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Indianapolis Public Schools will ask voters for $410 million to fund athletic fields, new windows, fresh sidewalks, and a brand new 650-student elementary school when they head to the polls in May.
District officials say the tax increase is also needed to keep district buildings up to date. On average, the district’s buildings are 61 years old.
The referendum for capital expenses is part of the district’s Rebuilding Stronger reorganization. In addition to upgrades at 23 schools, the plan resurrects standalone middle schools throughout the district, beefs up academic offerings such as arts and computer science, and expands athletic offerings for middle school students.
In January, the school board delayed a vote on a separate referendum for operating expenses that would pay for Rebuilding Stronger’s academic programming changes.
The request for $410 million is about one-third of the district’s total $1.2 billion in deferred maintenance needs.
In 2018, voters approved a $52 million referendum for building safety upgrades. In 2008, voters approved a much larger upgrade when they passed a $278 million referendum for capital expenses to update 32 schools.
Now, some of those upgrades from 2008, such as HVAC units and windows, are in need of repair, said Deputy Superintendent Andrew Strope.
“We need to update those things so that students have a safe and welcoming place to spend their day,” Strope said.
For many homeowners, the tax increase would add a handful of extra dollars to their monthly tax bill.
Here’s what you need to know:
Why does IPS need $410 million?
A 2020 district analysis concluded that more than 30% of its buildings are in “poor” condition. That means the cost to renovate the building is between 30% and 40% of the building’s entire replacement cost.
IPS, like other school districts and public agencies, borrows money for facility investments in cycles. The district pays off that debt over decades.
Facility needs, such as plumbing, roofs, or HVAC systems, need to be replaced at the end of their life cycle. Putting off those necessary upgrades, however, can make things more expensive down the road.
The goal is to try not to leave the next generation with a big price tag, said CFO Weston Young.
“Right now we’re working with a big price tag because of the significant investments that were mad in the 2000s,” he said. “Very little has been done because all of it was new at that time. Now we’re getting to the point of the cycle where a lot of stuff is coming due.”
Which schools will get improvements?
The district has listed 23 schools for improvements, which vary based on the building’s need.
At William Penn School 49, for example, that means better plumbing, new sidewalks, and classroom upgrades so the school can become a STEM school as proposed under Rebuilding Stronger. The school is slated to receive $9.5 million in improvements, the district says.
At Thomas Carr Howe Middle School, which closed in 2020, $39.8 million will prepare the school to welcome students once again in 2024. That means improvements to its softball and baseball fields, and fixes to its interior lighting, plumbing, fire alarm system, roof, and windows.
Five of the 23 schools are schools within the district’s autonomous Innovation Network. These schools are in district buildings and are mostly run by charter operators.
The full list of schools and their improvements is here.
Why is the district asking for more money after voters approved a capital referendum in 2018?
The district’s $52 million capital referendum from 2018, which 76% of voters approved, was strictly for safety and security upgrades.
Those upgrades, which will be completed by the end of 2023, include improved door locks and outdoor lighting.
This much larger $410 capital referendum addresses outdated building needs beyond safety and security measures, which the 2018 referendum did not address.
How much will the referendum cost homeowners?
The district estimates that residents with a home value of $138,500—the median value of homes within IPS borders—will see an extra $3.18 per month on their property tax bill.
You can estimate your monthly tax increase using the district’s calculator by entering the gross assessed value of your home here.
Your gross assessed value is the value of your home before any deductions, such as a homestead deduction. You can find your gross assessed value online by entering your property address on the city’s website here.
How does this affect the district’s total debt?
The district’s current tax rate for debt is roughly 52 cents per $100 of assessed value.
Some of that stems from debt issued through previous ballot questions that voters approved in 2008 and 2018. Debt from the 2008 referendum will be paid off in 2029. Debt from the 2018 referendum will be paid off by 2043.
The proposed referendum is set up to replace that older debt as it expires, while still maintaining a total debt rate of no more than 52 cents per $100. The district anticipates paying off debt from the proposed 2023 referendum by around 2046.
What will the ballot language look like?
Changes to state law in 2021 requires the school district to describe the tax increase as a percentage increase on the ballot question.
The ballot question for May says that the “average property tax paid to the school corporation per year on a residence would increase by 20.4%.”
The language means the portion of the average property tax bill dedicated to IPS will increase by 20.4%. It does not mean that a homeowner’s total property tax bill will increase by 20.4%. Many other taxing units aside from Indianapolis Public Schools, such as the city’s public transportation system or the Indianapolis Public Library, also receive a portion of the total amount shown on your tax bill.
What if the capital referendum doesn’t pass?
If the proposed referendum fails, it may take longer for these 23 buildings to receive upgrades.
The district estimates it would take eight years to bring all elementary and middle school facilities to “good” condition, meaning the buildings only require routine maintenance.
But if voters reject the referendum, officials would have to use a few other funding mechanisms that would likely take 14 to 15 years to bring those buildings up to date, Strope said.
“It will just take a lot longer to make some very much needed investments in some of our facilities,” he said. “This $410 million is a really big deal when it comes to making a pretty substantial investment that our students deserve.”
When and where do I vote for the IPS 2023 referendum?
Early voting starts April 4 at the Indianapolis City-County Building. Additional early voting sites open April 22.
On Election Day, May 2, polls are open 6 a.m to 6 p.m., and Marion County residents can vote at any of the county’s voting centers.
To find voting center locations for early voting and Election Day, apply for an absentee ballot and to see a sample ballot, visit vote.indy.gov.
For more details on the referendum, visit the IPS referendum website here.
MJ Slaby contributed to this story.
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2023-03-30T06:16:53+00:00
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ibj.com
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https://www.ibj.com/articles/410m-ballot-request-for-ips-buildings-creates-list-of-questions
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Capital to Bolster Product Innovation and Expand U.S. Team
LONDON and NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Datamaran, the only ESG risk management software platform, today announced the completion of a £11.7 million Series B funding round led by Fortive (NYSE:FTV) with participation from American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP), both long-standing partners and clients.
Datamaran is the only automated solution available to help leaders take ownership of their ESG strategy. The Datamaran platform enables evidence-based insights and a near real-time assessment of material ESG risks that can be tailored to a client's sector, geography, or stakeholder context. This insight allows leaders to create an informed and fully integrated ESG and business strategy that can be understood by all stakeholders.
This new round of funding will enable additional product innovation and help ensure Datamaran remains at the cutting edge of the shift towards ESG as a strategic business tool. The investment will also support the expansion of its U.S. team and position Datamaran to scale effectively to meet the needs of the expanding ESG insights market.
"After years of expansion, organic growth and achieving profitability, we see even more potential for the strategic insight we provide. This investment provides us with the capital necessary to match the growth opportunities that are increasing at an ever-faster pace as customers, employees and regulators double down on their ESG expectations," said Marjella Lecourt-Alma, CEO and Co-founder of Datamaran.
"Coming from strategic partners and clients, this funding is a ringing endorsement of Datamaran's benefits and our ambition. It demonstrates not only that they realize this technology is integral to their future success, but also their eagerness to share this valuable tool with a wider range of organizations. With this backing, Datamaran will accelerate the process of taking ESG to the C-suite and meet growing demand."
Over the last year Datamaran has seen a surge in interest from the C-suite audience, which now makes up over 40% of revenue and continues to scale rapidly. Datamaran is the only automated solution available to help leaders take ownership of their ESG strategy. Using patented technology, Datamaran identifies and monitors over 400 external risk factors - including environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG), innovation and technology, and geopolitical issues - on an ongoing basis by scanning the regulatory, media and corporate disclosure environments.
"Datamaran's unique technology ensures businesses have the actionable and quantifiable data they need to prepare for the rapidly changing expectations of society from corporations," said Justin McElhattan, VP & Group President of Fortive's Environmental, Health & Safety Group. "Datamaran brings transformative results to businesses around the world - including Fortive - to accelerate progress for a more sustainable future."
"The ability to gain deeper insights into ESG and how it affects our business is increasingly important. The ESG landscape is constantly evolving; having access to data-driven information about how and when those changes are occurring allows us to identify emerging issues and trends that could impact AEP. Datamaran's platform supports monitoring of material ESG issues at any time," said Sandy Nessing, AEP's chief sustainability officer.
