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NEW YORK , May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Steel Partners and their social impact branch, Steel Sports, are proud to announce a series of employee town hall meetings featuring longtime MLB player and manager Bobby Valentine. The events will be held in 16 locations this spring, and will include roughly 3,000 Steel Partners employees. Steel Sports' mission is to inspire youth to reach their potential on and off the field, and these events will extend that focus to the full firm.
One of the first of these town halls was held in Milwaukee, WI this week, with an introduction from Steel Partners Executive Chairman, Warren Lichtenstein.
Bobby Valentine, a celebrated baseball player, manager, and sports analyst, will talk to Steel employees across the country about the lessons he learned over his career and lifetime, and how they fit into the Steel employee culture and values. He will also discuss his recent book, Valentine's Way: My Adventurous Life and Times, a frank account of a remarkable life in baseball from one of the game's great iconoclasts.
The goal of the town halls is to explore how the Steel Sports core values of Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, and Commitment and its Kids First philosophy can be applied to employees' day-to-day lives, creating meaningful impacts beyond the workspace. Steel Partners employees are active community members, and the company already offers an incentive program for employees who are Steel-certified youth coaches, including sponsorship of youth teams and payroll bonuses. Steel Sports is deeply rooted in the philosophy of baseball legend Tommy Lasorda, who championed kids at every level, who believed that sports are the perfect vehicle to help kids thrive, build character, teach life lessons, have fun, and create self-confidence.
"Bobby Valentine is not only one of the baseball greats, but a brilliant leader and vital member of Steel Sports," said Lichtenstein. "We're thrilled to have him speaking to Steel Partners employees about the lessons he's learned during his life–and from Tommy–and the positive impact of instilling these core values in day-to-day life."
About Steel Sports
Headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ, Steel Sports is a social impact business with the mission of inspiring youth to reach their potential, on and off the field, by developing them as athletes and people through the Steel Sports Coaching System- The Lasorda Way. Through its "kids first" approach, Steel Sports is establishing a new standard in youth sports and coaching, forging the next generation of leaders by instilling Steel Sports' core values: Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, and Commitment. Steel Sports creates a positive youth sports experience for over 100,000 athletes each year. For more information, visit www.steelsports.com.
About Steel Partners Holdings, LLP
Steel Partners Holdings L.P. (www.steelpartners.com) (NYSE: SPLP) is a diversified global holding company that owns and operates businesses, including diversified industrial products, energy, defense, supply chain management and logistics, direct marketing, banking, and youth sports.
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Julie and Jimmy Johnson are no strangers to dogs. They have three of their own that regularly sleep in the bed with them in their home in southeast Tennessee. But recently, the couple woke up to find a large tan dog sandwiched between them that was not one of their own.
"You could see light coming into our curtains in our bedroom and I feel my husband not just roll over, but kind of startled, like almost a jump roll over and it woke me up," Julie said. "And in a quiet but stern voice, he said, 'Julie, whose dog is this?' "
Julie was admittedly confused, thinking it was of course either Hollis, Jupiter or Zeppelin, one of their three dogs. But then she rolled over, locked eyes with Jimmy only to find an unknown dog in bed with them.
"My husband just went to kind of pull the blankets up a little bit, almost like they were going to protect him ... and at that point, the dog got even further up on our pillows and snuggled in and was just 100% content being there," Julie said.
It didn't take much time after that to realize that the strange dog was not a threat, but instead a cuddle bug — and maybe a bit of a bed hog as it pushed the Johnsons to both sides of their king bed.
After taking a look at the dog and realizing it must have had owners who took care of it, Julie said she started taking some selfies of the bizarre and funny situation. She then posted a few photos to Facebook in what she said was "the weirdest post I have ever had to make" asking her friends if anyone recognized the dog.
It didn't take long before Julie received a message from a person saying they were the dog's owner. It turned out that the dog, whose name is Nala, had slipped out of her collar while on a walk and ran into the woods the previous day ahead of large thunderstorms in the area. After a quick photo verification, one of Nala's moms was on the way to get her.
"Our overly friendly pup, Nala, has hit an all time record for ignoring personal space and added yet another trick to her long list of Houdini acts," Cris Hawkins, one of Nala's owners, wrote on Facebook. "Shame [on] Nala for somehow breaking into a strangers house and invading their personal space. Thankfully, the couple thought it was hilarious and they aren't even mad about it."
In the end, there were no hard feelings and the owners have since had a play date with all four dogs — cementing the fact that they are strangers no more.
The only mystery that remains is how exactly Nala got into the house without any of the other dogs barking. The working theory, Julie said, is that a door was left open or not closed entirely, and then Nala, who is terrified of thunder, saw the porch light and found her way inside during the storm.
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The time is right for Trinity Catholic to return to the Arby’s Classic.
The Mike Szabo-coached Shamrocks won the event in 2016, with help from NBA second round draft choices David Johnson (Orlando) and Jay Scrubb (Toronto), both of whom are now playing in the G League.
Johnson was the MVP that season, while Scrubb was on the all-tournament team.
“We just had a really good team,” Szabo said. “We had a good group of seniors and we had some really good young talent like David and Jay.”
They returned in 2017, but with Louisville commit Johnson hurt, the results weren’t as good.
“Our best player got hurt and did not travel with us,” said Szabo, who had another player, Ray Spalding, selected in the NBA’s second round in 2018 by the Philadelphia 76ers. “We won the first game and we lost two real close games after that.”
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They’re back, with Szabo deciding that the Shamrocks were ready for another week at the Arby’s Classic. Trinity Catholic, located in Louisville, will play two-time defending Class 3 state champion Greeneville on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Viking Hall.
“I think I probably know, anytime I have a good enough team, a team that I think can at least compete,” said Szabo, who started his coaching career 30 years ago at Washington College Academy in Limestone. “There is no question about it, the talent level of the tournament is just outstanding. I told [tournament director Richard Ensor] I will let you know when we have got a good team and he has been great working with us and he gave us the invitation.”
Szabo, who followed former Tennessee head coach Kevin O’Neill as an assistant at Northwestern, eventually returned to the prep sidelines, having been at Trinity now for 22 years. He won championships in 2012 and ‘19 in one of the few states have crowns just one champion at the end of each season.
“There are no classes in Kentucky. There are basically 300 high schools competing for one trophy,” Szabo said. “It is a special tournament. If you love basketball you should try to go some time. It is played at Rupp Arena and you will play in front of 15,000 or 20,000. The tournament is absolutely nuts, it really is the way people turn out for this thing.”
He has a similar affection for the Arby’s Classic, which his entering its 39th year next week.
“We just love coming. I think it is just so well run. Coach [Ensor] does such a great job, and all the people — I know it is not one person -it takes a lot of people to run a tournament like that. They do just an outstanding job of all the details,” he said. “It is just first class to what they provide to the teams coming in and how they are treated and just the community in general.
“The fact that so many people come out and support the Arby’s Classic and will sit there all day and watch great games. It just makes it fun because it is a beautiful high school gym and they have great crowds with people that love basketball. Everybody is just real accommodating and real friendly and it is a fun vibe, it honestly is.”
Trinity enters with an 8-2 record, losing a pair of leads in the final minute in the two losses.
“This team does a good job. I think they compete pretty well and I think they defend well and they rebound pretty well. We are continuing to try to improve offensively with ball movement, player movement and shot selection,” Szabo said. “That is kind of what we are working on and some of the things I think we have been pretty good at.”
He certainly has the talent, led by junior Andrae Vasser, who is averaging a double-double as a 6-foot-1 point guard. He leads the Shamrocks in scoring at 19.2 points a game.
“I am not sure if I have had a point guard, certainly at his size, rebound the ball so well. He is just so aggressive and he competes so hard, his motor is just off the charts,” Szabo said. “He is having a great year so far and he is an excellent leader too.”
Senior 6’2 guard Cam McClain averages 12.9 points and has a team-leading 20 3s, while 6’ foot senior C.J. Walls contributes 9.3 points a game. David Pfeiffer is a 6’8 big man for the ‘Rocks.
“Cam is an outstanding scorer, can really shoot it, another excellent leader and just a great kid,” Szabo said. “C.J. is the kind of kid that will just play anywhere you want him to play and he is just a tough kid. He just makes winning plays.”
Another player to watch is 6’5 Jayden Johnson, who is rated as one of the top freshman in the nation, currently averaging 9.8 points per game.
“He is continuing to improve every week. He is an extremely talented young man, great kid, really coachable, very talented, pretty athletic for his age. He is learning a lot and improving all the time,” Szabo said. “He has had some really good games and he has had some games where he has struggled a bit, but his attitude has been really good and he continues to come back with a willingness to learn and to improve and with an attitude like that he I just going to continue to get better and better.
“There is no doubt about it, I think he has got a chance to be a special, special player.”
All will be tested by a tourney field that Szabo said will provide a challenge every game.
“It is tough, there is no doubt about it,” said Szabo, who has been watching film on Greeneville, along with possible second round foes Myers Park (N.C.) and Knox Fulton. “In a tournament like that whether you win or lose, you are going to be playing great competition, you just can’t avoid it so there is going to be no easy games and that is what I think everybody wants when they go to something like that.
“It is good for you, it forces your team to play at a high level and be focused.”
Szabo is anxious to learn more about his team and then return to Kentucky focused on the goals at the end of the season.
“As a coach obviously from the basketball side of it, it is a great time to take your team out of town and bond and put them up against great competition and then practice and get better,” Szabo said. “We will find out a little bit more about our team over the course of the week at the Arby’s and then come back to Louisville.
“We will try to work on some of our deficiencies and do more of some of the good things that we are doing and continue to work on things that have helped us be successful.”
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Interim Aurora Police Chief shares vision to stabilize department with community
Dozens of Aurora community members, leaders and public officials gathered Thursday evening at the Dayton Street Opportunity Center in Aurora as acting police chief Daniel Oates shared his vision for the police department.
The room was filled with chatter as mothers held babies on their hips, some clenched notepads, while others sat and listened closely as state Sen. Rhonda Fields spoke into a mic and introduced the new chief as an old friend.
Oates spoke to the room packed full of attendees — including Aurora NAACP leaders, representatives from the Aurora Violence and Prevention Program, the American Civil Liberties Union, Advocates for Recovery Colorado and other activists and community groups. Several officers and sergeants from Aurora police districts were also present.
Oates acknowledged that the agency is in turmoil following the controversial ousting of former police chief Vanessa Wilson and a community riddled with intense violence and dealing with the fallout from the high-profile death of Elijah McClain in 2019.
Stabilizing the department
Oates said one of the most important things he can accomplish as chief is stabilizing the police department. He told the crowd his top priorities are to reassure officers, build bridges in the community and ensure the effective hiring of a new chief.
The department is currently down 50 officers and only has 12 community officers. Aurora officers are completing fewer traffic stops these days due to low manpower, Oates said.
Oates said there is no easy answer on how to build better relationships between the police department and the community.
“I’ll do the best I can and hopefully in the next few months we won’t have people fleeing the agency,” Oates said.
He said he’s also considering the formation of a cadet program in the Aurora police department, a move that would help get young folks directly involved.
“We basically need to take our resources and put it where the crime is,” Oates said.
Last November, 16 teenagers were shot in 20 days and there were 45 homicides in Aurora, according to the police department. Violent crime in Aurora has spiked about 30 percent so far this year from the first quarter of 2021. Homicides rose from six to 13 in the first three months of this year.
Mixed reactions from the community
Reid Hettich, 66, Pastor of the Mosaic Church of Aurora, described the chief as a “cops’ cop,” which might make the community nervous, he said. The church is housed at the Dayton Opportunity Center.
“We’ve been devastated these last several months with all the violence that’s been going on,” Hettich said Thursday. “I don’t want to go back to the way things used to be, but I think we’re in a situation now where we have to take a step back, to take a step forward. Chief Oates is the kind of guy that has credibility and people listen to him. I think the police and city council will listen to him.”
Oates will serve as acting police chief for the next six months while a national search is conducted. Next week, a search firm hired by the city will begin collecting community input regarding what the community wants in the next chief. Community members will have an opportunity to speak with the firm on June 14 from 6-8 p.m. at City Hall in Aurora. Spanish interpreters will be present. A survey will also be sent out.
Not everyone in attendance at Thursday's gathering was impressed with Oates. Brandon Rayburn, 49, of Aurora, said he believes the city needs officers to actually live in the community to effectively combat violence.
“This chief coming in here has a tough job on his hands because of so much violence,” Rayburn said. “But I think [Oates] is approaching it with a New York state of mind and I don’t think that’s the right approach. I think he’s putting fire to fire and I think that’s going to backfire, like it’s been backfiring out here.”
Following the consent decree and creating a proactive crime unit
Oates entered the position at the end of May after former chief Vanessa Wilson’s departure in April. Oates ran APD from 2005 to 2014, when he left to run the police department in Miami Beach, Florida. He retired from that position in 2019 and has been consulting ever since, including for police departments in Baltimore and St. Louis.
Oates said Thursday he has been meeting with individual units in the police department since taking the position of chief. He called Aurora’s recent spike in violent crime “disturbing.”
“There are more guns on the street today than ever before in American society,” Oates said Thursday. “We’ve got a real problem. Every statistic is a real-life victim.”
In addition to a consent decree ordered by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office in 2021, plans to form a proactive crime unit are also underway in the Aurora Police Department, Oates said. The team will focus on alleviating violent crime at certain points of the day when it’s most active. The consent decree came out of an investigation into the police department behind the McClain case. It will change use of force rules, disciplinary procedures and transparency and reporting requirements around police stops.
He said he also hopes to bring de-escalation training to the department within the next month.
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James Franco as Fidel Castro has at least one advocate.
Alina Fernández, daughter of the former Cuban dictator who died in 2016, has told Deadline she supports Franco playing her father in the forthcoming independent film "Alina of Cuba."
"James Franco has an obvious physical resemblance with Fidel Castro, besides his skills and charisma," she told the publication.
There had been public outcry from some over Franco's casting, including from actor John Leguizamo, because the actor is not Latino.
"How is this still going on? How is Hollywood excluding us but stealing our narratives as well?" Leguizamo posted on his verified Instagram account.
"No more appropriation Hollywood and streamers! Boycott! This F'd up!," he wrote. "Plus seriously difficult story to tell without aggrandizement which would b wrong! I don't got a prob with Franco but he ain't Latino!"
The film tells the story of Fernández, who was born as the result of a love affair between Cuban-born socialite Natalia "Naty" Revuelta and Castro.
"I'm sure that Mía Maestro, an actress I admire, will understand and interpret Naty, my mother, in a unique way and I can't wait to see her building her character," Fernández told Deadline.
"The project is almost entirely Latino, both in front and behind the camera," she added.
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a bedtime accessory to protect children against nighttime fears such as monsters and/or demons," said an inventor, from Barrie, Ontario, Canada, "so I invented the SLEEPING CHILD'S FRIEND. My design could comfort children, provide companionship and help them conquer their nighttime fears."
The patent-pending invention provides a new pillow buddy to ease children's nighttime fears. In doing so, it engages children and helps them feel protected and safe at night. As a result, it enhances comfort and it helps to alleviate nighttime fears and anxieties. The invention features a unique design that is easy to use so it is ideal for young children, especially those with nighttime fears. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Toronto sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-TRO-748, 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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State and local officials would have to disclose their interests in medical marijuana businesses under legislation approved by an Oklahoma House of Representatives committee on Tuesday.
House Bill 1616, by Rep. Rande Worthen, R-Lawton, would require elected and appointed state, county and municipal officials to disclose any conflict of interest or ownership interest in the medical marijuana industry.
Worthen said the bill was prompted by situations in which municipal officials have taken votes or been otherwise involved in decisions related to medical marijuana.
A related situation arose in Tulsa this year when City Councilor Grant Miller advocated for changes to city policy regarding employee use of medical marijuana while he owned an interest in a cannabis-growing operation.
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The bill was one of several advancing from House committees during a busy workday.
Among other bills winning approval Tuesday were:
• HB 2152, by Rep. Cynthia Roe, R-Lindsay, which would require that all maternal deaths occurring during pregnancy or within a year of the termination of a pregnancy be reported within 72 hours to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and that the medical examiner investigate the deaths.
Roe said Oklahoma has one of the nation's highest rates of maternal mortality.
• HB 2461, by Rep. Brian Hill, R-Mustang, would add the state Capitol and surrounding complex to the list of "critical infrastructure," a category originally created several years ago to discourage protests at energy assets such as pipelines, refineries and generation plants.
None of that was mentioned during presentation to the General Government Committee, and it was not immediately clear how the bill might apply to protests at the Capitol. During his explanation, Hill mentioned only that his bill would ban the overflight of unmanned aircraft.
• HB 2228, by Rep. Ross Ford, R-Broken Arrow, would make it an offense to hold a cellphone while driving, whether it is in use or not.
Also on Tuesday, which was Cherokee Nation Day at the Capitol, Cherokee Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. spoke to both the House and the Senate.
Hoskin, who is up for reelection this year, reminded various lawmakers of improvements in their districts paid for by the Cherokee Nation and repeatedly mentioned the willingness of the tribe to work with its neighbors.
He also gently tweaked the Legislature about its approach to the past.
"Studying our history, every single chapter — the good chapters, the dark chapters, the tough chapters — has to be studied, because I don't want to repeat the mistakes," Hoskin said.
"That's the reason the Cherokee Nation is looking at some of the difficult chapters in our history, the fact that we enslaved other human beings, the fact of emancipation, the fact that we're committed to equality, is something I trust our young people more than anybody to understand." | 2023-02-22T02:42:20+00:00 | tulsaworld.com | https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/house-committee-oks-bill-to-require-disclosure-of-marijuana-business-involvement/article_cd0027d8-b231-11ed-a663-c31e4bfbc89a.html |
New Mexico Broadcasters Virtual Job Fair: Feb. 6-10
The broadcasting industry in New Mexico is thriving and offering exciting career opportunities in many areas, including advertising sales, promotions, news, business administration, engineering, and more.
The New Mexico Broadcasters Virtual Job Fair will begin on Feb. 6 and run through Feb. 10 at broadcastersvirtualjobfair.com.
This job fair will provide information about jobs available in the broadcast industry, as well as specific positions here at KOB 4.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice said Monday that it has entered into a settlement agreement with Alabama's Medicaid program to end a sobriety requirement for treatment of people with Hepatitis C.
Federal officials said Alabama agreed to end a a “blanket sobriety restriction” that refused to pay for antiviral treatment for Hepatitis C if the Medicaid patient had used drugs or alcohol six months before or during treatment
“Alabama Medicaid’s reversal of its longstanding sobriety restriction will finally allow Medicaid recipients with substance use disorders to have the same access as others to a cure for Hepatitis C,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in a news release.
The Justice Department had argued the sobriety policy was a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act by discriminating against people with substance disorders. Alabama denied the Justice Department's accusations, according to the settlement, but agreed it was best to resolve the dispute.
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Northwestern’s boys tennis team continued its hot play Tuesday as the Purple Tigers beat Peru 3-2 at Thrush Courts. The matchup featured teams that will enter the state tournament next week as favorites in their respective sectionals.
“Great win for our guys. Peru is very talented and tough to beat on their home courts. The guys did a great job focusing from the moment we stepped off the bus,” Northwestern co-coach Matt Woods said.
No. 1 singles player Aurel Vonzun and the No. 1 doubles team of Clayton Griswold and Ethan Kearney provided the Tigers with their first two points. Vonzun was a 6-2, 6-2 winner and Griswold and Kearney were 6-3, 6-2 winners.
“Aurel had a sprained ankle taped up before the match and played a smart match against a very good player [Ian Potts]. Ethan and Clayton played another really steady match. I thought their net play was really strong tonight and their ability to scramble gets better every match,” Woods said.
The No. 2 doubles team of A.J. Burkhalter and Hudson Whaley prevailed 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) for the Tigers’ third point.
“A.J. and Hudson played smart consistent doubles using placement and allowing their opponents to make mistakes. Their ability to rise above pressure in the second set was fantastic,” Woods said.
Northwestern (14-3) visits Rochester today, then visits Lafayette Jeff on Monday to close the regular season.
“Mentally we are in a good place right now,” Woods said, “but need to keep building.”
BOYS SOCCER
CARROLL 7, SHERIDAN 1
Owen Duff and Eli Falkenberg scored three goals apiece to lead the Class A No. 5-ranked Cougars past the Blackhawks in Hoosier Heartland Conference play. Carroll improved to 5-0 in the HHC and clinched at least a share of the title.
Also for the Cougars (11-1 overall), Jace Hollinger scored a goal, Noah Falkenberg distributed three assists, Eli Falkenberg and Cohen Miller had an assist apiece and Miller had one save in goal.
Carroll hosts Delphi on Thursday to close league play. With a win, Carroll will take the league title undefeated for the third straight year.
NW 3, OAK HILL 1
Matty Polk scored a brace to lead the Tigers past the visiting Golden Eagles.
Zach VanOsdell scored the Tigers’ first goal. Quentin Yeakel had two assists and Kai Jackson had one assist.
EASTERN 3, ANDERSON PREP 1
Eastern got down a goal early but Kyan Hanna scored off a Elijah Shafer feed to equalize. In the second half, Austin Lucas scored off a Hannah feed, and Lincoln Mentis added another goal to put the game away as the Comets picked up their first win. Isaac Horner had six saves.
“I think this game was a real confidence boost for us,” Eastern coach Todd Stout said. “We were down and were able to fight back and control the game. Kyan moved the ball really well and Austin gave us a lot of pressure, but it was an all-around team win. We executed a lot of things we have been working on, particularly in the second half.”
TC 4, TAYLOR 2
The Trojans went up quickly with a flurry of goals in the first half, then weathered a comeback by Taylor in a non-Hoosier Heartland Conference game between league rivals.
The Titans got a pair of strikes from Ryan Fleek, off feeds from Carlos Hinojosa and Collier Thompson. Angelo Anders had 10 saves for the Titans.
“If we could stop digging holes for ourselves we just might be OK on the pitch,” Taylor coach Kirk Wiley said. “They scored their first goal with about 31-and-a-half minutes to go on the clock, and by the time three minutes went by, they scored two more. That kind of set the tone for the game. We battled back and made it 3-2 at halftime, had a chance about 10 minutes into the second half to tie it up. It hit the post and bounced out instead of inside the goal.”
MARION 4, KOKOMO 1
Kokomo and Marion were tied 1-all at halftime before the visiting Giants took over after the break.
Ben Herrera scored for Kokomo, which fell to 1-5-1 in the North Central Conference. Joey McConnell had 11 saves.
MAC 7, ROCHESTER 1
Isaac Lorenz had a hand in five goals and Bennett Isenburg was involved in four as the Braves rolled past visiting Rochester to improve to 10-1 and 4-0 in the Three Rivers Conference.
Lorenz scored a pair of goals and had three assists. Isenberg had two goals and two assists. Bauer Maple scored twice, and Zach Sparks had a goal and an assist.
“Mac played very well going up 7-0, which allowed the team to finish the game with the entire roster seeing valuable minutes,” Mac coach Bob Jones said. “The Braves’ defense held Rochester scoreless until the last 20 seconds of the game.”
GIRLS SOCCER
HC TOURNEY
Class 2A No. 20-ranked Western beat Benton Central 7-5 at Lafayette in the quarterfinal round of the Hoosier Conference tournament.
Lucy Weigt scored four goals and Abigail Fouts scored three. Weigt had two assists, Fouts, Liza Szerdy and Ava Wenger one assist each and Kyndal Mellady had six saves in goal.
In quarterfinal matches at Northwestern, Class 2A No. 19 Northwestern beat Rensselaer 11-2, and Class 2A No. 13 Hamilton Heights beat Tipton 5-0.
The semifinals are Thursday. Western will face Class 2A No. 16 West Lafayette while Northwestern will face Heights.
VOLLEYBALL
WESTERN 3, CASS 1
The Panthers topped the Kings 25-15, 25-14, 22-25, 25-15 at Cass in Hoosier Conference East Division play.
Kieli Fogg served 22 points and had 24 assists for Western (15-6, 1-2 HC East). Kayleigh Turner had 19 assists. Kenzie Broman had 16 kills, Lacy Rathbun 15 and Kenna Smith 10. Linsay Guge served 22 points and had 26 digs.
“The girls really focused on the small stuff and produced some great plays,” Western coach Jessica Oliver said.
Abbey Hileman had nine kills for the Kings (3-17, 0-3 HC East) and Maci Garland and Haley Miller each had seven. Maryn Zeck had 18 assists and Elly Logan had 10.
“Great effort, just came up short,” Cass coach Katie Easter said. “Lots of positives and things to work on in practice.” | 2022-09-21T06:33:33+00:00 | kokomotribune.com | https://www.kokomotribune.com/sports/prep-roundup-for-wednesday-sept-21/article_76fc057c-395b-11ed-bae7-a39a093b3839.html |
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The recently unveiled daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is being home-schooled and spends her leisure time horseback riding, skiing and swimming, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Tuesday.
Kim has brought the daughter to a series of public events since November, including a missile launch site, sparking intense outside debate over whether the girl, reportedly named Kim Ju Ae and about 10 years old, is being primed as his successor.
The South Korean government has assessed that Kim, 39, hasn’t anointed her as his heir. But it says he likely aims to use his daughter’s appearances as a way to show his people that one of his children would one day inherit his power in what would be the country’s third hereditary power transfer.
In a closed-door parliamentary committee meeting Tuesday, the National Intelligence Service maintained that assessment, saying Kim Jong Un is still too young and healthy to appoint his successor, according to Yoo Sang-bum, one of the lawmakers who attended the session.
The NIS said the daughter’s unveiling largely appeared intended to underscore the imperativeness of another hereditary power succession, Yoo told reporters.
The NIS told lawmakers that Kim Ju Ae has never been enrolled at an official education facility and is taking homeschooling in Pyongyang, Yoo said. He quoted the NIS as saying her hobbies are horseback riding, skiing and swimming.
The NIS said it has an information that Kim Ju Ae is “very good at horseback riding” and that Kim Jong Un is satisfied with that, the lawmaker said.
Last month, Kim Jong Un and his daughter took center stage at a Pyongyang military parade, which featured a ceremonial cavalry unit trotting through the parade plaza riding white horses — a symbol associated with the Kim family’s dynastic rule. The North’s state TV described one of the animals as “most beloved” by Kim Ju Ae.
The NIS also said that Kim Ju Ae has an elder brother and a younger sibling whose gender is still unknown. It said reports that Kim’s first child, a son, has mental or physical problems haven’t been verified, according to the lawmaker.
Some experts say it’s almost certain that Kim Ju Ae is her father’s successor because state media have called her Kim Jong Un’s “most beloved” or “respected” child and published images showing her closeness with her father. But others disagree, citing Kim’s relative young age and the extremely male-dominated nature of North Korea’s power hierarchy.
Since its foundation in 1948, North Korea has been successively ruled by male members of the Kim family: Kim’s father Kim Jong Il and his grandfather and state founder Kim Il Sung.
The name of Ju Ae matched what retired NBA star Dennis Rodman called Kim’s baby daughter, whom he said he saw and held during his trip to Pyongyang in 2013.
The NIS has a spotty record in confirming developments in the secretive North. It often releases its finding on North Korea through a parliamentary committee meeting.
Meeting with reporters alongside Yoo, lawmaker Youn Kun-young quoted the NIS as saying that it’s difficult to estimate the exact number of people in North Korea who have recently died of a worsening food shortage. He said the NIS told lawmakers that starvation-related deaths in North Korea aren’t serious enough to threaten the North’s system.
Experts say the North’s food situation is the worst it has been under Kim’s 11-year rule, but maintain they see no signs of imminent famine or mass deaths.
The NIS assessed the North’s food problem is attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, its agricultural policy and an issue of grain distribution. | 2023-03-08T00:01:39+00:00 | keloland.com | https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/south-korea-kims-daughter-enjoys-horseback-riding-skiing/ |
BEIJING, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sinopec Southwest Oil & Gas Company of China Petroleum ("Sinopec Southwest") & Chemical Corporation (HKG: 0386, "Sinopec") has discovered new shale gas reserves in the Jinshi 103HF exploratory well deployed in the Sichuan Basin. With a daily natural gas production reaching 258,600 cubic meters and an evaluated resource capacity of 387.8 billion cubic meters, it is a major breakthrough for China's shale gas exploration, and the first discovery in the Cambrian Qiongzhusi Formation. The find has significantly expanded shale gas reserves and will further promote shale gas exploration and production in the Sichuan Basin.
The Sichuan Basin is composed of two main formations, the Longmaxi and Qiongzhusi. The former has seen significant exploration and production including China's first deep shale gas field, Weirong, while Qiongzhusi boasts the most potential for future exploration. The breakthrough will provide a strong impetus for expanding shale gas exploration and development from the single formation to reach new formations and field types, and contribute to build a national natural gas (shale gas) reserve with 100 billion cubic meters of capacity in the Sichuan and Chongqing region.
Sinopec Southwest has shifted from the traditional method of seeking shale gas in organic rich black shale and established new evaluation standards for the Cambrian shale beds, which led to the discovery of the silty shale gas exploration target layer. Faced by the challenges of the thin shale layer, large longitudinal stress difference and difficulty in scaled transformation, the company has implemented a new fracturing process and fracturing fluid system to achieve multi-stage fracturing transformation.
In the past decade, Sinopec Southwest has advanced oil and gas exploration and development, with major achievements including the completion of the world's first ultra-deep, high-sulfur reef gas field, the Yuanba gas field, and the identification of China's first deep shale gas field, Weirong shale gas field. The company has implemented new reserves of the scale of over 100 billion cubic meters, including Hexingchang Xujiahe, Yongchuan Longmaxi and Jingyan Qiongzhusi formations. Its annual natural gas production has increased from 2.82 billion cubic meters in 2012 to 8.001 billion cubic meters in 2021, with a cumulative production of 52.95 billion cubic meters, which makes the subsidiary the largest natural gas producer in the Sinopec Group.
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia’s election authorities expressed concerns Friday over widespread problems at polling stations and reports of irregularities and vote-rigging in the general election last weekend. They ordered ballot checks at over 1,000 polling stations and promised to investigate all potential failings before certifying the results of the vote.
Members of the country’s central, multi-ethnic election commission shared their concerns a day after thousands of people protested in Banja Luka, the main city in Bosnia’s Serb-run part, alleging that a pro-Russia Bosnian Serb leader, Milorad Dodik, rigged the vote on Sunday to win the position that he sought.
Dodik, the most powerful Bosnian Serb politician since 2006, denied the allegations, including a claim by protesters that poll workers loyal to his political party, SNSD, had altered vote tallies to reduce the number of ballots cast for his contender, Jelena Trivic, and hand him the victory.
Bosnia’s election commission president, Suad Arnautovic, said Friday the body had to order the unsealing of ballot boxes and vote recounts at around 1,000 polling stations —16% of all such locations in the country. He said that’s because poll workers there “did not do their job in accordance with the law.”
“They failed to fill out necessary forms…(and) some of their vote tallies were contrary to the rules of mathematics,” he said.
Ballots and other election material from the affected polling stations, spread over 60 different cities and municipalities, were being shipped to the central vote counting center in the capital of Sarajevo to be further examined, Arnautovic said.
Bosnia’s general election included races for different levels of government in one of the world’s most complicated institutional set-ups. Bosnia’s political structure was agreed upon in a U.S.-sponsored peace deal that ended more than 3½ years of bloodshed in the 1990s between its three main ethnic groups: Muslim Bosniaks, Orthodox Serbs and Catholic Croats.
The peace agreement divided the country into two highly independent governing entities — Serb-run Republika Srpska and the other shared by Bosniaks and Croats. Each entity has its own president, parliament and government, but the two are linked by shared, multi-ethnic institutions.
The election on Sunday included contests for the three members of Bosnia’s shared, multi-ethnic presidency, parliament deputies at different levels of governance and the president of Republika Srpska, which Dodik was running for.
Under Bosnia’s electoral rules, votes are counted at polling stations by poll workers who are appointed by the country’s central election commission but are all nominated by political parties and coalitions that are running in an election. The central election commission collects poll station tallies, examines them for irregularities and runs recounts where necessary before certifying the results of a vote.
The commission has for years called for electoral law reforms, insisting that appointments of poll workers by political parties increases the risk of vote-rigging.
“I fear that many polling station committees will be the subject of criminal investigations,” said Irena Hadziabdic, a commission member.
However, she added: “Rest assured that (the central election commission) will not undermine our own integrity…we will do our best to investigate all complaints and irregularities.” | 2022-10-07T22:19:08+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/national-world-news/ap-bosnia-election-officials-investigate-possible-vote-rigging/ |
Power outage cancels, diverts flights at Kennedy Airport
NEW YORK (AP) — A power outage at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport stretched into a second day Friday, stranding passengers and forcing flights to be canceled or diverted to other airports.
The airport operators said in a tweet late Thursday that Terminal 1, the international terminal, would remain closed Friday “due to electrical issues.” They advised travelers to check with their carriers for flight status before coming to the airport.
The outage was caused by an electrical panel failure that led to a small fire, airport operators said. The fire was quickly extinguished.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs New York’s major airports, said it was working to accommodate affected flights at other terminals. Some planes were forced to return to their points of origin.
An Air New Zealand flight was two-thirds of the way across the Pacific Ocean when it had to make a U-turn and head back to Auckland. The flight landed back in New Zealand after more than 16 hours in the air.
No update on the outage was provided Friday by the Port Authority.
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This story has been corrected to show that the Port Authority said it was working to accommodate flights at other terminals, not other airports.
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Meghan living ‘life in the present,’ amid reports of post-Oprah letter to King Charles
By Max Foster, Larry Register and Heather Chen, CNN
Meghan, the wife of the UK’s Prince Harry, has hit out at the British media following reports that she sent a letter to her father-in-law, now King Charles, expressing concern over “unconscious bias” within the royal family.
A spokesperson for Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, said she is “going about her life in the present, not thinking about correspondences from two years ago related to conversations from four years ago.”
“Any suggestion otherwise (regarding the letter) is false and frankly ridiculous,” Meghan’s spokesperson said.
“We encourage tabloid media and various royal correspondents to stop the exhausting circus that they alone are creating.”
The comment follows reports in the British media that claimed Meghan had sent a letter to now King Charles, following her interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021.
According to British media reports, the Duchess of Sussex expressed concern to her father-in-law in the letter about “unconscious bias” inside the royal family.
During a bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021, Meghan claimed that a member of the royal family speculated on the color of the skin of her unborn son — wondering how dark the child would be.
The episode was further documented in Harry’s tell-all autobiography as well as the couple’s Netflix documentary series, which saw Harry accusing members of his family of “unconscious bias” — that blinded them to struggles he and Meghan experienced in the years and months leading up to their dramatic departure from the Royal Family.
“I said the difference here is the race element,” Harry had said, also slamming racist undertones in tabloid coverage of Meghan, who is biracial.
“These are the skeletons in the closet that frequently make an unwelcome appearance in daily life in this family — sometimes, you know, you’re part of the problem rather than part of the solution and there is a huge level of unconscious bias,” Harry said.
“The thing with unconscious bias — it is actually no one’s fault. But once it has been pointed out, or identified within yourself, you then need to make it right.”
The claims about the correspondence between Charles and Meghan comes weeks before the king’s coronation, which Prince Harry will attend but Meghan will miss and instead stay home in the United States with their children.
King Charles and Queen Camilla will be crowned on May 6 at Westminster Abbey, which will see three days of public celebrations across the country.
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(WSVN) - Wildlife officials in Southwest Florida are worried a beloved eagle may be at risk.
The bird mysteriously flew away from its nest leaving its babies behind.
Cameras rolled as a male eagle named M-15 locked his talons with another bird near their Fort Myers nest.
Raptor specialist with the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey, Beth Lott, said it is customary for eagles to do this when they are either mating or fighting and since M-15 already has a mate, it is likely he was defending his territory.
“It’s not living as we do,” said Lott. “It’s surviving which is a lot harder. So yes, they’re constantly fending off predators that would feed on their babies and themselves.”
M-15’s mate, Harriet, has not been seen since Thursday afternoon and Lott said with two babies that are not even a month old yet, that is a concern.
“We get a lot of territory attacks in with eagles,” she said. “What this sounds like it possibly could be. Another eagle came into their territory and they got into a fight and maybe Harriet possibly didn’t come out good on that end of it. And they really go after each other. It’s not just to hurt them, it’s to–they’ll go and kill them.”
