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Grammy-winning singer/songwriter and Twin Cities favorite Brandi Carlile will return to the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand on Aug. 29.
Tickets are priced from $199 to $79 and go on sale at 10 a.m. March 22 through Etix or by calling 800-514-3849. Given her local popularity, this should be one hot ticket.
A native of rural Washington state, Carlile claims some of her strongest supporters in the Twin Cities, thanks in part to airplay from Cities 97 early in her career. Over the past 18 years, Carlile has performed locally more than two dozen times in venues ranging from the Fine Line and Varsity Theater to the Basilica Block Party and Target Center. In February 2020, she was the first act to headline the new Fillmore Minneapolis and sold out three consecutive shows.
Last July, Carlile sold out St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center. In a rave review for the Pioneer Press, Rob Hubbard wrote: “While Saturday’s setting may have inspired the rockiest show she’ll perform this year, a final string-laden encore of ‘Stay Gentle’ and ‘Over the Rainbow’ reminded those in attendance that she’s still a folkie at heart, a relentlessly positive presence who lifted spirits with an impassioned performance.”
Carlile released her most recent album, “In These Silent Days,” in 2021. She wrote and recorded it during the pandemic with producers Dave Cobb and Shooter Jennings, the same team behind her previous record, “By the Way, I Forgive You.” It debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums, Top Rock Albums and Tastemaker Albums charts. In September, she reissued the record with a bonus disc featuring an acoustic take on the 10 songs along with a cover of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.”
Carlile has earned 25 Grammy nominations and nine wins. In 2019, she co-founded the country music supergroup the Highwomen with Amanda Shires, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby. The band’s self-titled debut was a commercial and critical hit.
She also co-wrote Tanya Tucker’s 2019 album “While I’m Livin’” with her longtime bandmates Tim and Phil Hanseroth and co-produced it with Jennings. It won a best country album Grammy along with a best country song nod for “Bring My Flowers Now.”
Here’s video of Carlile performing “Broken Horses” at the 65th GRAMMY Awards: | 2023-03-16T17:23:17+00:00 | twincities.com | https://www.twincities.com/2023/03/16/brandi-carlile-mn-state-fair-grandstand-concert/ |
(The Car Connection) — Is it heresy that there’s no 911, Corvette, or Mustang in this slot? The Car Connection’s Best Performance Car To Buy 2023 wears an appropriate brand—but there’s almost no heritage behind its model name.
We’re good with that, because the Porsche Taycan electric sedan cracks off near-impossible feats of grip that have left grins on our faces two years after we drove it for the first time. It brims with personality, from its 2.6-second peak acceleration from 0-60 mph to its sleek, fanged look.
Whether it’s a GTS sedan or a Cross Turismo hatchback, the Porsche Taycan bristles with Porsche identity. Those prominent LED headlights cut through differently than the ones on a Panamera or 911, but the sleek sideview’s completely compatible with those class benchmarks. The interior lays everything where it should be without the artificial drama of a yoke steering wheel or a full-width screen; it just works, and it works even better when it’s wrapped in the showiest shades from the Porsche leather and trim palette.
Fresher than a Tesla Model S but not quite as quick, and slightly off the Lucid Air’s pace, the Taycan nails what neither of them can claim to have conquered: handling. The Taycan steers and rides with the fluid grace of a 911 and with most of its nerve-ending responses, too. It’s nearly the perfect drift car, stable and utterly predictable as it scorches its path across asphalt or ice. Base cars sport a 79.2-kwh battery pack and a single rear motor with a 2-speed transmission for a 0-60 mph time of 5.1 seconds; with the larger 93.4-kwh battery and a second motor in the front, the 750-hp Taycan Turbo S can launch to 60 mph in 2.6 seconds.
The compromises to make with the Taycan are typically Porsche. The rear seat’s barely adequate for two adults, and the base price of $88,150 really ends up at more than $100,000 by the time you add the $1,680 19.2-kw onboard charger, the $460 150-kw DC charger, and the perfect upholstery and trim. Even then you can rightfully claim it’s a bargain–at least compared to the $200,000 or more Taycan Turbo S.
With no limits on price or performance, we were very much shaken by the Lucid Air and the promise of its upcoming Sapphire edition, by the Honda Civic Type R, and even by a nutso off-roader, the Ford Bronco Raptor. In the end, the Taycan’s vivid mission statement—the best of all worlds, efficiency included—rang the most true.
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Read about the segment winners of The Car Connection’s Best Car To Buy 2023 awards, and find out which vehicles took home top honors from our sister sites, Motor Authority and Green Car Reports. | 2023-01-04T16:45:47+00:00 | upmatters.com | https://www.upmatters.com/automotive/porsche-taycan-best-performance-car-to-buy-2023/ |
3 children killed, 2 wounded inside Texas home
ITALY, Texas (KLTV/Gray News) - Three children are dead and two are injured after a stabbing in their home in Italy, Texas, about 43 miles south of Dallas.
Deputies with the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office were called at about 4 p.m. Friday to a home in the 300 block of Harris Street, according to Ellis County Sheriff’s Officer Deputy Jerry Cozby during a press conference. Texas Child Protective Services made the call to 911 after they went to the home to check on the children.
When law enforcement arrived, they found multiple victims inside the home, and all were children. Three children had been killed. Two other children were seriously injured, police said. They were flown to hospitals to receive care.
The sheriff’s office reported a suspect has been arrested. Dallas station WFAA-TV reported a woman was taken into custody, believed to be the mother of the children. No confirmation from law enforcement has been given at this time as to the person’s identity.
WFAA-TV also reported CPS confirmed the children are siblings and had been previously placed in the care of another relative.
Copyright 2023 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-04T12:11:26+00:00 | newschannel10.com | https://www.newschannel10.com/2023/03/04/3-children-killed-2-wounded-inside-texas-home/ |
The Los Angeles Lakers, led by Lebron James, face the Memphis Grizzlies, led by Ja Morant, in Game 4 of their NBA Playoffs first round series on Monday, April 24, 2023 (4/24/23) at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.
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What: NBA Play-offs, Western Conference 1st Round, Game 4
Who: Lakers vs. Grizzlies
When: Monday, April 24, 2023
Where: Crypto.com Arena
Time: 10 p.m. ET
TV: TNT
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Live stream: SlingTV
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Here is the complete 2023 NBA playoffs schedule, courtesy of NBA.com:
Eastern Conference
Milwaukee Bucks (1) vs. TBD (8)
Game 1: TBD vs. Bucks | Sun., April 16 | 5:30 ET (TNT)
Game 2: TBD vs. Bucks | Wed., April 19 | 9 ET (NBA TV)
Game 3: Bucks vs. TBD | Sat., April 22 | 7:30 ET (ESPN)
Game 4: Bucks vs. TBD | Mon., April 24 | TBD
*Game 5: TBD vs. Bucks | Wed., April 26 | TBD
*Game 6: Bucks vs. TBD | Fri, April 28 | TBD
*Game 7: TBD vs. Bucks | Sun., April 20 | TBD
Boston Celtics (2) vs. Atlanta Hawks (7)
Game 1: Hawks vs. Celtics | Sat., April 15 | 3:30 ET (ESPN)
Game 2: Hawks vs. Celtics | Tues., April 18 | 7 ET (NBA TV)
Game 3: Celtics vs. Hawks | Fri., April 21 | 7 ET (ESPN)
Game 4: Celtics vs. Hawks | Sun, April 23 | 7 ET (TNT)
*Game 5: Hawks vs. Celtics | Tues., April 25 | TBD
*Game 6: Celtics vs. Hawks | Thurs., April 27 | TBD
*Game 7: Hawks vs. Celtics | Sat., April 29 | TBD
Philadelphia 76ers (3) vs. Brooklyn Nets (6)
Game 1: Nets vs. 76ers | Sat., April 15 | 1 ET (ESPN)
Game 2: Nets vs. 76ers | Mon., April 17 | 7:30 ET (TNT)
Game 3: 76ers vs. Nets | Thurs., April 20 | 7:30 ET (TNT)
Game 4: 76ers vs. Nets | Sat., April 22 | 1 ET (TNT)
*Game 5: Nets vs. 76ers | Mon., April 24 | TBD
*Game 6: 76ers vs. Nets | Thurs., April 27 | TBD
*Game 7: Nets vs. 76ers | Sat., April 29 | TBD
Cleveland Cavaliers (4) vs. New York Knicks (5)
Game 1: Knicks vs. Cavaliers | Sat., April 15 | 6 ET (ESPN)
Game 2: Knicks vs. Cavaliers | Tues., April 18 | 7:30 ET (TNT)
Game 3: Cavaliers vs. Knicks | Fri., April 21 | 8:30 ET (ABC)
Game 4: Cavaliers vs. Knicks | Sun., April 23 | 1 ET (ABC)
*Game 5: Knicks vs. Cavaliers | TBD
*Game 6: Cavaliers vs. Knicks | TBD
*Game 7: Knicks vs. Cavaliers | TBD
Western Conference
Denver Nuggets (1) vs. TBD (8)
Game 1: TBD vs. Nuggets | Mon., April 16 | 10 ET (TNT)
Game 2: TBD vs. Nuggets | Wed., April 19 | 10 ET (TNT)
Game 3: Nuggets vs. TBD | Fri., April 21 | 9:30 ET (ESPN)
Game 4: Nuggets vs. TBD | Sun., April 23 | 9:30 ET (TNT)
*Game 5: TBD vs. Nuggets | Tues., April 25 | TBD
*Game 6: Nuggets vs. TBD | Thurs., April 27 | TBD
*Game 7: TBD vs. Nuggets | Sat., April 29 | TBD
Memphis Grizzlies (2) vs. L.A. Lakers (7)
Game 1: Lakers vs. Grizzlies | Sun., April 16 | 3 ET (ABC)
Game 2: Lakers vs. Grizzlies | Wed., April 19 | 7:30 ET (TNT)
Game 3: Grizzlies vs. Lakers | Sat., April 22 | 10 ET (ESPN)
Game 4: Grizzlies vs. Lakers | Mon. April 24 | TBD
*Game 5: Lakers vs. Grizzlies | Wed., April 26 | TBD
*Game 6: Grizzlies vs. Lakers | Fri., April 28 | TBD
*Game 7: Lakers vs. Grizzlies | Sun., April 30 | TBD
Sacramento Kings (3) vs. Golden State Warriors (6)
Game 1: Warriors vs. Kings | Sat., April 15 | 8:30 ET (ABC)
Game 2: Warriors vs. Kings | Mon., April 17 | 10 ET (TNT)
Game 3: Kings vs. Warriors | Thurs., April 20 | 10 ET (TNT)
Game 4: Kings vs. Warriors | Sun., April 23 | TBD
*Game 5: Warriors vs. Kings | Wed., April 26 | TBD
*Game 6: Kings vs. Warriors | Fri., April 28 | TBD
*Game 7: Warriors vs. Kings | Sun., April 30 | TBD
Phoenix Suns (4) vs. LA Clippers (5)
Game 1: Clippers vs. Suns | Sun., April 16 | 8 ET (TNT)
Game 2: Clippers vs. Suns | Tues., April 18 | 10 ET (TNT)
Game 3: Suns vs. Clippers | Thurs., April 20 | 10:30 ET (NBA TV)
Game 4: Suns vs. Clippers | Sat., April 22 | 3:30 ET (TNT)
*Game 5: Clippers vs. Suns | Tues., April 25 | TBD
*Game 6: Suns vs. Clippers | Thurs., April 27 | TBD
*Game 7: Clippers vs. Suns | Sat., April 29 | TBD (TNT)
* if neccessary
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Ryan Novozinsky may be reached at rnovozinsky@njadvancemedia.com. | 2023-04-25T00:37:25+00:00 | nj.com | https://www.nj.com/sports/2023/04/los-angeles-lakers-vs-memphis-grizzlies-game-4-live-stream-42423-watch-nba-playoffs-2023-online-time-tv-channel.html |
Video commerce leaders QVC and HSN bring livestream shoppable app to Samsung Smart TV
WEST CHESTER, Pa., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- QVC® and HSN®, world leaders in multiplatform video commerce ("vCommerce"), have launched their interactive streaming shopping service on Samsung Smart TVs. The QVC+ and HSN+ combined streaming experience offers millions of Samsung Smart TV users QVC's and HSN's most robust, comprehensive video commerce experience, with live, on-demand and streaming-only content together in one, easy-to-use, fully shoppable app. It is currently the only shopping app on Samsung Smart TV that allows viewers to complete purchases within the app and combines multiple channels of live content with video on demand. Samsung Smart TV users can sign into their QVC or HSN account to learn about their favorite products and complete purchases, all within the app. QVC and HSN are part of Qurate Retail, Inc. (NASDAQ: QRTEA, QRTEB, QRTEP).
The QVC+ and HSN+ streaming experience combines QVC's and HSN's five linear broadcast channels – QVC, QVC2, QVC3, HSN and HSN2, offering 50+ hours a day of live vCommerce content – with three digital-only linear channels and approximately 20 original, streaming-only shows, including programs like "Cooking With Curtis," with Michelin-starred-chef Curtis Stone, "Total Look," which shows shoppers how to style a single apparel piece in three different ways, and "QVC en Español," a collection of QVC's first-ever Spanish-language shows.
"Our QVC+ and HSN+ streaming experience is our most complete livestream shopping experience, with virtually all of our programming in one package that makes it easy to peruse, discover and shop great finds," said David Apostolico, SVP, Platform Strategy, Development & Distribution, vCommerce Ventures at Qurate Retail Group. "We already have many fans enjoying our content via popular FAST platform Samsung TV Plus. Now, Samsung Smart TV users can also shop and enjoy using our app, with original streaming content they'll love. We look forward to offering our customers this new way to engage with us via millions of Samsung devices and welcoming new customers on Samsung Smart TVs."
Samsung Smart TV users can use their remote to access the QVC+ and HSN+ streaming service in the app store. To help users access the streaming app more easily, the app will have featured placement in the app store preview on the Samsung Smart TV home page for a three-month period.
This launch reflects Qurate Retail GroupSM's strategic initiative to expand the reach of its original vCommerce experiences across new media and digital platforms. The QVC+ and HSN+ streaming experience is available to more than 100 million internet-connected homes across the U.S. QVC has been the first livestream shopping channel on multiple streaming services. QVC and HSN reach more than 200 million homes globally via 14 linear TV channels, which are widely available on cable/satellite TV, free over-the-air TV, and digital livestreaming TV. QVC and HSN also reach millions of homes via websites, mobile apps and social pages.
The QVC+ and HSN+ streaming experience is part of vCommerce Ventures, a new business unit designed to accelerate Qurate Retail Group's ownership of digital live streaming shopping, beyond QVC's and HSN's traditional multiplatform experiences.
QVC® and HSN® are world leaders in video commerce ("vCommerce"), which includes video-driven shopping across linear TV, ecommerce sites, digital streaming and social platforms.
QVC empowers shoppers with knowledge and shares insights in a lively and engaging way. QVC offers an ever-changing collection of familiar brands and fresh new products – from home and fashion to beauty, electronics and jewelry – and connects shoppers to interesting personalities, engaging stories and award-winning customer service. Based in West Chester, Pa., and founded in 1986, QVC has retail operations in the U.S., the U.K., Germany, Japan and Italy. Worldwide, QVC engages millions of shoppers via 12 TV channels, which are widely available on cable/satellite TV, free over-the-air TV, and digital livestreaming TV. The retailer also reaches millions of customers via the QVC+ and HSN+ streaming experience, websites, mobile apps and social pages. To learn more, visit corporate.qvc.com, follow @QVC on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, or follow QVC on Pinterest, YouTube or LinkedIn.
HSN takes shoppers on a journey – embracing the new, exploring untrodden paths and bringing shoppers a unique perspective that enriches their lives. HSN offers a curated assortment of exclusive products and top brand names in health and beauty, jewelry, home/lifestyle, fashion/accessories, and electronics and incorporates entertainment, personalities and industry experts to provide a unique shopping experience. HSN engages millions of customers across the U.S. via two TV channels, which are widely available on cable/satellite TV, free over-the-air TV, and digital livestreaming TV. The retailer also reaches millions of customers via the QVC+ and HSN+ streaming experience, a website and mobile app, and social pages. HSN was founded 45 years ago as the first shopping network and is based in St. Petersburg, Fla. To learn more, visit corporate.hsn.com, follow @HSN on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, or follow HSN on Pinterest, YouTube or LinkedIn.
Qurate Retail, Inc. (NASDAQ: QRTEA, QRTEB, QRTEP) is a Fortune 500 company that includes QVC, HSN, Zulily® and the Cornerstone brands (collectively, "Qurate Retail GroupSM"), as well as other minority interests and green energy investments. Qurate Retail Group is dedicated to providing a more human way to shop and is the largest player in vCommerce. For more information, visit www.qurateretailgroup.com, follow @QurateRetailGrp on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, or follow Qurate Retail Group on YouTube or LinkedIn. QVC and Q are registered service marks of ER Marks, Inc.
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SOURCE QVC and HSN | 2022-09-20T13:34:03+00:00 | kwtx.com | https://www.kwtx.com/prnewswire/2022/09/20/qvc-hsn-streaming-experience-launches-samsung-smart-tvs/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told President Joe Biden at an Oval Office meeting on Tuesday that Ukrainians are “making progress” with their counteroffensive, which could bolster their position when there’s an opportunity to reach a diplomatic end to the war with Russia.
“The support that we are providing together for Ukraine is now making a difference on the battlefield as we speak,” Stoltenberg said. “Because the offensive has launched, and the Ukrainians are making progress, making advances.”
He added, “It’s still early days, but what we do know is that the more land that Ukrainians are able to liberate, the stronger hand they will have at the negotiating table.”
Biden said NATO has grown more unified during the Ukraine war and “we’re going to be building on that momentum” when the alliance holds its annual summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11 and 12.
The White House meeting, the fourth between the two leaders, occurred at a moment of particular peril and uncertainty for the 31-member military alliance.
Ukraine, armed with Western weapons, is in the early stages of a high-stakes counteroffensive against Russia that could significantly reshape a war that began nearly a year and a half ago. NATO wants to continue supporting Kyiv while avoiding being drawn into direct conflict with Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that Ukraine is suffering setbacks and the loss of tanks and armored vehicles.
In addition, no consensus has emerged over who will be NATO’s next leader. Stoltenberg, a former Norwegian prime minister, plans to step down as secretary general at the end of September. He’s held the job since 2014.
Last week, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made the case for U.K. Defense Minister Ben Wallace to replace Stoltenberg. Biden also met with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, another potential contender.
NATO has expanded since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with the addition of Finland. Sweden has also sought to join, but Turkey, another member of the alliance, has objected.
However, Biden has expressed confidence that the issue will be sorted out and Sweden will become the 32nd country in NATO.
The meeting with Stoltenberg was delayed by a day because Biden got a root canal on Monday. The procedure, which was prompted by dental pain that Biden felt over the weekend, also required the president to skip an event with college athletes.
The night before the root canal, “he was up all night in pain,” first lady Jill Biden said at a political fundraiser in New York City on Monday evening. | 2023-06-13T21:43:36+00:00 | kfor.com | https://kfor.com/news/oklahoma-legislature/ap-politics/nato-leader-says-ukrainians-are-making-progress-and-advancing-against-russian-forces/ |
A misguided bill currently before the state Legislature, listed as LC2215, states "Science instruction may not include subject matter that is not scientific fact." And so on.
This absurd, perhaps even potentially perilous, bill was introduced by Mr. Daniel Emrich (R-District 11). Passing it would severely hamstring Montana students and teachers. The approach to teaching required in the bill is profoundly outdated.
Noble Prize winner in chemistry, Thomas Cech, of CU Boulder wrote: "We use whatever techniques are required to really delve into questions about how nature works." Techniques mean the processes of science.
Science is far more than a collection of “facts.” Students should learn that science is primarily a process of investigative discovery, of inquiry, through properly controlled experiments and observations — processes. It is a way of knowing about natural-world phenomena and indeed the universe. Scientific “facts” may be modified as we learn more. They often don’t particularly wear well.
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Scientific research and observation generate data (evidence) for further exploration and the development of new hypotheses, principles, theories and yes, on rare occasions, even laws. For example: The laws of thermodynamics, Mendel's laws of inheritance and Newton's laws of motion. There are not many laws in science. Do they count as “facts”?
There are numerous scientific theories that this bill might require not to be taught.
A theory is not a guess or hunch but is constructed upon copious scientific evidence that has been constantly confirmed to develop a well-substantiated explanation of natural phenomena. Examples: All living organisms are composed of one or more cells, the atomic theory, the germ theory and the theory of evolution. Theories are based on ideas that can be tested. Scientists use several techniques to develop a theory.
The core of what students need to know about science is the process of scientific inquiry. This is how we develop the landscape of scientific knowledge and yes, of course, students benefit from learning the important aspects of a discipline. But teach only the “facts” — come on.
Memorizing and restating “facts” only would leave Montana students way behind in their knowledge and appreciation of science as a process. This bill shows a lack of understanding about teaching science and passing it could contribute to a dislike and distrust of science in general. This happens even now. For example, look at the all-too-common misunderstanding of science by denial and even fear of COVID-19 vaccines. Our understanding of a virulent virus was modified in light of new evidence — a process. That continues.
With new data and interpretation, old ideas are replaced or supplemented by newer ones; that is, scientific knowledge is open to revision in light of new experimental or observational evidence. Students should understand science as a self-correcting, ever-evolving process of problem-solving (see the Nature of Science by the National Association of Science Teachers for sources and details).
Mr. Emerich, please let the students spend their time learning scientific methods, observing nature and conducting experiments: not memorizing reputed “facts.” Let them appreciate and enjoy science as a process. Make science classrooms, labs and field trips experiential. Kids enjoy active, hands-on exploration and learning that fosters a better understanding and appreciation of science.
It works. | 2023-02-15T17:04:47+00:00 | helenair.com | https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/richard-storey-bill-is-absurd-and-potentially-perilous/article_2a30de0f-0362-5d7d-966e-e3feb505230f.html |
Family shocked by $4,444 charge after Starbucks run
A man making a routine trip to Starbucks to buy coffee got more than he bargained for when he received a tab for several thousand dollars.
Jesse O’Dell shared in an interview with McClatchy News that he was in the drive-thru at a Starbucks in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Jan. 7, and he later learned he was charged more than $4,000, the Kansas City Star noted.
Starbucks explained to the Oklahoma man that the charge was legitimate because the tip amount he entered was $4,444.44 while buying coffee. But a Starbucks spokesperson later determined the charge was an error, according to the Kansas City Star.
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The mysterious charge caused problems for O’Dell’s family. The Kansas City Star noted that his wife was out with their kids buying items for a family trip, and as she attempted to pay at the store, her card declined.
Starbucks sent O’Dell checks refunding the charge but explained to McClatchy that when he deposited them, the checks bounced. The Kansas City Star reported that O’Dell filed a report with the Tulsa Police Department.
A Starbucks spokesperson explained to McClatchy that the refund checks bounced due to a typo. But the Kansas City Star noted that O’Dell recently received new checks from the Seattle-based company.
This story was reported from Washington, D.C. | 2023-02-09T22:49:06+00:00 | fox6now.com | https://www.fox6now.com/news/family-expensive-charge-starbucks |
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CPC (Colder Products Company), part of Dover (NYSE: DOV) and a leading manufacturer of connection technologies used in biopharmaceutical processing, today announced that its MicroCNX® Series Connectors were named a 2022 Pharma Innovation Award winner. The award recognizes advancements in product quality and manufacturing efficiency.
Ultra-compact sterile MicroCNX connectors provide biopharmaceutical and cell and gene therapy (CGT) manufacturers with a much-needed alternative to tube welding for their small-volume closed aseptic processes. They are the industry's first aseptic connectors designed to provide a simple, efficient method of connecting tubing in small-format assemblies.
Testing indicates that making a sterile connection with the new connector is up to four times faster than an operator using a tube welder.1 MicroCNX connectors require minimal training and only three steps to make a connection. In contrast, tube welding involves a dozen or more steps. Operator challenges also include maneuvering the tube welder into position, dealing with equipment maintenance, and requiring precise technique to create a successful weld. With MicroCNX solutions, there is no risk of faulty welds, welder breakdowns, or production delays due to weld equipment downtime.
"MicroCNX connectors make sterile closed connections of very small-bore tubing in an easier, faster way than tube welding," said Troy Ostreng, Senior Product Manager for CPC's biopharmaceutical business. "It's great that both customers and the industry view MicroCNX connectors as a key innovation for bioprocessing, cell therapy and gene therapy workflows."
This most recent accolade from Pharma Manufacturing adds to others designating the MicroCNX series as a top global innovation in biopharmaceutical processing. Earlier this year, MicroCNX connectors claimed a Medicine Maker Innovation Award, which recognizes "the highest-impact pharmaceutical development and manufacturing technologies."
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About CPC:
CPC (Colder Products Company) is the leader in single-use connection technology, offering a wide variety of connectors for biopharmaceutical manufacturing. The company's innovative, flexible products enable users to easily combine multiple components and systems including process containers, tubing manifolds, transfer lines, bioreactors and other bioprocess equipment. Robust single-use connectors maintain media sterility and integrity while improving production yields, decreasing time to market and reducing costs. The company's well-known AseptiQuik® connectors provide quick and easy sterile connections even in non-sterile environments. Learn more at cpcworldwide.com/bio. Connect with confidence with CPC, an operating company within Dover Corporation.
About Dover:
Dover is a diversified global manufacturer and solutions provider with annual revenue of over $8 billion. We deliver innovative equipment and components, consumable supplies, aftermarket parts, software and digital solutions, and support services through five operating segments: Engineered Products, Clean Energy & Fueling, Imaging & Identification, Pumps & Process Solutions and Climate & Sustainability Technologies. Dover combines global scale with operational agility to lead the markets we serve. Recognized for our entrepreneurial approach for over 65 years, our team of over 25,000 employees takes an ownership mindset, collaborating with customers to redefine what's possible. Headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, Dover trades on the New York Stock Exchange under "DOV." Additional information is available at dovercorporation.com.
CPC Contact:
Jana Stender
(612) 564-2053
jana.stender@cpcworldwide.com
Dover Media Contact:
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(630) 743-5039
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SOURCE Dover | 2022-12-07T23:00:11+00:00 | kxii.com | https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2022/12/07/cpcs-microcnx-series-connectors-receive-top-biopharma-industry-honor/ |
JERUSALEM — Eight people were injured, among them U.S. citizens, in a suspected Palestinian gun attack on a bus near Jerusalem’s Western Wall in the Old City early Sunday, Israeli police and medics said.
Tom Nides, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, said he was “deeply saddened to confirm that Americans were injured in this attack.”
“I’ve spoken with the families and will keep them in my prayers,” he said in a statement on Twitter.
Both Nides and the U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs said in statements early Sunday that they strongly condemned what they described as a “terrorist attack.”
A spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem declined to provide further details about the victims, citing privacy concerns. They spoke on the condition of anonymity in accordance with embassy protocol.
The shooting comes less than a week after Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip reached a tentative truce to end several days of fighting that killed at least 47 Palestinians in the blockaded enclave, and amid an ongoing Israeli crackdown in the occupied West Bank after violence flared there this spring.
On Wednesday, Israeli security forces using shoulder-launched missiles killed three suspected Palestinian militants in the crowded West Bank city of Nablus.
Sunday’s attack in Jerusalem happened about 1:30 a.m. local time in two locations near the entrance to the Western Wall, one of Judaism’s holiest sites.
A gunman opened fire on a bus and vehicles by a parking lot, and then ran into the adjacent Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan, according to Israeli police.
Israel’s emergency medical service said that it treated people with gunshot wounds on the scene and that seven were hospitalized.
Two of the injured were in critical condition, among them a pregnant woman who was shot in her abdomen and underwent emergency labor, Israeli media reported.
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid condemned the attack Sunday and warned that “all those who seek our harm should know that they will pay a price for any harm to our civilians.”
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said she was working with the State Department amid reports that state residents were among the injured.
“I am horrified by the terror attack in Jerusalem, and by the news that a family of New Yorkers has been impacted,” she tweeted.
No Palestinian group took responsibility for the attack, and Israeli police did not immediately release further details about the alleged shooter.
A spokesperson for Hamas, the militant group that rules Gaza, praised the “heroic operation” against the “arrogance of the occupation’s soldiers and extremist settlers.”
U.S.-backed peace plans since the 1990s have called for a Palestinian state in east Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Israel claims Jerusalem as its undivided capital, which most of the international community rejects.
The country is gearing up for another round of elections, its fifth in less than four years, in which security, as well as economic issues, are typically key concerns among voters.
Violence in Israel had subsided somewhat since the spring, when at least 19 people in several cities were killed in a spate of Palestinian attacks with guns, knives and a vehicle. Since then, Israeli forces have conducted near-nightly raids on West Bank communities and killed dozens of Palestinians.
Among the dead this spring was Palestinian American Shireen Abu Akleh, a veteran journalist for Al Jazeera who was killed in May while covering clashes in the Palestinian city of Jenin. The Washington Post and other major media outlets concluded that Israeli forces likely fired the shot that killed Abu Akleh, who was far from any fighting.
Israel said its own investigation found the source of the bullet inconclusive, but that its soldiers did not deliberately shoot. A U.S. investigation released in June said the gunfire was likely to have come from Israeli forces but concluded it was probably unintentional, angering Abu Akleh’s family.
Steve Hendrix contributed to this report. | 2022-08-14T11:08:49+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/14/us-citizens-injured-bus-attack-jerusalem/ |
Death toll in Turkey, Syria earthquake surpasses 15,000
By MEHMET GUZEL, GHAITH ALSAYED, SUZAN FRASER and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY, Associated Press
|Updated
GAZIANTEP, Turkey (AP) — The death toll from the catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria rose to more than 15,000 as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of collapsed homes in the stricken zone, Turkey's disaster management agency said Thursday.
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The agency said 12,391 people had been confirmed killed in Turkey after Monday's early morning earthquake and series of aftershocks, which brought down thousands of buildings in southeastern Turkey.
On the other side of the border in Syria, another 2,902 people have been reported to have been killed.
Rescue workers continued to pull living people from the damaged buildings but hope was starting to fade amid freezing temperatures more than three full days since the quake hit.
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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the especially hard-hit Hatay province on Wednesday, where residents have criticized the government's efforts, saying rescuers were slow to arrive.
Erdogan, who faces a tough battle for reelection in May, reacted to mounting frustration by acknowledging problems with the emergency response to Monday's 7.8-magnitude quake, but said the winter weather had been a factor. The earthquake also destroyed the runway at Hatay's airport, further disrupting the response.
“It is not possible to be prepared for such a disaster," Erdogan said. “We will not leave any of our citizens uncared for.” He also hit back at critics, saying "dishonorable people" were spreading “lies and slander” about the government's actions.
Teams from more than two dozen countries have joined tens of thousands of local emergency personnel in the effort. But the scale of destruction from the quake and its powerful aftershocks was so immense and spread over such a wide area that many people were still awaiting help.
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Experts said the survival window for those trapped under the rubble or otherwise unable to obtain basic necessities was closing rapidly. At the same time, they said it was too soon to abandon hope.
“The first 72 hours are considered to be critical,” said Steven Godby, a natural hazards expert at Nottingham Trent University in England. “The survival ratio on average within 24 hours is 74%, after 72 hours it is 22% and by the fifth day it is 6%.”
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Alsayed reported from Bab al-Hawa, Syria. Fraser reported from Ankara, Turkey. Bilginsoy reported from Istanbul. Associated Press journalists David Rising in Bangkok and Robert Badendieck in Istanbul contributed.
By MEHMET GUZEL, GHAITH ALSAYED, SUZAN FRASER and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY | 2023-02-09T05:49:57+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/world/article/death-toll-in-turkey-syria-earthquake-surpasses-17773225.php |
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was quite a week for Russia’s professional tennis players — four tournaments, three titles.
One of them, Liudmila Samsonova, thinks it might not be merely a coincidence that this recent run of success for her, Daria Kasatkina and Daniil Medvedev comes shortly after they were banned from competing at Wimbledon because of their country’s invasion of, and ongoing war in, Ukraine.
“We are are all very angry about the situation,” Samsonova said after beating Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the final of the Citi Open on Sunday for her second career WTA title. “I mean, it was a really tough month.”
Samsonova earned her trophy in Washington a day after Medvedev, who leads the men’s rankings, defeated Britain’s Cam Norrie for the championship at Los Cabos, Mexico, and several hours before Kasatkina won the title at San Jose, California, with a victory over American Shelby Rogers. All three events are hard-court tuneups ahead of the year’s last Grand Slam tournament, the U.S. Open, which begins in New York on Aug. 29; Medvedev is the defending champion there. (The week’s fourth title, the men’s event at the Citi Open, was won by Australia’s Nick Kyrgios; a Russian, Andrey Rublev, reached the semifinals).
At the previous Grand Slam event, Wimbledon, which ran from late June into July, all athletes from Russia and Belarus were blocked by the All England Club from participating because of the attack on Ukraine. That prompted the WTA and ATP professional tours to withhold rankings points from the tournament, meaning whatever was earned there in 2021 fell off a player’s record and could not be replaced with how they fared there this year.
“It’s been a great week for us. I wouldn’t say that Wimbledon (gave) a lot of motivation to us, because we want to win these tournaments and matches in any case. I think it just happened that, in this particular week, three Russian players won titles. It’s not happening very often, let’s say,” said Kasatkina, who has called for an end to the fighting in Ukraine. “I think it’s just a coincidence. It shows that we’re on a good level.”
When Samsonova arrived in Washington a week ago, her ranking had dropped from a career-best of 25th in May to 60th. And she had not played a match on tour since June.
She used that time to go to her training base in Italy and work on her game — and herself.
She started collaborating with a mental coach (“I can’t thank her enough,” Samsonova said Sunday). She sought to improve her topspin forehand, her serve and her return, all of which paid off during a victory over reigning U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu in the quarterfinals and against Kanepi in the final.
Asked Sunday about Wimbledon and the results she and other Russians produced this week, Samsonova said: “We (had) a lot of time to work, so I think we (used) it very well.”
Up until a couple of weeks ago, she was not sure whether she would be able to play in Washington at all. That’s because her visa was due to expire in July and she was told there might not be enough time to complete the application process for a renewal.
That might have meant missing not just the Citi Open, but also other tournaments in the country, including perhaps the U.S. Open. (Unlike the All England Club, the U.S. Tennis Association announced it would permit athletes from Russia and Belarus to enter the draws).
Fortunately, Samsonova said, it did work out, otherwise she might have gone back to Europe to play in some lower-level events.
“I really don’t know” what would have happened, she acknowledged.
The paperwork came through, Samsonova made it to Washington, and on Sunday night, she was pondering something Medvedev and Kasatkina might have been, too: What’s the proper way to celebrate?
“For sure,” the 23-year-old Samsonova said, “some drinks.”
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AP Sports Writer Janie McCauley in San Jose, California, contributed.
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More AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2022-08-09T05:12:44+00:00 | nwahomepage.com | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/national-sports/russian-tennis-players-collect-3-titles-at-us-open-tuneups/ |
(iSeeCars) – Production shutdowns and supply chain issues from the ongoing microchip shortage have continued to drastically lower new car inventory. As demand continues to exceed the supply of new cars, dealers are pricing new cars above MSRP (Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price) while removing new car incentives.
A recent iSeeCars analysis of 1.9 million new car listings found the average new vehicle is priced 10.0 percent above MSRP. Additionally, some new vehicles are priced well above the 10.0 percent average.
“Dealers have responded to market conditions by pricing cars above MSRP making a higher profit on specific models to help offset lower sales volumes from restricted new car production,” said iSeeCars Executive Analyst Karl Brauer. “In today’s market, consumers are willing to pay well-above sticker price for new cars because inventory is so scarce and because they know that new car pricing is not expected to improve until 2023 at the earliest.”
The top 15 cars with the greatest markups range from 1.8 to 2.4 times above the 10.0 percent average for all vehicles.
The vehicle with the greatest markup is the Jeep Wrangler, which is priced 24.4 percent or $8,433 over MSRP. It’s joined by its four-door version, the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, and its pickup variant, the Jeep Gladiator. “As demand continues to exceed supply for these popular vehicles, dealers are adding market adjustments generally ranging from $2,000 to $10,000 on top of their MSRP, with markups being especially high for the V-8 Wrangler Rubicon 392,” said Brauer. “The Jeep Wrangler and the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited are among the cars that hold their value best due to their ruggedness and enthusiastic fan base, which likely contributes to car buyers paying a premium for them amid their scarcity on new car lots.”
The Ford Maverick, a compact pickup truck introduced for the 2022 model year and available with either a hybrid or a gasoline engine, also makes the list. “The Maverick compact pickup has been in high demand since its debut, which forced dealers to stop taking orders for both versions at the end of January, resuming only in mid-September,” said Brauer. “Heightened gas prices have boosted demand for this already-hot seller, with both the hybrid and gasoline versions returning excellent gas mileage, and even these marked-up prices remain attainable for buyers given the starting prices of under $25,000.”
Joining the Maverick pickup is an additional Ford vehicle, the rugged Bronco off-road compact SUV. “The Ford Bronco has been in high demand since its debut last year, and this demand has exceeded supply as inventory shortages have led to long waitlists and frequent dealer markups for the vehicle,” said Brauer. “Ford closed the order books for the 2022 Bronco in May and began taking orders for the 2023 version in late August.”
