight, Washington, D.C. to Cape Town was the largest route between the U.S. and Cape Town without nonstop service, and D.C. is also home to the fifth largest South-African-born population. United's new flights will connect Cape Town to 55 U.S. cities, representing more than 92% of the U.S. travel demand. The new flights will also allow customers to connect in Cape Town to other points in South Africa, and to other countries in the southern region of the African continent with United's South African based partner Airlink and their Cape Town hub.
United will fly a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft on this new route, which features 48 lie-flat, United Polaris® business class seats, 21 United Premium Plus® seats and 188 economy seats. All seats are equipped with seatback on-demand entertainment to help customers pass the time and relax during their travels.
United maintains a close relationship with the Mandela Foundation and BPESA (Business Processing Enabling South Africa) a not-for-profit company that serves as the industry body and trade association for Global Business Services in South Africa. The airline recently announced a collaboration with travel company Certified Africa, whose mission is to make travel to African countries easy, immersive, and life changing for millions of the African Diaspora across the United States.
For more information and to book flights, please visit united.com.
About United
United's shared purpose is "Connecting People. Uniting the World." From our U.S. hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York/Newark, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., United operates the most comprehensive global route network among North American carriers. United is bringing back our customers' favorite destinations and adding new ones on its way to becoming the world's best airline. For more about how to join the United team, please visit www.united.com/careers and more information about the company is at www.united.com. United Airlines Holdings, Inc., the parent company of United Airlines, Inc., is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol "UAL".
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WASHINGTON (AP) — An unknown man managed to slip undetected inside the home of White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, according to two people familiar with the incident. The U.S. Secret Service is investigating.
The door was apparently unlocked, and the intruder was able to get inside Sullivan’s home around 3 a.m. last month, the people said. Secret Service is investigating whether the person intentionally went into the home or whether it was some kind of accident; the person appeared to be intoxicated, the people said. The people were not authorized to talk about an ongoing investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
Sullivan has round-the-clock security. But the agents stationed outside his home did not know that the unknown male accessed inside the Washington home until the man had already gone. Sullivan came outside and told them, the people said.
There was no evidence that the person meant to harm Sullivan or even knew him. The Washington Post first reported the breach.
Meanwhile, additional security measures have been put in place outside Sullivan’s home as a precaution while a review is conducted.
The U.S. Secret Service said in a statement that it was “examining a security incident that took place at a protectee site.”
“While the protectee was unharmed, we are taking this matter seriously and have opened a comprehensive mission assurance investigation to review all facets of what occurred,” according to the statement.
Any deviation from protocol was unacceptable, the Secret Service said.
Certain members of President Joe Biden’s administration get a security detail which means their homes are protected and they receive protection as they move throughout their day outside the White House; it depends on a range of factors including the type of job and whether threats have been made. | 2023-05-16T23:54:27+00:00 | ktalnews.com | https://www.ktalnews.com/news/u-s-world/unknown-man-slipped-undetected-inside-the-home-of-white-house-official-secret-service-probing/ |
Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates ambitious entrepreneurs who are building bolder futures
ISELIN, N.J., June 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) today announced that CEO Hannah Testani of Intelligent Audit was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 New Jersey Award finalist. Now in its 37th year, Entrepreneur Of The Year is one of the preeminent competitive business awards for transformative entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies who are building a more equitable, sustainable and prosperous world for all.
Hannah Testani was selected by an independent panel of judges. Entrepreneurs were evaluated based on their demonstration of building long-term value through entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth and impact, among other core contributions and attributes.
Regional award winners will be announced on June 12, 2023, during a special celebration. The winners will then be considered by the National judges for the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards, which will be presented in November at the annual Strategic Growth Forum®, one of the nation's most prestigious gatherings of high-growth, market-leading companies. The Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner will then move on to compete for the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Award in June 2024.
The Entrepreneur Of The Year program has recognized more than 11,000 entrepreneurs throughout the US since its inception in 1986, and it has grown to recognize business leaders across 145 cities in over 60 countries around the world.
Sponsors
Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards include presenting sponsors PNC Bank, N.A.; SAP America; and the Kauffman Foundation. In New Jersey, sponsors also include DLA Piper, Marsh & McLennan and Cresa Global.
About Entrepreneur Of The Year®
Entrepreneur Of The Year® is the world's most prestigious business awards program for unstoppable entrepreneurs. These visionary leaders deliver innovation, growth and prosperity that transform our world. The program engages entrepreneurs with insights and experiences that foster growth. It connects them with their peers to strengthen entrepreneurship around the world. Entrepreneur Of The Year is the first and only truly global awards program of its kind. It celebrates entrepreneurs through regional and national awards programs in more than 145 cities in over 60 countries. National Overall Award winners go on to compete for the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ title. Visit ey.com/us/eoy.
About EY Private
As Advisors to the ambitious™, EY Private professionals possess the experience and passion to support private businesses and their owners in unlocking the full potential of their ambitions. EY Private teams offer distinct insights born from the long EY history of working with business owners and entrepreneurs. These teams support the full spectrum of private enterprises including private capital managers and investors and the portfolio businesses they fund, business owners, family businesses, family offices and entrepreneurs. Visit ey.com/us/private.
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Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.
Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.
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WFO SEATTLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, December 24, 2022
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COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Seattle WA
420 AM PST Sat Dec 24 2022
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Minor coastal flooding expected.
* WHERE...Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca, Western Strait of Juan
De Fuca, North Coast and Central Coast zones.
* WHEN...From 10 AM to 3 PM PST Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated
road closures expected.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...King tides will result in unusually high
water levels at high tide. Minor tidal overflow and coastal
erosion is possible. Similar conditions are expected Sunday.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be
closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of
unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone
property.
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ATLANTA, June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Quatrro Business Support Services (Quatrro), a Finance-as-a-Service (FaaS) and Technology-as-a-Service (TaaS) provider focused on delivering world class technology-enabled, cloud-based finance, accounting, HR and technology services to small and mid-to-large enterprises, is pleased to announce that it has been named to the 2023 Georgia Fast 40. This list recognizes the 40 fastest–growing middle–market companies in Georgia according to the Atlanta Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth® (ACG), a global professional organization with the mission of Driving Middle–Market Growth®.
The evaluation criteria considered by ACG in compiling this list, in addition to being for-profit and headquartered in Georgia, was verifiable revenue and employment growth over the past 3 years coupled with in-person interviews with each qualified applicant conducted by an ACG Committee. This year's honored companies represent almost 11,000 new jobs and over $3.1 billion in revenue growth over the last three years, according to Brooks Morris of the Georgia Fast 40 Awards and principal with Cresa.
"The companies being honored this year exemplify ACG's focus on driving middle-market growth and demonstrate the strength and significance of this sector in Georgia," said Meg Williams, Executive Director of the Association for Corporate Growth's Atlanta chapter.
Chairman and CEO of Quatrro, C M Sharma, expressed gratitude for the recognition by stating, "It is a great honor to be identified as one of ACG's 2023 Georgia Fast 40 companies. We believe this recognition is proof of our unwavering commitment to provide competitive, value-add and continuous operational excellence to help our clients streamline their accounting, HR and technology operations to support their growth goals while reducing costs. I credit our committed teams' efforts and dedication to our clients, which ultimately fuel our growth and success, for this accomplishment."
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NEW YORK (AP) — As VCU prepared to cut down the nets at Barclays Center, its band — The Peppas — broke into a rocking rendition of Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind.”
For all the Rams’ success in the Atlantic 10 in recent years, they have had few opportunities to party in Brooklyn.
This time, with a conference championship and an NCAA Tournament bid on the line, VCU earned a chance to celebrate.
Jalen DeLoach had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and top-seeded VCU beat second-seeded Dayton 68-56 on Sunday to win the Atlantic 10 Tournament for the first time in eight years.
“To get to the championship game at VCU is something we want to do all the time, but we want to go win and to win it you got to go take it,” coach Mike Rhoades said. “I thought, at least the last 10 minutes of that game, we made plays, we had aggressiveness, we had toughness around the rim and rebounding and our defense showed up.”
VCU held Dayton to six points and no field goals over the final 10:12.
Ace Baldwin added 16 points and seven assists, sending the Rams (27-7) to the NCAA tourney with a nine-game winning streak and a title that has often alluded them during an otherwise impressive run of consistency.
VCU played in the A-10 final six times from 2013-21, winning just once in 2015 when it beat Dayton.
DaRon Holmes II tried to carry the Flyers (22-12) to their first A-10 title since 2003 and first NCAA bid in six years. Holmes had 28 points and 16 rebounds, but didn’t get enough help in the second half.
“They did a pretty good plan of executing their game plan in the second half,” Holmes said. “We just couldn’t fix it.”
The 6-foot-10 sophomore was named the tournament’s most outstanding player, averaging 22 points in three games at Barclays Center.
VCU earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2021, but the Rams haven’t played in the tournament since 2019. VCU had to forfeit its first-round game in 2021 because of COVID-19 protocols.
“It hurt a lot,” Baldwin said. Now, with another shot, “We plan to make a run,” he said.
The Rams and Flyers split two regular-season games, decided by a total of three points. The rubber match was more of the same.
The Flyers bolted to a 10-point lead early in the second half, but Baldwin tied it at 47 with a 3 with 11:50 left in the second half and the Rams slowly edged away from there.
“I said we will not win the game if we don’t get tougher on defense,” Rhoades said.
VCU converted three straight second-chance opportunities into seven points in the final 3 1/2 minutes, with DeLoach’s work on the offensive glass spurring the effort. Brandon Johns muscled in a layup that gave the Rams a 65-56 lead with 1:57 left.
A day after Dayton’s Toumani Camara went 12 for 13 from the floor in the semifinals against Fordham, he got into foul trouble and went scoreless in the first half against VCU. He fouled out with six points and six rebounds.
The 6-9 Mustapha Amzil stepped up to pair with Holmes to wear out the Rams inside. The two bigs combined to shoot 10 for 14 from the floor and score 29 points as Dayton took a 36-30 lead at halftime.
BIG PICTURE
The Atlantic 10 will be a one-bid league in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2005.
Typically one of the strongest mid-major conferences, the A-10 put six teams in the NCAA field in 2014 to cap a run of three years in which it had a total of 15 bids.
Dayton was 28-2 and on its way to being one of the top seeds in the 2020 NCAA Tournament before March Madness was cancelled by the pandemic.
But the conference has slipped over the past couple of seasons, putting only two teams in the NCAAs each of the last two seasons.
Last year, Richmond upset Davidson in the A-10 final to seemingly steal a bid for the conference, but the first team out of the field of 68 turned out to be Dayton.
UP NEXT
Dayton: The Flyers haven’t been in the NCAA Tournament since a run of four straight appearances from 2014-17. They’ll hope for an NIT bid.
“There’s a big level of disappointment that we weren’t able to finish the job,” coach Anthony Grant said.
VCU: The Rams will be making their 10th NCAA appearance since 2011, when coach Shaka Smart led them from the First Four to Final Four.
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Zoo celebrates birth of baby sloth; mom, son to make public debut together
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM/Gray News) - A zoo in Mississippi welcomed a new baby sloth this month.
The Hattiesburg Zoo announced another Linnaeus sloth to the family, the fifth member of the Hattiesburg tribe of sloths and its first male offspring.
WDAM reported the zoo’s female two-toed sloth named Mo gave birth to a male baby on July 5, who became known as Lumpy.
Officials said Lumpy was Mo’s third live birth at the Hattiesburg Zoo, with the little guy joining his older sisters, Maple and Mochi, in the family tree.
According to the zoo, the newborn and his mother survived complications after the birth.
“When little Lumpy was born, the keepers noticed pretty quickly that he wasn’t nursing,” said Kristen Moore, animal curator at the Hattiesburg Zoo. “We waited a few hours to see if he would latch on, but he never did, and we discovered Mo was not producing milk.”
The zoo’s animal care team determined that goat’s milk was the best supplement for Lumpy. The team said that sloths are naturally lactose intolerant and goat’s milk contains the least amount of lactose.
The zoo said that animal keepers fed Lumpy every two hours with a syringe while keeping him with his mother.
According to Zoo representatives, once Lumpy maintained and began gaining weight, the animal care team’s attention moved to determine how to help Mo produce milk, which she did after receiving medication.
The Hattiesburg Zoo reports mother and son are currently doing well enough to make their public debut on Saturday.
“I want to commend our keepers and veterinary staff for doing an outstanding job of observing a potential problem and quickly intervening. Baby Lumpy remained healthy and in the company of his mother,” said Rick Taylor, executive director of the Hattiesburg Convention Commission, which manages the Hattiesburg Zoo.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 4" game were:
1-3-7-4
(one, three, seven, four)
¶ Ticket-holders with all four winning numbers in the order given win the top prize. Lesser amounts are also awarded to ticket-holders with other varying combinations of the winning numbers. | 2022-07-04T03:18:41+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-game-17282838.php |
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Craig Richmond is out as MetroHealth System’s chief financial officer, effective immediately, the health system confirmed Wednesday.
Richmond’s departure is the second by senior staff since former CEO Dr. Akram Boutros was ousted in November for what the hospital board said was authorizing himself nearly $2 million in bonuses since 2018.
Jane M. Platten, executive vice president and chief administrative officer at MetroHealth System, left at the end of 2022 and will be paid her entire salary for 2023.
It was not immediately clear whether Richmond’s departure is tied to the controversy surrounding Boutros.
MetroHealth, in response to questions from cleveland.com, confirmed his departure on Wednesday and released a statement distributed to employees from new CEO Airica Steed.
“Craig Richmond has chosen to resign as Executive Vice President/Chief Financial & System Services Officer at MetroHealth effective immediately. I want to thank Craig for his years of dedicated service to the organization and our community. During his tenure as CFO, MetroHealth doubled its revenue, secured financing for our ongoing campus transformation, and expanded services to patients across our community,” the statement read.
Richmond earned $929,170 in salary and bonuses in 2021, according to hospital records provided earlier. Of this total, $354,175 was bonus money.
By leaving now, Richmond may forfeit a $100,000 stay bonus that he and other executive vice presidents were promised if they worked through the end of 2023, according to hospital records..
Geoff Himes, who retired from his role as vice president of finance at MetroHealth in 2022, will serve as interim CFO, Steed said in the statement to employees.
Himes, the No. 2 person to Richmond in finance before his retirement, will be responsible for all accounting and finance areas, Steed said.
In addition to the resignations of Richmond and Platten from the executive team, board member Terry Monnolly resigned in December.
Richmond, a CPA, served as executive vice president, chief financial and system services officer. He joined MetroHealth as its vice president of revenue in 2010. He became chief financial officer in 2014. Crain’s Cleveland Business named him CFO of the Year in 2015.
Richmond’s departure comes as the investigation into Boutros’ bonuses continues.
MetroHealth has said that Boutros gave himself bonues based on evaluations he gave himself for meeting certain achievements, which he also set. The MetroHealth Board of Trustees has said it didn’t know about those payments, though it was authorizing the aggregate bonus amounts.
Boutros has denied the allegations and accused the board of retaliating against him. He filed two lawsuits against the board, claiming they did not follow proper procedure in hiring his replacement and that his firing was retaliation.
The board in December approved hiring an independent auditor to review the hospital system’s bonus system.
Read ongoing coverage of the Dr. Akram Boutros investigation at MetroHealth bonuses at this link.
Julie Washington covers healthcare for cleveland.com. Read previous stories at this link. Also: | 2023-03-01T21:27:30+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/2023/03/metrohealths-chief-financial-officer-resigns-not-clear-if-connected-to-dr-akram-boutros-bonsus-controversy.html |
NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the movies’ biggest stars barely speak a word of English, or any other language for that matter. Sure, you can occasionally hear them say “Banana!” or possibly “Smoochy smoochy!” but most of what they say is gibberish. The Minions may be the world’s most popular, and lucrative, foreign language movie stars — even if “Minionese” isn’t an officially recognized language.
This summer, the goggle-wearing yellow ones will return yet again to further expand their sizable empire in “Minions: Rise of Gru” (in theaters July 1). The “Despicable Me” franchise (a fourth is due in 2024) and its “Minions” spinoffs already rank as the highest-grossing animated film franchise ever with more than $3.7 billion in tickets sold worldwide.
That’s a big reason why “Rise of Gru” was held back by Universal Pictures for the last two years during the pandemic. The Minions — a second-banana scene-stealing horde of mostly incompetent but fiercely loyal henchmen — have in 12 years become a formidable force and a ubiquitous culture presence.
“There’s a lot of them so they have a kind of power in that they can overwhelm,” says Chris Renaud, producer of “Rise of Gru” and director of the first two “Despicable Me” movies. “It’s like power by wearing you out.”
“There’s a paradox about them,” says Kyle Balda, director of “Rise of Gru,” “Minions” and “Despicable Me 3.” “They want to serve an evil boss of some sort yet there’s nothing evil about them, really. They’re quite good-natured except they like to see others fail a little bit. They laugh at each other’s misfortune. They’re very flawed, but their flaws end up working out for them. One of the things we often say is: They fail upward.”
Failing upward has gotten the Minions very far, indeed, especially considering how close they came to never quite clicking in the first place. When the filmmakers and artists ofthe Paris-based animation studio Illumination were developing “Despicable Me,” the original script had them as “henchmen and technicians” and the early mock-ups drew them as hulking tough guys, almost Orc-like monsters.
Then they were cylindrically shaped robots. But the filmmakers — including Renaud, co-director Pierre Coffin and art director Eric Guillon — kept playing with the concept, trying to channel the spirit ofthe Jawas in “Star Wars” or the Oompa Loompas in “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.” Since “Despicable Me” was based on Gru, the evildoing protagonist, the Minions needed to help balance him. If the Minions loved him, he could love the Minions.
“Pierre was the one who said ‘Maybe they shouldn’t be robots,’” recalls Renaud. “I said, ‘Well, what about mole people?’ And he goes, ‘I don’t know what that is.’ So I sent a couple ugly sketches to Pierre and Eric, and then Eric did a sketch that’s basically what you see you today. We were like, ‘OK, that looks like a pill with a goggle on it. That could work.’”
But what, exactly, were the Minions? Even their creators weren’t immediately sure. They pondered a wide range of ideas. Were they created in a lab by the movie’s gadget-maker, Dr. Nefario? The Minions were effectively blank slates, and the filmmakers could funnel just about any slapstick influence through them, from Charlie Chaplin to James Bond. A breakthrough, Renaud says, came while they were scripting a scene where the Minions craft Gru’s internet dating profile and “go full incompetent.”
That was when the “Despicable Me” filmmakers started to sense that they had hit on something potentially big — a truly cartoon creation with limitless possibilities. The Minions, wide-eyed and (mostly) innocent, were like kids.
“When we do design work, it’s like baby animals,” says Renaud. “Even if they’re behaving poorly, you forgive them and laugh at it, the way you would with your own kids.”
Just as key, too, was Coffin’s voicing of the Minions. Coffin has voiced (with the aid of pitch modulation) nearly all the minions in each film, spitting out half-words, onomatopoeias and a grab bag of expressions from a wide spectrum of languages. If Coffin and the team had Indian food for lunch, the Minions would be shouting “Tikka Masala!” by dinner.
Because the Minions started out loosely defined, and their very nature a little mysterious, the franchise has offered them a chance to continually evolve. In 2015’s “Minions,” their backstory got filled in a little;a montage followed them through history and a long line of bosses, from a Tyrannosaurus rex to Napoleon — all of whom the Minions unwittingly sabotage. Some Minions — Kevin, Stewart and Bob — have been isolated like a trio of siblings. “The Rise of Gru” picks up after they meet young Gru, who they call “mini-boss” even though he wants to be taken seriously as a villain.
“It’s sort of like a romantic comedy where it doesn’t all work out nicely in the beginning,” says Balda. “Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back. But in this case, Gru is the girl because it’s the Minions who are really courting him.”