It’s not clear where Harriet is.
Karen Devens, an eagle photographer, said she has seen M-15 protecting the eaglets from other intruding eagles.
“We have seen three. Yes, that is correct,” she said. “One that looks to be a full adult with a white head and a white tail and two sub-adults that are still very dark and have dark beaks and they don’t have white feathers on their head. They’re not mature.”
Devens said she loves coming here to observe the eagles and has seen M-15 lock talons with the other eagles multiple times.
“He will eventually have to leave to get food for himself and the babies,” said Devens, “And that’s when they’re going to be at their most vulnerable.”
Experts said it is uncommon for one eagle parent to be gone for a long period of time.
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Taylor Walls Player Prop Bets: Rays vs. Rangers - July 17
Published: Jul. 17, 2023 at 6:24 PM EDT|Updated: 45 minutes ago
On Monday, Taylor Walls (batting .148 in his past 10 games) and the Tampa Bay Rays play the Texas Rangers, whose starting pitcher will be Dane Dunning. First pitch is at 8:05 PM ET.
In his most recent game he had a hitless performance (0-for-2) against the Royals.
Taylor Walls Game Info & Props vs. the Rangers
- Game Day: Monday, July 17, 2023
- Game Time: 8:05 PM ET
- Stadium: Globe Life Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Rangers Starter: Dane Dunning
- TV Channel: BSSW
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -161)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +725)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +225)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +150)
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Taylor Walls At The Plate
- Walls is batting .206 with 11 doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 36 walks.
- Walls has picked up a hit in 36 of 72 games this season, with multiple hits seven times.
- He has homered in 8.3% of his games this year, and 2.6% of his chances at the plate.
- Walls has had at least one RBI in 26.4% of his games this season (19 of 72), with two or more RBI four times (5.6%). He has also been responsible for three or more of his team's runs in two contests.
- He has scored in 30 games this year (41.7%), including nine multi-run games (12.5%).
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Rangers Pitching Rankings
- The Rangers pitching staff ranks 27th in the league with a collective 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Rangers have a 3.99 team ERA that ranks 11th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Rangers pitchers combine to allow the 10th-fewest home runs in baseball (102 total, 1.1 per game).
- The Rangers are sending Dunning (8-2) to the mound for his 13th start of the season. He is 8-2 with a 2.93 ERA and 59 strikeouts in 92 2/3 innings pitched.
- In his last appearance on Sunday, July 9, the right-hander tossed 5 2/3 innings against the Washington Nationals, giving up four earned runs while surrendering seven hits.
- The 28-year-old has amassed an ERA of 2.93, with 5.8 strikeouts per nine innings, in 20 games this season. Opponents are hitting .236 against him.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street swung to a mixed finish after the Federal Reserve hinted it may raise interest rates two more times this year, even as it held them steady Wednesday.
The S&P 500 finished the day 0.1% higher after pinballing between gains and losses following the Fed’s announcement. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 232 points, or 0.7%, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.4%.
The Fed closed its latest policy meeting by saying it would keep rates where they are, to give more time to see how its fusillade of hikes over the last 15 months is affecting the economy. It's attempting the excruciating balancing act of slowing the economy just enough through rate increases to snuff out high inflation, but not so much as to break the job market and create a recession.
Standing pat would give the economy more time to absorb all the past rate hikes, and Fed Chair Jerome Powell said “ideally by taking a little more time, we won't go well past the level where we need to go.” That would provide some breathing room for the economy and financial markets.
But at the same time, the majority of Fed policy makers also indicated Wednesday they expect its main interest rate to climb at least 0.50 percentage points by the end of the year. The federal funds rate is already at its highest level since 2007, in a range between 5% and 5.25%.
Even though inflation has slowed since last summer's peak, Powell said there hasn't been enough improvement in underlying trends to feel comfortable. He said one measure the Fed closely watches remains “far above our target and not really moving down. We want to see it moving down decisively, that's all.”
Many traders on Wall Street came into Wednesday bracing for just one more hike this year, if any. The threat of a more aggressive Fed than expected initially sent prices tumbling for all kinds of investments.
“I do feel like things are slowly tightening, just not as fast as the Fed needs it to cause inflation to get down to their number,” said Brian Rehling, head of global fixed-income strategy at Wells Fargo Investment Institute. “The job market really has to weaken, that’s what the Fed needs.”
Brian Jacobsen, chief economist at Annex Wealth Management, said, “If they do restart their hikes and squeeze in not just one but two hikes this year, then they do risk bigger problems for the economy.”
In anticipation of future increases to rates, yields in the bond market rose following the Fed's announcement. The 10-year yield climbed as high as 3.83% from 3.77% just before the Fed's announcement.
It later receded to 3.79%, compared with 3.82% late Tuesday. That yield helps set rates for mortgages and other important loans.
The two-year Treasury yield, which moves more on expectations for the Fed, climbed to 4.68% from 4.67% late Tuesday and was as high as 4.78%.
Stock indexes initially sank in unison following the Fed's announcement amid worries about higher rates, which not only slow the economy but also drag down prices of stocks, bonds and other investments.
But they pared their losses, and bond yields gave back gains as Powell spoke at a press conference, saying no decisions on upcoming rate hikes had been made and that the Fed's next meeting in July is “live."
“I just think the markets, and I think it’s incorrect, have a view that inflation is going to come down far enough that the Fed is going to capitulate" and halt its rate hikes and even begin cutting them, said Rehling of Wells Fargo Investment Institute. “I just don’t think that’s the case.”
“The market just wants to go up. I don’t know if people are just kind of tired of waiting for the recession, waiting for the downturn. I'm not sure what it is.”
Some of the sharpest drops in the stock market came from several health insurers after UnitedHealth Group flagged how many customers were getting knee procedures and other outpatient services done. That’s something that could raise costs for insurers, and UnitedHealth fell 6.4%. Humana dropped 11.2%.
Stocks of companies that make products used in hip replacements and other health procedures, meanwhile, were at the front of the market. Stryker rose 4.2%, and Boston Scientific gained 4.2%.
All told, the S&P 500 rose 3.58 points to 4,372.59. The Dow dropped 232.70 to 33,979.33, and the Nasdaq gained 53.16 to 13,626.48.
Wednesday marked the first time in more than a year where the Fed has not hiked rates at a meeting, after calls for a pause climbed as high rates have already caused damage in several corners of the economy.
Hikes to interest rates take a notoriously long time to take effect, and they can do so in unanticipated ways. Already, they’ve helped lead to three high-profile failures in the U.S. banking system, a monthslong contraction in the manufacturing industry and worries about a possible recession.
But inflation is still too high for comfort. It's hurting all kinds of households, particularly those with lower incomes.
In stock markets abroad, indexes rose modestly in Europe and ended mixed across Asia. Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 1.5%, continuing a strong run where it's already jumped more than 28% this year.
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AP Business Writers Alex Veiga, Matt Ott and Joe McDonald contributed.
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There’s a red flag warning and heat advisories in several areas of the Northwest along with several growing wildfires. That makes a tough job for firefighters with the parched conditions and leftover fireworks still terrorizing neighborhood dogs.
“We’ve got several fires going on,” said Janet Pearce, spokesperson with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. “We’re hoping there will be no more. I just hope folks can be a little safe. Fourth of July is over, maybe they can save their fireworks for January.”
In Oregon, there were several areas under red flag warnings Wednesday, including: the Willamette Valley, the Portland metro area, the inland valleys near the north Oregon coast range and the east slopes of the central Oregon coast range.
In Washington, there were red flags too: along the west slopes of the Cascade mountains and in Skamania County near the Tunnel Five fire.
“It’s the worst thing that we could possibly ask for,” Pearce said. “The winds are always a killer for us during fire season and when the landscape is this dry, and getting drier, with no rain in sight it’s going to be a big challenge.”
Many parts of both Oregon and Washington are also in a drought, making fuels tinder-dry.
Washington state’s Pierce County Fire Marshal Ken Rice, said it’s already extremely dry in the south Sound area. He said, “it’s earlier and earlier that we have to set the burn bans. It could get really bad really fast with the limited resources we have.”
Rice said he would like everyone to go out and look at the fields and forests in their own areas to see how dry the conditions really are.
“The foliage, the duff underneath the forest, how fast fires are going to spread through those fields, pastures and forests,” he said. “A small fire with a bit of wind is going to grow really fast. We need people to be extremely cautious.”
So far, there are already several large fires burning in Washington state, or headed toward containment, including: the Tunnel Five fire on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge near White Salmon, the Bogachiel fire near Forks, in northern Washington, and the Selah Cliffs fire outside of Yakima.
In Oregon, there are several large fires that have been crushed recently, including: the Moon Mountain fire near Eugene which is 100 percent contained now and the Albee fire in north east Oregon which is also 100-percent contained and in mop up.
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BERWYN, Pa. (AP) _ Ametek Inc. (AME) on Tuesday reported third-quarter profit of $297.6 million.
The Berwyn, Pennsylvania-based company said it had profit of $1.29 per share. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs, were $1.45 per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.37 per share.
The maker of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices posted revenue of $1.55 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.52 billion.
For the current quarter ending in December, Ametek expects its per-share earnings to range from $1.45 to $1.47.
The company expects full-year earnings in the range of $5.61 to $5.63 per share.
Ametek shares have fallen 12% since the beginning of the year, while the S&P's 500 index has fallen 19%. The stock has decreased 2% in the last 12 months.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Two prominent Texas attorneys with a long list of famous clients will present the case for impeachment against Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and called for transparency Thursday once the trial gets underway this summer in the state Capitol.
The hiring of Dick DeGuerin and Rusty Hardin, announced by a state House committee that has accused Paxton of bribery and misuse of office, underlines how aggressively a Republican-led investigation is moving to oust the state's top lawyer in the face of backlash from the GOP's hard right.
Over decades in Texas, DeGuerin and Hardin have become practically as recognizable in courtrooms as the politicians and famous figures they have represented. For DeGuerin, that includes former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom Delay on charges of money laundering and Branch Davidian leader David Koresh.
Both told reporters they were alarmed by the findings against Paxton and said they will present the case to the jury — in this case, Texas' 31 state senators — as they would in any trial, which is set to begin no later than Aug. 28.
“I promise you, it's ten times worse than has been public,” Hardin said.
The Senate will set its own rules for a trial that has little precedent. Paxton is just the third sitting official in Texas history to be impeached.
Paxton has been under FBI investigation for years over accusations that he used his office to help a donor and was separately indicted on securities fraud charges in 2015, though he has yet to stand trial. His party had long taken a muted stance on the allegations — but that changed when 60 of the House’s 85 Republicans, including Speaker Dade Phelan, voted to impeach.
Six employees at the Texas attorney general’s office, including the solicitor general, have taken leaves of absence to help defend Paxton, who is temporarily suspended from office pending the outcome of the trial.
Solicitor General Judd Stone and one of Paxton’s defense attorneys, Philip Hilder, declined to comment.
Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who presides over the Senate, said Wednesday he cannot comment on the proceedings.
Among the questions is whether Paxton's wife, Republican state Sen. Angela Paxton, will take part or recuse herself. She has made no public statements about the impeachment and declined comment earlier this week.
“We know the importance of transparency in these proceedings because the people have a right to know,” DeGuerin said.
Hardin, a former prosecutor in Houston, was part of the special counsel investigation surrounding former President Bill Clinton in the Whitewater probe. His most recent clients have included NFL quarterback Deshaun Watson, who faced accusations of sexual misconduct while playing for the Houston Texans.
On Wednesday, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott appointed the state's former elections chief, John Scott, as the state's interim attorney general.
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ATLANTA, June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pye-Barker Fire & Safety – the largest full-service and fully integrated fire protection, life safety and security services provider in the United States – is pleased to announce its acquisition of Acadiana Security Plus, a leading security and fire alarm systems provider in Louisiana. Pye-Barker, which was named No. 9 on this year's SDM 100 Top Security Companies list, continues an impressive streak of acquisitive activity on its mission to becoming the nation's largest full-service partner for complete fire code compliance and life safety protection. With this addition, Pye-Barker enters its 37th state and extends its foothold in the commercial security and alarms space.
Acadiana Security Plus (ASP) – currently No. 43 on the SDM 100 list – offers security systems, access control, video verification, fire and burglar alarms, 24/7 monitoring and rapid emergency dispatch for commercial and government customers. The company was founded in 1997, growing from a 10-person team to over 85 employees today. From its headquarters in Lafayette, ASP's team of NICET-certified technicians and consultants monitor, service and install security and alarm systems throughout Southwest Louisiana.
"Over the past 25 years of service, Acadiana Security Plus has never wavered from our mission to put life safety first and help our neighbors feel secure and protected," said Paul Courts, President of ASP. "We look forward to continuing our service to our communities with the support of Pye-Barker."
"As a consistent player on the top half of the SDM 100 list, Acadiana Security Plus has a great reputation as a growing security and alarms provider with a culture that values both employees and customers," said Bart Proctor, CEO of Pye-Barker. "We're proud to welcome Acadiana to the Pye-Barker family and expand our services to the people of Louisiana."
ASP's team of highly skilled technicians will continue to serve customers in Louisiana.
Mark Sandler, Managing Director at SPP Advisors, LLC, represented Acadiana Security Plus in the transaction.
About Pye-Barker Fire & Safety
Pye-Barker Fire & Safety is the U.S. leader in fire protection, life safety and security systems. Founded in 1946, Pye-Barker is the largest private single-source provider of testing, maintenance and installation of fire detection systems, fire alarms, extinguishers, fire suppression and sprinkler systems, security and monitoring services for businesses nationwide. The company operates over 160 locations and puts significant focus on customer experience and training, competitive benefits and a caring work environment for its 5,000 team members.
Contact:
Eric Garner
President, Pye-Barker Alarm Division
(801) 395-8738
egarner@pyebarkerfire.com
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Commitment | Strength | Together
CORONA, Calif., Jan. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The national marketing campaign, "We're All In," speaks volumes about PRMG's untiring passion and positive mindset whereby leveraging their technology and resources during the most difficult of times in the mortgage industry to help serve their business partners and the customers they all serve together.
For over two decades, PRMG has been committed to serving the mortgage industry. We believe it is our duty to educate, train, and support our loan originators, third-party originators, correspondent partners and those they serve, especially in a time of market compression, uncertainty, and an ever-changing mortgage landscape. We Are Committed!
PRMG remains a privately held mortgage banker. We are not a hedge fund, nor are we beholden to public entities or influences outside of our customers. Remaining nimble and flexible, along with a tenured company culture earned over time, has been a pillar of strength, allowing PRMG to adapt, endure, and grow during the most difficult times in the mortgage industry. We Are Strong!
In alignment with our company culture, PRMG boasts some of the best MarTech in the business. We know the importance of technology, how it integrates with our systems and platforms, and how to leverage it for our business partners. We can overcome nearly any hurdle that stands in our way of progress while remaining committed, dedicated, and stronger than ever to continue delivering best-in-class service! We strive together!
It is without question that many lenders have chosen to downsize their sales and operations significantly, some by up to 70% or more, while others have literally closed their doors as a direct result of low performance and reduced production volume due to market and economic conditions. PRMG being privately held has many advantages, including the latitude to invest in our people and technology during the most difficult of times in the mortgage industry. Our current mindset is to continually look for unique opportunities and leverage this market upheaval to help grow market share for the customers we serve. Paul Rozo, Founder and CEO, PRMG
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Key Highlights
- If selected, Community Offshore Wind's proposal will create over 4,600 jobs through the year 2033, across the supply chain in New York, prioritizing those from disadvantaged communities, local companies and the union workforce.
- Benefits from the project are forecasted to deliver over $3 billion to the New York state economy.
- Community Offshore Wind is proposing a Supply Chain Investment Plan that will help localize blade and nacelle facilities in partnership with General Electric (GE), bring steel fabrication and processing to Orange County, and invest in a Staten Island port facility.
- The proposal expects to reduce New York electricity system-related carbon emissions by about 5 percent and thereby contribute significantly to the State's target of reaching zero-emission electricity by 2040.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Community Offshore Wind, a joint venture between RWE Renewables and National Grid, today submitted a proposal to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to provide New York State with clean energy from 1.3 GW of offshore wind capacity to power nearly 500,000 homes. The bid submission was in response to the State's third competitive offshore wind solicitation, adding to their current portfolio of five offshore wind projects. NYSERDA is expected to announce the winning clean energy suppliers in early spring 2023.
The key components of the proposal support Governor Hochul's leadership in the creation of a sustainable clean energy economy that delivers robust economic development and jobs to New Yorkers, including, but not limited to:
- Creating over 4,600 good-paying jobs through the year 2033, across the supply chain in New York, prioritizing those from disadvantaged communities, local companies and the union workforce.
- Delivering over $3 billion in economic benefits to New York. The project will support the state in reaching its goal of directing 40 percent of overall benefits of clean energy spending to disadvantaged communities.
- Offering cutting edge agreements with suppliers that establish New York as the premier East Coast offshore wind supply chain hub. These include:
- Developing a $100 million package of economic development and workforce programs designed to favor disadvantaged communities, New York Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBE) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOB) businesses.
- Supporting parents who are working in and training for offshore wind careers with $10 million in childcare services, in partnership with United Way of New York State.
- Investing in a just energy transition at National Grid's E.F. Barrett Clean Energy Center on Long Island, including energy storage and an ambitious opportunity to support the community by retraining existing, local workers for clean energy jobs.
All of these components are contingent on NYSERDA's final selections.
Once in operation, Community Offshore Wind expects the project will reduce New York 's electricity system-related carbon emissions by about 5 percent and thereby contribute significantly to the State's target of reaching zero-emission electricity by 2040 and 9,000 MW of offshore wind by 2035. This is equal to mitigating emissions of up to 700,000 homes annually.
"Today is a proud day for Community Offshore Wind as we submit an offshore wind proposal that has the potential to deliver affordable, clean energy to New Yorkers for generations to come," said Will Hazelip, President of National Grid Ventures (NGV), US Northeast. "National Grid has strong New York roots and a dedication to helping the state reach its clean energy goals, while providing significant economic benefits and jobs. Our proposal has been carefully crafted by a team with decades of experience delivering energy safely, reliably and efficiently to millions of New Yorkers. Community Offshore Wind knows New York and we believe we are submitting the most competitive bid."
"Community Offshore Wind aims to reestablish New York as an energy manufacturing hub that shifts the supply chain from global to local, while prioritizing disadvantaged communities, local content, and union labor," said Sam Eaton, CEO, RWE Offshore Holdings. "The investments included in our proposal enable New Yorkers to step into the benefits promised in the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act and embrace an equitable clean energy future. As a leading offshore wind developer globally, RWE is proud to partner with National Grid and play a key role in New York's just transition."
National Grid and its legacy companies have operated in New York State for over 125 years and now serve the needs of more than 20 million people throughout the Northeast. National Grid brings local expertise and experience developing large-scale infrastructure projects across the US and UK. RWE is one of the largest offshore wind companies globally. Its unparalleled expertise over the last 20 years has resulted in 18 offshore wind farms in operation globally and the completion of Kaskasi offshore wind farm off the German coast at the end of last year. In addition, RWE has around 4,500 MW of onshore wind and solar capacity in the U.S., including three operational onshore wind projects in New York.
In February 2022, Community Offshore Wind was successful in acquiring its lease area (roughly 126,000 acres) in the New York Bight, the area between Long Island and New Jersey, with a potential capacity of 3 GW of offshore wind. In the last six months alone, Community Offshore Wind has made significant community investments by improving marine ecosystems and revitalizing oyster habitats on Long Island, collecting over 900 pounds of garbage and debris at Earth Day cleanups in Queens, and funding training for MWBEs to enter the offshore wind supply chain. The project also distributed over 30,000 meals of fresh, local seafood to food banks across New York, donated 900 winter coats to families in need, partnered with Hudson River Community Sailing to teach young people about wind power, and partnered with the YMCAs of Long Island and Greater New York to offer swim lessons to children in underserved communities. In total, Community Offshore Wind has donated more than 400 volunteer hours and attended 50 community events to stay engaged with the residents they will serve.
Messages of Support for Community Offshore Wind:
"Offshore wind developers have a big responsibility to deliver reliable, clean, affordable energy and to improve communities across New York in accordance with the guidelines set out by NYSERDA in their request for proposals. Community Offshore Wind's collective experience and community investment efforts over the last few months have shown that they will meet and exceed those requirements to deliver for the people of New York."
-Kevin Thomas, New York State Senator, Chairman of Committee on Consumer Protection
"Orange County is made up of hard-working communities that will benefit from Community Offshore Wind's supply chain investment plan. The project's plans to bring good-paying union jobs through steel fabrication will be a welcome addition. Orange County is ripe for opportunity to lift up communities and Community Offshore Wind recognizes that. I support Community Offshore Wind and their intention to create jobs and spread economic benefits throughout the state, particularly in Orange County."
-Steven Neuhaus, Orange County Executive
"United Way seeks out ways to improve the lives of all New Yorkers and partnering with Community Offshore Wind is a pathway to do that. Community Offshore Wind is providing $10 million in childcare services to parents who are participating in offshore wind trainings or have offshore wind-related jobs. We will facilitate the program, so that together, we can provide an opportunity for people seeking careers in offshore wind who need the childcare resources to do so. We support Community Offshore Wind's proposal, which includes this program and their efforts to break down barriers for New Yorkers."
-Hugh Parry, President, United Way of New York State
"The Hudson Valley Building Trades believes Community Offshore Wind's commitments for the Orange County area will bring high-road, union jobs to our community. This is a generational opportunity for organized labor to be a key player in ensuring the clean energy industry leads to family-sustaining jobs."
-Todd Diorio, President of the Hudson Valley Building and Construction Trades Council
"The Orange County Partnership and Community Offshore Wind have a shared interest in the economic growth of Orange County. I support the project's plan to localize secondary steel fabrication in Orange County, which will create good-paying union jobs and grow the local economy. We are in the business of helping businesses in the area succeed and will work with Community Offshore Wind to ensure the steel fabrication facility thrives."
-Maureen Halahan, President and CEO, The Orange County Partnership
"We are enthusiastic about the emerging offshore wind industry and the potential benefits it can bring to the State of New York and, in particular, Staten Island. Investment from the offshore wind industry will bring well-paying jobs to our borough and provide opportunities for Staten Island businesses to become part of the offshore wind supply chain. Community Offshore Wind, along with others in the industry that we have been communicating with, come with a breadth of experience and expertise in New York, and we have confidence in their ability to deliver."
-Linda Baran, President, Staten Island Chamber of Commerce
"The Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation is excited to help Community Offshore Wind bring a steel fabrication facility to Orange County. This project will afford the Hudson Valley an opportunity to lead in the new, green economy and I am excited to help make this project a reality."
-Michael Oates, President and CEO, Hudson Valley Economic Corporation
"We are delighted to partner with Community Offshore Wind to bring Foundation 2 Blade program to New York State and Long Island. Through the generous support of Community Offshore Wind, minority and women-owned businesses can access the offshore wind network. Building that supply chain, locally, will help serve the workforce needs of Long Island today and into the future. We support the project and their ability to build a diverse offshore wind supply chain in New York."
-Professor Marjaneh Issapour, Associate Dean of Innovation and Economic Development in Sustainable Energy, Farmingdale State University
"Community Offshore Wind has already reached out to communities in New York to make an impact and has proven to be committed to New Yorkers. Just this past December, several Community Offshore Wind employees came to our food bank to donate fresh, local seafood for the holidays. These meals fed thousands of residents who live in underserved communities. It is imperative that we have strong community partners like Community Offshore Wind to keep our mission going. Community Offshore Wind recognizes the hardships our residents face every day, and we thank them for providing meals to thousands of homes across the state. I support Community Offshore Wind's proposal to serve New York."
-Thomas Neve, Founder & Executive Director, Reaching-Out Community Services
"Community Offshore Wind has shown a commitment to working with MWBE and SDVOB firms like JetEx Mechanical. We are supplying the project with Personal Protective Equipment to keep workers safe and look forward to supporting their needs for years to come. Developers can select from a number of vendors to provide project equipment, so it speaks volumes when they specifically seek out local MWBE and SDVOB firms."
-Clif Exil, Owner, JetEx Mechanical
"As the offshore wind industry is just getting off the ground in the US and in New York, it's important that developers can commit to working with local companies and to building a local supply chain. We support Community Offshore Wind's proposal to the State of New York because we know they are invested in shifting the supply chain from global to local. We also applaud their commitment to create jobs in New York State, and particularly in disadvantaged communities such as Wellsville where we have existing operations."
-Jude Auman, Business Development Manager, LJUNGSTRÖM
"We partnered with Community Offshore Wind on a winter coat donation for families in need across New York in November. Our team believes in giving back to communities where we can and Community Offshore Wind has shown us that they share our values. We are a woman-owned, small, local business, and Community Offshore Wind took that into consideration for sourcing winter apparel to donate. We support the project's proposal and believe they will make a positive impact on small businesses and communities."
-Tanya Fairman, Marketing Director of Buy Supply
"In the months following the lease sale, Community Offshore Wind reached out to the MRV Group to discuss collaboration and partnership opportunities. Through their sponsorship, they have supported 13 community-based activations within our Offshore Wind + Job Expos platform and will continue to do so."
-Glenn Vickers, Managing Director and Founder, MRV Group
"As a workforce training organization, we're committed to strengthening the green jobs pipeline for historically marginalized communities. We are thrilled that with so much wind power coming to New York, we will see tremendous growth in opportunities for our trainees soon. We appreciate Community Offshore Wind's commitment to helping with this effort and centering environmental justice opportunities in their proposal."
-Kaila Wilson, Director of Energy Development, RETI CENTER
For more information, please visit www.communityoffshorewind.com.
RWE and National Grid, will bring clean energy to the Northeastern US in a joint venture called Community Offshore Wind. They will develop offshore wind on the largest parcel in the New York Bight with the potential to host 3 gigawatts (GW) of capacity, which is enough to power more than one million US homes and businesses. The project is expected to be in operation by the end of 2030. Community Offshore Wind is dedicated to investing in communities by bringing clean energy jobs to the region and growing the local economy. They will deliver sustainable energy safely, reliably, and efficiently to the communities they serve.
RWE is leading the way to a green energy world. With an extensive investment and growth strategy, the company will expand its powerful, green generation capacity to 50 gigawatts internationally by 2030. RWE is investing more than 50 billion gross for this purpose in this decade. The portfolio is based on offshore wind and onshore wind, solar, hydrogen, batteries, biomass and gas. RWE Supply & Trading provides tailored energy solutions for large customers. RWE has locations in the attractive markets of Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region. The company is responsibly phasing out nuclear energy and coal. Government-mandated phaseout roadmaps have been defined for both of these energy sources. RWE employs around 19,000 people worldwide and has a clear target: to get to net zero by 2040. On its way there, the company has set itself ambitious targets for all activities that cause greenhouse gas emissions. The Science Based Targets initiative has confirmed that these emission reduction targets are in line with the Paris Agreement. Very much in the spirit of the company's purpose: Our energy for a sustainable life.
National Grid is an electricity, natural gas, and clean energy delivery company serving more than 20 million people throughout our networks in New York and Massachusetts. National Grid is focused on building a path to a more affordable, reliable clean energy future through our fossil-free vision.
National Grid Ventures (NGV) is the non-regulated division of National Grid plc, one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world. NGV operates outside of National Grid's core regulated businesses in the US and UK where it develops, operates and invests in energy projects, technologies and partnerships to accelerate the development of a clean energy future. NGV's diverse portfolio of low carbon and renewable energy businesses across the UK, Europe and US includes subsea electricity interconnectors, wind and solar power, and battery storage. For more information, visit https://www.nationalgrid.com/national-grid-ventures.
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Two bats test positive for rabies in Bay Co.
BAY CITY, Mich. (WNEM) - Since the start of June, the Bay County Health Department said two bats have tested positive for rabies.
Officials said the bats were taken to Bay County Animal Services, then to a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services lab for testing.
Rabies is a virus that affects the central nervous system, and can be fatal once symptoms appear. The disease can spread to people and pets from infected or rabid bats after bites or scratches, the health department said.
Any direct contact with a bat could be potential exposure to rabies. The health department said rabies can also spread through saliva.
Signs of rabies in animals include:
- General sickness
- Problems swallowing
- Lots of drool or saliva
- An animal that bites at everything
- An animal that appears tamer than you would expect
- An animal that is having trouble moving or may even be paralyzed
- At bat that is on the ground
Officials said the best way to protect pets against rabies is to have pets vaccinated, and to prevent them from coming into contact with wild animals.
“It is common to see an uptick in bat encounters every July and August,” says Joel Strasz, health officer at the Bay County Health Department. “It is extremely important to be able to perform tests on these animals, so that residents who come into contact can be properly treated and vaccinated, if it is necessary. Even if no one has been bitten by a bat you find in your home, please capture it and send it to Animal Services for testing. Just as important is for residents to get their pets vaccinated on a timely basis.”
If you have been bitten by an animal, have had contact with or exposed to a bat, call 989-895-4003 as soon as possible.
The law states all animal bites have to be reported to animal control and the health department.
The health department added if someone has been exposed to the bat, do not let it go. You can watch a video on how to safely capture a bat for rabies testing here.
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Here's a sampling of things we love this week:
Gettin' Twiggy with it!
You can escape the cold for a few hours by visiting the Milwaukee Boat Show at State Fair Park (inside the Expo Building), with more than 300 boats on display.
And while you may be looking for your next yacht, we're excited to see that Twiggy the Water-Skiing Squirrel is back! The water-loving rodent will be performing Jan. 25-29 during the boat show, which is open Jan. 20-22 and 25-29. For details, go to MilwaukeeBoatShow.com.
Cuteness overload
Friday is Penguin Awareness Day, but isn't that every day? You can celebrate your love of penguins on Jan. 20 (or any day you choose) by meeting some of these wonderful animals. The Brookfield Zoo near Chicago hosts Penguins Encounters. You must sign up in advance; select a date and time at czs.org/PenguinEncounters.
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Not to be outdone: It's Squirrel Appreciation Day on Saturday, Jan. 21. To celebrate, leave some unsalted peanuts outside for our furry friends.
Go fish!
The 2023 Winter Free Fishing Weekend is Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 21-22. People of all ages can fish anywhere in Wisconsin without a license or trout stamp. This includes all inland waters and Wisconsin’s side of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River and includes ice fishing, too.
If you do venture out on the ice to fish, BE CAREFUL! A free fishing workshop is Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon in Madison's Brittingham Park, hosted by Madison Parks and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Participants will learn ice fishing techniques and how to properly, and safely, ice fish. This is a free event offered during the Free Fishing Weekend and no fishing license is required. Advanced registration is required; call 608-266-4711. For more details, go to http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/anglereducation/freefishingweekend.html. Just don’t look for us on the ice. We’ll be warming up inside.
Good vibrations
The Docksiders, a Milwaukee-based group fresh off a Las Vegas residency, is performing Saturday night at Milwaukee’s Pabst Theater. The group, which specializes in "yacht rock" features Kenosha native Chris Kollman playing the drums. And you don't even have to won a yacht to enjoy the music! (Think: Tunes by Michael McDonald, Christopher Cross, Toto, Steely Dan and — of course — "The Pina Colada song.") The show starts at 8 p.m. Jan. 21. Tickets are $25-$45 (plus fees) at pabsttheatergroup.com.
Crunch time
Look what’s popping up: Jan. 19 is Popcorn Day! To celebrate, pop up your favorite flavor combination — butter-and-salt, caramel, cheese or a tasty combo — and enjoy this popular snack. Popcorn is also a great dinner option ... or so we’re told. Not that we’d ever much on popcorn for supper, right? Even better: Celebrate Popcorn Day by heading out to a movie theater, where you can munch on the traditional movie snack while enjoying some big-screen action. If you opt for the new "Avatar" movie, we suggest going for the giant popcorn because you'll be there for close to four hours! | 2023-01-19T13:21:18+00:00 | kenoshanews.com | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/hot-takes-what-we-love-this-week-jan-19-26-2023/article_796c2a72-9157-11ed-9616-83e6015ab5d6.html |
CA Marine Warnings and Forecast for Monday, December 5, 2022
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SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
Marine Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Francisco CA
1114 PM PST Mon Dec 5 2022
...THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS CANCELLED...
The affected areas were...
Waters from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos 10-60 NM...
The thunderstorm has weakened and no longer poses a significant
threat to boaters.
Coastal Waters from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos California out to 10
nm...
threat to boaters. Brief heavy rain will still be likely,
especially near the shoreline, through the next half hour.
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At 624 Jetton St., Suite 260
DAVIDSON, N.C., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BenchMark Physical Therapy opened an outpatient clinic today at 624 Jetton St., Suite 260.
The clinic is open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday. To make an appointment, call 980-306-5333 or visit benchmarkpt.com.
BenchMark has more than 20 clinics in the Charlotte region and more than 50 clinics throughout North Carolina.
BenchMark offers in-clinic and telehealth options for outpatient orthopedic physical therapy. Services include manual therapy, injury prevention, return to performance, total joint replacement, concussion management and vestibular rehabilitation.
Clinic director Miranda Casey earned a bachelor's degree in exercise and sport science from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a doctor of physical therapy degree from Wingate University.
Casey is an orthopedic clinical specialist and is certified in trigger point dry needling. Her clinical interests include manual therapy, sports rehabilitation, vestibular rehabilitation, orthopedics, treating dancers and orthopedic pelvic health.
BenchMark, part of the Upstream Rehabilitation family of clinical care, offers access to care within 24 hours and works with all insurance types.
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Marion County, Florida police have arrested Susan Lorincz days after she fatally shot her neighbor, A.J. Owens. Lorincz is white, and Owens is Black. We get the latest on the controversial killing from WMFE’s Joe Byrnes.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Joe Mixon enjoyed his most productive season while helping the Cincinnati Bengals reach the Super Bowl last year, but he still expects more in 2022.
The sixth-year running back recently spoke to Charlie Walter of Bay Area CBS affiliate KPIX at a youth camp Mixon was running at his alma mater Freedom High School in Oakley, Calif. During the four-minute interview, Mixon shared his thoughts on the Bengals’ run to Super Bowl LVI last year for the first time since before the big game.
“It was definitely a blessing and definitely quite the experience, and there was nothing like it, but there is always motivation to go back and win it, obviously,” Mixon told Walters. “But it’s so hard to really go back and repeat. I just felt like it was a year early. We weren’t even supposed to be there. Everybody didn’t even expect us to go to the playoffs. But we obviously went there and we actually put on a helluva show.
“To be honest, I feel like we might be the hottest thing smoking in the NFL on Sundays. So I feel like we are bound to have a helluva season. The best thing about it is we’ve been there before and we know how to get there, so we’ve just got to stick to the basics, one week at a time, and that’s what’s gonna happen.”
The Bengals will continue to count on Mixon opening things up in the passing game with his production on the ground, but what’s the next level for Mixon?
Mixon rushed for a career-high 1,205 yards and was one of the best at his position with the third-highest rushing total in the NFL last season. Including his production in the passing game, Mixon finished the year with 1,519 yards from scrimmage and 16 total touchdowns, putting him fourth among all NFL running backs in each category.
Mixon’s total yardage put him ahead of Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd in terms of overall production. Chase and Higgins both topped 1,000 yards receiving, and Boyd wasn’t far off.
Mixon also earned his first Pro Bowl selection and even threw a touchdown pass in the Bengals’ first Super Bowl appearance in 33 years, but while the Bengals challenged Mixon to do more in the aerial attack last year, the third-down duties went to Samaje Perine and coach Zac Taylor isn’t necessarily looking for ways to get Mixon more involved in 2022.
“To say more, it’s taking away from somewhere,” Taylor said last month when asked if he would like to see Mixon more involved in the passing game. “We’re getting a lot of production from a lot of different guys. We’ve got a ton of production from our starting three receivers. We’ve got a ton of production from the tight end position. Got a ton of production from the running backs as a whole. To make a statement that we can get more out of Joe in the passing game, that’s got to pull from somewhere, and then we’ll be talking about why there wasn’t as much production from Ja’Marr or Tee. You know what I mean? So it all works together. We’re just looking to be an efficient offense and maximize the usage of all the guys the best we can to stress the defense. And then whoever gets the ball, gets the ball, and we expect them to make plays.”