In addition to Fortive and AEP, other companies currently using Datamaran include PepsiCo, Walgreens and Dell, while partnerships with EY, DLA Piper, Deloitte and Intelex (a Fortive company) allows a wider range of organizations access to the valuable data insight for strategic ESG decision-making.
For more information on Datamaran, please visit https://www.datamaran.com/.
About Datamaran
Datamaran is the only software analytics platform in the world that identifies and monitors external risks, including ESG. In addition to being trusted by blue-chip companies and top-tier partners, it has been recognized as best practice by the European regulator EFRAG for bringing a data-driven business process for materiality analysis and risk monitoring in-house - at any time. Datamaran's patented technology offers real-time analytics on strategic, regulatory, and reputational risks, specific to your business and value chain.
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2022-09-20T12:53:14+00:00
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kcbd.com
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https://www.kcbd.com/prnewswire/2022/09/20/datamaran-secures-117-million-series-b-investment-deliver-rising-demand-strategic-esg-insight/
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5 Charts About Public Opinion on Medicaid
A quick look at the public’s view of Medicaid, the government health insurance and long-term care program for low-income adults and children, from recent KFF polling.
#1: Most Americans Have Some Connection To Medicaid
Two-thirds of adults in the U.S. say they have had some connection to the Medicaid program, including health insurance (59%), pregnancy-related care, home health care, or nursing home care (31%), coverage for a child (31%), or to help pay for Medicare premiums (23%).
#2: Public Holds Favorable Views Of Medicaid
Large majorities of the public hold favorable views of the Medicaid program. The March 2023 KFF Health Tracking Poll found three-fourths of the public say they have an either “very favorable” (29%) or “somewhat favorable” (47%) view of the program, while one-fifth say they have an unfavorable view. A majority of Democrats (89%), independents (75%), and Republicans (65%) view the program favorably. The share across parties who view the law favorably has remained stable since the last time it was asked in 2019.
#3: Most Think Medicaid Works Well For Lower-Income People
Most Americans say the current Medicaid program is working well for most low-income people covered by the program. More than two-thirds of the public overall (69%) say the program is working well, as do large majorities of independents (63%), Republicans (69%), and Democrats (76%). Three-fourths of people who have a connection to Medicaid, either through themselves, a family member, or a close friend receiving benefits (two-thirds of all adults), say the program is working well.
#4: Views Of Whether Medicaid Is Health Insurance Or Welfare Vary By Partisanship
When asked whether Medicaid is primarily a government health insurance program or a government welfare program, a larger share of the public (61%) as well as six in ten independents and eight in ten Democrats (79%) say Medicaid is primarily a health insurance program. A small majority of Republicans (54%) say Medicaid is primarily a welfare program.
#5: Medicaid Expansion Is Popular In Non-Expansion States
Two-thirds of the people living in states that have not expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act to cover more low-income adults say they want to see their Medicaid programs expand. This is nearly twice the share who say they want the program to stay as it is today (34%).
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2023-03-31T14:25:32+00:00
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kff.org
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https://www.kff.org/medicaid/poll-finding/5-charts-about-public-opinion-on-medicaid/
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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group Corp. reported on Friday a 3 trillion yen ($21 billion) profit for the July-September quarter, a sharp reversal from its loss a year ago.
After its 398 billion yen loss a year earlier, quarterly sales rose to 1.6 trillion yen ($11 billion) from 1.5 trillion yen, it said.
Tokyo-based SoftBank Group tends to have fluctuating and complex financial results because it invests in an array of companies, and their stock prices have shifted lately, depending on various global factors.
Among the factors boosting its bottom line were profits from prepaid contracts using Alibaba shares, reduction of interest-bearing debt and investment gains, SoftBank said. The settling of prepaid shares in e-commerce giant Alibaba alone brought in more than 4 trillion yen ($28 billion).
SoftBank invests in hundreds of companies, including mobile carrier SoftBank, web services provider Yahoo and vehicle-for-hire company Didi.
It also is involved in the Vision Fund that includes other global investors.
While its holdings in Alibaba worked as a plus for its bottom line, its Vision Fund investments hurt, according to SoftBank.
Vision Fund One recorded gains on some investments such as Uber Technologies but had losses on others including Door Dash. Vision Fund Two racked up losses because of the share price decline of WeWork, SoftBank said in a statement.
Uncertainties remain, including soaring material costs and higher interest rates in the U.S., said Chief Financial Officer Yoshimitsu Goto. The weakening yen against the U.S. dollar worked as a plus overall for SoftBank, at least on the books, he said.
He said an initial public offering of U.K.-based Arm is still in the works. SoftBank owns Arm, a leader in chip design.
“We remain on the defensive for now, taking a conservative view, although we plan to go on the offensive some day,” Goto said of the company's investment plans.
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Yuri Kageyama is on Twitter https://twitter.com/yurikageyama
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2022-11-11T10:26:24+00:00
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sfgate.com
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https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Japan-s-SoftBank-returns-to-profit-as-investments-17576708.php
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MOSCOW, Russia — With Russia's military action in Ukraine in its fifth month, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned Kyiv that it should quickly accept Moscow's terms or brace for the worst, adding ominously that Russia has barely started its action.
Speaking at a meeting with leaders of the Kremlin-controlled parliament, Putin accused Western allies of fueling the hostilities, charging that "the West wants to fight us until the last Ukrainian.”
“It's a tragedy for the Ukrainian people, but it looks like it's heading in that direction,” he added.
“Everybody should know that largely speaking, we haven’t even yet started anything in earnest,” Putin said in a menacing note.
He declared that Russia remains ready to sit down for talks to end the fighting, adding that “those who refuse to do so should know that the longer it lasts the more difficult it will be for them to make a deal with us.”
“We are hearing that they want to defeat us on the battlefield,” Putin said. “Let them try.”
Earlier in the conflict, the Kremlin demanded that Kyiv acknowledge Russian sovereignty over the Crimea peninsula it annexed from Ukraine in 2014 and recognize the independence of Moscow-backed separatist regions in eastern Ukraine. Moscow also said it expected Ukraine to bow to the existing situation on the ground, a reference to other land gains it has made since the Russian troops rolled into Ukraine on Feb. 24.
After failing to capture Kyiv and other big cities in Ukraine's northeast early in the campaign, the Russian military shifted its focus to Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland of Donbas where Moscow-backed separatists have fought Ukrainian troops since 2014.
Earlier this week, the Russian military claimed control of the Luhansk province, one of the two regions that make up Donbas, and is preparing to press its offensive into the second one, the Donetsk region.
In the early stages of the conflict, Russia won control of the southern Kherson region and part of neighboring Zaporizhzhia. Moscow is expected to try to eventually cut Ukraine off from its Black Sea coast all the way to the Romanian border. If that succeeded, it would deal a crushing blow to the Ukrainian economy and also create a corridor to Moldova’s separatist region of Transnistria that hosts a Russian military base.
Putin reaffirmed his long-held claim that the West using the conflict in Ukraine to try to isolate and weaken Russia.
“They simply don't need such a country as Russia,” Putin said. “This is why they have used terrorism, separatism and internal destructive forces in our country.”
He charged that Western sanctions against Russia have failed to achieve their goal of “sowing division and strife in our society and demoralizing our people.”
“The course of history is unstoppable, and attempts by the collective West to enforce its version of the global order are doomed to fail,” Putin said.
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2022-07-09T21:54:44+00:00
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wcnc.com
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https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/putin-says-russia-barely-started/507-54acb907-6a18-463a-80a6-e95f2946a5ec
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Thursday, July 20th 2023, 10:40 pm
A severe complex of storms rolls into northwestern Oklahoma Thursday night. These storms could produce large hail and damaging winds.
Storms should weaken slowly as they roll toward the Oklahoma City metro. Storms arrive in the metro area between 4 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Friday morning.
Storm trackers will be out Thursday night and will bring you updates.
After the storms roll out, it will be a fantastic July day. Highs in the 70s and 80s with a north breeze.
Lows on Saturday morning will be very cool for this time of year. Dropping into the 50s and 60s.
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2023-07-21T11:32:01+00:00
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news9.com
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https://www.news9.com/story/64b91f3f27eaec072134d36a/severe-storms-thursday-and-then-turning-much-cooler
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The veterinary sedative xylazine is being mixed into illegal drugs and could be contributing to a rise in overdoses. (Story first aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on July 30, 2022.)