Family moviegoing fell considerably during the pandemic, during which several prominent films for kids went straight to streaming. But the recent box-office successes of films like “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” and “The Bad Guys”have suggested families are eager to return to theaters. There are other family-friendly movies heading to theaters this summer (most notably “Lightyear,” the first Pixar film to open theatrically in two years), but the Minions and “Rise of Gru” hope to help lead the way. A trailer for the film ends with the Minions, like children at the movies, filing into a theater and hopping into their seats.
Meanwhile, the work continues for the filmmakers to find out a little more about the juggernaut they created, and to keep coming up with new gags for the Minions. In “Rise of Gru,” they learn kung fu, a complication considering the size of their legs. Luckily, it’s not really even up to the filmmakers. The Minions are in charge.
Says Balda: “It’s almost like the Minions tell you what they want to do as you’re drawing them.”
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ASHBURN, Va. – Carson Wentz is set to start at quarterback for the Washington Commanders on Sunday against the Cleveland Browns.
The team on Wednesday announced coach Ron Rivera's decision to switch from Taylor Heinicke to Wentz for what amounts to a must-win game in the NFC wild-card race.
Wentz replaced Heinicke during the fourth quarter of Washington’s loss at San Francisco and went 12 of 16 for 123 yards and a touchdown pass. The 29-year-old with the strong arm gives the Commanders a higher ceiling than Heinicke, whose success running the offense sputtered after winning five of his first six starts.
This will be Wentz’s first start since Oct. 13 at Chicago when he broke the ring finger on his right, throwing hand and had surgery, landing on injured reserve. He was in uniform again and backed up Heinicke in a home loss to the New York Giants on Dec. 18.
The Commanders are 7-7-1 and can clinch a playoff spot with a win and with losses by Seattle, Detroit and Green Bay. They host the Dallas Cowboys in Week 18.
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The last two agreements the world made to battle climate change came only after the United States and China, by far the two biggest carbon polluters, made deals with each other. Now the successful dynamic is in jeopardy with China cutting off climate talks with the U.S. because of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan.
Just how much this will sidetrack momentum — especially in the United States where there’s congressional action to cut emissions of heat-trapping gas — depends on how long the rift extends, experts said. But they said there’s hope that climate actions already set in motion in both countries will matter more than unspoken words.
“China’s announcement that it’s suspending talks on climate change is not surprising, but it definitely stings,” said Joanna Lewis, an expert on China, energy and climate at Georgetown University. “I hope this is only a temporary pause.”
The brief notice issued on Friday by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave few details and was largely focused on ceasing military and strategic meetings.
Halting climate talks between the U.S. and China imperils progress at a global climate summit in November, and specifically direct cooperation on thorny technical issues related to reducing methane emissions, said Lewis.
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry said Friday, “Suspending cooperation doesn’t punish the United States – it punishes the world, particularly the developing world. The human and financial cost will be catastrophic” if countries can’t set aside differences to address climate change.
CLIMATE ACTION AT HOME
Just because the two nations aren’t talking to each other about climate doesn’t mean they are not acting, experts say.
“What the U.S and China actually have to do to curb emissions is take strong actions domestically — and I don’t believe the main impetus for either side right now is pressure from international negotiations,” said Deborah Seligsohn, an expert on China’s politics and energy at Villanova University and a former U.S. diplomat.
Longtime climate negotiations analyst Alden Meyer of the independent think tank E3G said there’s a good possibility of the U.S. and, then in response, China taking big steps to try to limit emissions of heat-trapping gases — even if they aren’t talking one-on-one.
The U.S. Congress is poised to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, the deal struck by West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Calling it the U.S.’s “ most significant climate bill ever,” Nigel Purvis, CEO of Climate Advisers, said that passage will be more meaningful than a breakdown in bilateral talks. “China will need to respond to that new climate change bill coming out of Congress even if climate talks are suspended,” he said.
In particular, pledges of public investment in developing and commercializing advanced clean technologies will get China’s attention, experts say. That’s because China hopes to dominate global clean energy markets.
“It’s significant that arguably the two biggest domestic actions the U.S. and China have taken on climate change have happened at a time of continually increasing rivalry between the two countries — perhaps there’s a lesson in that,” said Scott Moore, Director of China Programs and Strategic Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania.
While the U.S. is poised to pass its most significant climate legislation this year, China’s leader Xi Jinping announced the country’s target to become carbon neutral by 2060 at a United Nations meeting in September 2020. And Xi pledged that China would stop building overseas coal-fired power plants at a U.N. meeting last year.
Given their different government systems, “what matters most in China is top-level targets, while what matters in the U.S. is actually passing legislation,” said Villanova’s Seligsohn.
GLOBAL CLIMATE TALKS
It’s not clear whether China’s announcement’s cutting off talks applies only to top negotiators John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua, or to research and cooperation at all levels, which would be worse, said E3G’s Meyer.
But he said it would be a good sign if multilateral negotiations, such as the G-20 where the U.S. and China often co-lead talks, continue.
Historically, climate deals often go through Beijing and Washington.
“When the U.S. and China have found common ground, it has tended to provide a model for the rest of the world,” Purvis said.
A joint U.S.-China deal to fight climate change struck by Xi and then-President Barack Obama in 2014 “really helped improve the mood and laid groundwork” for the 2015 Paris agreement where nearly every nation pledged to curb emissions of heat-trapping gases, Meyer said. Then seven years later during U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, a U.S.-China deal helped smooth over bumps to another international climate deal.
Until recently, climate diplomacy had stayed a rare area of dialogue and even collegiality as Biden’s and Xi’s governments confronted one another on human rights, China’s territorial claims, tariffs and other topics. Kerry and Xie, both senior leaders in government service, have spoken by telephone often and appeared side by side at global events.
Losing that avenue of cooperation is a “strong signal” from China, said University of Pennsylvania’s Moore. “Climate has been the one issue that, on both sides, there was an attempt to insulate and run on separate tracks, insulated from broader tensions in the relationship,” he said. “But that might not be possible anymore.”
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AP writers Ellen Knickmeyer in Washington and Frank Jordans in Berlin contributed to this article.
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After input from President Joe Biden, the DNC's Rules and Bylaws commitee greenlit a new primary calendar, led by South Carolina. But both states and individual party members are raising concerns.
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Hidalgo County leaders moved one step closer to potentially severing the county’s decades-long relationship with Palm Valley Animal Society by approving an amendment to an animal control center feasibility study.
“We’re in a huge situation here. And so, I’m glad that my colleagues, myself and my colleagues have started the process to look for other options,” Precinct 2 Hidalgo County Commissioner Eduardo “Eddie” Cantu said during a commissioners’ court meeting on Tuesday.
“We cannot be at the mercy of an organization that, in the middle of the year, sends us a bill for more money and stops taking our animals,” Cantu added.
Hidalgo County has spent the last year investigating the idea of building its own animal control center, or perhaps of forging new partnerships, such as with the cities of McAllen or Edinburg.
To that end, officials hired Mission-based engineering firm B2Z Engineering to perform a feasibility study exploring the issue.
That included determining the current state of animal control services in the Rio Grande Valley, exploring partnership potentials, and scouting probable locations for a new shelter.
THE FEASIBILITY STUDY
Two weeks ago, county officials received the final draft of that study.
In the 36-page document, B2Z recommended two options for the county to build its own animal control center “without the assistance or partnerships with surrounding cities.”
Nor do the recommendations suggest the county continue its relationship with PVAS.
On Tuesday, officials took the next step toward potentially ending that relationship when they authorized B2Z Engineering to continue pursuing additional objectives as part of the feasibility study.
Now, the county has tasked B2Z with exploring three new sites in addition to three locations it has already looked at.
Just as with the first three locations, B2Z will formulate detailed site plans and construction cost estimates for land acquisition, construction and operating costs.
The work authorization amendment also includes language supplementing B2Z’s role. Now, its services include “Construction Management services,” according to county records.
“We’re gonna finish through with this process. We would love to have somebody else other than us manage our facility,” Cantu said on Tuesday.
The commissioner said PVAS’ costs have risen each year — including this April, when officials approved a sizeable payment to the shelter on top of what had been allocated in the fiscal budget last fall.
“This year in the middle of the year, we were given a bill of $250,000 even though our animals were no longer being accepted,” Cantu said.
In December 2021, the two sides agreed to a two-year contract for $1,066,500 per year. In exchange, the shelter would take in up to 4,500 animals per year “so long as the Contractor (PVAS) has the available capacity,” the contract reads.
The contract went into effect in January 2022 and expires at the end of this year.
For the two-year period before that, the agreed upon contract rate was $840,000 per year, county records show.
It wasn’t until last December, however, that PVAS realized they were facing a nearly $400,000 shortfall and reached out to Edinburg, McAllen and the county for additional funds.
Edinburg declined. McAllen allocated $250,000 in January, PVAS said.
And on April 4, Hidalgo County approved a similar $250,000 addendum.
But PVAS officials say they never got that money.
Despite that, as recently as last month, PVAS had no idea the county was thinking of severing ties completely.
PVAS Board Secretary Keely Lewis described the board’s reaction to the news, which was first reported by The Monitor on July 15, as feeling “blindsided.”
Cantu had a response to that, as well.
“Why it’s a surprise? I mean, I’m not on y’all’s board, but we’re not the only entity looking at this. Other entities are reading between the lines, too,” Cantu said.
PVAS MAKES ITS CASE
Lewis and her husband, Byron J. Lewis, attended Tuesday’s meeting to speak on behalf of the shelter and to attempt to salvage its relationship with Hidalgo County.
In particular, Byron Lewis intimated that the county would be hard-pressed to provide the same or similar levels of care on its own, or from other animal control service providers.
“Leaving out Palm Valley Animal Society leaves out the entity with the relationships and the proven 50 years of experience to deliver those for less than the proposed options and with a better outcome,” Byron Lewis said.
“I know there’s always a tension between resources expended and outcome, but we think PVAS is the ideal partner for that,” he added.
Byron Lewis also cautioned officials about other partnerships they may pursue.
“We think others that have talked to you probably aren’t who they represent themselves to be and we would just like to respectfully ask to meet at the table again and have a role in this,” he said.
In speaking with The Monitor last week, Keely Lewis elaborated on those concerns, citing how shelters like Cameron County’s or the city of Weslaco’s have much higher “kill” rates than PVAS.
“It scares me that those were even in the study,” Keely Lewis said.
For a time, PVAS had pursued “no kill” status, but has slowly stepped back from that label, citing the difficulty of maintaining that status as the needle that defines “no kill” shifts.
“In its infancy, a no-kill shelter was one that saved the lives of 80% of pets,” reads a statement on the PVAS website.
“As shelters signed on and lifesaving practices improved, the percentage rose to 85%. Then to 90%. Now it’s at 95% for some,” the statement further reads.
According to PVAS’s own data, it had a save rate of just over 80% for both cats and dogs as recently as May.
OTHERS SPEAK OUT
PVAS has achieved a 90% save rate in the past, but now says it has moved “beyond” that label.
But for another animal welfare advocate, no kill is still something to strive toward. And on Tuesday, that advocate threw another name in the hat for Hidalgo County to consider.
“RGV Humane Society’s rate is at 87% for the year so far while your current provider is currently lower than that, and $150 more of taxpayer funding is being spent per animal with your current provider,” Dendea Balli, executive director of Paws Fur Help, a Mission-based nonprofit, said during the meeting’s open forum.
Balli touted the city of Mission’s partnership with the RGV Humane Society of Harlingen for changing its approach to animal control and improving live animal outcomes in western Hidalgo County.
“RGV Humane Society — in only four months — has increased their adoption rate 174% over last year. … RGV Humane Society has never stopped animal intake for any reason, including COVID, hurricanes, freezes, intense heat waves or distemper outbreaks,” Balli said.
Balli was alluding to several notable periods when PVAS experienced operations interruptions over the last year.
However, PVAS Executive Director Faith Wright disputed allegations that, at times, the shelter has refused to take in animals at all.
For instance, PVAS briefly paused intakes for dogs in January due to a distemper outbreak. Instead, the shelter turned to intake diversion, foster and other programs to redirect animals away from the shelter until the outbreak was under control.
But PVAS continued taking in some dogs on an emergency basis.
“We kept open 20 kennels in our non-bite quarantine area. … McAllen still brought us 121 (dogs) during our emergency shutdown,” Wright said.
Intakes of cats remained unaffected, and PVAS was able to resume normal dog intakes in mid-February.
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You watch movies. You watch TV. And now you’re wondering how the dual Hollywood strikes — a pitched battle with actors and writers on one side, and studios and streaming services on the other — will affect you. We have answers.
They — and all other summer releases — are still on track! Many flashy premieres have been canceled, however, or dramatically scaled down.
No, the unions have not asked fans to boycott productions, and are quick to make that explicit. Instead, the guilds have asked supporters who aren’t members to post on social media and donate to community funds.
Nope, there’s been no consumer boycott of any kind called yet. Some guild members have said watching their programs on streaming services — if they’re still on there — actually helps make their cases to the the studios’ bargaining arm, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
That’s the big question: When will the pipeline dry up? There aren’t clear answers. The impact of the writers strike has so far been felt most acutely in the world of television; now, the actors strike has halted the bulk of film production. Your favorite broadcast shows like “Abbott Elementary” definitely aren’t coming back by early fall, regardless of whether the strikes are settled by then. Ditto for streaming favorites like “Stranger Things. International productions may be able to fill the gap. As for movies, there’s still a steady stream on the horizon.
No, stage actors in plays and musicals are governed by the Actors’ Equity Association. A different union altogether, Equity has expressed solidarity with SAG-AFTRA and many actors are members of both unions. But Broadway dances on.
The Emmys are still set for Monday, Sept. 18. But history shows that awards shows that proceed during strikes turn out to be bleak affairs. And Emmy campaigning will certainly be affected — SAG-AFTRA and WGA members aren’t allowed to take part in “for your consideration” events under their strike notices and they wouldn’t be able to accept awards for projects produced by struck companies.
Yes! Actors (and writers) do not have to fade gently into that good night while they’re on strike. Social media actually helps boost the visibility of their cause, and you’ll see many guild members posting content with bespoke strike-related hashtags. But actors aren’t supposed to promote any of their projects in the pipeline while on strike, so it’s unlikely that you’ll see a sea of #barbie and #oppenheimer hashtags from their star-studded casts.
The SAG-AFTRA strike website had this advice for members wondering if they were allowed to promote themselves (or post #spon): “Yes! Promote yourself as an artist, a fashion icon, a union activist, a commercial actor, and a proud SAG-AFTRA member. You can also promote brands using our groundbreaking Influencer Agreement or start a podcast.”
Honestly, yes. Several show and movie panels have already been canceled and the strike notice forbids SAG-AFTRA members from promoting any work made by struck companies — even if those projects were long in the past. There are certain exceptions that would allow members to attend some conventions, but the bottom line is that major events like San Diego’s Comic-Con will indeed be diminished during the strikes.
It won’t — the nature of that content will just be different. Ryan Gosling might not explicitly exude “Kenergy” in his interviews, but he’s still allowed to make media appearances (where the “Kenergy” might just be innate). Scores of actors and writers alike have been talking to media — including The Associated Press — on the picket lines for weeks. | 2023-07-19T14:29:42+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/entertainment-news/ap-am-i-crossing-picket-lines-if-i-see-a-movie-and-other-hollywood-strike-fan-questions-answered/ |
The combination of SEO and Data Science technology creates a new level of industry-specific insights across retail, banking, insurance, and real estate industries
FOSTER CITY, Calif., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BrightEdge and Oncrawl are combining best-in-class technologies to create a new intelligent system for search marketers. Research unveiled at Share22 reveals a new layer of insights is achievable, powered by the combination of SEO and Data Science. By connecting different data sets, marketers can now gain a new understanding that helps drive value faster and guides the development of future search marketing technology development.
Today's data revolution is happening so fast that a lockstep change in technology is needed for marketers to make sense and extract value from all the information at their disposal. As McKinsey research clearly acknowledges, companies that use data effectively are 23 times more likely to outperform their competitors.
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Fast forward to 2022, and following on from the acquisition of OnCrawl earlier this year, the creation of a new intelligent system is unlocking a new level of insights never seen in our industry before. By bringing together best-of-breed technologies – BrightEdge SearchIQ and OnCrawl Data Science – both companies are revealing a new layer of insights that represent the future of SEO via new intelligent systems.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Bible will return to the shelves in a northern Utah school district that provoked an outcry after it banned them from middle and elementary schools last month.
The Davis School District, which educates 72,000 students north of Salt Lake City, said in a statement on Tuesday that its board had determined the sacred text was age-appropriate for all district libraries. In allowing the Bible to be accessible to students regardless of their grade level, the board sided with 70 people who filed appeals after it was banned last month.
“Based on their assessment of community standards, the appeal committee determined that The Bible has significant, serious value for minors which outweighs the violent or vulgar content it contains,” the committee wrote in a decision published along with school board materials on Tuesday.
The committee’s reversal is the latest development in the debate over a Utah law allowing parents to challenge “sensitive materials” available to children in public schools. Parents’ rights activists successfully lobbied for the legislation in 2022 amid a broader national wave of scrutiny facing the materials accessible in schools and libraries — particularly about race, gender and sexuality.
In statehouses from Florida to Arkansas, Republicans have enacted laws that expand parents’ power to challenge what’s available in schools and libraries and, in some places, subject librarians to criminal penalties for providing materials deemed harmful to minors. The legislative effort is one prong of growing push to ban certain titles; the number of attempts to ban or restrict books across the U.S. in 2022 was the highest in the 20 years, according to the American Library Association.
In Utah, the effort to ban the Bible reignited debate about the standards used to judge the content in books. The initial challenge was filed by an unnamed individual who criticized the conservative parents’ activists clamoring to remove books from libraries and the standards they have lobbied the state to adopt.
“Utah Parents United left off one of the most sex-ridden books around: The Bible,” the challenge said, referring to one of the primary groups involved in curriculum battles. “You’ll no doubt find that the Bible .. has no serious values for minors because it’s pornographic by our new definition … If the books that have been banned so far are any indication for way lesser offenses, this should be a slam dunk.”
The challenge also derided a “bad faith process” and said the district was “ceding our children’s education, First Amendment Rights, and library access” to Parents United.
The committee’s decision to remove the Bible vexed advocates for expanding local control and parents’ ability to challenge books. Republican Ken. Ivory, the lawmaker who sponsored the state’s “sensitive materials” law at first opposed the Bible’s removal and called the challenge “a mockery.” He later said the text was best read at home but ultimately pushed for its return to schools and attacked the process that removed it from Davis County schools.
In an interview with The Associated Press earlier this month, Ivory said lawmakers should revise the law to ensure book-removal decisions have to be overseen by elected officials at open public meetings, not the kind of committee that decided to remove the Bible from middle and elementary schools in the Davis School District.
At Davis School District’s board meeting on Tuesday, school board members chided lawmakers for blaming the majority-parent coffee, which it said was convened and had made its initial decision — and weighed appeals — in line with the law.
“The magnitude of the value of the Bible as a literary work outweighs any violence or profanity which may be contained in the book,” Davis School District Board Vice President Brigit Gerrard said. | 2023-06-21T01:36:54+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-us-news/utah-school-district-returns-the-bible-to-shelves-after-appeals-and-outcry/ |
Man charged in deadly Kentucky police ambush found dead in jail
FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ/Gray News) - The man accused of killing three officers and a police K-9 during an ambush-style shooting died in a Kentucky prison, Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt confirmed Tuesday.
Lance Storz, 49, of Allen, Kentucky, was being held at the Pike County Detention Center at the time of his death, Hunt says.
“It’s a cowardly way out by a coward in every sense of the word,” Floyd County attorney Keith Bartley says.
Storz was accused of killing three police officers and a K-9, and injuring four others during a shooting on June 30.
Days leading up to the shootout, Storz was accused of holding a woman hostage inside his home.
Law enforcement was attempting to serve an emergency protection order and arrest Storz for fourth-degree physical assault when the first fatal shots rang out.