The Bengals had five third-and-one or fourth-and-one situations in Super Bowl LVI, and they didn’t use Mixon on any of them. They converted just one of those, a fourth-and-1 scramble for Burrow.
Last season, Mixon was on the field for 64 percent of Cincinnati’s total team snaps, which was the fourth-highest among all running backs, according to NFL Next Gen Stats. But most of those came on first or second down. Mixon was on the field for 75 percent of the team’s first and second downs.
Perine received 64 percent of the snaps on third down, while Mixon shared just 17 percent of those. While Taylor leaves room for Mixon to get more opportunities in those situations, it’s clear his value remains in what he can do in the running game to put Joe Burrow and the offense in better third-down situations.
“It can always shift by a couple targets by position,” Taylor said. “But there are things we certainly utilize Joe on, where we try to get the ball in his hands in the pass game. And he’s done a good job executing that type of stuff.”
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A house in Ada that sold for $2.1 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Kent County in the past week.
In total, 356 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $355,916. The average price per square foot ended up at $224.
The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of June 26 even if the property may have been sold earlier.
10. $875,000, single-family house at 2808 Littlefield Drive
The property at 2808 Littlefield Drive in Grand Rapids has new owners. The price was $875,000. The house was built in 1953 and has a living area of 2,278 square feet. The price per square foot is $384. The deal was finalized on May. 26.
9. $889,000, single-family home at 1411 Tufton Drive
The 2,986 square-foot single-family house at 1411 Tufton Drive in Byron Center has been sold. The transfer of ownership was settled in May and the total purchase price was $889,000, $298 per square foot. The house was built in 2014. The deal was finalized on May. 24.
8. $900,000, condominium at 700 Cascade Hills holw.
A sale has been finalized for the condominium at 700 Cascade Hills holw. in Grand Rapids. The price was $900,000 and the new owners took over the condominium in June. The condo was built in 1986 and the living area totals 2,213 square feet. The price per square foot ended up at $407. The deal was finalized on Jun. 2.
7. $900,000, single-family residence at 2505 Lake Drive
The property at 2505 Lake Drive in Grand Rapids has new owners. The price was $900,000. The house was built in 2011 and has a living area of 2,005 square feet. The price per square foot is $449. The deal was finalized on May. 19.
6. $910,000, detached house at 3007 Woodcliff Circle
The sale of the single family residence at 3007 Woodcliff Circle in Grand Rapids has been finalized. The price was $910,000, and the new owners took over the house in June. The house was built in 1928 and has a living area of 2,502 square feet. The price per square foot was $364. The deal was finalized on Jun. 1.
5. $965,000, single-family residence at 720 Plymouth Ave.
The 3,693 square-foot single-family house at 720 Plymouth Ave., Grand Rapids, has been sold. The transfer of ownership was settled in May and the total purchase price was $965,000, $261 per square foot. The house was built in 1922. The deal was finalized on May. 25.
4. $995,000, detached house at 2490 Honey Creek Ave.
The sale of the single-family home at 2490 Honey Creek Ave., Ada, has been finalized. The price was $995,000, and the house changed hands in May. The house was built in 1983 and has a living area of 1,044 square feet. The price per square foot was $953. The deal was finalized on May. 19.
3. $1.2 million, single-family home at 3785 Causeway Drive
The sale of the single family residence at 3785 Causeway Drive in Lowell has been finalized. The price was $1,200,000, and the new owners took over the house in May. The house was built in 1973 and has a living area of 1,724 square feet. The price per square foot was $696. The deal was finalized on May. 26.
2. $1.6 million, single-family house at 596 Steketee Road
The 4,616 square-foot single-family residence at 596 Steketee Road, Ada, has been sold. The transfer of ownership was settled in May and the total purchase price was $1,645,000, $356 per square foot. The house was built in 2000. The deal was finalized on May. 22.
1. $2.1 million, single-family home at 240 Taos Ave.
The property at 240 Taos Ave. in Ada has new owners. The price was $2,060,000. The house was built in 2002 and has a living area of 7,528 square feet. The price per square foot is $274. The deal was finalized on May. 30.
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A boot camp for Adobe design programs is planned for September at the William King Museum of Art.
“The boot camps are about getting familiar in the Adobe programs. It’s tutorial-based. We go through the official Adobe learning books,” Adobe Boot Camp leader Alice Salyer said. “And it assumes that you are new to the program. But it’s also good for a refresher.”
All this takes place at the Art Lab of the William King Museum of Art in Abingdon.
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It’s hard to keep up with technology, said Salyer, the digital lab manager at the museum.
“They’re changing every year. The programs are just continuingly being updated and improved so that more people can do more things with them, design-wise,” Salyer said. “Design processes that five or 10 years ago, that may have taken hours to do something, but you can now do it in five or 10 minutes.”
Salyer regularly teaches in the Art Lab, a building near the museum that features classrooms and artist studios. It’s where adult classes are regularly held.
The digital lab features 20 computers. Here, Salyer explores the rules of design, illustration and manipulating photos.
Later in the fall, Salyer is going to start a class in “After Effects,” which will teach students the rules and laws of motion graphics.
“It’s like making intros to TV shows or where they can combine them with video and illustration — or where the different parts of a logo can come together, she said. “A lot of it is practicing and spending time with it and getting comfortable with it. We’ve had a number of students who are maybe uncomfortable with technology, but we can help them get started overcoming that.”
Salyer, 46, started working at the Art Lab in December 2020. Prior to coming to the Art Lab, she worked as a graphic designer and art director for more than 15 years at Creative Energy in Johnson City, Tennessee, and Target Marketing, also in Johnson City.
“I didn’t exactly grow up with computers,” she said. “They weren’t part of everyday life when I was growing up. So I know where students are coming in from when they are uncomfortable with it. So I try to help people get more comfortable with it. It’s a tool like anything else. You can go back and fix it relatively easily.”
This is not like one of a kind piece of pottery.
“It’s not like ceramics where you expend a month on something than it breaks. And it’s just gone. You can usually go back and fix something.” | 2022-08-18T11:48:13+00:00 | heraldcourier.com | https://heraldcourier.com/lifestyles/technology/william-king-museum-of-art-s-digital-art-lab-to-host-a-boot-camp-for/article_6ca19a7d-85e4-5dc7-a710-9754f773e1ef.html |
Arizona man, 2 others die in Greyhound bus crash near St. Louis
Passengers from New Jersey, Arizona and Illinois were killed when a Greyhound bus slammed into three tractor-trailers parked along an exit ramp near St. Louis, a coroner said Thursday.
Fourteen others were injured in the accident just before 2 a.m. Wednesday on Interstate 70 near Highland, Illinois, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) short of the Greyhound's destination in St. Louis. The bus, which departed from Indianapolis, was carrying about 30 people. No one on the trucks was hurt.
Madison County, Illinois, coroner Stephen Nonn said those killed were Juan Vasquez-Rodriguez, 34, of Passaic, New Jersey; Buford Paya, 71, of Supai, Arizona; and Bradley Donovan, 47, of Springfield, Illinois.
A news release from the coroner said preliminary findings show all three men died of blunt trauma from the crash. Photos and video from the scene showed the side of the bus peeled open and its roof crumpled.
Paya, whom friends called Buffalo because he was so burly, was a member of the Havasupai Tribe that is nestled inside the Grand Canyon. Leaving his community meant catching a helicopter to the rim or an 8-mile walk or horseback ride, said his niece, Marian Paya Marshall, of Flagstaff, Arizona.
Still he sometimes showed up without warning, calling her from along a nearby highway and asking her for a ride. “How,” she would ask, “did you get here?”
Then would ensue a wild tale, which sometimes involved hitchhiking, she said. Other times he would catch a bus or simply walk.
“He was so silly,” she said describing him as a jokester, with a love of horses. “And we’d say, ‘How come you didn’t call us?’ And he’ll say, ″I just felt like exploring.’”
Passenger Edwin Brown, 22, of Friars Point, Mississippi, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he felt the bus shake as it passed over rumble strips before the side of the vehicle “opened up like a can opener.” The driver was in and out of consciousness after the crash as Brown turned the ignition off with the help of a trucker, he said.
The driver was hospitalized in serious condition, according to a Facebook post by the Amalgamated Transit Union, which represents Greyhound drivers.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, an Illinois Republican, said an NTSB official told him the bus was equipped with monitoring cameras that investigators hope will offer some insights.
NTSB board member Tom Chapman said the presence of the trucks parked on the exit ramp “will be a part of this investigation.” | 2023-07-13T19:09:19+00:00 | azcentral.com | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2023/07/13/arizona-man-2-others-die-in-greyhound-bus-crash-near-st-louis/70411002007/ |
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ARIES. (March 20 - April 18): Being in charge shouldn't mean turning a deaf ear to colleagues. Be open to their input. You could learn a lot from them right now.
TAURUS. (April 19 - May 19): You've been a good sport, but now you need to see something tangible for your efforts. And tangible means "money".
GEMINI. (May 20 - June 20): Stop because the love you save may be your own. The Moon in Gemini square Neptune in Pisces shows you're heading towards a danger zone.
CANCER. (June 21 - July 21): Check to make sure a reliable source is still reliable. Recent upsets may be coloring this person's perspective.
LEO. (July 22 - Aug. 21): You've had your nose pressed to the grindstone recently which is why you should accept an invitation to an event or function you wouldn't normally attend. You need to broaden your horizons.
VIRGO. (Aug. 22 - Sept. 21): You have good reason to mistrust a situation when the Moon squares Neptune, but wait for the whole truth to emerge. There's more going on than meets the eye.
LIBRA. (Sept. 22 - Oct. 22): When's the last time you checked to make sure that you were up to date on things? You may not be as au courant as you think.
SCORPIO. (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21): Don't take an associate's abrupt withdrawal the wrong way. It may be that this person caught himself in a mistake that he wants to fix before you find out about it.
SAGITTARIUS. (Nov. 22 - Dec. 20): That helping hand won't be on offer forever. Its shelf life is coming to a close. It's time to accept or decline.
CAPRICORN. (Dec. 21 - Jan. 18): Now that the other party is ready to sign you're besieged with doubts. It's OK. Take whatever time you need to make up your mind. They did.
AQUARIUS. (Jan. 19 - Feb. 17): Emotionally invest in what you're saying because it's the passion of your plea (not its purpose) that decides if it will be answered.
PISCES. (Feb. 18 - March 19): If you've learned anything over the past few weeks it's to give people time to process things. Your patience and faith pay off today. | 2022-05-31T07:26:43+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/horoscope/article/Horoscope-for-Tuesday-5-31-22-by-Christopher-17203741.php |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Long-range Russian bombardment killed at least 10 civilians and wounded 20 others in several parts of Ukraine on Friday, officials in Kyiv said, as a Kremlin official boasted that its forces were prepared to repel an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive this spring.
Five people died in Kostiantynivka, in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk province, when a Russian missile hit an aid station. Ukrainian authorities last year established hundreds of “points of invincibility,” where residents hard-pressed by the war could warm up, recharge their cellphones and get food.
Prosecutors said the Russians attacked with S-300 anti-aircraft missiles. The civilians who died were refugees, according to Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko.
As the mostly artillery war of the winter months stretches into its second spring, Russian forces also used air-launched missiles, exploding drones and gliding bombs to attack several regions, Ukrainian air force spokesman Yurii Ihnat said.
Two civilians were killed and nine were wounded in the town of Bilopillia in Sumy province by an overnight rocket and artillery barrage and airstrikes, officials in the northeastern region said.
In southern Ukraine, Russian shelling killed one person in the city of Kherson and killed another person and wounded four others in the town of Bilozerka. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited that region Thursday.
Ukrainian forces are poised to use the arrival of warmer weather and new weapons from the West, including tanks, for a counteroffensive aimed at dislodging Russian troops from occupied areas.
But Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former president and now deputy head of the country’s Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, said its forces were ready to repel a counterattack.
“Our General Staff is assessing all that,” Medvedev said.
He added that any Ukrainian attempt to seize Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014, could trigger a nuclear response from Moscow.
“An attempt to split part of the state away means an encroachment at the very existence of the state,” he said. “Quite obviously, it warrants the use of any weapons. I hope our ‘friends’ across the ocean realize that.”
Medvedev is known for frequent bombastic pronouncements, but his warning also stems from Russia’s security doctrine envisioning the use of its atomic arsenal in response to a nuclear attack or one with conventional weapons that threatens “the very existence of the Russian state.”
Medvedev also said that Western experts operating weapons, such as the U.S.-made Patriot air defense missile systems supplied to Ukraine, could be targeted. Ukrainian soldiers have received training in the U.S., although Russian officials frequently claim that foreign instructors are in Ukraine.
“If Patriot or other weapons are delivered to the territory of Ukraine along with foreign experts, they certainly make legitimate targets, which must be destroyed,” Medvedev said in video posted to his messaging app channel. “They are combatants, they are the enemies of our state and they must be destroyed.”
“They must understand that as soon as an American or a Polish soldier shows up there, he must be killed,” he added.
The Kremlin wants to create a “sanitary cordon” of up to 100 kilometers (60 miles) around Russian-held areas so short- and medium-range weapons can’t hit them, Medvedev said.
Moscow may even try to grab a chunk of Ukrainian territory stretching all the way to Polish border, he said.
Also Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov welcomed Denmark’s plans to invite the operator of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines to join a mission to recover an object discovered near the pipeline damaged in an explosion in September. There is still no accepted explanation for the sabotage on the Russia-to-Germany pipelines.
“This investigation should be transparent and inclusive from the standpoint of involvement of all parties concerned,” he said, adding that the object was located near a pipe weld, the most vulnerable section of a pipeline on the Baltic seabed.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine: https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | 2023-03-25T09:10:16+00:00 | cbs42.com | https://www.cbs42.com/news/international/russian-strikes-in-ukraine-kill-10-civilians-wound-20-more/ |
GREENFIELD, Mass., March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- esd electronics is excited to announce the latest addition to our product lineup - the CAN-PCIeMiniHS/402. This new interface board is a game-changer for embedded systems, a half-size PCI Express Mini Card, offering up to four CAN FD channels in an incredibly compact form factor. Also available, an optional version for extended temperature range (-40C…+85C). CAN-PCIeMiniHS/402 Half-Size PCI Express® Mini Card with up to 4 CAN FD interfaces (esd.eu)
Four CAN networks can be connected via DSUB9 connectors using the adapter CAN-Mini/402-4-DSUB9-150mm. It comes with four individual small adapter boards, each equipped with a DSUB9 plug and a jumper for selectable onboard CAN termination. The cable CAN-Mini/402-4-Cable-150mm is included in delivery of the adapter. It can also be ordered separately, without the small adapter boards.
Included with the CAN-PCIeMiniHS/402 is Windows® and Linux® software along with free CAN tools, making it easy to integrate into your existing system. Other optional supported real-time operating systems include RTX®, QNX®, VxWorks®, and more.
esd electronics has been developing complex industrial electronics for almost 40 years! Our team of highly qualified engineers manufactures high quality hardware and software for the automotive, mechanical, medical, and aerospace sectors as well as customer specific requirements. esd electronics is a founding member of the user association CiA® and is one of the world's leading suppliers of CAN modules. Company (esd.eu)
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Dan Devlin was perplexed. More than 5,000 filled Cardinale Stadium in Seaside almost to capacity, and they were applauding appropriately. But this was a soccer match, and one of significance – the home opener for the newly minted Monterey Bay F.C., playing their inaugural season in the USL Championship.
“Those first 45 minutes were the quietest soccer environment,” he recalls. “It was driving me nuts.”
Already the Marina resident was loyal to the club and its Union crest. (“Union” is the team’s nickname.) A lifelong soccer fan, Devlin was among the first to lay down a deposit on season tickets, hitting the refresh tab until the online booth opened. He traveled to Oakland in March as Monterey Bay struggled through a seven-week road trip while stadium renovations wrapped up, catching the club’s first victory.
Devlin was elated when he learned a team was coming to Monterey County, especially knowing his favorite coach – Frank Yallop – was at the helm. Now the moment was here. On May 7, the Union were finally at home and holding their own against visiting Las Vegas.
He had anticipated a charged atmosphere. Determined to bring attendees out of their shells, Devlin stood and shouted “M-B.” Receiving just a murmur in response, he told those around him it was fine to respond. This time some in his section answered “F-C.” With more effort, calls came from nearby sections, as well.
Monterey Bay won that evening, fittingly on a goal by CSU Monterey Bay graduate Walmer Martinez (which drew a roar of approval). When Devlin arrived back at home, he came to a conclusion. It was a new team. Someone needs to build fan spirit.
“It was going to take something drastic,” Devlin says.
So he bought a Union flag to wrap over his shoulders like a cape and a portable drum. He already had a collection of crazy hats from his time directing Marina Youth Soccer so parents could spot him across the fields.
Superfan Dan was born. Throughout the rest of the inaugural season – which ends Saturday, Oct. 15 at Rio Grande Valley, when Devlin will be cheering at the Britannia Arms watch party in Monterey – Devlin spent his time rallying support, rushing from section to section, banging the drum, leading cheers and delighting fans and players.
“The growing energy in the crowd this season has been great,” Union forward Sam Gleadle says. “They are kind of learning the game as the season goes on and we’re feeding off their energy.”
Devlin’s love for the sport began as a child. An army brat for 18 years, he was born in Stuttgart, Germany and learned while playing on the high school JV soccer team in Munich that he would serve the sport better as a fan.
At Methodist College in North Carolina, he was encouraged by colleagues from overseas to pick a team and remain loyal. The San Jose Earthquakes would become his MLS side. In England’s Premier League he went with Newcastle United for their distinct black-and-white uniforms.
In 1996, Devlin’s father took command at Monterey’s Defense Language Institute, bringing the family to the area. Devlin took a job with the Department of Defense Center, working under Leo Willis, who refereed soccer in his spare time. Soon he was coaching youth soccer teams and building ties to the community as “Coach Dan.”
On Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, Devlin says Paul Whitestone, owner of Britannia Arms, called with a favor: “Can you get as many soccer people down to the pub as you can?”
Twenty years earlier on that same date, Devlin had first met his future wife at Britannia Arms. So he had suspicions of a party, but the occasion was not what he expected. Frank Yallop was there, as was Ray Beshoff, owner of what would become Monterey Bay F.C., in town to share their plans.
Devlin responded with shock and joy: “As an anniversary gift, I’m getting a soccer team?”
Now, he is Superfan Dan.
“Being a soccer fan is being part of a community,” he says. “I want Monterey Bay F.C. to be a fixture.” | 2022-10-13T11:11:56+00:00 | montereycountyweekly.com | https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/people/831/monterey-bay-f-c-supporter-dan-devlin-has-carved-out-a-colorful-niche-as-a/article_35d12672-4a63-11ed-ba03-875e4c8ec73d.html |
Capella Empowers Nexon to Achieve Faster Time to Market Across Multiple Regions
SANTA CLARA, Calif. , June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Couchbase, Inc. (NASDAQ: BASE), provider of a leading modern database for enterprise applications, today announced that Nexon, a global leader in Virtual World games and massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG) selected Couchbase Capella Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) for greater developer agility. With Capella, Nexon achieved a faster time to market with its launch of Blue Archive, a new game first released in Korea in November 2021.
Using Capella, Nexon dramatically improved data management and replication across geographies. This allowed the company to get new markets up and running within 20 minutes as they rolled out across Asia, Europe and North America. Additionally, its developers experienced faster query speed, improved uptime and operational efficiency. Couchbase Capella's high availability and distributed memory-first architecture resulted in a consistent performance experience for players as game adoption grew.
"This will be our biggest year for new game launches in Nexon's history," said Jae Beom Cho, director of Game Infrastructure at Nexon. "One of our top priorities is delivering amazing gaming experiences to users. Harnessing the power of the cloud through Capella allowed us to deploy applications in multiple regions in parallel quickly and seamlessly. We're thrilled to be working closely with Couchbase as we embark on our exciting next phase of growth."
Capella is a fully managed DBaaS that offloads database management, reduces costs and delivers database flexibility for developers and performance at scale for enterprise applications. It's unique real-time, memory-first architecture ensures millisecond responses for highly interactive and personalized applications while the price-performance ROI keeps improving as users scale. This means that Capella is uniquely suited to handle game virality and scale with user demand.
The mobile gaming market, expected to surpass $153 billion by 2027, has been experiencing unprecedented popularity and growth. In line with this trend, Nexon's newly launched game, Blue Archive, has earned a game sales ranking of fourth on Google Play and eighth on the Apple App Store.
Stuart Fisher, Couchbase regional vice president of Asia Pacific, said, "We are honored Nexon chose Capella to launch the highly anticipated Blue Archive game. Easy to develop, manage and scale, our DBaaS has the flexibility to support a variety of use cases, with gaming being a key industry. We look forward to continuing our work with Nexon to deliver premium story and gameplay experiences for users."
To learn more about why gaming companies choose Capella for their applications, please visit this page.
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- Learn more about Capella and get started with a free trial here.
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- Read more about how customers are modernizing with Couchbase here.
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At Couchbase, we believe data is at the heart of the enterprise. We empower developers and architects to build, deploy, and run their most mission-critical applications. Couchbase delivers a high-performance, flexible and scalable modern database that runs across the data center and any cloud. Many of the world's largest enterprises rely on Couchbase to power the core applications their businesses depend on. For more information, visit www.couchbase.com.
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A roundup of the week's most newsworthy financial industry press releases from PR Newswire
NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the finance industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
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- BofA Global Research Offers Economic and Market Outlook for 2023, Calling for Markets to Turn "Risk-On" Mid-Year
The U.S., Euro Area and UK are all expected to see recessions next year, and the rest of the world should continue to weaken, with China a notable exception. The recession shock likely means corporate earnings and economic growth will come under pressure in the first half of the year, while at the same time, China's reopening offers a reprieve for certain assets. - A Nation in Debt: Latest Study Analyzes American Debt Predicament, State-by-State
Total household debt in the U.S. has increased by 16% over the past decade, from major sources like credit card, auto, student loan, and mortgage debt. Nevada's student loan debt saw the most increase, by a whopping 94%. - Former Head of Yeezy-Adidas Innovation Lab Launches FCTRY LAb with $6 Million Fundraise; Representing One of the Largest Investments in a Black Founder in 2022
Making high-technology accessible, FCTRY LAb is working to provide equity in an industry where large sneaker corporations often make an overwhelming majority of profits off the creative power of minority designers, influencers and athletes. - Algorand Chosen as Public Blockchain to Support Digital Guarantees Platform in Italy
The new platform is expected to become operational in early 2023 and will be the first time an EU Member State enables the use of blockchain technology for bank and insurance guarantees. - Cryptocurrency Trends, Generational Financial Profiles, and New Data on Payments Uncovered in New Report From Logica Research
The study, ongoing since 2017, is a comprehensive look at the current consumer money mindset in the United States, and covers specifics about how people are making, spending, investing and engaging with financial brands. - S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Dow Jones Sustainability Indices 2022 Review Results
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices are float-adjusted market capitalization weighted indices that measure the performance of companies selected using environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. - Most U.S. workers value time off, flexibility, and paid leave benefits For most employees in the U.S., generous PTO and flexible or remote work topped the list in 2022. But for the first year, what workers want differs by generation with mental health resources/support topping the list for Millennials (39%) and Gen Z (42%).
- Insurtech Company Oyster Raises $3.6M Seed to Launch Its Point-of-Sale Platform for Personal Insurance
The Oyster team is redesigning personal insurance from the ground up, creating an accessible experience that modernizes insurance for everyday consumers. - 57% of Quiet Quitters Say Their Work-Life Balance Has Improved A new LendingTree survey finds that setting these professional boundaries may actually be beneficial for both employees and the companies they work for.
- With $1.4B Investment, Deloitte Looks to Reshape the Future of Learning and Development
Deloitte's "Project 120" revamps its tech and leadership upskilling programs to anticipate broader market needs, marking a fundamental shift in how learning and development can be designed and delivered. - USAA Bank Survey Finds Partners Who Join Finances May Have Stronger Relationships "Having open and direct conversations about finances with your partner is key to building a stronger financial future," said Ryan Bailey, senior vice president at USAA Bank. "Common goals and even friendly arguments and discussions can help strengthen a relationship and how you manage your finances."
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At a new conference, President-elect Obama names Nancy Killefer as the nation's first governmental performance officer, to be assigned to the White House Office of Management and Budget.
The former Clinton Treasury Department official will head a new office that will closely follow how well federal programs are working.
The announcement came on the same morning that the Congressional Budget Office said the U.S. economy will see a budget deficit of over $1 trillion for fiscal year 2009.
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A growing number of state legislatures are considering bans on cosmetics and other consumer products that contain a group of synthetic, potentially harmful chemicals known as PFAS.
In Vermont, the state Senate gave final approval this week to legislation that would prohibit manufacturers and suppliers from selling or distributing any cosmetics or menstrual products in the state that have perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, as well as a number of other chemicals.
The products include shampoo, makeup, deodorant, sunscreen, hair dyes and more, said state Sen. Terry Williams, a Republican, and member of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare.
“Many known toxic chemicals are used in or found as contaminants in personal care products, including PFAS, lead and formaldehyde," Williams said in reporting the bill to Senate colleagues.
California, Colorado and Maryland passed similar restrictions on cosmetics that go into effect in 2025. Other proposals are under consideration in Washington and Oregon while bills have also been introduced in Illinois, Rhode Island and Georgia.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, studies have linked PFAS exposure to increased cancer risk, developmental delays in children, damage to organs such as the liver and thyroid, increased cholesterol levels and reduced immune functions, especially among young children.
Like in Colorado and California, the proposed Vermont crackdown on PFAS — known as “forever chemicals” for their persistence in the environment — goes beyond cosmetics. The bill, which now must be considered by the Vermont House, would extend the ban to apparel, including outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions, athletic turf, clothing, ski wax and textiles, including upholstery, draperies, towels and bedding that intentionally contain PFAS. It gives various timelines for the phaseouts.
"We must stop importing dangerous chemicals like PFAS into our state so we can prevent the harms they are causing up and down the supply chain -- from their production and use to their disposal,” Lauren Hierl, executive director of Vermont Conservation Voters, said in a statement.
In March, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed the first federal limits on the chemicals in drinking water, saying the protection will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses, including cancer. The chemicals had been used since the 1940s in consumer products and industry, including in nonstick pans, food packaging and firefighting foam. Their use is now mostly phased out in the U.S., but some still remain. Pressure is also growing to remove PFAS from food packaging.
A study by University of Notre Dame researchers released in 2021 found that more than half the cosmetics sold in the United States and Canada were awash with a toxic industrial compound associated with serious health conditions.
Researchers tested more than 230 commonly used cosmetics and found that 56% of foundations and eye products, 48% of lip products and 47% of mascaras contained fluorine — an indicator of PFAS.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says on its website that there have been few studies of the presence of PFAS in cosmetics, and the ones published found the concentration is at very low levels.
The Personal Care Products Council, which represents the cosmetics industry, says in 2020 it supported California legislation to phase out certain ingredients, including 13 PFAS in cosmetics, and identical legislative language in Maryland the following year. The group called for states to pass uniform laws to avoid confusion.
As for bans on apparel containing the chemicals, the American Apparel & Footwear Association supports the bill passed unanimously in the Vermont Senate and appreciates that amendments were made to align with phase-out timelines in existing PFAS restrictions in California and New York, said Chelsea Murtha, AAFA’s director of sustainability, in a statement.
The Outdoor Industry Association, based on Colorado, said overall it supports the Vermont bill, also noted the current version more closely matches the timeline for compliance with California's.
“We are also appreciative of the exemption for outdoor apparel severe wet conditions until 2028, as our industry is diligently working to move toward non-regrettable alternatives that will not compromise consumer safety or the quality of the product,” said president Kent Ebersole in a statement. | 2023-04-07T19:35:38+00:00 | clickorlando.com | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/2023/04/07/states-consider-banning-cosmetics-containing-pfas/ |
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The nation’s production of wild blueberries slipped a bit last year as some growers contended with drought.
Wild blueberries are smaller than their cultivated cousins and are widely used in frozen and processed products such as smoothie mixes. Maine is the only state in the U.S. where the blueberries are harvested commercially.
The 2022 harvest of the blueberries fell a little more than 25% to 77.5 million pounds, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That was still a relatively strong year, and the third-most since 2017, according to state records.
The wild blueberries are harvested from late July to early September. Drought made production more difficult in the state’s midcoast region, but that was less of a problem in Downeast Maine, where the vast majority of the blueberries grow, said Eric Venturini, executive director of the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine.
“It was a stellar year in 2021. Everything worked perfectly, the weather conditions were perfect, Mother Nature cooperated and we ended up with a fantastic crop,” Venturini said. “Last year we were hit by drought in some portions of Maine.”
Prices for the blueberries stayed fairly high at about 72 cents per pound. That was slightly less than 2021, but more than any other year since 2014, according to state records.
Blueberry growers in Maine have had to contend with numerous challenges in recent years, including erratic weather, fickle markets, climate change and competition from Canada, where the same blueberry grows. They have also had to fend off an invasive fruit fly from Asia that was first detected in the U.S. about 15 years ago.
Members of Maine’s blueberry industry and state agriculture officials have tried to grow interest in the fruit as a “superfood,” in part because of its high levels of antioxidants. The wild blueberry is Maine’s official state berry, and it’s the subject of the promotional Wild Blueberry Weekend on Aug. 5 and 6. | 2023-06-05T22:41:41+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/business/ap-business/wild-blueberry-production-takes-a-dip-in-the-face-of-drought/ |
NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Yext, Inc..
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PHOENIX, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nikola Corporation (Nasdaq: NKLA), a global leader in zero-emissions transportation and energy infrastructure solutions, today released a video message from CEO Mark Russell urging all Nikola stockholders to vote now FOR Proposal 2 before the Annual Meeting on June 30. The video can be accessed here and is available on all Nikola social media channels.
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Approving Proposal 2 is critical. Nikola has 600 million common shares authorized. As of June 8, 2022, the combination of fully diluted shares, including shares outstanding and options, restricted stock units and warrants, and reserved/unissued shares from Nikola's equity line of credit and convertible notes equates to 567 million shares. Therefore, Nikola has approximately 33 million shares available for other purposes. That is why it is so important for stockholders to vote NOW FOR Proposal 2, which would allow Nikola to increase the authorized number of shares of the Company's common stock to 800 million, providing more flexibility to support the growth of the business.
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New evidence shared by the House Select Jan. 6 Committee shows then-President Donald Trump edited a speech that was aimed at strongly condemning the deadly attack on the Capitol last year.
A document for a Jan. 7, 2021 Trump speech, titled "Remarks on National Healing," shows several key phrases crossed out that would have more strongly denounced the siege. It also shows suggested edits for added words.
"It looks like a copy of a draft of the remarks for that day," Trump's daughter and former senior White House adviser Ivanka Trump told a committee investigator during her recorded video interview. She said plans for the speech began the evening after the riot.
The investigator asked her if she recognized the handwriting on the page, and she responded she did.
"It looks like my father's handwriting," she said.
The evidence, shared via Twitter by committee member Elaine Luria, D-Va., only showed an excerpt of the speech remarks and not the full document. It adds new revelations from last Thursday's hearing showing Trump in unedited outtakes refusing to say he lost the election or to condemn the attackers more strongly.
It took more than 24 hours for President Trump to address the nation again after his Rose Garden video on January 6th in which he affectionately told his followers to go home in peace.
— Rep. Elaine Luria (@RepElaineLuria) July 25, 2022
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From the excerpt shared on Monday, the Trump speech retained its portions referring to the siege as a "heinous attack" and a false claim by Trump that he "immediately" deployed military help to the siege.
However, the document shows some minor and major edits. For example, the words "and sickened" are struck from the sentence, "Like all Americans, I am outranged and sickened by the lawlessness, violence and mayhem."
Larger edits show these sentences struck from the speech excerpt shared by the panel: "I am directing the Department of Justice to ensure all lawmakers are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We must send a clear message — not with mercy but with JUSTICE. Legal consequences must be swift and firm."
The speech also shows references to how the attackers don't represent Trump or his movement also deleted. Another reference telling rioters, "you belong in jail" has the words "belong in jail" crossed out and handwritten in its place is "WILL PAY."
Witnesses told the panel Trump's Jan. 7th video was meant to be more forceful than the Jan. 6th video
"I thought we should give the statement on the 7th and obviously move forward on transition," former Trump White House attorney Eric Herschmann told committee investigators.
Son-in-law and also ex-White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said in his filmed committee interview that he and others brainstormed for new remarks to be given that following day.
"We felt like it was important to further call for de-escalation," Kushner said.
Cassidy Hutchinson, former top aide to then-Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, said plans for the Jan. 7th speech were fueled in a large part over a concern the 25th amendment could potentially be invoked to force Trump out.
"So the primary reason that I had heard other than, you know, 'we did not do enough on the 6th, we need to get a stronger message out there and condemn this, otherwise, this will be your legacy,' " Hutchinson told investigators. "The secondary reason to that was that, 'think about what might happen in the final 15 days of your presidency if we don't do this, there's already talks about invoking the 25th Amendment, you need this as cover.' "
During his interview with the panel, former White House counsel Pat Cipollone said he believed Trump needed to say more condemning the attackers.
"In my view, he needed to express very clearly that the people who committed violent acts, went into the Capitol, did what they did, should be prosecuted and should be arrested," he said.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has been maneuvering for a potential 2024 White House run, held a day-long conference in Fort Lauderdale with several prominent Republican governors and candidates in late June, a source close to one of the attendees confirmed to CBS News. Those in attendance included Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee. Former Trump White House press secretary and current Arkansas GOP gubernatorial nominee Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Nevada Republican gubernatorial nominee Adam Laxalt were also at the “informal” Florida meetings. The networking conference connected the prominent Republicans with DeSantis donors and conservative media figures. The meeting was first reported by Politico. DeSantis has been increasing his national presence as he considers a possible presidential bid. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attends a media event regarding the 2022 Florida Python Challenge, June 16, 2022, in Miami. Lynne Sladky / AP DeSantis’ team did not respond to requests for comment by the time of publication. In recent GOP presidential polls – including a New York Times and Siena College poll published Tuesday – the Republican Florida governor is the only potential GOP 2024 aspirant who nets double digits from party primary voters against former President Donald Trump, who still leads well above the rest of the potential 2024 field. In that poll, 49% went for Trump as opposed to DeSantis, who had 25%, and the rest, like former VP Mike Pence, were in single digits. However, that same poll showed that “nearly half the party’s primary voters are seeking someone different” for president in 2024 than Trump “and a significant number vowing to abandon him if he wins the nomination.” In a statement responding to the new poll that also shows Trump losing to President Joe Biden 44% to 41%, the former president attacked The New York Times for “Fake polls, phony stories, and made up quotes—they are a disgrace to journalism and have set it back many many years. THE NEW YORK TIMES IS TRULY THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!” | 2022-07-14T03:12:24+00:00 | wsgw.com | https://www.wsgw.com/desantis-eyeing-2024-holds-florida-conference-with-key-gop-governors-and-candidates/ |
Debt ceiling talks grind on, but Republicans say there’s a ‘lack of urgency’ from White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt ceiling negotiators for President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy holed up for more talks at the Capitol Tuesday, but Republicans warned of a “lack of urgency” at the White House to resolve the budget standoff in time to avert a potentially chaotic federal default.
With barely a week to go before a deadline as soon as June 1 the Democratic president and the Republican speaker were staring down a financial crisis. Failure to strike a deal would be unprecedented, and certain to throw U.S. financial markets into turmoil, inflicting economic pain at home and abroad.
Behind closed doors, McCarthy urged his slim House Republican majority to “just stick together” despite their own factions as he negotiates the strongest deal possible for conservatives, said lawmakers exiting the private session.
“We’re not there yet,” McCarthy said at the Capitol, reiterating he won’t bring any bill forward “that doesn’t spend less than we spent this year.”
Rank-and-file Republican lawmakers were told they could proceed with their planned recess week around Memorial Day away from Washington, set to begin after Thursday’s session. But McCarthy warned them to be on 24-hour call to return for voting on any deal.
Dragging into a second week, the negotiations over raising the nation’s debt limit, now at $31 trillion, were never supposed to arrive at this point — a crisis in the making.