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The veterinary sedative xylazine is being mixed into illegal drugs and could be contributing to a rise in overdoses. (Story first aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on July 30, 2022.)
Copyright 2022 WBUR
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2022-08-23T09:57:01+00:00
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kgou.org
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https://www.kgou.org/health/health/2022-08-23/encore-an-animal-tranquilizer-is-making-street-drugs-even-more-dangerous
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Looking to the future, Pulpdent continues to grow and introduce new products—ones that empower dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants to reach higher standards of dental care
WATERTOWN, Mass., Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pulpdent Corporation is pleased to announce that 2022 marks 75 years as a leading company in the global dental industry. Building on a legacy of advances in dental research, Pulpdent is poised to maintain its position as a top manufacturer and seller of dental restorative materials, prevention products, and supplies. The company also plans to introduce a series of new products in the coming years that will help raise standards in dental care.
As part of the 75th anniversary, Pulpdent has issued a new commemorative catalog that features engaging stories and previously unreleased images of Pulpdent's rich history.
"We are grateful to all who have supported us in reaching this important milestone," says Pulpdent President Fred Berk. "We have undertaken many long-term ventures in dental materials research. It has been gratifying to watch our R&D team strike new ground, particularly in bio-interactive materials that work with nature to benefit teeth and overall oral health. Today, these hard-won advances benefit clinicians and their patients worldwide."
A History of Innovation and Responsible Growth
Founded in 1947 by Dr. Harold Berk, an innovator in calcium hydroxide materials for vital pulp therapy and root canal therapy, Pulpdent remains a family-owned company well known for its innovations in dental material science. Today, Pulpdent employs more than 125 people and manufactures its diverse product portfolio in Watertown, Massachusetts, USA.
"We have concentrated on steady, sustainable growth that will ensure the long-term vitality of the business," says Pulpdent Vice President Don Berk. "But even more importantly, we have held ourselves accountable to the core principles that were championed my father, Dr. Harold Berk, who never compromised patient care. He believed deeply in dentist education and authentic, long-term patient relationships. His spirit continues to fuel our passion to develop, manufacture, and sell products that save teeth and help patients live in comfort and smile with confidence."
Shifting the Dental Paradigm for a Better Standard of Care
Traditionally, dental products were designed to have a neutral existence, play a passive role, and do no harm. The idea was that this would make them more stable and durable. Pulpdent has worked to change the paradigm, developing smart dental materials that work in concert with natural biological processes to proactively support the health of teeth and the oral environment.
Pulpdent scientists pioneered moisture friendly dental resins and created a rubberized resin molecule for use in dental materials. These efforts fueled new product development and opened the door to modern-day bio-interactive dental materials, which Pulpdent helped introduce to dentistry in 2013. The company's first bio-interactive dental material, which received FDA approval to be termed "bioactive," was ACTIVA BioACTIVE-RESTORATIVE. ACTIVA will celebrate its 10th year in the marketplace in 2023.
"ACTIVA BioACTIVE materials have been well-received and have experienced growth every year," says Pulpdent Director of Sales Marcy Buckler. "Through a wide range of educational and sales programs, much of the dental community now understands ACTIVA's unique bioactive chemistry and how it actively helps patients' teeth and overall well-being."
Crysta MCP Technology Heralds New Product Advances
Pulpdent's latest proprietary innovation, Crysta MCP technology, was introduced in January 2022 after receiving a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office in July 2021. Features of this groundbreaking technology include the following:
- Crysta has the ability to combat the primary causes of restorative failure for the lifetime of a restoration by releasing and recharging calcium, fluoride, and phosphate.
- Crysta allows for top-tier dental esthetics never before achieved in a bioactive material.
- The technology is emblematic of Pulpdent's sustained efforts to develop truly original materials that will benefit dental patients for their entire lives.
- Crysta is poised to power the next 10 years of product introductions for the company
- Crysta is immediately available in ACTIVA Presto universal light-cure composite and Lime-Lite Enhanced cavity liner.
"Our innovation stems from Pulpdent's genuine heart to care for people, beginning with the Pulpdent team," says Christie Bailey, Pulpdent Director of Professional Relations & International Business. "Optimal patient care is what inspired Dr. Harold Berk to establish Pulpdent 75 years ago, and it remains the driving force for our innovation to the future."
New Logo Symbolizes New Era of Commitment
As part of Pulpdent's 75th anniversary, the company has adopted a new logo and issued a special catalog that explores the company's evolution over the years. Pulpdent's new logo is part of an ongoing rebranding effort that began in 2022. It will be gradually implemented into packaging, marketing, and other corporate media going forward. The new logo is featured in the new Pulpdent 75th anniversary commemorative catalog, which is immediately available at https://www.pulpdent.com/product-catalog/.
"The Pulpdent logo transition symbolizes important changes within the company," says Pulpdent Director of Marketing Zachary Kulsrud. "It signals to the marketplace that Pulpdent has matured and accelerated its advances in dental material technology, which allow it to further advance its mission of saving teeth and helping patients smile with confidence. It also signals that its expanding leadership team is ready to take Pulpdent confidently into its next 75 years."
A Promising Future
"Looking ahead, we plan to build on our patented advancements in moisture-friendly resin, rubberized resin, and bioactive chemical technologies for dental composites," says Manager of Strategic Operations Lewis Berk. "It is an exciting time for the company and the dental professionals we serve. Moreover, it is an honor to continue to build upon the legacy of my grandfather and his vision of better dentistry for all."
About Pulpdent Corporation—Pulpdent® Corporation is a family-owned dental research and manufacturing company established in 1947 by Dr. Harold Berk. Its longstanding mission is to save teeth and help dental patients live in comfort and smile with confidence. Pulpdent products are researched and manufactured in its production facility in Watertown, Massachusetts, USA. Its first product, Pulpdent Paste, is still used today in vital pulp therapy and root canal therapy. Pulpdent has a proven legacy of investment in original dental research and new technologies, which have led to flagship products that include ACTIVA™ BioACTIVE-RESTORATIVE™, ACTIVA™ Presto™ / Pronto™, Embrace™ WetBond™ Pit & Fissure Sealant, Lime-Lite™ Enhanced, and Tuff-Temp™ Plus. More information and product inquiries may be directed to the company at pulpdent@pulpdent.com.
MEDIA CONTACT INFORMATION:
Pulpdent Corporation
Zachary Kulsrud | Director of Marketing
(800) 343-4342 | 80 Oakland St, Watertown, MA 02472
zackulsrud@pulpdent.com
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2022-11-03T12:47:23+00:00
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newschannel10.com
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https://www.newschannel10.com/prnewswire/2022/11/03/pulpdent-celebrates-75th-anniversary-leader-dental-product-research-sales-manufacturing/
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2023-07-27T22:14:25+00:00
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albanyherald.com
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https://www.albanyherald.com/news/business/ford-s-ev-losses-climb-but-overall-profits-rise/article_17675778-fdd9-5e16-90ff-954853d18ffc.html
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When it comes to buying a chainsaw, cutting corners can result in spending more time on a job than necessary or even not being able to finish at all. Saving money at checkout is compelling, but taking a chance on an unreliable tool might cost you more in the long run and increase your potential for injury. Whether you’re a working contractor in need of a tool upgrade, or a property owner looking to tidy up your yard come spring, selecting a chainsaw from one of these reputable manufacturers will keep you working efficiently and safely.
In this article: Ryobi 40-volt 14-inch electric cordless chainsaw with battery and charger, Makita 20-inch Ridgeline gas chainsaw and Husqvarna 16-inch gas chainsaw.
Ryobi
Thanks to the company’s widely available, reasonably priced products, Ryobi’s logo can be seen on dozens of tools in the hands of professionals everywhere. With both gas and electric chainsaws in their lineup, Ryobi offers a broad selection of options to suit the needs of contractors, tree surgeons and homeowners alike.
Makita
Makita is best known for manufacturing premium cordless tools and some of the longest-lasting batteries on the market. You may be surprised to learn, however, that the company also produces a limited line of gas-powered machines such as leaf blowers and chainsaws. Whether you go electric or opt for a traditional combustion engine, Makita’s reputation for excellent performance and no-nonsense operation makes its chainsaws some of the best you can buy.