Seven luxury SUVs make the list, including the Porsche Macan, the Genesis GV70, the Lexus RX 450h, the Porsche Cayenne, the Mercedes-Benz GLB, the Lexus RX 350L, and the Genesis GV80 “Hybrid vehicles like the Lexus RX 450h have been popular sellers due to the rise in gasoline prices, as well as smaller SUVs like the compact Mercedes-Benz GLB, and the Porsche Macan,” said Brauer. “Markups have also been common for the RX 350L three-row crossover and the new-for-2022 Genesis GV70 and GV80.”
Two American sports cars also make the list: the Chevrolet Corvette and the Cadillac CT5. “Demand for the mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette has exceeded supply since its launch for the 2020 model year, and its high demand contributes to the vehicle consistently selling over MSRP,” said Brauer. “The Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing trim, which debuted for 2022, has a supercharged V8, and the low availability of the high-performance trim led to significant markups.”
Rounding out the list is the MINI Hardtop 2 Door subcompact car. “The surge in gas prices has likely boosted the fuel-efficient vehicle’s popularity,” said Brauer.
“New car buyers will probably have trouble finding available inventory and can expect to pay higher-than-average prices for vehicles that are in high demand,” said Brauer. “Consumers looking to purchase a new car should do their research and compare prices between multiple dealers, and in some cases can avoid markups by ordering directly from the manufacturer.”
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iSeeCars analyzed over 1.9 million new cars sold between July 1 and September 7, 2022, and compared their list price to their MSRP. The average difference was expressed as a percentage from MSRP and used to rank the vehicle models. Low-volume models and heavy-duty vehicles were excluded from further analysis.
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This article, Which Cars are Priced the Highest Over MSRP in Today’s Market?, originally appeared on iSeeCars.com. | 2022-09-24T21:28:45+00:00 | mytwintiers.com | https://www.mytwintiers.com/automotive/which-cars-are-priced-the-highest-over-msrp-in-todays-market/ |
Greene’s DC jail visit pulls GOP closer to Jan. 6 rioters
By LISA MASCARO
AP Congressional Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene swept into the District of Columbia jail to check on conditions for the Jan. 6 defendants, with Republican lawmakers handshaking and high-fiving the prisoners, who chanted “Let’s Go Brandon!” — a coded vulgarity against President Joe Biden — as the group left.
A day earlier Speaker Kevin McCarthy met with the mother of slain rioter Ashli Babbitt, a Navy veteran who was shot and killed by police as she tried to climb through a broken window during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
And the House Republican leader recently gave Fox News’ Tucker Carlson exclusive access to a trove of Jan. 6 surveillance tapes despite the conservative commentator’s airing of conspiracy theories about the Capitol attack.
Taken together, the House Republicans can be seen as working steadily but intently to distort the facts of the deadly riot, which played out for the world to see when Donald Trump’s supporters laid siege to the Capitol, and in the process downplay the risk of domestic extremism in the U.S.
In actions and legislation, the Republicans are seeking to portray perpetrators of the Capitol riot as victims of zealous federal prosecutors, despite many being convicted of serious crimes. As Trump calls for the Jan. 6 defendants to be pardoned, some House Republicans are attempting to rebrand those who stormed the Capitol as “political prisoners.”
The result is alarming to those who recognize a dangerously Orwellian attempt to whitewash recent history.
“There’s no question Marjorie Taylor Greene and other Republicans are attempting to rewrite history,” said Heidi Beirich, the co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism. “They’re making light of what was a serious attack on our democracy.”
The tour Greene led at the local jail Friday comes as nearly 1,000 people have been charged by the Justice Department in the attack on the Capitol — leaders of the extremist Oath Keepers convicted of seditious conspiracy. The 20 or so defendants being held at the jail, many in pretrial detention on serious federal charges, are among those who battled police at the Capitol, officials said, in what at times was a gruesome bloody scene of violence and mayhem.
Greene told The Associated Press the idea she’s trying to rewrite history is the “stupidest thing” she’s ever heard of, especially since the assault on the Capitol has been captured in the 41,000 hours of video that McCarthy made available to Fox News.
“We can’t rewrite it — it’s all on video,” Greene told the AP.
“You can’t change the history, but what we can do is expose the truth. That’s what we need to do,” Greene said.
The country has been here before — in the aftermath of the Civil War, when the Lost Cause movement sought to reframe the battle over ending slavery in the U.S. as one of states’ rights, and again in the years following the Civil Rights movement as critics of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. questioned his transformative legacy.
In the House under Republican control this year, the new leadership openly questions what happened on Jan. 6 as well as how the federal government is investigating and prosecuting extremists. Outside groups are raising money and rallying to the aid of Jan. 6 defendants.
This past week, a Republican-led Judiciary subcommittee probed the federal government’s treatment of parents protesting school board policies — sometimes violently — as unfair. Next week, the new Republican committee on the “weaponization” of the federal government will delve into First Amendment free speech rights on social media.
McCarthy warned that the federal government is labeling parents as “domestic terrorists” for showing up at school board meetings, even though such prosecutions are extremely rare.
His was a reference to a 2021 Justice Department memo from Attorney General Merrick Garland responding to the National School Board Association’s concerns about violent protesters at school board meetings. Garland had directed federal law enforcement to address what he called a “disturbing spike” in harassment of school officials.
Probing the matter, the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee released a report showing that in one federal investigation, the FBI interviewed a mom for allegedly telling a local school board “we are coming for you.” In another, the FBI investigated a dad who opposed COVID mask mandates after a tipster to a federal hotline said he “fit the profile of an insurrectionist” because he “rails against the government” and “has a lot of guns and threatens to use them.”
“Parents should have a right to go to school board meetings and not be called terrorists,” McCarthy said.
While Greene has said the Capitol attack was wrong, at the jail visit Friday she said she believes there’s a “two-tiered” justice system and that the Jan. 6 defendants are being “treated as political prisoners” for their beliefs.
Democrats on the tour said that is categorically false. While the local jail came has long been the subject of complaints — the U.S. Marshals made plans to relocate 400 detainees after a surprise 2021 inspection found parts of the facility “do not meet the minimum standards” — the Jan. 6 defendants have been housed in a newer wing that was not cited as problematic in the Marshals’ statement.
The two Democrats who joined the tour as members of the House Oversight Committee said they both had visited detention facilities before. “It’s probably as good as a jail can be,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, a former public defender.
Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia of California noted the way the Republicans led by Greene treated the Jan. 6 defendants as celebrities — shaking their hands and slapping backs when the lawmakers arrived in the jail facility.
As they left, the defendants chanted the “Let’s Go Brandon!” phrase against Biden, he said in a tweet.
“What is most important to remember is that while Marjorie Taylor Greene and others want to treat these folks as pseudo celebrities, some of these folks are insurrectionists,” Garcia told reporters. “And we can’t forget that.” | 2023-03-25T05:41:58+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/03/24/greenes-dc-jail-visit-pulls-gop-closer-to-jan-6-rioters/ |
On the morning of May 25, Julie Burkhart got a call that her soon-to-open clinic, Wellspring Health Access, was on fire.
The clinic would have become the second in Wyoming to provide abortions and the only one to provide the surgical procedure for people who were past being able to end a pregnancy through pills. The clinic was set to begin patient services on June 13, according to Burkhart. But the destruction made that impossible.
Almost immediately, officials concluded that the fire had not been caused by an accident or electrical malfunction. It was arson.
A woman — described as white and wearing jeans, a dark hoodie and a mask — had broken into the clinic carrying a large red gasoline container and had set the place ablaze.
"It was a terrorist act. There's no other word for it," Burkhart told NPR.
"It's heartbreaking but also appalling that someone so recklessly would come in and start a fire when you could almost touch the wall of the apartment building next door where people were sleeping in their beds."
She added, "It just showed me that there is this grave disregard for the lives of the people right there in the neighborhood."
Burkhart notes that the clinic would likely have been in operation for only a few weeks, given what she read in May's leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case that last Friday resulted in the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
"We knew with this decision coming down that we probably wouldn't have long, but it would be something," she said.
It's not lost on Burkhart that the extremist violence of the arson serves as a painful metaphor for the situation that reproductive health advocates currently find themselves in. With every state legislature that passed tight abortion restrictions over the last few decades and with every win by conservatives who gained greater influence over presidents and other elected leaders, it has been like watching a raging fire get closer and closer — putting innocent people's lives at risk — and all while equipped with a measly fire extinguisher.
That's especially true for abortion-rights supporters in the 13 states that preemptively passed "trigger laws" designed to immediately ban or severely limit abortion in the event of Roe's reversal.
In the week after six conservative judges undid a half-century of legal protections for people seeking an abortion, NPR spoke with a handful of reproductive rights supporters — activists, doctors, abortion clinic escorts and women who made the choice to end a pregnancy — to gauge how they're feeling and what their plans are, moving forward in a post-Roe world.
What we found is a group of people bound together by immense grief, frustration and outright fury, but who are all committed to continuing to fight in whatever ways they can. They say the battle over what they believe is the fundamental right of people to choose an abortion is far from over, only now it will be fought in courtrooms and legislatures at the state level.
Already they see a few glimmers of hope — or at least temporary reprieves. As of the publication of this story, a half-dozen states have challenged the new restrictive abortion laws, arguing they are in violation of state constitutions. And some courts have already responded, issuing stays or restraining orders against them.
Arkansas — Rachel Marsala
As an abortion clinic escort in Little Rock, Ark., Rachel Marsala willingly endured months of harassment.
The 28-year-old volunteered at Little Rock Family Planning Services for nearly a year, walking pregnant people across the parking lot and into the clinic. During those months, she heard what she described as vile things from the anti-abortion protesters who would gather outside the clinic every day.
"They would say things like, 'Don't kill me, Mama!' " Marsala said.
In the days after the Supreme Court's draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked, the protesters became even more aggressive, she said. And last Friday, when the court's official decision came down and Arkansas' trigger ban kicked in, at least one man went from protester to vigilante.
"He was copying down the license plate of every single vehicle that drove in and out of the clinic so he could then turn them in to the police so they could be prosecuted," Marsala said.
Since last week, abortion is banned statewide, except for cases in which a patient's life is in danger.
At the moment, Marsala said, she is focusing on her breathing and remembering to exhale. She's also in therapy, which she recommends for everyone, especially activists like her who may feel defeated over the court's ruling and the people who will suffer as a consequence.
"[Last] Friday, we had to turn away a woman who had rescheduled her procedure because she couldn't afford to pay the first time she came in," Marsala said. "That's just one devastating story."
She offers this advice for beleaguered reproductive rights advocates fighting anti-abortion activists: "These people are out there and they are mobilized and they're ready to go. We as defenders of choice have to match their energy. We've got to be ready to show up!"
— Vanessa Romo
Idaho — Loren Colson
Loren Colson, a physician specializing in family medicine, is worried about the many ways a ban on most abortions in Idaho could risk the health and safety of his patients. He also has legal questions.
"There are just so many scenarios in pregnancy that are not straightforward that the legislators did not think of when they created this law," he told NPR, referring to a trigger ban that will likely take effect sometime in August.
If it does, it will replace the state's current law, which allows most abortions up to about 24 weeks, with one that will allow abortion only in cases of rape or incest — so long as the victim can prove they've filed a police report — or when the pregnant individual's life is at risk.
Colson provides "comprehensive reproductive health care," including "options counseling" — that means he talks to patients about ending their pregnancies. He said he's outraged by the burden Idaho's new laws place on victims of assault. But it's the lack of clarity about what constitutes a "risk to life" that he says will likely affect most people seeking an abortion in the future.
In many cases, a pregnant individual might have an issue that doesn't put their life in immediate danger but that could be a life-threatening complication later in pregnancy. Should they wait until that happens? he asks. That's the type of complex legal gray area that legislators still need to hash out, Colson said.
He added: "Pregnancy is in itself a risk and carries a higher mortality rate to it than abortion."
More personally, he and his wife are trying to have a child. They have been undergoing fertility treatment that has produced embryos they hope to use.
"If we don't use all of those embryos, are they protected under this law — and what do we do about those?" he wondered. "The state hasn't defined what is considered viable, what is considered a fetus in cases where it's not a straightforward pregnancy."
— Emma Bowman
Kentucky — Miranda Cisneros
Miranda Cisneros frequently participates in protests in Louisville, Ky. But when she heard the news that the Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade, it took her a bit before she was ready to go out.
"When I first heard the news, I was completely numb," she told NPR.
"Usually when we hear things, we're just automatically ready to spring into action, but I really had to take a moment," she said, adding that by the following day she was "feeling a lot of anger."
Much of that anger goes back to the election of Donald Trump, when many people told her she was overreacting, Cisneros said.
"I felt so gaslit in the 2016 election. So many people were telling us that we were overreacting and it was not going to be a big deal, but we're really seeing the aftereffects," Cisneros said, in part referring to Trump's legacy, which includes Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, who all voted to strike down Roe.
Kentucky moved swiftly to enact state laws prohibiting nearly all abortions. But on Thursday, a state judge ordered a temporary restraining order on them, allowing abortions to resume for now.
When looking at who is going to be most affected by the decision, Cisneros said it is not necessarily the same people, specifically women, who voted for Trump. She said she's worried about the Black, trans and disabled communities.
"I mean, the health care system is already designed to work against disabled folks," she said. "What about disabled folks who now become pregnant? You know, that is also a conversation I think a lot of people aren't having either."
Cisneros said she wants to see more of these conversations happen. She also wants to see people get uncomfortable and have conversations with their family members or friends, in addition to protesting.
— Wynne Davis
Louisiana — Arséne DeLay
Arséne DeLay is done crying.
The 42-year-old New Orleans-based musician and activist says she ran out of tears lamenting conservatives' steady gains against abortion access years ago.
"I shed my tears in 2016," she told NPR, adding that loss of abortion rights was the inevitable outcome of Donald Trump's victory in the election that year. With disdain, DeLay added, "We did this to ourselves as far as the societal thing goes."
Moments later she continued: "As a Black woman living in the South, this is nothing new."
Louisiana's trigger law, which went into effect immediately last Friday following the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade, is now on hold. A state judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking Louisiana's abortion bans from being enforced.
However, if the trigger law does go back to being enforced, it will limit abortion to cases in which the pregnant individual's life is in danger. Anyone who is in violation could face a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $100,000, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive health research organization that supports abortion rights.
For DeLay, it leaves only one path forward: civil disobedience.
"At the end of the day, the Supreme Court depends on society's agreement of this construct, and quite frankly, I have no business or interest in following laws that are unjust and laws that put women in harm's way, especially Black, brown, Indigenous," she said. "I'm talking from my own experiences — in times when these situations have come up."
DeLay also said the fight for abortion rights comes down to access.
"No one needs to go and invent the wheel — look for the helpers and you support them if there needs to be some kind of a setup to get people the access that they need," she said.
"At the end of the day, that's what all of this is about."
— Shauneen Miranda
Mississippi — Rebecca Meador
The story of Rebecca Meador's abortion begins with the story of the pregnancy that came before it. When she was 19 years old and living in Mississippi, she gave birth to a baby boy with her then boyfriend, she told NPR.
She couldn't afford to raise the baby and she didn't want to have an abortion, so she chose to place the baby for adoption.
"Carrying a child and growing it in your womb, knowing the entire time that you wouldn't be a part of its life, is traumatic and incredibly stressful, and I did the best I could to continue to work and go to school while pregnant," she said.
She developed severe postpartum depression and agoraphobia following the birth and adoption of her baby boy. That led her to get an abortion a year later when she found out she was pregnant again.
"I knew that I wouldn't survive the possible postpartum depression and agoraphobia again after delivering another baby, and the shadow I lived in of the grief of losing a child to adoption — being a mother just wasn't an option. It would cost me my life," she said.
This week, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch certified the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Doing so triggered a state law that bans almost all abortions in Mississippi. It goes into effect this month. Meador now fears that women will have to live through the same pain she did.
"Taking away abortion care is nothing less than violence towards women," she said. "The lack of access to health insurance, the inequality of pay for women, the continued victim blaming when a woman is assaulted and the condemnation of a woman's soul to hell for being in an impossible situation in life are clear indicators of the devaluation of women's lives."
— Jaclyn Diaz
Missouri — Hanz Dismer
Every day when Hanz Dismer goes to work, they have to leave Missouri, the state they live in, and drive across the Mississippi River to the Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City, Illinois.
Dismer is the education and research coordinator at the clinic and a licensed clinical social worker. Before the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade came down, Dismer said it was something that they and many other abortion providers knew was coming — which is why they started preparing way before last Friday's decision.
"In 2021, we saw patients from 19 different states already, so we're not new to having patients travel from all across the Midwest and South to access care," Dismer said. "We know that's going to get worse."
Dismer said that a lot of telehealth protocols instituted to mitigate COVID-19 are helping to streamline things today and that the Hope Clinic is working with a Planned Parenthood location in Illinois to better serve the influx of patients.
Even so, Dismer said some conversations are still tough as patients go back to their home states and wonder about post-abortion care.
"These are things that, of course, we want you to be honest with your health care providers, if you can. And we acknowledge that sometimes that's not safe," Dismer said. Sometimes it's not safe to tell your health care provider that you had an abortion because they may judge you or they may report you or they may compromise the care you're getting.
— Wynne Davis
North Dakota — Sarah Haeder
When Sarah Haeder was growing up, her summer vacations were not the most traditional. Instead of picking a place to visit based on an attraction, Haeder's Irish Catholic family chose their destinations based on clinics offering abortion, specifically so they could protest outside them.
"So most of my life I grew up reinforcing the stigma and telling people abortion was wrong," Haeder told NPR. "And then I came to college and I took a women's studies class and I read a bell hooks novel and it changed my life."
Haeder, who lives in North Dakota, said she realized not everything she grew up learning was what it seemed to be. Then when she found herself pregnant in a brand-new relationship, she decided to get an abortion — something she never thought she would do.
"I had an abortion here at Red River Women's Clinic, and that was in 2006," she said. "Ever since coming into this clinic and having that abortion care, I wanted to work here."
Eventually, Haeder got a job as a patient educator and quit her full-time job to work at the clinic. But she didn't stop there. She was inspired to go back to school for a nursing degree.
"Now I am the head nurse here, and I couldn't be more proud of where I'm at or what I do," she said.
But amid that pride, the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has been weighing on her.
"Of course, I feel it is a travesty," she said. "If a human being doesn't have autonomy over their own body, how do they have autonomy over their own life?"
"I'm just thinking about all the women who already have so many obstacles and then to have this one put up is just — it's like a really big blow and it's really hard to keep emotions in check."
— Wynne Davis
Oklahoma — Alan Braid
Dr. Alan Braid provided abortion care before the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, back when abortion was widely illegal.
"I was an intern in 1972 before Roe and saw injured women and women who died from back alley or botched abortions," he explained to NPR.
Braid, an OB-GYN, said he must now reconsider his clinic in Tulsa, Okla., after the state's trigger ban.
The trigger ban, which comes after a separate Oklahoma anti-abortion law that was at one point the strictest in the nation, now makes it a felony to provide an abortion and includes a penalty of up to five years in prison. The only exception is if the pregnant patient's life is in danger.
Braid is not sure what's next for his Oklahoma clinic or his practices in San Antonio, Texas. That's where he currently lives, and there he is facing two lawsuits for performing an abortion in defiance of the state law enacted there last year that bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.
In addition to being sued, he's also suing. "I've been a part of [opposing] almost every lawsuit challenging the right for women to choose their options," he said. At the moment, he's one of several challengers seeking to nullify the Oklahoma ban.
But it's clear he's exhausted by the fight he has been waging in the 50 years he has been in reproductive health care. In some respects, it seems a burden has been lifted from his shoulders now that Roe has been overturned, even if it goes against his beliefs.
"I don't want to desert the women in Texas and the people [who] work for me," but, he added, he will feel some relief "not having to worry about the next session of the Texas legislature, which has plagued this state since 1978, when they started passing all the [targeted regulation of abortion providers] laws."
— Shauneen Miranda
South Dakota — Evelyn Griesse
Evelyn Griesse traveled to New York to get an abortion decades ago.
Now, the abortion-rights activist and co-founder of South Dakota Access for Every Woman faces a new challenge after the state's trigger ban went into effect hours after the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade was announced last Friday.
"We will do the best we can," Griesse told NPR.
"We have already been, for years, encouraging and helping women across South Dakota state lines because access has been so limited, so restrictive and so punitive, that there is no reason for us to have any kind of loyalty to this kind of law," she said.
South Dakota Access for Every Woman has been around since 1985, and last year more than 140 women got abortions with financial help from the organization.
She has always felt a duty to the women whose lives were lost in illegal abortions and to the doctors and nonmedical professionals who risked their own lives performing them.
"Women now are still feeling that sense of desperation," Griesse noted.
"It is primarily that sense of desperation that continues to go forward in women's lives and that obligation to others before me who gave so much of their energy and their lives to helping women in need," she said.
Now that South Dakota's trigger ban is in effect, anyone who provides or attempts to provide an abortion will face a felony charge, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
There are no exceptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. The only exception to the ban is if the pregnant individual's life is in danger.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem praised the new ban. "We have prayed for this day, and now it's here," Noem tweeted last Friday, adding that legislators have plans "for a special session to save lives and help mothers later this year."
— Shauneen Miranda
Tennessee — Aaron Campbell
Dr. Aaron Campbell always knew he wanted to be an OB-GYN — so much so that when he was 14, he dressed as one for Halloween.
Campbell had been inspired by his father, who was an OB-GYN and worked as the medical director of the Knoxville Center for Reproductive Health in Tennessee before experiencing a stroke that ultimately led to his death.
With his father gone, Campbell returned to Knoxville to continue the work his father had started. Now, Campbell has taken his place as the director of that same clinic.
"From the perspective of someone who just finished OB-GYN residency right over a year ago, this is going to amount to a public health crisis," Campbell told NPR in reference to the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
"From the perspective of someone who does this work regularly, it's a disaster and devastating for people who might need these services. And from my personal perspective, it's very disappointing and frustrating."
Even before the Supreme Court's decision came down, Campbell had started making plans to travel and continue his work in reproductive health care in areas adjacent to those impacted by the decision. He said his goal is to provide safe abortions to those who need and want them.
"The people that are going to be hurt from this decision are not the policymakers or any political elites. The people who are going to get hurt from this are the people who don't have the resources to obtain an abortion elsewhere," Campbell said.
He is worried about the long-term effects for those who will now be denied access to abortion, including lasting physical and mental health damage, as well as potentially life-long financial consequences.
"So this is not a decision that just affects them in real time. This decision or the denial of that decision truly has long-term consequences not just for their health but for their entire life."
— Wynne Davis
Texas — Adiana Vega
Even before the overturning of Roe v. Wade last week, Adiana Vega knew what it was like to live in a post-Roe world.
Texas' restrictive SB 8 law, which prohibits abortion after the detection of embryonic or fetal cardiac activity, or about six weeks into a pregnancy, and which requires several state-mandated interim steps, made it all but impossible for Vega to end her pregnancy in the state, despite the fact that she found out she was pregnant unusually early.
"I was about four weeks," the 26-year-old Dallas native told NPR. But even that was too late to get an abortion before the deadline, she explained.
While Texas lawmakers have moved to reinstate a nearly century-old abortion ban, a court has issued a temporary restraining order that blocks its enforcement. But that has left SB 8 in place.
"On paper, it sounds like I would have been able to get it, but a pregnant person is mandated to look at their ultrasound and then is required to enter a waiting period," Vega said. "Basically, all of that would have taken more than two weeks. Plus, on top of that, I had COVID at the same time."
But Vega is among the lucky group of people who have the means and resources to access abortion outside the state. So she called her boyfriend, who lives in Washington, D.C., and together they bought a plane ticket for her to get an abortion at the Planned Parenthood clinic there.
"We get to sweep it under the rug and move on with our lives simply because we have the means to make it go away and then we don't have to talk about it," she said, noting that many women who seek abortions are not so fortunate.
Vega said when considering where to go, she had to factor in cost, the amount of time she'd have to take off work and where she'd face "the least humiliating process."
When she eventually arrived in D.C. — a place she has always associated with progressive values — she was stunned to be confronted by the same type of anti-abortion activists she'd seen in Dallas.
"It's just more evidence that there's no place where pregnant people are completely safe," she said.
— Vanessa Romo
Utah — Angela Romero
Angela Romero, a Democratic state representative in Utah, used to be against abortion.
Raised Catholic in the small town of Tooele, Utah, she grew up in an environment in which women were made to feel ashamed of their decision to end their pregnancy.
"I've had women who have had abortions in my family, and it was very hush-hush — it was very secret," she told NPR.
Her outlook changed by the time she earned a bachelor's degree in political science at the University of Utah.
"Once I was exposed to just other thoughts and other worldviews, it just really changed the way I view the world," she said.
As a college student without health insurance, Romero had relied on the services provided by Planned Parenthood. Now, the politician said, she's worried about what will happen if people, especially those in poor and marginalized communities, lose that kind of "lifesaving" care under Utah's trigger law banning abortion.
The law, which makes inducing an abortion a felony, took effect last Friday, the same day Roe v. Wade was overturned. It has exceptions, including if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, though sexual assault victims must report the crime before seeking an abortion. The ban has since been put on temporary hold, however, as courts prepare to hear challenges to the trigger law.
Romero noted she's speaking up to ensure that vulnerable women "are not left behind."
"I have women come up to me all the time, saying, 'Thank you for saying what I wish I could say.' "
Romero said no one should need to file a police report to show that they were raped or violated by someone within their family.
"This goes back to trusting women and the decisions they make," she said. "It's problematic for them to jump through all those hoops, and also a person might be in a situation where it's dangerous and they don't want their partner to know that they're seeking an abortion."
— Emma Bowman
Wyoming — Julie Burkhart
Even after reading the Supreme Court's leaked draft opinion, which indicated that the court would overturn Roe v. Wade, Julie Burkhart still had plans.
Burkhart, the founder of Wellspring Health Access, runs clinics in Kansas and Oklahoma that offer abortion. Up until about a month ago, she was on track to open a facility in Wyoming — a state with only one existing clinic that offers abortion, until a trigger law will likely take effect this month.
The planned wellness center had been about two years in the making and was set to begin patient services on June 13. But on May 25, it all turned to ash.
"In the early morning hours, someone broke into the clinic and set it on fire," she calmly told NPR.
The hope, she said, had been that they'd have at least a few weeks to help women in and around Casper get abortions without having to travel all the way to Jackson, which is about a five-hour drive west of Casper.
"We knew with this decision coming down that we probably wouldn't have long, but it would be something," she added.
That was before a woman set fire to the clinic. Police have not captured the culprit, but they have released video footage of the suspect — described as a medium-build white woman about 5 feet, 6 inches tall — and are asking the public for help.
Meanwhile, a trigger law is poised to be enacted in a few weeks, effectively banning abortion in all circumstances except rape, incest or if the mother is at serious risk of death or injury.
Burkhart noted the political shift that has taken place in Wyoming, a traditionally libertarian state.
"Here you've had this small government staying out of people's private lives and their business, and then you fast-forward to when Trump was elected and that is when the real s*** began," she said.
Looking to the future, Burkhart is determined not to quit.
"We're going to be fighting tooth and nail to provide reproductive health care services in Wyoming," she said.
— Vanessa Romo
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The path to MetLife Stadium and the Non-Public A championship begins this week.
Public schools got the 2022 NJSIAA / Rothman Orthopaedics state football tournament started last week with quarterfinal games, and the Non-Public schools are now up.
The path to MetLife Stadium and the Non-Public A championship begins this week.
Public schools got the 2022 NJSIAA / Rothman Orthopaedics state football tournament started last week with quarterfinal games, and the Non-Public schools are now up.
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The resort received praise for its services, amenities, culinary offerings and more
LAS VEGAS, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Wynn Las Vegas (Nasdaq: WYNN) was once again named the No. 1 hotel in Las Vegas on the Travel + Leisure 2023 World's Best Awards list for the fourth consecutive year. The list honors top hotels, resorts, travel destinations, and companies worldwide, as rated by readers.
"We are especially grateful to our hard-working employees and their dedication to delivering the highest level of service," said Steve Weitman, President of Wynn Las Vegas. "Their commitment to creating unforgettable experiences and fostering a world-class atmosphere allows us to once again be awarded the title of Best Hotel in Las Vegas by Travel + Leisure – a recognition we're thrilled to receive."
This year, Wynn debuted the "only-in-Las Vegas" spectacle, Awakening, featuring acrobatics, soaring aerialists, and high-energy choreography set in the technologically immersive Awakening Theater. The resort also introduced Wynn Living Well, a program with curated health and wellness experiences. Focused on three pillars - renew, replenish, and re-energize, guests can enjoy an array of bespoke wellness options while traveling.
Following last year's largest and most extensive design evolution to its 2,674 guest rooms, Wynn recently introduced gourmet express dining concept Caffè Al Teatro. Featuring a rich layering of finishes, Caffè Al Teatro is the latest space from Wynn Design and Development, a thoughtful new addition to Wynn's offerings. In addition, the resort further expanded its culinary program with Min's Test Kitchen, a temporary pop-up concept showcasing innovative Asian dishes inspired by Michelin-recognized Chef Min Kim, and hosted one-of-a-kind events with renowned partners such as Harlan Estate and Opus One Winery.
The 2023 World's Best Awards were determined by votes from hundreds of thousands of Travel + Leisure readers, compiled through an extensive annual survey considered to be one of the most respected poll in the hospitality industry. Readers defined excellence in the "Hotels" category by evaluating criteria including rooms and facilities, location, service, food, and value. For the full list of World's Best Awards honorees, please visit www.travelandleisure.com/worlds-best.
About Wynn Las Vegas
Wynn Resorts is the recipient of more Forbes Travel Guide Five Star Awards than any other independent hotel company in the world and in 2023 was once again honored on FORTUNE Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies list. Wynn and Encore Las Vegas consist of two luxury hotel towers with a total of 4,748 spacious hotel rooms, suites and villas. The resort features approximately 194,000 square feet of casino space, 20 signature dining experiences, 14 bars, two award-winning spas, approximately 513,000 rentable square feet of meeting and convention space, approximately 174,000 square feet of retail space as well as two showrooms, two nightclubs, a beach club, and recreation and leisure facilities, including Wynn Golf Club, an 18-hole championship golf course. For more information on Wynn and Encore Las Vegas, visit press.wynnlasvegas.com.
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PITTSBURGH, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, July 22, 2022, twenty-five impressive Black leaders graduated from The Advanced Leadership Institute's (TALI) Executive Leadership Academy. This seven-module program included over 100 hours of instruction from renowned academic and industry experts; professional coaching; and executive mentoring, which paired each participant with a distinguished executive for hands-on guidance throughout the academy. The Executive Leadership Academy, delivered by Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business, is the flagship program of The Advanced Leadership Institute.
Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou, Dean - Professor of Finance, Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business, opened the ceremony with a warm welcome. Among her comments, she stated: "Here at the Tepper School we have made a commitment to foster diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in business. The Tepper School is honored to serve as the academic partner for The Advanced Leadership Institute; and we encourage this cohort to continue to make CMU a part of their journey."
The official ceremony to mark the accomplishments of these graduates included an inspiring keynote address by Dr. Aleta Richards, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Specialty Films, Covestro. Richards was introduced by her TALI mentee Ida Luchey-Ballard, Chemical Plant Manager, Koppers Performance Chemical Group. Traveling all the way from Dormagen, Germany, the Pittsburgh native inspired the graduates by sharing several leadership truths and words of encouragement: "This is a celebration of your journey to become even stronger wherever you choose to work…and how you are helping yourselves become even greater leaders – that's what we are celebrating today."
Cohort reflections were given by Michael Watson, Chief Compliance Officer/Chief Privacy Counsel, Wabtec Corporation: "I have very fond memories as a part of the ELA – we learned, we laughed, we elevated. We learned that even though there might be obstacles, those obstacles are not insurmountable. We learned that we cannot and should not work alone – we have each other and the TALI family." Watson also added, "ELA is an exercise in self-actualization and affirmation."
Other special remarks were offered by Jeff Broadhurst, President and CEO, Eat'n Park Hospitality Group, who spoke on behalf of TALI's Corporate CEO Council; ELA graduate Traci Jackson, Contact Center Director, Duquesne Light, who recognized the mentors, faculty, and executive coaches on behalf of the graduating cohort; Shelly Hammond, Vice President of Programs, The Advanced Leadership Institute, who welcomed the graduates into TALI's alumni; and Dr. Susan Caplan, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, who welcomed the graduates into CMU's alumni status.
"The 2022 graduates of the Executive Leadership Academy (ELA) are shining examples of the abundant Black talent that we have available to our communities," says Evan Frazier, President and CEO, The Advanced Leadership Institute. "As our fourth ELA cohort, these impressive leaders represent the continued growth of a strong TALI alumni network," adds Frazier.
Lara Washington, President and CEO, Allegheny Housing Rehabilitation Corporation and Board Chair, TALI provided congratulations to the 2022 ELA group: "On behalf of the board, we are so appreciative of all you have done…In four short years TALI has demonstrated a successful model of how to increase corporate diversity at the executive level. Working together, we are uniquely positioned to be a catalyst for change in our region and become a national best practice."
Alaine Allen – Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Distinguished Service Professor; Engineering and Public Policy; Carnegie Mellon University, College of Engineering
Caren Caldwell – Associate Vice President, Government Products, UPMC Health Plan
Holly Cundieff – Vice President Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, ARMADA
Clark Delanois – Managing Director, Head of Credit; Risk- Private Banking, BNY Mellon
Justin Denham – Director, Information Security & Business Resiliency, Highmark Wholecare
Tija Hilton-Phillips – Director, Regulatory Affairs, Highmark Inc.
Yarra Howze – Principal, Pittsburgh Public Schools
Traci Jackson – Contact Center Director, Duquesne Light Company
Darryl Jones – Chief of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, City of Pittsburgh
Cynthia Lester-Moody – Director, Operations Delivery and Efficiency, United Concordia Dental, a Highmark, Inc. Company
Lee Lewis, Jr. – Director, Supplier Diversity & Inclusion, Highmark Health
Ida Luchey-Ballard – Chemical Plant Manager; Koppers Performance Chemical Group
Tammi McMillan Marshall – Assistant Professor / Program Director, Carlow University
Badel Mbanga – Senior Vice President, Data Science Group for the Treasury, Management, PNC Financial Services Group
Daillard Paris – Director of Supply & Trading, Sheetz, Inc.
Renee' Richardson – Senior Manager, Pharmacy Community Relations, Giant Eagle, Inc.
Ronelle Robinson – IT Director, Human Resources Business Partner, Giant Eagle, Inc.
Tenecia Ross – Director of Human Resources, Mt. Lebanon School District
Frank Tunstall IV – Senior Vice President, Internal Audit Director, PNC Financial Services Group
Chatón Turner – Senior Associate Counsel and Vice President Risk Management and Disabilities Services, UPMC | University of Pittsburgh, Medical Center
Melissa Wade – Director, Constituent Relations, County of Allegheny, Office of County Executive Rich Fitzgerald
Kuyba Washington – Director, Human Resources, Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh
Michael Watson – Chief Compliance Officer / Chief Privacy Counsel, Wabtec Corporation
Karen Weiss – Director, Technology Solutions, Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh
Angela Williams – Director, Call Center Strategy, Portal Administration, UPMC Health Plan
The mission of The Advanced Leadership Institute is to cultivate Black executive leadership to strengthen companies, institutions, and communities. Its primary focus is to educate, develop, connect, and position Black leaders for executive advancement. TALI has a portfolio of leadership programs, which include the Executive Leadership Academy (a program for Black leaders with at least 10 years of work experience in corporate, nonprofit, government or entrepreneurial sectors); an Emerging Leaders Program (addressing the needs of Black leaders with a minimum of 3-5 years of professional work experience); and ongoing programming and support for TALI alumni.
The Advanced Leadership Institute is supported by major corporations and foundations in the Pittsburgh region, including Founding Underwriters: BNY Mellon Foundation of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Highmark Foundation, and Richard King Mellon Foundation; Excellence Partners: Henry L. Hillman Foundation and Highmark; Lead Contributors: BNY Mellon, Eden Hall Foundation, and The Heinz Endowments. Presenting Sponsors: Giant Eagle, Highmark Health, PNC, and UPMC. Gold Sponsors: Bank of America, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Covestro, Duquesne Light Company, FHL Bank Pittsburgh, Highmark Wholecare, Koppers, and Sheetz; Silver Sponsor: Wabtec; and Bronze Sponsors: CS McKee, Dollar Bank, Eat'n Park, EY, and Northwestern Mutual.
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Do hot drinks really warm you up on cold days? Sort of
As cold air settles across the country and winter approaches, many people reach for hot drinks to keep the chill at bay.
While there is science that demonstrates how these warm beverages affect the body, there is also research that shows our perceptions of these drinks play a part in how they make us feel.
Sharon Smalling, a clinical dietitian specialist at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, said our bodies need to maintain a temperature of 98.6 degrees to work effectively. She said when our brain senses a temperature drop, it signals the body to react in two different ways.
"When you shiver, you're creating energy and heat," Smalling said. "So that's to help warm the insides, keep your internal organs warm."
Smalling said the other way is by pushing warm blood to the extremities to stave off the cold.