The White House insisted early on it was unwilling to barter over the need to pay the nation’s bills, demanding that Congress simply lift the ceiling as it has done many times before with no strings attached.
But the newly elected speaker, McCarthy, R-Calif., visited Biden at the Oval Office in February, urging the president to come to the negotiating table on a budget package that would reduce spending and the nation’s post-COVID ballooning deficits in exchange for the vote to allow future debt.
Both men said late Monday after a crucial meeting at the White House — after the president returned from the Group of Seven summit in Japan — that talks were productive.
But with time short to strike a deal, they are laboring to come up with a compromise that could be approved quickly by the Republican House and the Democratic Senate and be signed into law.
Negotiations are focused on finding agreement over a 2024 budget year limit. Republicans insist that next year’s government spending be less than it is now, but the White House instead is offering to freeze spending at current 2023 numbers.
Agreement on that topline spending level is vital — to enable McCarthy to deliver spending restraint for conservatives while not being so severe that it would chase off the Democratic votes that would be needed in the divided Congress to pass any bill.
The White House continues to argue that deficits can be reduced by ending tax breaks for wealthier households and some corporations, but McCarthy said he told the president at their February meeting that raising revenue from tax hikes is off the table.
The negotiators are now also debating the duration of a 1% cap on annual spending growth going forward, with Republicans dropping their demand for a 10-year cap to six years, but the White House offering only one year, for 2025.
Typically, the debt ceiling has been lifted for the duration of a budget deal, and in this negotiation the White House is angling for a two-year agreement that would push past the presidential elections.
A top Republican negotiator, Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina who joined the speaker at the Oval Office Monday evening, said there needs to be more urgency. Talks resumed Monday night at the Capitol for two hours, and picked up again midday Tuesday.
“What I sense from the White House is a lack of urgency,” McHenry told reporters.
But on the Senate side, Republican leader Mitch McConnell said, “Look, I think everybody needs to relax.” He said that “the last 10 times we raised the debt ceiling, there were things attached to it” — as the White House has opposed this year.
“This is not that unusual.”
However, time is growing short. The House speaker promised lawmakers he will abide by the rule to post any bill for 72 hours before voting, making any action doubtful until the end of the week — just days before the potential deadline. The Senate would also have to pass the package before it could go to Biden’s desk to be signed.
After a weekend of start-stop talks, both Biden and McCarthy have declared a need to close a compromise deal. U.S. financial markets turned down last week after negotiations paused amid a jittery economy.
McCarthy faces a hard-right flank in his own party that is likely to reject any deal, and that has led some Democrats to encourage Biden to resist any compromise with the Republicans and simply raise the debt ceiling on his own, an unprecedented and legally fraught action.
On Tuesday, the leader of the conservative House Freedom Caucus Rep. Scott Perry said, “We all want to stick together. But again, it’s sticking together around the right thing.”
He and others are growing skeptical of the June 1 deadline that Treasury Secretary Janel Yellen said is when “it is highly likely” the government will be unable to pay all the nation’s bills.
Perry suggested the Treasury Department is going to be “flush with cash” come June 15 when quarterly tax payments are due.
“There’s absolutely no reason to do this, and we all know it,” he said.
As the negotiators focus on the $100 billion-plus difference between the 2022 and 2023 spending plans as a place to cut, other priorities Republicans are pushing as part of the deal remain on the table.
Republicans also want to beef up work requirements for government aid to recipients in the Medicaid health care program, though the Biden administration has countered that millions of people could lose coverage.
The GOP additionally wants new cuts to food aid by restricting states’ ability to waive work requirements in places with high joblessness. But Democrats have said any changes to work requirements for government aid recipients are nonstarters.
GOP lawmakers are also seeking cuts in IRS funding and, by sparing defense and veterans accounts from reductions, would shift the bulk of spending reductions to other federal programs.
The White House has countered by keeping defense and nondefense spending flat next year, which would save $90 billion in the 2024 budget year and $1 trillion over 10 years.
All sides have been eyeing the potential for the package to include a framework to ease federal regulations and speed energy project developments. They are all but certain to claw back some $30 billion in unspent COVID-19 funds now that the pandemic emergency has officially lifted.
The president, though, said he was ruling out the possibility, for now, of invoking the 14th Amendment as a solution, saying it’s an “unresolved” legal question that would become tied up in the courts.
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Associated Press writers Kevin Freking and Seung Min Kim contributed to this report.
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The best gifts for golf-loving dads
Father’s Day is around the corner, but there’s still plenty of time to shop for a thoughtful gift to show appreciation to the father figures in your life. It can be challenging to come up with a good gift idea, but if you want to get something for someone who loves golf, we’ve got you covered.
Dads who love golf appreciate golf apparel, equipment, accessories, memorabilia and golf-themed knickknacks, making it easier to narrow it down and get them something they’ll genuinely love.
Shop this article: TaylorMade RBZ SpeedLite 13-Piece Complete Golf Set, Ecco Men’s BIOM H4 Golf Shoes and Garmin Approach S62 Golf GPS Watch.
The best gift ideas for golf lovers
Equipment such as golf clubs can be pricey, but plenty of mid-range options are available. If the person you want to gift is a novice golfer, a complete club set is a fine gift idea, while more experienced players may prefer a high-end driver or putter.
A golf rangefinder or smartwatch is a helpful tool for players looking to improve their game. Other terrific gifts for golf lovers include shorts, shirts, pants and shoes. Accessories are always needed — you can gift someone a glove, a pair of shoes or a set of premium golf balls.
Best gifts for dads who golf
TaylorMade TP Hydro Blast Bandon 3 Putter
Father’s Day Update: This putter is part of a line incorporating both modern and traditional design aspects and aesthetics, so dads of any age and predisposition toward putters can love it.
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TaylorMade RBZ SpeedLite 13-Piece Complete Golf Set
Any golfer ready to take their game to the next level can benefit from a quality golf club set like this one. It comes with a driver, three and five fairway woods, a four and five rescue hybrid, a pitching wedge, a sand wedge, a putter and a cart bag.
Sold by Carl’s Golf Land
These golf shoes are made with durable cow leather and offer waterproof protection to keep your feet dry as you play. The ergonomic midsoles are designed to provide all-day comfort, and the Motion Grip outsoles offer superior stability and rotational support. They’re available in black, grey or white.
Sold by Golf Galaxy
Garmin Approach S62 Golf GPS Watch
A virtual caddie can give a golfer an edge over opponents, making this golf smartwatch an practical gift. The battery lasts up to 20 hours in GPS mode, and golfers can view every hazard on the map. Plus, players can get club suggestions based on several factors, including wind speed and direction.
Sold by Amazon
Callaway 300 Pro Slope Laser Golf Rangefinder
Knowing the distance between your position and the flag is crucial in determining which club is best for your next shot. This rangefinder is equipped with six times magnification, and pin locking technology lets you lock onto flags up to 300 yards away. You can also get readings that account for elevation.
Sold by Amazon
This glove is made with premium leather and is infused with Griptac for optimal grip. It has an adjustable closure for a secure fit, strategically placed perforations for increased air ventilation and a moisture-wicking cuff wrist to help golfers’ hands stay dry and comfortable. It’s available in standard and cadet styles.
Sold by Amazon
Experienced players who want balls that offer consistent flight will be pleased with these dozen pro-level golf balls. The high-gradient dual core facilitates lower long-game spin to help golfers get more distance on their shots, and the tetrahedral dimple design promotes high flight and speed.
Sold by Amazon
Under Armour Men’s Tech Golf Polo
Some golf clubs have a dress code for golfers, but every golfer should have at least a few high-quality polo shirts for playing. This shirt has a textured feel that makes it lightweight and breathable, a traditional three-button placket design and moisture-wicking properties to keep players dry and cool.
Sold by Amazon
This driver is advance-engineered to deliver elite performance for golfers of all skill levels. It has a high MOI head and offers an excellent combination of distance and forgiveness. Players don’t need to worry too much about off-center hits, and the A.I.-designed speed frame provides superior stability during swings.
Sold by Callaway
Scheels Cleveland Huntington Beach Soft 11 Putter
This putter is a good choice for novice or intermediate golfers who want to execute more reliable shots on the green. The optimized face helps players get more speed and straighter shots, even on off-center hits, and the precision-milled face increases friction for a softer feel upon contact.
Sold by Scheels
Callaway Rogue ST Max OS Irons
These high-end irons are made with industry-strength 450 steel and are designed for mid- to high-handicap golfers who want more consistent ball speed and consistency. Tungsten weighting in the club heads maximizes speed across the face, and the urethane microspheres are redesigned from older models to enhance sound and feel.
Sold by Callaway
This golf bag is made with high-quality fabrics and has a 14-way padded top for keeping your clubs secure and in place. It has an insulated food and beverage pocket, a strap-through design for quickly attaching it to carts, utility webbing for holding accessories and a water-resistant rain hood.
Sold by Golf Galaxy
Worth checking out
- Practice your chip shots at home with this Callaway Chip-Shot Golf Chipping Net.
- This The Golf Father T-Shirt is a humorous gift for golf dads who want to show off their love for the game.
- These Nike Men’s Dri-Fit UV Chino 9-Inch Golf Shorts are as stylish as they are comfortable.
- Get audible distance readings while golfing with this high-end Bushnell Wingman GPS Golf Speaker.
- Throw a lighthearted jab at a golf-loving dad with this World’s Okayest Golfer Tumbler Mug.
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Manufacturing and Financial Services Customers Achieve An Average of 29% Higher Web Conversions with the Drift Conversation Cloud
BOSTON, March 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Drift, the Conversation Cloud Company, today announced significant momentum in the financial services and manufacturing verticals, delivering an average of 12x return on investment (ROI) for customers. Drift is proud to service businesses like Cornerstone Building Brands, Mirion Technologies, Hines and Apex Group, among more than 250 others in manufacturing and financial services.
"The manufacturing and financial services industries are the newest frontiers for Drift and the immediate results we've seen with customers is an indicator that conversational AI is applicable to every industry, especially with so much attention around GPT capabilities and use cases," said Andrew Arocha, CRO of Drift. "The power of conversations opens the door for tremendous growth, which benefits our existing and new customers alike as we invest more heavily into these industries."
Drift has partnered with 6sense, BOL Agency, Demandbase, Quarry and Salesloft to better integrate with existing tech stacks most prominent in these industries. Some partners are also delivering unique services on top of the Drift Conversation Cloud to support key goals within these industries, such as qualified lead generation and account based marketing strategies. At a time when it is business-critical to do more with less, Drift and these trusted partners are committed to helping mutual customers generate the most value out of their marketing and sales resources.
Drift for Financial Services
Digital transformation has accelerated dramatically in the past three years, forcing nearly every industry to rethink their prospect and customer interactions. Financial services organizations are struggling to provide their customers with the same convenient experiences they get in retail banking—a problem that's been further exacerbated by rising competition from fintech, private equity, and other financial services organizations. To overcome these challenges, leading financial services companies leverage Drift's online concierge experience, live chat and personalized video follow-up to engage with clients from the moment they visit the website.
Leaders like State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the asset management arm of State Street Corporation, drove $65M+ in allocations over 18 months since implementing Drift. "We proved that we can significantly reduce the time to revenue by allowing our sales team to get that immediate opportunity to speak with a prospective client," said Kate Marx, VP Head of Digital Training and Transformation Program Management at SSGA.
Drift for Manufacturing
Demand for digital experiences is high, and in manufacturing, these experiences often fall short of customer expectations. It's even more difficult to achieve customer satisfaction at scale. Drift gives manufacturing customers the freedom to engage in real-time conversations that surface content, answer questions, fast-track accounts, and convert qualified buyers into leads.
Drift for Manufacturing drives:
- Increased digital engagement through its digital concierge, which guides every every site visitor to the information they need, when they need it;
- Responsiveness at the moment of highest intent, which generates a more qualified pipeline;
- Increased seller efficiency so sales teams can quickly and easily scale to digital;
- A clearer, real-time view of customers and distributors, informed by data.
Roland DG, a manufacturing customer, observed that other industries were using chatbots to directly engage their website visitors. The company embraced the trend and today, they are able to nurture leads, create a transparent buying experience and drive opportunities directly through Drift. "Drift allows our customers to get to the answer they need more quickly and it shows that we're available to answer their questions at any time," said Katie Doble-Birch, Marketing Automation and Planning Manager at Roland DG.
Drift's expansion into manufacturing and financial services opens the door for businesses to host conversations that increase revenue and lower cost. To learn more about Drift for Financial Services, visit https://www.drift.com/solutions/financial-services/. To learn more about Drift for Manufacturing, visit https://www.drift.com/solutions/manufacturing/.
Drift®, the Conversation Cloud company, helps businesses connect with people at the right time, in the right place with the right conversation. Using the Drift Conversation Cloud, businesses can personalize experiences that lead to more quality pipeline, revenue and lifelong customers. Drift brings Conversational Marketing, Conversational Sales and Conversational Service into a single platform that integrates chat, email and video and powers personalized experiences with artificial intelligence (AI) at all stages of the customer journey. More than 5,000 customers use Drift to deliver a more enjoyable and more human buying experience that builds trust and accelerates revenue. Representing less than 1% of unicorns led by Latino founders, Drift is building an equitable, enduring company to transform the way businesses buy from businesses.
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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Cam Talbot had a 32-save shutout for his first shutout with the Senators in a 3-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Monday, but Ottawa still suffered a pair of significant losses.
Tim Stutzle went awkwardly into the boards after being hit by Brett Leason and favored his right arm as he raced down the player’s tunnel midway through the first period. Stutzle did not return.
Ottawa also found itself without Tyler Motte for the final two periods. Motte went down hard late in the first period and suffered what the team called an upper-body injury.
Alex DeBrincat had a pair of power-play goals for Ottawa (12-14-2) and Parker Kelly also scored.
Lukas Dostal made his season debut in net for the Ducks (7-19-3). He stopped 35 shots after being recalled from the American Hockey League’s San Diego Gulls.
The 22-year-old Dostal made a huge save on Shane Pinto in the second and bailed the Ducks out on a terrible line change late in the same period when the Senators had a 3-on-0 rush
Kelly scored his first of the season 5:42 into the game, tipping a Nikita Zaitsev shot past Dostal. DeBrincat extended his point streak to six games (3G, 4A) with a power-play goal midway through the period.
DeBrincat put away his second goal of the night 12 minutes into the third period, with Claude Giroux and Drake Batherson earning assists.
UP NEXT
Ducks: At Toronto on Tuesday night in the second of a five-game trip.
Senators: Host Montreal on Wednesday night to finish a two-game homestand.
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WFO SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, September 9, 2022
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EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hanford CA
432 AM PDT Thu Sep 8 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...A prolonged period of dangerously hot conditions with
record and near record temperatures of 105 to 110 degrees.
Limited overnight relief, especially in the foothills.
* WHERE...San Joaquin Valley, Coastal Range, Sierra Foothills,
Yosemite Valley, Kern River Valley, and Kern County Desert.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat and humidity will significantly
increase the potential for heat related illnesses,
particularly for those working or participating in outdoor
activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
* WHAT...High temperatures 100 to 108 degrees.
* WHERE...Upper Sierra foothills.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
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MIAMI (NewsNation) — As one of the busiest travel weekends of the year approaches, recent issues with the nation’s top airline carriers could make for a bumpy ride for millions of passengers.
So far Monday, more than 650 domestic flights have been canceled, according to Flight Aware.
It comes as AAA predicts 47.9 million Americans will hit the road or take to the skies over the Independence Day long holiday weekend from June 30 to July 4. It’s a 3.7% increase from last year, bringing travel volumes just shy of those seen in 2019.
“The volume of travelers we expect to see over Independence Day is a definite sign that summer travel is kicking into high gear,” said Paula Twidale, senior vice president of AAA Travel. “People are ready for a break and despite things costing more, they are finding ways to still take that much-needed vacation.”
Tens of thousands of passengers spent their weekend at the airport on standby waiting in long lines to hear whether or not they’d make it to their final destination.
Flight delays cost both passengers and airlines a lot of money. Delays cost an airline around $74 a minute, according to airlines.org. That’s about $4,500 an hour, which doesn’t include if the plane gets stuck on the tarmac for three or more hours.
Airlines that defy the tarmac delay rules can be fined up to $27,500 for each passenger on board the affected flight. So, if there’s an average of 200 people on a flight, that would cost the airline around $5.5 million.
When it comes to passengers, it costs about $47 an hour of their time. To put it in perspective, passengers lost nearly $28 billion in 2018, and that was before the pandemic and the recent travel chaos.
The Department of Transportation says that airlines are not required to compensate passengers for a delay or cancellation, but most will book passengers on their next available flight, let them reschedule, or issue a refund for the inconvenience.
It’s not only delays and cancellations that are upsetting. Passengers say the airlines are understaffed and customer service is being affected.
Airlines across the U.S. warned customers that service would be cut by 10% to 15% this summer. Airlines blamed COVID-19-related pilot shortages and lately pointed the finger at the Federal Aviation Administration, saying there aren’t enough employees to man the airports or the control towers.
The FAA released this statement defending itself: “People expect when they buy an airline ticket that they’ll get where they need to go safely, efficiently, reliably, and affordably. After receiving $54 billion in pandemic relief to help save the airlines from mass layoffs and bankruptcy, the American people deserve to have their expectations met.”
Meanwhile, some passengers say it took them too long to get home and the stress isn’t worth it.
“We’ll just deal with the gas prices and gas it up and just travel that way because I don’t think I’ll be catching another flight anytime soon,”
Even with the national average for gas prices topping $5 per gallon, AAA expects car travel volume will break the previous record, with 42 million people planning to drive over the holiday weekend.
Recent issues with air travel and concerns of cancelations and delays could be pushing people to hop in a vehicle, AAA said. The share of people traveling by air is forecast to be the lowest since 2011.
Independence Day will be the second busiest since 2000 as travel volumes continue to climb with no signs of slowing down, AAA said.
Travel experts said drivers should expect the longest travel delays heading into the holiday weekend, particularly during the afternoons on Thursday, June 30, and Friday, July 1, as commuters leave work early and mix with holiday travelers.
NewsNation affiliate WTNH contributed to this report. | 2022-06-27T18:06:25+00:00 | fox44news.com | https://www.fox44news.com/news/national-world-news/nearly-48m-americans-to-travel-july-4th-weekend-as-flight-chaos-continues/ |
Hoover hosting first Community Mental Health Day
Published: Jan. 21, 2023 at 4:54 PM CST|Updated: 40 minutes ago
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The City of Hoover is hosting its first Community Mental Health Day this Sunday.
The event, taking place on January 22 from noon until 4 p.m. at The Finley Center, will cover several topics, including law enforcement and mental health, Dementia, trauma, developmental delays and more.
A public safety discussion will last from noon until 2 p.m. and a general public discussion will take place form 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. There will also be music, door prizes, food trucks and vendors.
The event is free to the public at 100 Ben Chapman Drive.
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Lawmakers grilled the CEOs of some of the country's biggest banks this week, on everything from cryptocurrencies to overdraft fees to their business relationships with China.
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Lawmakers grilled the CEOs of some of the country's biggest banks this week, on everything from cryptocurrencies to overdraft fees to their business relationships with China.
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What will the office of the future look like?
It's a question that may seem moot for a lot of workers in 2023, when work-from-home arrangements have become commonplace — but not for Wall Street.
Financial firms are aggressively trying to lure employees back to the office.
And for two big banks, JPMorgan Chase and BNP Paribas, the end of the pandemic has been an opportunity to reconsider the role of the workplace.
JPMorgan, the biggest of the big banks, was in the midst of planning to build a new headquarters in Manhattan before COVID-19 hit.
Meanwhile, BNP Paribas, which is headquartered in France, was in the process of renegotiating the lease for its own regional headquarters in Manhattan, when New York City shut down.
Ultimately, BNP Paribas decided to scale back its real estate footprint in the 54-story building it shares with other companies. In July 2020, it signed a new, 20-year agreement for less space — six floors in total, and worked with the architectural firm Gensler on an extensive redesign.
Both financial firms have incorporated lessons they learned during the pandemic into their designs, as they have rethought what offices can mean for their employees.
Here are three of the ways they are envisioning the workplace of the future.
Fresh air
During the pandemic, people started to pay more attention to air circulation in confined spaces, and it became a more important factor in commercial architecture.
Lord Norman Foster, who designed JPMorgan's new headquarters on Park Avenue, calls it "a breathing building."
When it is finished in 2025, there will be two times more fresh air circulating through the 60-story building than New York City's building code requires.
"There is a greater awareness, sensitivity, and acceptance of the importance of fresh air," says Foster, who worked with a professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health on his design.
The tower, which will accommodate more than 14,000 workers, will also have a state-of-the-art air filtration system, and the bank says it will be able to monitor air quality continuously.
Not only that, in the expansive, jam-packed rooms where bankers buy and sell stocks and bonds and other assets, each desk will have its own climate controls, and air will be pressurized beneath the floor. That's for both health reasons as well as for energy efficiency.
Meanwhile, BNP Paribas upgraded its heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system. It installed new filters that are capable of capturing most contaminants as small as 0.3 microns, which is really, really tiny, smaller than most bacteria.
Flexible workspaces
The beating heart of any big bank is its trading operation. JPMorgan buys and sells billions of dollars in stocks and bonds and other assets every day.
In its new headquarters, the trading floors will be enormous — large enough to accommodate 550 employees, and JPMorgan and its design team reimagined these spaces.
According to David Arena, the bank's global head of real estate, adaptability is critical.
"If you are trying to predict the future, it's a fool's errand," he says. "So, how can you future-proof a space? You make it flexible."
Flexibility became even more important during the pandemic, and these floors are designed to be changed easily. Even the walls are moveable, Arena explains.
"When the nature of trading changes, and it might, or when the nature of the office above us changes, and it might, it's simply rearrange the furniture," he says. "And that includes offices, walls, and the desks and chairs themselves."
It will be possible to redesign an entire floor completely in one weekend, Arena adds.
Meanwhile, BNP Paribas has added more flexibility to its new workplace. Many employees no longer have private offices or designated desks. Instead, there are "flex desks" and rooms they can reserve for meetings.
Perks, and of course, food
Like many companies, JPMorgan wants to make the office a draw again, and its new headquarters has plenty of perks.
There will be rooms for yoga and cycling, on-site medical care, and a large conference center.
BNP Paribas doesn't have a gym onsite, but the company added bike storage and opened a new outdoor terrace for staff.
"The reality is, if you are happier at the workplace, if you have a variety of activities that you can extend into the leisure element of the day, then you're going to be more productive," says Foster, the architect of JPMorgan's new headquarters.
And then, there's the food.
JPMorgan is working with restauranteur Danny Meyer, who started Shake Shack, on its cafeteria, which it describes as a "large and modern food hall." Arena is excited by expansive pantries throughout the building.
"It's no secret, people love to eat," he says. "I'm Italian. We do everything around the dinner table. And so, we have, basically, the equivalent of that here."
Meanwhile for BNP Paribas, the goal was to create a "home away from home" for its 2,000-plus New York-based workers.
For employees who spent months, and in some cases years, working in spare bedrooms and at dining room tables, that phrase has taken on new meaning.
BNP's renovated offices also have pantries, and adjacent to one of the largest trading floors, there is a full-service coffee bar. Bankers can even use an app to order cappuccinos and lattes.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-06-11T14:23:49+00:00 | klcc.org | https://www.klcc.org/npr-news/npr-news/2023-06-11/how-two-big-wall-street-banks-are-rethinking-the-office-for-a-post-pandemic-future |
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy pledges push for victory on anniversary of Russian invasion
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine’s president pledged to push for victory in 2023 as he and other Ukrainians on Friday marked the somber anniversary of the Russian invasion that he called "the longest day of our lives."
As morning broke on a day of commemorations and reflection, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy struck a tone of grim defiance and used the Feb. 24 anniversary to congratulate Ukrainians on their resilience in the face of Europe’s biggest and deadliest war since World War II. He said they had proven themselves to be invincible in what he called "a year of pain, sorrow, faith and unity."
"We survived the first day of the full-scale war. We didn’t know what tomorrow would bring, but we clearly understood that for each tomorrow, you need to fight. And we fought," he said in an early morning video address.
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It was "the longest day of our lives. The hardest day of our modern history. We woke up early and haven’t fallen asleep since," he said.
Ukrainians attended memorials, held vigils and other remembrances for their tens of thousands of dead — a toll growing all the time as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine in particular.
Although Friday marked the anniversary of the full-scale invasion, combat between Russian-backed forces and Ukrainian troops has raged in the country’s east since 2014. New video from there shot with a drone for The Associated Press showed how the town of Marinka has been razed, along with others.
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Lining up in the capital, Kyiv, to buy anniversary commemorative postage stamps, Tetiana Klimkova said that a year into the invasion, she's been unable to shake "the feeling that your heart is constantly falling, it is falling and hurting."
Still, "this day has become a symbol for me that we have survived for a whole year and will continue to live," she said. "On this day, our children and grandchildren will remember how strong Ukrainians are mentally, physically, and spiritually."
But peace is nowhere in sight. China called for a cease-fire — an idea previously rejected by Ukraine for fear it would allow Russia to regroup militarily after bruising battlefield setbacks.
A 12-point paper issued Friday by China’s Foreign Ministry also urged the end of Western sanctions that are squeezing Russia's economy.
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That suggestion also looks like a non-starter, given that Western nations are working to further tighten the sanctions noose, not loosen it. The U.K. government imposed more sanctions Friday on firms supplying military equipment to Moscow and said it would bar exports to Russia of aircraft parts and other components.
Ukraine also is readying another military push to roll back Russian forces — with weaponry that has been pouring in from the West.
"Ukraine is entering a new period, with a new task — to win," Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Facebook.
"It will not be easy. But we will manage," he said. "There is rage and a desire to avenge the fallen."
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Mercifully, air raid alarms didn't sound overnight in Kyiv and the morning started quietly, allaying concerns that Russia might unleash another barrage of missiles to pile yet more sadness on Ukraine on the date of the anniversary.
Still, the government recommended that schools move classes online, and office employees were asked to work from home. And even as they rode Kyiv’s subway to work, bought coffee and got busy, Ukrainians were unavoidably haunted by thoughts of loss and memories of a year ago when missiles struck, Russian invaded Ukraine’s borders and a refugee exodus began. Back then, there were fears the country might fall within days or weeks.
Mykhailo Horbunov, a 68-year-old man trying to rebuild in Kyiv after having been forced to flee his Russian-occupied village in the south, said the invasion had been a watershed in his life. He lost his agricultural business, and Russian troops have been living in his house for six months. He described the war’s impact on him as "a collapse."
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The day was also particularly poignant for the parents of children born exactly a year ago as bombs began killing and maiming.
"It’s a tragedy for the whole country, for every Ukrainian," said Alina Mustafaieva, who gave birth to daughter Yeva as the first explosions echoed across Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.
"My family was lucky. We didn’t lose anyone or anything. But many did, and we have to share this loss together," she said.
Tributes to Ukraine’s resilience flowed from overseas. The Eiffel Tower in Paris was among monuments illuminated in Ukraine's colors — yellow and blue.
Zelenskyy got an early start to the day, firing off a tweet that promised: "We know that 2023 will be the year of our victory!"
He followed that up with his video address in which he pledged not to abandon Ukrainians living under Russian occupation.
Ukraine "has not forgotten about you, has not given up on you. One way or another, we will liberate all our lands," he said.
A year on, casualty figures are horrific on both sides, although Moscow and Kyiv are keeping precise numbers under wraps. Western estimates suggest hundreds of thousands of killed and wounded.
The failure of the Russian military to fill its initial objective of capturing Kyiv severely dented its reputation as a fighting force. Still, it has unleashed an unrelenting barrage of firepower on Ukraine over the past year. Ukrainian armed forces put the tally at roughly 5,000 missile strikes, 3,500 airstrikes and 1,000 drone strikes.
Economic repercussions have rippled across the globe. Diplomatic repercussions, too. Western nations are supporting Ukraine militarily, financially and politically. But China, India and countries in the global south have proven ambivalent about Western arguments that Ukraine is the front line of a fight for freedom and democracy.
Joanna Kozlowska in London, and Sophiko Megrelidze in Tbilisi, Georgia, contributed to this report. | 2023-02-24T16:17:11+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/zelenskyy-push-victory-russia-ukraine-anniversary |
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden 's dog Commander bit or otherwise attacked Secret Service personnel at least 10 times between October 2022 and January, including one incident that required a hospital visit by the injured law enforcement officer, according to records from the Department of Homeland Security.
The conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch on Tuesday released nearly 200 pages of Secret Service records that it obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The group said it filed suit after the agency, a division of DHS, “failed to respond adequately” to its request last December for records about biting incidents involving the purebred German shepherd. The group said it filed the request after receiving a tip about Commander's behavior.
Commander is the second dog of Biden's to behave aggressively, including biting Secret Service personnel and White House staff. They eventually sent the dog, a German shepherd named Major, to live with friends in Delaware after those incidents.
The White House and the Secret Service appeared to play down the situation on Tuesday, but the latest incidents raise questions about why the Bidens brought another German shepherd to the executive mansion and why the attacks continued.
Elizabeth Alexander, communications director for first lady Jill Biden, said in an email that the White House complex is a “unique and often stressful environment” for family pets and that the Biden family was “working through ways to make this situation better for everyone.”
Anthony Guglielmi, chief spokesperson for the Secret Service, said in a separate email that his agency has for the past several presidents “navigated how best to operate around family pets and these incidents are no exception. We take the safety and wellbeing of our employees extremely seriously."
The Secret Service provides security protection for the president and his family, and scores of its officers are posted around the executive mansion and its sprawling grounds.
Biden received Commander in December 2021 as a gift from his brother James. The records released cover a fraction of his year and a half as a presidential pet. The family also has a cat, Willow.
On Nov. 3, 2022, a Secret Service official emailed colleagues that Commander had bitten a uniformed officer twice — on the upper right arm and thigh. Staff from the White House medical unit treated the officer and decided to have the individual taken to a hospital.
A captain of the Uniform Division emailed later that day that he had been advised that Commander was up to date on his vaccinations.
A note the following day added details about the attack, including that the officer who was bitten used a steel cart to protect himself from another attack. The officer later was placed on several days of restricted duty based on doctors' advice.
Alexander said the Bidens have been working with the Secret Service and the White House residence staff “on additional leashing protocols and training” for Commander, as well as establishing designated areas where he can run around for exercise.
“The president and first lady are incredibly grateful to the Secret Service and Executive Residence staff for all they do to keep them, their family and the country safe,” Alexander added.
Guglielmi said Secret Service employees are encouraged to report job-related injuries to their immediate supervisors for appropriate documentation.
“As such, we are aware of past incidents involving first-family pets and these instances were treated similarly to comparable workplace injuries, to include with relevant notifications and reporting procedures followed,” he said.
“While special agents and officers neither care for nor handle the first family's pets, we continuously work with all applicable entities to minimize adverse impacts in an environment that includes pets,” Guglielmi added.
Commander is often seen being led around by the White House's chief groundskeeper.
The New York Post was first to report on Commander's biting incidents. | 2023-07-26T02:47:34+00:00 | newscentermaine.com | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/biden-dog-commander-secret-service-bites/507-6e8815ca-fcbe-4e0e-9ccd-bf69d654b5e6 |
UpstreamPOP to Harness Mediabrands' Unparalleled Audience and Consumer Intelligence with R&CPMK's Unrivaled Relationships Across the Entertainment Industry
Groundbreaking Platform to Create Best-In-Class Connections Between Brands, Content Creators, and Media Platforms
LOS ANGELES, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rogers & Cowan PMK (R&CPMK) and Mediabrands announced today the launch of "UpstreamPOP", a groundbreaking technology platform providing end-to-end solutions for agency clients looking for brand integration opportunities and partnerships with content creators and media platforms across the entertainment ecosystem.
UpstreamPOP will utilize Mediabrands' industry-leading audience intelligence, paired with R&CPMK's unmatched expertise and relationships with studios, networks, producers, directors, and showrunners throughout the entertainment industry. The innovative technology will unify brands and content producers on one platform, identify integration opportunities, and create connections to reach High Value Audiences.
Harnessing Mediabrands' deep understanding of unique motivations, behaviors, and touchpoints of audiences, UpstreamPOP will deliver industry-leading reach and relevance to brand integration partnerships at scale.
"As the entertainment industry continues to rapidly evolve, and increasingly more content is created in non-ad supported platforms, the necessity for brands to figure their way into that story telling is more important than ever," said Mark Owens, CEO, R&CPMK. "Consumers have significantly shifted their habits, with nearly 75% of viewers under 55 now preferring to consume content on streaming platforms in place of linear TV. UpstreamPOP not only provides brands the most accurate tool in the market to find the best integration opportunities to reach their target audience, whether on linear or streaming, it also provides our clients the ability to secure their deals in real-time."
"We are in the business of providing the most advanced solutions to our clients' problems. The launch of UpstreamPOP further expands our capabilities by providing clients with a data-driven and measurable way to reach the audiences they desire most, through entertainment where advertising space can't be bought," said Brendan Gaul, Global Chief Content Officer, Mediabrands.
Designed to give IPG clients a competitive edge, UpstreamPOP will use proprietary measurement tools and IPG's comprehensive data library to provide brands with customizable search and filtering of integration and promotional opportunities that best reach their key audiences. At launch, UpstreamPOP will feature more than 2000 brand integration opportunities across non-ad-supported original content including film, television, music videos and more.
UpstreamPOP will be exclusive to IPG clients and will not be available for external subscriptions.
For more information on UpstreamPOP, click here.
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SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Special Olympics Texas- San Antonio, has received a $10,000 grant from the MassMutual Foundation as part of the foundation's national Community Service Award (CSA) program. Special Olympics Texas- San Antonio, is one of thirty-two organizations to receive an award. The MassMutual Foundation made the grant in honor of the volunteer efforts of Darren Scrimpshire, a financial professional affiliated with Capital Strategies, in San Antonio, TX. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the CSA program.
"We are stronger when we come together as a community. Our Community Service Awards program recognizes financial professionals that choose to affiliate with MassMutual and embody the "Live Mutual" spirit, working with members of their respective neighborhoods, towns, and cities, helping nonprofits with which they are involved grow and thrive," said Dennis Duquette, head of MassMutual Community Responsibility and president of the MassMutual Foundation. "We are proud of the time and energy Scrimpshire's dedicates to better their community and are delighted to support their great work."
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community.
"This award from the Mass Mutual foundation on Darren's behalf, will be utilized to expand athlete programs and to continue to provide life-changing experiences for individuals with intellectual disabilities in the San Antonio area," said Shawn Britt, Executive Director of Special Olympics – South Region.
Scrimpshire has been affiliated with Special Olympics – San Antonio for the past 12 years and has dedicated countless hours of time and talent to help the organization grow and flourish.
"I am very pleased that my dedication to Special Olympics has been recognized by the MassMutual Foundation," said Scrimpshire. "This grant will provide much needed funding to continue supporting our community through additional equipment and promoting inclusion for the athletes of Special Olympics – San Antonio)."
The MassMutual Foundation, Inc. is a dedicated corporate foundation established by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual). The MassMutual Foundation activates connections and untapped opportunities within communities, so that all families can build their financial capability and thrive. In support of this mission, the Foundation develops partnerships and provides grants in support of our signature programs. The Foundation also supports anchor institutions in the communities where MassMutual operates.
To learn more about the MassMutual Foundation please visit https://www.massmutual.com/about-us/corporate-responsibility/foundation.
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On World AIDS Day demonstrations of solidarity and awareness for those affected by HIV and AIDS take place around the globe. The Seattle LGBTQ+ Center, formerly Gay City, held a gathering at the AIDS Memorial Pathway by Cal Anderson Park.
The AIDS Memorial Pathway was finished last year. It consists of five art installations around Cal Anderson Park. One installation invites visitors to download an app and add the names of loved ones lost to AIDS to a digital memorial called the "The Names Tree." | 2022-12-02T22:51:13+00:00 | knkx.org | https://www.knkx.org/arts-culture/2022-12-02/seattle-lgbtq-center-holds-event-to-mark-world-aids-day |
Fieldtrip Focuses on a "Your Earth, Your Skincare" Philosophy to Produce Sustainably Sourced, Clean Skincare Products that Do Good for Your Skin
DALLAS, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Edgewell Personal Care, a leading consumer products company, debuts today its newest skincare brand, Fieldtrip, a unisex, clean skincare brand that will engage a new generation of skincare enthusiasts who are seeking sensorial experiences through on-trend products with luxury formulations at affordable price points. Fieldtrip's inaugural lineup will include seven products ranging from cleansers and moisturizers to serums and facials mists.