Echo
Echo’s first chainsaw hit the market in 1963 and the company has been delivering dependable outdoor and agricultural machinery ever since. While Echo lacks some of the name recognition of its competitors, the brand is increasing in popularity as people discover that it offers great products at prices that are often well below comparable tools from other manufacturers. Echo’s chainsaw line runs the gamut from compact electric models to gas-powered tools designed for commercial use.
Husqvarna
Founded in 1689, Husqvarna is one of the world’s longest-running companies. That fact alone speaks volumes about the brand’s dedication to the longevity of its tools. While Husqvarna continues to innovate for the future, even extending into the field of robotics, the company’s gas-powered machines call back to the Swedish brand’s foundational principles of raw power and dependability. This makes Husqvarna’s chainsaws easy to recommend to anyone in search of a tool that gets the job done time and time again.
Gas vs. electric chainsaws
Even though battery technology has advanced, many professionals still prefer gas-powered tools. Combustion engines are capable of more torque than electric motors, and they don’t gradually lose power like batteries tend to as they approach the end of their charge. This makes them the better choice for major jobs and commercial work.
Battery-powered tools are cleaner, quieter, don’t emit noxious fumes and require less upkeep, making them a more reasonable choice for most homeowners. If you only foresee having to keep up with occasional property maintenance or minor branch cutting, you can skip the gasoline and oil in favor of a battery pack.
Best Ryobi chainsaws
Ryobi 18-Inch Two-Cycle Gas Chainsaw
This chainsaw features an automatic oiler for a longer bar and chain life as well as an anti-vibration handle for improved comfort and control. It includes a rugged carrying case for safe transport and storage.
Sold by Home Depot
Ryobi 40V HP Brushless 16-Inch Cordless Battery Chainsaw
This electric chainsaw kit is a great buy, thanks to its included battery and charger. It features an onboard tool storage compartment and its powerful brushless motor provides gas-like power.
Sold by Home Depot
Ryobi 18-Inch 40V Brushless Cordless Battery Chainsaw
Those looking for a long, battery-powered chainsaw will find a lot to like in this 18-inch offering from Ryobi that includes a durable carrying and storage case. It has an automatic oiler and a mechanical chain brake that helps prevent kickback.
Sold by Amazon
Best Makita chainsaws
Makita 20-inch Ridgeline Gas Chainsaw
This chainsaw maintains Makita’s reputation for quality in its compact design, powerful engine and spring-assisted starter. Its chain compartment is easy to clean and its cartridge air filter system improves air filter life.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Makita 18V Lithium-Ion Brushless Cordless 14-Inch Chainsaw Kit
With four included batteries and a charger that lets you connect two at the same time, you won’t be missing out on power with this all-in-one electric chainsaw kit. A variable speed trigger and an automatic power-off function puts you in control of the tool’s energy consumption
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Makita 18V Lithium-Ion Brushless Cordless 10-Inch Chainsaw
Perfect for small jobs, this chainsaw weighs 7.2 pounds and has a torque-boosting feature for a burst of additional power when you need it. A lock prevents you from accidentally starting the tool and a built-in attachment point lets you hang it from a harness to keep your hands free while climbing.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Best Echo chainsaws
Echo 20-inch Timber Wolf Gas Two-Stroke Cycle Chainsaw
Featuring a digital ignition system for hassle-free starting, this chainsaw’s translucent fuel tank makes it easy to check your level with a glance. An automatic, clutch-driven oiler reduces oil consumption and a dual-post chain brake keeps you safe.
Sold by Home Depot
Echo 18-inch Gas Two-Stroke Cycle Chainsaw
Echo’s G-Force engine pre-cleaner protects this chainsaw’s internal components from sawdust, dirt and debris. Access to its air filter requires no tools and its i-30 ignition system makes starting the motor easy.
Sold by Home Depot
Best Husqvarna chainsaws
Husqvarna 16-inch Gas Chainsaw
Husqvarna’s LowVib technology keeps this saw’s handle vibrations to a minimum, preventing hand numbness during long jobs. Its inertia-activated chain brake reduces the possibility of dangerous kickback and its air-cleaning system removes most particles before they ever get a chance to clog your filter.
Sold by Amazon
Husqvarna 450 Rancher 20-inch Gas Chainsaw
This chainsaw’s 20-inch bar lets you safely tackle major cutting jobs like pruning large limbs or processing fallen timber. Its efficient X-Torq engine is designed to reduce fuel consumption, resulting in fewer harmful emissions.
Sold by Amazon
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2023-04-05T13:54:41+00:00
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wate.com
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LETTER: Las Vegas real estate scams are very real
July 19, 2023 - 9:00 pm
In response to your Sunday story on real estate scams:
In 2015, a scammer tried to rent me my own house. I went there to mow the lawn before my new tenants moved in. Someone had kicked open the front door of the empty house. My heart sank. But I went inside and everything was still spotless and all the appliances were there. What?
Then I checked my Craig’s List ad. There were two ads for my house: mine and someone else’s. The scammer had copied my description verbatim and used all my photos. But the price was 50 percent less.
I called the phone number in the ad. Yep, they wanted cash for the security deposit and first month’s rent.
It turns out they were going to fix the door jamb, change the locks and pretend they were the homeowner. The poor tenants would be out their money and then get evicted for squatting.
My advice to tenants: Never pay in cash, and get a lease in writing up front. Then check to see if the landlord on the lease does indeed own the home by going to the Clark County recorder’s office website. For fun, ask the landlord for the APN (Assessor’s Parcel Number).
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2023-07-20T04:41:29+00:00
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reviewjournal.com
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https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/letters/letter-las-vegas-real-estate-scams-are-very-real-2874744/
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Washington, D.C., officials say their city is unable to accept new migrants, as they officially reached their capacity for housing migrant families.
D.C.'s Department of Human Services (DHS) said that the Office of Migrant Services' (OHS) temporary lodging program for families has been full as of April 26.
"New intakes are temporarily paused at this time while we continue our work helping families identify pathways for long-term sustainability and self-sufficiency based on their needs, both inside and outside the region," DHS said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
"OMS continues the processing of arriving buses, helping to facilitate onward travel, and providing information and resources to those arriving in the District on buses and other modes of transportation," the statement added.
LORI LIGHTFOOT PLEADS WITH GOV. ABBOTT TO STOP SENDING MIGRANTS TO CHICAGO: ‘DANGEROUS AND INHUMANE’
According to the release, OMD is housing 1,249 people from 370 families in three D.C. hotels. The migrants are given food, shelter and medical care, in addition to school enrollments and "robust case management."
The D.C. Council passed an emergency measure to give migrants more resources, but Councilman Robert White says the city needs assistance from the federal government.
MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT LASHES OUT AT TEXAS GOV. ABBOTT AFTER 50 MORE MIGRANTS ARE BUSSED TO CHICAGO
"At this point, we have exhausted resources," White told FOX 5 DC. "Either they have to get a ticket to another place, or we will see families sleeping on the street."
"I support putting more rainy day funds forward but that just means we end up back in the exact same place in a few weeks if more systemic things don't change," White added. "Those things include funding from the federal government and the federal government taking a look at work requirements."
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2023-05-06T03:07:11+00:00
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foxbangor.com
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https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/dc-reaches-migrant-housing-capacity-unable-to-accept-new-families-officials/article_dcec89d4-e628-5d80-888f-8d034fa6ff4e.html
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Zillennials: The newest micro-generation has a name
By Terry Ward, CNN
There was a time when Juliana Olarte, a 26-year-old travel publicist living in New York City, couldn’t figure out where she fit in from a generational standpoint.
Her Generation Z sister, who is 16, sometimes calls Olarte “cheugy,” she said. The term is used by Gen Z to refer to “millennial things that are kind of uncool or cringey,” according to Olarte.
“My sister sees me as a young millennial, and millennials see me as Gen Z,” she said.
The term millennial (also known as Generation Y) refers to anyone born between 1981 and 1996, and Gen Z refers to anyone born from 1997 through 2012, according to the Pew Research Center.
Along the blurry edge at the cusp of the two generations, between Gen Y and Z, is where zillennials live.
“When I first heard the term zillennial, in college, I was like, ‘that’s me,'” Olarte said.
Unfamiliar with the term? It’s a tiny group.