That may be when we want to turn to a piping hot cup of coffee or hot chocolate to help that process along.
Hot drinks and you
Dr. Michael J. White, of HCA Healthcare Houston and Envision Physician Services, said your body perceives the heat from those drinks in two ways.
"First of all, you have the effects of the heat on like your hands when you're holding the coffee cup, and your body feels that heat," White said. "You might feel the heat of the steam coming off the coffee and your body perceives that heat. As that warm fluid hits your esophagus and your stomach, your body really recognizes the heat."
White said that warm fluid in your stomach can raise your body temperature a bit, but not by much.
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"You've got to think that most of your body is water," White said. "You're putting a little bit of a warm fluid into it. So, it will increase your body temperature temporarily for a little bit of time."
Smalling said that temperature change is about 2.5 degrees and will only last for about 20 minutes. After that, your temperature returns to whatever it was before you drank your hot beverage.
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It’s also about perception
With that fleeting temperature change, both White and Smalling agree that a big reason we turn to hot drinks when it’s cold out is perception.
A study published in 2008 showed that we generally associate warm feelings with warm drinks.
"People stated that the person who was holding a warm beverage actually seemed to have a warmer personality," Smalling said.
Aim for these drinks
Smalling said that if you really want to use a drink to stay warm, you should focus on drinks that have some healthy fats in them and very little caffeine.
"The metabolism of fat will actually create the energy and burning of calories creates heat and energy," Smalling said. "So having not just a decaf coffee but having maybe a decaf latte or having a hot chocolate that wouldn't have as much caffeine in it."
Smalling said she has also seen research that showed Mongols in the time of Genghis Kahn drank warm yak milk to stay warm.
"So, you can just imagine the yak milk was very high, in fat, and so that is, you know, it's that metabolic rate being increased," Smalling said.
White said you should also skip alcoholic beverages if you’re aiming to warm up from a drink.
"It makes your body not be able to thermal regulate, and also your perception of being cold really, really changes," White said. "You don't feel cold, but you're not doing anything really to warm yourself up, so you create a worse problem."
More effective ways to warm
Both White and Smalling agree that there are much better ways than drinks to keep yourself warm when it’s cold outside.
First, dress in layers. This creates an insulating blanket of warm air along your skin.
Second, cover your head, your hands and your feet. That is where you lose most of your heat. | 2022-11-16T00:14:48+00:00 | fox35orlando.com | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/do-hot-drinks-really-warm-you-up-on-cold-days-sort-of |
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — A Greenville man is facing secret peeping, sexual exploitation of a minor and other charges after his arrest on July 15.
Eric Zobre, 39, of Greenville, was arrested by deputies with the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office and booked at the Pitt County Detention Center on the following charges that officials said happened in Pitt County and Carteret County:
- Secret Peeping (2 Counts)
- Possession of Images from Secret Peeping (9 Counts)
- Disclosure of Private Images
- Third Degree Sexual Exploitation of a Minor
- Larceny by Employee
- Violation of Domestic Violence Protective Order (2 Counts)
Zobre was being held under a $1.375 million bond. Additional charges are pending.
Investigators said an investigation into Zobre began after his arrest on Dec. 3, 2021. He was taken into custody after a violation of a Domestic Violence Protection Order where officials he drank alcohol after being ordered not to by a court.
After Zobre’s arrest, someone came forward with information that Zobre had shown him nude photos of women to them. They explained how they obtained them and how items were stolen from where he had worked at Grady White Boats.
Detectives executed a search warrant and seized a camera along with other electronic devices. They also found items matching those missing at Grady White Boats.
The electronic devices were processed and yielded numerous images of women in various states of undress. An investigation by Pitt County Sheriff’s detectives and the Atlantic Beach Police Department discovered the identities of multiple women, including a child, who had images taken of them secretly in bathrooms. The devices also held numerous photos from Zobre’s previous romantic partners, matching the pictures that the witness had described as shown by Zobre for the purposes of humiliating the victims.
Detectives met with Grady White Boats, who confirmed that the items located in Zobre’s residence matched items that appeared to be stolen from their business.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Det. Mooring at (252) 830-4141. | 2022-07-21T17:32:08+00:00 | wnct.com | https://www.wnct.com/local-news/greenville/pitt-co-man-facing-secret-peeping-sexual-exploitation-of-minor-other-charges/ |
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A history-making team of Zimbabwean high school students that became world and European moot court competition champions has been widely praised in a country where the education system is beset by poor funding, lack of materials and teachers’ strikes.
The 11-member Zimbabwean team of nine girls and two boys aged between 14 and 18 and drawn from different schools was crowned world champions last month after winning the International High School Moot Court competition held online at the end of May. A team from New York City came second in the competition where participants used fictional cases to simulate proceedings in the International Criminal Court pre-trial chambers.
Zimbabwe now has also been crowned champions of Europe after beating The Netherlands in the finals of the European Moot Competition for high school students on July 3. It was Zimbabwe’s first time competing in both prestigious events.
Organizers of the European competition were so impressed with Zimbabwe’s performance at the International High School Moot Court competition that they invited the team to be the first-ever African country to enter their competition, said team captain Ruvimbo Simbi.
“It is surreal and extraordinary,” said Simbi after returning from Romania, where the European competition was held.
“When we were at the European Moot Court, many people didn’t even know Zimbabwe. We put Zimbabwe on the map, letting the world know of the amazing talent found in this country,” said Simbi.
The southern African country’s president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, in June invited the team to his official residence and presented them with $30,000 in cash following their victory in the high school competition. He described the latest win as “another victory for the pride of Zimbabwe.”
The European Union delegation in Zimbabwe has also congratulated the team.
The winning team received a rousing reception by hordes of schoolchildren, parents and supporters when they returned last week. The usually subdued airport was filled with cheers, song and dance when the team arrived displaying their awards. The team was treated to a welcome with a red carpet, flowers and balloons. Some held placards reading “Welcome back champions.” Others played drums and marimba, a traditional instrument of wooden bars played using mallets.
When Zimbabwe achieved independence and majority rule in 1980, the new government vigorously expanded the country’s education system so that all Black children could attend primary and secondary school. Previously the education system had catered mainly for the country’s white minority. Zimbabwe achieved one of Africa’s highest literacy rates.
But in recent years, the country’s debilitating economic problems have seen its education system deteriorate and become characterized by dilapidated infrastructure, shortages of key learning materials such as books and frequent pay strikes by teachers.
Despite these problems, Zimbabwe’s education system is still rated highly in Africa.
The victories at the international moot court events “mean a lot to us Zimbabwean educators,” said Kudzai Mutsure, head of Dominican Convent, a girls-only Catholic school in Harare where some of the team members are enrolled.
“We take academic, sport and cultural activities very seriously,” said Mutsure. “A student can flourish in one of those areas.” | 2022-07-17T15:27:24+00:00 | texomashomepage.com | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/international/zimbabwe-students-scoop-international-awards-for-moot-court/ |
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. , Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In its latest innovation to provide a shopping solution for every customer, Meijer introduced a new brick-and-mortar store concept today – coined Meijer Grocery – that will provide convenience for customers who are looking for a simplified shopping experience, while providing communities easier access to fresher foods.
The first two Meijer Grocery stores will open in early 2023 in neighborhoods within southeast Michigan's Orion Township and Macomb Township. The new concept is the retailer's latest since first introducing the neighborhood market small format concept in August 2018 with the opening of Bridge Street Market on Grand Rapids' west side.
"Our customers know they can count on us for the freshest foods and best value, which has always been at the core of what we do at Meijer," Meijer President & CEO Rick Keyes said. "Meijer Grocery will now provide that same combination of freshness and value in a foods focused format in your local community."
Meijer Grocery stores will range from 75,000 square feet to 90,000 square feet, and will include the following departments in a condensed, and quick-to-navigate footprint:
- Fresh Produce
- Fresh Meat Counter
- Bakery equipped with in-store cake decorators
- Full-service deli
- Dry Grocery
- Pharmacy
- Health & beauty care
- Baby, pets, and consumables
- Card & party and floral
"We're excited to provide our customers with yet another way to shop," said Don Sanderson, Group Vice President of Foods at Meijer. "This new concept store will not only provide our customers with everything they need on their weekly shopping trip, but also a quick and easy solution for when they realize they left the key ingredient off their list while cooking dinner."
Meijer Grocery will also offer the same convenient ways to shop and save as a Meijer supercenter, including mPerks, Shop and Scan, Meijer Home Delivery and Pickup. In addition to their smaller footprint, Meijer Grocery stores will be convenient by design with parking wrapped around a singular corner entrance to maximize the number of parking spaces near the door.
For more information and to stay up-to-date on the new concept stores, visit www.meijer.com/meijer-grocery.
About Meijer: Meijer is a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based retailer that operates 262 supercenters and grocery stores throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin. A privately-owned and family-operated company since 1934, Meijer pioneered the "one-stop shopping" concept and has evolved through the years to include expanded fresh produce and meat departments, as well as pharmacies, comprehensive apparel departments, pet departments, garden centers, toys and electronics. For additional information on Meijer, please visit www.meijer.com. Follow Meijer on Twitter @twitter.com/Meijer and @twitter.com/MeijerPR or become a fan at www.facebook.com/meijer.
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Which measuring spoon is best?
Having the right tools makes a big difference in cooking, especially when it comes to adding the correct amount of seasoning, spices or liquid ingredients in recipes. Measuring spoons are essential kitchen accessories.
Measuring spoons measure anywhere between 1/8 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon for dry and liquid ingredients. Some sets have nesting designs for space-savvy storage in drawers. Other sets are magnetic, so they’re less likely to be lost, such as the Spring Chef Magnetic Measuring Spoon Set.
What to know before you buy a measuring spoon
What do you use measuring spoons for?
Measuring spoons are used to measure dry ingredients such as spices, seasonings and pantry staples like flour and cornstarch. They also measure liquid ingredients such as vanilla extract, oil or honey. Many meal preppers use measuring spoons to portion out the exact amount of certain ingredients, whether it’s protein powder, chia seeds or peanut butter. To get more information about some of the best measuring cup sets that include measuring spoons, check out the BestReviews buying guide.
Ease of storage
Many home cooks agree that ease of storage plays a role in their choice for measuring spoons. Some spoon sets are attached at the handle by rings you can hang inside cupboards or on the wall. Other sets are magnetic, which means it’s easy to keep track of them. Magnetic spoon sets also tend to have small footprints and fit neatly inside drawers. Several measuring spoon sets, including those with rings or magnetized, also have nesting designs for bulk-free storage.
How to clean a measuring spoon
Most measuring spoons made of plastic, silicone or stainless steel are dishwasher-safe for easy cleaning. However, some manufacturers stipulate that their measuring spoons should be placed only in the top rack of dishwashers. Novelty measuring spoons made of ceramic, including those with intricate hand-painted designs, should be hand-washed with gentle, non-abrasive dish soap.
What to look for in a quality measuring spoon
Popular materials for measuring spoons
Measuring spoons are usually made of plastic, silicone, stainless steel or ceramic. Here’s how they compare:
- Plastic measuring spoons are typically the most affordable options. They’re lightweight and easy to clean, but some lower-quality plastic sets may be prone to staining or warping.
- Silicone measuring spoons are popular for their modern aesthetic. Several of these sets are made with high-quality, food-grade silicone that is BPA-free. They may get permanently stained from color-rich spices.
- Stainless steel sets remain customer favorites for their durable construction and easy cleaning. They withstand years of heavy use but may develop water stains if they’re not dried as soon as they’re washed.
- Ceramic measuring spoons sets have elegant designs that are display-worthy. They often come in unique shapes, but some home cooks are split on whether they’re as accurate as more practical measuring spoons.
Measurement markings
Measuring spoons are marked with measurement markings. These usually are printed in a contrasting color to the spoon so they’re more visible. Most U.S. measuring spoon sets include only imperial measurements of teaspoons and tablespoons; however, some sets also include metric measurements featuring milliliters.
Deluxe measuring spoon sets
Deluxe sets include both measuring spoons and cups. They’re a popular option for home cooks that prefer matching accessories. Many deluxe sets have space-savvy nesting designs, which makes drawer storage infinitely easier. However, a lower-quality measuring spoon and cup sets are flimsy and may not withstand years of use.
How much you can expect to spend on a measuring spoon
Plastic measuring spoon sets cost $3-$9 whereas most stainless steel and silicone sets run closer to $10-$15. Professional-grade measuring spoons with fine construction may run between $18-$35.
Measuring spoon FAQ
Does spoon shape matter in measuring spoon sets?
A. Yes. The most common spoon shapes are round or oval. Round spoons are considered ideal for holding liquids, whereas oval spoons are contoured to fit narrow spice jars. Many experienced home cooks recommend dual-tipped measuring spoon sets, which are more versatile because the spoons come in both shapes.
What is a leveler and do you need one for your measuring spoon?
A. A leveler is a rigid tool that scrapes off excess ingredients from measuring spoons. They come in handy for precise measurements, particularly with recipes where a little over or under can result in a major change in the final product. However, if you don’t have one, the straight edge of a regular knife functions just as well as a leveler.
What’s the best measuring spoon to buy?
Top measuring spoon
Spring Chef Magnetic Measuring Spoons
What you need to know: This stainless steel set features slender spoons that fit inside even the narrowest spice jars.
What you’ll love: The dual-sided spoons have contoured ends that hold dry or liquid ingredients. The set has clear markings listing teaspoons, tablespoons and milliliters. A leveler is included for precise measuring.
What you should consider: While the set sticks together, some people felt the magnetism is weaker than expected.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top measuring spoon for the money
Farberware Color Measuring Spoons
What you need to know: This affordable set from a trusted kitchen brand remains a customer favorite.
What you’ll love: The set measures between 1/4 teaspoon and 1 tablespoon. The spoons have a nesting design and are held together with a flexible plastic ring. They’re made with high-density plastic that is durable, easy to clean and dishwasher-safe.
What you should consider: The rounded spoons are too wide to fit inside many spice jars.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Joseph Joseph Nest Measuring Cups and Spoons
What you need to know: This deluxe cups and spoons set includes all the measuring tools every home cook needs.
What you’ll love: The eight-piece set has snapping handles for secure storage. Their rainbow color scheme gives the set contemporary curb appeal. The spoons and cups feature metric and imperial measurements, which are marked at the handles.
What you should consider: Some buyers felt the measurement markings are hard to see.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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The Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department is looking for foster parents for its young kittens, puppies, and even exotic animals. As summer approaches, more and more animals are being born; this influx puts strain on both the shelter and the animals. In 2022, the department admitted 2,445 kittens and 1,666 puppies into the shelter.
Becoming a foster parent is one of the best ways to help out – giving the animals a less stressful environment and freeing up shelter space for adult animals. Foster homes are needed for both young and special-needs animals.
Fostering Tasks
- Helping animals recover from illness or injury
- Caring for new animal mothers and their litters
- Taking care of newborn baby puppies and kittens
- Providing a quality of life for elderly animals who need extra care
- Bottle-feeding animals without mothers
- Socializing dogs and cats who are learning good behaviors for their forever homes
The Animal Welfare Department’s Foster Program holds introduction classes once a month for new foster parents. The department provides all pet food and supplies; all they need are loving homes and caretakers for the animals.
The department says, “The length of time a pet spends with a foster parent depends on the requirements of the pet. This can be an intense short-term commitment, but also a very rewarding one.” To become a foster parent, you must be 18 years old and have the time and energy to take care of the animals.
If you are interested in becoming a foster parent or want to learn more, email AWDFoster@cabq.gov. To learn more about the fostering program, click here. | 2023-05-23T19:13:41+00:00 | krqe.com | https://www.krqe.com/new-mexico-living/how-to-become-a-foster-parent-with-the-animal-welfare-department/ |
Officer reunited with baby he delivered, saved at the border
(Gray News) – An officer with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol was recently united with the baby girl he delivered and saved with measures that led to her first breaths six years ago.
“I am just happy that I was there to help,” Officer J. Lott said in a news release. “To be able to assist in something like that is absolutely amazing, and it’s a memory I will have for the rest of my life.”
When Lott responded to an emergency call on Dec. 8, 2016, he found a woman in a car going into labor at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.
He used his training and experience as an emergency medical technician to bring the baby girl into the world.
“I just trusted my training. I knew if I remained calm, the mother, the father and everyone around me would stay calm,” Lott recalled. “Although deep down inside I did not want to fail them.”
The baby was breech, adding another challenge to delivering an infant in a car at one of the busiest land borders in the country.
After a long birthing process, Alexa Garcia came into the world, but she was turning blue and wasn’t breathing.
“I quickly administered chest compressions, and after about five or six, she started crying,” Lott recalled. “I was already on my knees, and I just buckled. I remember saying to myself, ‘Just keep on breathing, baby, just keep on breathing, please.’”
The Garcia family has tried to locate the officer who helped deliver their baby for years with no success. After learning they had the wrong name, CBP officials were able to connect the family and Lott.
Two months shy of Alexa’s 6th birthday, Lott waited at the San Ysidro Port of Entry to meet the little girl he had once held in his arms on that unforgettable December morning.
“I believe God put an angel in our hands that day. That angel saved my wife and baby’s life,” Alexa’s dad said.
There wasn’t a dry eye in the room as Alexa bounded through the door with a huge smile. She walked directly to Lott and gave him a tight hug.
Lott choked up when Alexa gave him a framed photo of him holding her in his arms on the day she was delivered.
She smiled when Lott gave her a stuffed teddy bear, complete with its own CBP uniform. The agency said Alexa lit up with a smile, clutched her new bear and thanked Lott with another hug.
Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2022-10-25T17:24:11+00:00 | wsfa.com | https://www.wsfa.com/2022/10/25/officer-reunited-with-baby-he-delivered-saved-border/ |
The Vigo County School Corp. hosted two graduation ceremonies Friday, one for Booker T. Washington Alternative High School students, and the other for Vigo Virtual Success Academy (VVSA).
The ceremonies took place in the Terre Haute South Vigo High School auditorium.
Nine students graduated from Booker T. Washington this year and 54 from VVSA, an online program established in 2019.
“I’m proud of them all,” said Cindy Hrovat, who is principal of both programs.
Family members holding bouquets and balloons for post-commencement celebrations enthusiastically cheered and clapped as they watched loved ones conclude their high school careers.
Dylan Halleck, student speaker for the Booker T. Washington commencement, took classes through the alternative school for part of his senior year.
When he first started there, he was low on credits and didn’t know if he was going to earn the Core 40 Diploma.
“When I experienced smaller classes and less students, I started to focus more and saw my grades start to improve,” he told the audience. “I was able to engage with my teachers and ask questions about lessons or things that I did not understand.”
He took both online and in-person classes, and the flexibility allowed him to work and take flight lessons.
“This plan has allowed me to be on track to earn my private pilot license by August,” he said. Future goals include attending the Lift Academy to work on his commercial pilot license.
“I’m excited and nervous at the same time. I have to face the real world now,” he said in an interview before the ceremony.
Proud father Brandon Halleck sat in the audience as his son achieved a major life milestone. “I think it’s something every parent is thrilled to watch,” he said.
Others celebrating their achievement Friday were Ameerah Ware and Ruby Nelson, who both walked across the stage with their young children.
“I feel proud of myself,” said Ware, who attended Washington for two semesters. Her child, Kamari, now 11 months, benefited from the child care offered there.
“I feel like Booker T. made it easier for me (to complete studies). They work with you and they understand,” she said.
Nelson has a 10-month-old daughter, Elleanor.
To be graduating “feels good. It’s a big accomplishment,” Nelson said.
Attending Washington “made it easier to do my school work,” and it was especially helpful to have her daughter in the child care program, she said.
Nelson’s post high school plans include working and she hopes to attend college.
During the program, Marcos Aquilar received the Karen Turchi perseverance award.
Vigo Virtual Success Academy
Erin Gutish is among the first students to complete all four years of high school through Vigo Virtual Success Academy.
As a result of her VVSA experience, “I can confidently and proudly say that I would not be the person I am today without it,” she told a crowded auditorium.
“Going to school online allowed me the freedom to pursue so many different passions,” and she also grew in personal abilities that included time management, perseverance and self-motivation, she said.
Through the flexibility the academy gave her, Gutish was able to travel and hone her wildlife photography skills, and her future plans include attending Warren Wilson College near Asheville, North Carolina.
She spent a lot of time kayaking at the JI Case wetlands, where she took wildlife photos. “It’s really nice to have that flexibility, where you can fit your life and the things that are important to you around your school work,” she said.
Just before Friday’s ceremony began, she said, “It’s so exciting. I’ve waited for this moment for a very long time. It feels surreal, but it’s happening.”
While Gutish believes anyone is capable of completing high school online, it does take commitment and accountability. “I think it’s a real accomplishment,” she said.
At Warren Wilson College, she will study environmental biology. But first, she plans on a gap year to travel the country “and really get a feel for the environment I want to work in some day. I’m very passionate about conservation and wildlife management,” Gutish said.
Also jubilant about completion of high school was Curtis Curry, who took classes through the online program for two years.
When he finally finished high school, “I cried. It’s been a struggle to keep myself motivated,” he said. “But the counselors here, and Mrs. (Lindsay) Wilhoyte, they are very supportive and kept me motivated. So it was definitely emotional.”
Looking ahead, he hopes to attend college and study cloud technology or nursing.
Hrovat congratulated the graduates and told them, “Go out there and make a difference. The world is waiting for you.”
Interim Vigo County Superintendent Tom Balitewicz noted that the graduating class includes the first students who completed all four years through VVSA.
“I’m so proud and happy we started the virtual school here in the Vigo County School Corp. to give our students that option,” he said.
After the ceremony, Cinnie Thomas congratulated her son, Curtis Curry.
“Oh my goodness. I’m so proud of him. He really put the time and effort into it,” she said. “He did not give up on completing his tasks, even though it sometimes was a little difficult to stay focused with an online class. But he did it and I’m so grateful he didn’t give up. He persevered.” | 2023-05-27T03:26:40+00:00 | tribstar.com | https://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/booker-t-washington-vigo-virtual-success-students-celebrate-graduation/article_90dd846e-fbf9-11ed-9342-fbc516f64e8c.html |
Eagle Grove left no doubt on Friday, controlling Belmond-Klemme from start to finish for a 60-8 victory during this Iowa football game.
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ROSH HA'AYIN, Israel, Nov. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
QUARTERLY ADJUSTED EBITDA[2] TOTALED NIS 276 MILLION
QUARTERLY PROFIT TOTALED NIS 51 MILLION
ADJUSTED FREE CASH FLOW (BEFORE INTEREST)[2] FOR THE FIRST 9 MONTHS OF THE YEAR TOTALED NIS 120 MILLION
NET DEBT[2] TOTALED NIS 667 MILLION
CELLULAR SUBSCRIBER BASE AT THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER TOTALED APPROXIMATELY 3.04 MILLION
THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS IN BUILDINGS CONNECTED TO PARTNER'S FIBER-OPTIC INFRASTRUCTURE TOTALS 929 THOUSAND AS OF TODAY
Third quarter 2022 highlights (compared with third quarter 2021)
- Total Revenues: NIS 891 million (US$ 252 million), an increase of 6%
- Service Revenues: NIS 728 million (US$ 206 million), an increase of 8%
- Equipment Revenues: NIS 163 million (US$ 46 million), a decrease of 1%
- Total Operating Expenses (OPEX)[2]: NIS 495 million (US$ 140 million), an increase of 6%
- Adjusted EBITDA: NIS 276 million (US$ 78 million), an increase of 10%
- Profit for the Period: NIS 51 million (US$ 15 million), an increase of 113%
- Adjusted Free Cash Flow (before interest): NIS 38 million (US$ 11 million), an increase of NIS 29 million
- Cellular ARPU: NIS 51 (US$ 14), an increase of 6%
- Cellular Subscriber Base: approximately 3.04 million subscribers at quarter-end, an increase of 1%
- Fiber-Optic Subscriber Base: 268 thousand subscribers at quarter-end, an increase of 76 thousand since Q3 2021, and an increase of 18 thousand in the quarter
- Homes Connected (HC) to Partner's Fiber-Optic Infrastructure: 900 thousand at quarter-end, an increase of 276 thousand since Q3 2021, and an increase of 63 thousand in the quarter
- Infrastructure-Based Internet Subscriber Base: 403 thousand subscribers at quarter-end, an increase of 38 thousand since Q3 2021, and an increase of 8 thousand in the quarter
- TV Subscriber Base: 222 thousand subscribers at quarter-end, a decrease of 4 thousand subscribers since Q3 2021, and a decrease of 2 thousand in the quarter
Partner Communications Company Ltd. ("Partner" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: PTNR) (TASE: PTNR), a leading Israeli communications provider, announced today its results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
Commenting on the results for the third quarter 2022, Mr. Avi Gabbay, CEO of Partner, noted:
"Partner continues to report growth and stability in the financial results together with continued investment in fiber-optics and 5G deployment. Correspondingly, in these days we have concluded the formalization of the company's management team while staying focused on further service improvements for our customers."
Ms. Sigal Tzadok, Partner's Acting Chief Financial Officer, commented on the results:
"The revenues growth in both the cellular and fixed-line segments compared to the corresponding quarter last year was the result of a stronger seasonality impact on the third quarter in the cellular segment, and the continued growth in fiber-optics subscribers. Along with the growth in revenues, we continued to control the level of OPEX and thus despite high one-time expenses in the quarter, in the amount of NIS 17 million due to the collective employment agreement that was signed in July 2022, we succeeded in bringing about in the quarter an increase of 10% in Adjusted EBITDA, which totaled NIS 276 million compared with NIS 250 million in the corresponding quarter last year.
Partner continues with the expedited 5G infrastructure deployment and expects to achieve over 40% population coverage by the end of the year. The cellular subscriber base decreased in the quarter by 53 thousand subscribers due to the net decrease of 66 thousand Ministry of Education subscribers who had joined for limited periods. Excluding Ministry of Education subscribers, the cellular subscriber base increased by 13 thousand, of which 12 thousand were Post-Paid subscribers. Excluding the churn of Ministry of Education subscribers, the cellular churn rate in the third quarter of 2022 totaled 6.8% compared to 6.6% in the previous and corresponding quarters. The strengthening momentum in cellular ARPU continued for the second consecutive quarter as ARPU totaled NIS 51 compared to NIS 48 in the corresponding quarter.
The fiber-optic deployment continues to be a growth engine for the Company. The number of Homes Connected within buildings connected to our fiber-optic infrastructure reached 900 thousand at the end of third quarter of 2022, an increase of 63 thousand in the quarter. As of today, the number of Homes Connected within buildings connected to our fiber-optic infrastructure totals 929 thousand.
The fiber-optic subscriber base totaled 268 thousand at the end of the quarter, reflecting a 30% penetration rate from potential customers in connected buildings, unchanged from the rate at the end of the previous quarter and the corresponding quarter. The increase in the fiber-optic subscriber base in the quarter totaled 18 thousand, compared to an increase of 17 thousand in the previous quarter. As of today, the fiber-optic subscriber base totals 277 thousand.
Adjusted Free Cash Flow (before interest and including lease payments) for the quarter totaled NIS 38 million. CAPEX payments in the third quarter of 2022 totaled NIS 205 million, including a payment for the 5G license fee in the amount of NIS 31 million related to the tender that was held two years ago.
Net debt was NIS 667 million at the end of the quarter, compared with NIS 662 million at the end of the corresponding quarter. The Company's net debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio stood at 0.6 at the end of the quarter, compared to a ratio of 0.8 in the corresponding quarter last year."
Q3 2022 compared with Q3 2021
Key Performance Indicators
Partner Consolidated Results
Financial Review
In Q3 2022, total revenues were NIS 891 million (US$ 252 million), an increase of 6% from NIS 837 million in Q3 2021.
Service revenues in Q3 2022 totaled NIS 728 million (US$ 206 million), an increase of 8% from NIS 672 million in Q3 2021.
Service revenues for the cellular segment in Q3 2022 totaled NIS 474 million (US$ 134 million), an increase of 9% from NIS 435 million in Q3 2021. The increase was mainly the result of higher roaming service revenues, reflecting the return of international air travel almost to pre-COVID 19 levels.
Service revenues for the fixed-line segment in Q3 2022 totaled NIS 285 million (US$ 80 million), an increase of 6% from NIS 270 million in Q3 2021. The increase mainly reflected higher revenues from the growth in internet and TV services.
Equipment revenues in Q3 2022 totaled NIS 163 million (US$ 46 million), a decrease of 1% from NIS 165 million in Q3 2021, mainly reflecting lower retail sales volumes and a decrease in sales to wholesale customers in the cellular segment together with the impact of the Company's decision in the final quarter of 2021 to move towards a leasing model of internet routers to private customers instead of a sales model. These decreases were largely offset by revenues from an increase in business-oriented activity in the fixed-line segment.
Gross profit from equipment sales in Q3 2022 was NIS 33 million (US$ 9 million), compared with NIS 37 million in Q3 2021, a decrease of 11%, mainly reflecting a change in the sales mix in the cellular segment which was partially offset by an increase in profit in the fixed-line segment, as discussed above.
Total operating expenses ('OPEX') totaled NIS 495 million (US$ 140 million), in Q3 2022, an increase of 6% or NIS 28 million from Q3 2021, mainly reflecting an increase in payroll and related expenses (of which NIS 17 million resulted from a one-time impact in the quarter of the Special Collective Employment Agreement from July 2022) and in roaming expenses. The increases were partially offset by a decrease in direct fixed-line network costs and wholesale expenses. Including depreciation and amortization expenses and other expenses (mainly amortization of employee share-based compensation), OPEX in Q3 2022 increased by 3% compared with Q3 2021.
Operating profit for Q3 2022 was NIS 84 million (US$ 24 million), an increase of 71% compared with NIS 49 million in Q3 2021.
Adjusted EBITDA in Q3 2022 totaled NIS 276 million (US$ 78 million), an increase of 10% from NIS 250 million in Q3 2021. As a percentage of total revenues, Adjusted EBITDA in Q3 2022 was 31% compared with 30% in Q3 2021.
Adjusted EBITDA for the cellular segment was NIS 179 million (US$ 51 million) in Q3 2022, an increase of 4% from NIS 172 million in Q3 2021, largely reflecting the increase in service revenues, as described above, which was partially offset by the increase in payroll and related expenses and the decrease in gross profit from equipment sales. As a percentage of total cellular segment revenues, Adjusted EBITDA for the cellular segment was 29% in Q3 2022 compared with 30% in Q3 2021.
Adjusted EBITDA for the fixed-line segment was NIS 97 million (US$ 27 million) in Q3 2022, an increase of 24% from NIS 78 million in Q3 2021, mainly reflecting the increase in fixed-line segment service revenues and the decrease in direct network costs and in wholesale expenses, which were partially offset by the increase in payroll and related expenses. As a percentage of total fixed-line segment revenues, Adjusted EBITDA for the fixed-line segment was 31% in Q3 2022, compared with 26% in Q3 2021.
Finance costs, net in Q3 2022 were NIS 15 million (US$ 4 million), unchanged compared with Q3 2021.
Income tax expenses in Q3 2022 were NIS 18 million (US$ 5 million), an increase of NIS 8 million compared with NIS 10 million in Q3 2021, mainly due to the increase in operating profit.
Profit in Q3 2022 was NIS 51 million (US$ 15 million), an increase of NIS 27 million compared with a profit of NIS 24 million in Q3 2021.
Based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during Q3 2022, basic earnings per share or ADS, was NIS 0.28 (US$ 0.08) compared with basic earnings per share or ADS of NIS 0.13 in Q3 2021.
Cellular Segment Operational Review
At the end of Q3 2022, the Company's cellular subscriber base (including mobile data, 012 Mobile subscribers and M2M subscriptions) was approximately 3.04 million, including approximately 2.68 million Post-Paid subscribers or 88% of the base, and 363 thousand Pre-Paid subscribers, or 12% of the subscriber base.
During the third quarter of 2022, the cellular subscriber base declined, net, by approximately 53 thousand subscribers. The Post-Paid subscriber base declined, net, by approximately 54 thousand subscribers and the Pre-Paid subscriber base increased, net, by approximately one thousand subscribers. As was stated in the Q2 2022 results release, most of the time-limited packages for the Ministry of Education (MOE) reached their expiry date in the third quarter of 2022; as a result, the subscriber base of data and voice packages for the MOE decreased by 66 thousand and totaled 14 thousand at the end of Q3 2022.
Total cellular market share (based on the number of subscribers) at the end of Q3 2022 was estimated to be approximately 27%, compared to 28% at the end of Q2 2022 and compared to 28% at the end of Q3 2021.
The quarterly churn rate for cellular subscribers in Q3 2022 was 8.9%, compared with 6.4% in Q3 2021 and 6.7% in Q2 2022. Excluding data and voice packages for the Ministry of Education, the churn rate in Q3 2022 was 6.8% compared with 6.6% in Q3 2021 and 6.6% in Q2 2022.
The monthly Average Revenue per User ("ARPU") for cellular subscribers in Q3 2022 was NIS 51 (US$ 14), an increase of 6% from NIS 48 in Q3 2021. The increase mainly reflected the increase in roaming services revenues.
Fixed-Line Segment Operational Review
At the end of Q3 2022:
- The Company's fiber-optic subscriber base was 268 thousand subscribers, an increase, net, of 18 thousand subscribers during the third quarter of 2022.
- The Company's infrastructure-based internet subscriber base was 403 thousand subscribers, an increase, net, of 8 thousand subscribers during the third quarter of 2022.
- Households in buildings connected to our fiber-optic infrastructure (HC) totaled 900 thousand, an increase, net, of 63 thousand during the third quarter of 2022.
- The Company's TV subscriber base totaled 222 thousand subscribers, a decrease, net, of 2 thousand subscribers during the third quarter of 2022.
Funding and Investing Review
In Q3 2022, Adjusted Free Cash Flow (including lease payments) totaled NIS 38 million (US$ 11 million), an increase of NIS 29 million compared with NIS 9 million in Q3 2021.
Cash generated from operating activities totaled NIS 279 million (US$ 79 million) in Q3 2022, an increase of 25% from NIS 224 million in Q3 2021.
Lease payments (principal and interest) recorded in cash flows from financing activities under IFRS 16 totaled NIS 37 million (US$ 10 million) in Q3 2022, a decrease of 14% from NIS 43 million in Q3 2021.
Cash capital expenditures (CAPEX payments), as represented by cash flows used for the acquisition of property and equipment and intangible assets, were NIS 205 million (US$ 58 million) in Q3 2022, an increase of 19% from NIS 172 million in Q3 2021. CAPEX payments in the quarter included a payment of NIS 31 million for the 5G license fee related to the tender that was held two years ago. Following payment of the 5G license fee, the Company expects to receive in the fourth quarter of 2022 a grant from the Ministry of Communications of NIS 37 million for the deployment of its 5G network. The Company currently expects that in the fourth quarter of 2022, CAPEX payments will be lower than those of the corresponding period in 2021, due principally to cost savings, payment timing differences and the receipt of the said grant. In addition, the Company is currently examining the CAPEX plan for 2023.
The level of net debt at the end of Q3 2022 amounted to NIS 667 million (US$ 188 million), compared with NIS 662 million at the end of Q3 2021, an increase of NIS 5 million.
Regulatory Developments
Draft bill on the principles of regulation of audio-visual content provided to the public, 2022
Further to Item 4B.12e-iv of the Company's 2021 annual report regarding the report of the committee assigned with re-examining the overall regulatory regime applicable to the broadcasting segment ("Folkman Committee"), on August 9 2022, the Ministry of Communications published a hearing for public comment regarding the draft bill on the principles of regulation of audio-visual content provided to the public, 2022 ("the Hearing").
According to the Hearing and the explanatory notes to the draft bill, the bill is intended to amend current legislation in accordance with the Folkman Committee's recommendations and to update the set of obligations and rights applicable to all players operating in the audio-visual content market in a number of ways, including the proposal that audiovisual content providers which provide their services over the internet would be required to invest in local productions (and be subject to additional regulations) in a gradual manner, in accordance with their annual income from providing content. A content provider with a medium scope of activity (whose total annual income from content provision is between NIS 300 and 600 million) will be required to invest 4% of such income in local productions. A content provider with a large scope of activity (whose total annual income exceeds NIS 600 million) will be required to invest 6.5% of such income in local productions.
Partner is studying the Hearing document and its implications. Since this is a Hearing and there is no certainty whether the Hearing will mature into binding legislation and what the contents and provisions of such legislation may be, it is difficult at this stage to assess the extent of impact that this bill might have on the Company's business (if it becomes binding).
Allocation of frequencies to non-public networks - Innovation band hearing
On August 14, 2022, the Ministry of Communications published a hearing regarding the allocation of frequencies to non-public wireless access networks ("the Hearing"). Non-public networks are cellular networks that are limited to a defined area, and on which only devices which have been pre-approved or pre-defined by the network operator may operate. Such networks are usually used by businesses and large organizations (such as ports, hospitals, factories, etc.). In the Hearing, the Ministry proposes to open the cellular market to the entry of new players through the allocation of frequencies for local use in non-public networks, all in order to encourage technological innovation in advanced services and applications and to improve economic productivity of the market. Partner has submitted its position regarding this Hearing and has objected to the provisions proposed in it. The entry of new players and the deployment of non-public cellular networks might harm the economic incentive for the deployment of Partner's fifth generation network.