Floyd County Sheriff’s Department Deputy William Petry, Prestonburg Police Department Capt. Ralph Frasure and Officer Jacob Chaffins died in the barrage of gunfire that has been described by officials as a “war zone.”
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Storz was facing numerous charges in connection with the shooting deaths, including three counts of murder, six counts of attempted murder, two counts of assault, seven counts of wanton endangerment, assault on a service animal and domestic violence assault.
All three victims were buried in Prestonsburg, Kentucky.
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Caught on camera: Man jumps into car, fights off attempted carjacker at gas station
HAZEL DELL, Wash. (KPTV/Gray News) - A car owner says he fought off a carjacker who was trying to steal his vehicle at a gas station.
According to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, a man, later identified as Bill Black, was putting air in his car’s tires at an area gas station Tuesday afternoon when a man dressed in a black hooded shirt and black face mask approached.
KPTV reports that the carjacker jumped into the driver’s seat of Black’s car and began backing up. But Black quickly jumped into the passenger seat and a struggle ensued between the two of them.
Black said the two exchanged blows before the suspect got out of his car and ran away.
“These people have to understand that this is not acceptable,” Black said. “It’s not just a person stealing a car, it’s a person stealing my personal life.”
The sheriff’s office said deputies searched the area for the suspected carjacker along with a K-9 team but they were unable to immediately locate him.
Anyone with further information was urged to contact Detective Tanya Johnson at 360-600-1505.
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The Rochester Amerks will return their No. 1 center as well as two depth players to their roster next season.
Center Mason Jobst, winger Brendan Warren and goalie Michael Houser have all signed one-year AHL contracts for 2023-24. The deals were announced Friday by Sabres assistant GM and Amerks GM Jason Karmanos.
Jobst, 29, became a breakthrough player for Rochester as he produced career highs in every offensive category while playing a personal-best 61 games. Jobst had 14 goals and 24 assists in the regular season and was nearly a point-a-game player in the playoffs with three goals and 10 assists in 14 games.
Jobst led the Amerks in assists and tied for the team scoring lead in the playoffs, which saw Rochester advance to Game 6 of the Eastern Conference final against eventual Calder Cup champion Hershey. It was Rochester's deepest playoff run since 2004.
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A former Hobey Baker finalist at Ohio State, Jobst will be entering his fifth professional season with his fourth AHL team.
Warren, 26, returns to the organization for his third season after posting three goals and four assists in 43 games as a bottom-six forward. He had one goal and four assists in the playoffs.
Houser, 30, returns for his fourth season in Rochester aftrer backing up Malcolm Subban in goal last season. He was named the team’s Unsung Hero after finishing the 2022-23 campaign with a 9-8-1 record and 2.80 goals-against average in 21 games. In 36 career games in Rochester, Houser is 15-15-2 with a 2.79 GAA.
Houser is 4-2, 2.98/.917 in six career games with the Sabres. With Subban headed for St. Louis, the Sabres signed former Buffalo and Rochester goalie Dustin Tokarski as well as ex-Milwaukee netminder Devin Cooley last week.
Later Friday, the Amerks announced a one-year AHL deal for former Toronto center Graham Slaggert. A four-year player at Notre Dame who played one season under Sabres coach Don Granato with the US National Team Development Program, Slaggert had six goals and four assists in 63 games for the Marlies last season. | 2023-07-07T17:03:38+00:00 | buffalonews.com | https://buffalonews.com/amerks-bring-back-mason-jobst-brendan-warren-and-michael-houser-on-ahl-deals/article_0fe46f96-1cd1-11ee-9d3d-bbbed164bf6d.html |
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In September 2021, an official in Michigan State University’s athletic department sent an email to his boss with exciting news: An online betting company was willing to pay handsomely for the right to promote gambling at the university.
“Alan, if we are willing to take an aggressive position, we have a $1 M/year deal on the table with Caesar’s,” Paul Schager wrote to Alan Haller, the university’s athletic director.
The offer from Caesars Sportsbook turned out to be even bigger than that, according to emails obtained by The New York Times. In the end, the company proposed a deal worth $8.4 million over five years. It was, a member of the negotiating team said in another email, “the largest sportsbook deal in college athletics.”
Other schools, too, have struck deals to bring betting to campus. After Louisiana State University signed a similar deal in 2021 with Caesars, the university sent an email encouraging recipients — including some students who were under 21 and couldn’t legally gamble — to “place your first bet (and earn your first bonus).”
And when the University of Colorado Boulder in 2020 accepted $1.6 million to promote sports gambling on campus, a betting company sweetened the deal by offering the school an extra $30 every time someone downloaded the company’s app and used a promotional code to place a bet.
All three deals were part of a far-reaching but secretive campaign by the nascent online sports-gambling industry. Ever since the Supreme Court’s decision in 2018 to let states legalize such betting, gambling companies have been racing to convert traditional casino customers, fantasy sports aficionados and players of online games into a new generation of digital gamblers. Major universities, with their tens of thousands of alumni and a captive audience of easy-to-reach students, have emerged as an especially enticing target.
So far, at least eight universities have become partners with online sports-betting companies, or sportsbooks, many in the last year, with more expected.
In addition, at least a dozen athletic departments and booster clubs have signed agreements with brick-and-mortar casinos. For example, Turning Stone Resort and Casino is the official resort of Syracuse University’s ‘Cuse Athletics Fund. In 2020, Texas Christian University, in Fort Worth, joined WinStar World Casino and Resort to open a new club with suites and premium seating.
The online gambling deals have helped athletic departments recoup some of the revenue they lost during the pandemic. The partnerships bring in extra funds that schools can use to sign marquee coaches and build winning sports teams. Haller, Michigan State’s athletic director, said in a news release at the time of the Caesars deal that it would provide “significant resources to support the growing needs of each of our varsity programs.”
The partnerships raise questions, however, about whether promoting gambling on campus — especially to people who are at an age when they are vulnerable to developing gambling disorders — fits the mission of higher education.
“It just feels gross and tacky for a university to be encouraging people to engage in behavior that is addictive and very harmful,” said Robert Mann, an LSU journalism professor and outspoken critic of the partnerships.
Cody Worsham, LSU’s associate athletic director and chief brand officer, said in a statement that Caesars and the university “share a commitment to responsible, age-appropriate marketing.” That commitment, Worsham added, “is integral to a sustainable and responsible partnership benefiting our entire department, university, and fan base.”
Some aspects of the deals also appear to violate the gambling industry’s own rules against marketing to underage people. The “Responsible Marketing Code” published by the American Gaming Association, the umbrella group for the industry, says sports betting should not be advertised on college campuses.
Most online gambling partnerships are just months old, so the full impact on students has yet to play out. But the risks are considerable. Sportsbooks encourage people to bet frequently, even after they rack up losses. Campus programs to treat gambling addiction and other problems are sparse, according to university officials and mental health experts.
“We’re not seeing enough oversight, transparency and education to support the rollout of these kinds of deals,” said Michael Goldman, who teaches sports marketing at the University of San Francisco.
Because gambling is not featured on school tours or in university brochures, parents may not know their children are enrolled in colleges where gambling is encouraged through free bets, loyalty programs and bonuses.
“The first day sports betting was legal in the state, everyone was doing it,” said Jack Krecidlo, a senior at LSU.e. He imagined how he would respond if he used a sports-betting app and his mother found out.
“I would say, ‘Well, LSU sent me a promo code,’” he said.
To understand how gambling moved onto campuses, The New York Times reviewed school records and interviewed students, professors, administrators, sports conference officials, gambling executives and counselors.
The deals came together largely in private, the Times found, with minimal discussion on campus about their potential impact on students, athletes and the integrity of college sports.
To secure these partnerships, athletic departments depend on the companies that handle the promotional and advertising rights for their teams. These companies, which arrange all kinds of deals with sponsors, act as middlemen. They negotiate the agreements with betting companies and take a cut, sometimes in the millions of dollars, of whatever money changes hands.
Unlike public universities, which are subject to government disclosure rules and freedom of information requests, the sports-marketing companies are privately held. That means the terms of the deals they strike don’t have to be publicly disclosed if the universities are not a party to the contracts. (University athletic departments have routinely sought to shield their dealings and often route some of their most complicated contracts, including lucrative television agreements, through intermediaries like athletic conferences.)
Schager, executive associate athletic director at Michigan State, described this benefit of the system.
“With the multimedia rights holder, public institutions like Michigan State no longer have to disclose all those sponsorship deals,” he said in an interview. “This helps with the sponsors being able to spend what they feel is appropriate without having the public or employees or stockholders question that investment.”
At the University of Colorado Boulder, Seth Hornstein, the chairman of a committee overseeing the athletic department, didn’t know about the PointsBet deal until he saw a news release announcing it.
“That was a little bit shocking,” he said.
In their haste to approve these partnerships, universities at times have crossed ethical lines.
LSU in January sent a mass email to, among others, students who were not yet 21, the legal betting age in the state.
“Tigers fans, rejoice!” the email began. It promised $300 in free bets for anyone who placed an initial $20 wager.
Chris Holdren, a top executive at Caesars Sportsbook, said in an interview that the email was sent to underage students by mistake. “We were very disappointed that it happened, and we asked our partners at LSU athletics to identify and solve the system breakdown,” he said. Even so, Caesars reaches underage students through promotions on LSU’s official sports website, in Tiger Stadium and on TV and other media.
“You cannot get away from it,” said Mann, the LSU professor. “You take a daily shower in sports betting when you walk around.”
‘An Aggressive Position’
Colleges were not willing to share financial details of their partnerships for this article. But through a public records request to Michigan State, the Times obtained a cache of emails and documents that provide a granular look at how the university negotiated its deal with Caesars and what Caesars was promised for its money. The emails cover everything from how much money Michigan State would receive to who on the negotiating teams would get free Spartans jerseys.
The Caesars deal gained momentum in the fall of 2021, with emails traded among Caesars executives, Michigan State athletic officials and representatives of the sports marketing company Playfly. The final proposal, according to the emails, included payments topping out at $1.7 million in 2027. Michigan State would split the first year’s payment evenly with Playfly and keep 65% each year after that, with the rest going to Playfly.
In an email, Kris Kassel, a senior vice president at Playfly, assured Haller, the athletic director, that the details would not become public because “the contract will be between Playfly and Caesars, so it’s not subject to” public records requests. If Michigan State had been a signatory, the public would have been entitled to see the contract. Michigan State and Playfly declined the Times’ request to see the contract. Haller declined to comment.
Under the deal, which was announced in January with minimal details about the terms, Caesars would be entitled to “Caesarize” tailgating space outside Spartan Stadium. According to a PowerPoint presentation attached to the emails, Caesars would be mentioned in monthly emails to Michigan State’s database of 775,000 fans. “Caesars will be able to include offers,” according to the document.
There would be live call-outs during broadcasts of games. (Suggested language: “This is Spartan basketball and we’re courtside at the Caesars Sportsbook broadcast booth.”) Potential gamblers would be told that if they bet $50, they would receive a $150 credit to spend at Michigan State’s merchandise store.
The sportsbook would also get four seats on the team plane for an away football game and four premium season tickets to football, basketball and hockey games.
The emails obtained by the Times include one sent by an alumnus to Samuel L. Stanley Jr., the president of Michigan State at the time.
“I am shocked and saddened,” wrote the alum, whose name was redacted. “It is a terrible example to set for the people the University is supposed to be serving — the students.”
The alum concluded: “Are we that desperate for money that we allow this to go on at Michigan State University?”
During the pandemic, many universities struggled financially. Michigan State’s athletics department, for example, ran a $15.4 million deficit in the 2020-21 school year, according to documents provided to USA Today. To help fill those holes, public and private universities nationwide have been scrambling to line up new revenue sources, including by arranging sponsorship deals.
For gambling companies, universities represent a big opportunity. In 2021, 47% of college graduates bet on sports compared with 22% of those with high school degrees, according to a survey by the National Council on Problem Gambling.
About 75% of college students say they’ve gambled in some way, including playing the lottery, in the last year, said Mary Drexler, director of a problem-gambling center affiliated with the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Nearly one in five say they do so weekly, she said.
For a company like Caesars, LSU and Michigan State make ideal partners. “Both universities have millions of fans, being in two very powerful football conferences,” said Holdren of Caesars Sportsbook.
Holdren and other Caesars executives say they are committed to protecting vulnerable people from the dangers of gambling. “Responsible gaming is embedded into our DNA at Caesars,” Holdren said. He said Caesars was the first to create “responsible gaming ambassadors” — Caesars employees who are trained to assist those who show signs of a gambling problem.
But the deal the company negotiated with Michigan State proposed paltry funding — $25,000 — to educate athletes about gambling, with no money to address problem gambling among other students.
That is half of what the deals with LSU and Michigan State each set aside for scholarships and internships for students interested in careers in “the gaming industry.”
From Fun to Depressing
Charlie, a 22-year-old student who spoke on the condition that only his first name be used, started gambling during his freshman year at Syracuse University. He soon ran into trouble.
Syracuse has no online sports-betting partner, though it promotes gambling through its partnership with the nearby Turning Stone Resort and Casino. Charlie, however, placed his bets with illegal bookies.
“It went from $5 bets, $10 bets, and $200 bets to $500,” he said. He gambled on tennis, baseball, golf, soccer. “I got a little bit of UFC, even,” he added, referring to the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
By the fall of his senior year, Charlie knew something was wrong. He was depressed and couldn’t sleep. His grades were sinking, and he owed $1,800 to multiple bookies. Sports betting had grown from a casual pastime into a serious problem.
“I couldn’t stop countless times. I’ve turned $100 into $2,000 and then, within the same hour, lost all of that $2,000 plus another $500. And then you can imagine how depressing that feels, right? I mean, it’s just — it’s horrible,” he said.
Students are often slow to recognize that they may be unable to gamble responsibly.
“The person who is developing into a problem gambler, for the most part, doesn’t want to stop gambling, because their head thinks, ‘This is fun. This is going to fix my problems,’ rather than, ‘I need to stop gambling because I’m destroying my life,’” said Michelle Malkin, an assistant professor at East Carolina University who researches the connection between gambling and crime. “It’s really hard, especially for a young person, to come to that conclusion.”
In January, just as he was supposed to start his final semester at Syracuse, Charlie left school and sought treatment. Instead of graduating with his friends in May, he spent his time working at a golf club to pay off his gambling debts and seeking help at a rehabilitation center. He now attends weekly Gamblers Anonymous meetings and is unsure about his plans to return to Syracuse.
Universities are ill equipped to identify students like Charlie who show early signs of gambling disorders, according to mental health counselors. “I don’t see any significant programs put in place — prior to the deal, or part of the deal, or after the deal,” said Keith Whyte, who runs the National Council on Problem Gambling, speaking generally of the partnerships that he has seen universities forge with betting companies.
The former president of LSU, F. King Alexander, said students were under enough pressure without the negative consequences of gambling. “The students are looking at X amount of debt and then the university is endorsing gambling on top of that?” asked King, who left before the Caesars deal was negotiated.
Certain factors make students especially vulnerable to gambling problems, including their age, stress levels and histories of substance abuse or depression.
“From midteens through 25, your brain is still developing,” said Drexler, of the University of Maryland School of Medicine. One manifestation of that is poor impulse control.
Yet school-sponsored websites incentivize students to gamble by suggesting they have little or nothing to lose.
The University of Maryland, for example, has a partnership with the sports-gambling platform PointsBet. A university website links to a PointsBet page that entices new customers this way: “Get your first bets risk free up to $2000 + $100 in free bets.” The pitch means that if you lose your initial $2,000, PointsBet will let you make another $2,000 worth of complimentary bets. The $100 in “free bets” is simply that: a chance to bet without putting up any money. Other schools make similar offers.
At LSU, Caesars promotions downplay the risk of losing. In an email, gamblers were told they could bet “on all the sports you love right from the palm of your hand, and every bet earns more with Caesars Rewards — win or lose.” The company’s website said the rewards include a “monthly free bet” and “an extra free bet” during your birthday month, along with discounted hotel and dining options at Caesars properties.
“We’re concerned about that language,” said Whyte of the problem gambling council. “Gambling is never risk free.”
Blindsiding the Regents
The University of Colorado Boulder prides itself on taking care of its students and creating an “outstanding, respectful and responsive” environment. But in 2020, the school agreed to a deal that is unique among the sports-betting partnerships that the Times has identified.
Every time someone downloads the PointsBet gambling app using the university’s promotional code and begins betting, the university collects $30.
“It’s appalling for the university to be collecting a bounty each time a student places their first bet,” said Jennifer Hendricks, a law professor at the school. She said the university was trying “to exploit our students for profit.”
Colorado’s Board of Regents didn’t learn of the $1.6 million PointsBet deal “until maybe a couple of hours before the initial announcement was made,” Jack Kroll, a board member, recalled. “I think a lot of regents at the time, myself included, had some concerns about the agreement and what it meant for college sports and the university to partner with a gambling operation.”
Kroll added, “I think the reality is that college athletics has become a profit-maximizing endeavor for athletics administrators and coaches. And pretty much everyone else is left kind of holding the bag.”
Some faculty members were upset that the university had a financial incentive to encourage gambling among its students. Hornstein, the professor who leads the school’s Intercollegiate Athletics Council, said the council eventually persuaded university officials not to pour the proceeds from the $30 referral bonus into the athletic department.
“We came up with the idea that the money from the referral bonus could actually go toward diversity and inclusion and equity efforts at the university, in particular because a lot of the money in athletics are made from underrepresented minorities,” Hornstein said. A spokesman for the university’s chancellor, Philip DiStefano, confirmed that some of the money will be used to expand mental health and diversity initiatives.
Not all athletic directors are in favor of gambling partnerships. In testimony to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in 2020, Heather Lyke, the athletic director at the University of Pittsburgh, warned that gambling will “have a corrosive and detrimental impact on student-athletes and the general student body alike.”
Lyke noted that many student-athletes already receive harsh messages on social media after games. “These messages pale in comparison to those that will come when a spectator has bet a relatively large sum of money,” she testified. Unlike professional athletes, who do not usually socialize with fans, student athletes may share dorms and classes and attend parties with classmates who wager money on their games.
The implications for the well-being of students worry Mann, the LSU professor, who said the university’s student health center is already “woefully” underfunded.
Mann added, “I cannot imagine that this school is remotely prepared or willing to deal with the problems that are created by this.” | 2022-11-23T16:00:52+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/how-colleges-and-sports-betting-companies-caesarized-campus-life/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
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northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Rogersburg and Waha.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
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A rom-com set in the world of TV comedy, F. Scott Fitzgerald as a spy, and a couple of books welcoming spring make up our menu today.
“Romantic Comedy” by Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House, $28)
I was thinking in an abstract way about how I had been one kind of person up until my divorce, a resigned and constrained person. Then I had been another kind of person for the last decade, a cynical and compartmentalized person. Was there any reason I couldn’t now become a third kind of person, made more confident by experience and bravery … — From “Romantic Comedy”
If you are still a fan of Saturday Night Live, you will probably love Minneapolis-based Sittenfeld’s humorous new novel, in which Sally Milz is an insecure sketch writer for The Night Owls (TNO) late-night comedy show. Sally is 36, divorced, and resigned to giving up on love after a few bad experiences. She’s also the best writer on the show.
The first third of the story is an hour-by-hour backstage look at the TNO production process, from writing the sketches to rewrite meetings, the announcement of which writer’s work will make it into the show, and rehearsal. It’s a heady job that usually requires writers to stay some nights at the office. SNL fans will understand similarities between the novel’s characters and real-life actors who are in entertainment news. (Think Colin Jost and Scarlett Johansson). There is so much energy in Sittenfeld’s writing here that the reader is almost out of breath as the cast races to the opening number.
When Sally’s average-looking friend Danny Horst begins dating glamorous Annabel, Sally thinks about how this never happens the other way around, “that a gorgeous male celebrity would never fall in love with an ordinary, dorky, unkempt woman. Never. No matter how clever she was.”
Then aging rock star Noah Brewster guest hosts the show and he and Sally make a connection. She wonders if maybe she was wrong about the Danny Horst rule, as she calls it. But every time Noah gets close to Sally, she says something stupid or pushes him away.