“Zillennials refer to a small cohort born between the early 1990s and the early 2000s,” said Deborah Carr, professor of sociology and director of the Center for Innovation in Social Science at Boston University. “They’re on the cusp of Gen Z and millennial, thus the mash-up label of zillennial.”
This micro-generation, loosely defined as being in their early to mid-20s, have faced and overcome much adversity in their relatively short lives, said Carr via email.
“They were babies and children when 9/11 struck and don’t know life before airport security screenings, rampant domestic terrorism and other frightening threats,” she said. “They attended college during the pandemic, and missed out on important social markers.”
Zillennials were born roughly between 1992 and 2002, but there isn’t one consistent cut off point that experts agree on, Carr said.
Ask a zillennial, though, and they might tell you who they are.
Olarte’s sister and other members of “Gen Z grew up with a phone in their hand and with social media — they didn’t miss a beat,” said Olarte. A decade earlier, “we had the iPod Touch to download music online and did YouTube-to-mp3 converters.”
Tech often divides the generations
The different ways generations grow up with and use technology is a strong delineator in defining generations.
Zillennials straddle the generations of millennials, who are considered digital pioneers, and Gen Z, who are considered digital natives who never knew life before screens.
“We’ve been growing up with technology our whole lives, but we’re not TikTok dancers like Gen Z but also weren’t on MySpace like millennials,” said Sabrina Grimaldi, 23. She launched Zillennial Zine, a mostly online site for her micro-generation, in 2021.
Grimaldi has a younger sibling who is Gen Z and an older sibling who’s a millennial. “My entire life, I’ve been told I’m a millennial or a new Gen Zer. I really do relate to both, but I also don’t at all,” she said.
Her website’s most popular articles have covered such topics as what to wear to the Harry Styles and Taylor Swift concerts; “the best cozy Nintendo Switch games;” and recipes inspired by the Utah dirty soda trend on TikTok, which involves pouring creamer into soda, Grimaldi said.
Among the celebrities she considers part of her zillennial cohort are Zendaya and American singer-songwriter Sabrina Carpenter.
“We are kind of this weird, in-between ground nobody talks about that’s also young and figuring things out, at the beginning of our careers and discovering the world as an adult,” she said. “The most misunderstood thing about us is probably our existence.”
Why do we label generations, anyway?
In addition to a shared relationship with technology, members of a generation or birth cohort often share critical life experiences, said Carr.
For the “Greatest Generation,” that includes being called to serve during World War II, she said. For baby boomers, having grown up together as young adults in the tumultuous 1960s is a commonality. Gen X was born after boomers, from the early 1960s to the late 1970s.
Gen Z attended high school during the pandemic and missed out on major youth milestones. For Americans, that might be prom and tradtional graduations.
“Some generations reject the labels given to them by others and some generations embrace the name if they feel it fits them and their values or differences,” said Jason Dorsey, a generations researcher and president of the Center for Generational Kinetics, a generational research firm.
“We find that zillennials often push away from the negative millennial headlines that they are trying to avoid or not replicate, such as the clickbait stories on acting entitled as adults or having overly high expectations,” he said via email, noting that zillennials also push away from teenagers and teen trends that feel too young.
Some millennials, too, shun the label they’ve been given because they believe it has a negative connotation and sells them short, Dorsey said.
“In fact, contrary to many popular memes of millennials not working, they are often the largest generation in a company’s workforce and frequently the largest generations of managers,” he said.
Can’t we all just get along?
While zillennials often feel they don’t fit in with either Gen Z or millennials, Dorsey said the middle zone they occupy has its own advantages.
“At our research center, we’ve seen cuspers like zillennials often end up having an advantage because it tends to make them more aware of both generations before and after their own,” he said.
His firm’s research has shown Gen Z to be more connected to social causes than millennials, with zillennials similarly more interested than millennials when it comes to social issues.
People in Gen Z “care a lot about environmentalism, trying to reduce their carbon footprints and reduce their plastic waste.” Grimaldi said.
From a young age, zillennials have learned the effects of climate change, said Carr. “They are very mindful of the threats to the planet—yet also know they can play an important role in reducing their carbon footprint (Think, Greta Thunberg),” Carr said.
But the stereotypes society creates for generations are just stereotypes, Carr said.
“We need to remember that every generation of young people has their own struggles and that they’re coping the best they can with the world that past generations have created for them,” she said.
Philip Cohen, a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, calls generational labels meaningless.
“Marketers and fadfluencers will want to be the first to name a ‘generation’ or ‘microgeneration’ for clicks and followers,” Cohen wrote via email. “But it is meaningless to do so before we know what it is we’re studying and why.”
“Social science does not pay much attention to the discourse over ‘generations’ because it is mostly superficial hype,” he said.
Try telling that to a zillennial, however.
Grimaldi thinks it’s up to every generation to band together to support the next group of people growing up in society after it — all the better to help ensure a brighter future for all. And her generation, she said, is already on it.
“Every time a new generation pops up there’s this argument about who sucks and why they suck, and I think as zillennials we are trying to stop that as much as we can,” said Grimaldi. “We don’t have to hate on every new upcoming generation.
“We’re all collectively raising these new generations,” she said. “Let’s focus on building a better future together.”
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2023-05-10T13:37:21+00:00
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keyt.com
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https://keyt.com/health/2023/05/10/zillennials-the-newest-micro-generation-has-a-name/
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LONDON, June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On World Environment Day, ELFBAR, a pioneer and innovator of vaping technologies, reiterated its sustainable practices and industry compliance through its comprehensive recycling efforts in reducing e-waste generation.
The environmental regulatory landscape is ever changing and ELFBAR is actively following its development. In a move towards greater sustainability, ELFBAR has been working closely with the UK's compliance body, the European Recycling Platform (ERP), since 2022. The partnership has facilitated ELFBAR's successful registration under the guidelines of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations in the UK.
To further enhance its environmental commitment, ELFBAR has launched the GreenPowercycle recycling program with Recover, one of the UK's most established lithium recycling companies, in the UK early this year. Leveraging its Euro 6 standard-compliant, low-carbon vehicles, Recover has handled the collection and transportation of the discarded devices from retail outlets. The collected devices are transported to an Authorized Approved Treatment Facility (AATF) certified organization, where they are completely and thoroughly disassembled for recycling. The GreenPowercycle recycling program ensures that all the components within the vapes, including the plastics and metals, undergo a rigorous disassembly and recycling procedure.
"Through the comprehensive recycling process, all components, including plastics and metals, are safely transformed into reusable secondary raw materials," said John Dorman, Chief Executive Officer of Recover. "No e-cigarette maker has achieved this before ELFBAR."
Several vape retail partners, such as MyCigara, Evapo, and Tidal Vape, have already joined the GreenPowercycle program to install dedicated recycling bins for used ELFBAR products in their UK-based stores. The initiative will be expanded to include more retail chains soon. This proactive step provides an easy way for consumers to conveniently dispose of their products after use.
"From R&D to business operations, environmental stewardship permeates all aspects of our business," said Priya Liu, Director of ESG of ELFBAR. "We are committed to achieving zero waste diversion to landfills and are continually developing our recycling program. By 2025, ELFBAR aims to achieve closed-loop sustainable development by establishing a full-cycle recycling system that is mature, dismantlable, and reusable."
Outside of the UK, ELFBAR has also been implementing environmental protection programs and carrying out recycling initiatives in various countries since last year. This includes Ireland, Romania, and Cyprus, where recycling services are provided in over 3,000 stores.
ELFBAR's recycling program represents a tangible step towards environmental responsibility. Together with the environmentally focused brand GreenAwareness, ELFBAR is dedicated to advancing sustainable development and caring for the environment globally.
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2023-06-05T10:35:35+00:00
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kmvt.com
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https://www.kmvt.com/prnewswire/2023/06/05/elfbar-joins-forces-with-uk-recycler-strengthen-its-global-sustainable-practices/
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CANTON, Ohio — Canton Police are asking for the public's help locating a man who may be responsible for a fatal shooting.
The shooting happened around 10:45 a.m. in the 1300 block of Greenfield Avenue S.W. on Friday.
When police arrived, they found a man sitting in the driver's seat of a running vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head.
He was transported to Aultman Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
According to police, a man with long curly hair and a tribal tattoo on his neck was seen leaving the scene.