Ownership of the mobile radio telephony (cellular) network-hearing
The current provisions of cellular licenses in Israel state that the licensee shall be the owner of the cellular network by which it provides these services to its subscribers. On August 16, 2022, the Ministry of Communications published a hearing on the subject of ownership of the cellular, MRT networks ("the Hearing"). As part of the Hearing, the Ministry proposes to amend the cellular licenses in Israel so that in the future the licensee will no longer be required to be the owner of the cellular network. According to the Hearing, the Ministry is considering allowing entrepreneurs to establish cellular sites on top of existing street infrastructure facilities (such as light poles, electricity poles, signs and bus stops), and such entrepreneurs will own the cell site that will be deployed, which they will rent in one form or another to the cellular companies.
Partner has submitted its position regarding this Hearing and has objected to the provisions proposed in it. The deployment of cellular infrastructures by private entrepreneurs on existing street infrastructures might impede the deployment of Partner's fifth generation network in these infrastructures and increase the acquisition costs for such sites.
Decision regarding the telecommunications regulations (Telecommunications and Broadcasting) general permit for the provision of a telecommunications service, 2022
On October 2, 2022, the Communications Regulations (Telecommunications and Broadcasting) a general authorization for the provision of telecommunications services, 2022 ("the Regulations") was enacted. The Regulations set the procedures for registration in the registry and the terms of the general authorization document ("General Authorization") which will apply to registered service providers. According to the Regulations, their provision will not apply to existing licensees, and therefore Partner's main activities will not be regulated through registration in the registry, but will remain subject to its licenses. According to the explanatory notes to the Regulations, the Ministry of Communications intends to map out the existing licenses and actively cancel provisions in them that are expressly regulated by the Regulations, however this process is expected to be completed only in the first quarter of 2023. It should be noted that most of the provisions of the Regulations include lenient provisions in comparison to the provisions of the existing licenses, however some of these provisions are burdensome in comparison to the provisions of the licenses. These burdensome provisions include, among others, an obligation to disconnect "dormant subscribers" from Internet access services (subscribers who continue to pay a monthly fee for the service without using the service) provided that they have not used the service for six months, as well as an obligation to inform the subscriber of his right to receive a copy of any telephone conversation with the service center and provide it to the subscriber within 5 business days. Insofar as it will be determined that such obligations apply to Partner, they are not expected to have a material effect on the Company. However, the effect of the transition to the terms of the General Authorization and the subsequent license amendments depends, among others, on how this change is implemented by the Ministry of Communications and also on the wording of the expected amendments to the licenses (during the first quarter of 2023).
Conference Call Details
Partner will host a conference call to discuss its financial results on Wednesday, November 23 at 10.00 a.m. Eastern Time / 5.00 p.m. Israel Time.
Please dial the following numbers (at least 10 minutes before the scheduled time) in order to participate:
International: +972.3.918.0687
North America toll-free: +1.888.407.2553
A live webcast of the call will also be available on Partner's Investors Relations website at: http://www.partner.co.il/en/Investors-Relations/lobby
If you are unavailable to join live, the replay of the call will be available from November 23, 2022 until December 7, 2022, at the following numbers:
International: +972.3.925.5921
North America toll-free: +1.888.254.7270
In addition, the archived webcast of the call will be available on Partner's Investor Relations website at the above address for approximately three months.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the safe harbor provisions of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "estimate", "believe", "anticipate", "expect", "intend", "seek", "will", "plan", "could", "may", "project", "goal", "target" and similar expressions often identify forward-looking statements but are not the only way we identify these statements. In particular, this press release communicates our belief regarding (i) the Company's continued investment in fiber optics; (ii) the continued expedited deployment of the 5G infrastructure and obtaining 40% population coverage by the end of the year; (iii) the fiber-optic deployment as a growth engine for the Company; (iv) the Company's expectation to receive a 5G network deployment grant from the Ministry of Communications; and (v) future changes in CAPEX payments. In addition, all statements other than statements of historical fact included in this press release regarding our future performance are forward-looking statements.
We have based these forward-looking statements on our current knowledge and our present beliefs and expectations regarding possible future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including in particular (i) the remaining impact on our business of the Covid-19 health crisis, (ii) unexpected technical or commercial issues which may arise as we continue to deploy and expand the use of our fiber optic infrastructure; and (iii) unexpected technical or financial constraints which undermine the pursuit of such strategy. In light of the current unreliability of predictions as to the ultimate severity and duration of the Covid-19 health crisis, as well as the specific regulatory and business risks facing our business, future results may differ materially from those currently anticipated. For further information regarding risks, uncertainties and assumptions about Partner, trends in the Israeli telecommunications industry in general, the impact of possible regulatory and legal developments, and other risks we face, see "Item 3. Key Information - 3D. Risk Factors", "Item 4. Information on the Company", "Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects", "Item 8. Financial Information - 8A. Consolidated Financial Statements and Other Financial Information - 8A.1 Legal and Administrative Proceedings" and "Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk" in the Company's Annual Reports on Form 20-F filed with the SEC, as well as its immediate reports on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
The quarterly financial results presented in this press release are unaudited financial results.
The results were prepared in accordance with IFRS, other than the non-GAAP financial measures presented in the section "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures".
The financial information is presented in NIS millions (unless otherwise stated) and the figures presented are rounded accordingly. The convenience translations of the New Israeli Shekel (NIS) figures into US Dollars were made at the rate of exchange prevailing at September 30, 2022: US $1.00 equals NIS 3.543. The translations were made purely for the convenience of the reader.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The following non-GAAP measures are used in this report. These measures are not financial measures under IFRS and may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures for other companies. Further, the measures may not be indicative of the Company's historic operating results nor are meant to be predictive of potential future results.
About Partner Communications
Partner Communications Company Ltd. is a leading Israeli provider of telecommunications services (cellular, fixed-line telephony, internet services and TV services). Partner's ADSs are quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market™ and its shares are traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (NASDAQ and TASE: PTNR).
For more information about Partner, see: http://www.partner.co.il/en/Investors-Relations/lobby
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* Representing an amount of less than 1 million.
* Net of treasury shares.
** Including restricted shares in amount of 1,349,119 and 527,589 as of December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022, respectively, held by a trustee under the Company's Equity Incentive Plan, such shares may become outstanding upon completion of vesting conditions.
* Representing an amount of less than 1 million.
(1) Operating expenses include selling and marketing expenses and general and administrative expenses. (2) Mainly amortization of employee share based compensation. (3) Adjusted EBITDA as reviewed by the CODM represents Earnings Before Interest (finance costs, net), Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (including amortization of intangible assets, deferred expenses-right of use and impairment charges) and Other expenses (mainly amortization of share based compensation). Adjusted EBITDA is not a financial measure under IFRS and may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures for other companies. Adjusted EBITDA may not be indicative of the Group's historic operating results nor is it meant to be predictive of potential future results. The usage of the term "Adjusted EBITDA" is to highlight the fact that the Amortization includes amortization of deferred expenses – right of use and amortization of employee share based compensation and impairment charges.
(1) Operating expenses include selling and marketing expenses and general and administrative expenses. (2) Mainly amortization of employee share based compensation. (3) Adjusted EBITDA as reviewed by the CODM represents Earnings Before Interest (finance costs, net), Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (including amortization of intangible assets, deferred expenses-right of use and impairment charges) and Other expenses (mainly amortization of share based compensation). Adjusted EBITDA is not a financial measure under IFRS and may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures for other companies. Adjusted EBITDA may not be indicative of the Group's historic operating results nor is it meant to be predictive of potential future results. The usage of the term "Adjusted EBITDA" is to highlight the fact that the Amortization includes amortization of deferred expenses – right of use and amortization of employee share based compensation and impairment charges.
* Representing an amount of less than 1 million.
At September 30, 2022 and 2021, trade and other payables include NIS 134 million ($38 million) and NIS 124 million, respectively, in respect of acquisition of intangible assets and property and equipment; payments in respect thereof are presented in cash flows from investing activities.
These balances are recognized in the cash flow statements upon payment.
* Representing an amount of less than 1 million.
(1) Mainly amortization of employee share-based compensation and other adjustments.
* See footnote 2 regarding use of non-GAAP measures.
** In Q2'21, the Company removed from its TV subscriber base approximately 21,000 subscribers who had joined at various different times and had remained in trial periods of over six months without charge or usage.
(1) In April 2019, the Company issued in a private placement 2 series of untradeable option warrants that were exercisable for the Company's Series G debentures. The exercise period of the first series is between July 1, 2019 and May 31, 2020 and of the second series is between July 1, 2020 and May 31, 2021. The Series G debentures that were allotted upon the exercise of an option warrant were identical in all their rights to the Company's Series G debentures immediately upon their allotment, and are entitled to any payment of interest or other benefit, the effective date of which is due after the allotment date. The debentures that were allotted as a result of the exercise of option warrants were registered on the TASE. The total amount received by the Company on the allotment date of the option warrants is NIS 37 million. For additional details see the Company's press release dated April 17, 2019. Following exercise of option warrants from the first series, the Company issued Series G Notes in a total principal amount of NIS 225 million. Following exercise of option warrants from the second series, the Company issued Series G Notes in a total principal amount of NIS 101 million. The issuance in May 2021 was the final exercise of option warrants from the second series.
(2) Regarding Series F Notes, Series G Notes, Series H Notes and borrowing P, borrowing Q and borrowing R the Company is required to comply with a financial covenant that the ratio of Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA shall not exceed 5. Compliance will be examined and reported on a quarterly basis. For the purpose of the covenant, Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as the sum total for the last 12 month period, excluding adjustable one-time items. As of September 30, 2022, the ratio of Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA was 0.6. Additional stipulations mainly include: Shareholders' equity shall not decrease below NIS 400 million and no dividends will be declared if shareholders' equity will be below NIS 650 million regarding Series F notes, borrowing P and borrowing Q. Shareholders' equity shall not decrease below NIS 600 million and no dividends will be declared if shareholders' equity will be below NIS 750 million regarding Series G notes and borrowing R. Shareholders' equity shall not decrease below NIS 700 million and no dividends will be declared if shareholders' equity will be below NIS 850 million regarding Series H notes. The Company shall not create floating liens subject to certain terms. The Company has the right for early redemption under certain conditions. With respect to notes payable series F, series G and series H: the Company shall pay additional annual interest of 0.5% in the case of a two- notch downgrade in the Notes rating and an additional annual interest of 0.25% for each further single-notch downgrade, up to a maximum additional interest of 1%; the Company shall pay additional annual interest of 0.25% during a period in which there is a breach of the financial covenant; debt rating will not decrease below BBB- for a certain period. In any case, the total maximum additional interest for Series F, Series G and Series H, shall not exceed 1.25%, 1% or 1.25%, respectively. For more information see the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021.
In the reporting period, the Company was in compliance with all financial covenants and obligations and no cause for early repayment occurred.
* On these dates additional Notes of the series were issued. The information in the table refers to the full series.
(1) In August 2022, S&P Maalot reaffirmed the Company's rating of "ilA+/Stable".
(2) For details regarding the rating of the notes see the S&P Maalot reports dated August 7, 2022.
* A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities. Ratings may be subject to suspension, revision or withdrawal at any time, and each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating
Summary of Financial Undertakings (according to repayment dates) as of September 30, 2022
a. Notes issued to the public by the Company and held by the public, excluding such notes held by the Company's parent company, by a controlling shareholder, by companies controlled by them, or by companies controlled by the Company, based on the Company's "Solo" financial data (in thousand NIS).
b. Private notes and other non-bank credit, excluding such notes held by the Company's parent company, by a controlling shareholder, by companies controlled by them, or by companies controlled by the Company, based on the Company's "Solo" financial data – None.
c. Credit from banks in Israel based on the Company's "Solo" financial data (in thousand NIS).
Summary of Financial Undertakings (according to repayment dates) as of September 30, 2022 (cont.)
d. Credit from banks abroad based on the Company's "Solo" financial data – None.
e. Total of sections a - d above, total credit from banks, non-bank credit and notes based on the Company's "Solo" financial data (in thousand NIS).
f. Off-balance sheet credit exposure based on the Company's "Solo" financial data– As of September 30, 2022, the Company provided financial guarantees in a total amount of NIS 85 million.
g. Off-balance sheet credit exposure of all the Company's consolidated companies, excluding companies that are reporting corporations and excluding the Company's data presented in section f above - None.
h. Total balances of the credit from banks, non-bank credit and notes of all the consolidated companies, excluding companies that are reporting corporations and excluding Company's data presented in sections a - d above - None.
i. Total balances of credit granted to the Company by the parent company or a controlling shareholder and balances of notes offered by the Company held by the parent company or the controlling shareholder - None.
j. Total balances of credit granted to the Company by companies held by the parent company or the controlling shareholder, which are not controlled by the Company, and balances of notes offered by the Company held by companies held by the parent company or the controlling shareholder, which are not controlled by the Company – None.
k. Total balances of credit granted to the Company by consolidated companies and balances of notes offered by the Company held by the consolidated companies - None.
[1] The quarterly financial results are unaudited.
[2] For the definition of this and other Non-GAAP financial measures, see "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" in this press release.
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SOURCE Partner Communications Company Ltd. | 2022-11-23T08:46:04+00:00 | wafb.com | https://www.wafb.com/prnewswire/2022/11/23/partner-communications-reports-third-quarter-2022-results1/ |
(The Hill) — Former Secretary of Education Betsy Devos believes that the department she once led should be abolished.
Devos, who spent four years as the education secretary during the Trump administration, made the remarks at the inaugural “Moms For Liberty” summit on Saturday, according to the Florida Phoenix.
“I personally think the Department of Education should not exist,” Devos told the mostly conservative crowd in Tampa, Fla.
Devos was a leading proponent of “education freedom” during her time in office, promoting vouchers to allow families to choose their children’s schools.
In a speech in 2020, she said, “I fight against anyone who would have government be the parent to everyone.”
“Moms For Liberty” is a conservative group that rose to national prominence for its objection to children wearing facemasks at school during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The local news outlet also reported that summit attendees were given tips on how to recruit, promote, and endorse conservative school board candidates.
Devos is not the first conservative figure to suggest nixing the federal agency charged with overseeing schools. A group of GOP House members backed a bill last year seeking to abolish the Department of Education.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) introduced the bill in February 2021, with co-sponsors including Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.).
“Schools should be accountable,” Massie said in a statement at the time. “Parents have the right to choose the most appropriate educational opportunity for their children, including home school, public school, or private school.”
Devos’s remarks come as schools have become a central battleground for politicized culture wars, with Democrats and Republicans battling over issues such as critical race theory, LGBTQ rights, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) campaigned on a pledge to give parents a louder voice in schools, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis drew national blowback with his signing of a bill barring teachers from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K-3. | 2022-07-18T14:06:46+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/national-news/trump-education-secretary-says-department-of-education-should-not-exist/ |
An unseasonably early spike in respiratory syncytial virus cases among young children is pushing some hospitals to capacity.
RSV, as it's called, is a respiratory virus that mostly manifests as a mild illness with cold-like symptoms in adults but can cause pneumonia and bronchiolitis in very young children. It can be life-threatening in infants and young adults.
Most years, infections typically occur in the late fall and winter, often overlapping with flu season. But at least since last year, physicians have begun seeing surges starting during summer months.
Children's hospitals in the Washington, D.C. area, including Children's National Hospital, Inova Fairfax and Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, are at or near capacity, DCist reported.
Connecticut Children's Hospital in Hartford has had its pediatric in-patient beds full for the last few weeks, WTNH reported. With no indication of the spread slowing down, officials there are seeking the help of the National Guard and FEMA to set up tents in order to expand capacity.
In Texas, doctors at Cook Children's hospital in Fort Worth told ABC News they are treating some 300 RSV patients a day.
"Last year, more people were wearing face masks and children were more likely to stay home while sick," Dr. Laura Romano said in Cook Children's in-house publication.
"This year, parents are sending their children to daycare and school for the first time following two years of the pandemic. ... Children who haven't been previously exposed to respiratory viruses are getting sick," Romano said.
Health officials in King County, Wash., are also alarmed as they brace for more cases once winter hits. Dr. Russell Migita with Seattle Children's Hospital told King 5 News they are seeing about 20 to 30 positive cases every day, adding that those are "unprecedented" figures.
How RSV shows up
RSV symptoms are similar to a cold and can be harmless in adults, but the CDC says children under the age of 5 are the most affected group. According to the agency's data, each year approximately 58,000 children in that age range are hospitalized for RSV. The next most vulnerable group are adults over 65, in whom the infection causes 14,000 deaths a year.
RSV can lead to bronchiolitis, an infection that causes airways to become inflamed and clogged with mucus, making it difficult to breathe. If the infection travels to the lung sacs, it can result in pneumonia.
Dr. Sara Goza, physician and former president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, talked to NPR last year about how the infection presents in infants.
"A lot of the babies under a year of age will have trouble breathing. They stop eating because they can't breathe and eat at the same time. And they're wheezing, so they're in respiratory distress," Goza said.
Other symptoms include coughing, excessive sleeping and lethargy.
There is no vaccine to prevent RSV, but doctors are urging patients to get the flu shot. It doesn't prevent the infection but it could spare people from more aggressive symptoms and keep them from seeking medical attention at already strained hospitals.
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SYDNEY (AP) — A Qantas flight traveling from New Zealand to Sydney landed safely on a single engine after it issued a mayday call over the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday.
Qantas Flight 144 with 145 passengers aboard landed at Sydney Airport from Auckland, New Zealand, after a 3.5-hour flight between the neighboring nations’ most populous cities.
The Boeing 737-838 “experienced an issue” with one of its two engines about an hour from Sydney, a Qantas statement said.
The mayday, which is issued when a flight is in grave and imminent danger and needs immediate assistance, was downgraded to a PAN-PAN — possible assistance needed — before the flight landed.
Qantas said the pilot shut down the engine, but did not specify the problem.
“While inflight engine shutdowns are rare, and would naturally be concerning for passengers, our pilots are trained to manage them safely and aircraft are designed to fly for an extended period on one engine,” Qantas said.
Passengers told reporters in Sydney that they were told when they left the plane that an engine had failed.
They described their experience of the engine malfunction as a “slight shudder” and “bumpy-like turbulence.” Some reported hearing a bang.
Sydney Airport said emergency crews were put on standby as a precaution, including firefighters, ambulances and police.
Neil Hanford, chairman of Strategic Aviation Solutions, a Sydney-based industry consultancy, said 737s can fly quickly and land safely on a single engine. | 2023-01-19T02:28:50+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/news/world/ap-international/ap-qantas-plane-over-ocean-makes-mayday-call-approaching-sydney/ |
ATLANTA — Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Colorado: these were once perennial swing states. Now, a new pack of battlegrounds is emerging, including Georgia.
Two years ago, Democratic candidates for president and Senate won Georgia for the first time in years. Then this November, Republicans swept every statewide race except for the Senate, where Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock prevailed in a runoff last week.
So does this mean Georgia has arrived as a purple state, or at least a competitive one?
"We are absolutely here to stay," says Rebecca DeHart, executive director of the Democratic Party of Georgia. "How many more cycles do we have to win to prove it?"
On the heels of Joe Biden's 2020 victory in Georgia by about 12,000 votes, the Democratic Party is working to make Georgia an early primary state in 2024. Atlanta is also a finalist to host the next Democratic National Convention.
DeHart says Warnock's runoff win further solidifies Georgia's place among the country's premier battleground states.
"Georgia Democrats have always said our state will play a critical role in the national political landscape for years to come, and our state has been prioritized as such," DeHart says.
Though Andra Gillespie, a professor of political science at Emory University, says pinpointing Georgia's political hue is still complicated. She thinks Georgia's electorate is not quite purple — maybe pink or lavender.
Gillespie says Georgia's growth and diversity are shifting Georgia's politics, but notes, "demographics are dynamic. This question of, 'is Georgia pink or purple?' — it's going to take most of this decade to settle that question."
Republicans still dominate the state government in Georgia. And in the U.S. Senate runoff, Republican football legend Herschel Walker lost by less than 3 points, despite his flaws as a candidate, including allegations of domestic abuse, a propensity for making false claims and his loose grasp of policy.
"We need to be cautious about looking at behavior in this runoff election and trying to extrapolate other things from it, in part because Herschel Walker was such a unique candidate," Gillespie says.
Warnock's campaign is credited with exploiting that dynamic by courting independent and moderate Republican voters with a message about bipartisanship, competence and character.
Two years ago, Democrats eked out wins in another unique environment. Back then, Donald Trump was a prominent factor, repelling many swing voters with false claims about election fraud.
So does that mean recent Democratic victories were exceptions, only possible in certain climates, or signs of a more lasting shift?
"One of my friends used to say, 'If ifs and buts were figs or nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas,' " says Republican strategist Cody Hall, standing near the towering Christmas tree in the state capitol's rotunda. "It doesn't matter really if it's a specific circumstance or not, they've been winning."
Nearby is the office of Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. Hall was a top staffer on Kemp's campaign. This year, Kemp trounced his Democratic opponent, Stacey Abrams, by an even wider margin than their first matchup in 2018. Meanwhile, in a cycle otherwise good for Georgia Republicans, Walker floundered.
"We have to get out of the mindset that it is still 2010, 2014 when you could slap an R next to a candidate's name and win by 8, 9, 10 points," Hall says. "If you nominate the wrong candidates, if you don't have the right message and you don't raise the money, you will lose."
Years of organizing irregular and nonvoters helped catalyze that shift. Those efforts accelerated with Abrams' 2018 bid for governor, who was the first major candidate in Georgia to center that outreach in a statewide campaign.
Helen Butler is executive director of the nonpartisan Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda, which has been working to register and engage voters since the nineties.
"Years and years of work, yes definitely so," Butler says, gesturing toward the memorabilia plastered all over her office walls.
Butler says she doesn't gauge Georgia's politics in shades of blue, red and purple. Instead, she looks at the roughly 1.6 million new registered voters since 2018, many of them voters of color.
"I know that turnout is much better, and that's what we aim for," Butler says. "And I should say the participation rates are excellent."
That participation has made Georgia more competitive. Even so, the November turnout rate fell from the 2018 midterms.
"I know there are a lot of people of color who we registered to vote who didn't show up to the polls," Butler says. "So my interest is getting those people to make that next step."
Whatever you call Georgia — purple, battleground, swing state — it will likely be at the forefront of politics in 2024 and beyond.
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WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A man convicted in the killings of eight members of an Ohio family was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for his role in what one surviving relative called a “monstrous act” of mass murder.
George Wagner IV was sentenced after an emotional hearing at which the victims’ anguished family members spoke of their devastation and grief, and urged the judge to show no mercy toward a man they called evil and remorseless.
“None of these victims deserved to die. None of them did anything to warrant the death sentences they received at the hands of the defendant and his family,” special prosecutor Angela Canepa told the judge.
Wagner, 31, declined to make a statement in court, and his lawyer said he maintains his innocence.
Wagner denied any knowledge of his family’s involvement in the 2016 shootings of seven adults and a teenager from the Rhoden family. Prosecutors said most of the victims were killed as they slept, in some cases next to their very young children, who weren’t injured.
Authorities alleged Wagner, his brother and their parents plotted the killings amid a dispute over custody of Wagner’s niece, whose mother was among those slain.
The April 2016 shootings at three mobile homes and a camper near Piketon terrified residents in that part of rural Ohio and initially prompted speculation about drug cartel involvement. The resulting multimillion-dollar investigation and prosecution is among the state’s most extensive.
Andrea Shoemaker, the mother of shooting victim Hannah Gilley, pounded the lectern as she raged against the Wagner family and mourned the loss of “my baby girl” as well her daughter’s fiance, Clarence “Frankie” Rhoden, both of them just 20 and the parents of a baby boy.
“We are all suffering, hurting, always heartbroken, forever without our children! All because devils like the dark, devils hunt at night, just like you, George Wagner IV, and your evil family did,” Shoemaker said.
Tony Rhoden, whose brothers Chris Sr. and Kenneth Rhoden were among the victims, remembered better, earlier times, when he and his siblings played in the local creek, raced homemade toy boats and caught skunks with buckets. Rhoden said in court that his family members’ lives had been “cut short by the selfish acts of others.”
Wagner looked down at the defense table and showed no emotion as family members lashed out at him.
Wagner was convicted on 22 counts, including aggravated murder. It was no longer a death penalty case because his brother made a plea deal to testify against the others and help all four Wagners avoid execution.
Prosecutors had said Wagner showed no remorse in urging he be imprisoned with no chance of parole. They said what he really deserved was a death sentence and that he was spared only because of his brother’s actions, not his own.
The prosecution alleged Wagner was with his brother and father when they went to the homes, that he went inside, and that he helped his brother move two bodies.
Wagner’s attorneys emphasized that he didn’t kill anyone and argued that denying him “a meaningful chance of parole” would be unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment.
They also requested a new trial. Judge Randy Deering denied that motion Monday. He imposed eight consecutive life sentences, one for each victim.
Of the four defendants in the slayings, Wagner is the only one to face trial so far.
His brother, Edward “Jake” Wagner, pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and other charges, admitted responsibility for five of the shootings, and is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison.
Angela Wagner pleaded guilty to helping to plan the slayings, and prosecutors recommended a 30-year sentence for her.
Her husband, George “Billy” Wagner III, pleaded not guilty in the killings and awaits trial.
The victims were 40-year-old Christopher Rhoden Sr.; his ex-wife, 37-year-old Dana Rhoden; their three children, 20-year-old Clarence “Frankie” Rhoden, 19-year-old Hanna Rhoden and 16-year-old Christopher Rhoden Jr.; Clarence Rhoden’s fiancee, 20-year-old Hannah Gilley; Christopher Rhoden Sr.’s brother, 44-year-old Kenneth Rhoden; and a cousin, 38-year-old Gary Rhoden. | 2022-12-19T23:46:36+00:00 | wdtn.com | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-us-news/ap-man-to-be-sentenced-in-murders-of-8-from-another-ohio-family/ |
PHARR, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Ramp closures will require several overnight removal and replacements for westbound Interstate 2 in Harlingen, La Feria, Weslaco and Donna.
According to a news release from the Texas Department of Transportation, the overnight lane and ramp closures will be in effect starting from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Sept. 14 through Sept. 22.
Many valley cities will be impacted due to the ramp closures, that begins after the intersection of West Harrison Ave. and US-77 Frontage Road, in Harlingen and ends before the intersection of North Hutto Road and Westbound I-2 Frontage Road, in Donna, according to the release.
Starting on Sept. 14, in Harlingen the lane ramp entry and exit closures are located at westbound I-2 of entry ramp before intersection of FM 3195 Stuart Place Road and the westbound frontage road.
The closure will continue on westbound I-2 entry ramp before the intersection of FM 800 Bass Boulevard and westbound frontage road.
On Sept. 15, in La Feria the lane ramp entry and exit closures are from westbound I-2 exit ramp 170 to White Ranch Road, to westbound I-2 entry ramp before the intersection of Kansas City Road and westbound frontage road.
Continuing in La Feria on Sept. 19, the lane ramp entry and exit closures are located in westbound I-2 exit ramp 168 Rabb Road and westbound I-2 entry ramp before the intersection of Rabb Road and westbound frontage road.
On Sept. 20, in La Feria and Weslaco the lane ramp entry and exit closures are located at westbound I-2 exit ramp of 167 to FM 2556 Solis Road, Mile 3 East Road and westbound I-2 exit ramp 160 to FM 1015 International Blvd.
On Sept. 21, in Weslaco the lane ramp entry and exit closures will be located at westbound I-2 entry ramp before the intersection North Airport Drive and westbound Frontage.
The closure in Weslaco will continue on westbound I-2 exit ramp 158 to FM 88 Texas Blvd.
Lastly on Sept. 22, in Weslaco and Donna the lane ramp entry and exit closures will be located at westbound I-2 entry ramp before the intersection of North Midway Road and westbound frontage road.
The closure will continue on westbound I-2 entry ramp before the intersection of Hutto Road and westbound frontage road. | 2022-09-11T18:25:45+00:00 | valleycentral.com | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/txdot-overnight-ramp-closures-for-valley-cities/ |
NEW YORK, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA).
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According to a filed complaint, Pegasystems Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) PEGA had engaged in corporate espionage and misappropriation of trade secrets to better compete against Appian, a principal competitor; (2) defendants' product development and associated success was, in significant part, not the result of its own research and product testing but rather the result of such corporate espionage and trade secret theft; (3) defendants had engaged in a scheme to steal Appian trade secrets, which was not only known to, but carried out through, the personal involvement of the Company's CEO; (4) the Company's CEO and other officers and employees did not comply with the Company's written Code of Conduct, including its express prohibition on "stealing" confidential information from a competitor and "misrepresenting your identity in hopes of obtaining confidential information"; (5) the Company was "unable to reasonably estimate damages" in the lawsuit filed by Appian as a result of the foregoing misconduct (the "Appian Litigation"); and (6) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' statements about PEGA's business, operations, prospects, legal compliance, and potential damages exposure in the Appian Litigation were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis when made.
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CONCORD, N.H. — While judges, lawyers and support staff at the federal courthouse in Concord, New Hampshire, keep the American justice system buzzing, thousands of humble honeybees on the building’s roof are playing their part in a more important task — feeding the world.
The Warren B. Rudman courthouse is one of several federal facilities around the country participating in the General Services Administration’s Pollinator Initiative, a government program aimed at assessing and promoting the health of bees and other pollinators, which are critical to life on Earth.
“Anybody who eats food needs bees," said Noah Wilson-Rich, co-founder, CEO and chief scientific officer of the Boston-based Best Bees company, which contracts with the government to take care of the honeybee hives at the New Hampshire courthouse and at some other federal buildings.
Bees help pollinate the fruits and vegetables that sustain humans, he said. They pollinate hay and alfalfa, which feed cattle that provide the meat we eat. And they promote the health of plants that, through photosynthesis, give us clean air to breathe.
Yet the busy insects that contribute an estimated $25 billion to the U.S. economy annually are under threat from diseases, agricultural chemicals and habitat loss that kill about half of all honeybee hives annually. Without human intervention, including beekeepers creating new hives, the world could experience a bee extinction that would lead to global hunger and economic collapse, Wilson-Rich said.
The pollinator program is part of the federal government’s commitment to promoting sustainability, which includes reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting climate resilient infrastructure, said David Johnson, the General Services Administration’s sustainability program manager for New England.
The GSA's program started last year with hives at 11 sites.
Some of those sites are no longer in the program. Hives placed at the National Archives building in Waltham, Massachusetts, last year did not survive the winter.
Since then, other sites were added. Two hives, each home to thousands of bees, were placed on the roof of the Rudman building in March.
The program is collecting data to find out whether the honeybees, which can fly 3 to 5 miles from the roof in their quest for pollen, can help the health of not just the plants on the roof, but also of the flora in the entire area, Johnson said.
“Honeybees are actually very opportunistic,” he said. “They will feed on a lot of different types of plants.”
The program can help identify the plants and landscapes beneficial to pollinators and help the government make more informed decisions about what trees and flowers to plant on building grounds.
Best Bees tests the plant DNA in the honey to get an idea of the plant diversity and health in the area, Wilson-Rich said, and they have found that bees that forage on a more diverse diet seem to have better survival and productivity outcomes.
Other federal facilities with hives include the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services headquarters in Baltimore; the federal courthouse in Hammond, Indiana; the Federal Archives Records Center in Chicago; and the Denver Federal Center.
The federal government isn't alone in its efforts to save the bees. The hives placed at federal sites are part of a wider network of about 1,000 hives at home gardens, businesses and institutions nationwide that combined can help determine what's helping the bees, what's hurting them and why.
The GSA’s Pollinator Initiative is also looking to identify ways to keep the bee population healthy and vibrant and model those lessons at other properties — both government and private sector — said Amber Levofsky, the senior program advisor for the GSA's Center for Urban Development.
“The goal of this initiative was really aimed at gathering location-based data at facilities to help update directives and policies to help facilities managers to really target pollinator protection and habitat management regionally,” she said.
And there is one other benefit to the government honeybee program that's already come to fruition: the excess honey that's produced is donated to area food banks. | 2023-06-04T02:54:17+00:00 | ktvb.com | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/nation-world/honeybee-hives-at-federal-buildings-pollinator-health/507-0d9c6379-36e9-42de-bb55-b707deb0c0e0 |
The fintech company announces the launch of FutureCoins, a first-of-its-kind rewards program that directly links climate-friendly purchases to carbon reduction
SILVER SPRING, Md., Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Future, the fintech company that is revolutionizing the way we combat climate change, has announced the launch of its new rewards program, FutureCoins. This groundbreaking program allows consumers to earn money by reducing their carbon footprint, making it easier and more rewarding than ever before to make climate-friendly choices. FutureCoins will serve to disrupt carbon markets by paying people directly for carbon reductions.
Each FutureCoin is equivalent to one metric tonne (1,000 kg) of carbon saved, and will launch with an initial starting price of $90 per tonne, which is thirty times the average price paid for carbon in the voluntary market[1]. Users can earn FutureCoins by completing various missions, such as switching to an electric vehicle, opting for public transit instead of driving, saving on gas and electricity, or purchasing refurbished rather than brand new electronics.
Future is best known for its FutureCard Visa® Debit Card, a climate-first debit card that rewards users with up to 6% cashback on actions such as taking public transportation, electric vehicle charging, using e-bikes and/or scooters, shopping for second hand clothes and furniture, and opting for meat and dairy alternatives at the grocery store*. FutureCoins will serve as the latest addition to Future's outsized rewards for consumers for smart, conscious spending that's better for their wallet and better for the planet.
"At Future, we are always looking for exciting ways to encourage climate-friendly consumption, and that began with offering generous cashback to our FutureCard members," explained Future Co-Founder and CEO, Jean-Louis Warnholz. "We're taking rewards to the next level now with FutureCoins, building on our novel carbon analytics tools, to give consumers extra credit for actions that matter the most."
To celebrate the launch of FutureCoins, Future will be offering free electric vehicle charging today, February 2nd. FutureCard members can take advantage of this offer when they utilize EV charging networks nationwide (e.g., Electrify America, ChargePoint, Tesla Supercharger, EVgo, Blink Charging). To learn more about FutureCoins, visit https://www.future.green/futurecoins.
About Future
Future is building the most rewarding way to pay in the sustainable economy, incentivizing consumers to make climate-friendly purchases and support the shift towards a low-carbon future. Future pays consumers to reduce their carbon footprint and offers personalized recommendations to save cash and carbon. Future launched the award-winning FutureCard Visa® Debit Card offering 5% cashback at 50,000 businesses across the U.S. To learn more about Future, visit future.green.
*Terms and conditions apply. See future.green/legal/rewards for details. Future is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by Piermont Bank, Member FDIC. The FutureCard Visa® Debit Card is issued by Piermont Bank pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. and may be used everywhere Visa debit cards are accepted.
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BOSTON (AP) _ Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. (PLYM) on Thursday reported a key measure of profitability in its third quarter. The results topped Wall Street expectations.
The real estate investment trust, based in Boston, said it had funds from operations of $19.4 million, or 46 cents per share, in the period.
The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds from operations of 43 cents per share.
Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.
The company said it had a loss of $8 million, or 19 cents per share.
Plymouth Industrial, based in Boston, posted revenue of $47.8 million in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $46.5 million.
Plymouth Industrial expects full-year funds from operations in the range of $1.82 to $1.84 per share.
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This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on PLYM at https://www.zacks.com/ap/PLYM | 2022-11-03T11:55:53+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Plymouth-Industrial-Q3-Earnings-Snapshot-17554864.php |
Two commercial films, developed by creative agency GUT Buenos Aires, give a satirical look at old business consulting, and highlight the difference that Globant brings as the future of digital transformation in a market in need of constant reinvention with creative proposals that focus on results.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Globant (NYSE: GLOB), a digitally native company focused on reinventing businesses through innovative technological solutions, today announced the launch of "Reinventing Consultancy," its second global campaign of 2022. Developed in partnership with the creative agency GUT Buenos Aires, the films "1000 Slides" and "Copy/Paste" use humor and wit to expose beliefs around old and static business consultancies.
With the tagline "Seek Reinvention" at its core, Globant's mission is to reinvent its clients' businesses with more agile, dynamic, and creative processes that deliver valuable and specific solutions for every client.
"The new campaign "Reinventing Consultancy" is a nod to the brands that reach out to Globant seeking something different. Those who know us know that the experience we offer is distinctly unique, from the proposal to the execution. Globant has a unique culture, with diverse, interdisciplinary teams who are experts in technology and in various industries," asserts Wanda Weigert, Globant's Chief Brand Officer.
"Globant is different: conceived as a digitally native organization focused on reinventing businesses, we strive at delivering end-to-end digital transformation leveraging innovation and the latest trends and technologies in the market. Our culture and agility set us apart as we work with some of the most respected brands in the world," says Martín Migoya, Globant's Co-Founder and CEO.
"The genesis of this campaign lies in the capacity to listen. Most big companies work with more than one consulting firm at a time, and NPS data showed that the major factors that make Globant stand out are their involvement, agility and flexibility when approaching challenges. Many of the insights provided by the clients themselves made us laugh at the sheer ridiculousness of how torturous and outdated some of these processes are, and that inspired these pieces," add both Matias Lafalla (GUT's ECD) and Joaquin Cubría (CCO).