Two years later, they begin a long email exchange during the COVID lockdown that takes up a third of the book. They talk and talk and talk, sharing everything from their favorite colors to their private lives. The most interesting parts are when Noah talks about the life of a rock star.
Sally finally drives 1,500 cross-country to be with Noah in his mansion and she loves the luxury. But a dying relative and his dog need her. What happens between her and Noah makes for a satisfying conclusion.
Sittenfeld’s writing is gorgeous, and her dialogue is spot-on. But there are caveats. First, some of this story feels outdated. SNL, on which Sally’s career is based, is well past its glory days now. And even COVID-19 seems in the distant past. The humor part doesn’t work very well because, although we’re told Sally is an Emmy Award-winning writer, even she admits a joke isn’t funny until it comes out of an actor’s mouth. So the reader is left wondering what makes Sally a top writer.
Mostly, the problem is that Sally has no self-confidence and she can’t believe Noah would care for her. Since we aren’t given a description of Sally, we don’t know if she is “unkempt” and plain, or whether her problem is her self-image. We have a better idea of what Noah looks like, a handsome man who’s also kind and keeps coming back no matter how Sally treats him.
This is a sweet, if wordy, romance that could have been tightened up a bit. But love wins in the end, and that’s what counts.
Sittenfeld’s novels include “Prep,” “American Wife,” and “Rodham,” a look at what Hillary Clinton’s life would have been like if she hadn’t married Bill.
“F. Scott Fitzgerald: American Spy”: by Murray Sinclair (Eclectic Books, $29.99)
He stood militarily erect and stiffly resplendent in a shining new tuxedo (a little too small for him), as he took in the salacious moment and watched our responses. A creative artist, this was his way — wryly observing and cataloguing his kindred species with subtle pleasure; his eyes shifty, too, and narrowed, so zealously trained on the perpetual phenomena. Later, in the remove of thoughtful repose, everything he’d seen would become transformed (and transported) by his imaginative faculties. — From “F. Scott Fitzgerald: American Spy”
Would famous writer F. Scott Fitzgerald agree to a plot in 1940 to assassinate Mashal Petain, head of the Nazi-installed Vichy government in France?
That’s the unlikely but interesting premise in this novel told in secret letters from double agent Henri Duval to his handler in Washington, D.C. Duval is undercover as a Hollywood screenwriter while working for the Vichy government and the French Resistance.
Petain is said to enjoy Fitzgerald’s novels, so Duval wants to use the writer as a way to get into the Marshal’s life. But the chronicler of the Jazz Age is an unreliable companion. The novel opens in June 1940, months before Fitzgerald’s death in December of that year. He’s washed up as a writer, mostly sober, living near gossip columnist Sheila Graham with whom he’s having an affair.
Much of the story is made up of Duval’s wry discussions of Americans versus the French, and observations of Fitzgerald’s political beliefs: “Like any man of deep feeling and sensitivity, he possesses a sincere desire for a better world. He is interested in utopian thinkers — but he is ambivalent, too, fortunately. Regardless of the party line, he is rooting for the Allies to win the war, if America doesn’t have to be a part of it. This way, the aspiring American communist can have his cake and eat it too.”
The plot meanders through Old Hollywood landmarks such as Sunset Boulevard, Schwab’s Pharmacy, and the legendary Garden of Allah hotel, where Duval stays. We meet the Marx Brothers, actress Marion Davies and William Randolph Hearst, as well as Fitzgerald’s editor Max Perkins.
This is a quirky book, with most of the story taking place well before the meeting with Petain, as Duval tries to keep up with Fitzgerald’s love of fast driving, his occasional lethargy and his frequent back-sliding about becoming an assassin. Most fun is Duval’s voice, as he writes funny letters that complain about life in California, especially the lack of decent wines, as well as his sex life and worrying he will blow his cover because he doesn’t know how to write a script.
Duval and Fitzgerald get within range of Petain. Will Fitzgerald finally vault over Hemingway and again become the toast of the literary world after Petain is dead?
Summer reads
And for those ready to spend a summer outdoors, here are two for you.
“Ticket to Glide: The Twin Cities 50 Best Spots for Kayaking”: by Bob Shaw (Beaver’s Pond Press, $14.95)
Former Pioneer Press writer and editor Shaw kayaked more than 300 sites over three years, then chose the best 50 for this book, the only guide written about kayaking in the Twin Cities metro area.
Printed in a small format size easily slipped into a backpack, “Ticket to Glide” offers realistic daily workouts from 30 to 40 minutes long, round-trip outings for solo kayakers, convenience ratings for parking, getting your kayak in the water, and directions to each site, unique rating for scenery, how-to guidance for buying, renting, transporting and paddling kayaks.
Within the 50, here are Shaw’s top 10 spots for kayaking in the Twin Cities metro area in order of preference:
- Hazen P. Mooers Park, Mississippi River, Cottage Grove
- Fort Snelling State Park, Minnesota River, St. Paul
- Fernbrook Lane Launch, Elm Creek, Maple Grove
- Hastings Marina, Mississippi River, Hastings
- Phalen Regional Park, Lake Phalen, St. Paul
- Hidden Harbor Marina, Mississippi River, St. Paul Park
- Lake Elmo Park Reserve, Eagle Point Lake, Lake Elmo
- Orange Street Launch, St. Croix River, Hudson, Wis.
- Gray’s Bay Dam Park, Minnehaha Creek, Minnetonka
- Boom Island Park, Mississippi River, Minneapolis
That leaves 40 more. Get paddling.
“100 Plants to Feed the Birds: Turn Your Home Garden into a Healthy Bird Habitat”: by Laura Erickson (Storey Publishing, $16.99)
You can’t wait to get your hands in that dirt, can you? When you’re planning your garden, award-winning author Laura Erickson gives you advice in this book, recent winner of the American Horticultural Society Book Award. She is also a recipient of the American Birding Association’s prestigious Roger Tory Peterson Award.
In “100 Plants…” Erickson encourages gardeners to think about local wildlife and choose plants that will feed, house, and sustain birds in their backyard.
Her list of plants that support birds is divided into sections: conifers, broadleaf trees, grasses, herbaceous plants, plants that grow on trees, shrubs, vines and cactus and yucca.
Beautiful color pictures of birds and their habitat, as well as maps, make this book a bargain. As we all become more conscious of needs of wild creatures around us, this is the kind of book we need. | 2023-05-21T12:39:28+00:00 | twincities.com | https://www.twincities.com/2023/05/21/new-mn-books-for-spring-2023/ |
What is a Dutch oven?
IN THIS ARTICLE:
- Le Creuset Enameled Cast Iron 4.5-Quart Signature Dutch Oven
- Lodge Enameled 6-Quart Dutch Oven
- Staub 7-Quart Round Cocotte
A Dutch oven may look more or less like an ordinary pot, but it can accomplish far more than your typical saucepan. The thick cast iron walls and fitted lid help Dutch ovens trap heat and moisture for consistent cooking and baking, and their durability means they may never need to be replaced. If you’re ready to break out your big-batch recipes for friends and family again, here are the best Dutch ovens to help you entertain deliciously and easily.
Do you need a Dutch oven?
Pot roast isn’t the only dish made better and easier by a Dutch oven. A Dutch oven provides a slow and low cooking environment that’s perfect not just for braising roasts and simmering stews, but also for baking bread or making pies and cobblers. The tight-fitting lid traps moisture to keep food from drying out. Plus, thanks to the Dutch oven’s sturdy construction and durable materials, you can use it to cook over just about any heat source: in your oven, on your stovetop (including induction burners), on the grill or over a fire.
A Dutch oven’s versatility doesn’t end when your food is cooked either. Dutch ovens make attractive oven-to-table serving dishes, especially colorful enameled models.
What to look for in a Dutch oven
Dutch oven materials
Cast iron is a popular traditional material for Dutch ovens. The completed oven is either left unfinished or treated with a nonstick enamel coating. Pure cast iron Dutch ovens will need to be seasoned as you would with a cast iron skillet, while enamel Dutch ovens should not be seasoned.
Other common materials used in Dutch ovens are stainless steel and cast aluminum. These metals are lighter-weight than iron and offer similar heat-conducting properties.
Dutch oven size
Most Dutch ovens are sized between 5 to 7 quarts, but they’re also available as small as 2 quarts or larger than 13. If you plan to use your Dutch oven to frequently cook for large groups, you’ll want a 7-quart or larger version. Just keep in mind that higher-capacity Dutch ovens, especially those made from cast iron, will be quite heavy.
Dutch oven shape
Almost all Dutch ovens on the market are round or oval, and which shape is best for you may depend on the kind of food you plan to cook. Choose an oval-shaped Dutch oven to better accommodate large cuts of meat like a whole chicken. Round Dutch ovens can handle roasts, stews, soups and more.
Take note of the Dutch oven’s sides during your shopping as well. Sloped sides will create less surface area at the bottom for browning, while straight, up-and-down sides create a larger cooking surface.
Dutch oven color choices
Thanks to their enamel coating, some cast iron Dutch ovens are available in a rainbow of colors. The enamel isn’t just aesthetically pleasing. A light-colored ceramic interior makes it easier to view how browned the contents are. A dark interior can make it harder to gauge your cooking progress.
How to care for a Dutch oven
By properly cleaning your Dutch oven, you can help ensure it’ll last for years. The right way to care for your Dutch oven will depend on its finish. Unfinished cast iron needs to be seasoned to prevent food from sticking, and if your seasoning has built up properly, you may not even need to use soap. Just scrub it out with hot water and salt, then dry thoroughly.
Enameled and stainless steel Dutch ovens can sometimes go through the dishwasher, but you may prefer to hand-wash yours with soapy water and a plastic scrub brush. Make sure it’s cooled down before it’s washed to avoid thermal shock, which can damage the enamel.
What you need to buy for entertaining with a Dutch oven
Le Creuset Enameled Cast Iron 4.5-Quart Signature Dutch Oven
It’s iconic for a reason: This Dutch oven comes in a variety of colors, and the enameled cast iron body and stainless steel lid knob are oven-safe to 500 degrees. It’s comparatively light, cooks evenly and consistently and resists chipping or cracking.
Sold by Amazon and Sur la Table
Lodge Enameled 6-Quart Dutch Oven
Lodge is well-known for its quality cast-iron skillets, and the company’s cast-iron Dutch oven features a chip-resistant, easy-to-clean nonstick enamel surface. Its gently curved sides make stirring easier, and it comes in more than a dozen colors.
Sold by Amazon
Tramontina 5-Quart Covered Dutch Oven
It doesn’t have the traditional look one might associate with Dutch ovens, but this stainless steel model boasts even heating thanks to its three-layer 18/10 stainless steel over an aluminum core. It features a 5-quart capacity, a tight-fitting lid and a lifetime warranty.
Sold by Amazon
This all-black matte enameled Dutch oven prevents stains and is scratch-resistant. Its lid has small spikes that trap flavor-loaded condensation and drip it back onto your cooking in a self-basting process.
Sold by Amazon and Sur la Table
Victoria Cast Iron 4-Quart Dutch Oven
This Dutch oven is made from pure cast iron, which distributes heat evenly and traps moisture, and its lid features self-basting dimples. It comes pre-seasoned with non-GMO flaxseed oil, a Kosher-certified seasoning.
Sold by Amazon
Lodge Pre-Seasoned Cast Iron Double Dutch Oven
Don’t have a cast iron skillet yet, either? The lid of this pre-seasoned, pure cast iron 5-quart Dutch oven doubles as a 10-inch skillet. The domed shape makes it great for bread-baking, too.
Sold by Amazon and Sur la Table
Le Creuset Enameled Cast Iron 15.5-Quart Oval Dutch Oven
It’s pricey, but this massive enameled Dutch oven can cook a show-stopping holiday meal and display it with elegant style. Easily monitor your cooking thanks to the light-colored enamel interior.
Sold by Amazon
All-Clad 6.5-Quart Cast Aluminum Dutch Oven
This oval Dutch oven is roomy enough for large roasts and cooking whole chickens, yet its cast aluminum construction means it weighs only 7 pounds, which is much lighter than similar cast iron ovens. It’s oven-safe to 400 degrees.
Sold by Sur la Table
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NEW YORK (AP) — Henry Silva, a prolific character actor best known for playing villains and tough guys in “The Manchurian Candidate,” “Ocean’s Eleven” and other films, has died at age 95.
Silva’s son Scott Silva told Variety that his father died Wednesday of natural causes at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.
Silva was a New York City native who dropped out of school as a teenager, in the 1940s. He was accepted the following decade into the Actors Studio, where fellow students included Shelley Winters and Ben Gazzara. He went on to have a long and busy career in film and television, with hundreds of credits before retiring from acting in 2001.
He had a breakthrough role on stage and screen in the 1950s as a drug dealer in “A Hatful of Rain” and supporting parts in two of Frank Sinatra’s best known movies, both from the early 1960s: “Ocean’s Eleven,” the Las Vegas heist film that was a showcase for Sinatra, Dean Martin and other “Rat Pack” members; and “The Manchurian Candidate,” the Cold War thriller about brainwashing and the attempted assassination of a presidential nominee that starred Sinatra, Laurence Harvey and Janet Leigh. (In his last film appearance, Silva was cast in the “Ocean’s Eleven” remake from 2000 that starred George Clooney and Brad Pitt).
“Our hearts are broken at the loss of our dear friend Henry Silva, one of the nicest, kindest and most talented men I’ve had the pleasure of calling my friend,” Dean Martin’s daughter, Deana Martin, tweeted. “He was the last surviving star of the original Oceans 11 Movie.”
Silva was also seen on such television series as “Wagon Train” and “The F.B.I.,” and in such films as Warren Beatty’s “Dick Tracy,” Jerry Lewis’ “Cinderfella” and “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai,” in which he played a mobster in the 1999 release directed by one of his admirers, Jim Jarmusch.
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The story has been corrected to show the plot of “The Manchurican candidate” involved the attempted assassination of a presidential nominee, not the assassination of a president. | 2022-09-18T20:10:41+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/entertainment/ap-entertainment/ap-henry-silva-prolific-character-actor/ |
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered by a Connecticut jury Wednesday to pay nearly 1 billion dollars to the relatives of eight Sandy Hook victims and a former FBI agent.
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Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered by a Connecticut jury Wednesday to pay nearly 1 billion dollars to the relatives of eight Sandy Hook victims and a former FBI agent.
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Massive drug bust: Police seize more than 1 million fentanyl pills; 2 arrested
PHOENIX (Arizona’s Family/Gray News) - Authorities in Arizona say two men have been arrested in connection with one of the largest drug busts in the state.
Arizona’s Family reports Francisco Delgado, 26, and Jose Molina, 21, are facing multiple drug-related charges after detectives were tipped off about the pair selling narcotics.
Authorities said they were able to obtain enough intel to get a search warrant for a home and car in the Avondale area on Wednesday, which led to them finding more than one million fentanyl pills.
The Phoenix Police Department said the bust was the single largest fentanyl seizure in the department’s history.
Both suspects were booked into the Maricopa County jail.
Phoenix police said they worked with the Drug Enforcement Bureau in Maricopa County regarding the case.
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NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fox Corporation (Nasdaq: FOXA, FOX; "FOX" or the "Company") today made the following statement in response to the arbitration ruling issued by the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS) deciding the claims a FOX subsidiary filed against Flutter Entertainment plc ("Flutter") last year.
"FOX is pleased with the fair and favorable outcome of the Flutter arbitration. Flutter cannot pursue an IPO for FanDuel without FOX's consent or approval from the arbitrator. FOX has a 10-year call option that expires in December 2030 to acquire 18.6% of FanDuel for $3.72 billion, with a 5% annual escalator. FOX has no obligation to commit capital towards this opportunity unless and until it exercises the option. This optionality over a meaningful equity stake in the market leading U.S. online sports betting operation confirms the tremendous value FOX has created as a first mover media partner in the U.S. sports betting landscape."
Fox Corporation produces and distributes compelling news, sports, and entertainment content through its primary iconic domestic brands, including FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment and FOX Television Stations, and leading AVOD service Tubi. These brands hold cultural significance with consumers and commercial importance for distributors and advertisers. The breadth and depth of our footprint allows us to deliver content that engages and informs audiences, develop deeper consumer relationships, and create more compelling product offerings. FOX maintains an impressive track record of news, sports, and entertainment industry success that shapes our strategy to capitalize on existing strengths and invest in new initiatives. For more information about Fox Corporation, please visit www.FoxCorporation.com.
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Statements in this press release speak only as of the date they were made, and the Company undertakes no duty to update or release any revisions to any forward-looking statement made in this press release or to report any events or circumstances after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events or to conform such statements to actual results or changes in the Company's expectations, except as required by law.
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High-value PCs and components at good prices
Prime Day is right around the corner, and as usual, there’s slated to be a huge selection of discounted PCs and computer equipment. After suffering through a major microchip shortage for two years, the industry is finally able to offer price cuts on highly capable electronics. While prices may never go back to pre-shortage levels, we expect to see some great deals on computers and, amazingly, PC hardware.
When does Prime Day 2022 start?
Amazon hasn’t released the exact dates, but rumors indicate that it will take place sometime around the second full week of July. It typically doesn’t fall on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, which leaves us with July 13-16 and 20-23 as the most likely date ranges.
How do I get the best Prime Day deals?
Subscribe to Amazon Prime
This is a must-do if you want to get your hands on the holiday’s best deals. You don’t have to be a longtime subscriber, nor do you have to stay subscribed after getting your deals. But you need an Amazon Prime subscription during the event to take advantage of the sales.
Ask Alexa
Asking, “Alexa, what are my deals?” will bring up a number of great discounts that you can only find when shopping via the voice assistant.
Turn on deals notifications
If you have one of the latest-generation Amazon Echo or Echo Show smart speakers or displays, you can activate the “Deals Recommendations” setting to receive alerts about upcoming sales. This feature scans your shopping cart, wish list and saved items and reports back when something you’ve tagged is about to see a price cut.
Best Prime Day mini PC deals
There was a time when even simple computers used mostly for word processing took up entire tower cases. These powerful, space-efficient and moderately priced mini PCs are proof that era is over.
While it’s not on sale right this minute, rumors are swirling that it could be replaced with an upgraded model as early as October. In the meantime, look for retailers to discount this powerful, user-friendly mini PC around mid-July. Sold by Amazon
About as efficient as they get, this full-featured PC comes in two versions, both under $300. It has plenty of RAM, storage and processing power for a smooth Windows experience with few to no hiccups or slowdowns. Sold by Amazon
It’s equipped with a surprisingly powerful central processing unit for something so small, and it can even play some relatively resource-intensive games thanks to Intel’s advanced integrated graphics processing unit. You can upgrade its dual-channel RAM to as much as 32 gigabytes, and it supports up to three simultaneous video outputs. Sold by Amazon
Best Prime Day desktop PC deals
Buying a desktop gaming PC can, surprisingly, be more economical than buying and assembling the parts yourself.
It’s powerful enough to play many of today’s best games right out of the box, with an impressively fast AMD Ryzen processor and plenty of storage space. While its graphics card is from the previous generation, it’s still relatively powerful, and there’s plenty of room inside for an upgrade if you need the extra firepower. Sold by Amazon
This moderately priced option is perfect if you want to start gaming right now, but still want to keep your eye on the GPU market for a good deal on a high-end card. Its GTX 1660 graphics card will keep you playing until you find the right upgrade. Sold by Amazon
As long as you’re not playing at the highest resolutions and graphics settings, this is one of the best discounted gaming PCs out there. It has plenty of connectivity options, including Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 4.2 and tons of USB ports. Sold by Amazon
Best Prime Day laptop deals
Retailers often use Prime Day to unload older versions of great laptops. These premium options are either already heavily discounted, or primed to see big price cuts sometime in July.