Fieldtrip products harness nature-found ingredients from around the world and highlights their unique stories by showcasing each key ingredients' sustainable sourcing and historical significance. In addition to sustainably sourced ingredients, Fieldtrip has also partnered with Keep America Beautiful®'s RETREET® program, which redefines disaster relief by engaging communities to replant lost trees after natural disasters. As part of this partnership, Fieldtrip will be donating 5% of net proceeds to this program each year.
"We're so excited to bring Fieldtrip to the market to offer younger generations a brand that not only delivers on their skincare expectations but also aligns with their core personal values," says Gabrielle DeLatin, Head of Marketing for Grooming at Edgewell. "Gen-Z consumers expect more than just functional benefits. They seek out brands who are socially responsible and sustainable, offer clean formulations that perform as advertised, and are transparent throughout. This way of thinking really aligned with our core values and inspired Fieldtrip's launch. Equally important was being able to offer clean, effective products at an affordable price to ensure the line is accessible to all."
The brand embraces a "Your Earth, Your Skincare" philosophy and formulated all products to be clean, cruelty-free, vegan and formulated with a minimalist ingredient list that excludes ingredients such as silicones, parabens, sulfates, phthalates, chemical sunscreens, retinyl palmitate, synthetic fragrances, artificial dyes, formaldehyde, triclosan, triclocarban, petrolatum, mineral oil, talc, hydroquinone, BHA and BHT. Additionally, in keeping with Fieldtrip's do no harm approach, packaging contains bio-based polyethylene, which is a bioplastic made from renewable items and has fewer greenhouse gas emissions, along with post-consumer recycled materials, light weighted caps, and recyclable glass wherever possible. The brand is also certified by PETA's "Beauty Without Bunnies" program.
To aid transparency, Fieldtrip packaging also highlights a key sustainably sourced hero ingredient per product that is featured via colorful maps along with latitude and longitude coordinates to help consumers understand where the ingredient was sourced from. The first phase of products include:
- Fresh Start Purifying Face Cleanser with Glacial Clay harvested off the coast of Kisameet Bay, British Columbia, Canada
- Into The Blue Stress Less Moisturizer with Indian Wild Indigo sustainably sourced from India
- Trail Blazer Anywhere Shave Lotion with Birch Sap extracted with the utmost care from organically grown white birch trees from Northern Europe
- Overnight Trip Hydrating Lip Mask with Moringa Butter from the Himalayan Foothills of Southeast Asia
- C The World Brightening Serum with Camu Camu sustainably sourced from the Amazon Rainforest
- Eyeland Retreat Cooling Eye Gel with Red Maple Bark sustainably sourced and upcycled from Canada
- Wandermist Hydrating Facial Spray with Rambutan Peel Extract sustainably harvested and upcycled from Southeast Asia
All Fieldtrip products are under $25 and available now on FieldtripSkin.com and Amazon with more retailer availability at Nordstrom, Nordstrom Rack, and Macys.com in August. Additional Fieldtrip products will launch in Fall 2022.
ABOUT FIELDTRIP™
Fieldtrip™, launched in 2022, is a skin and body care brand designed specifically for the Gen Z consumer. Positioned as "Your Earth. Your Skincare.", the brand features highly expressive, nature-found ingredients from around the world and is clean, cruelty-free, and vegan. Fieldtrip has also partnered with Keep America Beautiful® to donate 5% of net proceeds to its RETREET® Program, which aims to redefine disaster relief by helping make the earth a greener, cleaner, more beautiful place to live. To learn more, visit FieldtripSkin.com.
ABOUT EDGEWELL™ PERSONAL CARE
Edgewell is a leading pure-play consumer products company with an attractive, diversified portfolio of established brand names such as Schick® and Wilkinson Sword® men's shaving products; Schick® and Billie® women's shaving products; Edge® and Skintimate® shave preparations; Banana Boat®, Hawaiian Tropic®, Bulldog®, Jack Black® and Cremo® sun and skin care products. The company has a broad global footprint and operates in more than 50 markets, including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Germany, Japan, the U.K. and Australia, with approximately 6,500 employees worldwide.
ABOUT KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL® & RETREET®
Keep America Beautiful's mission is to inspire and educate people to take action every day to improve and beautify their community environment. Their RETREET program redefines disaster relief by engaging communities to replant lost trees. RETREET offers a distinctive, hands-on experience for those who wish to volunteer in the wake of disaster, makes a generational impact in the communities in which it is held, and educates the public about the environmental, economic, and emotional impact of Keep America Beautiful's work. No other agency is focused on this important and underrepresented part of the recovery process. Yet, of everything that is lost to a natural disaster, it is the trees that take the longest to replace. Learn more at kab.org/programs/retreet/.
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The incidents in which President Biden and former president Donald Trump were found to be in possession of documents marked as classified are similar in the way that “There Will Be Blood” is similar to “Air Bud.” They are movies and they ran in theaters and … maybe there’s a dog in “There Will Be Blood”? But in plot and complexity and impact, they are simply incomparable.
So it is with the two documents cases. Biden’s lawyers found marked documents in an office in D.C. and turned them over to the government. A similar search at his home found other documents. Both locations were also searched by the FBI.
Trump’s case is much more complicated. The National Archives, recognizing it was missing material, contacted Trump after he left office in 2021. For months, they tried to negotiate a return of material. In early 2022, several boxes were turned over, including material marked as classified. That prompted a Justice Department investigation, which led to a subpoena, which led to Trump’s team turning over other material, which led to the government realizing there was still more at Mar-a-Lago, which led to the search warrant, which led to finding more material, which led to a federal indictment on charges related to the retention of documents and obstruction.
And “Air Bud” is about a doggy who plays basketball!
Even condensing the Trump situation into that paragraph was challenging. Trump’s allies and enablers don’t even try. When the Trump situation is discussed in right-wing media (which it often isn’t), the treatment is cursory or compared at the “they’re both movies” level with Biden’s. The effect is that Trump supporters are more likely to view Biden’s situation as the more problematic.
Something we can assert thanks to polling from Fox News.
On Wednesday, the cable news channel released data evaluating views of Trump, Biden and the legal system. (Standard, important stipulation: The bias shown in Fox News’s broadcast programming is not reflected in its polling, which is reliable and objective.) It found that most Americans think Trump violated the law in his handling of classified material while Biden didn’t.
Among Republicans, though, that’s not the case; they are much more likely to say Biden violated the law than that Trump did. Among those who say they plan to support Trump in the 2024 Republican primary, that divide was even more pronounced.
Somewhat amazingly, 1 in 5 Republicans said that they agreed Trump had violated the law. Among Trump primary voters, 6 percent did. In each group, two-thirds said the same of Biden.
Fox News also asked whether respondents felt that Trump’s hoarding classified material threatened national security. While more than half of respondents said it did, just under 1 in 5 Republicans agreed. Interestingly, so did 1 in 8 Trump 2024 supporters.
Part of the issue is that Republicans are deeply skeptical of the independence of the Justice Department — a sentiment eagerly stoked by Trump for almost entirely self-serving reasons. Only a quarter of Americans told Fox News that they generally trust the government, with Democrats as the only group in which a majority held that view. Only about a third of Republicans said they had much confidence in the Justice Department at all.
That’s reflected when Fox News asked respondents about their views of the department’s handling of two cases: Trump’s and the plea deal reached with Hunter Biden, the president’s son. Republicans generally thought the Justice Department has been too tough on Trump. (No one thinks it has been too tough on Hunter Biden.) Most Americans, and particularly Republicans, think the Justice Department’s decision-making in each case was motivated by politics.
That so many Republicans think Trump violated the law or put national security at risk comes as less of a surprise when you consider another question in the Fox News poll. A plurality of respondents figured that Trump’s legal woes wouldn’t have any effect on his chances in a general election, should he win the Republican nomination. Two-thirds of Republicans said either that the legal issues wouldn’t have any effect or would help Trump.
It seems like a safe bet that his legal issues might not move the needle much. I mean, 9 in 10 Democrats already think he broke the law. One in 8 of his current supporters think he put national security at risk! Who’s the swing voter here who suddenly changes his mind?
Besides, ain’t no rule that says someone under federal indictment can’t run for president. | 2023-06-29T21:14:11+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/29/trump-classified-documents-republican-voters/ |
(The Hill) – Former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien will testify Monday before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Stepien will be joined by other witnesses for the week’s first hearing that include former Fox News political editor Chris Stirewalt, former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia BJay Pak, conservative election attorney Benjamin Ginsberg and Al Schmidt, the former city commissioner of Philadelphia, according to an announcement by the committee.
The Jan. 6 committee, which held its first public hearing on the Capitol attack in primetime on Thursday, is gearing up for daytime hearings this week on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Lawmakers say they will tell a comprehensive narrative that places Trump at the center of the attack and show he is culpable for the rioting.
Stepien was first subpoenaed by the committee last November.
He is a longtime GOP operative who replaced Brad Parscale as Trump’s campaign manager in the months leading up to the 2020 election. Stepien was involved in the Trump campaign’s efforts to mount legal challenges to vote totals in several states he lost that year.
Stepien worked on Trump’s 2016 campaign and later served as White House political director.
The committee’s focus on Stepien includes his participation in the “Stop the Steal” effort, including fundraising and messaging that “included the promotion of certain false claims related to voting machines despite an internal campaign memo in which campaign staff determined that such claims were false.”
Stepien is now helping the campaign of Harriet Hageman, according to Politico. She is challenging Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the vice chair and one of two Republicans who sit on the Jan. 6 committee.
Stirewalt is a former top editor at Fox News who made the decision to call Arizona in favor of Biden on election night.
In an interview on Friday, Stirewalt said he hopes the hearings will allow people to be “clear eyed and sturdy footed knowing that we can keep our constitutional system in place.”
“This is the first time in the history of the country that we really threatened the peaceful transfer of power,” he said. “We need to make sure that doesn’t happen in 2024.”
The committee will also be hearing from Schmidt, a Republican election official in Philadelphia who drew Trump’s ire after he refused to say the 2020 election was rigged or rife with fraud. He stepped down from his post as city commissioner last year after receiving death threats.
Pak, the first Korean American to become a U.S. attorney, resigned from his Atlanta, Ga., post just days before the Jan. 6 rioting. Georgia became a focus of Trump’s efforts and the former president is alleged to have pressured election leaders there to overturn the election results in his favor.
Ginsberg is a conservative election lawyer and political law expert with over 38 years of experience in the field. He is also a political science professor at Johns Hopkins University’s center in Washington, D.C.
Ginsberg was previously a co-chair of the bipartisan Presidential Commission on Election Administration, a bipartisan group that works to improve election administration. He’s also written op-eds in newspapers criticizing claims of election fraud in the 2020 election, including in the New York Times.
Updated 5:03 p.m. | 2022-06-13T00:07:58+00:00 | ksn.com | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/former-trump-campaign-manager-to-testify-before-jan-6-committee-on-monday/ |
With negotiations in the White House underway this week, House Republicans are getting more candid about what compromises they consider most feasible in a debt ceiling deal.
Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.), a deputy to Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) who was central to outlining the House GOP debt limit bill, told reporters in a lengthy pen-and-pad discussion Thursday that the lowest-hanging fruits for agreement with Democrats are permitting reform, work requirements for public assistance programs, spending caps and rescinding unspent COVID-19 funds.
“If I were the person that were trying to lead a successful negotiation, I would grab those four and start with those,” Graves said.
Other House Republicans echoed those expectations — but some in the conference will likely expect more in the final agreement. And they point out that Democrats have not yet outlined any alternative to their own plan.
McCarthy also said Thursday that the talks between the White House and Republicans have not been productive so far.
“The president does not want a deal on this. He just wants to have default,” McCarthy said.
House Republicans’ debt bill — which was intended to be a starting point for negotiations — paired a $1.5 trillion debt ceiling increase with about $4.8 trillion in spending cuts and policy reforms. But they knew that much of that was a nonstarter for Democrats.
In addition to capping spending at fiscal 2022 levels, clawing back unused COVID-19 funds, blocking President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program and rescinding a boost in IRS funding passed last year, the legislation included the entirety of Republicans’ H.R. 1 energy bill that would boost production of fossil fuels.
Here are the areas where Republicans are optimistic about reaching a deal.
Permitting reform
Efforts to streamline regulations and procedures for building new energy projects have been a priority in both parties, though they have disagreed on the details.
Graves highlighted comments from White House clean energy adviser John Podesta about the need for permitting reform at the Bipartisan Policy Center this week. And the White House is supporting Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) recently reintroduced permitting reform bill.
“I think that Dems need permitting reform more than Republicans do,” Graves said.
Graves thinks “it’s doable” to strike a deal. “We could perhaps do some permitting reform now and come back even in months and do some of these other things that need to be done.”
Even House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) did not rule out the possibility of supporting permitting reform when asked about it at a press briefing Thursday.
Work requirements
House Republicans’ debt increase bill beefed up work requirements to 20 hours per week for recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (previously known as food stamps) between 50 and 56 years old. There were also changes proposed to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, and an outline for work requirements for Medicaid.
“The lowest-hanging fruit are those areas where common-sense Democrats in the past have had robust support, and work requirements are certainly among them,” said Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), the chair of the Republican Main Street Caucus who has spent a lot of time on crafting work requirements.
“We don’t live in a world with unlimited resources, and so for those who want to increase SNAP benefits for the most needy Americans, I would say work requirements are one way that we can make sure that we prioritize resources for people who need it most,” Johnson said.
Spending caps
A centerpiece of the GOP’s debt limit bill was putting a cap on discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels while allowing for 1 percent annual growth for 10 years.
Graves said that the White House is “certainly pushing for a shorter window” on a spending caps agreement.
Cutting spending has been central to the Republican wish list for the debt limit, and was a major issue in McCarthy’s drawn-out Speaker election.
“My guess is the president would have to spend less than he likes, we would have to spend more than we like,” said Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), chair of the House Rules Committee.
Rescind unspent COVID-19 funds
Biden said following his meeting with McCarthy and other top leaders at the White House on Thursday that rescinding unspent COVID-19 relief funds is “on the table,” giving Republicans reason to believe that a compromise there is possible.
“The fact that within 24 hours at the end of the meeting, they’re already stepping forward acknowledging Republicans’ strength in those areas is exceedingly good news,” Johnson said. | 2023-05-12T13:46:18+00:00 | wivb.com | https://www.wivb.com/news/political-news/hill-politics/here-are-the-top-four-areas-of-debt-ceiling-compromise-the-gop-is-eyeing/ |
TEL AVIV, Israel, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RADCOM Ltd. (NASDAQ: RDCM) announced today that it was selected by DISH Wireless (DISH) to provide its best-in-class RADCOM ACE solution to monitor customers' experience across DISH's 5G Smart Network™ — the first cloud-native, OpenRAN-based 5G network in the United States. RADCOM ACE will seamlessly integrate into DISH's network, enabling the company to monitor and analyze service quality across its nationwide deployment and proactively ensure the best customer experience.
"We are thrilled to be part of DISH's cloud-native 5G network, as it aims to innovate by launching nationwide 5G services using the latest cutting-edge technologies," said Eyal Harari, Chief Executive Officer, RADCOM. "Our cloud technology will allow DISH to launch 5G smoothly, offer a superior customer experience, gain real-time insights into how the network is performing 24/7 and ensure confidence when testing and rolling out new advanced services."
"Our standalone 5G network is the first to be fully deployed on the public cloud, and we needed an assurance market leader that shared our innovative vision," said Jeff McSchooler, Executive Vice President of Wireless Network Operations, DISH Wireless. "We selected RADCOM because its advanced cloud technology will ensure our customers have access to reliable network performance and a great user experience."
RADCOM ACE uses built-in artificial intelligence and machine learning to enable DISH to differentiate from its competition through automation that solves issues faster, saves engineering resources, and proactively maintains service quality across the network. In addition, RADCOM ACE provides scalability, performance, and efficiency to monitor the network continually and runs on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud using Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Also, the control and automation by Amazon EKS provide DISH with an innovative approach to assurance in the cloud, using minimal data center resources while providing real-time insights into the subscribers' experience as soon as new services launch.
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RADCOM (NASDAQ: RDCM) is the leading expert in 5G ready cloud-native network intelligence solutions for telecom operators transitioning to 5G. RADCOM Network Intelligence consists of RADCOM Network Visibility, RADCOM Service Assurance, and RADCOM Network Insights. The RADCOM Network Intelligence suite offers intelligent, container-based, on-demand solutions to deliver network analysis from the RAN to the core for 5G assurance. Utilizing automated and dynamic solutions with smart minimal data collection and on-demand troubleshooting and cutting-edge techniques based on machine learning, these solutions work in harmony to provide operators an understanding of the entire customer experience and allow them to troubleshoot network performance from a high to granular level while reducing storage costs and cloud resource utilization. For more information on how to RADCOMize your network today, please visit www.radcom.com, the content of which does not form a part of this press release.
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Suicides and homicides among young Americans jumped early in the pandemic, study says
NEW YORK (AP) — The homicide rate for older U.S. teenagers rose to its highest point in nearly 25 years during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the suicide rate for adults in their early 20s was the worst in more than 50 years, government researchers said Thursday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report examined the homicide and suicide rates among 10- to 24-year-olds from 2001 to 2021.
The increase is alarming and “reflects a mental health crisis among young people and a need for a number of policy changes,” said Dr. Steven Woolf, a Virginia Commonwealth University researcher who studies U.S. death trends and wasn’t involved in the CDC report.
Experts cited several possible reasons for the increases, including higher rates of depression, limited availability of mental health services and the number of guns in U.S. homes.
Guns were used in 54% of suicides and 93% of homicides among the age group in 2021, the most recent year for which statistics were available.
“Picture a teenager sitting in their bedroom feeling desperate and making a decision, impulsively, to take their own life,” Woolf said. If they have access to a gun, “it’s game over.”
Suicide and homicide were the second and third leading causes of death for 10- to 24-year-olds, after a category of accidental deaths that includes motor vehicle crashes, falls, drownings and overdoses. Other researchers have grouped the data by the method of death, and concluded that guns are now the biggest killer of U.S. children.
Earlier this year, Woolf and other researchers looking at CDC data noted dramatic increases in child and adolescent death rates overall at the beginning of the pandemic, and found suicide and homicide were important factors.
The report also found:
—Suicide and homicide death rates remained far higher for older teenagers and young adults than they were for 10- to 14-year-olds.
—In 2021, there were about 2,900 suicides in youths ages 10 to 19, and 4,200 in 20- to 24-year-olds. About 3,000 homicide deaths were reported in the younger group, and nearly 3,900 in the adults in their early 20s.
—The homicide death rate jumped from 8.9 deaths per 100,000 teens aged 15 to 19 in 2019 to 12.3 in 2020. It rose to 12.8 deaths per 100,000 in 2021, the highest since 1997, according to CDC data.
—Homicide deaths became more common than suicide deaths among 15- to 19-year-olds, while suicide was more common in the younger and older age groups.
—While large increases were seen in homicide rates for young Black and Hispanic people in the U.S., there were not significant increases for their white counterparts, other CDC data shows.
—Among 20- to 24-year-olds, the homicide death rate jumped 34% from 2019 to 2020 — from 13.4 per 100,000 population to 18 per 100,000. It held stable in 2021, but the suicide rate rose enough in 2021 — to 19.4 per 100,000 — to surpass the homicide rate.
Suicide death rates in children and teens were rising before COVID-19, but they jumped up at the beginning of the pandemic. Dr. Madhukar Trivedi, a psychiatrist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, said the reasons may be hard to pinpoint, but that isolation during COVID-19 lockdowns could be a factor.
“There is a misperception that if you talk to young people about depression, they’ll get depressed. A don’t-ask, don’t-tell policy for depression is not effective,” Trivedi said. “The earlier we can identify the ones who need help, the better chance we’ll have at saving lives.”
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NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") are investigating the proposed sale of Archaea Energy Inc. (NYSE: LFG) to BP p.l.c. (NYSE: BP). Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of Archaea will receive only $26.00 in cash for each Class A and Class B share of Archaea that they own. KSF is seeking to determine whether this consideration and the process that led to it are adequate, or whether the consideration undervalues the Company.
If you believe that this transaction undervalues the Company and/or if you would like to discuss your legal rights regarding the proposed sale, you may, without obligation or cost to you, e-mail or call KSF Managing Partner Lewis S. Kahn (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com) toll free at any time at 855-768-1857, or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nyse-lfg/ to learn more.
To learn more about KSF, whose partners include the Former Louisiana Attorney General, visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
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JERUSALEM — (AP) — Israel’s far-right government on Monday approved plans to build thousands of new homes in the occupied West Bank — a move that threatened to worsen increasingly strained relations with the United States.
The decision defied growing U.S. criticism of Israel’s settlement policies in occupied lands. It also raised tensions with the Palestinians at a time of rising violence in the occupied territory.
Multiple Israeli media outlets said the Defense Ministry planning committee that oversees settlement construction approved over 5,000 new settlement homes. The units are at various stages of planning, and it was not immediately clear when construction would begin. The ministry did not immediately comment.
The international community, along with the Palestinians, considers settlement construction illegal or illegitimate and obstacles to peace. Over 700,000 Israelis now live in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem – territories captured by Israel in 1967 and sought by the Palestinians for a future state.
Israel’s government, which took office in late December, is dominated by religious and ultranationalist politicians with close ties to the settlement movement.
The Biden Administration has been increasingly outspoken in its criticism of Israel’s settlement policies and has repeatedly called on Israel to halt the building. Despite the criticism, the U.S. has taken little action against its close ally.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government is investing in machines that suck giant amounts of carbon dioxide out of the air in the hopes of reducing damage from climate change.
The Department of Energy said Thursday it will release $3.5 billion to groups developing direct air capture and other technologies that remove carbon dioxide, which when released into the atmosphere causes global warming.
Climate scientists say humans have already allowed too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to prevent dangerous rises in global temperatures. They say on top of curbing emissions we must also remove carbon dioxide from the air that's already been released.
“This past month we saw the highest levels of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere in history, underscoring the fact that our efforts to tackle climate change will be inconsequential if we don’t act now to manage the greenhouse gas emissions that are currently putting public health and our environment at risk,” said Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm in a statement.
Companies such as Carbon Engineering and Climeworks are building direct air capture facilities that use giant fans to suck carbon dioxide out of the air and store it underground, or capture it to make synthetic fuel, soft drinks or concrete. But the facilities built so far remove just a tiny fraction of the carbon dioxide that scientists say is necessary to make a difference.
Developers are hoping the investment can help boost an industry that will need to scale up.
“If you want to reduce long-run climate risks, we will need to take CO2 out of the air,” said David Keith, professor of environmental science and engineering at Harvard and founder of Carbon Engineering, which designed a plant that captures carbon dioxide and turns it into synthetic fuel. “The best way to figure out what these methods cost and what their environmental impacts might be is to actually go build hardware that can stand up to public scrutiny.”
Carbon Engineering is working with Oxy Low Carbon Ventures and 1PointFive to develop a facility in the Permian Basin which would capture 1 million tons of CO2 annually.
The DOE money will support four large-scale regional direct air capture hubs that will include a network of carbon dioxide removal projects that each have the capacity to remove 1 million tons of carbon dioxide annually. Those projects will prioritize community engagement and environmental justice, the DOE said.
“I expect the impacts on health and land use in communities will be an important consideration,” said Roger Aines, energy program chief scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, noting that facilities would use land in communities and would run on renewable energy, which would mean placing solar panels or wind turbines around them.
“The time is right for this,” Aines said. “And the only way to really know whether we’re going to like this kind of approach is to try it out.” | 2022-05-19T22:29:45+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Carbon-removal-technologies-to-get-3-5B-federal-17185349.php |
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(The Hill) — Don Lemon says he regrets the way he talked about “women in their prime” during a segment on CNN’s morning show on Thursday.
“The reference I made to a woman’s ‘prime’ this morning was inartful and irrelevant, as colleagues and loved ones have pointed out, and I regret it,” Lemon wrote in a tweet on Thursday afternoon, following his remarks on “CNN This Morning.”
“A woman’s age doesn’t define her either personally or professionally. I have countless women in my life who prove that every day,” he continued.
Lemon was widely panned for comments made hours earlier about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, who called for competency tests for politicians over 75 years old as part of her campaign launch earlier this week.
“This whole talk about age makes me uncomfortable. I think it’s the wrong road to go down. She says people, you know, politicians or something are not in their prime,” Lemon said on the air. “Nikki Haley isn’t in her prime, sorry.”
“A woman is considered to be in their prime in 20s and 30s and maybe 40s,” he added.
The host’s comments were met with immediate pushback from his female co-hosts and resounding scorn from critics, many on the political right, including Haley herself.
“Liberals can’t stand the idea of having competency tests for older politicians to make sure they can do the job,” said Haley, who also sent a fundraising e-mail about the CNN anchor’s comments. “[By the way], it’s always the liberals who are the most sexist.”
Lemon — who for years hosted a show in prime time at CNN — was tapped last fall by network leadership to host its revamped morning program. At the time, Lemon insisted he “was not demoted” and said he was looking forward to the new challenge. | 2023-02-16T21:53:58+00:00 | localsyr.com | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/don-lemon-says-he-regrets-his-inartful-comments-about-women-age/ |
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Developers of a planned surf park on state land at Kalaeloa are trying to interest the general public in the venture as investors through an unusual offering.
An Ohio-based company is seeking to raise about $100,000 for the $155 million project called Honokea Surf Villages and Resort by selling shares of stock in an affiliated company.
Honokea’s developers,
local big-wave surfer Brian Keaulana and Kenan “Keno” Knieriem Jr.
of HK Management, partnered with Columbus, Ohio-based real estate fundraising firm Rhove to help finance the surf park project, which Rhove describes as being in a pre-development phase with high loss risk.
“Our partnership with Rhove perfectly aligns with our community focus,” Knieriem, CEO of the development firm, said in a statement from Rhove announcing the endeavor. “Partnering with Rhove is truly about the social benefits of community ownership. We are passionate about including the local community and bringing surfing to more people. What better way than to provide people with a true ownership stake.”
As of Friday afternoon, Rhove reported receiving $2,956 from 59 investors, or $50.10 on average. The company said the total represents 2.76% of its goal, which equates to a goal of $107,000.
The company said investors, who may contribute as little as $1, receive fractional shares of equity in the development project through a series of stock in its affiliate, Rhove Real Estate 1 LLC. The company cautions that investments in the
Honokea project are tentative and do not involve any guaranteed return.
“Any investment involves risk and may result in a total loss of principal,” the company states on its website. Rhove also explains that if it doesn’t achieve its fundraising goal within six months, then full refunds will be provided to investors.
Rhove describes Honokea Surf Villages and Resort as being in a pre-development phase of 18 to 22 months to be followed by 12 to 14 months of construction and projected completion in 2024.
In 2021, HK Management
persuaded state lawmakers to give the company tentative authorization to sell up to $95 million in tax-exempt, low-interest revenue bonds under a Hawaii law that allows such financing for projects that have a public interest.
These so-called special-purpose revenue bonds are something lawmakers can authorize for private projects that have a public benefit and are within several allowed industries that include agriculture, health care, nonprofit schools, affordable housing, manufacturing and telecommunications.
Such bonds provide a form of tax-free financing that is cheaper than commercial lending, and the obligation to repay investors who buy the bonds rests solely with the private entity and not the state.
In urging the Legislature to approve the bond financing through Senate Bill 1412 in 2021, Honokea representatives touted aspects of their plans that included boosting surf and film industries, given that the project aims to provide Olympic-level training and is slated to
have a surf and aquatic film studio.
The main piece of the envisioned park is a 5.5-acre
lagoon where man-made “perfect” barreling waves up to 8 feet would be generated.
Other elements of the project include 50 boutique bungalows for rent, a private bar, a business center and function room, 7,000 square feet of retail space, 5,000 square feet of restaurant space, a rock-climbing wall, a skate park, a BMX track, a ropes course, beach volleyball courts, a dive tank, a lazy river, a surfboard-
shaping facility and a surf history museum.
Honokea is envisioned for development on 19 acres of vacant land owned by the Hawaii Community Development Authority near the Diamond Head end of Kalaeloa Airport that was once part of Barbers Point Naval Air Station.
HCDA, a state agency, noted in testimony on the revenue bond bill in 2021 that HK Management did not yet have a land lease.
HK Management in
August received an 18-month extension from HCDA to continue due-diligence work on the property and exclusively negotiate a lease.
At the August HCDA meeting at which the extension was granted by the agency’s board, HK Management representatives said the company has been working with the agency to use the Kalaeloa site for five years, and a draft environmental assessment was published Friday as part of the ongoing effort to develop the project.
“We’re very excited to
be working with the staff,” Knieriem said at the meeting. “And we think that we have
a fascinating facility that will really bring excellence in sports, arts, industry and culture to Kalaeloa, especially, namely community.” | 2022-09-24T10:35:22+00:00 | staradvertiser.com | https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/09/24/hawaii-news/investors-wanted-for-oahu-surf-park-project/ |
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This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross. In the first year of the pandemic, more than 3,600 American health care workers died after being infected with the COVID-19 virus. Our guest, emergency room physician Farzon Nahvi, says that was a time when he and his colleagues were improvising means to treat patients and protect themselves. He writes in his new book that public health officials and hospital administrators were, like frontline medical workers, in over their heads and not quite sure what to do. For a time, some hospitals banned physicians and nurses from wearing masks at work, fearing it would frighten patients more than reassure them.
Most of Nahvi's memoir, though, focuses on his life as an ER doc and the health care system in pre-COVID times. He writes that COVID was not a wrecking ball for health care delivery, but a magnifying glass illuminating flaws already inherent in the system. He describes systemic failures in American health care and dilemmas that physicians face in treating and communicating with patients and their families.
Farzon Nahvi is an ER physician at Concord Hospital in New Hampshire and the clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Dartmouth Medical School. Before that, he worked in hospitals in Manhattan. He's written for The New York Times, The Washington Post and other publications, and has testified before a congressional committee on health care reform. His new book is "Code Gray: Death, Life And Uncertainty In The ER." Well, Farzon Nahvi, welcome to FRESH AIR.
FARZON NAHVI: Thank you for having me, Dave. It's a pleasure to be here.
DAVIES: You know, in the early part of this book about the early months of the pandemic, it's interesting. The book is filled with excerpts of text messages exchanged among you and other doctors you've known. You know, I guess you guys met in training and spread out around the country. And you're talking about really important stuff that you didn't feel you had clear guidance from public health authorities or your own hospital management. What kinds of things were you sharing with each other?
NAHVI: Well, you're absolutely right. This is a text message exchange between 15 of us. They're all 15 ER doctors that - we did our residency training together, and we spread out all over the country. And the text message thread had been there for a while. It's usually a benign thread where we talk about our lives and experiences. But then it really came to life in the earlier parts of COVID. And we shared all sorts of experiences.
It felt in that moment that we were one step ahead of all the guidance we were getting because we were there on the ground experiencing this. And then the guidance we would get would often come one or two weeks later. So we were really relying on each other for everything - what to do, how to treat people, what our situations were like in our different hospitals. If our family members got sick, we would ask each other to check up on each other's family members. So it really covered every aspect of life during that early part of the pandemic where things were really being done on the fly.
DAVIES: Yeah. Among the things that you communicated with your colleagues about was, you know, physicians and other health care workers who had died from the infection. And you write that in the first 12 months, 3,600 American health care workers would die of COVID-19, and that a Kaiser Health News investigation found that many were preventable. How could they have been prevented?
NAHVI: I think the early stance that COVID is not an airborne disease, when in fact we later on learned that it was, and other countries said that it was - by not treating it that way, I think we put a lot of ourselves at risk by not encouraging mask use early on. Two physicians that I worked with died early on. There was one patient transporter I know and one overnight clerk that I worked alongside - both of them died. And two PAs, two physician assistants that worked in the ER very closely with me - they didn't die, but they were young guys. They were in their 30s and 40s, and they were intubated in the ICU with COVID.
So it was a very different time period. And it's very difficult to kind of get into that mindset again, to remember what it was really like, because we've come such a long way with vaccines and kind of with time and the virus mutating on its own. I was speaking with a colleague of mine a while back, and she's an internal medicine doctor, and she related it to childbirth, actually. She had just given birth to a child. And she said that earlier period, just like that childbirth period where you kind of have this very huge, very dramatic experience and then it's over so quickly and everything is more or less back to normal.
And you look back and you say, hey, is that really as I remembered it? Was it really as crazy? And it was. But it was just so brief that it's hard to look back and appreciate it for that dramatic episode that it really was.
DAVIES: You were working very, very long hours. You know, you described getting home and having to think about how do I not bring the virus into my apartment. So were there was this whole crazy thing of disrobing and hitting the shower immediately. And then you're losing people. I mean, friends die. And you got to get right back in the ER. I mean, do you feel like there was post-traumatic stress here?
NAHVI: I'd say, yeah. I mean, in the text message thread in the book, there are parts where we have colleagues kind of asking each other, hey, is it safe to use our work health insurance to see a psychiatrist for this? And I know a lot of people that saw therapists for the first time because of this. And I think it's not just that people were dying, and it's not just that this was a scary time for us. It's also, as I was saying, this kind of loss of confidence in our system making the right calls to protect us.
The CDC and kind of our health care institutions at the highest levels weren't making the right calls to make us feel safe because it's one thing to say, hey, you know, there's this big scary thing that's happening, but you guys are in the position to help, and we're calling on you to help out. And it might be risky, but we're all in it together. But it's another thing to say, hey, this big thing is happening. We're calling on you to help out, and, you know, we're going to support you 50% of the way. So I think a lot of people had that sense that there wasn't as much trust in our institutions as we would like to have had. And because of that, it became a much scarier time. And I think maybe the PTSD comes from that.
DAVIES: You mentioned a lot of colleagues for the first time sought therapy. Did you seek help yourself?
NAHVI: I did, yeah, for the first time in my life. There's this wonderful collaboration between those of us who are in it together and texting one another. And one of those things was there's a group of therapists that actually got together, and they weren't ER doctors, so they couldn't help out in those early stages of COVID in the ER, but they decided that they wanted to help out by supporting us who were working in the ER. And they got together and provided free therapy for anyone who wanted it, no questions asked.
I've never experienced that in my life where I felt that I needed therapy. But because it was so available and because these people were coming from just this genuine desire to help us, I took him up on it, and it really was - it was very helpful, actually. And I appreciate that. And I think, right now, three years later, I'm doing OK, and I'm doing pretty well. And it's probably largely because of that experience I had.
DAVIES: Therapy is, of course, a private matter, but if you feel comfortable sharing, what do you think about it helped you get through this?
NAHVI: You know, there was just a lot of anger at that time. I'm not necessarily an angry person by nature. That's not my go-to. But I just remember being kind of uncharacteristically angry during that time period and having someone there to help me through that, I think was extraordinarily valuable.
DAVIES: We need to take a break here. Let me reintroduce you. We're speaking with Farzon Nahvi. He's an emergency room doctor at Concord Hospital in New Hampshire. He spent the early months of the COVID pandemic as an emergency room physician in Manhattan. His new memoir is "Code Gray: Death, Life, And Uncertainty In The ER." We'll continue our conversation in just a moment. This is FRESH AIR.
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DAVIES: This is FRESH AIR. And my guest is Farzon Nahvi. He's an emergency room physician at Concord Hospital in Concord, N.H. His new memoir is called "Code Gray: Death, Life, And Uncertainty In The ER."
So the book is about life in the ER. And you describe being on duty in an outer borough of New York once when you get word that an ambulance is on its way with a 43-year-old woman who has not had a pulse for 30 minutes, and the ambulance is still six minutes away. It's clear to you that she's died and is not going to be revived. What do you and your team prepare to do when the ambulance arrives?