"Globant is a company that is constantly reinventing itself. Not only the services it offers but also from within. They are "doers" by DNA; people who look for the new, the untapped. People who don't fall into the temptation of "Copy/Paste." That is their enormous difference - their greatness comes from the pillar we're constantly building upon, "Seek Reinvention," says Gastón Bigio, GUT's Founder.
Today, Globant works with Fortune 500 companies in key industries with the objective of reinventing and unleashing their full potential while putting humanity at the center of what they do. Using digital transformation as its main driver, Globant's mission is to continuously improve day-to-day experiences for people and organizations around the world.
To view the "1000 Slides" commercial film, click here; and "Copy/Paste" here.
Credits
Agency: GUT Buenos Aires
Client: Globant
Product: Globant
Campaign: Reinventing Consultancy
Film: 45"
Territory: Global
Launch date: August 2022
Client Representatives:
Chief Brand Officer: Wanda Weigert
Global Digital Marketing Director: Federico Paluszkiewicz
Global Marketing Strategy: Emiliano Horcada
Chief Marketing Officer, North America: Todd Krugman
Campaign Manager: Ivanna Giménez
Design Lead: Matías Echeverría
Digital Properties Lead: Julián Caso
Social Media Teach Lead: Matías Mosquera
Advertising Teach Lead: Guillermo López
WordPress Tech Lead: Mauro Carrera De Franceschi
Founder: Gastón Bigio
CCO & Partner: Joaquín Cubría
ECD: Ramiro Gamallo / Matias Lafalla / Juan Pablo Lufrano
Managing Director: Pilar Lopardo
CD: Gastón Gual
CD: Alex Romero
International Account Director: Meme Traverso Lizarraga
Head of Production: Florencia Albizzati
Agency Producer: Mariana Jauregui
Creative Manager: Paula Akel
Head of Design: Rosario Muñoz
CSO: Javier Quintero
Head of Digital & Data: Agostina Martino
Social Strategist: Ignacio Rocca
Production Company: Rebolución
Director: Luis Gerard
Executive Producer: Pilar Capurro, Ezequiel Ortiz
Producer: Germán Sánchez
DOP: Agustin Claramount
Postproduction coordinator: Mariano Olivari
Color grading: Alejandro Armaleo
Editor: Jerónimo Pérez
VFX: Da8
Mix and Sound Design: Porta Estudio
About Gut
Independent agency founded by Gastón Bigio and Anselmo Ramos that offers disruptive and visceral creativity for brands with courage. GUT Network is independent agency #1 Effie Latam for the second consecutive year 2020/2021, and It is Ad Age A-Lister 2021. It won 2 Cannes Grand Prix in 2021/2022 and was awarded at The Clios, D&AD, The International ANDY Awards and Círculo de Creatividad Argentina for its work for clients such as Popeyes, Mercado Libre, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Tim Hortons, Noblex, Skol, Heinz, Google and Headspace. GUT was also recognized this year as the D&AD #4 Independent Agency of the Year and #2 Cannes Lions Independent Network of the year 2022. GUT has offices in Buenos Aires, Miami, Toronto, São Paulo, L.A and CDMX. www.gut.agency
About Globant
We are a digitally native company that helps organizations reinvent themselves to create a way forward and unleash their potential. We are the place where innovation, design, and engineering meet scale.
- We have more than 24,500 employees, and we are present in 19 countries working for companies like Google, Electronic Arts, and Santander, among others.
- We were named a Worldwide Leader in CX Improvement Services by IDC MarketScape report.
- We were also featured as a business case study at Harvard, MIT, and Stanford.
- We are a member of the Green Software Foundation (GSF) and the Cybersecurity Tech Accord.
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SOURCE Globant | 2022-08-16T16:58:59+00:00 | wafb.com | https://www.wafb.com/prnewswire/2022/08/16/globant-defies-old-consulting-practices-with-its-new-campaign-reinventing-consultancy/ |
(KTLA) – A unique home in Los Angeles County that captured the interest of California homebuyers — and started a wider conversation about the high cost of getting into the real estate market — has found a new owner.
The home, located in Alhambra, was popular among home-seekers because of its modest (for California) price of $250,000. But it also made nationwide headlines due to its location: It’s built into the side of a bridge that overlooks a drainage ditch.
The home isn’t visible on Google Maps. The single-family residence is actually below street-level, accessible by a staircase that descends to the front door. Inside, visitors will find one bedroom and one bathroom within its 462-square-feet of living space.
Douglas Lee, the listing agent, called it the strangest property he’s ever had.
“I’ve heard ideas for everything,” he once told Nexstar’s KTLA of potential plans for the property. “Turning this into an Airbnb, using it as a law office … they wanted to do a cigar shop,” he said of some prospective buyers.
The home, built in 1949, features a patio that overlooks the Alhambra wash, as well as a “rooftop patio” about the size of the home itself which is actually located at street level.
There’s also a mold issue, and no parking.
Still, the bizarre property got plenty of attention and hordes of curious parties stopping by the open house. That interest led to about a dozen offers, Lee said.
A bidding war ensued, with the winning offer coming in at a whopping $430,000.
The home went into escrow last week. The new buyer was so eager to get the keys that they wired their earnest deposit and waived all contingencies, meaning any additional repairs or fixes will have to be completed by the buyer.
“Obviously, the person that [buys the home] is going to be the one that has the imagination and can see all the great things about it,” Lee previously told KTLA.
The home’s previous owner bought the home in 2005 for $72,000, with plans on using it as a deluxe “man cave.” But it sat vacant for nearly two decades, being used as a storage space instead. | 2023-07-01T18:32:52+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/nexstar-media-wire/california-bridge-house-sells-for-180k-over-asking-price/ |
Chargers QB Justin Herbert day-to-day with fracture to rib cartilage
Posted/updated on: September 16, 2022 at 6:21 pmBy ESPN.com
COSTA MESA, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert suffered a fracture to his rib cartilage during Thursday night’s 27-24 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs and is day-to-day, coach Brandon Staley said Friday.
“The CT scan did confirm that,” Staley said about Herbert’s diagnosis, adding that it was “good news.”
“We’ll know a lot more about practice and stuff like that on Wednesday,” Staley said. “Going to take the weekend and beginning Monday, Tuesday to learn a lot more.”
The Chargers (1-1) have nine days before they play a Week 3 matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars (0-1) at SoFi Stadium.
“It’s just going to come down to comfort,” Staley said about Herbert’s ability to return. “It’s such a rotational position, just going to have to make sure that he’s comfortable, and we’re not going to know more about how he feels until later on in the week.”
With 5 minutes, 9 seconds remaining in Thursday night’s game, Chiefs defensive end Mike Danna delivered a hit that left Herbert lying on the field for an extended period.
Herbert missed one play before returning, and then was immediately crushed between Chiefs pass-rushers Frank Clark and George Karlaftis, but he remained in the game.
Staley said there was a discussion with the medical staff and Herbert before he returned.
“We have full trust in one another, and he’s going to tell me, he’s going to show me, and the medical people are going to tell me if this isn’t something that should happen,” Staley said.
On the Chargers’ final offensive possession with 2:11 remaining, Herbert began to run to his right outside the pocket before he threw away a short pass in apparent pain. On the ensuing snap, Herbert completed a 35-yard dart over the middle to receiver DeAndre Carter, and several plays later he completed a 7-yard pass to Joshua Palmer for a touchdown to make it a one-possession game, 27-24.
“It’s football and you’re going to have some moments where you’re feeling like that and that’s not just exclusive to the quarterback position,” Staley said of Herbert playing through pain.
Herbert, who had won his first two games at Arrowhead Stadium entering Thursday, finished with 334 yards passing and three touchdowns, but he also threw an interception that was returned 99 yards for a touchdown to give the Chiefs their first lead with 10:29 remaining.
The Chargers’ offensive line also appears to have avoided serious injury despite center Corey Linsley and right tackle Trey Pipkins leaving the game.
Linsley suffered a knee injury but “just had to have an injection to calm it down,” Staley said, adding that the All-Pro center should return to practice “at some point next week.”
Pipkins suffered a lateral foot sprain and is day-to-day, according to Staley. | 2022-09-16T23:48:21+00:00 | ktbb.com | https://ktbb.com/post/?p=1163817 |
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- City School District of New Rochelle (CSDNR) buildings are now monitored for quality and safety through a new bipolar ionization technology that reduces contaminants, pollutants, and odors to purify indoor air, monitors quality 24/7, and protects the health and wellness of students, faculty, and staff working in CSDNR buildings.
"New Rochelle Schools were ahead of the curve on focusing on indoor air quality in schools," said now-retired Director of Facilities Carl Thurnau. "Even before COVID, the school district's Health and Safety Committee was focused on improving all aspects of environmental health in our schools, including indoor air quality. This will benefit our students for decades to come."
The CSDNR invested in the innovative technology with funding from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). The school district retained indoor air quality company AtmosAir, to implement bipolar ionization tubes that reduce mold, bacteria, dust particles, and volatile organic compounds. The technology reduces the spread of infections in schools and removes mold and other allergens from the air, which can reduce incidences of asthma and other respiratory ailments in children.
"There were many indoor air quality options and solutions offered during the pandemic," said CSDNR Director of Facilities Keith Watkins. "By conducting a month-long pilot, we verified that the technology worked as intended and was sustainable, with lower costs for ongoing maintenance than the traditional filter system. This technology will support our existing robust Cleaning for Health program and allow for continued transparency related to our indoor air quality."
"Clean air in our schools is critical for our students and staff," said CSDNR Superintendent Jonathan P. Raymond. "We are the only school district in New York State to implement this technology at this level, making us both a statewide and national standard bearer for indoor air quality testing and monitoring, as evidenced by the improvement that has been measured across multiple variables and documented by a third-party, independent engineer."
The AtmosAir technology is also used in school districts nationwide, and the technology allows for enhanced transparency because air quality measurement is always available. The bi-polar ionization technology is not to be confused with other ionization technologies, which is an entirely different process.
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BOA VISTA – From a distance, the small group lying on the sidewalk outside the city market could be confused with hundreds of homeless people spread through Boa Vista.
But they are Yanomami, an Indigenous people from the Amazon rainforest who traditionally live in relative isolation. Years of neglect during the previous government of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro led to a health crisis that got worse while illegal gold miners swarmed into their territory. Dozens of Yanomami ended up roaming in the region’s largest city.
The eldest ones in a group living in Boa Vista's food market are a couple — Oma Yanomami, 46, and Bonita Yanomami, 35. Both are from the Koroasipiitheri community, only accessible by air. In September, they were medivaced to Boa Vista to accompany their 3-year-old son, who was ill with malaria.
Initially, they stayed in the Indigenous Health House known as Casai, a federal facility on the outskirts of Boa Vista, a sprawling city of 440,000 people and capital of Roraima state. But in the first few days, the family left the facility and began living on the streets.
“It was too crowded,” Oma Yanomami told The Associated Press Thursday in broken Portuguese while sitting on the dirty sidewalk. Beside him, his wife was asleep despite the heavy car traffic nearby. Both had sustained bruises and appeared in poor health.
A report published this week by the Ministry of Health paints a grim picture of Casai, which was built to host Yanomami under treatment and their relatives. Its capacity is 200 people, but it harbors many as 700, representing 2% of the Yanomami population. The figure doesn't include those hospitalized, including several children with severe malnutrition.
“The bathrooms are unhealthy, and the dining areas are insufficient and unpleasant. In addition, the food was insufficient until a few months ago,” the report says. “The Yanomami lack space to prepare their food and other activities, so at night, there are several drunken people and reports of violence and car hit-and-runs.”
According to the report, 150 Yanomami are eligible to return to their villages, but the wait for a place on a return flight can be very long — 10 years in one extreme case.
An estimated 30,000 Yanomami people live in Brazil’s largest Indigenous territory, which covers an area roughly the size of Portugal and stretches across Roraima and Amazonas states in the northwest corner of Brazil’s Amazon.
Life in the streets took its toll on Oma and Bonita Yanomami. Their son soon contracted pneumonia, while his parents fell into drinking sprees. Health workers found out about the situation and took the baby to a local hospital. There, he was admitted as “indigent,” which put him on the adoption path without the parents’ consent.
For four months, the couple did not see their child. Then social workers affiliated with the Indigenous movement intervened to get them inside to visit. The future of the child now hinges on a judicial order.
It is not uncommon to meet Yanomami in the streets of Boa Vista, most with drinking problems. Some go back to Casai during the night, while others end up under viaducts.
Their life is rough. Two weeks ago, a Yanomami woman gave birth on a sidewalk. On Thursday, a Yanomami man died several days after being injured in a fight inside a prison, according to the State Secretary of Justice. There are 269 Indigenous inmates in Roraima of various peoples.
In January, the federal government, led by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, declared a public health emergency for the Yanomami people. Since then, military doctors treated over 1,000 people in a field hospital in Boa Vista, and 4,000 food baskets were distributed in the vast territory.
In parallel, security forces started to destroy equipment and control entry of illegal gold miners, estimated at 20,000 people. As a result, dozens have decided to leave the Indigenous territory, while many others keep mining gold.
The Indigenous organizations now want the Yanomami child, now four years old, to be returned to his parents so they can board a plane and go back to Koroasipiitheri, where six siblings are waiting for them.
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A drug lab and explosive devices have been ruled out as the possible causes of a deadly explosion that killed four people in San Antonio last week, authorities said Tuesday. They said they are still investigating other possible causes, including potential problems with a propane tank.
The explosion just before midnight Friday destroyed K-Bar Services, which San Antonio Fire Department officials described on Tuesday as an underground residence and construction business located on 75 acres (30 hectares) of property. About 100 vehicles, including construction machinery, cars and recreational vehicles, are also located on the property, the officials said at a news conference.
Wet weather, muddy conditions, structural issues and a large radius of evidence produced by the magnitude of the blast have slowed the investigation, they said.
“It was absolutely unsettling as far as the devastation that we witnessed,” said San Antonio Fire Department Chief Charles Hood. “As far as first responders, we don't see things like this type of explosion inside of a building like this.”
Witnesses who said they had been on the property prior to the explosion told officials that they could smell gas, and a propane tank on the property had been worked on recently, the fire officials said. They added that foul play has not been ruled out and the investigation is ongoing.
Authorities found one body at the site immediately after the explosion and later discovered three more: two on Saturday and another on Monday. The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office identified two of the victims as Ashley Autobee, 28, and Roger Huron, 36. Officials said the other two victims were white men, ages 57 and 61, but did not identify them. | 2022-12-13T22:57:37+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Texas-explosion-not-caused-by-drug-lab-17651952.php |
While Sheila Russell ran Cambridge City Council meetings as mayor, sometimes a gavel wasn’t sufficient to bring a discussion to order.
“She not only presided over the council with a gavel, she also presided with a magic wand. She literally had a magic wand,” said Michael Sullivan, a former councilor who served alongside Mrs. Russell.
“When things got tense or she thought someone was getting out of hand, she would wave the magic wand,” said Sullivan, who formerly served as mayor of Cambridge and is now clerk of courts for Middlesex Superior Court. “She would bang the gavel once in a while, but I think the magic wand had more effect.”
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A lifelong Cambridge resident who entered politics after her husband, former Cambridge mayor Leonard J. Russell, died in office, Mrs. Russell served on the City Council for 14 years. She was 87 and her health had been failing when she died Dec. 12 in her Cambridge home.
A mother of five, Mrs. Russell supported her husband’s political ambitions and had never run for office when he died, at age 52, in January 1985 following surgery.
Some of his supporters, including her own relatives, thought she should then follow in her husband’s public service footsteps.
“We were sitting around the day of the funeral and talking,” Mrs. Russell told The Crimson, Harvard University’s student newspaper, in 1996, when she became mayor. “I thought they were kidding when they said, ‘Why don’t you run?’ "
They weren’t joking and she soon was a candidate.
She was elected to the City Council in 1985 and served until 1999. When she left her council post, The Boston Globe reported that Sheila and Leonard Russell had been the only spouses to both serve as Cambridge mayor.
In Cambridge, the council elects the mayor by majority vote from among its ranks to preside over the council and chair the School Committee. Mrs. Russell was mayor in 1996 and 1997.
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When she left the council, the Globe reported that her accomplishments had included hiring Bobbie D’Alessandro as schools superintendent, helping lead the way for the city to open the Cambridge Citywide Senior Center in 1995, and being part of the efforts to establish the anticrime task force in North Cambridge.
The Russell Youth and Community Center in West Cambridge is named for her, and she also was a key backer of bringing the Irish Famine Memorial to Cambridge Common. Mrs. Russell invited Mary Robinson, Ireland’s then-president, to preside and speak at the 1997 dedication ceremony.
Throughout the political careers of Sheila and Leonard Russell, their family was part of the couple’s City Council campaigns.
“Every two years, come August, we knew what we had to do: putting signs up, going door to door, holding signs, going to fund-raisers,” said their son, Lenny of Hull. “We all chipped in, all five of us.”
He added that his father was “happiest when he was in Cambridge politics, and my mother, too. They loved the constituents and they liked the campaigns.”
Sheila and Leonard were not the same as candidates, councilors, or mayors, however, their son said.
“People liked to say she was the brains of the operation,” Lenny said. “My father was the fun politician. My mother was the great politician.”
Sheila T. Doyle was born in Cambridge in 1935 and grew up in North Cambridge, a daughter of James Doyle, an iron worker, and Lillian Sullivan Doyle, a homemaker.
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The North Cambridge of her youth was tight-knit to the point of being wary of outsiders, Sheila Russell recalled in a 1995 Globe interview.
Some neighbors never thought of Lillian as truly from North Cambridge, “even though my mother lived there for most of her life and married a man who was born and raised there,” Mrs. Russell said. “She was always considered an outsider, the girl from East Cambridge.”
The third of four siblings, Sheila graduated from what was then St. John’s High School in Cambridge and wrote for the student newspaper.
“She was a very creative writer,” said her sister, Nancy Navin of Hingham. “She gave a lot of her time and effort to school things, because that was her nature. Whatever she was involved in, she worked the hardest at.”
Sheila met Leonard Russell at a dance put on by a school associated with what was then Our Lady of Pity Church in North Cambridge, which was referred to as the French church because so many French-Canadian residents attended Mass there.
“It was a real romance from the get-go,” her sister said. “And they always danced a lot. They were very good on the dance floor together.”
Mrs. Russell spent many of her early adult years raising the couple’s children.
“She was a good mother,” her sister said. “She worked hard at that. She had five children, so it wasn’t easy to keep track of them all.”
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For the last dozen or so years of his life, Mr. Russell was an executive of a Cambridge waste disposal firm, according to his Globe obit.
As politicians, he and Mrs. Russell both campaigned and served as independents.
“I came from a very nonpolitical family myself,” she told The Crimson in 1996. “My husband got me into politics. Now I’m a junkie.”
Her sister said Mr. Russell “was a real powerful personality,” and that Mrs. Russell’s life “prior to her public life was supporting his efforts. She found her own footing when she became a city councilor. She loved it.”
Mrs. Russell’s sense of humor was an asset in public life.
“She had typical Irish wit. Any bad moment, she could turn it right around,” her son said.
Sullivan said Mrs. Russell “could take a tough situation and bring a ‘chill out’ to it.
“She took the time to listen to people, which I think was key,” he added. “Taking care of constituent services was big — taking care of people who didn’t have a voice. Sometimes people would get lost in red tape. Sheila would be their champion.”
He said the words on the Irish Famine Memorial on Cambridge Common captured her approach to public service: “Never Again Should a People Starve in a World of Plenty.”
“That’s how she felt,” Sullivan said, “and that’s why she cared about people who otherwise would have fallen through the cracks.”
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In addition to her son, Lenny, and sister, Nancy, Mrs. Russell leaves three daughters, Eileen Struzziery of Hull, Nancy Grabowski of Somerville, and Katie Somers of Peabody; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Another son, William, died in 2019.
A funeral Mass was said Tuesday in Saint John the Evangelist Church in North Cambridge.
In a Globe interview several weeks after she became mayor, Mrs. Russell spoke about how outfitting her office reminded her of the emerging role of women in leading Cambridge government.
Joined by Kathy Born, who was then a city councilor, Mrs. Russell “went down to storage to see if there was any furniture left that I could use,” she recalled in 1996.
“We found all these beautiful portraits of distinguished white men,” she said. “I have them all hanging in my office. It’s just a reminder of how far we have come.”
Bryan Marquard can be reached at bryan.marquard@globe.com. | 2022-12-20T23:20:38+00:00 | bostonglobe.com | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/20/metro/sheila-russell-former-mayor-cambridge-dies-87/ |
Five-time All-Star Giancarlo Stanton will miss four to six weeks after an MRI revealed a Grade 2 left hamstring strain, according to the Athletic.
Stanton was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday and the Yankees recalled top prospect Oswald Peraza in a corresponding roster move. But, the MRI showed that manager Aaron Boone will be without one of his top players for more than 10 days.
“He worked very hard to try and avoid these things,” Boone said Sunday about the slugger’s injuries. “But, unfortunately it’s something that’s happened with him.”
The injury occurred while Stanton was decelerating after hitting a double in Saturday’s win over the Minnesota Twins, according to Boone.
Stanton missing time due to injuries has become a common theme for the former MVP.
In 2019, the slugger played just 18 regular-season games while dealing with a myriad of injuries. Lower body injuries have plagued the 6-6 outfielder while he has been in pinstripes, as he missed games with a hamstring injury in 2020 and a quad strain in 2021.
Last season, Stanton missed 29 games due to left Achilles tendinitis. He also missed time last season with an ankle injury. He missed 52 total games last season.
Outfielders Willie Calhoun, Franchy Cordero and Aaron Hicks could see more opportunities with Stanton sidelined for at least a month.
Before going down with the hamstring injury, Stanton was slashing .269/.296/.558 with four homers and 11 RBI in 13 games.
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The Yankees outrighted right-hander Colten Brewer off the Major League roster and onto the roster of Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The righty appeared in three games with the team, recording a 4.32 ERA in 8.1 innings pitched.
Brewer was acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for cash considerations in March. Brewer spent the majority of last season with Triple-A Omaha of the Kansas City Royals organization, going 1-1 with one save and a 4.76 ERA over 36 relief appearances.
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Principal arrested during first day of job on terroristic threatening charges
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE/Gray News) - A recently hired principal for a school in Kentucky has been arrested on his first day on the job.
According to officials with the Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office, Leroy Littles Sr. was arrested on a warrant served out of Hillview Police Department.
Littles was charged with terroristic threatening and assault in the fourth degree.
WAVE reports the charges stem from an alleged incident that happened on Christmas Day last year.
The Jefferson County School District released a statement Monday saying the charges were unrelated to the school district.
Littles was announced as the new principal of Fredrick Law Olmsted Academy North in Louisville on March 8. His first day and the day of his arrest was Monday, March 13.
The school district said Littles had worked for 16 years as an English teacher and behavioral coach at multiple schools in the district.
Olmsted’s assistant principal, Ebony Booker, will serve as the administrator in charge while the district follows procedures for allegations related to staff, according to WAVE.
Classes will continue as normal.
Copyright 2023 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-03-14T01:13:17+00:00 | live5news.com | https://www.live5news.com/2023/03/13/principal-arrested-during-first-day-job-terroristic-threatening-charges/ |
A Turner woman has been charged with buying 55 guns for other people over three months last year that allegedly went to southern California gangs.
Jennifer Scruggs, 35, was arrested Monday and made her first court appearance the same day in U.S. District Court in Portland.
Between March 20 and June 17, 2022, Scruggs allegedly bought the guns from three federally licensed firearms dealers in Auburn, Turner and Whitefield. Buying guns for other people, known as straw purchases, is illegal. Individuals who buy guns must declare under oath that they are buying the weapons for their own use.
The individuals Scruggs allegedly bought the guns for are not named in court documents.
Scruggs is charged with 10 counts of making a false statement during the acquisition of a firearm from a licensed dealer. She allegedly bought the guns during 10 different trips to dealers.
Two of the guns have been recovered by Los Angeles police, the complaint said. One was seized after a person fired it several times shouting, “Crypts,” the name of a well-known gang, the document said.
She did not enter pleas Monday because she has not yet been indicted by a federal grand jury.
She is being held without bail until a hearing can be held to determine if there are conditions on which she could be released on bail. That date has not been set.
The U.S. Attorney’s office has asked that she be held without bail until her case is concluded, according to information posted on the court system electronic case filing system.
The complaint, filed Feb. 27, was sealed until Scruggs’ arrest Monday. She was interviewed by investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on three separate occasions last year, according to the document.
Scruggs initially told agents that she bought the guns as an investment, the complaint said. She allegedly changed her story at least twice before telling police the guns went to gang members in Los Angeles. Scruggs also allegedly told investigators that two of the guns were stolen from her home by visitors. She did not report the theft to police and the guns have not been recovered, the complaint said.
Scruggs’ attorney, Julia Pitney of Portland, declined Tuesday to comment on the case.
The U.S. Attorney’s office, which is prosecuting the case, also declined to comment. It is the practice of the office not to comment on pending cases.
The Boston office of the ATF did not return an inquiry Tuesday about whether this was a record number of guns purchased by an individual in Maine.
If convicted, Scruggs faces up to 10 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000. | 2023-04-12T00:54:24+00:00 | bangordailynews.com | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/04/11/news/central-maine/turner-woman-charged-buying-maine-guns-california-gang-xoasq1i29i/ |
RENO, Nev. — Actor Jeremy Renner was assisting a stranded motorist when he was injured over the weekend in a snowplow accident in the mountains on the edge of Reno, according to the city’s mayor.
Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve said the 51-year-old “Avengers” star was trying to help a stranded car outside his home on the side of a snowy mountain on New Year's Day when he was run over by his own vehicle. The accident left Renner in critical but stable condition with chest and orthopedic injuries.
“He was helping someone stranded in the snow,” Schieve told the Reno Gazette-Journal Monday night. She said she and the actor are friends and that she was called about the accident shortly after it happened Sunday morning near the Mt. Rose Highway that connects Reno to Lake Tahoe.
“He is always helping others,” she told the newspaper.
The Washoe County sheriff's office said in a statement Sunday that deputies responded to a report of a traumatic injury in the area of the Mt. Rose Highway at about 9 a.m. Sunday before Renner was flown by helicopter to a local hospital. A powerful winter storm dumped more than 2 feet (0.6 meters) of snow on the area Saturday night into Sunday morning.
The sheriff's office said at the time Renner was the “only involved party in the incident” and that the office's major accident investigation team was “looking into the circumstances of the incident.”
Sheriff Darin Balaam scheduled a news conference at 3:30 p.m. PST Tuesday “to clarify details regarding" the sheriff's office's response to the accident, the office said in a statement early Tuesday.
A publicist for Renner said in a statement Monday that he suffered blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries and remained in critical but stable condition in an intensive care unit following surgery at a Reno hospital.
Renner plays Hawkeye, a sharp-shooting member of the superhero Avengers squad in Marvel’s sprawling movie and television universe.
He is a two-time acting Oscar nominee, scoring back-to-back nods for “The Hurt Locker” and “The Town.” Renner’s portrayal of a bomb disposal specialist in Iraq in 2009′s “The Hurt Locker” helped turn him into a household name.
“The Avengers” in 2012 cemented him as part of Marvel’s grand storytelling ambitions, with his character appearing in several sequels and getting its own Disney+ series, “Hawkeye.” | 2023-01-03T22:36:00+00:00 | ktvb.com | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/nation-world/reno-mayor-actor-jeremy-renner-helping-stranded-car-when-hurt-snowplow-accident/507-2ec34158-1e05-4998-9ea3-d7243147b095 |
LOS ANGELES — Homeownership is likely to remain a pipe dream for many Americans this spring homebuying season.
The nation’s worst housing slump in nearly a decade stoked hope among prospective buyers that homes could be scooped up more easily. But while prices appear to have peaked last summer, they still ended 2022 higher than they were at the end of 2021. And the median U.S. home price has increased 42% since 2019.
A series of interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve last year is making matters worse for homebuyers, pushing mortgage rates to their highest level in two decades.
The average long-term rate on a 30-year mortgage reached a two-decade high of 7.08% in the fall. Rates eased in December and January, but have been climbing since early February. The average rate hit 6.73% last week, the highest level since early November. A year ago, it averaged 3.85%.
That rate translates into a roughly 49% increase in the monthly payment on a median-priced U.S. home than a year ago, said George Ratiu, senior economist at Realtor.com.
“For real estate markets, the rise in rates means higher mortgage payments, deepening the affordability challenge just as we move into the crucial spring homebuying season," he said.
For prospective buyers holding out for a meaningful dip in mortgage rates, they may be in for a long wait. Zillow recently polled 100 economists and real estate experts on their outlook for what the average rate on a 30-year mortgage will be by the end of this year and the median forecast was 6%.
Stronger-than-expected reports on the economy this year have fueled expectations that the Federal Reserve may have to keep pushing up its key borrowing rate to tame inflation, deepening the affordability challenge for would-be buyers like Joe Arndt in Reiserstown, Maryland.
The 28-year-old athletic trainer has been looking to buy a home in the Baltimore area for over a year, but hasn’t found much he can afford within his $225,000-$250,000 price range. He now feels shut out of the market.
“I thought that things would start to cool down a little bit more,” Ardnt said. “Prices are still the same as they were a year ago, if not a little higher.”
Another factor that may keep people out of the housing market is the fact that the amount of money a typical homebuyer needs to earn in order to afford a house continues to climb. In the fourth quarter of last year, you had to make at least $80,142 a year to buy a home at the national median price of $325,000, according to an analysis by Attom, a real estate information company. That’s a nearly 36% increase from the same quarter in 2021.
The analysis, which was based on data from 581 counties, defines an affordable home purchase as a transaction that includes a 20% down payment and monthly costs for the mortgage payment, property taxes and insurance that don’t exceed 28% of the buyer’s annual income.
One market shift that could help make homes more affordable is a significant increase in homes for sale. Nationally, there are more available now than a year ago, and that’s likely to increase in coming weeks as traditionally more homes hit the market in the spring months.
The number of homes for sale rose for the first time in five months in January to 980,000, up 15.3% from a year earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors. That amounts to a 2.9-month supply at the current sales pace — better than in January last year.
But it's still far from the 5- to 6-month supply that reflects a more balanced market between buyers and sellers. And the prospects for a bigger spike in supply are slim, given that new construction hasn’t kept up pace with demand after years of underbuilding following the housing crash in 2008. At the same time, most homeowners with a mortgage have locked in ultra-low rates over the years and have less financial incentive to sell.
It’s not all bad news for buyers. The bidding wars that led to homes often selling for well above asking prices a year ago are less common as higher mortgage rates have forced some buyers out of the market. And data show sellers are more willing to lower their asking price than they were a year ago.
Sobhit Haribhakti, 29, and his fiancée Sierra McNeilly, 26, were worried higher borrowing costs would hamper their bid to become homeowners. But the couple, who live in the Cleveland suburb of Strongsville, were able to find a house they could afford.
The couple got a two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom house for around $230,000, or $15,000 below asking price, and financed the purchase with a 30-year mortgage with a fixed rate of 5.75%. The seller also kicked in $10,000 toward their closing costs.
“We’re definitely going to refinance at some point,” Haribhakti said. “But it seems like the way it worked out we got a pretty good amount of seller concessions.”
Buyers like Haribhakti and McNeilly who can make the homebuying math work have some trends in their favor. For one, homes are taking longer to sell. On average, homes sold in 33 days of hitting the market in January, up from 19 days a year earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors.
That’s pushing some sellers to lower prices. In January, about 190,000 homes on the market had their price reduced, a nearly threefold increase from a year earlier, according to Realtor.com.
Many buyers are also increasingly opting for a mortgage rate buydown, which lowers the rate on their home loan for a few years or for the life of the loan and thus reduces the homebuyer’s overall borrowing costs. In exchange, buyers pay fees as part of their closing costs to cover the rate buydown.
Some sellers are even offering to cover those closing costs for a buyer to get the deal done.
Scott Collett, an account manager in Tampa, Florida, recently negotiated a seller-paid mortgage rate buydown to close the deal on a four-bedroom, two-bathroom house with a pool. The property, which had been on the market for nearly a year, was reduced from $495,000 to $419,000.
“I basically offered what they were asking at that point in time, as they paid all the closing costs and inspection fees and everything,” said Collett, 49.
The rate on his 30-year loan dropped from 6.25% to 5.26%, an improvement, but still higher than a year ago when rates averaged below 4%.
For Collett, it was worth it.
“My thought was that if I had a higher interest rate, I’d pay less for the house, but I could also refinance,” he said. | 2023-03-19T21:34:50+00:00 | wcnc.com | https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/real-estate-market-mortgage-rates-homebuyer-affordability/507-233f6a1d-189b-4541-9d25-18584d9276fa |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions and visa restrictions on five Russian officials and an expert witness involved in the incarceration of Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition leader who has been imprisoned in Moscow since April for speaking out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
He faces more than 30 years in prison.
Treasury sanctioned Elena Lenskaya, a Moscow judge; Andrei Zadachin, a special investigator; and Danila Mikheev, an expert witness for the Russian government on the case against Kara-Murza.
Governments and human rights organizations around the world, including the head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, have called for Kara-Murza’s release.
Friday’s actions block the sanctioned Russians’ access to U.S. bank accounts and other financial institutions. The U.S. State Department also imposed visa restrictions on Lenskaya, Zadachin and Mikheev.
Additionally, the State Department imposed visa restrictions on Deputy Justice Minister Oleg Sviridenko and two judges, Diana Mishchenko and Ilya Kozlov, who were involved in Kara-Murza’s detention.
Kara-Murza was arrested after giving a speech in March 2022 before the Arizona House of Representatives, where he spoke out against the war. Since then, the Russian government has brought two additional criminal charges against him, for involvement in an “undesirable” foreign organization and for high treason.
“The U.S. Treasury joins our many national and international partners in calling for Vladimir Kara-Murza’s immediate and unconditional release,” said Treasury Under Secretary Brian Nelson.
“His arbitrary detention is another instance of the Kremlin manipulating Russia’s legal system to silence dissent,” Nelson said. “Kara-Murza, Alexei Navalny, and so many others in Russia who are unjustly imprisoned are not forgotten, and we will continue to promote accountability for perpetrators of these abuses on the international stage.”
Last week at the Council on Foreign Relations, Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo said that as the invasion enters its second year, the U.S. will intensify its efforts to boost sanctions, including cracking down on sanctions evasion and putting economic pressure on countries, firms and people that continue to support Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to advance the war. | 2023-03-04T00:26:51+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-us-sanctions-russian-officials-over-dissidents-detention/ |
In the winter and spring of 1993, more than 80 people, including four federal agents and at least 20 children, died in two violent confrontations between federal law enforcement and the Branch Davidian Christian sect near Waco, Texas. Extremist groups have since cited the assaults as evidence for anti-government conspiracy theories.
In his new book, Waco: David Koresh, The Branch Davidians and a Legacy of Rage, author Jeff Guinn describes the group's leader, David Koresh, as a religious demagogue who took multiple teenage brides and preached that he and his followers would bring about a conflict that would make the end of days happen in their lifetimes.
"David Koresh wanted to make sure that when the final battle occurred, his followers would be able to fight the way the Book of Revelation said they must," Guinn says. "It had to be an all-out battle. His people were going to die, but, obviously, they had to be ready to kill the the agents of Babylon."
Government agents began investigating the Branch Davidians over charges that children at the compound were being abused and that the group was stockpiling weapons. On the morning of Feb. 28, 1993, 76 agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) arrived at the compound, called Mount Carmel, expecting to surprise the group.
"[The agents] were given no information about what the Branch Davidians believed, what their religious faith meant," Guinn says. "They thought from their sources that all the guns were kept in a locked room at Mount Carmel, a room that could only be opened with Koresh's permission."
In fact, Koresh had passed out weapons at the compound, so most members of the group were stocked with guns and ammunition. What's more, the Branch Davidians knew the ATF was coming. A three-hour gunfight ensued, during which five Branch Davidians and four federal agents were killed.
"Almost one third of the ATF agents are carried away, bleeding or dead from this fight," Guinn says. "Before noon on this day, ATF is dragging itself away like a defeated army."
A 51-day standoff followed, during which the FBI took over from the ATF. Hostage negotiators tried to convince Koresh to surrender. Meanwhile, tactical experts planned for a second raid that would rely on CS gas (a type of tear gas) to drive the group members out.
"In small doses, [the gas] wasn't supposed to be flammable, and it wasn't supposed to really be too physically affecting beyond irritation to eyes and skin," Guinn says. "It would be enough, if inserted gradually, so the Branch Davidians would come out."
On April 19, 1993, the FBI moved forward with its plan, but something went terribly wrong. A fire broke out at the compound, engulfing Mount Carmel in flames and killing all but nine of the people inside. Later, each side would claim that the other was responsible for the conflagration, but Guinn points out that of the three entities involved, only one wanted it to resolve in death.
"The ATF and the FBI both went in, not just with the hope, but with the actual determination that no lives were going to be lost. ATF and FBI officials made terrible mistakes that led to loss of life, and that is horrible. But it was not the original intention," he says. "Only the Branch Davidian agenda required people to die."