Not only is it outfitted with high-end components, it also boasts a rare AMOLED screen that delivers a clearer image and more accurate colors than nearly all of the competition. There are a few configurations to choose from, and they all earn the Intel Evo certification for a fast, streamlined experience. Sold by Amazon
A few years ago, you wouldn’t have expected Apple to release an efficient, high-powered laptop at a reasonable price, but that’s exactly what the MacBook Air is. Since Apple’s announcement of the follow-up MacBook Air M2, you can plan on getting a good Prime Day discount on this refined, lightweight laptop. Sold by Amazon
While the Surface Pro 8 does exist, it has few significant advantages and tends to cost a lot. The previous version, the Surface Pro 7, is nearly the most refined and powerful Windows tablet money can buy. Sold by Amazon
With this one, you’ll spend about as little as you possibly can while still getting a smooth, frustration-free Windows experience. It’s the perfect example of the kind of accessible, high-value deals you’re likely to find during Prime Day. Sold by Amazon
It’s not on sale at the moment, but the Acer Aspire series typically sees a price cut during the Amazon buying holiday. This 15-inch model sports all the hardware needed for most work and education tasks, and ships with Windows 11 preloaded. Sold by Amazon
Best Prime Day computer hardware deals
If you’re busy putting together your dream gaming PC, you can’t miss these impressive deals.
One year ago, a 30% discount on the most-recommended desktop CPU seemed like a fever dream. Today, this gaming-grade CPU is a better value than ever, and the perfect centerpiece to a PC that can remain effective for years. Sold by Amazon
Intel Core i7-12700K Processor
If you’re on Team Blue (Intel) rather than Team Red (AMD), you’ll appreciate this powerful yet efficient CPU. As the second-highest tier of Intel’s 12th-generation Core family, it’s one of the first to use a novel combination of 12 specialized high-efficiency and performance-oriented cores. Sold by Amazon
Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 3080 Master
While $1,000 for a graphics card isn’t exactly cheap, it is considerably cheaper than this time last year, especially for this high-end card that’s perfect for 4K gaming. Sold by Amazon
Zotac GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Edge OC
The 3070 offers the best price-to-performance proposition as far as gaming enthusiasts are concerned. It isn’t exactly affordable by most people’s definition, but it is closer to the 3070’s manufacturer’s suggested retail price than ever before. Sold by Amazon
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials want to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like the annual flu shot.
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday proposed a simplified approach for future vaccination efforts, allowing most adults and children to get a once-a-year shot to protect against the mutating virus.
This means Americans would no longer have to keep track of how many shots they’ve received or how many months it’s been since their last booster.
The proposal comes as boosters have become a hard sell. While more than 80% of the U.S. population has had at least one vaccine dose, only 16% of those eligible have received the latest boosters authorized in August.
The FDA will ask its panel of outside vaccine experts to weigh in at a meeting Thursday. The agency is expected to take their advice into consideration while deciding future vaccine requirements for manufacturers.
In documents posted online, FDA scientists say many Americans now have “sufficient preexisting immunity” against the coronavirus because of vaccination, infection or a combination of the two. That baseline of protection should be enough to move to an annual booster against the latest strains in circulation and make COVID-19 vaccinations more like the yearly flu shot, according to the agency.
For adults with weakened immune systems and very small children, a two-dose combination may be needed for protection. FDA scientists and vaccine companies would study vaccination, infection rates and other data to decide who should receive a single shot versus a two-dose series.
FDA will also ask its panel to vote on whether all vaccines should target the same strains. That step would be needed to make the shots interchangeable, doing away with the current complicated system of primary vaccinations and boosters.
The initial shots from Pfizer and Moderna — called the primary series — target the strain of the virus that first emerged in 2020 and quickly swept across the world. The updated boosters launched last fall were also tweaked to target omicron relatives that had been dominant.
Under FDA’s proposal, the agency, independent experts and manufacturers would decide annually on which strains to target by the early summer, allowing several months to produce and launch updated shots before the fall. That’s roughly the same approach long used to select the strains for the annual flu shot.
Ultimately, FDA officials say moving to an annual schedule would make it easier to promote future vaccination campaigns, which could ultimately boost vaccination rates nationwide.
The original two-dose COVID shots have offered strong protection against severe disease and death no matter the variant, but protection against mild infection wanes. Experts continue to debate whether the latest round of boosters significantly enhanced protection, particularly for younger, healthy Americans.
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The Justice Department inspector general has asked prosecutors in Washington, D.C., to examine whether former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe should face criminal charges.
Inspector General Michael Horowitz has referred McCabe to the U.S. Attorney's Office for Washington, D.C., according to a source familiar with the matter. The source asked not to be identified as discussing the sensitive ongoing case.
Such referrals are not uncommon when the Justice Department IG has completed its work, but they don't automatically trigger any action. Prosecutors could try to prove that McCabe broke the law, or they could do nothing.
A spokeswoman for McCabe said he was advised of the referral in the past few weeks. The spokeswoman said lawyers for McCabe believe that the referral is "unjustified."
"We are confident that, unless there is inappropriate pressure from high levels of the administration, the U.S. Attorney's Office will conclude that it should decline to prosecute," the spokeswoman's written statement said.
The U.S. Attorney's Office declined to comment. The Justice Department and its inspector general's office both declined to comment.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired McCabe just short of his retirement last month after the IG concluded that McCabe had wrongly caused information to be released to The Wall Street Journal and then "lacked candor" about that afterward to investigators.
The prospect of criminal charges for McCabe follows months of political warfare over his tenure at the FBI. President Trump and his Republican allies have blasted McCabe, the FBI and the Justice Department over what they call "bias" and abuses of power that date back to before the 2016 presidential election.
McCabe's camp says he did nothing wrong — that he was within his rights as deputy director to authorize disclosures to the press and that he told the truth about the case.
Separately on Wednesday, a contingent of Trump's supporters in the House referred a number of names to the Justice Department because they said former FBI Director James Comey, McCabe, Hillary Clinton and others might merit prosecution.
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In the fall of 1984, in a rain-soaked alley in Washington, D.C., a street vendor found a tiny woman lying dead on the floor of a garage.
It's still baffling to me that they believed that I, you know, could do something like that to another human being.
She was Catherine Fuller, a mother of six, who left home to run a quick errand and never came back. She had been beaten, sexually assaulted and killed all within sight of a busy public street.
The murder horrified and frightened the city. Over the next few months, police arrested 17 people in connection with the crime.
Now, a review by the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project is exposing doubts about the police investigation — and raising questions about whether one of the young men who was convicted really took part in the attack.
Brutal Attack Strikes A Nerve In D.C.
Coverage of the case played out every day in the papers and every night on the evening news, where reporter Gary Reals filed story after story.
"Four of the suspects, including 19-year-old Christopher Turner, were rousted from their beds, put into handcuffs and taken away," Reals said.
Back then, Chris Turner had graduated from high school and had a job tutoring local kids. He was trying to find a way out of the tight-knit neighborhood he had outgrown.
The Fuller case took him away — to prison — for more than a quarter-century. He got out a few months ago, on parole. NPR met up with him in the old neighborhood, in the same alley where police found Fuller's body.
"This is actually my first time back through here in over, what, 26 years," Turner says. "It's still baffling to me that they believed that I, you know, could do something like that to another human being."
Here's how the prosecutors say it all went down:
A bunch of kids were hanging out near a bus shelter during rush hour on a rainy October afternoon. Witnesses recalled the boys were singing a song by the D.C. musician Chuck Brown.
A dollar bill is a friend of mine. A nickel and dime. It's love boat time. I need some money. Got to have some money.
Then some of the kids spotted Fuller walking nearby through the rain, curlers in her hair. The guys allegedly went at her in two groups. And when she stopped struggling, one of them assaulted her with a pipe.
No one denies it was a horrible scene. Authorities said the murder was the work of a dangerous gang.
The Fuller killing struck a nerve. It spoke to fears that something new and dangerous was moving through the city.
'I Thought I Was Going To Walk'
Prosecutors argued that dozens of people may have stood and watched in the alley while Fuller suffered.
Turner's lawyer isn't so sure.
"We do know that there were street vendors along the street who were there the entire time, and they didn't report seeing any crowd of people in the alley," says Barry Pollack, a defense lawyer with experience helping people who have been wrongfully convicted.
Now he's trying to clear Turner's name, get a judge to overturn the conviction and order a new trial. Turner, who had no prior criminal record, has always maintained his innocence. In fact, he said, the U.S. Marshals providing security for the trial thought so too.
"At the conclusion, while the jury was deliberating, they was actually preparing my paperwork," Turner recalls. "They were so sure that I would actually be acquitted that they was preparing my paperwork, and I thought I was going to walk."
Two boys from the neighborhood who were near the alley the day of the murder pleaded guilty and testified at trial. After more than 60 different votes, jurors eventually found Turner guilty.
And the Justice Department says it's confident in all of the convictions for the Fuller murder, given her severe physical injuries and the eyewitnesses to the assault.
A Different Suspect Emerges
But Pollack says there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical about the government's case.
I interviewed [James McMillan], and during my interview he's one of the few people that actually scared me.
There was never any physical evidence tying any of the defendants to the crime scene. Two people who pleaded guilty and testified at the trial got shorter prison sentences in exchange for their cooperation with the government. Two other witnesses from the neighborhood who testified have submitted sworn statements recanting their testimony.
And then, an even bigger complaint: Prosecutors allegedly never turned over statements from several witnesses that would have placed another suspect near the alley that day.
His name was James McMillan. He went to jail for crimes against women that took place within a few weeks of the Fuller attack.
"The government never disclosed to the defense they had three eyewitnesses who saw McMillan leaving the crime scene right around the time that the body was found," Pollack says.
Authorities say that from the records that still exist, it's not clear whether McMillan was ever questioned in the Fuller case.
But Pollack, who's working with the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project, thinks McMillan may well have been involved in the murder. McMillan lived only steps away from the same alley where Fuller's body was found. Several years later, he was convicted of assaulting and killing a woman in another D.C. alley. He acted alone.
Jim Trainum, a retired D.C. police detective who now runs a consulting business and does occasional volunteer work for the Innocence Project, says he can't forget McMillan.
"I interviewed him, and during my interview he's one of the few people that actually scared me," Trainum says. He says McMillan emerged as a suspect in one of his burglary cases back in those days. "He was a boxer, and if he wanted to, he could have come across that table and done me all sorts of harm, and I couldn't have stopped him," Trainum says.
McMillan is serving a life sentence in Kentucky. He didn't respond to a letter from NPR. And he's never been charged with any wrongdoing in the Fuller case.
A Break In The Case?
Prosecutors in D.C. wouldn't talk on tape either, because the Fuller murder is very much an open issue.
A judge in the city has asked to hear testimony this fall from government witnesses who have recanted — changed their stories — including the men who pleaded guilty and testified at the trial all those years ago. The judge also wants to hear from the retired prosecutors and police investigators.
And then, late last year, what could be a break in the case: D.C. officials were preparing to close an old warehouse stuffed with evidence. And Trainum turned up three boxes filled with material from the Fuller murder.
What was inside?
"The very stuff they really needed to analyze this case," Trainum says. "The victim's clothing — there was semen found on the victim's clothing. Hairs and fibers that were taken from the victim. These were things that could be compared to the folks who were charged and are currently in jail. And they could also be compared to other suspects as well."
The judge has ordered DNA tests on all of that material, including new tests that look for skin cells left behind when a victim's clothes are grabbed. But prosecutors say even if they find someone else's DNA on Fuller's clothes, that doesn't mean that Turner didn't do it.
In court filings, prosecutors say a policeman observed Turner in a holding cell shortly after his arrest, telling one of his friends there wouldn't be any physical evidence tying them to the crime because they never touched Fuller. Turner's lawyer says he has doubts about whether that conversation ever happened, and even if it did, he has countered that's evidence of innocence, not a guilty mind.
A Past That Won't Be Forgotten
Brandon Garrett, a law professor at the University of Virginia, researches wrongful convictions. He recently published a book on the subject, Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong.
"We know that eyewitnesses can make serious mistakes now, and we know that people can falsely confess, and we know that people can plead guilty when they are innocent," Garrett says.
Even if I'm exonerated, it'll still be, I'm one of the guys who was convicted of the Fuller murder.
The law professor added that several famous cases in which multiple defendants were convicted of rape and violent attack — including the Central Park jogger attack and the Beatrice Six case in Nebraska — ended up very differently years later. It turned out in those cases that only one person had committed each crime.
Turner says he knows the trial all those years ago still lives in a lot of people's minds.
"Guys, people on the bus stopped me the other day and screamed out on the bus, 'I saw you're out on TV man, that's messed up what they did to y'all, man.' You know, guys that I haven't seen in 26 years, they recognize me."
But Turner, who found a new job at the Washington Nationals baseball stadium and recently won an award there, knows he won't shake the past so easily. Only 1 or 2 percent of people like him win new trials.
"Even if I'm exonerated, it'll still be, I'm one of the guys who was convicted of the Fuller murder," he says.
And Turner says he'll carry that around with him for the rest of his life.
NPR producer Evie Stone contributed to this report
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Leading Outpatient Surgery Center aims to create more time for customers with AI Benefit Verification and Prior Authorization automation
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Infinitus Systems, Inc., the Conversational AI Platform for Healthcare, today announced that Gramercy Surgery Center, the #1 Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) in New York, has chosen Infinitus to automate tedious and time consuming tasks of insurance verification and prior authorization across its care sites. With Infinitus, Gramercy aims to streamline its workflows, increase call coverage, and provide patients with a seamless experience.
Gramercy Surgery Center has provided New York City with quality healthcare since 2006 and has grown to become one of the leading multispecialty centers in Manhattan and Queens. They have approximately 70 employees on staff, and provide two state of the art surgical facilities to over 200 leading surgeons in the state. Since the pandemic, Gramercy patient case volume increased year-over-year by double digits and was difficult to support with their existing team.
"Insurance verification is a critical step in the process, but it can be time-consuming and require human intervention, making scalability challenging" said Austin Cheng, Chief Executive Officer at Gramercy Surgery Center. Despite many payors having online portals, the information located in these systems can be outdated. As a result, Gramercy employees are forced to make calls to payors often sitting on hold for upwards of 30 to 45 minutes before speaking with an agent.
Gramercy is a digital-first, customer-focused Ambulatory Surgery Center, which means they are constantly looking for ways to leverage technology to create a personalized experience for their surgeons and patients. As case volumes increased after COVID, focusing on the back-office operations to support incoming patients became a top priority.
"As a patient-focused surgery center, we understand that the billing process plays a crucial role in shaping the overall patient experience," said Cheng. "Even if the clinical side of things goes perfectly, delays or errors in billing could cause the overall rating of our center to be negative. Therefore, we are constantly seeking ways to improve the revenue cycle process to ensure the patient experience is seamless from start to finish."
Before Infinitus, Gramercy relied on their short-staffed operations team to make phone calls to payors to verify health insurance information. Now, through its work with Infinitus, Gramercy will leverage artificial intelligence to call payors, ensuring patient benefits are verified well in advance of their surgery dates, giving time back to their team to focus on patient care.
"We're proud to announce that we've successfully integrated Infinitus with our EMR system" said Cheng. "Infinitus has been able to input data into the required fields, making our workflow more streamlined and efficient. As a surgery center, we're thrilled to start using Infinitus to its full potential and continue to provide our patients with the highest quality of care."
Infinitus offers a seamless solution for Ambulatory Surgery Centers through its AI Benefit Verification, Prior Authorization Status automation, and integration with the most widely used EMR for ASCs. When a patient schedules an appointment, the EMR automatically sends a request to Infinitus to verify the patient's benefit information. Infinitus then kicks off a call to the appropriate Payor, collecting a vast array of data from an IVR or live agent including Plan Details, Network Status, Surgery Code Coverage, Coordination of Benefits, Authorization Requirements, and Prior Authorization Status. Once the data is collected and vetted, it is then sent back to the EMR and recorded on the corresponding patient record - no human intervention from Gramercy required.
"Using AI-based software like Infinitus gives us a significant advantage over other surgery centers that have offshored or outsourced the benefit verification process" said Cheng. "While human labor can learn and improve, it's not as systematic and consistent as technology. We are still early in our journey but from what I have seen so far, Infinitus consistently delivers accurate results, allowing us to focus on providing excellent patient care."
"In today's digital-first world, patients are demanding a more seamless, and efficient experience from their healthcare providers," said Ankit Jain, Co-founder and CEO of Infinitus Systems, Inc. "Infinitus helps Gramercy use artificial intelligence to automate back-office workflows in a whole new way, unlocking their team's ability to personalize care for their patients."
Learn more about how companies are leveraging Infinitus Systems, Inc. to improve the patient experience and reduce time requirements for back-office telephone workflows by visiting https://www.infinitus.ai/ or contacting us.
About Gramercy
Gramercy Surgery Center (GSC) is a fully licensed multi-specialty Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) that provides surgeons with a friendly, high-quality, and professional setting to treat patients requiring outpatient surgery. We are a safer and more cost-efficient alternative for surgeons and their patients in New York City. Our commitment to quality has been recognized by Newsweek, which has ranked our facilities the #1 and #2 surgery center in NY. Our Manhattan facility has been ranked #2 in the USA.
About Infinitus Systems Inc.
Infinitus automates B2B conversations for leading healthcare companies. Through a combination of APIs, proprietary NLP models and reinforcement learning, Infinitus automates routine calls between providers, payors, pharmacies and the biopharma entities to improve back office workflows. With Eva, the Infinitus intelligent digital assistant, customers see a 10% increase in Benefit Verification and Prior Authorization data accuracy often coupled with a 50% ROI over traditional approaches. Infinitus supports 3 of the F10 and 5 of the F50 healthcare companies. Learn more at https://www.infinitus.ai/
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Thin cuts of steak such as flat iron and hangar are great for weeknight meals because they’re full of flavor and cook up fast. But a flavorful spice rub and quick marinade easily elevate the meat to a meal worthy of a special occasion. Pairing it with a simple side of partially mashed chickpeas will satisfy that meat and potatoes guy in your life for Father’s Day.
For this recipe from our book “Milk Street Tuesday Nights,” which limits recipes to 45 minutes or less, we took inspiration from Moro, the London restaurant of chefs Sam and Sam Clark. They serve their steak over hummus, but our simpler approach to the chickpeas saves time and effort without sacrificing flavor.
First, we briefly marinate the meat in soy sauce, then pat it dry and coat it with a mixture of coarsely ground cumin and fennel seed, salt and black pepper. When grinding the seeds, be sure to keep them coarse — don’t pulverize them to a powder. This helps to create a crust when searing the meat and helps prevent the spices from burning.
We then partially mash chickpeas and cook them in a skillet with chopped scallions. The warm salad is a perfect foil for the steak, which we sprinkle with a little more of the spice mixture after cooking it to double down on the flavor. A dollop of plain yogurt and warmed pita bread will round out the meal.
Spice-Crusted Steak with Mashed Chickpeas
Start to finish: 45 minutes
Servings: 4
1½ pounds flat iron steak, cut into 3 or 4 pieces
¼ cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons cumin seeds, coarsely ground
2 tablespoons fennel seeds, coarsely ground
Kosher salt and ground black pepper
Two 15½-ounce cans chickpeas, drained
6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided, plus extra to serve
1 bunch scallions, thinly sliced
2 teaspoons grated lemon zest plus ¼ cup lemon juice, plus lemon wedges to serve
1 cup lightly packed fresh flat-leaf parsley
In a shallow baking dish, combine the steak and soy sauce, turning to coat. Set aside for 15 to 20 minutes. Meanwhile, in a small bowl combine the cumin, fennel and 2 teaspoons each salt and pepper.
Remove the steak from the baking dish pat dry with paper towels. Use all but 1 tablespoon of the seasoning mixture to coat the steak all over. Set aside. In a large bowl, use a potato masher to roughly mash about ¾ of the chickpeas; stir in the remaining whole chickpeas.
In a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil until barely smoking. Add the chickpeas and cook, stirring occasionally, until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in half of the scallions, another 2 tablespoons of the oil and the lemon juice. Off heat, stir in the lemon zest and parsley. Taste and season with salt and pepper, then transfer to a platter, mounding it to one side.