NAHVI: Well, yeah, like you said, just from hearing that report, it's clear that she's died, and there's going to be no successful chance at bringing her back. And yet we do what we always do, which is that we prepare to do everything in full capacity. You always worry that there's some sort of miscommunication or something else might have happened that we didn't really catch word of 'cause the communications in the pre-hospital setting, they can be a little rocky. We could lose our phone connection. Who knows? So we get ready for everything. So it's this funny kind of feeling where you kind of know everything is done, and yet you get prepared to do everything. And that's kind of how we - where we live in the ER. We live in that space where you do everything, but you're kind of prepared for the worst. And then, yeah, so she comes in, we get ready to receive her, and we continue that first set our paramedics had initiated, which is CPR, a bunch of medications, an intubation for her airway protection and all that stuff until we eventually do call her time of death.
DAVIES: Now, her husband arrives a few minutes later, and you and the team are still working on her. And you give him the option of staying in the room and watching. And I'm picturing this 'cause you describe it. And she is, you know, on the table, naked and unresponsive, being subjected to a lot of, you know, invasive stuff. There are tubes and IVs and chest compressions going on. I could imagine it would be traumatizing for a husband to see this. What goes into your thinking about whether it's a good idea to have, you know, a relative or a loved one in the room?
NAHVI: I think there's two ways to think about that. The first way - and for me, the most important way - is that that's their right. It's their right to have the option whether to come in or not. The second thing is - your question has a lot of validity. In previous generation, in previous eras, we didn't used to let people in the room. We used to protect them from that experience. But more recent research has demonstrated that actually helps the people who survive that experience. The family members who witness their loved one having died and are in the room with them actually have a less difficult grieving experience than those who are not witness to that. And you can imagine it gives you some kind of closure, some kind of understanding what - to what happened and also an understanding that the medical team that was there was really doing everything that they could have done.
And so if the person didn't make it and they did end up dead, that every effort to keep them alive was made. And, I mean, we could go through the research and the data, but I think a lot of people experienced this during COVID itself, when people weren't allowed there. I think we think that it's horrifying to watch someone during the final moment as they die, and it is, but the more horrifying thing is to not watch it, is to not be allowed to be in that room. And a lot of people had to go through that during COVID.
DAVIES: You know, as you describe what happens here - and this is a conversation that moves as a thread throughout the book while you discuss related topics. But it's interesting that you tell us in the book that there's no set standard for how long you continue CPR after you're not getting a pulse. And you and this team - and it's quite a team - really work on this woman. I mean, it's clear at some point that it's not going to be successful. And you have the husband here, and you want him to feel comfortable that everything that could be done was done. And so you talked to the team. I'd like you to kind of just reconstruct this, what you say to your team, 'cause it sounds to me like part of that is done for the benefit of the husband.
NAHVI: You know, it is. Yeah. Well, we also need to make sure that we're all on the same page. So what we do is that we - we're communicating my thoughts to the team as I lead this resuscitation attempt, this code, and we talk out loud, and we say, hey, we have a 45-year-old female. She came in with X, Y or Z. We did X, Y, or Z. We felt no pulse. We have no return of spontaneous circulation. It's been 45 minutes. I think it's time to call this code and call a time of death. Does anybody else have any ideas? And we do this to review to make sure we're not missing anything because we want input from everyone on the team. Sometimes our nurses have great ideas, our physician assistants have great ideas that we're missing, and it's very important to continue that.
But also, it's this dramatic thing where someone's about to die, and we want everyone in that room, whether that's the patient's family members or anyone that's on my team with me, to feel comfortable with that. The last thing I would want as a physician leading a code is for someone to say, hey, I think we should have done this, afterwards. So we do review that. As long as everyone buys in and we're all on the same page, then we proceed, and we say, OK, time of death, 10:32 a.m. or whatever it is. And that's usually how it ends.
DAVIES: It was really striking to me that you're saying to everyone, OK, we have this woman; is there anything else we're missing? And when you all agree, then it is over. You have to, here - at some point here, communicate this to the husband. And a good part of what you discuss in the book is communicating with patients and patients' families. And it's not easy. And one of - you write about a moment early in your career where you had to communicate bad news. And it was a woman who had come in with a persistent cough. It turns out when she gets - what? - I don't know. Was it a scan of some kind?
NAHVI: Yeah, she had a CAT scan.
DAVIES: That it appeared she had metastatic cancer, and you had to talk to her. You felt you didn't handle it well at the time. Tell us about it.
NAHVI: Yeah. No, I didn't handle it well at all because they teach this stuff in med school and residency but it's all theoretical. The real-life doing it is an entire different level. And in that particular example, I knew the information I had to tell her, and yet I just found myself literally unable to speak the words. Up until that in my whole entire life, I've never had to confirm someone's deepest anxieties and fears.
Generally in life, if we have friends or family members and they're going through a hard time, we tell them everything's going to be fine. We give them reassurance 'cause usually it is. And this was the first time in my life where someone came in, and they probably had some fear deep back in their mind that something catastrophic was happening, and I had to go confirm that. And I was fighting this deep, deep desire inside of me to not want to tell her that truth, to try to avoid that as much as possible.
So I went through the whole conversation, and I walked away realizing that I didn't tell her she had cancer. I had used all these euphemisms. I told her, you know, the CAT scan came back, and there were some masses in there. And she said, what could those masses be? And I said, oh, they could be some pretty bad things. And then, she eventually asked me, what could those bad things be? And I said, oh, you know, we're going to need a biopsy to confirm it. And I just couldn't get myself to do it 'cause I - it just went so against the grain of everything that I want to do and everything I had done before that. So it was a troubling experience in that sense.
DAVIES: So you left her kind of maybe a little unclear as to how serious this was. Did you go back and have another conversation with her?
NAHVI: Well, yeah, absolutely. I had this recognition immediately after I walked away. I just - kind of my mind was reeling, that, oh, geez, I didn't even tell her (laughter). And then, I had to have this awkward about-face where I walked back and say, hey, you know, I don't think I actually communicated as well as I could have, and I had to. So those things that I was talking about, those bad things, it does look like you have metastatic cancer.
And the ER's a tough place to break that news because we have no information except that you have cancer, right? If you go somewhere else and you get a biopsy, we might be able to say this is the type of cancer, or this is what the next step is in your treatment, or this is the prognosis. But we know so little. So all I could tell her was that she had cancer. And every follow-up question, we don't really have the answer to that. So it makes it quite difficult.
DAVIES: I mean, this was terrible news to her, I'm sure. I'm curious, when you came back the second time, had she been confused before? Did she think it was something more benign or it wasn't cancer?
NAHVI: I don't think that she was confused. I think she knew. I think she probably held on to some hope 'cause I didn't close that book for her. But I think that she knew.
DAVIES: I'm sure she went on and got, you know, treatment beyond the ER. Do you know what happened with her illness?
NAHVI: That's one of the kind of funny things about the ER. We see patients - we see them one time, and often, we never see them again. And some patients, I am able to follow up on. I track down their medical record number. I'll follow them up in the hospital the next day and see what happened. But if they go to a different hospital or they don't have a clinic appointment for a few months, we don't necessarily always follow up or know what happened. So for her, no, I can't say that I actually know what happened to her.
DAVIES: When it was time to talk to the husband of the woman who had come in and had died - and he watched your team try and resuscitate her. When you sat down - by then, you were more experienced - what was your approach in talking to him? What was that like?
NAHVI: Well, the first thing you do is just ask them what they know. Before I even say anything, I say, hey, we were in the same room together. Tell me what you know up until this point, and let me fill you in on the rest. And that gives me some time to actually get a better understanding of who this person is. What do they know medically? What have they seen? But also, how am I going to speak with them? And it kind of helps me frame my conversation. And then, I might fill them in on the rest.
And generally, when I try to do this, when someone's died, there's not a lot of information that I feel that I need to give in terms of, this is the next step in your process, or this is your treatment. A lot of it is just reassurance for that person that they did the right thing, that the paramedics that took care of the patient on the way to the hospital did the right thing, that, you know, we in the hospital did all of these things. And I might give them specific examples of the things we did to try to resuscitate her and how those were unsuccessful. And it's very important to me to try to let them know that everything that could have been done to save that person's life was done, and it was just an event that was outside of our capacity to treat.
DAVIES: And then, when it was over, you said, you can stay in the room if you like. And he chose to do that - right? - that is to say, with his deceased wife?
NAHVI: Yeah. Yeah, a lot of things - the ER is a busy place. It's a chaotic place. And we have a lot of rules on visitors, on who is allowed where and who is allowed to do what. But when someone's died, we generally let their family members do what they feel that they need to do. There's no more visitor rules. If four or five people want to come in, that's OK. If they want to stay in the room with the patient, that's OK.
DAVIES: We're going to take another break here. Let me reintroduce you. We are speaking with Farzon Nahvi. He's an emergency room doctor at Concord Hospital in New Hampshire. He spent the early months of the COVID pandemic as an emergency room physician in New York. His new memoir is "Code Gray: Death, Life, And Uncertainty In The ER." He'll be back to talk more after this short break. I'm Dave Davies, and this is FRESH AIR.
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DAVIES: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross. We're speaking with Dr. Farzon Nahvi, an emergency room physician at Concord Hospital in Concord, N.H. He spent the early months of the COVID pandemic on the front lines in emergency rooms in New York City. His new memoir is about his experiences in the ER and his frustrations with American health care. It's called "Code Gray: Death, Life, And Uncertainty in the ER."
You write about death and how physicians deal with it. I've asked you to read a little selection from this here. This is in the middle of the book. You want to just share this with us?
NAHVI: Absolutely. (Reading) Upon learning that I'm an emergency medicine doctor, people often ask how I deal with encountering death. It must be stressful. How do you do it? It's a difficult question to answer. I usually shrug it off. You get used to it, I say. That is a lie. You don't get used to it. I have been intimately involved in a wide variety of deaths. I have experienced grandparents dying of cancer and heart disease and have seen children die of illness and injury. I've filled out the morbid paperwork required after a successful suicide attempt. I have informed a pair of French tourists that the precarious selfie they warned their daughter not to take would be the last picture they would have of her. I've told an intoxicated driver of a rollover car crash that he would be spending the remainder of spring break and beyond without his best friend. I have never gotten used to any of it.
DAVIES: It's something that's a part of your life. You mentioned in the book that your father-in-law became ill with COVID and had stopped breathing once. He was not near you. And he had been picked up by an ambulance crew that had inserted a breathing tube. You called the ER where he was being treated to check on him. And when a clerk answered the phone, you knew immediately, you write, without her telling you that he had died. How did you know?
NAHVI: When you work in the ER, you kind of get used to every little detail in every little tone of voice. And I remember our beginning of our conversation was normal. She was a little bit hurried. She was helpful, but she wanted to get to know kind of why I was calling. And I told her the name of who I was calling for. And immediately, once she heard that name, she slowed down her cadence. And she took the time to speak with me. She didn't necessarily get kinder. She was nice from the beginning. But she just slowed down to a degree that I knew that that's the kind of slowing down that you get on the other end of the phone when someone's died.
I know her job. I know what she's doing. She's sitting by a computer reviewing a list of patients. And she has a lot of stuff going on. And she's very busy. And if it's a patient with an ankle sprain or with, you know, even a heart attack, you get that information. And you look it up. And you kind of say, all right, I'll get back to you in a little bit. But when she looked at the board, I presume, and she saw that we were calling for my wife's father and he died, she just changed her tone completely. And it was very evident to me of exactly what happened on the other end of that line.
DAVIES: You know, you write that you've never gotten used to death despite being around it so much. And people wonder how you deal with it. How do you?
NAHVI: People give all sorts of answers for this. And I think the honest, honest truth of what we do is that we kind of just ignore it. We pretend that it doesn't exist. And we don't really acknowledge it. And that's our culture. I think medicine is a very apprenticeship kind of culture where we see people before us, and we emulate the way they do things. And I think, for better or for worse, the way it's always been, we kind of just ignore it.
And I think there's a lot of people out there who say that this kind of compartmentalization and detachment is necessary, that if you get too close to those experiences and take them too seriously that you're going to get too attached and you can't perform your job. But I think that's a misread. I think that's certainly a coping mechanism, but I think it's a poor coping mechanism. I don't think you could pretend to be unaffected by this stuff. And one of the reasons I wrote this book was to kind of explore that, for myself and for others to share in that experience.
DAVIES: Yeah. Well, it's interesting, you know? You say that ignoring it is, I guess, a way to function and get back in there and handle the next day. But it's, in the long run, not healthy. And I'm wondering what the alternative is. I mean, writing a book, for you, was helpful. But that's...
NAHVI: (Laughter).
DAVIES: Not everybody's going to do that. And you're not going to do it, you know, all the time.
NAHVI: Yeah.
DAVIES: Is there an alternate?
NAHVI: Well, I could share an experience I had, actually. It was about three, four years ago now. And it's an example of how we can do better. So I - in the ER when someone dies, traditionally, we call a time of death. And I just can't overstate, it's just an awkward, strange circumstance. We call a time of death. Everyone kind of just shuffles about and makes awkward eye contact. And then we just walk away. And nothing happened. And that's always felt so unsatisfying to me because you're a part of this very important thing. You don't know the person. You're anonymous. You might not even know their name. But they died. And it's a human being that died. And we do nothing. And I never did any better. I didn't have an answer to this question of how we could do better if you asked me five, six years ago.
But then one time, I was an attending physician. I was supervising one of the residents that I worked with. And at the end of a code, someone had died. We called a time of death. And he just spoke up on his own. And he said, hey, I just hope everyone can stay in the room for another 30 seconds. I just want to appreciate that a human being has died. And what he said was - word for word, he said, we didn't know this gentleman. We don't know his name. But just as we have people in our lives that we love and people who love us, we can assume that this gentleman had people in his life that he loved and people who loved him. So in recognition of that and in recognition that someone has died, let's just have a moment of silence. And the whole thing lasted maybe 15 seconds. But it just transformed the way I experienced those things from then on out.
And I copied him. He was my resident. I was supposed to be a supervisor teaching him, but I took that from him. And since then, I've been doing that every time that someone dies in the ER. And every time I do that, I have people come up to me - nurses that I work with, technicians, respiratory therapists - and they say, thank you for what you're doing. So you can tell that there's this unmet need of how we deal with things in the ER. And I don't know that I have all the answers of all the things we could do to make this better. But from this experience that I've had, I know that there are ways that we can do better. And I think the first thing we need to do is start talking about it to see how we can kind of have that conversation and begin this process.
DAVIES: Oh, that's so interesting, you know? I mean, everybody is so busy. They have other tasks to get to. But taking a moment to just acknowledge this pain makes a difference.
NAHVI: Huge difference. Yes.
DAVIES: In the case of the woman who - the 43-year-old woman who had died and, you know, you let the husband sit with the wife's body, and then you spoke to him. And at some point, then you have to put in your notes. I mean, you fill out a death certificate. You put in your notes. And one of the note - things that you note is that these notes that you are writing are going to be gone over in detail by the hospital's business department. What are they going to be looking for?
NAHVI: They're looking for profit, Dave. So there's billers and coders, and they exist in a whole different universe than we exist in. We live in the clinical space, but we are employees of a hospital, and they too are employees of a hospital. And they live in different buildings, working on computers, and they use software, and they have methods to extract what we write for profit. So they look for phrases that say, hey, this indicates a level of sickness which can be a code that we put in to get billed for this or that. And they generate a bill from what we do.
And in this particular case, it's kind of disconcerting for me because this person just died, and it's not really front of mind for me, but I have to write this note, and I do it. And the note itself is not problematic because you do have to write a note to document what happened medically. But then kind of I'm very well aware of all the steps that happen down the line.
DAVIES: Do you get training or advice or pressure to write notes which will generate the most expensive billing opportunities?
NAHVI: It depends on the hospital I've worked for. I've worked for public hospitals who do have a mission to just take care of people. And no, I don't get that pressure there. But many of the private hospitals I work for, there's a phrase that's called strive to five, meaning try to get that Level 5 billing code, you could say.
DAVIES: Level 5 of service is higher priced, more profitable.
NAHVI: Correct.
DAVIES: Let's take another break here. Let me reintroduce you. We are speaking with Farzon Nahvi. He's an emergency room doctor at Concord Hospital in New Hampshire. His new book is "Code Gray: Death, Life, And Uncertainty In The ER." We'll continue our conversation after this break. This is FRESH AIR.
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DAVIES: This is FRESH AIR, and we're speaking with Dr. Farzon Nahvi. He's an emergency room physician at Concord Hospital in Concord, New Hampshire. He spent the early months of the COVID pandemic on the front lines in emergency rooms in New York City. His new memoir is about his experiences in the ER and his frustrations with American health care. It's called "Code Gray: Death, Life, And Uncertainty In The ER."
There are plenty of cases in this book where you find just frustration with the way our health care system works or does not work. You know, one interesting story you tell is of a woman who comes into the emergency room. This is not during the COVID days. She comes into the emergency room, and she wants chemotherapy treatments, and she knows she has cancer. And in fact, she has detailed instructions from the oncologist who has been treating her. Why was she coming to the emergency room?
NAHVI: Well, she came to the emergency room because her oncologist had stopped treating her. So what her story was - she was a young lady. She was diagnosed with cancer. And then she started getting treatment for her cancer with an oncologist at a private - not-for-profit but private institution. And then what happened was that because of her chemotherapy and her cancer treatments, she took too many sick days from her job. So she ended up losing her job. Then she lost her health insurance because of losing her job.
So her chemo - her oncologist wasn't able to see her anymore because she didn't have insurance anymore. So he or she referred this patient to our hospital, which was a public hospital where I was working at the time. She didn't understand that she had to go see an oncologist. So she just came to the emergency room. And I thought there was a misunderstanding.
I saw her, and I said, you know, I'm an ER doctor. I - if I could treat you, I absolutely would. I just don't have these tools. I don't have that capability. And then we ended up kind of going from there. But that's how she ended up in the emergency room with me.
DAVIES: But it's interesting - I mean, it would take her, I think she said, weeks or months to get an appointment with an oncologist. And she knew that if you come to the ER, they have to treat you, right? I mean, so she figured, hey, you can't send me away.
NAHVI: That was what she told us, yes. She said that she was familiar, that there was some law out there, that if you are uninsured under any circumstances, you come to an emergency room, we have to treat you. And she's right. Except the caveat to that, which kind of is what made me so uncomfortable at that time, was that she had a great understanding of the situation, except that what we have to do in the ER is stabilize you, not necessarily treat you. So you have to be evaluated by law. And whatever we can do to stabilize you, we have to do.
In the eyes of this legislation, she was stable. So she had cancer, and she was dying, but she was dying slowly. She wasn't dying quickly. So she was technically stable. And it became this kind of horrible thing that I had to explain to her that, yes, you're protected by this law and yes, you have cancer and yes, you're dying, but I can't help you.
And not that I don't want to, again, is just that I am not an oncologist. I don't have chemotherapy. I'm not trained for that. I don't know how to do that. And in the eyes of the law, you're stable. And she kind of got a little upset, rightfully so. And she said, you know, if I was dying quickly, you had to take care of me. But because I'm dying slowly, all bets are off. And I had kind of no choice but to agree with her.
DAVIES: Yeah. So what does that do to you emotionally? I mean, how do you - what did you say?
NAHVI: Well, it's terrible. I mean, I think there's a lot of injustices in our health care system. And we see this stuff all the time. And it's funny because I think when you're in med school, you're told by your professors all the time that you're going to be entrusted with these important situation with your patients, and you have to really value that trust that patients put in you. But they don't tell you about the opposite. They don't tell you about the shame of being a doctor, sometimes, the shame of being a part of a system where you're complicit in these problems, and you can't do anything to help people that - despite seeing them and knowing that they need your help and the system is not serving them.
DAVIES: Right. One other case - you mentioned a time when a patient came in and had had serious complications from having taken antibiotics that they had bought, I think on a pet supplies website. And you called poison control. And the guy who answered immediately had a guess about what kind of antibiotics. Share this with us.
NAHVI: Well, yeah. So the patient - for a lot of reasons, she thought she was ill. She didn't have health insurance, and she thought that she needed antibiotics. So she went ahead and took pet antibiotics. And I went to report this to the poison control center, who keep logs of this kind of thing to protect the public. And I told him, you know, you're never going to believe this, but this patient took pet antibiotics. And far from not believing me, he responded immediately. He says, let me guess - is it the fish formulation? And I said, how do you know? And he said, whenever people have problems with this and they overdose, it's always with the fish formulation.
What he told me was that people take veterinary antibiotics all the time, and he gets cases reported about that routinely. But when you take dog or cat antibiotics, people usually do fine because they're pills, and they're the right dosage. Whereas fish formulation, it's just highly dense, highly concentrated 'cause you're supposed to dissolve it into a fish tank so that the fish can eventually drink it when they have their water. So people who take fish antibiotics, generally, they overdose by an order of magnitude. So it was kind of shocking how often it must happen.
DAVIES: Right. And to get the dog or cat antibiotics, they actually need a prescription from a vet. Whereas...
NAHVI: Right.
DAVIES: ...For the fish antibiotics, they can just order them. What kind of complications does one risk by taking fish antibiotics?
NAHVI: Well, so this lady, she took - actually, I remember the specific antibiotic was erythromycin. She took fish erythromycin, and she had some neurological side effects. So she had something called ataxia, which is a change in your balance and your gait. So she lost her balance. And she had nystagmus, so her eyes were twitching, and she couldn't walk well. And the grand irony - and you can't make this stuff up. It's just so terrible. She came in, and the whole reason she had taken the fish antibiotics was that she had a job interview coming up. So she took the fish antibiotics, she overdosed, and she had some balance issues, and she fell down a staircase during her job interview.
I just can't identify where she went wrong - right? - where someone would argue that she should have done better. She - here we have this lady trying to do everything right. She was working hard to try to get a job so that she could get health insurance, but she didn't at the time, so she did the best that she could to try to get herself a job and health insurance. And yet even that process caused her to have some CNS - central nervous system - toxicity and then fall down a staircase, and she ended up in the ICU.
DAVIES: You know, at the end of the book, you say that there are a lot of these tough questions about patients and their treatment and how you talk to them and their families. And you write that you don't have a chapter where you can answer these questions, I mean, that these are unsolved dilemmas that - you say you hope you provide we, your readers, with a measure of discomfort so we can consider some of life's important questions...
NAHVI: Yeah.
DAVIES: ...That defy easy answers. I mean, that makes sense. These aren't easy questions. They aren't easy answers. I'm wondering, has writing these stories and the process of considering these dilemmas, do you think, made you a better doctor?
NAHVI: I think it's made me a better doctor and a better person (laughter). I think these stories live within us, whether we acknowledge them or not. And they percolate, and they come out in different ways. And I think really sitting down and processing them and kind of getting a better understanding of them has made me get a better understanding of life itself. I think what the funny thing is, these stories are - it's an exploration of life in the ER, but really, they're just an exploration of life in general. The ER is just life in its most extreme. There's nothing unique about it, right?
I think the ER is this fascinating place where it exists as a contradiction. It's this place where there's a whole team of people who are ready, willing and able to take care of you at any time of day, no matter when you want to come. And yet no one ever wants to go there, right? We stick you with needles. There's long wait times. You can't get any rest. It's America, so it's expensive. So it's this funny place where the only people that will ever come there are people that don't want to be there. And we see extremes as a result. So we see medical, ethical, social and health care extremes and kind of going through that process and understanding those things helps you understand how you feel about things in life in general.
DAVIES: Well, Dr. Farzon Nahvi, thanks for all your good work and thanks for speaking with us.
NAHVI: Thank you so much, Dave. It was a pleasure to be here. I really appreciate it.
DAVIES: Farzon Nahvi is an emergency room doctor at Concord Hospital in New Hampshire. He spent the early months of the COVID pandemic as an emergency room physician in New York. His new memoir is "Code Gray: Death, Life, And Uncertainty In The ER." Coming up, TV critic David Bianculli reviews the 10th anniversary episode of "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver." This is FRESH AIR.
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- The majority of respondents attach a high level of importance to being able to express their LGBT+ identity at work freely, but less than half are comfortable being out to all colleagues.
- Gen Z and millennial respondents are far more likely than their Gen X counterparts to place an emphasis on diversity and inclusion when seeking a new employer.
- Respondents are experiencing non-inclusive behaviors at work—and many say they are certain it's because of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
NEW YORK, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Released today, the Deloitte Global 2023 LGBT+ Inclusion @ Work report explores the experiences of more than 5,400 non-Deloitte LGBT+ respondents who work in various sectors across 13 countries through the lens of both sexual orientation and gender identity. The report provides an in-depth view into the experiences of LGBT+ people in the workplace, including the steps their employers are taking to further LGBT+ inclusion and the impact this has on them, their levels of comfort in being out at work, and their experiences of non-inclusive behavior.
"The survey findings reinforce that when organizations foster diversity and demonstrate a commitment to LGBT+ inclusion, it can have a positive impact on the lives and experiences of all employees in the workplace," says Elizabeth Faber, Deloitte Global Chief People & Purpose Officer. "However, the survey also shows that organizations should do more to provide an environment in which LGBT+ employees feel able to be themselves at work."
Workplace diversity and LGBT+ inclusion strongly influence career decisions, particularly for Gen Zs and millennials
A third of respondents are actively looking for a new job in search of a more LGBT+ inclusive employer. When seeking a new employer, nearly seven in 10 (69%) respondents cite workforce diversity as their top consideration. This is followed by the opportunity to be involved in diversity and inclusion initiatives (64%), the organization's internal (63%) and external (56%) commitment to LGBT+ inclusion, and having leaders who are out at work (53%).
Gen Z and millennial respondents are far more likely than their Gen X counterparts to place an emphasis on diversity and inclusion when seeking a new employer. Four in 10 Gen X respondents (43%) said they actively sought out information about an organization's commitment to diversity and inclusion before applying to their current role, compared to nearly two-thirds of millennials (64%) and three-quarters of Gen Zs (72%). This generational difference can also be seen when it comes to how important they feel it is to be able to be out at work about their sexual orientation or gender identity, and how directly involved they want to be in diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Most LGBT+ employees want to be out at work, but many don't feel comfortable being so to all colleagues
The majority of respondents attach a high level of importance to being able to freely express their LGBT+ identity at work. Six in 10 respondents believe it is important to be able to freely express their sexual orientation at work, while 75% said the same for gender identity.
However, less than half feel comfortable being out with all of their colleagues, and another third of respondents say they are only comfortable being out at work with select colleagues. Many are more comfortable being out with close colleagues compared to being out with their direct managers and more senior leaders—just under 60% are open with their closest colleagues about their sexual orientation, and 54% about their gender identity. This compares to only 37% who are comfortable being out about either their sexual orientation or gender identity with their direct managers.
For those who are not comfortable being out, the most common reason is a concern about being treated differently. Beyond this, the reasons vary by sexual orientation and gender identity. From a sexual orientation perspective, a preference not to discuss their private life at work is the next most cited reason, followed by concerns about facing discrimination or harassment, and that they would not be treated with respect. Nearly two in 10 respondents cite concerns for personal safety. From a gender identity perspective, concerns about discrimination or harassment are the second most cited reason, followed by a worry that they would not be treated with respect. Just over a quarter cite concerns for their personal safety.
Comfort in being out at work increases with seniority and allyship
Comfort in being out at work increases with seniority, particularly when it comes to sexual orientation—more than half (51%) of those in senior roles are comfortable being out at work, compared to more than a third (37%) of junior employees. This trend holds true for gender identity, but the difference is less significant—54% of those in senior roles are comfortable being out about their gender identity at work, compared to 46% of junior respondents.
Regardless of seniority, having allies at work plays a part when it comes to comfort in being out. Six in 10 respondents say that allyship helps them be out at work about their sexual orientation, and almost seven in 10 say the same when it comes to gender identity. The survey findings also show that having LGBT+ role models at work strongly correlates with greater comfort being out at work.
Non-inclusive behaviors are occurring at work, and many believe this is a result of their sexual orientation or gender identity
Four in 10 respondents (42%) have experienced non-inclusive behaviors in a work context, and just under half say they are certain they experienced them as a result of their sexual orientation or gender identity, with a further 37% saying they strongly suspect this to be the reason.
When it comes to escalating this behavior to their employer so that action can be taken, 43% of respondents did not report their experience to their employer. For these respondents, four in 10 didn't think their complaint would be taken seriously, closely followed by a concern that reporting would make the situation worse, and around a third didn't have confidence that action would be taken. Less than a third didn't report because they were concerned about adverse career impact.
"The data from the survey shows how far there still is to go when it comes to embedding LGBT+ inclusion in the workplace," says Emma Codd, Deloitte Global Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer. "Many respondents want to be out at work but feel unable to be so with all colleagues due to concerns about being treated differently, discrimination and harassment and—for some—their personal safety. Concerns that are perhaps unsurprising, when many of those experiencing non-inclusive behaviors say they are certain—or strongly suspect—that this is a result of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Employers should take action to ensure that they provide an LGBT+ inclusive workplace—underpinned at all times by respect."
To learn more about the Deloitte Global 2023 LGBT+ Inclusion @ Work Survey findings, please visit: www.deloitte.com/lgbtatwork.
Methodology
The Deloitte Global LGBT+ Inclusion @ Work study is a global survey of 5,474 LGBT+ employees across 13 countries that took place between January and February 2023 via online quantitative interviews and one-to-one in-depth qualitative discussions.
Countries surveyed include Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, India, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Former NerdWallet CMO Joins Jackpocket to Advise Leadership Team
NEW YORK, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jackpocket, America's #1 lottery app, welcomes Kelly Gillease as a senior advisor to its board of directors.* Stepping into this role, Gillease will work with Jackpocket's board and executive team to help guide the company's short and long-term marketing goals as it continues its rapid growth and product expansion.
Gillease brings over 20 years of experience driving strategic growth and scale at consumer startups, including StudyBlue, TripAdvisor, and Viator. Most recently, in her over 4-year tenure as CMO at NerdWallet, Gillease helped establish NerdWallet as the brand of choice for personal finance news and information as well as developed a best-in-class marketing team across multiple channels. She was also a key contributor to NerdWallet's mergers and acquisitions strategy, international expansion, and the company's IPO in 2021.
"We are thrilled to welcome Kelly as a senior advisor and are looking forward to tapping into her extensive marketing experience as Jackpocket continues to expand," said Peter Sullivan, founder and CEO of Jackpocket. "Kelly is a proven marketing leader, and her counsel will be invaluable as we continue to grow and innovate in the lottery and gaming space. We have a very exciting year ahead!"
Following immense growth in 2022, Jackpocket continues to expand in 2023 and is now available to users via mobile app and desktop in 16 states across the country. To date, Jackpocket users have won more than $275 million in lottery prizes, with 29 individuals winning prizes worth $1 million or more.
"It's been amazing to watch Jackpocket's rapid growth in the digital lottery space over the last decade," said Gillease. "Now, I'm excited to help the team push the company forward in its mission to create the best lottery and gaming experiences for consumers across the country."
Looking ahead, Jackpocket will continue expanding its reach and product offerings in 2023, providing lottery fans more convenient and fun ways to participate in official state lottery games. In addition to launching in several new states by the end of the year, Jackpocket will also be moving into new gaming verticals with its Jackpocket-branded online casino product through Caesars Interactive Entertainment New Jersey, LLC.
*According to data from AppFollow
About Jackpocket
Jackpocket is on a mission to create a more convenient, fun and responsible way to participate in the lottery. The first licensed third-party lottery app in the United States, Jackpocket provides an easy, secure way to order official state lottery tickets. Jackpocket is currently available in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Washington D.C., and West Virginia, and is expanding to many new markets. Download the app on iOS and Android or order tickets via desktop. Follow along on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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Through pilot program, company is working to create 225 pollinator-friendly acres by 2025
AKRON, Ohio, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) is on track to exceed its goal of developing 225 acres of pollinator habitat across its service territory by 2025, including the creation of new habitat in transmission right of ways, at its utility substation properties and at parks and nature preserves. After beginning with a pilot program in 2020, the company has expanded the initiative within its service territory and is on pace to reach nearly 190 pollinator-friendly acres by the end of third quarter in 2022.
Insects and small animals that pollinate plants, such as birds, bats, bees, butterflies and beetles, help to sustain ecosystems. By helping plants reproduce, they play a vital role in producing natural resources such as fruits and vegetables, preventing soil erosion and increasing carbon sequestration.
Many pollinator populations are in decline due to a loss in feeding and nesting habitats, according to Pollinator Partnership, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection and promotion of pollinators and their ecosystems. The organization initiated and manages Pollinator Week, an annual celebration in support of pollinator health that runs from June 20-26 this year.
In early 2020, FirstEnergy's transmission vegetation management group established a pilot program to find opportunities to restore work areas following transmission construction projects with flowering vegetation to develop a pollinator-friendly habitat. The company worked with a horticulturist in Meadville, Pennsylvania, to develop two seed mixes with more than 20 flowering species which are native throughout the six states in which FirstEnergy operates. One of the mixes contains added grasses that will help it take root along steep slopes, and both mixes can be used across the company's service territory.
FirstEnergy's 2022 plans include the development of 90 pollinator-friendly acres by the end of the third quarter. In April, the company seeded 28 acres at a substation property in Potomac Edison's service territory in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, and in May the company seeded an additional 25 acres at a new transmission substation and line in Trumbull County, Ohio, as well as 14 acres at a substation in southwestern Pennsylvania. The company is also conducting follow-up site inspections and examining best practices for pollinator cultivation after seeding, including invasive species prevention and strategic mowing to promote native pollinator species.
"Environmental stewardship is a key part of our company's mission, and with this initiative, we are taking steps to increase biodiversity through the responsible replacement of vegetation and supporting the creation of pollinator habitats across our service territory," said Michael Haines, supervisor of transmission construction vegetation management, who is managing the program.
FirstEnergy is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational excellence. Its 10 electric distribution companies form one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, serving customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland and New York. The company's transmission subsidiaries operate approximately 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. Follow FirstEnergy online at www.firstenergycorp.com and on Twitter @FirstEnergyCorp.
Editor's Note: Photos of pollinator habitat developed by FirstEnergy are available for download on Flickr
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Former President Obama has congratulated Edith Childs, the originator of the “Fired up, ready to go” chant, on her retirement.
In a statement through his nonprofit organization, the Obama Foundation, Obama took time to make a video call to Childs, who serves on the Greenwood, S.C., city council, on her retirement from her position.
Obama recalled the time he first heard the now-widely-used chant was during a campaign stop in Greenwood during his 2007 presidential campaign, saying that Childs started that chant at the event with only 20 people in attendance.
“Just her being there cheered me up. And as we walked away, I said to my team … ‘I’m feeling kind of fired up. Are you?’ … and that chant eventually we’d do in front of 100,000 people at huge rallies as the campaign went on,” President Obama said in the video.
In an interview with the Associated Press, Childs, a longtime member of the NAACP, said that she came to know the rallying cry after decades of working for NAACP-led voter registration drives.
The chant went on to become an official rallying cry used in Obama’s two presidential campaigns, being used in T-shirts, signs, and bumper stickers.
Obama has also kept a close-knit relationship with Childs. The councilmember attended several events during Obama’s tenure at the White House, led delegates with the chant during the 2012 Democratic National Convention, and attended Obama’s final State of the Union addresses in 2016.
The “Fired up, ready to go” chant was used by local politicians in Childs’s home state and by billionaire businessman Tom Steyer during his 2020 presidential campaign.
Childs added that she’ll continue to work as a community organizer after she retires, telling Obama in a video call that the next generation of leaders shouldn’t try to imitate anyone. Just be themselves and if you be yourself then you’ll do fine.”
“[Y]ou have made a difference in the lives of your town and your community. And you’ve made a difference in my campaign and my life,” President Obama told Childs. “And I just wanted to let you know how much we all love you and appreciate you and are grateful for your service, and just that positive attitude that you have that keeps people fired up and keeps them ready to go.”
– The Associated Press contributed to this report | 2023-03-02T17:01:42+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/hill-politics/obama-congratulates-fired-up-ready-to-go-chant-originator-on-retirement/ |
AHWATUKEE, AZ — Phoenix police are investigating a deadly shooting in an Ahwatukee neighborhood.
At about 10 p.m. Saturday, officers were called to the area of 44th Street and Frye Road for reports of a shooting.
During the investigation, police discovered a confrontation between two men took place over a money dispute.