Police said the man left the scene driving a brown, gold, or taupe-colored Chevrolet Impala.
Stark County CrimeStoppers and the Canton FBI are offering a cash reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible.
Anyone with information on this crime is asked to call police at 330-489-3144.
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2023-03-13T17:53:07+00:00
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news5cleveland.com
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https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/akron-canton-news/canton-police-search-for-person-of-interest-in-fatal-shooting
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NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Olaplex Holdings, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of OLPX during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CONTACT US HERE:
https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/olaplex-holdings-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=35026&from=4
CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Olaplex common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's initial public offering conducted on or around September 30, 2021.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) macroeconomic pressures and competition in the haircare market were more robust than the Company had represented to investors; (ii) accordingly, the Company was unlikely to maintain its sales and revenue momentum; and (iii) as a result, it was unlikely that the Company would be able to achieve the financial and operational growth projected in the offering documents; and (iv) as a result, the offering documents were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein.
DEADLINE: January 17, 2023 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/olaplex-holdings-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=35026&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of OLPX during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is January 17, 2023. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
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Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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2022-12-28T11:11:55+00:00
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kxii.com
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https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2022/12/28/shareholder-alert-gross-law-firm-notifies-shareholders-olaplex-holdings-inc-class-action-lawsuit-lead-plaintiff-deadline-january-17-2023-nasdaq-olpx/
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NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Peruvian Connection, known for its Peruvian-made artisan apparel featuring luxury knit and woven textiles, has teamed up with legendary editor and industry icon Glenda Bailey for PC x GB, a beautifully crafted, precisely edited collection filled with pieces designed to wear for a lifetime.
To celebrate the launch of the collection, Peruvian Connection Founder Annie Hurlbut Zander and Glenda Bailey hosted a private cocktail and store preview at the brand's PC x GB pop-up shop located at 1070 Madison Avenue through the end of the year. High profile guests included acclaimed actress and fashion enthusiast Demi Moore, a close friend of Bailey's who sported a luxe look from the collection, and renowned Scottish actor Alan Cumming.
"It isn't often that a fashion visionary like Glenda Bailey turns her attention to a small, though extraordinarily skilled and accomplished, knitwear design company in the farmlands of Kansas," noted Hurlbut Zander. "Within five minutes of meeting, Glenda and I were talking as if we'd known each other for ages. Within ten, we both knew that our shared enthusiasm and appreciation for artisan-crafted, luxury fiber apparel could lead to something extraordinary."
A veteran in the fashion industry, Bailey brings a font of fashion knowledge and innovation, leading the vision for Harper's Bazaar for more than two decades. During Bailey's tenure, she was praised for her focus on transparency, authenticity, and diversity and was highly regarded for her philanthropic endeavors.
"Glenda has been mentoring and helping to shape and define designers' brands for decades as editor-in-chief at Harper's Bazaar. The fact that she chose Peruvian Connection to partner with for her inaugural design collaboration is not only a tremendous honor, but also speaks to our years of experience in creating knit and woven textiles in the Andes," said Hurlbut Zander.
This marks the first major product collaboration Peruvian Connection has embarked upon in its impressive 45+ years in business, an exciting step for the brand that has amassed a rather large and loyal following with customers that continue to come back for the brand's high quality product offerings. "Through Glenda, an extraordinary, new chapter of Peruvian Connection has begun to unfold - one that remains authentic to our roots in artisan textiles and luxury fibers, while introducing our customers as well as a new audience to a more fashion-forward Peruvian Connection," said Hurlbut Zander.
"My adventure with Peruvian Connection has been an exploration into craftsmanship," said Bailey. "For over 45 years Annie has pioneered a collection using the inspiration and cultural heritage of Peru. She has consistently championed sustainability and local artisans. I am excited that our collaboration brings a new point of view bringing fashion to a much loved brand."
The capsule collection will feature 74 items ranging from cozy Alpaca knits and stunning shearling coats, to modern silhouettes spanning across tops and pullovers, dresses, trousers and even some select jewelry items. The majority of the collection was developed in small batch production with the brand's partners in Peru, many of which Peruvian Connection has collaborated with for decades.
Items range in price from $88 to $3,800 and are available for purchase on pcxgb.com and in the brand's seven retail stores, including its pop-up at 1070 Madison Avenue in New York City.
About Peruvian Connection
Peruvian Connection was founded in 1976 by mother and daughter team, Biddy and Annie Hurlbut Zander. While researching anthropology in Peru as a college student, Annie discovered a textile tradition as well as a remarkable fiber - alpaca - that would launch a family business and captivate her for a lifetime.
For more than 45 years, Peruvian Connection has made ethnographic textiles the point of reference for its artisan-made collections. In addition to the label's signature alpaca and pima cotton knitwear, it offers a range of romantic dresses and skirts, superbly tailored outerwear, and handcrafted accessories, all made exclusively for Peruvian Connection. Although the company has grown over the last four decades, the original goal remains the same: to offer original, artisan designs in native Andean luxury fibers.
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2022-10-17T17:36:48+00:00
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kxii.com
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https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2022/10/17/celebrities-come-out-celebrate-peruvian-connections-collaboration-with-legendary-editor-glenda-bailey/
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Editor's note: This story includes detailed descriptions of violence.
Irvo Otieno was killed in custody earlier this month at a psychiatric hospital while experiencing mental health distress. Reverend Al Sharpton says this has to be a turning point.
Who is he? Sharpton is a civil rights activist known for many things: as a Baptist minister, an advocate for social justice and equity, and the founder of the National Action Network.
What's the big deal? Earlier this month, Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man in Virginia, was killed in custody at a psychiatric hospital.
What's he saying? Sharpton spoke with NPR's Juana Summers on Thursday about his experience at Otieno's funeral, and what he expects moving forward.
On changes he and Otieno's family hope for:
The mother, Caroline, said she would like to see a law that would deal with how you handle the question of mental illness, where law enforcement doesn't necessarily kick in, but it [instead] kicks in with people that are trained in the mental health field, with their supervision, and where there is a real kind of instruction on how you deal with causal mental health, [with] people, patients, and from families.
On why he called specifically on VA Gov. Glenn Youngkin:
Governor Youngkin is being touted by some to be a presidential candidate. And health services in Virginia are under his governorship, under his direction.
As he tries to build a national reputation, he needs to deal with a real tragedy right there in Virginia.
How he operates on this tragedy will tell those of us around the country a lot about him. You're talking about an unarmed, non-threatening, young Black man who was handcuffed and shackled, while these people piled on him, to where they literally choked the life out of him. The governor ought to respond with more than sympathy. He ought to respond with some action, [some] legislation where this can't happen again.
On how he talks to the grieving families that face these tragedies:
I tell them the truth, that we can't bring your child back. But we can certainly raise your child's situation and your situation, to where there's meaning.
That is hard to see through the immediate pain, and hard to feel there's meaning, and [that] your child could be a symbol that we cannot continue to let this happen.
And we get other family members that will come in. I've thrown Eric Garner's mother, and Trayvon Martin's mother, and Ahmaud Arbery's mother and others around, because only they understand that pain.
And I tell them, "I can't promise you when it's going to happen on a federal level. But I can promise you that we'll be there until it happens. And we will be there with you for whatever you need. In terms of counseling and others, we'll get professionals for you. Because we're committed to this." And in that candor, and honesty, I think that's why they stay with us. And we stay with them because they know that we told them in the first place what was going to happen.
Want to learn more? Listen to the Consider This episode on how specialized police units are in the spotlight again.
So, what now?
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2023-03-30T22:09:47+00:00
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klcc.org
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https://www.klcc.org/npr-top-stories/2023-03-30/al-sharpton-to-focus-on-police-mental-health-response-after-irvo-otienos-death
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Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, announced Thursday that the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic will hold the second part of a hearing looking into the Biden administration’s forced closure of schools and the consequences it had on students.
In a press release, Wenstrup, also the subcommittee’s chair, announced a hearing titled "The Consequences of School Closures, Part 2" with American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten serving as the key witness.
According to a description from the subcommittee, the hearing will look into whether Weingarten and the AFT played any role in "editing the CDC’s COVID-19 school reopening guidance and keeping schools closed longer than necessary." It will take place on Wednesday, April 26, at 2 p.m. ET.