Wipe out the skillet. Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons oil over medium-high until barely smoking. Add the steak and cook until well browned on both sides and 120°F at the center for rare, 125°F for medium-rare, 6 to 10 minutes, flipping halfway through. Transfer to a wire rack set over a rimmed baking sheet and let rest for 10 minutes.
Thinly slice the steak against the grain, then arrange the slices on the platter next to the mashed chickpeas. Pour over any accumulated juices and sprinkle with the remaining scallions and the reserved spice mixture. Drizzle with oil and serve with lemon wedges.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — After taking a break amid sexual assault allegations, fashion designer Alexander Wang’s comeback to the runway was greeted with adoration during his highly anticipated show in Los Angeles.
Some shouted “This is amazing!” and “I love it!” while others cheered on Wang’s 50-look collection for his “Fortune City” runway show that celebrated Asian-American culture in the historic Chinatown area Tuesday night.
The admiration from the crowd was a welcomed sight for Wang who held his first show since 2019 just before several people accused him of sexual assault and drugging male and transgender models.
Wang initially denied the allegations – which first came in late 2020 – calling them “baseless.” Last year, he said in a statement that he disagreed with some of the accuser’s details adding he would “set a better example” as a public figure.
The accusations tarnished Wang’s brand, but did not fully cripple it – especially in China. He still dressed popular figures like Rihanna and Julia Fox while releasing a recent campaign with Lucy Liu. His brand is still being carried in some major retailers.
Tuesday night’s event had the support of 800 invitees who lined up to enter Wang’s show, where a red flood light covered the Central Plaza area. It was a splashy event with stars like Kimora Lee Simmons and Lisa Rinna sitting in the front row while others such as rappers Gunna and Coi Leray, actor Harry Hamlin, K-pop singer CL and model Behtai Prinsloo-Levine watched the 15-minute show.
Wang incorporated models with different ethnic backgrounds and sizes – including a pregnant Adriana Lima who received most of the applause for prancing down the runway with her exposed baby bump. The models sported a variety of pieces with shades of indigo and brown, denim and leather coats, red velour sweat suit, heavy wools shrunken into bike shorts, crop tops and oversized wool coats.
Once the show finished, Wang ran onto the stage with a big smile, waved at attendees — who were mostly dressed in all black — before he darted backstage. The show closed out with a heavy dose of red-colored confetti cascading over everyone, creating a party atmosphere — especially for those who attended the Asian night party that featured a market with local food vendors.
In the market, Wang had cameras following him the whole time. He had numerous people who greeted him with handshakes, hugs and lauded him for his work. | 2022-04-20T13:34:17+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/entertainment-news/alexander-wang-returns-to-runway-after-sexual-assault-claims/ |
Donald Trump has been charged with 37 counts in relation to the mishandling of records at Mar-a-Lago as well as his efforts to block the government from recovering the documents.
An indictment unsealed by the Justice Department Friday underscores the high-level material the former president kept after leaving office, the times he improperly shared it with those without clearances and the extent he sought to block any efforts to retrieve them.
The filing indicates Trump weighed a number of methods to avoid returning them, asking his attorney to “hide or destroy” the documents in his possession following a June subpoena last year.
“The classified documents Trump stored in his boxes included information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the United States and foreign countries; United States nuclear programs; potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies to military attack; and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack,” the filing states.
“The unauthorized disclosure of these classified documents could put at risk the national security of the United States, foreign relations, the safety of the United States military, and human sources and the continued viability of sensitive intelligence collection methods.”
Trump is facing 31 counts on the Espionage Act alone, with a breakdown of the documents detailing that most of them dealt with intelligence collected on foreign countries or American military capabilities.
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The filing details two specific instances where Trump is alleged to have shared highly sensitive materials with individuals at his Bedminster, N.J., club who did not have security clearances.
The first came in July 2021, when Trump is said to have shown and described a “plan of attack” prepared for him by Pentagon officials while in the White House. The meeting, which was with a writer, a publisher and two staff members, was recorded. CNN earlier Friday reported on the transcript of the audio, which included Trump acknowledging the document was secret and that he did not declassify it while he was president.
The filing details a second incident in August or September of 2021 in which the former president showed a representative of his political action committee who did not possess a security clearance a classified map related to a military operation. Trump is said to have told the associate during the meeting at his Bedminster, N.J., club that he should not be showing it to the person and that they should not get too close.
The filing also alleges that Trump tried to obstruct the FBI and grand jury investigations and conceal his continued possession of classified documents by suggesting his attorney falsely represent to the FBI that he did not have the documents in question.
Prosecutors also alleged Trump directed Walt Nauta, a longtime aide also charged in the case, to move boxes of documents to conceal them, suggested his attorney hide or destroy documents included in a grand jury subpoena and falsely claiming he had turned over all the necessary documents while knowing that was not the case.
In another instance after Trump attorney Evan Corcoran went to gather records in response to a May subpoena, Trump gestured for Corcoran to “pluck out” any documents he did not think they should return to the government.
The indictment alleges Trump coordinated directly with Nauta to move 64 boxes in and out of the Mar-a-Lago storage room in the weeks between a discussion with Corcoran about a subpoena for the documents, and the lawyer’s return to collect the records. The indictment notes Corcoran was not informed of the movement.
Prosecutors allege that Trump after leaving office retained classified documents originating from or with connections to the CIA, the Pentagon, the National Security Agency, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, the Department of Energy, the Department of State and the Bureau of Intelligence and Research within the State Department.
The filing details how Trump instructed aides to move boxes within his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. In May 2021, Trump is said to have directed the storage room on the ground floor of the club be cleaned out so it could be used to put the boxes containing classified materials in there.
In December 2021, prosecutors said that Nauta found several documents spilled on the floor of the storage room that were labeled “secret” and only releasable to members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance of the U.S., Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand.
The indictment also dedicates an entire page to Trump’s past statements on the need for tough treatment for those who mishandle classified records.
“We can’t have someone in the oval office who doesn’t understand the meaning of the word confidential or classified,” he said as a 2016 candidate.
“In my administration I’m going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the law.”
—Updated at 2:48 p.m. | 2023-06-09T18:57:26+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/hill-politics/trump-indicted-on-37-counts-in-mar-a-lago-indictment/ |
A California doctor who is a leading figure in the anti-vaccine movement was sentenced on Thursday to two months in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol, where she delivered speeches to rioters during the mob's attack.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington, D.C., also sentenced Dr. Simone Gold to 12 months of supervised release after her 60-day prison term and ordered her to pay a $9,500 fine. She can report to prison at a date to be determined.
Gold, a former emergency room physician, said she deeply regrets entering the Capitol during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, and didn't intend to get involved in an event that was “so destructive to our nation.”
“It's the opposite of who I am,” she told Cooper.
Gold founded America’s Frontline Doctors. a group known for purveying COVID-19 misinformation. The Beverly Hills-based doctor, a Stanford Law School graduate, has over 480,000 followers on Twitter. She has condemned COVID-19 lockdowns and promoted the use of unproven and potentially dangerous drugs as coronavirus treatments.
The judge told Gold that her anti-vaccine activism wasn't a factor in her sentencing. Cooper said Gold wasn't a “casual bystander” on Jan. 6.
The judge also said Gold's organization has misled supporters into believing her prosecution was politically motivated and trampled on her free speech rights. Cooper called it “unseemly” that America’s Frontline Doctors has invoked the Capitol riot in raising money, including for her salary.
“I think that is a real disservice to the true victims of that day,” he said.
Gold pleaded guilty in March to entering and remaining in a restricted building, a misdemeanor that carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison.
More than 800 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the riot at the Capitol. Over 300 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanors, and nearly 200 have been sentenced.
After the riot, Gold told The Washington Post that she followed a crowd into the Capitol, didn't witness any violence and didn't think she was breaking any laws.
“I can certainly speak to the place that I was, and it most emphatically was not a riot,” she said. “Where I was, was incredibly peaceful.”
But prosecutors say she entered the Capitol immediately after a law enforcement officer was assaulted and dragged to the ground in front of her. Gold also joined a mob that was trying to break into the House chamber and later ignored police commands to leave Statuary Hall so she could finish giving a speech, according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors had recommended 90 days of imprisonment, one year of supervised release and 60 hours of community service for Gold.
Gold spent two days in jail after her January 2021 arrest. Her lawyers had requested a sentence of time served and 60 hours of community service. Gold agreed to pay $500 in restitution.
Prosecutors said Gold hasn't shown remorse or accepted responsibility for her actions. They accused her of trying to profit from her crime, saying America’s Frontline Doctors has raised more than $430,000 through its website for her legal expenses.
“It beggars belief that Gold could have incurred anywhere near $430,000 in costs for her criminal defense: after all, she pleaded guilty — in the face of indisputable, readily identifiable evidence — without filing a single motion,” prosecutors wrote in a court filing.
Defense attorney Dickson Young said Gold has paid her lawyers “out of her own pocket.” Young said America's Frontline Doctors has kept the donated money for itself.
Gold told the Post that she had traveled to Washington to speak at a “Rally for Health Freedom” on the East side of the Capitol on the afternoon of Jan. 6.
Gold was charged with John Strand, the communications director for America’s Frontline Doctors. Prosecutors also described him as Gold’s boyfriend.
Strand has pleaded not guilty to the charges again him and has a trial scheduled to start on July 18. Prosecutors say Strand rejected their offer for a plea agreement.
Strand was filming as Gold gave a speech in Statuary Hall about her opposition to coronavirus vaccine mandates and government-imposed lockdowns. After police escorted her out of Statuary Hall, Gold delivered another speech in the Rotunda using a bullhorn while standing on a statue of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Gold and Strand spent nearly an hour inside the Capitol before leaving.
The Medical Board of California’s database shows Gold remains licensed to practice medicine in the state. However, Gold's lawyers say the board sent her a letter threatening to revoke her medical license for “an instance of misinformation."
“My reputation has been utterly shredded,” Gold said Thursday.
Gold moved from California to Naples, Florida, after her arrest. Defense attorney Kira West said Gold has received threats and travels with a bodyguard. | 2022-06-16T17:04:13+00:00 | daytondailynews.com | https://www.daytondailynews.com/nation-world/anti-vaccine-doctor-sentenced-to-prison-for-capitol-riot/K4ZV7LZASFBJVNFYYRH2Q4TAUQ/ |
(NewsNation) — The U.S. Marshal leading the search for a woman accused of killing a cyclist said her capture is inevitable.
“Come forward,” Deputy Brandon Filla said on “NewsNation Prime” on Friday. “Surrender to authorities. It’s just a matter of time. We’re working day in and day out. We’d like to safely bring you into custody so you can have your day in court and tell your side of the story.”
Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34, was last seen at the Austin, Texas, airport on May 14. Texas investigators and U.S. Marshals say she flew to Houston at 12:30 p.m., then boarded a Southwest Airlines flight to New York LaGuardia Airport.
Filla says that’s where they lost the trail.
Armstrong is wanted for the first-degree murder of 25-year-old Anna Moriah Wilson, also known as Mo.
Wilson, a champion mountain biker and a rising star on the biking scene, was in Austin for an upcoming race.
On May 11, Wilson and another racer, Colin Strickland, went for a swim. Strickland dropped her off where she was staying. Police say moments later, surveillance video shows an SUV — like the one Armstrong drives — driving by. Wilson was later found with multiple gunshot wounds.
Police picked up Armstrong and questioned her, but said she was free to go.
An arrest affidavit obtained by KXAN said Strickland told police he had been in a relationship with Armstrong for about three years. During a break in their relationship, he said he met and began dating Wilson.
Meanwhile, police got an anonymous tip claiming that Wilson and Strickland had dated for a week back in October. When Armstrong found out about the October fling back in January, she became “furious and was shaking with anger and wanted to kill her,” a friend remembered, according to the affidavit.
It was then police started to piece together a love triangle. However, Strickland, also a pro cyclist, said his relationship with Wilson has been professional since October, and he is not considered a suspect.
Meanwhile, police have evidence of a recent gun purchase that could match the gun used in the murder. This, together with text messages and the tipster, prompted an arrest warrant for Armstrong.
Robert Allen, a professor of homeland security at Tulane University, doesn’t think she can last on the run much longer.
“This is totally heat-of-the-moment,” Allen said. “It happened, but she’s not really prepared to be vanished.” | 2022-05-29T01:09:30+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/news/us-marshal-has-message-for-murder-suspect-involved-in-alleged-love-triangle-surrender-to-authorities/ |
Megdelawit Anbese, computer science major from Tennessee, receives four-year Aura STEM Scholarship
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aura, the leader in intelligent safety for consumers, today announced that it will provide a four-year scholarship to an exemplary, incoming freshman at HBCU Howard University in Washington, D.C. Megdelawit Anbese, a student in Howard University's College of Engineering and Architecture, will receive the inaugural scholarship -- $260,000 over her four years of study, covering all college expenses including tuition, textbooks, food, housing and living expenses.
"Creating a safer internet for everyone requires a workforce that reflects the diversity of the world around us. Teams with varied perspectives and unique lived experiences drive more innovative solutions that work better for more people," said Aura founder and CEO, Hari Ravichandran. "We are proud to support a pipeline of talent underrepresented in our industry by offering Ms. Anbese our inaugural Aura STEM Scholarship. A U.S. immigrant and first in her family to attend college, she overcame unique challenges in the pursuit of her dream: to obtain a degree in Computer Science and contribute to reversing the gender gap in technology."
Data from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shows that 8.3 percent of computer and mathematical jobs were held by Black or African American people, while other estimates suggest only 2.5 percent of science and engineering employees in the U.S. were Black women. By funding the Aura STEM Scholarship at Howard University, the company seeks to foster a future workforce and industry that is as diverse as the population that it aims to protect online.
"We are grateful for the inaugural Aura STEM Scholarship Fund and are confident that Ms. Megdelawit Anbese will thrive at Howard University as she pursues her Bachelor of Science degree in computer science. This scholarship will provide Ms. Anbese the financial freedom to focus on her studies and take full advantage of the academic and experiential learning opportunities at Howard. We expect the outcome of Aura's investment in Ms. Anbese to be a future leader who will make significant contributions to society as a computer scientist who embodies the motto 'Excellence in Truth and Service'," said John M. M. Anderson, dean of the Howard University College of Engineering and Architecture.
"Growing up, it was hard to envision myself in a STEM field, considering the shortage of women, and an even smaller percentage of women of color in the field," said Megdelawit Anbese. "I'm sure there have been brilliant women in the past who have passed up a possible career in STEM because they couldn't afford it, and scholarships like this one from Aura help to open the door for many more women. I hope that one day, not only will I be a role model for individuals in my community, but that I will also demonstrate that, despite the barriers that women face, a career in STEM is attainable."
To learn more about Aura how it is investing in next generation talent through STEM education and mentoring, please visit https://www.aura.com/aura-cares#inclusion.
About Aura
Aura, the leader in intelligent safety solutions, provides all-in-one digital protection for consumers. We understand that the online safety needs of each individual are unique and require a personalized solution. By bringing together security, privacy and parental controls on an intelligent platform, Aura makes adaptive and proactive digital safety accessible to everyone. Visit www.aura.com.
About Howard University
Founded in 1867, Howard University is a private, research university that is comprised of 14 schools and colleges. Students pursue more than 140 programs of study leading to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University operates with a commitment to Excellence in Truth and Service and has produced one Schwarzman Scholar, three Marshall Scholars, four Rhodes Scholars, 12 Truman Scholars, 25 Pickering Fellows and more than 165 Fulbright recipients. Howard also produces more on-campus African American Ph.D. recipients than any other university in the United States. For more information on Howard University, visit www.howard.edu.
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Top Player Prop Bets for Mets vs. Yankees on July 25, 2023
Player props can be found for Francisco Lindor and Gleyber Torres, among others, when the New York Mets visit the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday at 7:05 PM ET.
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Mets vs. Yankees Game Info
- When: Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at 7:05 PM ET
- Where: Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York
- How to Watch on TV: TBS
- Live Stream: Watch the MLB on Fubo!
MLB Props Today: New York Mets
Justin Verlander Props
- Strikeouts Prop: Over/Under 6.5 (Over Odds: +130)
Verlander Stats
- The Mets will hand the ball to Justin Verlander (4-5) for his 15th start of the season.
- He has started 14 games this season, earning a quality start (6 or more IP, 3 or fewer ER) in seven of them.
- Verlander will look to finish five or more innings for the eighth start in a row.
- He has made 14 appearances and finished two of them without allowing an earned run.
Verlander Recent Games
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Francisco Lindor Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -213)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +105)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +340)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +150)
Lindor Stats
- Lindor has 21 doubles, two triples, 19 home runs, 42 walks and 62 RBI (84 total hits). He's also swiped 14 bases.
- He has a .226/.313/.447 slash line on the year.
- Lindor hopes to build on a two-game hitting streak in this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .111 with three walks and an RBI.
Lindor Recent Games
Pete Alonso Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -213)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +110)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +310)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +150)
Alonso Stats
- Pete Alonso has nine doubles, two triples, 26 home runs, 36 walks and 63 RBI (71 total hits). He's also swiped three bases.
- He has a slash line of .212/.310/.484 on the season.
- Alonso takes a four-game streak with at least one hit into this one. In his last five games he is batting .333 with two doubles, a triple, a walk and an RBI.
Alonso Recent Games
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MLB Props Today: New York Yankees
Gleyber Torres Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -270)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +110)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +550)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +220)
Torres Stats
- Torres has 13 doubles, two triples, 16 home runs, 38 walks and 43 RBI (98 total hits). He's also swiped eight bases.
- He has a .264/.330/.439 slash line on the year.
- Torres has picked up at least one hit in 13 games in a row. During his last 10 outings he is batting .381 with a triple, three home runs, a walk and seven RBI.
Torres Recent Games
Anthony Rizzo Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -145)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +145)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +450)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +180)
Rizzo Stats
- Anthony Rizzo has 87 hits with 14 doubles, 12 home runs, 34 walks and 41 RBI.
- He's slashed .253/.338/.398 on the year.
- Rizzo enters this matchup looking to extend his two-game hit streak. During his last five outings he is batting .238 with a double, a home run and two RBI.
Rizzo Recent Games
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Which sun protection shirt for women is best?
Summertime is for hiking, beach days, weekends at the lake, backyard pool parties and countless other activities spent in the sun. You are outdoors more often than any other time of the year, and more sun exposure means your skin is more at risk for sun damage. Sticking to the recommended 2-hour sunscreen reapply schedule can be difficult, and not all clothing material will protect your skin from ultraviolet rays. No matter the time of the year, sun shirts are a convenient and reliable way to protect your skin from sun damage.
What are sun shirts?
Sun-protective shirts absorb or block UV radiation from reaching your skin, making sun shirts a simple and effective way to shield your skin. The Skin Cancer Foundation measures sun-protective shirts by the Ultraviolet Protection Factor, which indicates how much ultraviolet A and ultraviolet B radiation a fabric allows to reach your skin. To be recommended by the Skin Cancer Foundation a shirt must contain a UPF rate of 30, but a sun shirt with a UPF rate of 50 or more is considered the most effective form of sun protection.
What makes clothing sun safe?
Not all clothes will protect your skin from the sun. However, dark and bright colors made with tight-knit material will block and absorb UV rays before they can cause harm to your skin. In addition, looking for shirts with UPF labels will give you a variety of good options for summertime temperatures that are guaranteed to keep covered skin safe all year round.
Wearing a sun-safe shirt means less skin exposure to the sun, less sunscreen, less of a mess and more time for fun in the sun. Expanding your closet to include sun shirts will protect your upper body from UVA and UVB light, whereas SPF will only protect you from UVB. For extra protection from the sun’s harmful UV rays, pair a sun-protective top with a fully lined crown hat to protect your face and scalp. For more information on the best qualities women’s sun shirts should feature, check out BestReviews buying guide.