Interview highlights
On how Koresh's teachings benefited him
What David Koresh would do for his followers at Mount Carmel is occasionally announce that God had sent him a "new light," a new message. The initial messages basically were ways everyone could work better, love the Lord more, and basically make yourself worthy of being saved when the end times came. But gradually, some of these "new lights" benefited David Koresh and no one else. This is not unique among religious demagogues who claim a special relationship with God.
The first thing he claimed — even though he already had a wife, a 14-year-old girl, pushing legal limits in Texas, but she had her parents permission so the marriage was legal — he announced that God now wanted him to have wives, multiple wives. He pointed out some scriptural passages that he said backed this up, and he claimed that he needed multiple wives because it was his job to sire 24 children who would become elders and help rule after the kingdom of God's reestablished, at the end times. Then he further announces that among all the women at Mount Carmel, every woman of childbearing age — and that would be, say, from 12 up — were now his wives and could have sex only with him for procreation purposes. The husbands of these women were forbidden to have sex at all anymore. And Koresh said this was a blessing to them because now they could focus their energies on studying the Bible more and becoming more worthy of the Lord. So it was sex. It was everyone else's wives. And he even decided God wanted him to have the only unit air conditioning in Mount Carmel.
On the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) targeting the Branch Davidians for their stockpile of illegal weapons
The Branch Davidians wanted to use guns to raise money initially. They would take semiautomatic weapons, buy extra parts, turn them into automatic weapons and sell them at a considerable profit. It also allowed them to build the stockpile at Mount Carmel for their final battle. They not only had the guns, but they also bought grenade shells and powders. So they built illegal grenades. ...
[The ATF] heard from a couple disgruntled Branch Davidians who had left ... that Koresh was actually training his people in the use of these weapons and that eventually the Branch Davidians might actually launch an attack out of Mount Carmel on civilians around Waco, that there was going to be some kind of mass attack or even a mass suicide, like the one that occurred some years earlier in Jonestown, with Peoples Temple in Guyana.
So the ATF made the decision: They are going to go into Mount Carmel, they're going to raid, they're going to take away these illegal guns and they are going to arrest whoever is in charge, meaning at least David Koresh.
On the 51-day stand-off between the FBI and the Branch Davidians
Inside Mount Carmel, David's followers were waiting for something to happen. He had promised them that they were going to be translated into great glory. Nothing was happening. Nobody trusted the other side, and nobody really could communicate with the other side, because if people don't want to understand what the other person's saying, it doesn't make any difference how hard you try to negotiate, nothing's going to happen. Until finally, towards the end, [Koresh] said that if he would be allowed to write out his explanation of the seven seals of the Book of Revelation and get those out to religious leaders in the country, he and his followers would come out. That was his promise. The FBI didn't believe him and decided something had to be done to end the siege.
On the fire that broke out at Mount Carmel
Within a few hours, somehow the gas ignited. It was inevitable it would. There was such an accumulation of it and the building went up like a book of matches.
It was a windy, cold day. The [gas] canisters first went in. The FBI claimed that there was gunfire from Mount Carmel. Surviving Branch Davidians swear that never happened. But whatever happened, all the canisters went in and gradually swirling clouds of CS gas began to spread throughout the building. The only heat the Branch Davidians had came from Coleman lanterns with oil that had to have little flames. Within a few hours, somehow the gas ignited. It was inevitable it would. There was such an accumulation of it and the building went up like a book of matches. The fire was almost instantaneous. The flames rose in the air. Of the Branch Davidians left inside, only nine escaped with their lives. No one else came out. Everyone else died in a flaming hell. It's almost indescribable how horrible it was in there.
On anti-government protests in Waco
It was here that Waco became ground zero for future militancy. And Waco would become to the conspiracy minded, a great symbol of the evil of American government.
Maybe the most vocal group, the most obvious group, were people who saw in Waco the same things they had suspected in earlier Ruby Ridge [Idaho] about six months before, that the United States government was systematically trying to murder, or at least repress, gun-owning, law-abiding citizens who had never done anything to hurt anybody else. There were a lot of militants selling anti-government T-shirts and bumper stickers. One of them — and we have a picture of this in the book — was a guy named Timothy McVeigh, who two years later would blow up the federal building in Oklahoma City in protest of what had happened in Waco. It was here that Waco became ground zero for future militancy. And Waco would become to the conspiracy minded, a great symbol of the evil of American government.
On the FBI's response to what happened
If we ever want proof that trying to cover up small things when mistakes have been made is the worst thing you can possibly do, just look at Mount Carmel in Waco. In the aftermath of the terrible fire, the FBI stated that they simply had done what had been agreed upon with the attorney general, gradually inserting CS gas, it was all non-flammable, and that Attorney General [Janet] Reno had agreed to it. They lied, in that early that morning, they had used some combustible military rounds to insert gas, as well as the noncombustible rounds that they had promised the attorney general. But these military rounds never actually broke into flames. The fire started hours after those rounds were fired. But when the FBI got caught lying about that, then, of course, it made it easy for conspiracists to say they're lying about everything.
On speaking with the surviving Branch Davidians, 30 years later
I've written about Charles Manson and I've talked to some of his followers all these years since, talked to the people who followed Jim Jones and survived Jonestown. And those folks inevitably would say, "How could I believe this? What a fool I was." But the people who survived Mount Carmel, who believed in David Koresh, believe in him to this day — that what the ATF did, and then the FBI [did], perfectly fulfilled David's prophecy that he and the others who died at Mount Carmel have been translated up and are waiting, and at some point, God is going to return them at the head of his armies, we're going to have this clash and the end of days will come. They've been sustained in this belief for 30 years. It's unshakable. And I think that shows the power, the charisma of David Koresh. How can it be otherwise?
Sam Briger and Thea Chaloner produced and edited the audio of this interview. Bridget Bentz, Molly Seavy-Nesper and Meghan Sullivan adapted it for the web.
Copyright 2023 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air. | 2023-01-25T17:28:46+00:00 | kcbx.org | https://www.kcbx.org/2023-01-25/30-years-after-the-siege-waco-examines-what-led-to-the-catastrophe |
BUFFALO, N.Y., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Through an industry-defining partnership established in early 2022, Circuit Clinical and Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, have successfully certified Circuit's team members on Medidata's DCT (Decentralized Clinical Trial) and Rave EDC (Electronic Data Capture) technology, bringing a holistic understanding of the combined value-stack this partnership provides. Medidata's technology and Circuit's national footprint of team members, along with traditional & hybrid care sites, creates a high-touch, high-tech solution that allows for expedited study-startup timelines, better insights, and patient-provider communications through a unified onboarding process for all newly awarded clinical trials.
"The work of the partnership between Circuit and Medidata has been focused on this internal milestone as we merge our research network and skilled individuals of every specialty with the industry's best-in-class technology platform," says Dana Edwards, Chief Commercial Offer at Circuit Clinical. "This partnership enables the integration and standardization of Circuit Clinical sites with Medidata's Rave and Patient Cloud technologies, which will expedite study start-up timelines within the Circuit Clinical Network."
Kelly McKee, Vice President, Patient Registries and Recruitment at Medidata, stated, "We are excited to have all Circuit Clinical staff trained on Medidata's platforms to further our partnership and support our expansion of decentralized clinical trials (DCTs). These certifications help provide the means to transform the way sponsors and sites conduct clinical trials, facilitate expedited study start-up, and, most important, reduce the burden and improve the clinical trial experience for patients."
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BISMARCK, N.D. (KXNET) — February is nearly at it’s end, and so is another week’s news cycle. And what a cycle it was.
Between new Senate and House bills, vehicle crashes, and murders, there was plenty of news occurring this week in North Dakota. So much, in fact, that we couldn’t fit it all into our usual eight-to-ten list. Therefore, it’s time for an extra-large edition of our weekly In Case You Missed It recap! Take a look at the fifteen biggest stories that took KX’s digital pages by storm during this report-packed week.
1: Williston Police, Williams County SWAT investigate Williston location
Earlier this week, the Williston PD and Willis County SWAT Team worked together on a joint investigation taking place in the 1800 block of 20th Avenue West in the city. Currently, no explanation of the operation is available, but the Williston Police Department is advising the public to avoid the area until further notice, and that a law enforcement presence will remain on scene until the investigation is complete.
2: House bill modifying educational tenure passes despite major opposition
Despite overwhelming criticism, House Bill 1446 — which will add more responsibilities to tenured staff as well as making it easier for educational facilities to terminate them — has advanced. Detractors of the bill are concerned that this will invite other states to do the same with tenured teachers, and that the idea is disrespectful to those who seek to educate the nxt generation.
3: North Dakota House passes transgender bathroom bill
This bill, approved on Wednesday, states that transgender students must use a bathroom of their biological sex — and that if they are uncomfortable with doing so, then school boards and leaders should work with the student’s parents to find a separate bathroom for the child to use. Lawmakers say that this will help provide accommodations for transgender students, as bathrooms are ‘dangerous places’ for them.
4: State Senate passes mobile home rights bill
On Monday, Senate Bill 2243 was passed by state senators, which relates to the licenses needed to operate a mobile home park in North Dakota. Under the bill’s regulations, companies purchasing mobile home parks must set up local offices, always provide the name and phone number of the property manager to residents, and must notify tenants if the property has been sold or if the monthly rent is increasing. The bill itself is a great step in protecting the rights of citizens living in these parks, who can often be blindsided by unexpected rent changes and new or unreachable property owners.
5: Minot man charged with murder after assault victim dies
At approximately 6:44 p.m. on February 17, Minot Police Department officers responded to reports of an assault at a northwest Minot hotel. Upon arrival, they discovered Albert Wesly Granger (a 57-yerar-old man) outside the building with serious injuries. He was taken to the hospital, and the suspect — 33-year-old Casey Vollmer from Minot — was taken into custody. While Vollmer’s original charge was for Aggravated Assault, it was upgraded to murder when Granger passed away last Sunday evening as a result of his injuries.
6: Full details released from Minot hotel murder
Shortly after the events mentioned above, the full details regarding the assault on Albert Wesly Granger — including security footage of the northwest Minot hotel’s parking lot on the night of the incident — were released. This article goes more into detail on the assault itself, as well as what occurred when officers searched Vollmer’s hotel room.
7: Suspect in murder at Eddy County bar arrested
A report from the Rolette County Sheriff’s Office indicates that at around 7 p.m. on February 19, 45-year-old Nicholas Poitra shot and killed a man at a bar in Sheyenne. A warrant was placed for Poitra’s arrest on the charges of Murder of an Adult with a Dangerous Weapon, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by as Felon, Possession of a short-barreled Shotgun, Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon, and seven counts of Terrorizing with a Dangerous Weapon. On Wednesday, February 22, the Sheriff’s Office stated that Poitra was successfully apprehended.
8: Minot truck driver arrested in Berthold
Early on Monday morning, a truck refused to halt for a routine traffic stop by the Berthold Police Department. When the truck was pursued and finally stopped, the driver — a 52-year-old Minot man — was revealed to be in possession of methamphetamine. He was taken to Ward County Jail, and charged with Reckless Driving, Possession of Methamphetamine Second Offense, and Possession Of Methamphetamine Paraphernalia.
9: Montana man arrested in Berthold, charged with narcotic possession
In another Berthold arrest, a traffic stop led to the arrest of a 45-year-old man (who police reports state was from Sidney, Montana) after he was caught driving with a suspended license. Further investigation into the incident led to a search of the man’s vehicle — where a K9 team discovered a handgun, over 100 fentanyl pills, and methamphetamine among other drug paraphernalia. The man is currently being charged with Possession of Narcotics with Intent to Deliver and Driving with a Suspended License.
10: Girls Basketball: Region champions crowned as four teams move on to State B
On Friday night, the final two teams qualified for the State Class B Tournament, and four more secured their own spots on Thursday by winning region Titles. Come see who made the cut!
11: Multiple vehicles involved in accidents on I-9, high winds affecting travel
The North Dakota Department of Transportation advised drivers not to travel on I-94 earlier this week — specifically between Steele and Fargo — due to snow drifts and blustering winds. Multiple crashes, including one involving several trucks, were reported to have taken place n the interstate. KX News has obtained exclusive footage of the snowy roads and wrecks that can be viewed in the article.
12: Interstate 29 closed due to multiple crashes
I-29 was also a location where many crashes occurred over the previous week. ASs the snow and wind threw drivers off their trails, both the northbound and southbound lanes of I-29 were blocked off by crashed vehicles blocking the roads. The total number of vehicles involved with these crashes is estimated to be over 20, including commercial motor vehicles, passenger cars, and even a fire and rescue vehicle.
13: Brand new monthly market coming to Bismarck
As part of an initiative to showcase more local vendors, the new Bismarck Market Fair is headed to town once a month. The organizers and business partners behind the event hope that this new frequent fair will help introduce the community to the vendors who live in it — and hopefully, get them shopping locally. This fair was also covered on our Weekend BRB!
14: GAMING: Who is ‘Nuclear Gandhi’? The bizarre story of a wise man turned warmonger
Mahatma Gandhi is known to historians as the father of modern India, and a man whos’ commitment to passive resistance and pacifism played a major part in shaping activism across the globe to this day. However, fans of the Civilization series of video games have an entirely different portrayal of him — as a war-happy madman who has both an arsenal of nuclear weapons and the temper to drop them on anyone in the vicinity. With a new Civ game announced, it’s the perfect time to take a look at the tale of ‘Nuclear Gandhi’, and how a combination of developer jokes and out-of-control stories led to the development of a classic gaming meme.
15: Cross-county vehicle pursuit ends in Minot crash
At approximately 9:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, a vehicle pursuit began that crossed through Ward and McLean counties. During the chase, the motor vehicle traveled on US Highway 83, attempted to run over a deputy deploying a tire deflation device, and struck at least two McLean County Sheriff’s Department vehicles and one Ward County Sheriff’s Department vehicle. The vehicle was finally disabled and came to a halt near the railroad tracks on 3rd Street Southeast.
It wouldn’t be a big week of stories without ending on a great photograph, and we’ve got just the one to lighten things up a little bit. This spectacular image of kids enjoying a warmer day in Drake was sent in to us by Karisa Maus!
We’re desperately in need of more great photos! Do you think you’ve got a good one to send to us? Learn how to share them with our news crew here, and your image may appear on our digital pages or TV broadcasts! We’ll see you again next week for another edition of In Case You Missed It! | 2023-02-26T20:36:11+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/top-stories/in-case-you-missed-it-2-20-2-26/ |
An area of high pressure will pass to our south this weekend, and in doing so it will bring very quiet weather into the region.
Mostly clear skies will be the theme not only for today, but also for tonight and into the day on Sunday. Westerly winds this afternoon will help to get our high temperatures up into the low-70s across most of the area. The westerly breeze will continue into tonight, and overnight lows around the Northland will likely end up down into the low- to mid-40s.
The winds will begin to change direction on Sunday, becoming easterly during the late morning and afternoon. Because of this, high temperatures on Sunday will likely end up in the low- to mid-60s around the area.
East winds will continue into the day on Monday, and this keep our highs in the low- to mid-60s for Monday afternoon. A warm Tuesday is looking likely with highs in the mid- to upper-70s, though our next chance of rain showers will be on Thursday, and this may push our highs back down into the 50s for Wednesday, and into the low-60s for Thursday. | 2023-05-20T05:27:30+00:00 | duluthnewstribune.com | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/weather/mostly-clear-skies-this-weekend |
BOSTON, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The John Hancock Closed-End Funds listed in the table below announced earnings1 for the three months ended April 30, 2022. The same data for the comparable three month period ended April 30, 2021 is also available below.
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(The Hill) – Bottles of Huy Fong Sriracha are going for as much as $70 on some sites amid a shortage of the popular hot sauce linked to ongoing droughts.
A single 28-ounce bottle is being listed by one eBay seller for nearly $70, while a two-pack of 17-ounce bottles is going on Amazon for around $100 or more from some merchants.
Other brands’ iterations of the sauce on the sites are notably less expensive, but prices for Huy Fong’s authentic version are being driven up by the an ongoing shortage of the chilis used to make the condiment.
The company announced a “a shortage of chili pepper inventory” back in 2020, and said last year that weather conditions were affecting quality and sparking an even “more severe” shortage.
The company is based in Irwindale, Calif., and reportedly supplied by chili pepper farms in California, New Mexico and Mexico, areas that have faced drought in recent years.
CBS News reported Thursday that a Huy Fong spokesperson said the company has recently resumed limited production, but is still facing “a shortage of raw material” and has “no estimations of when supply will increase.”
The Hill has reached out to Huy Fong for comment. | 2023-06-30T13:42:29+00:00 | wearegreenbay.com | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/sriracha-prices-soar-amid-ongoing-supply-shortage-linked-to-droughts/ |
JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in a third trial connected to a 2020 anti-government plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Dozens of people who were called as potential jurors packed the courtroom, even sitting on heating vents. This time the venue is not federal court but a nearly century-old courthouse in Jackson, Michigan.
Joe Morrison, Pete Musico, and Paul Bellar are charged with three crimes, including providing material support for terrorist acts. All were members of the Wolverine Watchmen, a paramilitary group that trained in the Jackson area, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) west of Detroit.
They’re accused of assisting others who have been convicted of conspiring to kidnap Whitmer from her vacation home in northern Michigan.
Lawyers and the judge asked questions to try to weed out biases in the jury pool, including about news consumption, gun ownership and the personal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The selection process could take a day or more.
"Let's talk about Jan. 6 at the United States Capitol. ... A rather uncivilized event,” Assistant Attorney General Bill Rollstin said.
“Hurtful,” a woman replied.
Rollstin mentioned the riot because there will be evidence that Morrison, Musico and Bellar attended an armed legal protest inside the Michigan Capitol in 2020.
At one point, Rollstin asked a group of 15 people if they had heard about federal convictions in the Whitmer plot. No one raised a hand.
Ty Garbin and Kaleb Franks pleaded guilty in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The alleged leaders, Barry Croft and Adam Fox, were convicted at trial in August, while two more men were acquitted last spring.
Lawyers for Morrison, Musico and Bellar say the men cut ties with Fox before the kidnapping plot accelerated in summer 2020; Bellar had moved to South Carolina.
The men also claim they were entrapped by an undercover informant and his FBI handlers.
Investigators secretly recorded hate-filled conversations about Whitmer and other public officials who were denounced as tyrants, especially during the pandemic when businesses were shut down, people were ordered to stay home and schools were closed.
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Find the AP’s full coverage of the kidnapping plot cases: https://apnews.com/hub/whitmer-kidnap-plot-trial. Follow Ed White at http://twitter.com/edwritez. | 2022-10-03T18:38:49+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Jury-selection-starts-in-3rd-trial-tied-to-Gov-17483635.php |
China says up to US to create ‘necessary conditions’ for anti-drugs cooperation
BEIJING (AP) — China is insisting it is up to the U.S. to “create necessary conditions” for anti-drugs cooperation, following complaints from Washington that Beijing is ignoring its calls for a crackdown on precursor chemicals for the highly addictive painkiller fentanyl. China “firmly oppose smears and unilateral sanctions on other countries under the pretext of the fight against drugs,” the Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Friday without giving further details. Washington and Beijing are at odds on a wide-range of issues, from trade to Taiwan and U.S. sanctions against the Chinese defense minister. U.S. diplomats and anti-drug officials complain China has ignored calls for closer cooperation over fentanyl precursor chemicals. | 2023-07-07T12:51:29+00:00 | localnews8.com | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/07/07/china-says-up-to-us-to-create-necessary-conditions-for-anti-drugs-cooperation/ |
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Juno Diagnostics™ (JunoDx™), a company focused on bringing vital health information to patients by improving access, affordability, and transparency, today announced participation in the Credit Suisse 31st Annual Healthcare Conference, being held on November 7-10, 2022, in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.
JunoDx executive management will present a company overview on Wednesday, November 9th at 12:50 pm PT and will host individual investor meetings the same day.
Juno Diagnostics™ is a category-defining health company bringing vital prenatal health information to patients by combining access, affordability, and transparency. The Company's lead product, Juno Hazel™, is a non-invasive prenatal screening (NIPS) solution that simplifies sample collection and improves access to high-quality genetic testing results without the high cost, long lead times, and phlebotomy requirements of traditional NIPS.
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SOURCE JunoDx | 2022-10-25T22:19:03+00:00 | wymt.com | https://www.wymt.com/prnewswire/2022/10/25/juno-diagnostics-announces-presentation-credit-suisse-31st-annual-healthcare-conference/ |
El Camino Homeless Shelter is looking to fill volunteer positions through the summer right away, staff say.
A variety of positions are open at the organization, including greeters, meal servers, chaperones and parking lot attendants.
Volunteers are the core of ECHO's mission, the organization's President and CEO Wendy Lewis said.
"Volunteers come to us with the desire to give back to the community and are surprised at just how rewarding it is," Lewis said.
Roughly 1,500 community volunteers support the ECHO shelters, located in Atascadero and Paso Robles. The meal program serves up to 140 meals each night and reaches both shelter residents and the local homeless population.
"Homelessness is a big, often misunderstood issue, and what ECHO does isn't always seen," Linda Steward, board member and ECHO volunteer, said in a statement. "By volunteering, even just once, as an overnight chaperone or a meal server, people can see first-hand the important and life changing services the shelter is providing."
ECHO's residency program offers people services to help them find a job and permanent housing within three months of entering the shelter.
Those looking to volunteer can sign up online. | 2022-05-16T21:22:40+00:00 | ksby.com | https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/el-camino-homeless-organization-looking-for-summer-volunteers |
NEW YORK — NEW YORK — Yext Inc. (YEXT) on Tuesday reported a loss of $412,000 in its fiscal first quarter.
For the current quarter ending in July, Yext expects its per-share earnings to range from 6 cents to 7 cents.
The company said it expects revenue in the range of $101.5 million to $102.5 million for the fiscal second quarter.
Yext expects full-year earnings in the range of 28 cents to 29 cents per share, with revenue ranging from $404 million to $407 million.
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This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on YEXT at https://www.zacks.com/ap/YEXT | 2023-06-06T20:31:18+00:00 | washingtonpost.com | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/06/06/earns-yext/c29b7370-04a6-11ee-b74a-5bdd335d4fa2_story.html |
7-month-old gets surgery to save hearing after originally being denied due to insurance issues
MEMPHIS (WMC/Gray News) - A 7-month-old boy in Memphis received a surgery meant to save his hearing after it was originally put on hold due to insurance issues.
Nathan Hart was checked into Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital on Dec. 19 with bacterial meningitis.
His parents, Melanie and Tyler Hart, told WMC Nathan had severe hearing loss.
“It affects the liquid in your ears,” Tyler Hart said, relaying what doctors had told him. “What will happen is that liquid will turn to bone, and (doctors) will not be able to do the surgery if it turns to bone.”
The solution to this is bilateral cochlear implant surgery, and the Harts said Nathan’s surgery was set for Tuesday morning.
The surgery was scheduled during the last week of December, when Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee was still accepted at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare facilities.
However, WMC reported Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare failed to renew a contract by the Dec. 31 deadline.
As of New Years Day, BCBST customers are no longer covered at Methodist Le Bonheur facilities, which included Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.
The Harts said they were given no notice in advance of this possible contract fallout when they scheduled the surgery last week.
“(Le Bonheur) said surgery is set for Tuesday,” Melanie Hart said. “They come in on Tuesday morning and told us ‘We’re going to get (Nathan) set.’ Then, an ENT came in and said ‘I’ve done all I can do, but due to insurance, we can’t do the surgery.’”
The Harts were frantic. Melanie Hart said Nathan would be deaf the rest of his life if he couldn’t get the surgery done within 48 hours.
With such a short window to get Nathan the surgery he needed, the Harts offered to pay out of pocket with a payment plan, but Tyler Hart said the hospital wouldn’t allow them to do that because of the high cost of the procedure.
“$60-something-thousand an ear,” Tyler Hart said. “They want to make sure it gets paid, so they want to get insurance involved as much as they can.”
The Harts said they reached out to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee multiple times but felt they were being given the run-around.
Le Bonheur is the only hospital in the area that can perform this surgery, and with such a short window to perform the surgery, driving to another state for care was not an option.
“We don’t even know who to go to or who to speak to,” Tyler Hart said.
A spokesperson for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee said the Harts’ contact information had been forwarded to “the appropriate teams for follow-up.”
On Wednesday evening, Melanie Hart said the insurance company contacted them. They said the surgery for Nathan was approved and would be covered under insurance.
Nathan’s surgery took place on Thursday.
The Harts have set up a GoFundMe to help pay for any expenses insurance does not cover.
At this time, there is no indication of when a new contract will be approved between the hospital system and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee.
Copyright 2023 WMC via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | 2023-01-05T19:34:43+00:00 | witn.com | https://www.witn.com/2023/01/05/7-month-old-gets-surgery-save-hearing-after-originally-being-denied-due-insurance-issues/ |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "Lucky Day Lotto" game were:
01-16-20-32-40
(one, sixteen, twenty, thirty-two, forty)
Estimated jackpot: $300,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "Lucky Day Lotto" game were:
01-16-20-32-40
(one, sixteen, twenty, thirty-two, forty)
Estimated jackpot: $300,000 | 2022-07-01T03:49:14+00:00 | expressnews.com | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lucky-Day-Lotto-game-17278218.php |
Martin Short delivered a barb aimed at former President Trump’s handling of classified documents while appearing Monday at the Emmy Awards.
“Really, what an audience you are,” the “Only Murders in the Building” star exclaimed as he took to the Primetime Emmy Awards stage in Los Angeles to present the award in the best variety talk series category.
“I wish I could box you up and take you home, like classified White House documents,” Short, 72, quipped to laughs from the audience at the 74th annual awards show.
Trump’s legal team fought a request from the Department of Justice to allow its review of classified materials taken from Mar-a-Lago, the ex-president’s Florida resort home, to continue in a Monday court filing. The investigation, Trump’s lawyers said in the filing, “at its core is a document storage dispute that has spiraled out of control.”
While Short’s quip came during a largely politics-free night at the Emmys, the performer has said in the past that he’s purposely avoided Trump-related zingers. In a 2018 Netflix special with fellow comedian Steve Martin, Short said the pair opted not to make mention of the then-commander in chief.
“Steve and I have great respect for the fact that we don’t just want a liberal audience,” the actor told The Daily Beast.
“So that’s why we deliberately do not mention Donald Trump,” he said at the time.
“But as far as the Trump presidency, I wouldn’t even call it a presidency. It’s an asterisk. It’s a typo,” Short said.
“I mean, every day it’s worse and 10 years from now the history books will be having a field day with it and the shame of the people who supported him, if they’re still around, in the sense of being in the public eye, will be like the people who supported [late Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.)],” he said. | 2022-09-14T13:51:52+00:00 | kron4.com | https://www.kron4.com/hill-politics/martin-short-quips-at-trump-investigation-during-emmy-awards-speech/ |
Mike Clem joins nation's largest laser hair removal provider.
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Milan Laser Hair Removal announced that Mike Clem has been named Chief Development Officer. Clem joined the Milan Laser team in October 2022.
Clem has over 20 years of extensive experience in site selection and lease negotiation covering the broadest spectrum of real estate and markets. He comes from FOCUS Brands, a leading developer of global, multi-channel food service brands including McAlister's Deli, Jamba Juice, Cinnabon, Carvel, and Schlotzky's. Clem brings his experience with development projects for malls, outlets, lifestyle, power centers, and small-town Walmart centers from metro New York and Miami to smaller markets.
"I could not be more honored and excited to join this team," Clem said. "Milan Laser has an impressive group of professionals who are innovative, creative, and intelligent. I'm excited to build on the momentum Milan Laser has created and bring its services to new locations faster."
At Milan Laser, Clem will oversee the planning and implementation of the company's growth, as it continues to expand its footprint across the country with over 250 locations in 28 states.
"We are thrilled to welcome Mike to our team at Milan Laser!" said Dr. Shikhar Saxena, CEO and co-founder of Milan Laser. "Milan Laser has experienced immense growth over the last year, so having Mike in this position will lead to invaluable contributions towards our expansion efforts."
To learn more about Milan Laser Hair Removal, visit www.milanlaser.com.
Founded in 2012 by two board-certified medical doctors in Omaha, Nebraska, Milan Laser Hair Removal is the nation's largest laser hair removal provider. With more than 250 locations in 28 states and 1,700+ employees nationally, Milan Laser is a premier employer. Laser hair removal is all Milan Laser does, performing more than 50,000 treatments each month. Milan Laser provides life-long results for all genders and skin tones in a safe, judgment-free environment, and all treatments are performed by highly trained medical professionals. For more information, visit www.milanlaser.com.
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SOURCE Milan Laser | 2023-01-30T17:57:15+00:00 | wafb.com | https://www.wafb.com/prnewswire/2023/01/30/milan-laser-hair-removal-announces-new-chief-development-officer/ |
Thirty years ago today, terrorists left a bomb weighing more than a half-ton in a rented van parked beneath the World Trade Center, a workplace for tens of thousands. Its smoldering fuse took about 12 minutes to close the gap between the everyday and the horrific.
The lunchtime blast left a crater several stories deep, sent acrid smoke up the center’s north tower and killed six people. More than 1,000 others were injured that day, including a dark-haired trader just yards from the underground detonation.
Eight years later, that same man, Tim Lang, fled lower Manhattan as terrorists struck the World Trade Center again, this time with jetliners. He saw the first of its two towers buckle and fall in an attack that killed nearly 3,000 people, including those dear to him.
Lang is 69 now, with shock-white hair and photos of grandchildren stored in his smartphone. He describes himself as an unremarkable man. Yet he is also an everyman throughline between two remarkable events: 9/11, which upended world politics, and the bombing of Feb. 26, 1993, which is less indelibly burned into collective memory but stands as ominous prelude.
“Just about everybody forgets about it,” he said.
Not Lang. He continues to process what happened — while working to push against feelings of hate that might consume him as easily as the burning hole left by the bomb. “There’s a saying,” he said. “Resentment is like taking poison and hoping the other person dies.”
Still, that February Friday and that September Tuesday have become part of him. He dreads the anniversaries.
“In the days leading up to it, I don’t sleep,” Lang said. “And that’s already begun. February’s here. So I have trouble.”
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In the winter of 1993, Lang was succeeding on Wall Street and foundering in nearly everything else. He was the about-to-be-divorced father of two boys and two girls, alienated from devout Roman Catholic parents who believed in the sanctity of marriage. Now, Lang, the fourth of the dozen children they had raised in working-class Brooklyn, was living alone and feeling alone.
He hadn’t wanted to go into the city that day, but his partner insisted he was needed at a 12:30 meeting. A reluctant Lang left his New Jersey condo and drove his Toyota 4Runner through the cold, late-morning gray.
As he headed down a ramp into the World Trade Center’s underground garage, a zooming Ford Taurus cut ahead of him. After a brief wait, the two vehicles entered the garage, the Ford making a right and the Toyota turning left.
If Lang saw the Ryder van parked on the same level, he took no notice. He pulled his SUV beside a concrete wall, got out and opened a back-seat door to collect his coat and some documents. Then came a crack like a lightning strike.
He felt his entire body compress as he was lifted and thrown. His head hit something, and he was out.
Lang awoke to blackness, thick smoke burning his throat and dozens of car alarms bleating in his ear. He checked his legs and arms and felt a sticky wetness at the back of his head. His inability to see had him briefly thinking, of all things, that he was now the second blind bagpiper in his pipe band.
Thoughts such as these jumbled in his mind: Had the car beside him exploded? Was this mob-related? What about that page from a calendar of biblical sayings he had stuck in his wallet that morning? Genesis: Do not be afraid.
Coughing and too dizzy to stand, Lang crawled through the jagged debris to a distant light — he could see! — coming from what turned out to be his Toyota. He climbed inside to drive away, only to realize it was crumpled.
Low to the ground and with his sweater pulled up over his nose, he tried to find an exit. Familiar with the garage’s layout, he made his way toward the destroyed manager’s office to find a phone, fell on a dead body, then crawled to the edge of the smoldering chasm created by the explosion.
“So, if things were bad where I was before, this pit is spewing out stuff from the bottom of hell,” Lang recently recalled on “Operation Tradebom,” a podcast about the bombing.
He crawled away, lay down by a car, prayed for his children and for the courage to die. A calm began to settle over him. Then a bang sounded in the distance.
“And I screamed out,” he said.
Someone hearing his cries alerted two members of the New York Police Department’s Emergency Services Unit who arrived early to the scene: Detective Edward Joergens and Officer Cory Cuneo. Wearing air packs and using a fire hose spooled near a door as a tether, they inched through the consuming darkness.
“We carried these huge flashlights, and still you couldn’t see 6 inches in front of you,” Cuneo recalled.
Their lifeline of a fire hose ran out, but sporadic calls for help beckoned above the car-alarm cacophony. They pushed on.
Minutes later, a rescuer’s boot illuminated by a flashlight appeared before Lang, and he grabbed it. Finally: connection.
The hope that he might survive competed with the fear that he couldn’t breathe — and what he was breathing was toxic. He clutched Cuneo’s hand.
“I would not let go of his hand,” Lang recalled. “I was shaking and crying and would never let go of his hand.”
With two supporting one, the men stumbled and banged their way through the murk. Finally, they reached a stairwell, and daylight and Liberty Street, where the soot-covered man in shock was gently lowered to the sidewalk. After several hours in the hospital, Lang returned to his isolation along the Jersey Shore. “It was the darkest time of my life,” he said. “Now, I can look back and say, you know, the Lord can nudge you along, or he could have you blown up to make it right.”
Lang would sit at water’s edge, grateful to be alive — glad just for the coffee in his hand — but grieving, too, for the loss of other lives, for the state of things, for his own state. He thought about that line from Genesis and about that driver of the Taurus who had cut him off, turned right and was killed. Sometimes, he cried.
“Whatever my priorities were, they changed when I came out,” he said. “Like so many balls thrown up in the air and landing in a different order.”
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It took time to understand the new order. He found a therapist. He committed himself more deeply to his faith. He reconciled with his parents and siblings. He remarried and became the father of two more girls.
He also did a lot of reading about radical Islam. “Who are these people?,” Lang said he wanted to know. “And why did they try to kill me?”
He learned that the mastermind of the bombing, Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, had been disappointed with its death toll and had hoped that the north tower would topple into the south tower.
“I always knew they’d be back,” Lang said.
Yousef, who fled the United States hours after the bombing, would team up with his maternal uncle, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who had sent money by wire transfer to one of Yousef’s co-conspirators. Plots of terror continued.
Yousef was captured in 1995 and eventually convicted in the trade center bombing and a subsequent plot to down several American airplanes. He is serving life without parole in a federal “supermax” penitentiary in Colorado.
But his uncle continued to elude capture. And on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Lang and his brother Richard were walking into their lower Manhattan building when someone said a plane had hit the World Trade Center’s north tower. Hustling out to Rector Street, they saw the point of impact and the ensuing fire — just below where their sister Rosanne worked as an equities trader.
The brothers raced up to their high-rise office and tried telephoning her. No answer. They then heard a tremendous ground-rattling sound and looked out to see the second jetliner fly past and into the south tower.
Fearing more attacks, the Lang brothers made it to Pier 11, at the eastern end of Wall Street, and boarded one of the first ferries evacuating people to New Jersey. As the vessel pulled away, they saw the south tower fall.
“We have to pray,” Lang recalled saying.
The men did not yet know that their nephew Brendan, 30, a project manager for a construction company, was among those killed in the south tower’s collapse. And as their ferry approached the dock in Highlands about 40 minutes later, the captain announced that the north tower had fallen as well.
Four of the Lang brothers — Tim, Richard, Donald and Marty, a just-retired New York firefighter — headed out the next day to lower Manhattan, hoping to find their loved ones alive. But they knew.
Rosanne Lang, 42, was the divorced mother of a teenage son. A glimpse of her effect on others came when Tim Lang and a brother went to collect her Mercedes at her usual parking lot in Jersey City. He pointed out the car and the attendant burst into tears. Federal authorities have identified Yousef’s uncle, Mohammed, as the principal architect of 9/11. Captured in 2003, he has been held since 2006 at a military prison in Guantánamo Bay, where efforts to prosecute him have been delayed by a host of complications, including his torture at the hands of the CIA.
In 2019, Lang was part of a group invited by the federal government to observe proceedings at Guantánamo Bay. Seeing Mohammed up close, in custody, he felt no hate, he says — only a deep sadness over lost lives, wasted lives and belief systems that allow for the killing of innocent people in retaliation.
“There’s a complexity to other people’s lives that is beyond my own understanding,” he said.
These days, Lang runs an equity trading firm, Global Liquidity Partners, from an office near his home in Monmouth Beach. He golfs, attends a men’s prayer group, plays the bagpipes, marches in parades and enjoys the company of his seven grandchildren, all boys.
The years come and go, as do anniversaries.
A few days ago, on Ash Wednesday, Lang went to a Catholic church and received the gray smudge on his forehead to remind him of, among other things, his mortality. Two other days on his calendar do the same. | 2023-02-26T21:59:36+00:00 | seattletimes.com | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/he-survived-the-trade-center-bombing-i-always-knew-theyd-be-back/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government imposed sanctions Monday on a Bosnian state prosecutor who is accused of being complicit in corruption and undermining democratic processes in the Western Balkans.
The Treasury Department said its Office of Foreign Assets Control designated sanctions against state prosecutor Diana Kajmakovic, whom the agency calls a “brazenly corrupt state prosecutor with links to criminal organizations.”