Witnesses report hearing multiple gunshots and when they looked outside they saw a man on the ground bleeding.
As officers arrived they located a victim, identified as 23-year-old Thomas Marble, suffering from a gunshot wound.
He was taken to a hospital where he died, police said.
Another man who was involved in the shooting was located nearby and detained.
Investigators learned Marble was confronting another man over money when the shooting happened.
An investigation remains ongoing and no arrests have been made. | 2022-05-08T17:51:56+00:00 | abc15.com | https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/ahwatukee/money-dispute-leads-to-deadly-shooting-in-ahwatukee |
ATLANTA, Georgia -- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been informed that he is considered a "target" of the Georgia criminal investigation probing the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Counsel for Giuliani received a call earlier Monday informing them that he is a target of the investigation, the sources said.
The move comes just two days before Giuliani is set to testify before the special grand jury, and as the investigation in Georgia appears to be ramping up.
Giuliani is still expected to testify on Wednesday.
Previously, 16 allegedly fake electors in the state were informed that they are considered "targets" of the probe.
Last week, a local attorney for Giuliani said in open court that Giuliani's legal team had been inquiring with the district attorney "whether or not Mr. Giuliani is a target of this investigation" but had "not yet received a response."
The special grand jury seated in the investigation does not have the ability to return an indictment and can only make recommendations concerning criminal prosecution.
Another grand jury would be needed to bring charges.
Separately, a federal judge on Monday said U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham must testify before the special grand jury.
Attorneys for Graham had argued that his position as a U.S. senator provided him immunity from having to appear before the investigative panel and asked the judge to quash his subpoena, but U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May wrote in an order Monday that immunities related to his role as a senator do not protect him from having to testify.
Graham's subpoena instructs him to appear before the special grand jury on Aug. 23, but his office said Monday he plans to appeal to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened the investigation last year, and a special grand jury with subpoena power was seated at her request this year.
Last month, she filed petitions seeking to compel testimony from seven Trump advisers and associates.
Prosecutors have indicated they want to ask Graham about phone calls they say he made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his staff in the weeks following Trump's election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
Graham had argued that a provision of the Constitution provides absolute protection against a senator being questioned about legislative acts. But the judge found there are "considerable areas of potential grand jury inquiry" that fall outside that provision's scope. The judge also rejected Graham's argument that the principle of "sovereign immunity" protects a senator from being summoned by a state prosecutor.
Graham also argued that Willis, a Democrat, had not demonstrated extraordinary circumstances necessary to compel testimony from a high-ranking official. But the judge disagreed, finding that Willis has shown "extraordinary circumstances and a special need" for Graham's testimony on issues related to an alleged attempt to influence or disrupt the election in Georgia.
Judge May last month rejected a similar attempt by U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., to avoid testifying before the special grand jury.
Graham's office said in a statement Monday that the senator disagrees with the judge's interpretation of the provision of the Constitution he believes protects him from being questioned by a state official. His lawyers have said that he was making inquiries that were clearly part of his legislative duties, related to certification of the vote and to the proposal of election-related legislation.
But the judge wrote that that ignores "the fact that individuals on the calls have publicly suggested that Senator Graham was not simply engaged in legislative factfinding but was instead suggesting or implying that Georgia election officials change their processes or otherwise potentially alter the state's results."
In calls made shortly after the 2020 general election, Graham "questioned Secretary Raffensperger and his staff about reexamining certain absentee ballots cast in Georgia in order to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome for former President Donald Trump," Willis wrote in a petition.
Graham also "made reference to allegations of widespread voter fraud in the November 2020 election in Georgia, consistent with public statements made by known affiliates of the Trump Campaign," she wrote.
Republican and Democratic state election officials across the country, courts and even Trump's attorney general found there was no evidence of any voter fraud sufficient to affect the outcome of his 2020 presidential election loss.
Trump-allied lawmakers were planning to challenge the tallies from several battleground states when Congress convened on Jan. 6, 2021, to certify the results under the Electoral Count Act, but after the Capitol attack that day Georgia's tally was never contested.
Willis has confirmed that the investigation's scope includes a Jan. 2, 2021, phone call between Trump and Raffensperger during which Trump urged Raffensperger to "find" enough votes to overturn his loss in Georgia.
"I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have," Trump said during that call.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing and has described his call to Raffensperger as "perfect."
(The Associated Press contributed to this report) | 2022-08-15T18:02:50+00:00 | abc30.com | https://abc30.com/rudy-giuliani-georgia-2020-election-donald-trump/12127735/ |
Brandy Russell joins the global executive search firm as a Client Partner working to help build corporate legal teams to deal with today's changing landscape
NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marlin Hawk—a global executive search and leadership advisory partner—today announced the appointment of Brandy Russell as Client Partner in the legal, risk, and compliance space. Previously a practicing attorney, Brandy's inside perspective on the types of knowledge and skills today's corporate legal teams need to have will set Marlin Hawk's legal practice apart. Corporate legal teams need leaders who understand law from a larger business perspective and must include knowledge of changing data privacy laws, sustainability matters, and highly regulated arenas like healthcare and finance.
"We have long believed that a specialist legal practice would be very beneficial and additive to Marlin Hawk and our broader strategy to influence across the top table in our current and prospective clients," said John-Claude Hesketh, Global Managing Partner, Marlin Hawk. "Having started her career as a lawyer, Brandy is uniquely positioned to provide expert advice in her field and can draw on first-hand experience when addressing client challenges."
Brandy has deep experience leading General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer searches, as well as searches for senior reports to the General Counsel, such as Regional/Divisional General Counsels, Corporate Secretaries, Chief IP Counsels, and Chief Securities Counsels. Her legal and compliance clients include publicly and privately held companies that span a variety of industries, including financial services, retail, consumer products, technology, insurance, and healthcare.
"In the last few years, corporate legal departments have faced unprecedented challenges related to an increasingly changeable regulatory landscape, consumer and shareholder activism driving accountability around ESG initiatives, and attracting and retaining top-level talent in an extraordinarily active market," said Brandy Russell, Client Partner, legal, risk and compliance, Marlin Hawk. "Lawyers in the corporate world and those supporting them need to be more than just legal advisors. They need to be business and operationally savvy leaders, too."
Brandy joins Marlin Hawk from DHR International, where she was a Partner in the Legal, Compliance, and Risk practice. Before joining DHR, Brandy was a Managing Director in the In-House Practice Group at Major, Lindsey & Africa. Before that, she practiced as a commercial litigator in the New York offices of Anderson, Kill & Olick, P.C., McKee Nelson, LLP, and Bingham McCutchen, LLP.
Brandy holds a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, an M.A. in Comparative Literature, and a B.A. in Comparative Literature and Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Marlin Hawk is quickly becoming a leader in the industry, with a global footprint and a cross-industry approach that fulfills the needs of diverse candidates and organizations while still providing an intimate, hands-on process. The company's methodology lets the team quickly understand clients' immediate needs with their long-term strategy and goals.
Since its inception, Marlin Hawk has grown quickly and impacted many large and small organization leadership teams. The company uses innovative, disruptive approaches to placing the business leaders of tomorrow that are based in intelligence, in-depth assessments, and a sync'd client approach that allows for the fastest, most accurate placements. With a focus on executive search, interim management, strategic intelligence, succession planning, and talent planning, the company is more than a search firm but rather a partner to organizations looking to build their team of leaders for today and tomorrow. Marlin Hawk has experience in financial services, healthcare, consumer products, entertainment, industrial, private equity, sports, and technology. The company has offices in London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Washington D.C., and New York.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden continues to “improve significantly” despite a lingering sore throat from his coronavirus infection, according to an update Sunday from his doctor.
“The president is responding to therapy as expected,” wrote Dr. Kevin O’Connor in his latest note. Biden has been taking Paxlovid, an antiviral drug that helps reduce the chance of severe illness.
O’Connor wrote that Biden still has a sore throat, though other symptoms, including a cough, runny nose and body aches, “have diminished considerably.”
Biden tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday morning. O’Connor said Saturday that the president likely became infected with a highly contagious variant, known as BA.5, that is spreading throughout the country, and Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, said Sunday, “It is the BA.5 variant.”
“Thank goodness our vaccines and therapeutics work well against it, which is why I think the president’s doing well,” Jha told CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
Jha also gave a positive update on the president’s health.
“I checked in with his team late last night. He was feeling well. He had a good day yesterday,” Jha said.
That variant is an offshoot of the omicron strain that emerged late last year. It is believed responsible for the vast majority of coronavirus cases in the country. He has been isolating in the White House residence since then.
Administration officials have emphasized that his symptoms are mild because he has received four vaccine doses, and he started taking the antiviral drug Paxlovid after becoming infected.
The White House has not released any photos or video of Biden since Friday, when the media watched him participate in a virtual meeting with economic advisers.
Jha pledged that the White House would keep giving updates on the president’s condition and whether he might have long-term symptoms.
“We think it’s really important for the American people to know how well their president is doing,” he said.
“Obviously if he has persistent symptoms, obviously if any of them interfere with his ability to carry out his duties, we will disclose that early and often with the American people. But I suspect that this is going to be a course of COVID that we’ve seen in many Americans who have ben fully vaccinated, double boosted, getting treated with those tools in hand,” Jha said. “The president’s been doing well and we’re going to expect that he’s going to continue to do so.’’
Biden’s press secretary has said 17 people, including members of the president’s senior staff and at least one member of Congress, were determined to have been in close contact with Biden when he might have been contagious. None has tested positive so far, Jha said on “Fox News Sunday.” | 2022-07-25T02:06:39+00:00 | ourquadcities.com | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/national-news/biden-improves-significantly-throat-still-sore-from-covid/ |
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP)Davon Godchaux came to New England a year ago in large part for the chance play in a Bill Belichick-coached defense.
The lineman said seizing on the opportunity to extend that relationship – and continue to play an integral role in the unit’s ongoing makeover – was an easy decision.
A day after signing a two-year, $20.8 million extension with the Patriots, Godchaux said he’s using it as motivation to help the Patriots improve on a run defense that again ranked near the bottom of the league in 2021.
”It shows appreciation for all the hard work. Fourth year in the league, coming off a bicep injury and coming into an organization like this there’s a lot expected,” Godchaux said Thursday, a day after signing a deal that agent Drew Rosenhaus confirmed includes $17.85 million in guaranteed dollars. ”I wanted to make sure I lived up to those expectations.”
The Patriots signed Godchaux as part of their 2021 free agency spending spree after he played his first four years in the league in Miami where he was mostly a backup, appearing in all 16 games in 2018 and 2019. He accounted for 123 tackles and three sacks over that span, but played in only five games in 2020 before going on injured reserve with a shoulder injury.
It made him a prime target for New England, which needed to beef up its run defense following a 2020 season in which it ranked 26th in the NFL, allowing 131.4 rushing yards per game.
The Patriots initially secured the services of Godchaux with a two-year, $16 million deal ($9 million guaranteed) that put him in position to play a bigger role than he had with the Dolphins.
”It fits me. I feel like when I first signed here, this was home,” Godchaux said. ”Coming from Miami with coach (Brian) Flores he ran the same system and I came here and I feel like I was a plug and play. Bill, he’s honest. Positive criticism. He’s gonna hold you accountable. I needed a coach like that and when I got here it was everything I thought it was.”
While Godchaux often parrots the ”Stop the run, have some fun” mantra drilled into him in college when he played under former LSU coach Ed Orgeron, his addition only led to slight improvements by the Patriots in 2021. They allowed opponents to rush for 126.5 yards per game (24th in NFL).
But Godchaux was a big reason for that improvement, leading all Patriot defensive linemen with 65 combined tackles.
He said New England’s scheme brings out the best parts of his game.
”It’s real football. It’s Bill Parcells. Real football utilizing our eyes, hands and feet,” Godchaux said. ”It helps you grow. It helps you succeed.”
Belichick said his efforts last season made locking him up for two more years a priority.
”He’s one of the best defensive linemen in the league,” Belichick said. ”I’m glad we were able to work that out with Davon and Drew and get it done. Both sides are happy, contract signed, and we’ll go forward.”
For Godchaux, it’s all fuel as he looks to make strides during his second year in New England.
He said he feels like he’s still growing as he enters his sixth NFL season.
”I’m glad to get the praise from Bill, but there’s still more work to do,” he said. ”Still learning entering Year 6. Lot of people look at me like an old guy, but I look at me as I’m still young. I’ve been starting all six years in the league. Thank God. Keep the leadership. I’m not really a big `rah-rah guy.’ I’m more leading by example.”
That included walking into the facility following his latest pay increase with the same mentality he toted when he arrived prior to last season.
”I’m never gonna let the money change me,” Godchaux said. ”Still the same person. Still the same hunger. Each and every day I’m gonna play the same way.”
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More AP NFL: https://apnews.com/NFL and https://twitter.com/AP-NFL | 2022-07-29T10:54:03+00:00 | siouxlandproud.com | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/nfl/pats-godchaux-more-work-to-do-after-earning-extension/ |
HELSINKI, Finland, Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- STORA ENSO OYJ INTERIM REPORT 21 October 2022 at 8:30 EEST
Strong quarterly performance and executing on our strategic agenda to accelerate long-term growth
Q3/2022 (year-on-year)
- Sales increased by 15% to EUR 2,963 (2,577) million.
- Operational EBIT increased by 29% to EUR 527 (410) million.
- Operational EBIT margin increased to 17.8% (15.9%).
- Operating profit (IFRS) increased to EUR 511 (386) million.
- EPS was EUR 0.47 (0.38) and EPS excl. fair valuations (FV) was EUR 0.47 (0.37).
- Cash flow from operations amounted to EUR 639 (485) million. Cash flow after investing activities was EUR 489 (347) million.
- The net debt to operational EBITDA ratio improved to 0.8 (1.4). The target is to keep the ratio below 2.0.
- Operational ROCE excluding the Forest division increased to 22.2% (20.0%), the target being >13%.
Q1-Q3/2022 (year-on-year)
- Sales were EUR 8,816 (7,445) million.
- Operational EBIT was EUR 1,536 (1,102) million.
Key highlights
- Stora Enso has entered into an agreement to acquire the Dutch De Jong Packaging Group to advance its strategic direction, accelerate revenue growth and build market share in renewable packaging in Europe. The transaction is expected to be closed in early 2023 and is subject to employee consultation and regulatory approval.
- The divestments of the Maxau paper site in Germany and the Nymölla site in Sweden were announced in September for a total enterprise value of EUR 360 million. Closure of the transactions is expected at the beginning of 2023.
- In October, Stora Enso decided to invest approximately EUR 1 billion to convert the remaining idle paper machine at the Group's Oulu site in Finland into a high-volume consumer board production line. The expected annual sales volume is approximately EUR 800 million.
- In July, Stora Enso and Northvolt, the battery cells and systems supplier, entered into a Joint Development Agreement to create a battery with wood-based components sourced sustainably and locally in the Nordic countries.
Outlook
Global megatrends such as an increased awareness of sustainability, an accelerated focus on combatting climate change, and digitalisation underpin Stora Enso's business strategy and the demand for its renewable and eco-friendly products, both short and long term.
Stora Enso remains vigilant against the persisting market disruptions and uncertainties such as increased geopolitical risk, the rapidly changing macroeconomic environment, inflationary pressures, logistical constraints and material shortages. To manage volatility, measures such as pricing, flexibility in sourcing and logistics, as well as hedging are in place. Stora Enso also benefits from its high self-sufficiency in wood of 30% and in energy of 69% for the Group.
Stora Enso enters Q4 with the profitability of the Packaging Materials division expected to deteriorate due to escalated cost inflation in energy along with costs for planned maintenance at four of its sites including its two largest. There is stable demand in consumer board with a strong orderbook. Contracts are typically fixed long-term which are now impacted by cost inflation and will be renegotiated as they expire. The normalisation of the demand in containerboard from the third quarter continues, contracts in containerboard are short-term and hence give flexibility for renegotiations. The demand for corrugated packaging is expected to remain stable.
Pulp is showing early signs of price normalisation from the recent extraordinary high levels as the pulp market in general follows the development of the global economy. The overall pulp demand when including all our grades is expected to be flat.
In Wood Products, there is a continued market decline in traditional sawn goods from the first half year's peak levels.
In Building Solutions, the order book is good for Q4, but the demand is expected to weaken due to increased uncertainty among developers, especially impacting residential and commercial construction.
In the Forest division, wood demand in Q4 is estimated to remain on par with the previous quarter. There is strong demand for pulpwood, while sawlogs demand is at a lower level due to a weaker sawn wood market.
In the Paper division there is a solid demand outlook for the fourth quarter, supported by seasonality and a good orderbook. However, the division will be impacted in Q4 by higher energy costs and maintenance work.
The Group impact from higher energy costs in the Packaging Materials and Paper divisions will be partly offset by recognised income in Segment Other due to Stora Enso's ownership in the energy company Pohjolan Voima.
Guidance
Stora Enso reiterates its full-year 2022 operational EBIT guidance to be higher than the full year operational EBIT 2021 (EUR 1,528 million).
Key figures
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Stora Enso's President and CEO Annica Bresky comments on the third quarter 2022 results:
'Leading and doing what is right' is not only the core value of Stora Enso; it drives how we conduct our business and guides the choices we make. We believe that through our actions and decisions Stora Enso will play a fundamental role to operate within the planetary boundaries, to create healthy societies and to safeguard the renewable future we and future generations depend on. It is also the best way to future-proof our business and create long-term value for all our stakeholders.
During the past quarter, we continued to stay vigilant in an unprecedented and volatile environment. Inflationary cost pressures intensify, but I am pleased that we were able to mitigate and deliver strong results. We advance our growth agenda and capitalise on new sustainable business opportunities to deliver shareholder value. Our sales increased by 15% to 2,963 million euros, the highest third quarter sales since 2007, excluding Paper the increase was 17%. We delivered a 29% increase in operational EBIT to 527 million euros, the highest quarterly result since the early 2000s at an operational EBIT margin of nearly 18%.
Looking ahead, we see the first signs of potential macroeconomic slow-down that could eventually also impact our business. I am however confident in our ability to be proactive and to adapt. Stora Enso is stronger and more resilient than before due to restructuring efforts and strategic choices made over the past few years: to exit paper, reduce our debt and focus investments on our growth businesses. I'm very thankful for the commitment and teamwork of our people who have all been instrumental in making this successful.
Accelerating growth in renewable packaging
The acquisition of De Jong Packaging Group is still subject to employee consultation and regulatory approval. However, once closed it will be one of the largest and most important investments that Stora Enso has made. The enterprise value is approximately one billion euro and through this acquisition, our sales and capacity in Packaging Solutions will double.
De Jong has an entrepreneurial spirit, a solid track record for growth and is one of the largest corrugated packaging producers in Benelux. Stora Enso's and De Jong's shared focus on agility and customer value will enable us to build a much stronger market position for future growth in renewable packaging in Western Europe. We also see opportunities to jointly optimise our containerboard portfolios and further integrate with our production site in Langerbrugge, Belgium.
Building on the successful first conversion in our site in Oulu, Finland in 2021, we will continue investing in high-quality consumer board by converting the second paper machine at this site. By utilising existing infrastructure, we will significantly reduce the risks and the investment costs compared to a green field expansion. This is our third paper-to-packaging machine conversion since 2016 and we have experienced teams in place to drive the project to create a cost leading mega-site for renewable packaging. At full production, we expect annual sales of 800 million euros, reinforcing our leading position in consumer packaging, serving food end-use markets in Europe and North America.
Investing in building solutions for a future of low-carbon and efficient construction
We continue to invest in a more sustainable construction value-chain and recently inaugurated one of the world's most modern production sites for cross laminated timber (CLT). Located in the Czech Republic, the new site will generate 70 million euros in annual sales at full production. Our capacity to serve markets in Europe, Japan, Australia, and North America will increase by approximately 40%, enabling us to meet the growing demand in green, low-carbon construction.
Commercialising lignin-based innovations
We are step by step commercialising our new lignin-based product portfolio, in end-uses such as glues and binders for furniture, construction and lately components in asphalt. We are scaling up production with partnerships and running customer trials to customise Lignode to specific performance needs. With partners, we also progress with our ambitions to build the world's greenest battery. In July, we signed a joint development agreement with Northvolt. In October, we signed a Letter of Intent with Beyonder, Norwegian energy storage technology company, for optimisation of properties and commercial deliveries of lignin-based anode material for batteries after industrial-scale production has started.
Setting ambitious goals to advance strategic focus
Stora Enso is committed to deliver a stronger and more resilient investor proposition, both now and for the long term. At our Capital Markets Day in September, we laid out a clear set of targets and long-term ambitions for 2030 to capture growth opportunities. These include increase of sales, excluding inflation, by 30% compared to 2021 and maintaining a 15% operational EBIT margin over the cycle.
But we do not do this alone. We create ecosystems with like-minded partners to build on the creativity and drive of our employees. By leading and doing what is right, we will future proof our business for tomorrow and beyond.
The renewable future grows in the forest.
Webcast
Analysts, investors, and media are invited to participate in the webcast and conference call at 14:00 EEST (13:00 CEST, 12:00 BST, 7:00 EDT) today. The results will be presented by President and CEO Annica Bresky and CFO Seppo Parvi and may be accessed at https://ir.financialhearings.com/stora-enso-q3-2022
All participants can follow the presentation over the webcast. Analysts and investors who wish to ask questions should join the conference call (details below).
Media representatives who wish to ask questions after the Interim Report is published, may contact Carl Norell, press officer at Stora Enso on +46 72 241 0349.
The link to the webcast will be also available on Stora Enso's website: storaenso.com/investors
Dial-in details for the analyst and investor conference call
The conference call replay will be available via the weblink: https://ir.financialhearings.com/stora-enso-q3-2022. The webcast will be archived on storaenso.com/en/investors/reports-and-presentations.
This release is a summary of Stora Enso's Interim Report January–September 2022. The complete report is attached to this release as a pdf file. It is also available on the company website at storaenso.com/investors.
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Which Harry Potter gift is best?
Harry Potter first became popular in the late 1990s when author J.K. Rowling published the first novel. With seven official books and eight movies, this fantastical story of witchcraft and wizardry has made its way into the lives of millions of fans worldwide.
Given its immense popularity and various adaptations, it’s no surprise that there are countless Harry Potter gifts available for any kind of fan. Whether you’re looking for personalized Harry Potter gifts, Harry Potter games or gift sets, there’s something for everyone.
Harry Potter games and toys
Although the pieces may not come alive as they do in the story, this chess set uses realistic pieces reminiscent of the iconic chess scene in the first Harry Potter movie. This Harry Potter chess set is officially authorized by Warner Bros and is perfect for fans who love both chess and the series.
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Ravensburger Harry Potter Labyrinth Family Board Game
For Harry Potter fans who love board games, this Labyrinth-style board game is fun for the whole family. Included with the board game are 34 maze cards, 24 treasure cards, several unique playing pieces and a simple playing board. Made for two to four players, this board game lasts around 30 minutes and has great replay value.
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With 6,020 pieces, this LEGO castle is the perfect way to get Harry Potter fans to interact while building the highly memorable castle where much of the story takes place. The castle itself is 22-inches high and 27-inches wide. It’s packed with small details, such as the Great Hall, the Whomping Willow and the Chamber of Secrets. Considering how many pieces it has, this is a great gift for advanced builders or those who love a challenge.
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LEGO Hogwarts Express Train Set
A simpler LEGO set than the castle, this iconic train set comes with 801 pieces. It also comes with figurines of main characters, such as Harry, Hermione and Ron. Fully assembled, this train set gives the builder access to the inside of each train car, which is great for fans who want to play out various scenes from the books and movies. This gift also pairs well with the LEGO Hogwarts castle.
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Educational Harry Potter gifts
If you know a Harry Potter fan who’s also into computers and coding, this coding kit is perfect. It comes with more than 70 step-by-step coding challenges and is a great way to teach people how to code. Plus, it’s compatible with modern computers and select tablets. What makes it even more unique is that it allows the user to create their own spells and make feathers fly on the screen. It also has over 200 Harry Potter-inspired sounds, as well as various artifacts. A blend of magic and education, this is the perfect gift for little kids and older fans alike.
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This paperback coloring book contains over 90 pages of beautifully detailed Harry Potter characters and scenes. Images include the Chamber of Secrets, the flying car and more instantly recognizable images. One of the best things about this coloring book is that the illustrations themselves are very accurate to the original story.
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Harry Potter gift sets
Harry Potter Complete Book Series Special Edition Boxed Set
This special edition Harry Potter book set shows off the beauty of Hogwarts castle. It’s the complete set with all seven books, so if you know an avid reader, this is the gift for them.
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Harry Potter: Gryffindor Desktop Stationery Set (With Pen)
Designed for Harry Potter fans who also secretly belong to the Gryffindor house, this stationery set comes with a 128-page journal, 20 envelopes, 20 sheets of letterhead paper and a quill pen. This gift set is also collectible for avid fans.
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Harry Potter: The Wand Collection Gift Set
With a to-scale model of the Elder Wand and detailed bios of more than 50 Harry Potter characters, this Harry Potter gift set is a great gift idea for avid fans. This set also includes profiles of various characters’ wands, as well as key statistics and unique insights from those who worked on the films.
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Personalized Harry Potter gifts
Nothing quite says personalized more than this custom-made Harry Potter coffee mug. With customizable options like the handle color, size of the mug and specific illustration details, this mug is sure to satisfy Harry Potter lovers.
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Personalized Hogwarts Acceptance Letter
Just as all the witches and wizards in the Harry Potter world received their acceptance letter to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, so too can the Harry Potter fan in your life. This personalized acceptance letter comes addressed to whomever you want it to and is sealed with a red wax seal. Included is a one-way ticket aboard the Hogwarts Express, a list of things for school and more.
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Magic Muggle Snuggle Custom Blanket
Whether you need a baby blanket or standard blanket size, this personalized Harry Potter gift is handmade, soft and warm. It’s a great way to capture special memories in the exact design you want.
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This 16-ounce drinking glass is ideal for those who want a personalized Harry Potter gift. The design is etched into the glass, and there’s space above it for custom text. This pint glass makes a great gift for fans of the books, especially of the Three Broomsticks.
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Other Harry Potter gifts
The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Cauldron Cakes to Knickerbocker Glory
Anyone who loves Harry Potter and cooking is sure to enjoy this amazing cookbook. With more than 150 magical recipes, this cookbook is a great gift that’s meant to last. Most of the recipes are sweet rather than savory, but they’re great for anyone with a sweet tooth.
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Harry Potter Comfy Throw Blanket
This amazing throw is made with 100% polyester and is large enough for adults. Rocking the Hufflepuff team, this machine washable throw features long sleeves and a full-coverage front, making it great for relaxing during cold nights. It’s on the large side, so there’s plenty of room to snuggle, too.
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Oversized Harry Potter Marauder’s Map Coffee Mug
At 64 ounces, this ceramic coffee mug makes for an amazing gift for Harry Potter fans who also have a hardcore love for tea or coffee. Made from durable ceramic, it features a gold foil that makes the Marauder’s Map design shine beautifully. If not used for liquid, it can instead hold things like candy or wands.
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Rumer Willis celebrated her pregnancy in gorgeous fashion! The daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, who is expecting her first child with boyfriend Derek Richard Thomas, held a baby shower last month in Los Angeles.
Rumer was a vision in a white dress at the event, posing for photos with her family and friends.
The star-studded guest list included Rumer's mom, Demi, stepmother, Emma Heming, and her sisters, Tallulah, Scout, Evelyn and Mabel. Influencer Stephanie Shepherd and Dancing With the Stars alum Peta Murgatroyd were also on hand to celebrate the occasion.
Bruce was not in photographs from the event. In February, Bruce's family announced that the actor was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, nearly a year after revealing that he was battling aphasia, a condition that affects communication.
In March, however, the family all got together to celebrate the actor's 68th birthday. Bruce celebrated his big day with his wife, Emma, ex-wife, Demi, and his five children, and the beautifully blended family commemorated the occasion with cake and singing.
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DENVER (AP) — Authorities said the person who would later kill five at a Colorado gay nightclub was on the FBI’s radar a day before being arrested for threatening to kill family members, but agents closed out the case just weeks later.
The FBI’s disclosure about the tip, provided in a statement to The Associated Press, creates a new timeline for when law enforcement was first alerted to Anderson Lee Aldrich as a potential danger. The FBI did not say who gave the tip on June 17, 2021, or anything about the information that was provided.
The next day, law enforcement was alerted when Aldrich’s grandparents ran from their Colorado Springs home and called 911, saying Aldrich was building a bomb in the basement and had threatened to kill them. Details of the case remain sealed, but an arrest affidavit verified by the AP detailed how Aldrich was upset the grandparents were moving to Florida because it would get in the way of Aldrich’s plans to conduct a mass shooting and bombing.
The grandparents were concerned about Aldrich even before the 911 call, according to the document, with the grandmother telling authorities she and her husband had been “living in fear” because of Aldrich’s “recent homicidal threats toward them and others.”
In a story Sunday, The Denver Gazette cited an unidentified family member saying the grandfather called the FBI the day before the bomb threat. The shooting is the latest crime to raise questions about whether the FBI moves too soon to close cases involving people who have shown violent tendencies.
As part of the FBI’s probe, the agency said it coordinated with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, which had responded to the June 18, 2021, call from Aldrich’s grandparents and arrested Aldrich, now 22, on felony menacing and kidnapping charges. But about a month after getting the tip, the FBI closed its assessment of Aldrich, who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.
“With state charges pending, the FBI closed its assessment on July 15, 2021,” the FBI said.
Those charges were later dropped for unknown reasons. Under Colorado law, cases that are dismissed by either prosecutors or a judge are automatically sealed to prevent people from having their lives ruined if they do not end up being prosecuted. Authorities have cited the law in refusing to answer questions about the case but a coalition of media organizations, including the AP, has asked the court to unseal the records. A hearing is planned for Thursday.
A spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, Sgt. Jason Garrett, declined to comment on the FBI’s statement or on whether his agency had any tips about Aldrich before their 2021 arrest, citing the sealing law.
The shooting at Club Q occurred more than a year later, just before midnight on Nov. 19, when Aldrich opened fire as soon as they entered the club, firing indiscriminately with an AR-15-style rifle while wearing a ballistic vest, according to an arrest affidavit that was written the day after the shooting but not unsealed until Wednesday evening. Aldrich killed five people and wounded 17 others before an Army veteran wrestled the attacker to the ground.
The affidavit does not provide any new information about what motivated Aldrich, but says they expressed remorse to medical staff shortly after the shooting and said they had been awake for four days, according to police officers guarding their room at the hospital. It doesn’t including anything more about what Aldrich may have told investigators.
The document also includes an image from the club’s surveillance video showing a blast coming out of the rifle barrel as Aldrich entered the club.
Aldrich’s mother told police that they were supposed to go to a movie at 10 p.m. that night, about two hours before the attack, but said Aldrich had left before then, saying they had to do quick errand.
The FBI is now helping to investigate the shooting. Xavier Kraus, a former neighbor of Aldrich and their mother, told the AP Wednesday that agents have interviewed him in recent days about a free speech website Aldrich created that has featured a series of violent posts, glorifying violence and racism.
“It was meant for people to go and pretty much say whatever they want with the exception of the two rules: No spamming and no child pornography,” Kraus said. “If I would have known what it was going to turn into, that would have struck a different chord with me.”
Kraus said that after the bomb threat charges were dropped, Aldrich began boasting about recovering the guns, and once showed Kraus two assault-style rifles, body armor and incendiary rounds.
Kraus said Aldrich “was talking about bullets that could pierce through police-grade armor.” He said it seemed like Aldrich hoped someone would break into their home.
An FBI assessment is the lowest level, least intrusive, and most elementary stage of an FBI inquiry. Such assessments are routinely opened after agents receive a tip, and investigators routinely face the challenge of sifting through which of the tens of thousands of tips received every year could yield a viable threat.
There have been several high-profile examples of the FBI having received information about a gunman before a mass shooting. A month before Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people at a Florida high school, the bureau received a warning that he had been talking about committing a mass shooting. A man who massacred 49 people at an Orlando nightclub in 2016 and another who set off bombs in the streets of New York City the same year had each been looked at by federal agents but officials later determined they did not warrant continued law enforcement scrutiny.
FBI guidelines meant to balance national security with civil liberties protections impose restrictions on the steps agents may take during the assessment phase. Agents, for instance, may analyze information from government databases and open-source internet searches, and can conduct interviews during an assessment. But they cannot turn to more intrusive techniques, such as requesting a wiretap or internet communications, without higher levels of approval and a more solid basis to suspect a crime.
More than 10,000 assessments are opened each year. Many are closed within days or weeks when the FBI concludes there’s no criminal or national security threat, or basis for continued scrutiny. The system is meant to ensure that a person who has not broken the law does not remain under perpetual scrutiny on a mere hunch — and that the FBI can reserve its resources for true threats.
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Mustian reported from Colorado Springs. Associated Press writers Michael Balsamo and Lindsay Whitehurst contributed to this report from Washington. | 2022-12-08T14:34:19+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-fbi-got-tip-about-shooting-suspect-a-day-before-2021-arrest/ |
Joseph Woll stopped 24 shots in his first playoff start, Mitch Marner and William Nylander had the goals and the Toronto Maple Leafs staved off elimination by beating the Florida Panthers 2-1 in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series Wednesday night.
Nylander was the beneficiary of an odd bounce for a power-play score in the second period, Marner scored midway through the third and Woll did the rest as he took the place of injured starter Ilya Samsonov.
Sam Reinhart scored for Florida, which got 23 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky. The Panthers still lead the series 3-1, with Game 5 in Toronto on Friday night.
Woll, who turns 25 on July 12, was bidding to become the youngest Toronto goalie to have a playoff shutout since Felix Potvin — then 23 — stopped 42 shots to beat Chicago 3-0 on May 9, 1995.
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He was 7:47 away from pulling it off.
Reinhart — who had the OT winner in Game 3 — took a quick pass from Matthew Tkachuk and found a way to just get the puck through Woll's leg pads for a power-play score, cutting Toronto's lead to 2-1.
Nylander’s surname is pronounced KNEE-lander, which seemed fitting on the opening goal.
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Toronto went more than five full periods — 107 minutes and 46 seconds, to be exact, going back to late in the second period of Game 2 — without a power play until Florida’s Eetu Luostarinen got called for high-sticking the Leafs’ Michael Bunting early in the second period.
And they cashed in, thanks to the hockey gods who oversee crazy bounces.
Bunting tried dumping the puck around the net from the right-wing boards, only to have it bounce off the knee of referee Jon McIsaac as he tried to get out of the way. It skipped to the front of the net, where Nylander knocked it past Bobrovsky for a 1-0 Toronto lead.
It was the first goal of the series for Toronto’s big four players of Nylander, Auston Matthews, John Tavares and Marner.
The score stayed 1-0 going into the third, though Toronto had a big chance to go up two in the final seconds of the second period. Tavares got loose down the center of the ice on a breakaway, but Bobrovsky knocked away his attempt to the stick side to keep Florida within one.
Marner made it 2-0 with 9:57 left, and the Leafs held on. They haven't been swept in a playoff series since 1980 — a best-of-five against the Minnesota North Stars — and not in a best-of-seven since Montreal ousted them in four games in 1979.
STILL NO SWEEP
Florida has never swept a playoff series. The Panthers also haven't clinched a series on home ice since 1996.
AROUND THE RINK
It was the 12th career start (first in a playoff game) for Woll and the 680th for Bobrovsky (54th in a playoff game). ... With Samsonov hurt, the Maple Leafs recalled G Dennis Hildeby from the AHL’s Toronto Marlies to be the team’s emergency backup goalie. Matt Murray backed up Woll.
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AP NHL playoffs: https://apnews.com/hub/stanley-cup and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-05-11T04:19:18+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/toronto-maple-leafs-avoid-elimination-by-topping-florida-panthers-2-1-in-game-4/3032171/ |
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Family Dollar announced to employees Wednesday that it will close its West Memphis, Arkansas distribution center, which was linked to a rodent infestation that led to recalls and store closures earlier this year.
The West Memphis facility will close on or about July 17, at which time 230 employees will be separated from the company, according to a letter sent from Family Dollar to West Memphis Mayor Marco McClendon. Another 90 employees will be separated on Oct. 15.