10 best sun shirts for women
Best of the best sun shirt
Vapor Apparel Women’s UPF 50+ Long Sleeve Shirt
This shirt’s dry-fit material is lightweight, made to last and will protect your skin while keeping you cool all day long. It has a slim-fit design that tends to run small, but it comes in a wide range of sizes with multiple color choices.
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Best bang for your buck sun shirt
ilishop Women’s UV Sun Protection Long Sleeve Rash Guard Wetsuit Swimsuit Top
Be swim-ready with this quarter-zip style sun shirt that has a UPF rate of 50+ and is made with a stretchy fabric. You get two styles for the price of one with the adjustable length feature that easily transforms the top from a shirt to a dress. Washing this shirt with laundry detergent will ruin the sun-protective layer, so remember to hand-wash only.
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Most comfortable sun shirt
Coolibar UPF 50+ Women’s Morada Everyday Long Sleeve T-Shirt
Coolibar’s sun-protective shirt is made with a lightweight cotton blend fabric that doesn’t cling to your skin. This quick-drying sun shirt comes in 19 different colors and has a relaxed fit. Users recommend that this sun shirt not be worn on extremely hot and humid days due to its thicker material.
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Best sun shirt with a hood
Backcountry Tahoe 2 Sun Hoodie
Featuring a lightweight hood for extra protection and shade, this sun shirt is made of a stretchy material that is soft and moisture-wicking. The UPF 50+ sun-protective fabric is easy to move in and has built-in thumbholes. This sun shirt comes in six different colors, and users said it runs true to size.
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Best sleeveless sun shirt
Sofibella Women’s UV Colors Tank Top
For those sweltering summer days, try this women’s UPF rated 50+ tank. This breathable material is great for working out in the sun while still providing coverage for the shoulders and chest.
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Best button-down sun shirt
Women’s PFG Tamiami™ II Long Sleeve Shirt
With its easily adjusted sleeves and convenient pockets, this women’s sun shirt is perfect for a long hike in the sun any time of the year. The UPF polyester fabric allows for easy airflow to keep you cool and dry.
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Best sun shirt with fun patterns
Women’s Super Tidal Tee™ Omni-Shade™ T-Shirt
Avoiding UV rays does not have to be boring. This sun shirt provides full coverage against the sun’s harmful UV rays and comes in three colorful patterns that will add some fun to your pool day outfit.
Best full zipper sun shirt
Essentials Long Sleeve Zip-Up UPF 50 Rashguard
This sun shirt has a comfortable fit and a convenient full-length zipper, making it functional for any occasion. From the beach to the lake, this sun shirt will protect your upper body from harmful UV Rays.
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Best hiking shirts with neck gaiters
BALEAF Women’s Hiking Long Sleeve Shirts with Face Cover Neck Gaiter
The breathable face cover design of this loong sleeve shir for your outdoor activities provides wind and UPF50+ protection for your face and neck. It’s 100 percent polyester, while the face mask is a blend of 60 percent polyester and 40 percent polypropylene.
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Best pants to go with your sun shirt
Columbia Women’s Saturday Trail Stretch Pant
If you are going on an outdoor adventure, pairing sun-protective pants with your sun shirt will help you reach full-body coverage. These UPF 50+ straight-leg pants are water-repellent and will keep you cool even on the hottest of days. They come in multiple colors, so you are sure to find one to match your other sun-protective garments.
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NEW YORK — Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, step right up and witness Coney Island’s Luna Park like you’ve never seen it before.
“Coney Island been this great, rich place with so much legacy and emotions and memories for all — not just New Yorkers, but Americans,” said Alessandro Zamperla of Central Amusement International, which operates the park.
Of the three new attractions are two intertwined rides: a roller coaster called “Tony’s Express” and a log flume ride called “Leti’s Treasure.” The two rides are designed to pay homage to classic, 19th century Coney Island rides, as well as Zamperla’s family, which has been involved in circuses, carnivals and amusement parks for generations. The rides are named after Zamperla’s late grandparents, Antonio and Letizia.
Tony’s Express is modeled after America’s first roller coaster, the Switchback Railway, which opened on Coney Island in 1884. Leti’s Treasure is a throwback to Shoot the Chutes, another Coney Island classic, which opened a year later in 1885.
As part of the expansion, Luna Park will also introduce a 50-foot (15-meter) Sky Chaser Ropes Course and pedestrian plazas that will increase the size of the park by 50%, using land that has been vacant for almost half a century.
Coney Island’s original Luna Park was destroyed by a fire and then sold in the 1940s, but the park was reborn in 2010 with the construction of a new Luna Park, which has been evolving and expanding since then.
“We’ve been blessed to be in the amusement park industry and overall entertainment for more than five generations,” Zamperla said. “So for us to be here and to be really associated with the revitalization and really kind of rebirth of Coney Island is extremely exciting and a great honor.”
The new attractions, excluding Tony’s Express, are still under construction, but Zamperla said he hopes the new rides and plazas will be open to the public by the middle of summer. | 2022-06-30T17:45:37+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/coney-islands-luna-park-to-expand-introduce-3-attractions/2022/06/30/e5888f44-f890-11ec-81db-ac07a394a86b_story.html |
US: Federal aid to Florida for Hurricane Ian tops $2B
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal aid to Florida for recovery from Hurricane Ian has topped the $2 billion mark, Biden administration officials announced Monday, one day before the midterm elections.
Most of the money was provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. About $710 million went directly to households, and another $322 million went to the state.
The U.S. Small Business Administration furnished $631 million in disaster loans, and the National Flood Insurance Program has paid out $351 million in claims.
“When I visited Florida in the wake of Hurricane Ian, I said we would be there as long as it takes to rebuild,” President Joe Biden said in a statement. “That is what we’re doing.”
Biden toured the damage from the hurricane with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis last month, a rare moment of detente for the two politicians. The hurricane killed more than 100 people and caused billions of dollars in damage.
The president has also campaigned for DeSantis’ Democratic opponent, Charlie Crist, who is trying to return to the governor’s office.
DeSantis has a solid lead in public polls.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2022-11-07T20:52:03+00:00 | ktiv.com | https://www.ktiv.com/2022/11/07/us-federal-aid-florida-hurricane-ian-tops-2b/ |
Districts across the state can now use data from the i-Ready Assessment for Mathematics and Reading to help identify students eligible for gifted education programs
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) has added Curriculum Associates' i-Ready Assessment for Grades K–12 to its approved list of Gifted Education Assessment Measures to identify students' eligibility for gifted education programs in the achievement domain. With this approval, districts throughout the state can now use their existing reading and mathematics data from the i-Ready Assessment as a source of evidence to support a referral for gifted education programs. The i-Ready normative scores can be used to determine if students meet the criteria in the achievement category of the evaluation and eligibility process, eliminating the need for a separate achievement assessment.
"The i-Ready Assessment data is powerful in helping teachers identify students' strengths and needs so they can provide more personalized instruction," said Rob Waldron, CEO of Curriculum Associates. "The Georgia Department of Education's approval of i-Ready to support gifted identification will help districts throughout the state save valuable time and resources by eliminating the need for another achievement assessment. A more efficient screening process will also help schools connect students more quickly with services that help them reach their full potential."
The GaDOE gifted education screening process requires information be gathered about a student in four categories: mental ability, achievement, creativity, and motivation. In order to be eligible to receive gifted programming, students must qualify in three of the four categories, or they must have a qualifying score in both the mental ability and achievement categories. i-Ready data is used in the achievement category.
Today, the award-winning i-Ready program serves more than 40 percent (i.e., 485,000) of students in Grades K–8 across almost 100 districts in Georgia.
i-Ready makes the promise of differentiated instruction a practical reality for Grades K–12 teachers and students. It combines powerful assessments and rich insights with effective and engaging instruction in reading and mathematics to address students' individual needs.
The program's assessment provides educators with actionable criterion-referenced and normative data to deliver impactful, equitable learning experiences. Teachers administer the assessment at the beginning of the school year to chart a course for their instruction and to personalize i-Ready instructional paths. Midyear and end-of-year assessments help students and teachers measure growth and engage together in data chats. Teacher-led and personalized instruction continues throughout the year to help students address unfinished learning and access grade-level content.
All i-Ready district partners have ongoing access to Curriculum Associates' award-winning customer service. This includes dedicated support via the company's Customer Service team, professional development experts, account managers, sales representatives, and Technical Support team, as well as access to the free customer service portal.
To learn more about i-Ready, visit CurriculumAssociates.com/i-Ready.
Founded in 1969, Curriculum Associates, LLC designs research-based print and online instructional materials, screens and assessments, and data management tools. The company's products and outstanding customer service provide teachers and administrators with the resources necessary for teaching diverse student populations and fostering learning for all students.
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While many presidential hopefuls continue to sit on the sidelines of a brewing 2024 race, the latest fundraising efforts of rumored Republican contenders reveal who may be gearing up for a run soon.
Former President Donald Trump is the only announced Republican presidential candidate thus far, though a long list of rumored candidates show signs of interest in the GOP nomination.
That includes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former Govs. Larry Hogan of Maryland and Asa Hutchison of Arkansas, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, Govs. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire and Kristi Noem of South Dakota and former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey.
The former president brought in roughly $9.5 million in the six weeks following his campaign announcement on Nov. 15 — a smaller haul than the $11.8 million raised through his fundraising entities during the six weeks leading up to his presidential launch. The deflated numbers substantiate some claims that the Trump campaign is off to a slow start in 2024.
In December of last year, the Trump campaign revealed to Fox that MAGA Inc., the super PAC supporting Trump's 2024 run, was sitting on $55 million in cash on hand — though most of the funds came by way of a massive transfer from Trump's Save America political committee.
SOUTH CAROLINA'S NIKKI HALEY TO LAUNCH 2024 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, JOINING TRUMP IN NOMINATION HUNT
DeSantis raised a record-shattering $200 million during the 2022 cycle for his re-election bid last year — the most raised by any gubernatorial candidate in American history. The Florida governor had roughly $90 million in cash on hand at the close of his campaign leading to further speculation over his presidential ambitions.
Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina and former ambassador to the United Nations, reported $2 million in cash on hand at the end of last year through her super PAC Stand for America. Haley is expected to announce her presidential campaign on Feb. 15th at an event in her home state, according to sources close to the Haley team.
Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina built up a sizable war chest through his super PAC, the Opportunity Matters Fund. The group reported more than $13 million in cash on hand ahead of 2023. The senator will be in South Carolina and Iowa, key early states in the nomination process, as part of a listening tour series later this month.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who won re-election last fall, tapped several national fundraisers this week to join his newly formed PAC, Hardworking Americans, that will support other GOP candidates and boost his national profile in the process. Kemp is expected to attend a Republican donor conference, organized by veteran GOP strategist Karl Rove, later this month. Haley, Pence, and Scott will also be in attendance, according to a Politico report.
DESANTIS TIED WITH TRUMP, EVERYONE ELSE FAR BEHIND IN FRESH 2024 GOP PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY POLL
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu recently created his Live Free or Die committee, a 501(c)(4) organization often formed by presidential hopefuls exploring donor interest ahead of a potential run. Sununu's home state hosts the first contest of the Republican primary in 2024, giving him instant name recognition early on in the nomination process.
Mike Pompeo's super PAC, Champion American Values, reported $1.6 million in cash on hand at the close of 2022. Pompeo, who served as secretary of state in the Trump administration, has been making the rounds on national television and media to promote his new book – a common precursor to launching a bid for the White House.
On the Democratic side, there are no announced presidential candidates in the 2024 race thus far. President Biden has still not announced his re-election intentions, though he is expected to run for a second term. | 2023-02-11T23:01:49+00:00 | foxbangor.com | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/money-talks-rumored-presidential-hopefuls-with-the-most-cash-in-the-bank/article_ee00f2b9-0c53-5e0e-8463-06a0b3d6542b.html |
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Globs of asphalt binder that spilled into Montana’s Yellowstone River during a bridge collapse and train derailment could be seen on islands and riverbanks downstream from Yellowstone National Park a week after the spill occurred, witnesses report.
Officials with the Environmental Protection Agency said cleanup efforts began on Sunday, with workers cooling the gooey material with river water, rolling it up and putting the globs into garbage bags. It will probably be recycled, said Paul Peronard with the EPA.
Alexis Bonogofsky, whose family’s ranch was impacted by an oil spill on the Yellowstone River near Billings in 2011, took pictures Saturday of the refined petroleum product covering rocks and sandbars. She also snapped an image of a bird that had died in the black substance.
“This killdeer walked across the asphalt, which had heated up in the sun, and it got stuck and died with its head buried in the asphalt,” Bonogofsky wrote in the caption of an image she posted on social media. “You could tell where it had tried to pull itself out.”
A bridge over the river collapsed as a train crossed it early on June 24 near the town of Columbus and 10 cars fell into the water, spilling liquid asphalt and molten sulfur, officials said. Both materials were expected to cool and harden when exposed to the cold water, and officials said there was no threat to the public or downstream water supplies, officials said.
However, the asphalt binder behaved differently.
“This stuff is not sinking in this water,” Peronard said Sunday. “It adheres really well to rock, and we can roll it up like taffy on the sand.”
Bonogofsky, in another of her photos, captured a sheen on the water. She said the spilled material heated up with warmer temperatures and “you can smell it.”
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality, the EPA and Montana Rail Link — the entities managing the cleanup — said more asphalt product was released Friday as a rail car was being removed from the river.
“Initial assessments indicate the release was minimal based on the amount of material believed to still be remaining in the impacted car,” the statement said.
Professor Kayhan Ostovar with the Yellowstone River Research Center at Rocky Mountain College also took pictures Friday of the petroleum product that had washed onto the riverbank about 6 miles (10 kilometers) downstream from the spill.
Ostevar’s team has been conducting turtle surveys below the derailment and is sharing the GPS locations of sensitive sites that are near areas where the asphalt binder has come to rest.
Turtles are particularly vulnerable to this type of spill, Ostovar said, because they are leaving the water right now to seek out nesting sites on gravel bars and basking in the sun.
The center was created after the 2011 ExxonMobil pipeline breach to gather better baseline information on species of concern that live in and around the Yellowstone River.
Statements from the agencies and the railroad over the past week have asked people to report the sighting of asphalt materials on the riverbank via email to rpderailment@mtrail.com, and have listed a phone number — 888-275-6926 — for the Oiled Wildlife Care Network to report animals with oil on them.
No reports from the public had been received, Peronard said.
Bonogofsky argued it shouldn’t have taken more than a week to develop a cleanup plan, especially since it’s known what materials the trains haul through Montana, as well as the damage the 2011 oil pipeline spill caused.
“We should have plans in place for this and we should have learned our lesson in 2011,” she said, arguing that work to clean up the asphalt binder could have happened at the same time they were removing rail cars from the water.
The last of the rail cars was expected to be removed from the water on Sunday, Peronard said, while agricultural users were notified that they could resume using river water for irrigation. Their irrigation canals had been shut down as a precaution.
Cleaning up spills of petroleum products is “somewhat of a losing game,” Peronard said. “We are never going to recover all of the oil here … and there’s likely to be impacts when we are done. That is unavoidable.”
As far as the cleanup delay, he said the response to any accident starts with protecting human lives, controlling the source of the spill and then protecting the environment. He said the agency also had to make sure its cleanup plan did not cause more harm than good for bird and turtle nests in the area.
Cleanup crews also have to stay at least a half mile away from eagles nesting in the area, Peronard said.
The spilled asphalt material is not water soluble, he said. | 2023-07-03T12:30:10+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national/ap-cleanup-begins-after-asphalt-binder-spill-into-montanas-yellowstone-river-after-train-derailment/ |
LONDON (AP) — After seven decades, the United Kingdom has a new woman to call queen.
Charles’ wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, will be known as Queen Consort — a title that came with Queen Elizabeth II’s blessing after years of contention, dating back to the days before she even married Prince Charles.
It wasn’t always a given that the 75-year-old Camilla would take the title, even though it gives her none of the sovereign’s powers.
While the wife of a king is traditionally crowned queen, the question of what title Camilla would hold when Charles became king had been a tricky one for many years. That was due to sensitivity about her status as his second wife — and the wave of grief that washed over Britain following the death of his former wife, Princess Diana, in a car crash in 1997.
Charles and the royal household have moved carefully on the matter, mindful of lingering public perceptions of Camilla as the “third person” that ruined the marriage between Charles and the beloved princess.
But over the decades, Camilla has won over large parts of the British public with her discretion, down-to-earth personality and loyalty to her husband.
When Camilla and Charles married in a low-key civil ceremony in 2005, she was in fact the new Princess of Wales — Diana’s title — but she styled herself the Duchess of Cornwall instead.
Palace officials said for years that Camilla “intended” to be known as “Princess Consort” — instead of the traditional “Queen Consort” — when Charles acceded to the throne.
There is no precedent for the title Princess Consort, which was reportedly suggested by royal officials. The similar title of Prince Consort has only been used once — for Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, who reigned from 1837 to 1901.
In a 2010 interview with NBC, Charles was asked if Camilla would become “Queen of England, if and when you become the monarch.” He hesitated as he replied, “That’s, well … We’ll see, won’t we? That could be.”
The question was resolved when Elizabeth declared she wanted Camilla to be known as Queen Consort after her son became king. It was an endorsement that formally signified the royal family’s acceptance of Camilla as a respected senior member and was widely seen as a move by Elizabeth to pave a smooth transition to Charles’ reign.
“When, in the fullness of time, my son Charles becomes king, I know you will give him and his wife, Camilla, the same support that you have given me; and it is my sincere wish that, when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort as she continues her own loyal service,” Elizabeth said in February 2022, when she marked the 70th anniversary of her rule.
Charles said he and Camilla were “deeply conscious of the honor.”
“As we have sought together to serve and support Her Majesty and the people of our communities, my darling wife has been my own steadfast support throughout,” he said.
The most recent Queen Consort in British history was George VI’s wife Queen Elizabeth, known in later years as the Queen Mother after her daughter became monarch in 1952.
By custom, Camilla will be anointed at Charles’ coronation, although that could be omitted.
Born Camilla Rosemary Shand on July 17, 1947, she came from aristocrats with long and close links with Britain’s royal family. Her great-grandmother, Alice Keppel, was a romantic partner of King Edward VII.
She met Charles at a polo match in 1970 when she was 23 and he was considered to be the most eligible bachelor in Britain. The two immediately became close, and by the end of 1972, Charles was smitten. But the romance was interrupted by his eight months of naval duty.
In his absence, Camilla married her longtime boyfriend, army officer Andrew Parker Bowles, in 1973. The couple divorced in 1995, shortly after Charles gave an explosive television interview admitting an affair with Camilla. Charles and Diana divorced the next year.
Charles and Camilla waited another nine years, marrying in 2005 in a private ceremony at the Guildhall in Windsor.
Since then, Camilla has taken up dozens of royal duties. She is patron or president of more than 90 charities, and has shown particular interest in work on animals, promoting literacy and empowering women. She also has found her voice as a public speaker, earning respect by campaigning about difficult issues such as sexual violence against women and domestic abuse.
In 2021, she delivered what many called her landmark speech, urging “the men in our lives” to get involved in women’s rights and expressing sympathy for the families of women who are murdered.
The same year, Buckingham Palace underlined Camilla’s role as a senior royal by making her a Royal Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the most senior order of chivalry in Britain. | 2022-09-08T19:48:22+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/as-queen-what-sovereign-power-does-camilla-have-if-any/ |
Jazz was all over the place in 2022. I mean that as a compliment, and with an intended double meaning: we saw some great examples of improvisers flowing through the culture, and we also heard compelling sounds across the broadest spectrum of styles. Which is one reason to balk at any list purporting to capture the definitive Best Jazz of 2022 – instead of doing that here, we asked a handful of keen listeners for their advocacy picks: one album and one song worth shouting about. —Nate Chinen
Nate Chinen
Song
Cécile McLorin Salvant, "Moon Song"
When people talk about Cécile McLorin Salvant, they often hail her interpretive daring — a natural focus, in light of the extravagant insight she keeps bringing to other people's songs. But can we stop for a moment to marvel at Salvant the songwriter? Ghost Song invites us to do just that, with its healthy balance of original gems. "Moon Song" isn't the most attention-grabbing of them, but it centers so many of her favorite themes: impossible yearning, obsessive craft, the illusion of control. "If you should love me / Don't ever tell me," she begins, over a harmonic progression that feels instantly familiar. What to make of this vulnerable yet guarded instruction? Like the song's key metaphor, it's warm and welcoming, but with a faraway glow. Listen here.