Treasury says Kajmakovic was identified during a larger law enforcement crackdown on organized crime and narcotics trafficking in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Investigators analyzed encrypted conversations that mentioned Kajmakovic working in support of narcotics traffickers and other criminals, the agency said.
Kajmakovic allegedly helped hide evidence, prevent prosecution and assist criminal activity in exchange for personal gain and helped to block an investigation into her alleged criminal affiliates.
The U.S. government uses an executive order signed by President Joe Biden as its authority to impose sanctions. The order addresses people who threaten international stabilization efforts in the Western Balkans.
“Diana Kajmakovic has continued to undermine democracy and the rule of law in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” Treasury’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, Brian E. Nelson, said in an emailed statement. | 2022-09-29T20:36:21+00:00 | qcnews.com | https://www.qcnews.com/news/politics/election/ap-u-s-sanctions-brazenly-corrupt-bosnian-state-prosecutor/ |
World's most influential hair stylist and haircare entrepreneur shares her tips for achieving healthy hair and creating styles for straight, wavy, curly and coily hair types with the help of the Mane Addicts artists
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MasterClass, the streaming platform where anyone can learn from the world's best across a wide range of subjects, today announced that celebrity stylist Jen Atkin is joining Sessions by MasterClass, a program offering a structured curriculum where members can roll up their sleeves, get hands-on and learn meaningful skills through step-by-step guidance from world-class instructors and an active community of peers. Atkin, renowned by The New York Times as "The Most Influential Hairstylist in the World," with more than 5 million followers on social media, is the first hairstylist to join the MasterClass platform. In the session, Atkin will discuss her personal success journey and will help members identify their personal haircare needs, build healthy hair routines that work for their specific hair type and create three foolproof hairstyles to go from day to night. Enrollment for Atkin's session is available starting today; the session goes live March 2.
"Jen has made millions of people feel and look their best and she has transformed the hair care industry," said David Rogier, founder and CEO of MasterClass. "In her session, she'll share everything she's learned throughout her career, teaching members how to be more confident in creating hairstyles that fit their unique hair type."
Throughout the session, members will learn how to establish a haircare routine and how to master three unique hairstyles, so they can feel empowered to create professional looks at home. To demonstrate the different styles, Atkin will be joined by Mane Addicts artists Sienree Du (straight), Irinel de León (curly) and Sabrina Porsche (coily). The session is broken down into six sections:
- Know Your Unique Hair Type: Atkin helps members understand their hair type, texture and porosity. With help from her Mane Addicts team, she walks through the four different hair types—straight, wavy, curly and coily—and teaches tips and tricks for daily maintenance for each.
- Master Your Products and Tools: Atkin and her team share a comprehensive list of tools, products and accessories that work best for each hair type. Members will take inventory of the essentials they already have and learn how to build their kit over time so that they have everything they need to create their signature look. Atkin discusses the importance of prepping hair for styling and shares her favorite products for maintaining hair health, including debuting her line of Mane by Mane Addicts haircare tools.
- Learn Three Go-To Hairstyles: Atkin and her team walk through step-by-step demonstrations of three signature styles that everyone can learn, no matter their hair type: a down look, a versatile ponytail that can transform into a bun, and a braided look. In addition to creating the best looks with natural hair, Atkin and her team provide tips for attaching temporary hair extensions to enhance fullness and volume.
"Helping people navigate their hair journey is one of the greatest joys of my career," Atkin said. "After taking my session on MasterClass, members will walk away with everything they need to replicate the salon experience at home so they can embrace their Mane character energy everyday."
Atkin is a celebrity stylist, author, mother and entrepreneur. Her roster of A-list clients includes Kim, Khloé and Kourtney Kardashian, Katy Perry, Chrissy Teigen, Kendall and Kylie Jenner, Gigi and Bella Hadid, Jessica Alba, Jennifer Lopez and more. After establishing Mane Addicts, a successful digital-first, inclusive hair playground and website in 2014, Atkin went on to establish her own successful haircare line, OUAI, in 2016. In 2020, Atkin released her first book, Blowing My Way to the Top. This month, she unveils Mane by Mane Addicts, a new addition to her brand universe featuring attainable and sustainable hair tools and accessories (as featured in the session), inspired by years of feedback from the Mane Addicts community of pros and consumers alike.
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STATESBORO, Ga. (AP)Andrei Savrasov had 28 points in Georgia Southern’s 73-64 win against Appalachian State on Friday night.
Savrasov also contributed five rebounds for the Eagles (16-15, 9-9 Sun Belt Conference). Jalen Finch scored 13 points, going 5 of 10 (3 for 4 from distance). Kamari Brown recorded 12 points and shot 4 for 9, including 3 for 6 from beyond the arc.
CJ Huntley finished with 14 points for the Mountaineers (16-15, 9-9). Donovan Gregory added 13 points and five assists for Appalachian State. Tamell Pearson also put up 11 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. | 2023-02-25T13:33:01+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/scoreboard/georgia-southern-defeats-appalachian-state-73-64/ |
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LONDON (AP) — BBC presenter Gary Lineker made a low-key return to live TV on Saturday as he led the broadcaster's coverage of FA Cup soccer but opted not to directly address his recent suspension over a tweet that criticized the U.K. government’s migration policy.
Lineker was reinstated by the BBC on Monday after the public broadcaster backed down and reversed its suspension of the former soccer great following a huge backlash and major interruptions to its normal sports coverage last weekend.
The 62-year-old Lineker, a former star for the England national team and one of the BBC's best-known hosts, was back in the studio alongside fellow former players Alan Shearer and Micah Richards ahead of Manchester City's FA Cup quarterfinal against Burnley at the Etihad Stadium.
“Alan, it's great to be here,” Lineker said, his voice sounding more hoarse than usual, but he made no other reference to the recent turmoil in his opening remarks.
Instead, it was Shearer who addressed the situation after he and a host of other soccer experts and commentators refused to work for the BBC last weekend in solidarity with Lineker. As a result, several soccer programs were canceled and the popular “Match of the Day” — featuring Premier League highlights — was reduced from its normal 80 minutes to just 20 minutes of game footage without any commentators or analysis.
“I just need to clear up and wanted to say how upset we were (for) all the audiences who missed out on last weekend,” Shearer said. “It was a really difficult situation for everyone concerned. And through no fault of their own, some really great people in TV and in radio were put in an impossible situation. And that wasn't fair. So it's good to get back to some sort of normality and be talking about football again.”
Lineker responded: “Absolutely. I echo those sentiments," before switching focus to the upcoming game.
Lineker, who is known for his wit and frequent puns, had earlier posted a photo on Twitter from the stadium with the comment: “Ah the joys of being allowed to stick to football.”
Lineker was suspended after he criticized the government's new migration plan — aimed at stopping people from reaching the country in small boats across the English Channel — describing it on Twitter as “immeasurably cruel” and calling the government’s language “not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s.”
The Conservative government called Lineker’s comparison offensive and unacceptable, and some lawmakers said the BBC should fire him. The broadcaster instead said Lineker would be “stepping back” until he agreed to keep his tweets within BBC impartiality rules. But Lineker refused to backtrack on his comments and critics accused the BBC of suppressing free speech.
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More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2023-03-18T20:16:38+00:00 | sfgate.com | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/gary-lineker-back-on-air-to-lead-bbc-s-fa-cup-17847239.php |
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Ante Brzovic had 16 points in Charleston (SC)'s 79-57 win over Citadel on Saturday.
Brzovic had 11 rebounds and three blocks for the Cougars (8-1). Pat Robinson III was 4 of 8 shooting and 4 of 5 from the free throw line to add 12 points. Dalton Bolon recorded 11 points and was 4 of 13 shooting, including 1 for 9 from distance, and went 2 for 3 from the line. The Cougars picked up their seventh straight win.
Madison Durr led the Bulldogs (5-4) in scoring, finishing with 20 points, nine rebounds and two steals. Citadel also got eight points, six rebounds and two blocks from Stephen Clark. In addition, AJ Smith finished with eight points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. | 2022-12-03T22:09:55+00:00 | lmtonline.com | https://www.lmtonline.com/sports/article/Charleston-SC-defeats-Citadel-79-57-17629153.php |
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Virginia and Duke will meet again with the Atlantic Coast Conference championship at stake — and hopefully officiating won’t have as big an impact on the outcome this time around.
Jayden Gardner had 23 points and 12 rebounds and No. 13 Virginia beat Clemson 76-56 on Friday night, sending coach Tony Bennett’s team to the ACC title game for the first time since 2018, when the Cavaliers won it all.
Armaan Franklin scored 16 points and Kihei Clark added 13 for the Cavaliers, who shot 50% from the field while outscoring the Tigers 40-22 in the paint.
The second-seeded Cavaliers (25-6) will play fourth-seeded and No. 21 Duke at the Greensboro Coliseum on Saturday night. Virginia beat Duke 69-62 in overtime on Feb. 11, but ACC officials admitted a day later that a botched a call by officials at the end of regulation potentially cost the Blue Devils a win.
Duke has won eight straight since then and is looking like a dangerous NCAA Tournament team.
“I know they are defending well and running an efficient offense,” Bennett said. “They have very good players and are well-coached. Our game was a battle at our place. … We are going to have to play some good basketball.”
Added Gardner: “Duke has been trending in the right direction and it’s another challenge that we are going to have to answer and just meet their physicality.”
Hunter Tyson made four 3-pointers and scored 15 points, and P.J. Hall had 13 for Clemson (23-10), which is on the NCAA Tournament bubble.
Virginia broke open a close game with an 8-0 run in the final 2:23 of the first half to build a 37-25 halftime lead, getting four points each from Franklin and Gardner during that stretch — with all of those points coming in the paint.
Before the start of the second half, Tyson gathered his Tigers teammates together on the court and gave an impassioned speech, imploring them to play harder.
But Clemson came up empty on its first five possessions of the second half while Virginia continued to pound away inside, opening an 18-point advantage and bringing the crowd to its feet with chants of “UVA! UVA!”
Clemson’s first field goal of the second half didn’t come until nearly four minutes in on a driving layup by Tyson, snapping a scoring drought of 7:49.
“Their offensive movement is very good and it’s taxing on you,” Clemson coach Brad Brownell said. “If you are little fatigued, they can wear you down.”
Virginia stretched its lead to 52-29 behind a powerful two-handed dunk by Kadin Shedrick off a pick-and-roll feed from Reece Beekman, and the Tigers never challenged again.
“I think the guys are taking care of the ball, they are cutting hard and our screening has improved,” Bennett said. “They are seeing things as the game presents it. And that’s the best basketball to me when you give them a structure and they play the game out of it.”
Frustration began to mount a short while later, with Brownell getting a technical for shouting at the referees.
A RARE CHAMPIONSHIP
Virginia and Duke both have had plenty of success over the years, but they’ve only met once before in the ACC title game, with the Cavaliers winning 72-63 in 2014 behind MVP Joe Harris.
BIG PICTURE
Clemson: The Tigers are a good team — better than a lot of people think — but questions remain over whether they’ve done enough to earn an NCAA Tournament bid. Normally, a third place finish in the ACC regular season gets you into the Big Dance, but this is a down season for the ACC and with Duke, Miami and Virginia already locks to make it, the Tigers will have to sweat this one out on selection Sunday. “We will keep our fingers crossed,” Tyson said, adding he thinks the Tigers are clearly one of the nation’s top 68 teams.
Virginia: The Cavaliers have to be one of the most irritating teams to guard in the country. They are methodically precise with their offense, and if a team falls behind, it’s difficult to mount a run against them given their pace of play. This may not be Bennett’s best team, but the Cavs looked poised to make some noise in the NCAA Tournament behind a balanced scoring attack.
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The White House on Thursday hit back at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) when asked why President Biden chuckled during remarks he was making about being blamed for the death of a woman’s two sons to fentanyl.
Biden addressed the House Democratic caucus during its issues retreat in Baltimore on Wednesday night when he sarcastically brought up Greene, who had previously blamed the Biden administration’s border policies for the deaths of the woman’s sons.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden’s words were being mischaracterized when asked if the president regretted how his comments were delivered.
“His words are being mischaracterized by someone who is regularly discredited for things that she says that are really conspiracy theories, and those lies are being parroted by a certain network and I’ll just leave it there,” Jean-Pierre said, referring to Greene.
The mother, conservative activist Rebecca Kiessling of Michigan, has since asked for an apology from Biden for his remarks in Baltimore.
“As President Biden was speaking about this mother who lost her two sons, he starts to laugh… This is how you speak about the death of my sons? Because a congresswoman misspoke? You mock the loss of my sons? How dare you. What is the matter with you?” Kiessling said in a statement, according to Fox News.
In responding to Greene’s claims that the Biden administration was the cause due to fentanyl that she said came across the southern border, Biden noted that the death of the woman’s sons had actually occurred under the Trump administration.
“She was very specific — I shouldn’t digress, probably — I read, she was very specific recently saying that a mom, a poor mother who lost two kids to fentanyl, that I killed her sons. Well, the interesting thing is, that fentanyl they took came during the last administration,” Biden said, letting out a chuckle.
Biden also mocked Greene in his remarks where he predicted middle-of-the-road Republicans would move toward Democrats if more GOP lawmakers such as Greene emerge.
“It’s hard as hell, I acknowledge, but it’s there,” he said of the possibility for bipartisan cooperation. “And, you know, a little bit more of Marjorie Taylor Greene and a few more, you’re gonna have a lot of Republicans running our way.”
Biden then paused and let out a chuckle, shared by the room, before saying of Greene, “isn’t she amazing?”
On Thursday, Jean-Pierre also sought to note that Biden has experienced personal loss in his own life and said he sympathizes with Kiessling.
“The American people … have watched him go through grief, they have watched him deal with really personal loss,” she said. “And so, this is a president that understands that. He expressed sympathy to her last night. And his heart goes out to any person, any person who has to go through that type of trauma, that type of hurt.”
When questioned by Greene during a meeting on Capitol Hill last week, Kiessling responded “absolutely” when the congresswoman asked her if her sons would be alive if the southern border was secured. Kiessling then discussed the government’s alleged role in the drug crisis.
Greene had posted a clip of the exchange on Twitter that day, writing “Listen to this mother, who lost two children to fentanyl poisoning, tell the truth about both of her son’s murders because of the Biden administrations refusal to secure our border and stop the Cartel’s from murdering Americans everyday by Chinese fentanyl.” | 2023-03-02T23:11:35+00:00 | kdvr.com | https://kdvr.com/hill-politics/white-house-says-bidens-words-mischaracterized-by-rep-majorie-taylor-greene/ |
Tips for wearing and storing perfume
Fragrances can be a pricey cosmetic item to add to your daily grooming routine. So it can be frustrating when you need to refresh your perfume throughout the day to make the scent last longer. All those extra spritzes add up and reduce the life of your favorite bottles. Plus, sometimes, it’s not realistic to carry around the bottle throughout the day to refresh the scent as needed.
So, how can you stop your perfume’s scent from fading so fast? It all comes down to your application technique and the way you store your perfume bottles.
How to make perfume last throughout the day
Apply perfume after your shower
For optimal results, apply your fragrance immediately after your shower. The steam from the shower helps open the pores of your skin and absorb the scent better. The heat also maximizes the perfume’s aroma, giving you a longer-lasting scent with a smaller amount of fragrance.
Your skin is also free of oils and dirt when fresh out of the shower, meaning that the fragrance doesn’t react with sweat or grime that can lessen the aroma of the perfume.
Moisturize your skin
Perfume sits on the surface of your skin when applied and evaporates throughout the day. The dryer your skin, the quicker the scent will evaporate. When you apply perfume on moisturized skin, the fragrance takes longer to evaporate, meaning the scent will last longer.
For optimal results, apply moisturizer to clean skin after a shower. Make sure that any body moisturizer you use is unscented. Moisturizers with fragrance can interfere with the aroma of your perfume as the two scents mingle. Since this makes your perfume last longer, you can apply a smaller amount, so you’ll get more uses out of a single bottle of fragrance.
Apply your perfume to your pulse points
Your pulse points refer to areas including:
- The inside of your wrist
- The crook of your elbow
- Your neck
These areas are where your blood flows closest to the skin’s surface. As a result, the skin is warmer here than elsewhere on the body. Scents are more potent and last longer when heat is applied, so spritzing your perfume in these locations means your fragrance lasts longer. In warm weather, when wearing shorts or skirts, you can apply a summer perfume to pulse points such as the backs of your knees.
Apply petroleum jelly to your skin before spritzing
Using petroleum jelly, such as Vaseline, you can combine the effects of moisturized skin and applying perfume to pulse points. This method is an excellent alternative if applying body moisturizer to your skin is not an option.
Apply a small amount of petroleum jelly onto your pulse points. Spray the perfume onto your pulse points immediately after. Your skin absorbs the jelly for a moisturizing effect, allowing the scent to last longer.
Don’t rub in your fragrance
While it’s common practice to rub your wrists together or along the neck after applying perfume, it can fade the scent faster.
There are two reasons behind this. Firstly, the friction from the rubbing makes the fragrance’s top notes fade quicker. The top notes are the more vibrant smells you get from perfume for around five minutes after spraying.
Secondly, oils naturally occur on the skin’s surface. Rubbing perfume into the skin causes the scent’s molecules to mix with these oils. Not only does this mean the aroma won’t last as long, but it can also change the overall scent of the perfume on your skin.
Spray some scent on your hairbrush
Applying perfume to your hair can provide extra body to the fragrance. It’s especially effective with long hair because movement throughout the day releases the scent.
However, perfumes contain alcohol and can dry out your hair if applied directly from the bottle. Instead, you can use a couple of light spritzes on your hairbrush or comb. Run the scented brush through your hair.
You can also comb the perfume into wet or dry hair, depending on your preference. This method is particularly effective if you comb right from the roots because the heat from your scalp helps to release the scent.
Store your bottle correctly and never shake it
Many cosmetic products require shaking before use to ensure ingredients are blended before application. While it might be tempting to give your perfume bottle a little shake before spritzing, shaking it can weaken the scent and allow it to wear off faster on the skin. It allows air bubbles into the liquid, which disrupts the molecules and the delicate chemical bonds that make up the fragrance.
Similarly, storing your perfume correctly goes a long way toward preserving the strength and longevity of the scent. Heat and light can both disturb the chemical balance of the molecules and weaken or change the aroma. So, keep perfume bottles in a dry place out of direct sunlight so that the light and heat do not disrupt the strength or odor of the fragrance.
What you need to buy to make perfume last longer
Vaseline is one of the world’s best-known brands of petroleum jelly. It dries quickly on the skin without leaving residue, and when it comes to application to pulse points, this 100-milliliter bottle will go a long way.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
CeraVe Daily Moisturizing Lotion for Dry Skin
For those who prefer to apply all-over body lotion, this CeraVe moisturizer is fragrance-free, so it won’t interfere with your perfume’s scent. The hyaluronic acid helps to seal the moisture and your perfume into the skin for long-lasting hydration and scent.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Ulta Beauty
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Kendric Davis had 25 points and 11 assists to lead Memphis over SMU 99-84 on Thursday night for coach Penny Hardaway’s 100th victory.
The Mustangs (7-14, 2-6) were led by Zhruic Phelps, who posted 20 points and three steals. Efe Odigie added 14 points and nine rebounds for SMU. Jalen Smith finished with 13 points, five assists and two steals.
Memphis took the lead with 15:12 remaining in the first half and did not relinquish it. Davis led his team in scoring with 16 points in the first half to help put them up 50-32 at the break. Memphis pulled away with a 10-0 run in the second half to extend an 18-point lead to 28.
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Phillies in a world of trouble after second straight World Series loss originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Phillies have reached a place previously unfamiliar to them in this postseason.
They trail for the first time in a series.
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On the final night of baseball at Citizens Bank Park for 2022, the Phils suffered a 3-2 loss to the Houston Astros in Game 5 of the World Series on Thursday.
The Phils have lost two games in a row for the first time in their captivating postseason run. They also face a series deficit for the first time, trailing the Astros three games to two as the series moves back to Houston for Game 6 on Saturday night. The Astros, 5-1 at home this postseason, are one victory away from winning their second World Series in six years.
Zack Wheeler, battling fatigue in his right arm, will try to save the Phillies' season when he gets the start in Game 6. A Phillies win would force a decisive Game 7 Sunday night. Wheeler will face lefty Framber Valdez in a rematch of the Game 2 matchup. Valdez struck out nine in leading the Astros to a 5-2 win in that one.
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One night after being no-hit by four Astros pitchers in Game 4, the Phillies were held to just two runs by five Houston pitchers in Game 5.
Justin Verlander, who led the majors with a 1.75 ERA in 2022 and will likely win his third American League Cy Young Award, notched his elusive first World Series win with five innings of one-run ball. He had previously been 0-6 with a 6.07 ERA in eight World Series starts.
The Phillies had opportunities to get to the 39-year-old right-hander, who allowed four hits and walked four. He pitched with runners on base in all but one of his five innings. The Phils left six men on base against him in the first three innings, including the bases full in the second inning. Verlander allowed a single to Jean Segura with two outs in that inning then issued consecutive walks to Brandon Marsh and Kyle Schwarber before striking out Rhys Hoskins on a 2-2 slider.
The Phils left two more baserunners in the third and could not take advantage of a two-out double by Bryce Harper in the fifth. Nick Castellanos worked the count full against Verlander before popping out to left field to conclude a 10-pitch at-bat.
For the game, the Phillies were 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position. Through the seventh inning, they were 0 for 4 with runners in scoring position, running their streak of futility to 0 for 20 since J.T. Realmuto tied Game 1 of the series with a two-run double against Verlander.
The Phillies used six pitchers.
Noah Syndergaard, who had pitched just 1 1/3 inning in the previous 18 days, allowed a run in the first inning and another in the fourth but otherwise handled what was expected to be just a three- or four-inning outing well.
The first inning was a wild one.
The Astros took a 1-0 lead four pitches into the game. Jose Altuve doubled off the centerfield wall and moved to third when Marsh couldn't get a handle on the ball. The Phillies played the infield in and Jeremy Peña smacked a groundball up the middle for an RBI hit. If the infield was back, shortstop Bryson Stott might have had a play on the ball, so the Marsh error was costly.
Two pitches into the bottom of the first inning, the Phillies tied the game when Schwarber lined a high fastball from Verlander into the right-field seats.
Syndergaard retired eight in a row after the RBI hit by Peña in the first and got the Phillies through three innings. Manager Rob Thomson stuck with Syndergaard in the fourth. The right-hander hung a 2-2 curveball to Peña and the Astros' rookie shortstop lofted it into the left-field seats for a 2-1 lead.
The Phillies' bullpen kept things close until the Astros pushed across a run against Seranthony Dominguez in the eighth to make it a 3-1 game.
Astros reliever Rafael Montero walked two in the bottom of the eighth and the huge and loud crowd of 45,693 did its best to bring the Phillies back all the way. It almost worked as Segura delivered a one-out single to cut the Astros' lead to 3-2. With runners on the corners and one out, Astros manager Dusty Baker went to closer Ryan Pressly. He struck out Marsh on three pitches for the second out then got Schwarber to hit a hard one-hopper to first base. Trey Mancini, who had entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the top of the inning, snared the 99-mph bullet and stepped on first to end the inning and dim the lights at Citizens Bank Park.
An inning later, with a little help from center fielder Chas McCormick, Pressly turned the lights all the way out. McCormick climbed the wall in right-center to take extra bases away from J.T. Realmuto with one out in the bottom of the ninth.
Game 6 is Saturday in Houston.
The phrase "must-win" gets thrown around a lot, but this really is one for the Phillies. | 2022-11-04T16:29:53+00:00 | nbcmiami.com | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/2022-world-series-phillies-lose-game-5-to-justin-verlander-jeremy-pena-and-astros/2900672/ |
TORONTO, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Gamelancer Gaming Corp. (CSE: GMNG) (OTCQB: WDRGF) (FRA: 64Q) ("Gamelancer" or the "Company"), a mobile-focused entertainment company providing brands access to the global gaming audience through its owned and operated channels, is excited to announce that its common shares ("Common Shares") are now eligible for book-entry and depositary services through Depository Trust Company ("DTC") in the United States. As the largest securities depository in the world, DTC manages electronic clearing and settlement for securities of publicly traded companies in the United States. DTC eligibility will simplify the process of trading and transferring Common Shares, enhancing liquidity in the United States by accelerating the settlement period for transfers and reducing costs for investors.
"With 56% of our audience in the United States, achieving DTC eligibility allows US investors an enhanced ability to support the largest network in gaming on TikTok. Founded in Los Angeles, Gamelancer has ushered in a new era of gaming immersed in social media. The size and scope of our network underpins the mass migration of social media users to TikTok, the #1 downloaded app, and most popular website in the United States." – Jon Dwyer, Chairman & CEO, Gamelancer Gaming Corp.
Acquired by Wondr Gaming, Gamelancer Gaming Corp. is a growing mobile-focused social media network in gaming - generating over 1.2 billion monthly video views across its 27 owned and operated channels. With over 28,200,000 followers on TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat, predominantly located in the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia, Gamelancer sells direct and programmatic media across its network to the world's largest brands. With advanced user data analytics, we provide our audience curated content relevant to the GenZ & Millennial gaming community, which allows brands unparalleled access to the largest media inventory in gaming across TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat. Gamelancer also monetizes across its variety of Snapchat Discover channels with monthly recurring revenue in partnership with Snapchat.
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Updated May 14, 2023 at 10:50 AM ET
Earlier this year, we asked Life Kit readers for the best advice they ever received on any topic. We got hundreds of responses, and in many, we saw a common advice-giver: mom.
However you're spending Mother's Day, we wanted to celebrate the multitude of ways motherhood can shape our lives by sharing words of wisdom from all sorts of mothers — moms, stepmoms, and grandmothers.
Here's what y'all had to share.
Responses have been edited for length and clarity.
1. Avoid too many cooks in the kitchen
"My mom used to tell me: 'The more people who become involved in a disagreement, the less likely it is to be resolved.' " – Jenny Hougendobler
2. Don't rely on a partner for money
"Don't ever rely on a man for your financial security. This was advice from my mom in the 1960s. She was a career woman and a feminist. My dad was sporadically employed. When I started working, she encouraged me to contribute the max to my 401k before I really understood what a 401k was." – Meegan Holland
3. 'It all comes out in the wash'
"My grandmother used to tell me, when things got bad in my life, not to worry because 'it all comes out in the wash.' " – Ralph P. Fontcuberta, III
4. Remember the golden rule
"My mom always said, 'If you treat people the way you want to be treated, you'll never have trouble sleeping.' " – Roberta Bruhn
5. Keep yourself grounded
"When I was raising teenagers, [my mom] told me that teenagers are on a roller coaster full of ups and downs — but that as tempting as it would be to get on the ride with them, it would be better for all of us if I stayed on the ground." – Kelly Ramsey
6. 'Don't be afraid to ask for help'
"Twenty years ago, I was a single mom raising two kids, ages 8 and 6. I had a full-time job and a long commute. My stepmom told me, 'Don't be afraid to ask for help.' It worked. A little bit of help here and there from a friend or neighbor took the edge off a challenging day." – Gail Webber
7. Beauty isn't everything
"While not super helpful in the moment, [and] usually said when I was concerned about clothes, she was right. Growing up as a teen girl, the focus on beauty was extreme, and my mom's feminist perspective has helped shape my lens of the world." – Sarah Switzer
8. It takes all kinds of people
"My mom always said when I was complaining about someone, 'It takes all kinds of people to make a world.' " – Judy Peters
9. If something scares you...
"My mom told me that if something scares you, you should probably do that thing." – Andrea Brannon
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A leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision suggests the country’s highest court could be poised to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, allowing individual states to more heavily regulate or even ban the procedure.
WHAT DOES ‘ROE V. WADE’ REFER TO?
Roe v. Wade is the name of the lawsuit that led to the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion in the United States. The majority opinion found an absolute right to abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy.
WHO WERE ROE AND WADE?
Jane Roe was a pseudonym for Norma McCorvey, who was 22, unmarried, unemployed and pregnant for the third time in 1969 when she sought to have an abortion in Texas. By the time the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in her favor, McCorvey had given birth to a girl whom she placed for adoption.
Henry Wade was the district attorney of Dallas County, Texas. It was his job to enforce a state law prohibiting abortion except to save a woman’s life, so he was the person McCorvey sued when she sought the abortion.
After her death, biographer Joshua Prager said McCorvey made her living giving speeches and writing books on both sides of the abortion debate and was coached by both sides. She had conflicted feelings about each, he said, but was consistent on one point: supporting abortion through the first trimester.
WHAT DID THE COURT DECIDE IN 1973?
The plaintiff alleged that Texas law was unconstitutionally vague and violated her constitutionally protected right to personal privacy. The question before the U.S. Supreme Court was: Does the Constitution recognize a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy by abortion?
Justice Harry Blackmun delivered the opinion for the 7-2 majority, finding that it did indeed — although that protection had to be balanced against the government’s interests in protecting women’s health and “the potentiality of human life.” The conservative-leaning court said a woman’s decision to have an abortion during the first three months of her pregnancy must be left to her and her doctor.
WHAT WAS THE PRE-ROE LANDSCAPE IN THE U.S.?
At the time of Roe, abortion was broadly legal in just four statesand allowed under limited circumstances in 16 others. Constitutional rights trump state laws, so the court’s decision nullified the bans in the remaining 30 states. But it did allow states to impose certain regulations during the second trimester to protect the woman’s health and take steps to protect fetal life in the third trimester.
HOW HAVE LATER DECISIONS ALTERED ABORTION RIGHTS IN AMERICA?
Blackmun was still on the court in 1992, when it heard Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a challenge to Pennsylvania abortion laws that included a 24-hour waiting period. The conservative-leaning court unexpectedly upheld the right to abortion —while also making it easier for states to impose regulations.
Three conservative justices — Sandra Day O’Connor, Anthony M. Kennedy and David H. Souter — co-authored the court’s main opinion in the 5-4 decision, writing: “The woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy before viability is the most central principle of Roe vs. Wade. It is a rule of law and a component of liberty we cannot renounce.″
Neither side on the abortion issue was pleased with the ruling. Since then, conservative states have been chipping away at abortion rights with laws that have engendered many more court challenges, including a recent Texas law that bans most abortions after about six weeks.
WHAT IS THIS NEW CASE THAT’S POISED TO TOPPLE ROE?
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. It challenges Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks.
Upholding that ban would undermine both Roe and Casey, which allow states to regulate — but not ban — abortion up until the point of fetal viability, at roughly 24 weeks. The decision, per the draft, wouldlikely result in a patchwork of abortion laws, with some states protecting abortion and others prohibiting it outright. | 2022-05-04T10:47:09+00:00 | kxnet.com | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/what-is-roe-v-wade-the-landmark-abortion-access-case/ |
A roundup of the week's most newsworthy technology industry press releases from PR Newswire, including Lockheed's spacecraft development and new AI-powered scam detection from Norton.
NEW YORK, July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the business technology 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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- Lockheed Martin Selected to Develop Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft
Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) engines offer thrust as high as conventional chemical propulsion with two-to-five times higher efficiency, which means the spacecraft can travel faster and farther and can significantly reduce propellant needs. - Introducing Norton Genie - Real-Time AI-powered Scam Detection at Your Fingertips
Norton Genie is a brand new innovation from Norton designed to be as simple as asking for advice from a friend that's available 24/7. With just a few clicks or taps, Genie will give immediate guidance on whether the message, email, link or post is potentially a scam and what to do next. - Amazon and iRobot Modify Merger Price
Under the amended terms, Amazon will pay $51.75 per share revised from $61.00 per share. At the same time, iRobot has entered into a $200 million financing facility to fund its ongoing operations. - The Majority of CEOs Surveyed Believe Generative AI will Increase Their Organizations' Efficiencies: 'Summer 2023 Fortune/Deloitte CEO Survey'
Despite geopolitical disruption and looming economic concerns, CEOs remain focused on navigating through uncertainty. While the challenges are many, today's CEOs demonstrate incredible resilience through their ability to navigate external factors and continue to explore and invest in emerging technologies. - New App Helps Keep Users Safe with Real-Time Alerts During Meet-ups
The Safe Meet Alert app offers four safety features to ensure everyone's safety, which include inputting emergency contacts, setting up the details of the meet-up, inputting a personal code while the meet-up is occurring, and emergency notifications to your contacts if the code is not entered. - IBM Report: Half of Breached Organizations Unwilling to Increase Security Spend Despite Soaring Breach Costs
"Time is the new currency in cybersecurity both for the defenders and the attackers. As the report shows, early detection and fast response can significantly reduce the impact of a breach," said Chris McCurdy, General Manager, Worldwide IBM Security Services. - Stability AI Announces Stable Diffusion XL 1.0, Featured on Amazon Bedrock
SDXL 1.0 will be featured on Amazon Bedrock, the fully managed service from Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) that provides access to foundation models from leading AI startups and Amazon Titan via an API. - Steakholder Foods® Signs First Ever Multi-Million-Dollar Agreement with GCC Governmental Body to Commercialize its 3D Bio-Printing Technology
The collaboration aims to address local food security goals by leveraging Steakholder Foods' expertise in 3D printing for structured food and hybrid-cultivated fish and meat production. - Sony Electronics Unveils WF-1000XM5 Truly Wireless Earbuds "For The Music", The Best Noise-Canceling Earbuds
The WF-1000XM5 earbuds deliver cutting-edge technology and premium sound quality with the best noise-canceling performance. Real-time audio processors and high-performance mics power the specially designed driver unit, Dynamic Driver X, for wide frequency reproduction, deep bass, and more detailed vocals. - BAE Systems to deliver next-generation digital Identification Friend or Foe interrogator for the U.S. Navy
The interrogator will have advanced capabilities—providing time-critical insights that reduce friendly fire incidents and support mission success in hostile environments. - Cineverse Unveils MatchpointAI: A Revolutionary AI Marketplace for Video Streaming Optimization
MatchpointAI leverages Cineverse's proprietary enterprise-grade content processing platform, Dispatch™, to provide content owners and streaming services access to industry-leading capabilities that can eliminate expensive, time consuming manual work preparing film and television assets for global distribution. - Boost Infinite Brings Its $25/Month Unlimited Postpaid Plan to Amazon with Exclusive Prime Member Deal
Amazon Prime members who purchase the Boost Infinite Unlimited SIM kit in the Amazon U.S. store will get 20% off the list price of $25, on top of a $25 bill credit toward their first month of service from Boost Infinite.
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- Aims to Deploy USD 250 Million Equity Plus Related Performance Guarantees
- Strengthens BrightNight's Development of Multi-GW Hybrid Renewables Portfolio in India's Fast-growing Market
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. and GURUGRAM, India, March 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BrightNight, the next generation and global renewable power producer built to deliver clean and dispatchable solutions, today announced that it has formed a partnership with ACEN Corporation, through ACEN Renewables International Pte. Ltd. and ACEN International, Inc. (collectively, "ACEN"), to accelerate the development, construction, and operation of BrightNight's initial 1.2 GW, multi-technology renewable power portfolio in India. The newly formed partnership aims to deploy USD 250 million equity plus related performance guarantees.
BrightNight and ACEN will partner to develop and build differentiated hybrid wind-solar projects, with a calibrated use of energy storage, that operate around the clock, with a focus to serve the specific demand from high credit rated central and state utility as well as commercial and industrial offtakers.
BrightNight brings its advanced India portfolio, experienced local team led by Sajay KV and Naveen Khandelwal, and differentiated capabilities to develop and optimize large scale, multi-technology hybrid renewable power plants.
Across the Asia Pacific, ACEN has established a significant presence in its core market, the Philippines, and Australia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and India with ~4,000 MW of attributable renewable capacity. ACEN aspires to be the largest listed renewables platform in Southeast Asia, with a goal of reaching 20 GW in renewables capacity by 2030. ACEN's investment will provide for an accelerated buildout of BrightNight's existing development pipeline of 1.2 GW hybrid and around the clock projects in India.
"ACEN is one of the largest and most respected renewables investors in Asia Pacific, and we are honored they have chosen to work with us," BrightNight CEO Martin Hermann said. "They have demonstrated success in scaling and operating large fleets of renewable assets through strategic partnerships across the region., and we have a shared vision on delivering what the India market requires: dispatchable, reliable, and affordable clean power."
ACEN's investment provides BrightNight with the additional resources to fund its India build-out and long-term growth in a fast-growing market. In addition, ACEN has a deep network of suppliers and industry relationships across the renewables value chain in Asia.
Patrice Clausse, ACEN International CEO, said: "With this partnership, we are significantly strengthening our foothold in India's fast-growing market as we shift from pure solar play to multi-technology renewables. We look forward to working with BrightNight's highly experienced local team as our combined expertise will help India progress towards their energy transition goal and spur the global transition towards a Net Zero economy."
BrightNight and Its India Presence
BrightNight is developing a global portfolio of 23 GW across the U.S. and Asia Pacific, including India, Australia, the Philippines, and Bangladesh, and is backed by some of the most respected investors in the global energy sector. BrightNight works with its customers globally to design, develop, and operate safe, reliable, large-scale renewable power projects optimized to better manage the intermittent nature of renewable energy.
In India, the BrightNight team is led by industry veterans Sajay KV and Naveen Khandelwal, and they are currently developing a 1.2 GW differentiated wind-solar hybrid portfolio. In February 2023, BrightNight announced its first 100 MW co-located, wind-solar hybrid renewable power project in Maharashtra that will deliver clean, high-capacity factor power to C&I customers in this State with a target commissioning date in 1Q 2024 (link).