"The influence of Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), may have jeopardized the well-being of our nation’s children during the COVID-19 pandemic. If so, she should be held accountable," said Chairman Wenstrup.
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The subcommittee will also inquire about the decision to keep schools closed despite various vaccines being approved and made freely available to most Americans.
"Even when healthy and successful learning environments were possible, Ms. Weingarten and the AFT advocated against school reopenings. Safely returning our children to school as soon as possible should have been our top priority," Chairman Wenstrup continued.
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"I look forward to hearing Ms. Weingarten’s testimony and learning about the role AFT played in promoting school closures that ultimately harmed the academic, mental, physical, and social development of our youth," he also said.
The hearing will be a continuation of a discussion from last month when witnesses testified evidence did not support keeping schools closed.
"At the Select Subcommittee’s first hearing on pandemic-era school closures in March, expert witnesses testified that the ‘science’ never justified the prolonged closing of schools. Chairman Wenstrup sent a letter to Randi Weingarten last month requesting documents and information related to AFT’s impact on the CDC’s scientific school reopening guidance," the subcommittee said in a statement.
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President Biden officially ended the COVID national emergency declaration earlier this month and House Republicans have begun to immediately look back at the federal response and its consequences.
Children of all ages — and across the country — were left without any other option than to stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Education and psychological experts have argued students that were kept out of school for months or years may have suffered a tremendous loss to their academic and social development.
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2023-04-21T10:40:49+00:00
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foxbangor.com
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https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/house-republicans-to-hold-hearing-on-consequences-of-biden-admin-s-forced-pandemic-school-closures/article_5f4570ca-6711-5d3a-aecc-b7fab09c81de.html
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Race gap seen in US infant deaths after fertility treatment
(AP) - Black-white disparities exist in fertility medicine, reflected in life-and-death outcomes for babies, according to a large study of U.S. births.
The study, published Wednesday in the journal Pediatrics, is the broadest look yet at racial gaps for women who use in vitro fertilization, fertility drugs or other fertility treatments. Researchers found higher death rates for infants born to Black women who used such treatments than white women who did the same — a gap that is much wider than in babies born without those treatments.
Infant deaths are rare in the U.S., and the reasons for poor outcomes are unclear. Researchers saw racial gaps even after adjusting for age, diabetes, obesity, smoking and other maternal risk factors.
The steep cost of IVF and the scarcity of insurance coverage means women getting fertility care are wealthier on average.
The findings suggest women seeking fertility treatment are not protected from racism despite their relative affluence, said Dr. Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, head of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California San Diego medical school.
“These women are still experiencing the same racism that might be causing poor outcomes in other pregnancies,” said Gyamfi-Bannerman, who was not involved in the study. “We all need to pay more attention and see how we can find a solution.”
Black women who use fertility treatments may not be getting the highest quality care during pregnancy and after childbirth, said Dr. Michael A. Thomas, who will become the first Black president of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine next week.
“The IVF patients, they work so hard to get there that they don’t allow anything to stand in the way of that baby getting a good outcome,” said Thomas, who chairs the OB-GYN department at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. “But is the Black patient getting that same high-level, priority, concierge treatment?”
The researchers thought women using fertility treatments might see less racial disparity in birth outcomes.
“We were a bit surprised that this disparity was actually larger than in the general population,” said Dr. Sarka Lisonkova of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, who led the research.
Her team analyzed data for more than 7 million U.S. births in 2016 and 2017, including more than 93,000 births resulting from fertility treatments.
They looked only at single births, which carry less risk than twin or other multiple births. Household income was not analyzed because it was not available in the data.
Deaths within four weeks after birth were four times higher in babies born to Black mothers who used IVF compared with white mothers who used IVF. Among babies born without fertility treatments, infant deaths were two times higher for Black moms compared with white moms.
Similar disparities existed for Hispanic and Asian mothers who had fertility treatments, but the gaps were less pronounced. There were too few American Indian and Alaska Native women using fertility treatments in the study to analyze their birth outcomes.
White women were much more likely than other groups to use fertility treatments. Of the 69,778 white mothers who used fertility treatments over the two years of the study, 227 infants died. Of the 4,669 Black mothers who used fertility treatments, 68 infants died.
The findings should not deter women from pursuing a family, Lisonkova said.
“There are countless women who have had fantastic pregnancies that started with medically assisted reproduction,” Lisonkova said. But because pregnancies to older women and those conceived with fertility treatment have worse outcomes than spontaneously conceived pregnancies, she encouraged women who want children to think about starting a family when they are “relatively young.”
“I know there are pressures to have your education, have your job and then have your family, but I think they’re both important,” she said. “And they can be combined in a way that women do not have to choose.”
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2022-10-19T19:17:07+00:00
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kswo.com
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https://www.kswo.com/2022/10/19/race-gap-seen-us-infant-deaths-after-fertility-treatment/
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C-suite hire bolsters Prezzee's global expansion plans
NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- International digital gifting company Prezzee announced today that Eric Lent has joined Prezzee as Chief Marketing Officer. This follows the appointment of ex-Mastercard executive Jamie Samaha as Global CEO in March this year.
Lent is the first c-suite hire of many under Samaha's leadership, and it comes as the business works to meet a boom in global demand from brands wanting to drive deeper engagement with consumers. He joins at a crucial time as Prezzee looks to further increase its global footprint.
Lent, based in the U.S., has decades of experience building global brands and driving international growth at the likes of Intercontinental Hotels Group and The Hershey Company. He brings with him an international perspective as the business cements its status as the world's leading digital gifting platform. As CMO, he will lead the brand's global vision of igniting human connection through remarkable digital gifting moments by driving growth in both Prezzee's consumer and business-focused offerings.
Prezzee's Global CEO Jamie Samaha says: "Prezzee is revolutionizing the way consumers and employers can reward, recognize and celebrate in an instant, and as we look to grow our footprint following the initial expansion into North America, the UK and New Zealand, Eric will play a vital role in telling our story on an international stage. I am delighted that Eric will be on board to cement Prezzee as the number one digital gifting platform on the planet."
Commenting on his appointment, Prezzee CMO Eric Lent says: "I have always been a firm believer that the combination of technology and emotion can be harnessed to deepen, strengthen and create truly meaningful human connections, and that is what the Prezzee brand is all about. Prezzee is dedicated to strengthening how people connect in work and in life, and I couldn't turn down the opportunity to bring a new digital gifting experience to consumers and businesses all over the world."
Prezzee is a global digital gifting business that prides itself on creating remarkable gifting moments for consumers, businesses and 800+ brand partners across the world. Founded in 2014, Prezzee has evolved from a two-person Australian start-up to a global business with a 300+ member team and operations in North America, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
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2022-08-09T16:42:43+00:00
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kcbd.com
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https://www.kcbd.com/prnewswire/2022/08/09/eric-lent-appointed-chief-marketing-officer-prezzee/
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Senators propose changes to electors law after Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators agreed Wednesday on proposed changes to the Electoral Count Act, the post-Civil War-era law for certifying presidential elections that came under intense scrutiny after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.
Long in the making, the package introduced by the group led by Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Joe Manchin of West Virginia is made up of two separate proposals. One would clarify the way states submit electors and the vice president tallies the votes in Congress. The other would bolster security for state and local election officials who have faced violence and harassment.
“From the beginning, our bipartisan group has shared a vision of drafting legislation to fix the flaws of the archaic and ambiguous Electoral Count Act of 1887,” Collins, Manchin and the other 14 senators said in a joint statement.
“We have developed legislation that establishes clear guidelines for our system of certifying and counting electoral votes,” the group wrote. “We urge our colleagues in both parties to support these simple, commonsense reforms.”
Both Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell have signaled support for the bipartisan group, but the final legislative package will undergo careful scrutiny.
Votes are not likely before fall. But with broad support from the group of 16 senators, eight Democrats and eight Republicans, who have worked behind closed doors for months with the help of outside experts, serious consideration is assured.
In a statement, Matthew Weil, executive director of the Democracy Program at the Bipartisan Policy Center, called the framework a “critical step” in shoring up ambiguities in the Electoral Count Act.
After Trump lost the 2020 election, the defeated president orchestrated an unprecedented attempt to challenge the electors sent from battleground states to the joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, when the vice president presides over certification.