Album
Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy
By now, critical consensus has anointed Makaya McCraven's In These Times the runaway crossover wonder of 2022. It appeared on my own top albums list, and on many others; its charms are abundantly clear. For our confab here, I'd like to herald an album conceived in the same spirit and harnessing many of the same energies, but with hazier and somewhat headier results. Guitarist-composer Jeff Parker is one of McCraven's longtime collaborators, and his Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy shares some DNA with McCraven's breakthrough In the Moment, from 2015. It's groove-forward but non-ingratiating, with a dynamic that puts pure creative potential in the hands of every musician in Parker's band: alto saxophonist Josh Johnson, bassist Anna Butterss (whose own work made another of our year-end lists) and drummer Jay Bellerose. An immersive listening experience that never settles on one version of the truth. Listen here.
Keanna Faircloth
Song
Endea Owens, "Where the Nubians Grow"
This has been a year of cultivation for Endea Owens: Through her initiative The Community Cookout she sows seeds of hope in New York, providing monthly meals and pop-up concerts for her neighbors. As one of the few women instrumentalists in a late-night television show band, she plants seeds of inspiration into young women musicians globally. Her Tiny Desk Concert with her band, The Cookout, opened with an original composition dedicated to her hometown of Detroit called "Where the Nubians Grow." It's an undeniable groove that personally embedded a seed of perseverance within me to push through the final quarter of 2022. Listen here.
Album
The Baylor Project, The Evening: Live at APPARATUS
One of the coolest memories I have of this year is experiencing a night of performance in the heart of Koreatown in Manhattan. I entered a building, took the elevator up to the fourth floor to what had been the home of a lighting design studio – before its conversion into an intimate jazz club called "Mums." I was invited to enter through lush, chocolate-velvet curtains that gave way to a room filled with pink and golden chrysanthemums; little wonder that what came out of that evening yielded this now Grammy-nominated album by The Baylor Project. The breathtaking vocals of Jean Baylor, supported by the embrace of her husband, drummer Marcus Baylor, and their stellar band made everyone in attendance feel like they were in on an intimate secret. Listen here.
Suraya Mohamed
Song
Ezra Collective, "Victory Dance"
Earlier this year, the U.K. jazz band Ezra Collective dropped "Victory Dance," the first single from the band's album Where I'm Meant To Be. Led by drummer and bandleader Femi Keleoso, the group plays an infectious mix of many genres, but here the Afro-Cuban rhythms and influences are up front and peppy. It's a happy, energetic song that starts with a cool percussion vamp and moves into the catchy melodic line played in unison by Ife Ogunjobi on trumpet, James Mollison on saxophone and Keleoso's brother, TJ, on bass. Joe Armon-Jones comes in soon after to keep the fire going with his genius keyboard artistry. (You can also watch them play a Tiny Desk version.) Listen here.
Album
Eliane Elias, Quietude
Before producing her recently published Tiny Desk Concert, I spent a lot of time digging into pianist, singer and composer Eliane Elias' remarkable archive which includes her latest release, Quietude. Though an outstanding composer in her own right, for this record Elias chose to include some beautiful bossa nova standards, with works by many great Brazilian composers including Antonio Carlos Jobim and Dorival Caymmi. The arrangements are exquisite, the sound is luxurious and the performances by Elias and her fellow musicians are marvelous. Listen here.
Marcus J. Moore
Song
Mejiwahn, "Lumaby"
I realize I'm cheating a bit – this isn't jazz, per se – but I haven't been able to stop playing Mejiwahn's "Lumaby" from his incredible album Beanna, released this year. In it I hear the roots of salsa and bossa nova, a light and breezy groove seemingly made for warmer climates. To me, it's a song rooted in the tradition of Gal Costa. I've been shouting out Meji all year. This song and album should be required listening. Listen here.
Album
Dezron Douglas, Atalaya
Certain albums tend to emulate weather, and Dezron Douglas' Atalaya just feels like the fall. There's a chill to it, a level of cool evoking the convergence of traditional and contemporary New York jazz. To me, Atalaya sounds like a late-night set, when the creative freedom takes over and the buttoned-up essence of the 8 p.m. show gives way to after-hours experimentation. Blurring the boundaries of free jazz and hard bop, Atalaya balances restraint and release with the utmost precision, lending to an album that settles and propels equally. Listen here.
Larry Blumenfeld
Song
Terri Lyne Carrington, "Unchanged"
On drummer Terri Lyne Carrington's New Standards, Vol. 1 the melody of "Unchanged"— from pianist Marta Sanchez's 2019 release, El Rayo de Luz — gets switched from saxophone to trumpet. Yet the slippery, overlapping rhythms, emblematic of Sanchez's writing, remain intact. Sanchez is among 11 composers, all women, whose repertoire Carrington's album champions with style and a message. Curious about those rhythms? Consult New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers, Carrington's consciousness-raising Real Book published this year. Listen here.
Album
Mali Obomsawin, Sweet Tooth
The most auspicious debut album I heard this year — Sweet Tooth, from bassist, singer and composer Mali Obomsawin — nods to both the familiarly freeing legacy of Ornette Coleman's mid-20th-century quartet and to lesser-known declarations of independence: The sounds, songs and ideas of Maine's Wabanaki people. Obamsawin connects these histories with power and ingenuity. "My people have had to innovate endlessly to get our stories heard," she has said – which is pretty much jazz's story, right? Listen here.
The year in jazz
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BEIJING, SHANGHAI and BOSTON, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobio Pharma (1167.HK) will present the results of KRAS G12C inhibitor JAB-21822 as a single agent or in combination with SHP2 inhibitor JAB-3312 in preclinical cancer models in a poster session during the 2022 European Society of Medical Oncology ASIA (ESMO ASIA) Congress from December 2, 2022 to December 4, 2022.
The results of preclinical study showed that JAB-21822 in combination with JAB-3312 could synergistically inhibit tumor growth in multiple KRAS G12C inhibitor-resistant models, suggesting that the combination of JAB-21822 and JAB-3312 may overcome adaptive resistance to KRAS G12C inhibitor in cancer patients. Jacobio is currently conducting a clinical trial of JAB-21822 in combination with JAB-3312 (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05288205).
About the Abstract:
Track: Developmental therapeutics
Title: Investigation of KRAS G12C inhibitor JAB-21822 as a single agent and in combination with SHP2 inhibitor JAB-3312 in preclinical cancer models
Format: Poster presentation
Abstract Number: 30P
Time: December 3, 2022
Please visit the official website of ESMO ASIA for more information: https://www.esmo.org/meeting-calendar/esmo-asia-congress-2022
About JAB-21822
JAB-21822 is an oral, small molecule KRAS G12C inhibitor independently developed by the Company. The Company has initiated a number of Phase I/II clinical trials in China, the United States and Europe for patients harbouring KRAS G12C mutation with advanced solid tumors, including pivotal clinical trial to treat non-small cell lung cancer in China; monotherapy for STK11 co-mutated non-small cell lung cancer in the front-line setting; combination therapy with SHP2 inhibitor JAB-3312, anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody and cetuximab.
About JAB-3312
JAB-3312 is a high-selective SHP2 allosteric inhibitor. Jacobio is currently conducting clinical trials of JAB-3312 in China and the United States, and JAB-3312 has been granted orphan drug designation for esophageal cancer (including esophageal squamous cell carcinoma) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Jacobio has signed a global, strategic collaboration agreement to develop and commercialise SHP2 inhibitors with AbbVie on June 1, 2020.
About Jacobio Pharma
Jacobio Pharma (1167.HK) is committed to developing and providing new and innovative products and solutions to improve people's health. Our pipeline revolves around novel molecular targets on six major signalling pathways: KRAS, immune checkpoints, tumor metabolism, P53, RB and MYC. We aim for our key projects to be among the top three in the world. Our vision is to become a global leader recognized for our impact in drug R&D together with our partners. Jacobio has R&D centers in Beijing, Shanghai and Boston with our Induced Allosteric Drug Discovery Platform (IADDP) and our iADC Platform.
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(The Hill) – In an unprecedented decision, a federal judge in Texas has issued a stay that will shut down the prescribing and distribution of mifepristone in seven days, one of two drugs used for medication abortions that has been on the market in the U.S. for more than two decades.
District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, an appointee of former President Trump, gave the government a weeklong window to appeal and seek emergency relief before his ruling goes into effect.
The FDA can appeal the decision to the conservative 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the judge has given the federal government seven days to seek relief. The case could eventually reach the Supreme Court.
Kacsmaryk sided with the antiabortion group that brought the lawsuit and said the agency’s approval process was improperly rushed, and resulted in an unsafe drug regimen getting on the market.
The drug was first approved in 2000, a process that took more than four years. It is indicated for use in abortions up to 10 weeks into a pregnancy. Mifepristone is also used by OB-GYNs to manage early miscarriages.
But the stay means FDA’s longstanding approval has been blocked, a move that the Justice Department argued was “extraordinary and unprecedented.” In court filings ahead of the March 15 hearing, the government said the lawsuit was based on false claims of severe complications from the drug.
The lawsuit was initially filed in November by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a powerhouse conservative legal group that has helped author states’ anti-abortion laws and defended Mississippi in the case that led the Supreme Court to overturn the abortion protections granted in Roe v. Wade.
The lawsuit claims the drug is unsafe and alleges that the FDA failed to study it carefully enough. Legal experts said the argument was purely political and had no merit, but the lawsuit was strategically filed in the Northern District of Texas so that Kacsmaryk was guaranteed to hear it.
Medication abortion is the most common method for terminating a pregnancy, and ever since the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade in June, pregnant Americans have increasingly turned to abortion pills.
Many of the country’s leading medical organizations, including the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said medication abortion is safe and effective.
Despite arguments from anti-abortion advocates, the medical groups said years of clinical evidence has shown there is a greater risk of complications or mortality for procedures like wisdom tooth removal, cancer-screening, colonoscopy, or the use of Viagra.
Medication abortion in the U.S. is a two-step process. The first step involves taking mifepristone, which is followed up 24 hours later by a dose of misoprostol, a drug first approved in the 1970s for stomach ulcers. In the absence of mifepristone, medical providers have said they would offer misoprostol only, though studies have shown it to be less effective | 2023-04-08T01:38:17+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/national-world-news/federal-judge-blocks-abortion-pill-approval/ |
WATCH: Body camera video shows dramatic rescue of 5 children, woman from apartment fire
MADISON, Ind. (CNN) – Authorities in Indiana have released body camera video of a woman and five children being rescued from a burning apartment.
Several people were trapped by fire in an upstairs apartment early Sunday morning in Madison.
Officers with the Madison Police Department arrived quickly on the scene and encouraged the children to jump from the second story so they could catch them.
Two of the police officers were also experienced firefighters and helped battle the flames while the rescue was underway.
After five children jumped down safely, the officers caught an adult female leaping from the second-story window.
There were no serious injuries reported, only minor cuts and scrapes.
The cause of the apartment fire is under investigation.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A defamation lawsuit is revealing scornful behind-the-scenes opinions by Fox News figures about Donald Trump, including a Tucker Carlson text message declaring, “I hate him passionately.”
Carlson’s private text comments were revealed in court papers at virtually the same time the former president was hailing the Fox News host on social media. Trump said he was doing a “great job” in presenting excerpts of U.S. Capitol security video of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection — though Carlson used the video to produce a false narrative of the attack.
The documents are coming to light at a time of increased tension between Trump and Fox, the dominant media force appealing to conservatives, as he campaigns to regain the presidency.
Voting machine manufacturer Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox News for $1.6 billion, claiming the network broadcast false claims that the company was responsible for fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The case is to go to trial this spring, and a trove of documents related to Fox’s actions after the election are being publicly released in advance.
A common theme emerging from the internal documents and depositions is that Fox executives and hosts doubted the election claims being peddled by Trump and his allies, but aired and emphasized them anyway. Fox was growing concerned about a decline in viewership as Trump supporters turned away from the network after it — correctly — called Joe Biden the presidential winner in Arizona on election night.
The exchanges include Carlson’s text conversation on Jan. 4, 2021, with an unknown person, in which the prime-time host expressed anger toward Trump.
Carlson said that “we are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights” and that “I truly can’t wait.”
Carlson said he had no doubt there was fraud in the 2020 election, but that Trump and his lawyers had so discredited their case — and media figures like himself — “that it’s infuriating. Absolutely enrages me.”
Federal and state officials, courts, exhaustive reviews in battleground states and Trump’s attorney general found no widespread fraud that could have changed the outcome of the 2020 election, although Trump continues to falsely state that the presidency was stolen from him.
Addressing Trump’s four years as president, Carlson said, “We’re all pretending we’ve got a lot to show for it, because admitting what a disaster it’s been is too tough to digest. But come on. There really isn’t an upside to Trump.”
In another text exchange more than a month earlier, Carlson denigrated Trump’s business abilities: Trump’s talent, he said, is to “destroy things. He could easily destroy us if we play it wrong.”
Publicly, Fox viewers heard very different views, such as a 2017 exchange with colleague Greg Gutfeld in which Carlson agreed that Trump was “the greatest president that ever will be.” On his show in 2019, Carlson said Trump had fought as hard as he could to make sure everyone in America was treated equally under the law.
“You can say what you really believe in public,” Carlson said then. “You’re an American citizen. That is your right.” Trump could lose in 2020, he added, “but he’ll be a genuinely great president.”
Fox, in response to the court exhibits quoting Carlson that were released late Tuesday, said that “Dominion has been caught red handed using more distortions and misinformation in their PR campaign to smear Fox News and trample on free speech and freedom of the press. We already know they will say and do anything to try to win this case, but to twist and even misattribute quotes to the highest levels of our company is truly beyond the pale.”
Carlson has continued rolling out security video from the Capitol attack, footage handed to him by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. For that, Trump said on his social media platform, “congratulations to Tucker Carlson on one of the biggest ‘scoops’ as a reporter in U.S. history.”
The selective release of the footage to sway the historical account has drawn criticism, including from Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday called on Fox to stop spreading election lies, which he said was eroding trust in American democracy.
Fox’s founder, Rupert Murdoch, has a complex relationship with Trump: “I was not close to him,” Murdoch said in a deposition in the libel lawsuit.
Indeed, though Murdoch acknowledged talking to Trump occasionally, he said he also sought inside information from Sean Hannity, one of his network’s primetime hosts, because Hannity was the closest person at Fox to Trump.
Following Trump’s loss in November 2020, Murdoch despaired of the president’s behavior.
“The real danger is what he might do as president,” Murdoch wrote in an email to a friend that month. “Apparently not sleeping and bouncing off walls! Don’t know about Melania, but kids no help.”
But Murdoch told his network’s officials that he also didn’t want to “antagonize” Trump: “He had a very large following, and they were probably mostly viewers of Fox, so it would have been stupid,” Murdoch said in a deposition in the Dominion case.
In separate questioning in the case, Murdoch acknowledged that he believed the 2020 presidential election “ was not stolen.”
On social media recently, Trump was critical of Fox when other court papers released in the Dominion case made clear that a number of the network’s executives and personalities privately believed the election fraud claims were bunk.
Trump and his team also have accused Fox of giving his latest campaign for the presidency little attention and favoring a potential challenger for the GOP nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Fox and Trump have long had a complicated relationship. While he frequently has used the network to reach its audience, he also has been furious at a perceived lack of loyalty, most prominently after the 2020 election.
In a fiery speech at the Conservative Political Action Committee last week, Trump ally Steve Bannon complained that Fox had disrespected the former president.
“You’ve deemed Trump’s not going to be president,” Bannon said. “Well, we deem you’re not going to have a network.”
On Saturday afternoon, Fox News aired Trump’s speech to CPAC in its entirety.
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Riccardi reported from Denver. Associated Press writers Christina A. Cassidy in Atlanta, Jonathan J. Cooper in Phoenix, Gary Fields and Mary Clare Jalonick in Washington and Jennifer Peltz in New York contributed to this report, as did news researcher Randy Herschaft in New York. | 2023-03-09T15:50:20+00:00 | wric.com | https://www.wric.com/news/politics/scorning-of-trump-by-foxs-tucker-carlson-revealed-in-court/ |
CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Carter County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is investigating a string of church thefts that have occurred throughout the past month.
According to police, the alleged thieves have hit Siam Baptist Church and Hampton First Baptist Church in Carter County and The Pentecostals of Johnson City.
The thefts appear to be happening at night and catalytic converters are being stolen out of the church vehicles, police say.
William Staschak, the investigator for the case believes the thefts are premeditated.
“[The thieves] are looking for the catalytic converters from these churches’ vehicles. They’re coming in, they’re spending very short time cutting the catalytic converters off and then disappearing. They’re not trying to make entry into the churches or anything else,” said Staschak.
Staschak says two of the churches were robbed on a Saturday night and believes the churches are being targeted because the vehicles are left outside.
“Most people aren’t in a church on Saturday night. So there it’s unprotected. The vans are usually left outside, so easy targets.”
Police are searching for the driver of a dark blue 1997 to 2003 Ford F-150 two-wheel drive truck that has paint damage on the roof of the cab.
Anyone with information about the thefts is encouraged to contact the Washington and Carter County Sheriff’s Office. | 2022-11-03T23:29:26+00:00 | wjhl.com | https://www.wjhl.com/news/crime/police-investigating-church-thefts-in-carter-county-johnson-city/ |
Donors needed to make up for 50% decline in donations at business blood drives
Through Jan. 20, donors thanked with chance to win a trip to the Big Game
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The blood supply for about 900 hospitals nationwide recently dipped to its lowest level in a year at Vitalant, triggering a blood emergency for the nonprofit blood services provider. Eligible donors of all blood types, especially type O, are needed now to schedule an appointment and donate in the days and weeks ahead to prevent delays for patients who need transfusions.
Changes in how people work, live and play since the start of the pandemic created lasting challenges to maintaining an adequate blood supply. As many people continue to work remotely, blood donations at business-hosted blood drives are down by 50% in 2022 from 2019, a decline of 90,000 donations. Overall, the number of people donating with Vitalant has dropped about 20% in the last three years, while patients' needs remain strong.
"New donors and those who haven't donated recently are critical to helping end this shortage. Patient needs continue but societal shifts have kept blood donations from rebounding to pre-pandemic levels," said Cliff Numark, Vitalant senior vice president. "Starting the new year by scheduling a blood donation can make an incredible impact in your community."
In addition, recent blood drive cancellations forced by severe winter weather and illnesses have compounded the shortage. Blizzards and extreme cold caused more than 2,000 donations to go uncollected in December and early January.
Donors of every blood type are critical to ending this shortage and maintaining an adequate supply. The need is most acute for type O blood and platelets. Type O-positive is the most transfused blood type while O-negative can help patients of any blood type. Donated platelets, which often help cancer patients, must be used within a week.
Learn more about hosting blood drives, donating blood and make an appointment to give at vitalant.org, download and use the Vitalant app or call 877-25-VITAL (877-258-4825). During January, National Blood Donor Month, all those who come to give blood through Jan. 20 will be automatically entered to win tickets, travel and more in the Big Trip to the Big Game Giveaway. Learn more at vitalant.org/biggame.
Vitalant ("Vye-TAL-ent") is the nation's largest independent, nonprofit blood services provider exclusively focused on providing lifesaving blood and comprehensive transfusion medicine services for about 900 hospitals and their patients across the U.S. Every day, Vitalant needs to collect nearly 5,000 blood, platelet and plasma donations to help save lives. For more information and to schedule a donation appointment, visit vitalant.org or call 877-25-VITAL (877-258-4825). Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Contact: 480-675-5413
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