"With ACEN's partnership, we have the resources to significantly accelerate our India development program," BrightNight's Managing Director of Asia Jerome Ortiz said. "We have an already strong presence in country, a differentiated portfolio, and an experienced team, so we are positioned to scale-up and contribute to delivering hybrid and around the clock renewable solutions to India. I am confident that the combination of ACEN and BrightNight will be a winning player in India's next phase of energy transition."
Advisors
HSBC acted as financial advisor for this transaction; King & Spalding LLP and Clifford Chance LLP acted as international legal advisors; Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Khaitan & Co LLP as Indian legal advisors; and EY and GT acted as global tax advisors.
ABOUT BRIGHTNIGHT
BrightNight is the first global renewable integrated power company designed to provide utility and commercial and industrial customers with clean, dispatchable renewable power solutions. BrightNight works with customers across the U.S. and Asia Pacific to design, develop, and operate safe, reliable, large-scale renewable power projects optimized to better manage the intermittent nature of renewable energy. Its deep customer engagement process, team of proven power experts, and industry-leading solutions enable customers to overcome challenging energy sustainability standards, rapidly changing grid dynamics, and the transition away from fossil fuel generation. To learn more, visit: www.brightnightpower.com
ABOUT ACEN
ACEN (PSE:ACEN) is the listed energy platform of the Ayala Group. The company has ~4,000 MW of attributable capacity from owned facilities in the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, and Australia, with a renewable share of 98%, which is among the highest in the region. ACEN's aspiration is to be the largest listed renewables platform in Southeast Asia, with a goal of reaching 20 GW of renewables capacity by 2030. ACEN is committed to transition the company's generation portfolio to 100% renewable energy by 2025 and to become a Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions company by 2050.
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Soldiers in Niger have announced a coup, imposing a curfew and closing borders in a country that is a key U.S. ally in West Africa.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke with Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum and said that the U.S. "strongly supports him as the democratically elected president of the country."
Bazoum had been effectively held hostage all day by members of the presidential guard. Soldiers went on state television after midnight there and announced the coup, saying the country's constitution has been dissolved and all institutions suspended.
The U.S. has drone bases in Niger, a country that has been an important partner in counter-terrorism efforts in the region. Blinken says that partnership depends on democratic governance and respect for the rule of law.
Niger has had four coups since gaining independence from France in 1960 and numerous attempted takeovers, including against Bazoum.
Niger is a landlocked country in the middle of an unstable region - there have been successive military coups is countries like neighboring Mali that have severed Western ties and where the Russia-backed Wagner mercenary group has a significant presence.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | 2023-07-27T13:16:09+00:00 | iowapublicradio.org | https://www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-npr/2023-07-26/nigers-military-announces-a-coup-on-national-television |
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A man was rushed to the hospital after one of his hands was blown off by fireworks in Lauderdale Lakes, fire officials said.
7News cameras cameras captured blood covering the parking lot of a gas station along the 4400 block of North State Road 7.
Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue units responded to a call regarding a firework incident, just after 1 a.m., Saturday.
Investigators said the victim blew off his hand while lighting fireworks.
The victim had traveled to a nearby hospital in a private vehicle.
BSFR crews transported the man’s hand to the hospital.
They later transported the man and his hand to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale for medical treatment.
As this Fourth of July weekend continues, first responders stress the need to be proactive and diligent ahead of celebrating.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesperson Erika Benitez listed several safety tips for anyone handling fireworks:
- “Light fireworks in a driveway or caved surface. Keep fireworks away from anything that can possibly burn.”
- “Remember to light one firework at a time and move away quickly.”
- “Never point or throw fireworks at people or animals.”
- “Never attempt to re-light or handle fireworks that did not ignite the first time.”
- “Never carry fireworks in your pockets or ignite fireworks in metal or glass containers.”
- “Never let young children play with or ignite fireworks, including sparklers. A responsible adult should always supervise fireworks at all times.”
It remains unclear whether or not surgeons were able to reattach the man’s hand.
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The stakes are high. If Russia severs the supplies of gas it has already drastically reduced, authorities fear Europe risks becoming a colder, darker and less-productive place this winter. It's imperative to economize gas now so it can be squirreled away for burning later in homes, factories and power plants, officials say.
“Europe needs to be ready," said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. “To make it through the winter, assuming that there is a full disruption of Russian gas, we need to save gas to fill our gas storages faster. And to do so, we have to reduce our gas consumption. I know that this is a big ask for the whole of the European Union, but it is necessary to protect us.”
And although Europe is scrambling to get energy from elsewhere, any difficulties this winter could be a harbinger of worse to come if Russian gas supplies are completely severed and stay off through 2023, said France's minister overseeing energy, Agnès Pannier-Runacher.
"If gas deliveries are cut by the end of the year, that will mean we'll have a full year without Russian gas, so the following winter could be even harder,” Pannier-Runacher told French senators.
Hence the mounting appeals — already familiar to exasperated parents of wasteful teenagers everywhere — for Europeans to take shorter showers, switch off power sockets and otherwise do what they can.
Germany had been getting about a third of its gas from Russia, making the EU’s biggest economy and most populous nation conspicuously vulnerable. Energy saving is in full swing, with lights going off, public pools becoming chillier and thermostats being adjusted.
The glass dome of the Reichstag, the parliament building in Berlin, is going dark after it closes to visitors at midnight, and two facades will no longer be lit. Legislators' office temperatures will drop by 2 degrees to 20 Celsius (68 Fahrenheit) this winter. Berlin City Hall, the Jewish Museum, two opera houses and the landmark Victory Column with panoramic views are among about 200 sites in the German capital that will no longer be lit at night.
Saunas are closing in Munich’s municipal swimming pools, which have chillier water now, too. There’ll only be cold showers at public pools in Hannover, part of a plan by the northern city to cut its energy use by 15%.
“The sum of all the contributions will help us get through this winter and be prepared for the next one,” said Robert Habeck, Germany's vice chancellor and economy minister. He also told news weekly Der Spiegel he has slashed the time he spends showering.
“It will be a demanding, stony road, but we can manage it,” he said.
With a campaign dubbed "Flip the Switch," the Netherlands' government is urging showers of no more than five minutes, using sun shades and fans instead of air conditioning, and air-drying laundry.
Under a law passed Monday in often-sweltering Spain, offices, stores and hospitality venues will no longer be allowed to set their thermostats below 27 degrees Celsius (81 degrees Fahrenheit) in summer, nor raise them above 19 degrees Celsius in winter.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez asked office workers to ditch neckties, presumably to lessen the temptation to use air conditioning. He led by example, appearing at a news conference in an open-necked shirt.
The Italian government also is recommending limits on heating and cooling in public buildings.
In France, the government is targeting a 10% reduction in energy use by 2024, with an “energy sobriety" drive. Mayors are also waging their own war on waste, with fines introduced for air-conditioned or heated stores that leave front doors open; others are working to limit the pain of soaring energy prices.
The 8,000 residents of Aureilhan, in the foothills of the Pyrenees in southwestern France, have been adjusting to nights without street lights since July 11. Extinguishing all 1,770 of them from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. will save money that Mayor Yannick Boubée would rather spend on roads and other maintenance. Otherwise, he said, the town's 84,000-euro ($86,000) lighting bill in 2021 was on course to nearly triple next year.
"When it comes down to it, there’s no reason to keep the lights on at night,” he said by phone. “It is shaking up our way of thinking.”
Next will be convincing townspeople to agree to less-heated classrooms when schools reopen.
“We’re going to ask parents to put a pullover on their children, all measures that don’t cost anything,” he said. “We have no choice, unfortunately.”
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Associated Press writers Geir Moulson in Berlin, Mike Corder in The Hague, Colleen Barry in Milan and Frances D’Emilio in Rome contributed.
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Activists from the collective "On the Spot" walk by the Arc de Triomphe, during a night of action where they will extinguish the lights on dozens of storefronts in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Activists from the collective "On the Spot" walk by the Arc de Triomphe, during a night of action where they will extinguish the lights on dozens of storefronts in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Activists from the collective "On the Spot" chat before embarking on a night of action where they will extinguish the lights on dozens of storefronts in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. The collective had been acting against wasteful businesses in Paris long before Russia started cutting energy supplies to Europe in a battle of wills over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. As such, the campaigners were precursors of the energy economy drive becoming all the rage in France, Germany and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Activists from the collective "On the Spot" chat before embarking on a night of action where they will extinguish the lights on dozens of storefronts in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. The collective had been acting against wasteful businesses in Paris long before Russia started cutting energy supplies to Europe in a battle of wills over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. As such, the campaigners were precursors of the energy economy drive becoming all the rage in France, Germany and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Activists from the collective "On the Spot" climb up a building during a night of action where they will extinguish the lights on dozens of storefronts in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. The collective had been acting against wasteful businesses in Paris long before Russia started cutting energy supplies to Europe in a battle of wills over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. As such, the campaigners were precursors of the energy economy drive becoming all the rage in France, Germany and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Activists from the collective "On the Spot" climb up a building during a night of action where they will extinguish the lights on dozens of storefronts in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. The collective had been acting against wasteful businesses in Paris long before Russia started cutting energy supplies to Europe in a battle of wills over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. As such, the campaigners were precursors of the energy economy drive becoming all the rage in France, Germany and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Kevin Ha from the collective "On the Spot" climbs to turn off the lights of a store in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. Engineer Kevin Ha and his equally nimble friends had been acting against wasteful businesses in Paris long before Russia started cutting energy supplies to Europe in a battle of wills over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. As such, the campaigners were precursors of the energy economy drive becoming all the rage in France, Germany and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Kevin Ha from the collective "On the Spot" climbs to turn off the lights of a store in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. Engineer Kevin Ha and his equally nimble friends had been acting against wasteful businesses in Paris long before Russia started cutting energy supplies to Europe in a battle of wills over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. As such, the campaigners were precursors of the energy economy drive becoming all the rage in France, Germany and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Members from the collective "On the Spot" look to switch off the lights of a storefront in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. The collective had been acting against wasteful businesses in Paris long before Russia started cutting energy supplies to Europe in a battle of wills over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. As such, the campaigners were precursors of the energy economy drive becoming all the rage in France, Germany and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Members from the collective "On the Spot" look to switch off the lights of a storefront in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. The collective had been acting against wasteful businesses in Paris long before Russia started cutting energy supplies to Europe in a battle of wills over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. As such, the campaigners were precursors of the energy economy drive becoming all the rage in France, Germany and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Members from the the collective "On the Spot" cross the Champs Elysees during a night of action where they will extinguish the lights on dozens of storefronts in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Members from the the collective "On the Spot" cross the Champs Elysees during a night of action where they will extinguish the lights on dozens of storefronts in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Credit: Lewis Joly
Light from an electric control box that the collective "On the Spot" uses to extinguish the lights on dozens of storefronts in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Light from an electric control box that the collective "On the Spot" uses to extinguish the lights on dozens of storefronts in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Credit: Lewis Joly
A member from the collective "On the Spot" walks past the illuminated storefront of a car showroom in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. The collective had been acting against wasteful businesses in Paris long before Russia started cutting energy supplies to Europe in a battle of wills over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. As such, the campaigners were precursors of the energy economy drive becoming all the rage in France, Germany and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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A member from the collective "On the Spot" walks past the illuminated storefront of a car showroom in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. The collective had been acting against wasteful businesses in Paris long before Russia started cutting energy supplies to Europe in a battle of wills over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. As such, the campaigners were precursors of the energy economy drive becoming all the rage in France, Germany and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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An activist from the collective "On the Spot" climbs up a building as they attempt to extinguish the lights on dozens of storefronts in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. The collective had been acting against wasteful businesses in Paris long before Russia started cutting energy supplies to Europe in a battle of wills over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. As such, the campaigners were precursors of the energy economy drive becoming all the rage in France, Germany and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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An activist from the collective "On the Spot" climbs up a building as they attempt to extinguish the lights on dozens of storefronts in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. The collective had been acting against wasteful businesses in Paris long before Russia started cutting energy supplies to Europe in a battle of wills over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. As such, the campaigners were precursors of the energy economy drive becoming all the rage in France, Germany and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Kevin Ha from the collective "On the Spot" prepares to clamber up a storefront to turn off the lights in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. Engineer Kevin Ha and his equally nimble friends had been acting against wasteful businesses in Paris long before Russia started cutting energy supplies to Europe in a battle of wills over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. As such, the campaigners were precursors of the energy economy drive becoming all the rage in France, Germany and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Kevin Ha from the collective "On the Spot" prepares to clamber up a storefront to turn off the lights in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. Engineer Kevin Ha and his equally nimble friends had been acting against wasteful businesses in Paris long before Russia started cutting energy supplies to Europe in a battle of wills over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. As such, the campaigners were precursors of the energy economy drive becoming all the rage in France, Germany and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Jean Christophe Froment from the the collective "On the Spot" climbs up a building to extinguish the lights of a storefront in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Jean Christophe Froment from the the collective "On the Spot" climbs up a building to extinguish the lights of a storefront in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Kevin Ha, from the collective "On the Spot" poses for a picture in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. Engineer Kevin Ha and his equally nimble friends had been acting against wasteful businesses in Paris long before Russia started cutting energy supplies to Europe in a battle of wills over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. As such, the campaigners were precursors of the energy economy drive becoming all the rage in France, Germany and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Kevin Ha, from the collective "On the Spot" poses for a picture in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. Engineer Kevin Ha and his equally nimble friends had been acting against wasteful businesses in Paris long before Russia started cutting energy supplies to Europe in a battle of wills over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. As such, the campaigners were precursors of the energy economy drive becoming all the rage in France, Germany and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Hadj Benhalima from the collective "On the Spot" makes a headstand during a night of action where they will attempt to extinguish the lights of dozens of storefronts in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Hadj Benhalima from the collective "On the Spot" makes a headstand during a night of action where they will attempt to extinguish the lights of dozens of storefronts in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Hadj Benhalima from the collective "On the Spot" is watched by fellow activists during a night of action where they will attempt to extinguish the lights of dozens of storefronts in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Hadj Benhalima from the collective "On the Spot" is watched by fellow activists during a night of action where they will attempt to extinguish the lights of dozens of storefronts in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Police stop and question members of the collective "On the Spot" in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. The collective had been acting against wasteful businesses in Paris long before Russia started cutting energy supplies to Europe in a battle of wills over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. As such, the campaigners were precursors of the energy economy drive becoming all the rage in France, Germany and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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Police stop and question members of the collective "On the Spot" in Paris, Friday, July 29, 2022. The collective had been acting against wasteful businesses in Paris long before Russia started cutting energy supplies to Europe in a battle of wills over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. As such, the campaigners were precursors of the energy economy drive becoming all the rage in France, Germany and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Aliyah Boston was solid as usual, and she's just one of the post players No. 1 South Carolina can send at an opponent in waves.
“We pass the bus test,” coach Dawn Staley said. “We do do that.”
As impressive as the Gamecocks may look when they disembark at the arena, they're an even bigger challenge once they take the floor. Boston had 16 points and 13 rebounds and Zia Cooke added 18 points to lift the defending national champions to an 81-56 victory over No. 17 Maryland on Friday night.
Shortly after the Indiana Fever won the WNBA draft lottery — with the 6-foot-5 Boston expected to be the No. 1 pick — the South Carolina star led her team to a fairly routine victory in its first real test of the season. The top-ranked Gamecocks held off a gritty Maryland team that was playing without its own potential lottery pick. Diamond Miller was out with a right knee injury.
Abby Meyers scored 21 points to lead Maryland (1-1), but aside from her ability to score from the midrange and beyond the arc, the undersized Terrapins had a tough time offensively. Perhaps no stat summed up this game better than the Gamecocks' 11-0 advantage in blocked shots. South Carolina also had a 40-20 edge in the paint and outrebounded Maryland 55-32.
“We're going to get better from this game," Meyers said. “It is November. We've got a long season ahead of us, and it's great experience for all of us.”
South Carolina was playing its first of four consecutive road games, and this win makes it almost certain that a Nov. 20 clash at Stanford will be a 1 vs. 2 matchup.
Maryland packed its defense into the paint to deal with Boston, and the Terps were down just six at halftime, 32-26. The margin was still in single digits in the third before South Carolina (2-0) went on an 11-1 run to lead 56-39.
“I saw a lot of really positive things,” Maryland coach Brenda Frese said. “I thought our kids did a great job executing the game plan. You just saw, the third quarter it got away from us, obviously because of the depth that they had.”
Kamilla Cardoso, the Gamecocks' 6-7 reserve, scored a pair of baskets during that run, sandwiched around a 3-pointer by Cooke. Cardoso finished with 13 points, and 6-foot-4 Laeticia Amihere had 10 points and eight rebounds.
BIG PICTURE
South Carolina: The Gamecocks showed good patience on the road — at times Maryland was practically daring them to shoot from the perimeter instead of working the ball inside. South Carolina did make enough 3-pointers (eight) to make the Terps pay for leaving shooters open.
“We figured out, just extra passes, extra ball movement, making sure that we were crashing the boards," Boston said. "I think we used that to our advantage tonight”
Maryland: The Terps played a scrappy game, forcing 20 turnovers, and for a half, this was a pretty encouraging performance without Miller. Meyers, a star at Princeton last season, is one of a handful of transfers Maryland brought in as part of a roster makeover. She scored 14 of the team's first 17 points to help the Terps keep it close for a while.
“Maryland's going to be pretty good,” Staley said. “I thought Diamond not being in the game, they lose an experienced player.”
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Staley was wearing a shirt with a No. 42 on it in honor of Brittany Griner, whose lawyers recently revealed that she had been sent to a Russian penal colony to serve her sentence for drug possession.
“I'm just trying to keep a positive outlook on it and keep her name out there," Staley said.
MILESTONE
Boston tied Tiffany Mitchell for the program record with her 103rd consecutive start.
UP NEXT
South Carolina: The Gamecocks return closer to home when they play at Clemson on Thursday night.
Maryland: The Terps host Fordham on Sunday.
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Texas family of 5 expecting ‘1 more child’ surprised with quadruplets
HOUSTON (KHOU) – A Texas family of five was in for the surprise of a lifetime when they found out they would be adding quadruplets to the family.
After trying for just “one more child,” Gaby and Patrick Hagler discovered they would be having four.
The couple got married in 2018, each bringing in a child of their own from previous marriages, Paxton and Kalleigh. It didn’t take long to become a family of five with Sammy, their now almost-3-year-old son.
While Gaby Hagler said, “Life was already hectic,” the couple decided their family would feel complete with one more child.
She got pregnant but suffered a miscarriage. After healing from that loss, they wanted to try again.
With the help of fertility medication, Gaby Hagler got pregnant again. But at her 12-week ultrasound, they were shocked to find out she was carrying quadruplets.
For the next several months, the Haglers navigated the high-risk pregnancy.
“It became this beautiful group effort where everyone believed these boys could make it to that day, and we did,” Gaby Hagler said.
On June 22, at 34 weeks, Gaby Hagler gave birth to four sons – Adam, Bennett, Coby and Dane. Three weeks after their birth, they were able to head home.
“There are moments of chaos, but it’s not what I expected,” Gaby Hagler said. “The love in this house now is tangible.”
The family of nine is finally complete and ready for the journey ahead.
“We’re looking forward to what life has in store for these guys,” Patrick Hagler said.
Copyright 2022 KHOU via CNN. All rights reserved. | 2022-08-19T17:35:06+00:00 | mysuncoast.com | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/08/19/texas-family-5-expecting-1-more-child-surprised-with-quadruplets/ |
Kenosha people should be prepared for temperatures just above freezing. The forecast calls for it to be a nippy 39 degrees. 31 degrees is today's low. Don't go out without an umbrella or raincoat. There is a 62% chance of precipitation in today's forecast. The Kenosha area should see a light breeze, with forecast models showing only 7 mph wind conditions coming up from Southeast. This report is created automatically with weather data provided by TownNews.com. Keep an eye on kenoshanews.com for forecast information and severe weather updates.
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MONROE TOWNSHIP, SNYDER COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— State police have accused a Walmart employee in Snyder County of stealing over $700 worth of MLB, NBA, and NFL sports cards.
State police responded to a report of a theft involving an employee at the Selinsgrove Walmart on January 29.
Investigators say an 18-year-old employee had stolen from the store several times. In total, troopers said the employee had stolen 41 items valued at $739.18.
Troopers said the employee stole $349.54 worth of MLB cards, $239.70 worth of NBA cards, and $149.94 worth of NFL cards.
Pennsylvania State Police said criminal charges were filed through Magisterial District Court 17-3-03. | 2023-02-18T21:20:08+00:00 | pahomepage.com | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/crime-courts/walmart-employee-accused-of-stealing-over-700-in-sports-cards/ |
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Biden’s son Hunter heads to a Delaware court where he’s expected to plead guilty to tax crimes
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter is expected to appear before a federal judge on Wednesday to plead guilty to two tax crimes and admit possessing a gun as a drug user in a deal with the Justice Department that’s likely to spare him time behind bars.
U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika, who was appointed by then-President Donald Trump, will preside over the hearing and must sign off on the deal, in which prosecutors are recommending two years of probation. Hunter Biden is not expected to be sentenced on Wednesday.
The deal, announced last month, comes after a yearslong Justice Department investigation into the taxes and foreign business dealings of the Democratic president’s second son, who has acknowledged struggling with addiction following the 2015 death of his brother, Beau Biden.
While legally this will clear the air for Hunter Biden and avert a trial that would have generated weeks or months of distracting headlines, the politics remain as messy as ever, with Republicans insisting he got a sweetheart deal and the Justice Department pressing ahead on investigations into Trump, the GOP’s 2024 presidential primary front-runner.
Trump is already facing a state criminal case in New York and a federal indictment in Florida. But last week, a target letter was sent to Trump from special counsel Jack Smith that suggests the former president may soon be indicted on new federal charges, this time involving his struggle to cling to power after his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden.
Republicans claim a double standard, in which the president’s son got off easy while the president’s rival has been unfairly castigated. Congressional Republicans are pursuing their own investigations into nearly every facet of Hunter Biden’s dealings, including foreign payments.
On Tuesday, a dustup arose after Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee filed court documents urging Noreika to consider testimony from IRS whistleblowers who alleged Justice Department interference in the investigation.
Shortly after their motion was filed, a court clerk received a call requesting that “sensitive grand jury, taxpayer and Social Security information” be kept under seal, according to an oral order from the judge. The clerk said the lawyer gave her name and said she worked with an attorney from the Ways and Means Committee but was in fact a lawyer with the defense team.
Noreika demanded the defense team show why she should not consider sanctioning them for “misrepresentations to the court.” Defense attorneys responded that their lawyer had represented herself truthfully from the start and called the matter a misunderstanding.
President Biden, meanwhile, has said very little publicly, except to note, “I’m very proud of my son.”
Under the terms announced last month, Hunter Biden will plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges of failure to pay more than $100,000 in taxes from over $1.5 million in income in both 2017 and 2018. The back taxes have since been paid, according to a person familiar with the investigation who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity. The maximum penalty for the charges would be a year in prison.
Hunter Biden also was charged with possession of a firearm by a person who is a known drug user: He had a Colt Cobra .38 Special for 11 days in October 2018. According to the pre-trial agreement, he agreed to enter into a diversion agreement, which means that he won’t technically plead guilty to the crime, but if he adheres to the terms of his agreement the case will be wiped from his record. If not, the deal is withdrawn. This type of agreement is an option usually for nonviolent offenders with substance abuse issues. Otherwise, the charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Christopher Clark, a lawyer for Hunter Biden, said in a statement last month when the deal was announced that it was his understanding that the five-year investigation had now been resolved.
“I know Hunter believes it is important to take responsibility for these mistakes he made during a period of turmoil and addiction in his life,” Clark said then. “He looks forward to continuing his recovery and moving forward.”
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Long reported from Washington. Associated Press writer Lindsay Whitehurst contributed to this report.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | 2023-07-26T11:22:59+00:00 | kfyrtv.com | https://www.kfyrtv.com/2023/07/26/bidens-son-hunter-heads-delaware-court-where-hes-expected-plead-guilty-tax-crimes/ |
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Aug. 8 election, when voters will decide whether to make it harder to amend the state constitution, is just more than a week away.
The deadline to request a mail ballot is 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 1, by which time boards of election must receive absentee ballot applications. Absentee ballot applications that arrive by mail must carry an Aug. 7 postmark in order to be accepted. However, elections officials said Friday that voters who are pushing against the deadline should try to physically travel to their county elections board just to be safe to account for potential mail delays.
Here’s a quick recap of State Issue 1 coverage from cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer this week.
Read more: What’s Issue 1? Read all our news coverage before you cast your vote in August special election
On Wednesday, Issue 1 proponents and opponents appeared at a forum hosted by the City Club of Cleveland. Arguing for the “yes” side were two Republicans: Secretary of State Frank LaRose, who recently announced a run for U.S. Senate, and state Rep. Susan Manchester, a lawmaker from Western Ohio.
The “no” side was a bipartisan duo: former Ohio Gov. Dick Celeste, a Democrat and Betty Montgomery, a Republican former state attorney general and state auditor.
On Thursday, campaign groups working for and against Issue 1 disclosed their finances for the first time, adhering to a mandatory state campaign-finance deadline. The reports showed both the “yes” and “no” campaigns were heavily financed by out-of-state contributors.
The reports showed that One Person One Vote had raised $14.8 million and spent $10.4 million, mostly on advertising. All but $2.3 million that the group raised came from out of state, including a large percentage from “dark money” groups that don’t have to disclose their finances.
The official “yes” campaign, Save Our Constitution, raised $4.8 million — $4 million of which came from conservative Illinois billionaire Richard Uiehlein — and spent $1.6 million, mostly on ads.
An allied group, the Protect Women Ohio Action Fund spent another $3.6 million in support of Issue 1. All but $200,000 of the funding for the group, which was formed to defeat an abortion-rights ballot issue in November, comes from the Concord Fund, a conservative dark-money group in Washington, D.C. The rest came from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, a national anti-abortion group in Washington, D.C. that also contributed free polling.
And on Friday, an article reminding voters of the upcoming deadline to request an absentee ballot noted that early voting in Cuyahoga County for the Aug. 8 election, with roughly a week to go before Election Day, already had surpassed early voting for the entire primary elections in May 2022 and August 2022.
Issue 1 would increase the number of votes, from 50% plus one vote to 60%, that future constitutional amendments would need to pass. If adopted, the higher requirement would apply to an abortion-rights amendment in November that prompted GOP lawmakers to place Issue 1 on the ballot.
It also would significantly toughen the signature-gathering requirements amendment campaigns must meet to qualify for the ballot, by requiring a minimum amount from all 88 Ohio counties, double the current requirement of 44 counties, and by eliminating a 10-day “cure period” during which amendment campaigns can gather more signatures if they initially fall short.
The heightened signature-gathering rules wouldn’t take effect until January and don’t affect the abortion-rights issue in November.
Andrew Tobias covers state politics and government for cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer | 2023-07-30T13:19:09+00:00 | cleveland.com | https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/07/yes-and-no-advocates-debate-issue-1-in-cleveland-campaigns-disclose-donors-and-spending-state-issue-1-recap.html |
NEW YORK (AP) — James Rado, co-creator of the groundbreaking hippie musical “Hair,” which celebrated protest, pot and free love and paved the way for the sound of rock on Broadway, has died. He was 90.
Rado died Tuesday night in New York City of cardio respiratory arrest, according to friend and publicist Merle Frimark.
“Hair,” which has a story and lyrics by Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot, was the first rock musical on Broadway, the first Broadway show to feature full nudity and the first to feature a same-sex kiss.
Tributes came in from the theater world, including André De Shields, who tweeted “Rest in power, James Rado,” to playwright Michael R. Jackson, whose “A Strange Loop” just won the Tony Award for best new musical. He tweeted “rest in peace.”
“Hair” made possible other rock musicals like “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “Rent.” Like “Hamilton,” it was one of only a handful of Broadway shows in the past few decades to find its songs on the pop charts.
The so-called “American tribal love-rock musical,” had its world premiere at the Public Theater in New York City’s East Village in 1967 and transferred the following year to Broadway, where the musical ran more than 1,800 performances. Rado played Claude, a young man about to be drafted and sent to the war in Vietnam.
Clive Barnes, theater critic for The New York Times, called the show “the first Broadway musical in some time to have the authentic voice of today rather than the day before yesterday.” The New York Post said it had “unintentional charm,” contagious high spirits and a “young zestfulness” that “make it difficult to resist.” Variety, however, called it “loony.”
It lost the Tony in 1969 to the more traditional “1776” but won a Grammy Award. The show was revived on Broadway in 1977 and again in 2009, when it won the best revival Tony. It was made into a movie directed by Milos Forman in 1979 starring Treat Williams and Beverly D’Angelo.
The “Hair” Broadway cast album spawned four top four singles on the American pop charts, including the No. 1 hit “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” by the Fifth Dimension, which won the Grammy Award for record of the year and best pop vocal performance by a group in 1970. Others included “Hair” by the Cowsills, “Good Morning, Starshine” by the singer Oliver and “Easy to Be Hard” by Three Dog Night. The cast album itself stayed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for 13 weeks
“Hair” tells the story of Claude and Berger, best buddies who find freedom in the late 1960s. Between draft-card burnings, love-ins, bad LSD trips and a parade of protest marches, the two wander through a New York filled with flower children, drugged-out hippies and outraged tourists who don’t approve of the wild goings-on. In one song, Claude poignantly sings, “Why do I live, why do I die, tell me where do I go, tell me why.”
Will Swenson, who played Berger in “Hair” in the 2009 revival, on Twitter called Rado a “crazy, wonderful psychedelic visionary” and said his show ”changed my life. The tribe is forever.”
The show is playful and chaotic, but there’s also a sense of outrage in its protests against war, racism, sexism, pollution and the general hypocrisy of an era dominated by the American involvement in Vietnam.
“I’d still like ‘Hair’ to be about what it was about then,” Rado told The Associated Press in 1993. “‘Hair’ had a spiritual message, and it has a mystical message I hope is coming through — there’s more to life than the way it’s been devised for us, explained to us, taught to us.”
The songs of “Hair” have been used in everything from the films “Forrest Gump,” “Minions” and “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” to TV shows like “Glee,” “So You Think You Can Dance” and “My Name Is Earl.” Billboard magazine lists “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” at No. 66 of all-time top 100 songs.
Some stars who had roles in “Hair” include Diane Keaton, Joe Mantegna, Meat Loaf, Keith Carradine, Donna Summer, Tim Curry, Elaine Paige and David Patrick Kelly and Charlayne Woodard.
At one point there were 14 companies running simultaneously all over the globe, including a London production which ran for nearly 2,000 performances.
In 2019, the original 1968 Broadway cast recording was inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden deemed “these aural treasures worthy of preservation because of their cultural, historic and aesthetic importance to the nation’s recorded sound heritage.”
Rado was born in Venice, California, and raised in Rochester, New York, and Washington, D.C. After serving two years in the U.S. Navy, he moved to New York and studied acting with Paula and Lee Strasberg.
Rado was part of the ensemble of the Broadway play “Marathon ’33” in 1963 and played Richard Lionheart in “The Lion in Winter” in 1966 opposite Christopher Walken. He met Ragni when he was cast in the off-Broadway musical “Hang Down Your Head and Die.”
The two were interested in birthing a new kind of show and focused on the hippie scene. They wrote the script while sharing an apartment in Hoboken, New Jersey. Rado originated the “Hair” role of the draftee Claude on Broadway.
“Hair” met resistance across the country. In addition to the use of four-letter words, the flouting of authority, sexual references and gross-out humor, the end of Act 1 had the entire cast strip naked to “Where Do I Go” and there was what many believed was desecration of the American flag.
There were church pickets in Evansville, Indiana. Municipal officials in Chattanooga, Tennessee, denied a request to stage the show, determining that it would not be “in the best interest of the community.” In Denver, police threatened to arrest anyone who appeared nude onstage. A Boston visit was challenged in court on the basis of flag desecration.
The original Public Theater production had cut the nude scene, but the creators wanted it back for the Broadway debut. Under the law at that time, New York City allowed nudity onstage onstage as long as the actors weren’t moving, which is why the whole cast of “Hair” stood together in a row, nude and perfectly still.
After “Hair,” Rado wrote the music and lyrics of the off-Broadway show “Rainbow,” co-authoring the book with his brother, Ted Rado. He later teamed up with Ragni to create the book and lyrics for the show “Sun.” Ragni died in 1991. Rado wrote a new show called “American Soldier” with his brother.
In 2009, Rado, MacDermot and Ragni were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., of the group The Fifth Dimension, were joined onstage by the Broadway cast at the time for a finale that brought the ceremony’s approximately 1,000 guests to their feet. MacDermot died in 2018.
Rado told the Hudson Reporter in 2009 that none of the show’s creators anticipated that it would have such an enormous impact. “We thought we’d stumbled on a great idea, and something that potentially could be a hit on Broadway, never thinking of the distant future.”
He is survived by his brother Ted Rado, sister-in-law Kay Rado, nieces Melanie Khoury, Emily DiBona and Melissa Stuart, great-nieces and a great-nephew.
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Mark Kennedy is at http://twitter.com/KennedyTwits | 2022-06-23T12:03:13+00:00 | cenlanow.com | https://www.cenlanow.com/entertainment-news/james-rado-who-co-created-groundbreaking-hair-dies-at-90/ |
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Los Angeles Broker, Bob Siegmeth, joins the fastest growing Real Estate firm in SoCal and surrounding areas. Equity Union, with its 8 and counting locations, including a new location in Santa Clarita, welcomes Siegmeth to the team as managing Broker of the Santa Clarita branch.
Siegmeth was the Broker of Record for another brokerage. He has been involved in over 500 sale transactions in Los Angeles and Ventura County areas since 2008. Prior to that he managed over 5,000 real estate sale dispositions for two large loan servicing companies in the real estate management department. He has been licensed since 1991 and has received notoriety as being one of the youngest real estate licensed agents in California during his start. Siegmeth joined the industry while still accomplishing his high school diploma. He is the epitome of being passionate for Real Estate and a beacon for those searching for a professional career to model their own after.
Providing the ultimate customer service to clients is a priority of Siegmeth. Equity Union's CEO shares that same sentiment, "Going above and beyond for our clients is the core value of this company [Equity Union] and our team members uphold that value in its truest form. Bob [Siegmeth] is no different. I'm assured he will continue to provide the best service to our clients and be a key part in Equity Union's continued success." - Harma Hartouni
"It's exciting to join a company that is innovative, offering a concierge service, high tech platform and marketing team that is focused on helping their agents succeed at a high level. As we continue to experience a shifting market, it will be increasingly important to put our agents above the competition particularly in the luxury space." - Bob Siegmeth
Equity Union shows no yield for the city of Los Angeles and Southern California as it continues to add notorious, star players in the industry to its team and carries on with its ever growing expansion.
Founded by Harma Hartouni, groundbreaking realtor and inspiring author of the memoir Getting Back Up, Equity Union was created to be a completely unique real estate company. With an unparalleled commitment to service, integrity, and excellence.
Media Contact: Dan Stueve, +13105955875, dan@equityunion.com
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indy Now, March 3rd
- Argentinian eatery, Che Chori
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- Indy Now Pop Quiz! | 2023-03-03T19:53:59+00:00 | fox59.com | https://fox59.com/indy-now/indy-now-march-3rd/ |
Rangers second. Josh Jung flies out to left center field to Cody Bellinger. Josh H. Smith singles to left center field. Jonah Heim singles to shallow center field. Josh H. Smith to third. Travis Jankowski doubles. Jonah Heim to third. Josh H. Smith scores. Bubba Thompson reaches on a fielder's choice to shallow infield, advances to 2nd. Travis Jankowski to third. Jonah Heim scores. Throwing error by Nick Madrigal. Marcus Semien doubles to right field. Bubba Thompson scores. Travis Jankowski scores. Corey Seager called out on strikes. Nathaniel Lowe grounds out to second base, Nico Hoerner to Eric Hosmer.
4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Rangers 4, Cubs 0.
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Cubs second. Cody Bellinger walks. Trey Mancini strikes out swinging. Edwin Rios homers to center field. Cody Bellinger scores. Eric Hosmer grounds out to second base, Marcus Semien to Nathaniel Lowe. Nick Madrigal called out on strikes.
2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Rangers 4, Cubs 2.
Rangers fourth. Jonah Heim strikes out on a foul tip. Travis Jankowski reaches on error. Fielding error by Eric Hosmer. Bubba Thompson doubles to left field. Travis Jankowski scores. Marcus Semien strikes out swinging. Corey Seager flies out to deep left field to Ian Happ.
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Rangers sixth. Jonah Heim singles. Travis Jankowski strikes out on a foul bunt. Bubba Thompson triples to deep right center field. Jonah Heim scores. Marcus Semien singles to shallow center field. Bubba Thompson scores. Corey Seager doubles to deep left field. Marcus Semien scores. Nathaniel Lowe called out on strikes. Adolis Garcia flies out to deep center field to Cody Bellinger.
3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Rangers 8, Cubs 2. | 2023-04-09T22:08:38+00:00 | seattlepi.com | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/texas-chicago-cubs-runs-17887484.php |
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