McClendon said the city asked if anything could convince the company to stay, but was told the decision was final. The company attributed the decision to the age of its building, he said.
Family Dollar says eligible employees will receive a severance package. McClendon calls the separation from one of the city’s largest employers shocking and frustrating.
“We reached out and we offered any resources that we could … we even reached out with our animal control department or any services we felt could be accessible to them … so that this decision would not happen but honestly it looked like this thing was in the making once the lawsuit from the state came in,” Mayor McClendon said.
In a statement, Randy Guiler, Vice President for Investor Relations, said in part: “This was a difficult decision we did not take lightly, especially because of our outstanding team in West Memphis, our relationship with the community, and the partnership we have had with the State of Arkansas since 1994. We are committed to treating impacted associates fairly and respectfully, and we are doing everything we can to support them with their transitions, including providing severance plans to those who are eligible, as well as offering outplacement services and employee assistance programs.”
In February, 404 stores temporarily closed after an inspector with the Food and Drug Administration found more than 1,000 dead rodents at the West Memphis facility over a five-day span in January.
A report from the FDA states more than 2,300 live rodents were captured in the facility from March to September 2021.
In April, Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming Family Dollar made significant profits while “knowingly exposing Arkansas consumers to potentially hazardous or contaminated products by allowing and failing to prevent long-lasting and massive rodent infestations and other unsanitary conditions at its West Memphis Distribution center.”
Family Dollar is punishing hundreds of hardworking Arkansas families instead of cleaning up the company’s own illegal business practices that put their employees and consumers at risk. Rather than eliminating jobs, Family Dollar should eliminate deceptive and dangerous conduct.
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge
The 850,000 square foot warehouse opened in West Memphis in 1994. It serves stores in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi.
Arkansas State Rep. Reginald Murdock says a meeting is being planned in West Memphis to discuss immediate assistance for displaced employees. A date and time have yet to be determined. | 2022-05-19T00:33:11+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/news/national/family-dollar-warehouse-linked-to-rodent-infestation-to-close/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf Monday on charges he embezzled millions of dollars from some of the massive settlements he won for clients during a once prominent career.
Girardi, 83, is charged in Los Angeles federal court with wire fraud for allegedly stealing more than $15 million from clients that included an Arizona widow whose husband was killed in boat accident, a Los Angeles couple injured in a car wreck that paralyzed their son and a man who was severely burned in the 2010 San Bruno gas pipeline explosion.
As one of the nation’s most prominent plaintiff’s attorneys, Girardi took on powerful corporations, movie studios and Pacific Gas and Electric in a case that led to a $333 million settlement, which was portrayed in the 2000 Julia Roberts film “Erin Brockovich.”
But Girardi's law empire collapsed and he faces mounting legal problems.
He lost his law license last year because of client thefts, creditors of his bankrupt Girardi Keese firm are seeking more than $500 million and he's in divorce proceedings with Erika Jayne, who starred on “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.”
He's gone from living in a mansion in Pasadena to an assisted living facility memory care unit, where attorneys say he has Alzheimer's and is under a court conservatorship.
Girardi also faces federal wire fraud charges in Chicago, where he is accused of stealing about $3 million from family members of victims in a 2018 Lion Air crash that killed 189 people.
Public defenders in LA are seeking a mental competency evaluation for Girardi that will determine if he can stand trial.
Girardi, wearing a purple V-neck sweater and blue shirt, appeared to be frail as he walked slowly into a federal courthouse in front of cameras. He was released on a $250,000 bond.
Girardi is charged in California and Illinois alongside his firm's chief financial officer, Christopher Kamon, 49, who did not appear in court Monday. He is jailed on a separate wire fraud case in which he’s accused of embezzling law firm funds to renovate two LA-area homes, pay for shopping sprees and hire an escort.
Kamon is due in a Chicago court Tuesday. Girardi’s arraignment there is scheduled for March 3.
Girardi's son-in-law David Lira, 62, also faces charges in the Chicago case and is scheduled for arraignment Friday. His lawyer said he will plead not guilty. | 2023-02-07T00:52:48+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/disbarred-lawyer-girardi-pleads-not-guilty-to-17767795.php |
Holy Cats—25 years is a long time when you’re enjoying yourself!
If my memory serves me correctly it was that long ago that Source Weekly publisher Aaron Switzer and his dear wife, Angela, asked me if I’d be interested in writing a weekly nature column for a newspaper they had created. Was I? You bet! I believe my stuff appeared in the table of contents as “Nature” when it first began. Today, it runs under “Natural World.”
Has it been fun? You better believe it! Not only did doing the nature column give me the opportunity to share the Big Love of my Life—the Nature of the world around me—but also to tell my neighbors how they, too, could see what I was seeing, and why it is so important to keep our world healthy.
Without a doubt, the most fun I have writing for this unique paper and its wonderful crew is the feedback I get from readers. For example, the piece I wrote on the Lined Hummingbird Moth drew responses from all over the country, probably because of the Source’s presence on the web. I’m still receiving emails from people sharing stories about the hummingbird moths in their backyards which I now know live on the East Coast, West Coast and just about all states in between.
Readers ask me questions, share their nature encounters and request bird and bat house plans—I love it!
What I’m hoping for now is that my ancient 94-year-old brain will keep functioning well enough to keep Nicole Vulcan, the current editor of our paper, happy and our readers enjoying my exploration of the Nature of our World.
Thank you, Aaron and good pals! | 2022-07-14T02:00:32+00:00 | bendsource.com | https://www.bendsource.com/bend/whats-25-years-when-youre-94/Content?oid=17301874 |
FARMINGTON, N.M. (KRQE) – An off-duty sheriff who shot a man’s dog is telling his side of the story and answering criticism he has been hearing from the public. Meanwhile, that dog’s owner is now facing charges.
Sheriff Shane Ferrari says a lot had already happened by the time the shooting occurred in a Farmington parking lot. The altercation ended with the sheriff shooting a dog.
Sheriff Ferrari is now giving his side of the story on his Facebook page, “Shane Ferrari for Sheriff.” He goes into detail on what happened on Feb. 17. According to the sheriff, he was off-duty in his personal pickup when he saw 42-year-old Jamie Nino commit multiple traffic violations before he confronted him.
The sheriff says he witnessed Nino running a red light and following other cars too closely. While the two were stopped at a stoplight, Ferrari says he honked his horn to let the driver know he was watching. He says Nino responded with the middle finger and took off through the red light. According to Ferrari, the whole episode lasted eight to ten minutes before he pulled in behind Nino in a parking lot. Ferrari ended up shooting Nino’s dog while Nino brandished a large metal pipe.
In his post, the sheriff responds to public criticism about his actions, going into detail as to why it was ok for him to carry a firearm. He cites New Mexico State Law, stating sheriffs are always considered to be on-duty and are allowed to be armed.
He also talks about why he did not call Farmington Police dispatch right away to leave the rest up to them. He says at first, he was following Nino near the police station and hoped he could flag down an officer. When that did not work, he says he continued following the car into a parking lot. Ferrari followed him because he was worried about losing Nino, who he says was endangering the community.
Nino is facing charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, reckless driving, passing in a no-passing zone, and running a traffic light. | 2023-03-01T23:56:41+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/san-juan-sheriff-who-shot-a-dog-tells-his-side-of-the-story/ |
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CARAUARI, Brazil (AP) — Even in the most biodiverse rainforest of the world, the pirarucu, also known as arapaima, stands out.
First, there is its mammoth size: It can weigh up to 200 kilos (440 pounds), by far the largest of 2,300 known fish species in the Amazon. It is found primarily in floodplain lakes across the Amazon basin, including the region of Medio Jurua.
Second, the giant fish not so long ago nearly vanished from Jurua, as vessels swept the lakes with large nets. The illegal and unsustainable fishing left river and Indigenous communities struggling to catch their staple food. And it left pirarucu designated as threatened with extinction, unless trade in the fish is closely controlled by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
But now something remarkable has happened. The fish has come back to the lakes of Medio Jurua. The story of how involves people of different backgrounds cooperating on many levels — a vision of what’s possible that veterans of the Amazon say they’ve seen nowhere else across the vast region.
Change began in the late 1990s. With the assistance of a Dutch Catholic priest, rubber tappers organized and led a campaign to persuade the federal government to create the Medio Jurua Extractive Reserve. They proposed that river communities could take from the forest and its lakes — up to a point — and within protected areas.
It worked. Now, local communities produce açai, vegetable oils and rubber, and they leave the forest standing. Most successful of all has been the management of pirarucu.
Riverine settler communities, organized into associations, also reached agreement with neighboring Deni Indigenous people, who have suffered in the past from invasions by rubber-tappers and fishermen. Now they are part of the managed fishing of pirarucu, which improved relations between Indigenous people and non-Indigenous.
Managing the comeback has required social organization, cooperation and complex logistics. Illegal fishing has been sharply reduced. Pirarucu are flourishing.
The virtuous cycle plays out in the region of Carauari, which stretches along 650 kilometers (404 miles) of the Jurua River and is home to 35,000 people.
To see how things could have gone, look no further than the neighboring Javari Valley, where British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were murdered last June.
The backdrop of that tragedy is a decades-old dispute between Indigenous communities and former rubber tappers who were hired by local businessmen to do illegal fishing, targeting mostly the pirarucu. Two local fishermen confessed to the crimes.
Illegal fishing is rampant in Brazil. It’s the second most frequent environmental crime on protected land, after logging, according to an academic study based on official data. Brazil´s conservation agency issued 1,160 infraction notices for illegal fishing — a quarter of all infractions — over a recent five-year period.
“Javari is a portrait of what Medio Jurua was like in the 1980s,” Manoel Cunha, the main leader of the local rubber tappers, told The Associated Press during a boat trip to Sao Raimundo, his home community and one of the ones that takes part in regulated fishing. “We managed to get rid of fishing companies and invading fishermen by monitoring and management. You have been on this river for days now, and you have not seen any fishing boats except the ones from our organizations. There is no more room for them here.”
Pirarucu fishing is done once a year, around September, the period of lowest water. Fishing quotas are possible due to another remarkable characteristic of the pirarucu: It is one of the few fish species in the world that surfaces to breathe. It does that with a big splash, flashing its red tail out of the water.
A local fisherman and a researcher in the nearby Mamirarua region developed a way to take advantage of this, and count the fish since they stay underwater for no more than 20 minutes. The government now recognizes this counting method.
The survey is done once a year by certified fishermen, after taking a course. By law, only 30% of the pirarucu in a certain area can be fished the following year.
This controlled fishing has led to a surge in its population in regions where it’s employed. In Sao Raimundo region, there were 1,335 pirarucus in the nearby lakes in 2011, when the managed fishing began. Last year, there were 4,092 specimens, according to their records.
In the Carauari region, the number of pirarucu spiked from 4,916, in 2011, to 46,839, ten years later.
An AP team accompanied the first of the seven days of fishing in Sao Raimundo. Picture a few dozen houses, with running water, connected by well-maintained wooden footbridges amid açai palm trees. Thirty-four families call it home. Most belong to Cunha´s extended family, whose ancestors arrived in the region from the impoverished and drought-ravaged Northeast during the rubber boom to work as tappers.
“Our pirarucu is so tasty, everybody that eats it falls in love with it and wants more,” Rosilda da Cunha, a sister of Manoel who lives in Sao Raimundo, told the AP.
Pirarucu bring money into the community, she said. This year, the goal is to buy a solar panel system to replace the diesel-fueled generator. Another share of the money goes to the community members who participate in the fishing. Women’s and men’s salaries are equal.
To catch pirarucu, fishermen use special, stronger nets they weave themselves. The holes are large enough to allow smaller specimens to go through, as taking fish under five feet is prohibited.
When the fishers catch one, they haul in the net and club the fish in the head. Then they put it in their small boat. When it´s very heavy, two or three men are required to do the job.
The pirarucus are then taken from the lakes to a large boat by the Jurua River. There they are gutted, a task that is mostly done by women, and put on ice. All the production is bought by the Association of Rural Producers of Carauari, known as Asproc, the region´s umbrella organization, so the fishers are never at the mercy of middlemen.
Founded by rubber tappers who wanted to liberate themselves from slave-like labor conditions, Asproc has grown to be one of the most important grassroots entities in the entire Amazon. It runs programs on everything from sanitation, to community markets to higher education, innovating along the way. It now sells pirarucu to Brazil´s main cities including Sao Paulo and Brasília, a complex endeavor that involves several days of transport by boat and road and usually takes more than two weeks.
Asproc´s success has attracted several partnerships. One is counterintuitive — the United States Forest Service, which supported the creation of a brand, the Gosto da Amazônia (Amazon Taste), that promotes the pirarucu nationwide, and the Agency for International Development (USAID), which helped to finance a warehouse for processing fish in Carauari city, where the pirarucu is cut, frozen and packaged.
“This project is unique as it requires a strong governance structure,” Ted Gehr, USAID mission director in Brazil, told the AP during his first visit to the Sao Raimundo community. “Everybody is in agreement that they may have to sacrifice and not be able to fish all of the pirarucu that are available but knowing that they’ll reproduce more, and that in the long run they will be more valuable.”
The Medio Jurua region is blessed with remoteness. It has no access by road. So far it is free from the deforestation and fire that have been devastating elsewhere in the Amazon. But the smoke that has left the skies grayish in September is a reminder that the destruction is not far away. The challenge is to be a strong organization and economy to stave off future threats, says Cunha.
“Had we not organized ourselves through fishing management to protect our environments and take our fish, instead of others taking them from us, we could be in the same situation as our colleagues from Javari,” says Cunha, who is the head of the Medio Jurua Extractive Reserve, a position usually held by government officials. “Had they organized themselves earlier, they could have saved the lives of those two comrades.”
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Congressional Medal of Honor Society award to be presented at Medal of Honor Celebration in Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Medal of Honor Celebration Committee is pleased to announce that actor Glen Powell, currently starring with Tom Cruise in the blockbuster "Top Gun: Maverick," will receive the Bob Hope Award for Entertainment at the upcoming Medal of Honor Celebration in Knoxville in September. He will join fellow Medal of Honor award recipients, Ambassador Nikki Haley, NBC News Correspondent Courtney Kube and Dr. Timothy Miller at the Patriot Awards Gala on Sept. 10.
"I've spent much of my career trying to tell the stories of our men and women in uniform with integrity and accuracy," said Powell. "The heroes I have attempted to emulate on screen have become my family in real life. This award for me is the most special of my career in that it's given to me by a community in which I have the utmost respect, admiration and gratitude."
The Bob Hope Award for Entertainment is reserved for people who, through their life's work in the entertainment industry, have distinguished themselves by outstanding service to or positive portrayal of the United States Military in literature or film. Former recipients include Clint Eastwood, Tom Selleck and Mark Walberg.
In addition to playing "Hangman" alongside Cruise's "Maverick," Powell won a Screen Actors Guild Award for his work in the Oscar-nominated film "Hidden Figures" opposite Octavia Spencer, Taraji P. Henson and Kevin Costner, in which he portrayed iconic astronaut John Glenn.
Powell will play real-life Navy hero and Medal of Honor Recipient Thomas Hudner in the upcoming historical war epic "Devotion," which tells the harrowing true story of two elite U.S. Navy fighter pilots during the Korean War and their heroic sacrifices, which would ultimately make them the Navy's most celebrated wingmen. The film will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and will be released wide for Thanksgiving on November 23.
The Medal of Honor Celebration is an annual gathering for recipients of the United States' highest military award for valor. September will mark the second time the event has been held in Knoxville. Knoxville last welcomed recipients in 2014. Actor and director Gary Sinise, who played the character of "Lt. Dan" in the 1994 film "Forrest Gump," will once again serve as master of ceremonies for the Patriot Awards Gala in Knoxville. Sinise is also a previous recipient of the Bob Hope Award.
For more information about the Celebration visit mohknoxville2022.org.
About The Congressional Medal of Honor Society
The Congressional Medal of Honor Society was chartered by Congress in 1958 to create a brotherhood among the living Medal of Honor recipients; to protect and uphold the dignity and honor of the Medal; to promote patriotism and love of country; and to inspire our youth to become worthy and dedicated citizens of our nation. Its membership consists exclusively of those individuals who have received the Medal of Honor. Today, there are 65 living recipients of the Medal of Honor. The Society is unique in that its membership hopes that there will be no need to welcome new inductees. For more information, visit cmhos.org.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his 58th and 59th home runs of the season to move within two of Roger Maris’ American League record with 16 games remaining and lead the New York Yankees over the Milwaukee Brewers 12-8 on Sunday.
Judge added a two-run double in the ninth as part of a four-hit day for New York (88-58), which hit five homers and avoided a three-game sweep. The Yankees opened a 5 1/2-game lead over second-place Toronto in the AL East.
Judge’s 11th multihomer game tied the season record set by Detroit’s Hank Greenberg 1938 and matched by the Chicago Cubs’ Sammy Sosa in 1998.
Seeking a Triple Crown, Judge leads the major leagues in homers and with 127 RBIs. His .3162 batting average is just behind AL leader Luis Arraez of Minnesota at .317 and Boston’s Xander Bogaerts at .3164.
Milwaukee (78-68) dropped two games behind San Diego, which played later Sunday, for the third and last NL wild card.
Judge’s homers totaled 857 feet. His first came on a sinker from Jason Alexander with a 2-0 count in the third inning. The 414-foot, opposite-field drive into the right field second deck left the bat at 112 mph.
Then in the seventh against Luis Perdomo, Judge pulled a slider with a 1-2 count for a 443-foot shot to left.
Judge also walked against Hoby Milner (3-3) leading off a four-run fifth as the Yankees went ahead to stay at 7-4.
Judge had not homered in his previous three games since going deep twice at Boston’s Fenway Park.
Philadelphia’s Kyle Schwarber is a distant second in the major leagues with 39 homers.
Maris hit 61 homers for the Yankees in 1961, one more than Babe Ruth in 1927.
Anthony Rizzo homered in his return from the injured list, his 31st of the season, and had three hits. Aaron Hicks and rookie Oswaldo Cabrera also went deep as the Yankees overcame 3-0 and 4-1 deficits.
New York had 16 hits and twice hit back-to-home homers: Judge and Rizzo in the third, then Hicks and Judge in the seventh.
Gerrit Cole (12-7) gave up Kolten Wong’s three-run homer in the first and Tyrone Taylor’s solo shot in the second, Cole has allowed second-most in the majors and trailng only Washington’s Josiah Gray at 37.
Rowdy Tellez hit a two-run homer in the eighth off Clarke Schmidt. Milwaukee scored twice in the ninth and brought up the potential tying run with one out before Clay Holmes struck out Luis Urías and retired Keston Hiura on a groundout.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: Manager Aaron Boone said the team was waiting for doctors to review an MRI taken on RHP Frankie Montas’ throwing shoulder. … RHP Scott Effross (strained right shoulder) gave up a leadoff homer to Bobby Dalbec and a pair of doubles as he pitched the fifth inning for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre against Worcester. … RHP Albert Abreu (elbow inflammation) pitched a scoreless inning for Double-A Somerset, striking out two and allowing one hit. … Boone said INF/OF Marwin Gonzalez was feeling better after being removed from Saturday’s game when struck on the helmet by a throw from Brewers catcher Victor Caratini while standing in the batter’s box. …C Jose Trevino was out of the starting lineup for a second consecutive day after leaving Friday’s game with a bruised right knee.
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Yankees: LHP Nestor Cortes (10-4, 2.70 ERA) will make his 26th start of the season as New York opens a two-game set Tuesday against visiting Pittsburgh.
Brewers: RHP Corbin Burnes (10-7, 2.97) gets the start as Milwaukee opens a three-game home series with the New York Mets. Burnes is 2-0 with a 1.71 ERA against the Mets.
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CENTENNIAL, Colo., Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In a new video released today, Mark A. Smith, CEO and Executive Chairman of NioCorp Developments Ltd. ("NioCorp" or the "Company") (TSX: NB; OTCQX: NIOBF) and Dean Kehler, CEO and Co-Chairman of GX Acquisition Corp. II ("GXII") (Nasdaq: GXII), discuss the recently announced definitive agreement (the "Business Combination Agreement") for a proposed business combination between the two companies.
In addition to discussing NioCorp's Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project, Messers. Smith and Kehler address the merger and related questions from investors.
The video is available for viewing here: https://youtu.be/YpO8OrkhqVg
Frequently Asked Questions Document Now Available
NioCorp also published a Frequently Asked Questions ("FAQ") document on its website, which addresses a series of questions pertaining to the proposed Business Combination Agreement. The print-ready FAQ can be seen here: https://www.niocorp.com/wp-content/uploads/FAQ_on_Proposed_Business_Combination_FINAL.pdf.
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NioCorp is developing a critical minerals project in Southeast Nebraska that will produce niobium, scandium, and titanium. The Company also is evaluating the potential to produce several rare earths from the Project. Niobium is used to produce specialty alloys as well as High Strength, Low Alloy ("HSLA") steel, which is a lighter, stronger steel used in automotive, structural, and pipeline applications. Scandium is a specialty metal that can be combined with Aluminum to make alloys with increased strength and improved corrosion resistance. Scandium is also a critical component of advanced solid oxide fuel cells. Titanium is used in various lightweight alloys and is a key component of pigments used in paper, paint and plastics and is also used for aerospace applications, armor, and medical implants. Magnetic rare earths, such as neodymium, praseodymium, terbium, and dysprosium are critical to the making of Neodymium-Iron-Boron ("NdFeB") magnets, which are used across a wide variety of defense and civilian applications.
GXII is a blank check company incorporated in Delaware for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. GXII is led by Jay R. Bloom, Dean C. Kehler and Michael G. Maselli of Trimaran Capital Partners.
In connection with the proposed Transaction, NioCorp intends to file a registration statement on Form S-4 (the "registration statement") with the SEC, which will include a document that serves as a prospectus and proxy circular of NioCorp and a proxy statement of GXII, referred to as a "joint proxy statement/prospectus." The definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus will be filed with the SEC as part of the registration statement and, in the case of NioCorp, with the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities, and will be sent to all NioCorp shareholders and GXII stockholders as of the applicable record date to be established. Each of NioCorp and GXII may also file other relevant documents regarding the proposed Transaction with the SEC and, in the case of NioCorp, with the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING OR INVESTMENT DECISION, INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF NIOCORP AND GXII ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, THE DEFINITIVE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC AND, IN THE CASE OF NIOCORP, WITH THE APPLICABLE CANADIAN SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THESE DOCUMENTS, CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION.
Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the registration statement and the joint proxy statement/prospectus (if and when available) and all other relevant documents that are filed or that will be filed with the SEC by NioCorp or GXII through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the joint proxy statement/prospectus (if and when available) and all other relevant documents that are filed or that will be filed with the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities by NioCorp through the website maintained by the Canadian Securities Administrators at www.sedar.com. The documents filed by NioCorp and GXII with the SEC and, in the case of NioCorp, with the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities also may be obtained by contacting NioCorp at 7000 South Yosemite, Suite 115, Centennial CO 80112, or by calling (720) 639-4650; or GXII at 1325 Avenue of the Americas, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10019, or by calling (212) 616-3700.
NioCorp, GXII and certain of their respective directors, executive officers and other members of management and employees may, under SEC rules, be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from NioCorp's shareholders and GXII's stockholders in connection with the proposed Transaction. Information regarding the executive officers and directors of NioCorp is included in its management information and proxy circular for its 2021 annual general meeting of shareholders filed with the SEC and the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities on October 22, 2021. Information regarding the executive officers and directors of GXII is included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on March 25, 2022. Additional information regarding the persons who may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation, including information regarding their interests in the proposed Transaction, will be contained in the registration statement and the joint proxy statement/prospectus (if and when available). NioCorp's shareholders and GXII's stockholders and other interested parties may obtain free copies of these documents free of charge by directing a written request to NioCorp or GXII.
This press release and the information contained herein do not constitute (i) (a) a solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed Transaction or (b) an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security, commodity or instrument or related derivative, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which the offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction or (ii) an offer or commitment to lend, syndicate or arrange a financing, underwrite or purchase or act as an agent or advisor or in any other capacity with respect to any transaction, or commit capital, or to participate in any trading strategies. No offer of securities in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act) shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or an exemption therefrom. Investors should consult with their counsel as to the applicable requirements for a purchaser to avail itself of any exemption under the Securities Act. In Canada, no offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus in accordance with the requirements of applicable Canadian securities laws or an exemption therefrom. This press release is not, and under no circumstances is it to be construed as, a prospectus, offering memorandum, an advertisement or a public offering in any province or territory of Canada. In Canada, no prospectus has been filed with any securities commission or similar regulatory authority in respect of any of the securities referred to herein.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements about the parties' ability to close the proposed Transaction, including NioCorp and GXII being able to receive all required regulatory, third-party and shareholder approvals for the proposed Transaction; the anticipated benefits of the proposed Transaction, including the potential amount of cash that may be available to the combined company upon consummation of the proposed Transaction and the use of the net proceeds following the redemptions by GXII public shareholders; NioCorp's expectation that its common shares will be accepted for listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market following the closing of the proposed Transaction; the execution of definitive agreements relating to the convertible debenture transaction and the stand by equity purchase facility contemplated by the term sheets with Yorkville Advisors Global, LP ("Yorkville"); the financial and business performance of NioCorp; NioCorp's anticipated results and developments in the operations of NioCorp in future periods; NioCorp's planned exploration activities; the adequacy of NioCorp's financial resources; NioCorp's ability to secure sufficient project financing to complete construction and commence operation of the Elk Creek Project; NioCorp's expectation and ability to produce niobium, scandium, and titanium at the Elk Creek Project; the outcome of current recovery process improvement testing, and NioCorp's expectation that such process improvements could lead to greater efficiencies and cost savings in the Elk Creek Project; the Elk Creek Project's ability to produce multiple critical metals; the Elk Creek Project's projected ore production and mining operations over its expected mine life; the completion of the demonstration plant and technical and economic analyses on the potential addition of magnetic rare earth oxides to NioCorp's planned product suite; the exercise of options to purchase additional land parcels; the execution of contracts with engineering, procurement and construction companies; NioCorp's ongoing evaluation of the impact of inflation, supply chain issues and geopolitical unrest on the Elk Creek Project's economic model; the impact of health epidemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic, on NioCorp's business and the actions NioCorp may take in response thereto; and the creation of full time and contract construction jobs over the construction period of the Elk Creek Project. In addition, any statements that refer to projections (including Averaged EBITDA, Averaged EBITDA Margin, and After-Tax Cumulative Net Free Cash Flow), forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as "plan," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "outlook," "estimate," "forecast," "project," "continue," "could," "may," "might," "possible," "potential," "predict," "should," "would" and other similar words and expressions, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.
The forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the management of NioCorp and GXII, as applicable, and are inherently subject to uncertainties and changes in circumstances and their potential effects and speak only as of the date of such statement. There can be no assurance that future developments will be those that have been anticipated. Forward-looking statements reflect material expectations and assumptions, including, without limitation, expectations, and assumptions relating to: the future price of metals; the stability of the financial and capital markets; NioCorp and GXII being able to receive all required regulatory, third-party, and shareholder approvals for the proposed Transaction; the amount of redemptions by GXII public shareholders; the execution of definitive agreements relating to the convertible debenture transaction and the stand by equity purchase facility contemplated by the term sheets with Yorkville; and other current estimates and assumptions regarding the proposed Transaction and its benefits. Such expectations and assumptions are inherently subject to uncertainties and contingencies regarding future events and, as such, are subject to change. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other factors that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those discussed and identified in public filings made by NioCorp and GXII with the SEC and, in the case of NioCorp, with the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities and the following: the amount of any redemptions by existing holders of GXII Class A Shares being greater than expected, which may reduce the cash in trust available to NioCorp upon the consummation of the business combination; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Business Combination Agreement and/or payment of the termination fees; the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against NioCorp or GXII following announcement of the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated therein; the inability to complete the proposed transactions due to, among other things, the failure to obtain NioCorp shareholder approval or GXII shareholder approval or the execution of definitive agreements relating to the convertible debenture transaction and the stand by equity purchase facility contemplated by the term sheets with Yorkville; the risk that the announcement and consummation of the proposed transactions disrupts NioCorp's current plans; the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the proposed transactions; unexpected costs related to the proposed transactions; the risks that the consummation of the proposed transactions is substantially delayed or does not occur, including prior to the date on which GXII is required to liquidate under the terms of its charter documents; NioCorp's ability to operate as a going concern; NioCorp's requirement of significant additional capital; NioCorp's limited operating history; NioCorp's history of losses; cost increases for NioCorp's exploration and, if warranted, development projects; a disruption in, or failure of, NioCorp's information technology systems, including those related to cybersecurity; equipment and supply shortages; current and future offtake agreements, joint ventures, and partnerships; NioCorp's ability to attract qualified management; the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic or other global health crises on NioCorp's business plans, financial condition and liquidity; estimates of mineral resources and reserves; mineral exploration and production activities; feasibility study results; changes in demand for and price of commodities (such as fuel and electricity) and currencies; changes or disruptions in the securities markets; legislative, political or economic developments; the need to obtain permits and comply with laws and regulations and other regulatory requirements; the possibility that actual results of work may differ from projections/expectations or may not realize the perceived potential of NioCorp's projects; risks of accidents, equipment breakdowns, and labor disputes or other unanticipated difficulties or interruptions; the possibility of cost overruns or unanticipated expenses in development programs; operating or technical difficulties in connection with exploration, mining, or development activities; the speculative nature of mineral exploration and development, including the risks of diminishing quantities of grades of reserves and resources; claims on the title to NioCorp's properties; potential future litigation; and NioCorp's lack of insurance covering all of NioCorp's operations.
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize or should any of the assumptions made by the management of NioCorp and GXII prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements.
All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning the proposed Transaction or other matters addressed herein and attributable to NioCorp, GXII or any person acting on their behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to herein. Except to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, NioCorp and GXII undertake no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Unless otherwise indicated, information concerning NioCorp's mining property included in this press release has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects" ("NI 43-101") and the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy ("CIM") "Definition Standards – For Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves, May 10, 2014" (the "CIM Definition Standards"). Beginning with NioCorp's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 (the "NioCorp Form 10-K"), NioCorp's mining property disclosures included or incorporated by reference in its SEC filings are required to be prepared in accordance with the requirements of subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K ("S-K 1300"). Previously, NioCorp prepared its estimates of mineral resources and mineral reserves following only NI 43-101 and the CIM Definition Standards. On June 28, 2022, NioCorp issued a CIM-compliant NI 43-101 technical report (the "2022 NI 43-101 Elk Creek Technical Report") for the Elk Creek Project, which is available through the website maintained by the Canadian Securities Administrators at www.sedar.com. On September 6, 2022, the Company filed a technical report summary for the Elk Creek Project that conforms to S-K 1300 reporting standards (the "S-K 1300 Elk Creek Technical Report Summary") as Exhibit 96.1 to the NioCorp Form 10-K, which is available through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. The 2022 NI 43-101 Elk Creek Technical Report and S-K 1300 Elk Creek Technical Report Summary are based on a feasibility study (the "June 2022 Feasibility Study") prepared by qualified persons (within the meaning of both NI 43-101 and S-K 1300, as applicable) and are substantively identical to one another except for internal references to the regulations under which the report is made, and certain organizational differences. The requirements and standards under Canadian securities laws, however, differ from those under S-K 1300. The terms "mineral resource," "indicated mineral resource" and "mineral reserve" included herein are used as defined in accordance with NI 43-101 under the CIM Definition Standards. While the terms are substantially similar to the same terms defined under S-K 1300, there are differences in the definitions. Accordingly, there is no assurance any mineral resource or mineral reserve estimates that the Company may report under NI 43-101 will be the same as the mineral resource or mineral reserve estimates that the Company may report under S-K 1300.
NioCorp discloses estimates of both its mineral resources and mineral reserves. You are cautioned that mineral resources are subject to further exploration and development and are subject to additional risks and no assurance can be given that they will eventually convert to future reserves. Under both regimes, inferred resources, in particular, have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence and their economic and legal feasibility. Investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of the inferred resource exists or is economically or legally mineable. See Item 1A, Risk Factors in the NioCorp Form 10-K. Reference should be made to the full text of the 2022 NI 43-101 Elk Creek Technical Report and the S-K 1300 Elk Creek Technical Report Summary for further information regarding the assumptions, qualifications and procedures relating to the estimates of mineral reserves and mineral resources as defined under NI 43-101 and S-K 1300, respectively.
All technical and scientific information included in this press release derived from the June 2022 Feasibility Study respecting NioCorp's mineral resources has been reviewed and approved by Matthew Batty, P.Geo., Owner, Understood Mineral Resources Ltd., and all such information respecting NioCorp's mineral reserves has been reviewed and approved by Richard Jundis, P. Eng., Director of Mining, Optimize Group. Each of Mr. Batty and Mr. Jundis and their respective firms are independent consultants who provide consulting services to NioCorp. All other technical and scientific information included in this press release has been reviewed and approved by Scott Honan, M.Sc., SME-RM, NioCorp's Chief Operating Officer. Each of Messrs. Batty, Jundis, and Honan is a "Qualified Person" as such term is defined in NI 43-101.
Certain financial information and data included in this press release is unaudited and may not conform to Regulation S-X. Such information and data may not be included in, may be adjusted in or may be presented differently in the registration statement to be filed relating to the proposed Transaction and the joint proxy statement/prospectus contained therein. This press release also includes certain financial measures not presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), including, but not limited to, "Averaged EBITDA," "Averaged EBITDA Margin," and "After-Tax Cumulative Net Free Cash Flow." These performance measures do not have a standard meaning within GAAP and, therefore, amounts presented may not be comparable to similar data presented by other companies. These non-GAAP financial measures, and other measures that are calculated using these non-GAAP measures, are not measures of financial performance in accordance with GAAP and may exclude items that are significant in understanding and assessing NioCorp's financial results. Therefore, these measures should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to net income, cash flows from operations or other measures of profitability, liquidity or performance under GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures are included in this press release because they are key performance measures used in the June 2022 Feasibility Study for purposes of projecting the economic results of the Elk Creek Project, and NioCorp and GXII believe that these non-GAAP measures provide useful information to management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends relating to NioCorp's financial condition and results of operations. NioCorp and GXII believe that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing NioCorp's financial measures with other similar companies, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors. These non-GAAP financial measures are subject to inherent limitations as they reflect the exercise of judgments by management about which expense and income are excluded or included in determining these non-GAAP financial measures.
The non-GAAP financial measures included in this press release are projections. Reconciliations of these forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are not provided because NioCorp is unable to provide such reconciliations without unreasonable effort, due to the uncertainty and inherent difficulty of predicting the occurrence and the financial impact of such items impacting comparability and the periods in which such items may be recognized. For the same reasons, the Company is unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information, which could be material to future results. See "Forward-Looking Statements."
In addition to the non-GAAP financial measures, this press release may contain financial forecasts and projections (collectively, "prospective financial information") of NioCorp. Neither the independent registered public accounting firm of NioCorp nor the independent registered public accounting firm of GXII audited, reviewed, compiled or performed any procedures with respect to the prospective financial information for the purpose of their inclusion in this press release, and accordingly, neither of them expressed an opinion or provided any other form of assurance with respect thereto for the purpose of this press release. This prospective financial information constitutes forward-looking statements and should not be relied upon as being guarantees or necessarily indicative of future results. The assumptions and estimates underlying such prospective financial information are inherently uncertain and are subject to a wide variety of significant business, economic, competitive and other risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the prospective financial information. See "Forward-Looking Statements." Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the prospective financial information is indicative of future performance of NioCorp or that actual results will not differ materially from the results presented in the prospective financial information included in this press release. Actual results may differ materially from the results contemplated by the prospective financial information included in this press release. The inclusion of such prospective financial information herein should not be regarded as a representation by any person that the results reflected in such projections will be achieved.
The purpose of the prospective financial information is to assist investors, shareholders and others in evaluating the performance of NioCorp's business. The prospective financial information may not be appropriate for other purposes. Information about NioCorp's guidance, including the various assumptions underlying it, is forward-looking and should be read in conjunction with "Forward-Looking Statements" in this press release, and the related disclosure and information about various economic, competitive, and regulatory assumptions, factors, and risks that may cause NioCorp's actual future financial and operating results to differ from what NioCorp currently expects.
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