Under the proposed changes, the law would be updated to ensure the governor from each state is initially responsible for submitting electors, as a way to safeguard against states sending alternative or fake elector slates.
Additionally, the law would spell out that the vice president presides over the joint session in a “solely ministerial” capacity, according to a summary page. It says the vice president “does not have any power to solely determine, accept, reject, or otherwise adjudicate disputes over electors.”
That provision is a direct reaction to Trump’s relentless efforts to pressure then Vice President Mike Pence to reject the electors being sent from certain battleground states as a way to halt the certification or tip it away from Joe Biden’s victory.
The bill also specifies the procedures around presidential transitions, including when the election outcome is disputed, to ensure the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to the next.
That’s another pushback to the way Trump blocked Biden’s team from accessing some information for his transition to the White House.
The second proposal, revolving around election security, would double the federal penalties to up to two years in prison for individuals who “threaten or intimidate election officials, poll watchers, voters or candidates,” according to the summary.
It also would seek to improve the way the U.S. Postal Service handles election mail and “provide guidance to states to improve their mail-in ballot processes.” Mail-in ballots and the role of the Postal Service came under great scrutiny during the 2020 election.
An Associated Press review of potential cases of voter fraud in six battleground states found no evidence of widespread fraud that could change the outcome of the election. A separate AP review of drop boxes used for mailed ballots also found no significant problems.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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2022-07-20T20:05:51+00:00
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wagmtv.com
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https://www.wagmtv.com/2022/07/20/senators-propose-changes-electors-law-after-capitol-riot/
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NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — New Mountain Finance Corp. (NMFC) on Monday reported first-quarter profit of $44.6 million.
On a per-share basis, the New York-based company said it had profit of 40 cents. Earnings, adjusted for investment gains, came to 38 cents per share.
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The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 36 cents per share.
The business development company posted revenue of $92 million in the period, also topping Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $87 million.
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2023-05-08T21:29:41+00:00
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seattlepi.com
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CINCINNATI – Joe Burrow is trying to pack on the pounds, gaining back the weight he lost after having surgery to remove his ruptured appendix three weeks ago.
The Cincinnati Bengals quarterback won't say how much he lost, but the pounds are coming back, along with the strength and mobility he had before the July 26 procedure.
The goal is for Burrow to be healthy for the regular-season opener against AFC North rival Pittsburgh in 3 1/2 weeks.
“I’m getting exponentially better each day,” Burrow said Wednesday in his first availability with reporters since the surgery. “Each day that I’m in the weight room, each day that I’m on the field I’m feeling stronger and stronger, so by Game 1 I’ll be feeling great.”
Burrow began participating in training camp on Sunday, threw passes in 7-on-7 drills and was set to work in 11-on-11 drills on Wednesday. Of course, defensive players will have to keep their hands off the valuable quarterback. The Bengals want to keep him off the ground as long as possible.
“The more I’ve done each day, the better I felt the next day. That’s kind of how it’s always gone to me,” he said.
“Just getting my abs and my core re-engaged. When they cut into you and do all that stuff, your core is going to lose some muscle and strength. Just working to get that back."
Don't expect to see Burrow play in the two remaining preseason games. Too big a risk. In fact, few if any Bengals starters are expected to play in the next one, against the New York Giants on Sunday.
“Obviously, I would have liked to,” Burrow said. “This whole thing has kind of thrown a wrench into that. I don’t anticipate playing in a preseason game, though.”
Coach Zac Taylor said the remaining preseason practices will be designed to get Burrow ready to go Sept. 11.
“Trust me, we’ve dialed out every practice, and he and I have had conversations about how many opportunities we have left to make sure we check all the boxes before we go into Week 1,” Taylor said. “And we feel very confident that we’ll be able to do that and be prepared going into that game.”
Before the appendicitis, the 25-year-old Burrow, who led the Bengals to the Super Bowl for the first time in 33 years in 2021, was enjoying a healthy, productive offseason after spending all of last year's training camp rehabbing from major knee surgery.
“I just think my whole career has been coming back from speed bumps and adversity,” he said. “I don’t know anything else. It’s another speed bump in the way.”
Also Wednesday, Sports Illustrated introduced its NFL preview issue with Burrow on the cover. The caption says “their ultracool QB has transformed the Bengals' vibe.”
Burrow shrugged it off.
"It’s just something that comes with success that will go away without success," he said. “It doesn’t mean anything to me.”
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2022-08-17T19:31:53+00:00
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clickorlando.com
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https://www.clickorlando.com/sports/2022/08/17/burrow-working-on-regaining-strength-after-appendix-surgery/
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Police: Teacher drives drunk, gets into crash on the way to school
GARRARD COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT/Gray News) - A Kentucky teacher is accused of driving to school drunk and getting into a crash along the way, authorities say.
According to an arrest citation, a deputy was called to Garrard County High School on Tuesday morning for a report about a teacher that had been involved in a crash and was suspected of drinking.
The deputy said they saw 35-year-old Chelsey Denny drive into the Garrard County High School parking lot with damage to her vehicle. Denny told the deputy she had dodged a cat on the way to work, which caused her to wreck.
When the deputy talked to Denny, they said she had slurred speech and smelled of alcohol. The deputy had Denny do a field sobriety test, which the teacher failed.
The citation said Denny had a blood alcohol level of .222, which is more than two and a half times the legal limit.
Denny was taken into custody on a charge of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol.
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2022-09-15T17:20:28+00:00
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witn.com
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https://www.witn.com/2022/09/15/police-teacher-drives-drunk-gets-into-crash-way-school/
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The former-professional-athlete-turned-analyst pipeline is strong until you remember you technically work for Disney and need a filter.
Boston Celtic Legend Paul Pierce learned that the hard way when he decided to go on Instagram Live in 2021 while smoking weed and having strippers dancing in the background.
He was swiftly let go from his ESPN hosting duties, and he’s finally opening up on losing the gig. Pierce appeared on the I Am Athlete podcast and still thinks he did nothing wrong and that he was fired for harmlessly living his life.
At one point in the show, co-hosts Brandon Marshall, LeSean McCoy, and DeSean Jackson joked about Pierce posting the video “on your day off,” referencing the John Witherspoon and Ice Cube scene from the classic Friday film.
“I got fired for what?” Pierce asked. “I got fired for having some entertainment. I’m playing cards. It’s my boy’s birthday. It’s girls dancing. We’re blowing some tree. What did I do wrong?”
He continues, explaining that his background just so happened to be filled with scantily clad women.
“I don’t ever go live either, I was just feeling my [hair] cut or something, and then it was popping behind me,” Pierce said.
Pierce explains that after the IG live, a higher-up at ESPN informed him an investigation was launched and asked him what was going on in the video, to which he responded that it was “self-explanatory.”
“At the end of the day, it’s Disney, and they have a morals clause, and they just said it was immoral,” he explained.
Paul admitted that he was the one filming the video that got him in hot water, and the hosts remarked that it was similar to Ja Morant’s gun-toting strip club video in March.
See how Twitter’s reacting to Pierce finally explaining the story behind his ESPN firing below.
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2023-04-14T23:13:04+00:00
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hot1009.com
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP)Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins was legally drunk and had taken drugs before he was fatally struck by a dump truck while walking on a Florida interstate highway last month, an autopsy report released Monday concluded.
The Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office said Haskins’ blood alcohol content was 0.20 when he was fatally struck on Interstate 595 near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport just before dawn on April 9. That’s 2.5 times the 0.08 legal limit for driving in the state.
According to the University of California, Davis, and other universities, someone of Haskins’ weight, 230 pounds (104 kilograms), would have needed at least 10 drinks in the hours before his death to reach that level. He also had the strong painkiller ketamine and its metabolite norketamine in his system. The drug can be prescribed by a doctor, but can also be abused recreationally. The report does not say why the former Ohio State University star had it in his system.
The report said investigators found Haskins’ car out of gas near where he was hit. A woman he was with told investigators Haskins, 24, had gone to get fuel. Witnesses said he was trying to wave down cars and standing in the center lane when he was hit by the truck and then an SUV. The report said he died of blunt force trauma. No charges have been filed.
The Steelers told investigators that Haskins had no mental health issues and had never made any suicidal threats. They said he sometimes drank heavily and sometimes used marijuana, but was not known to use any other recreational drugs. The medical examiner ruled the death an accident.
Haskins had been in South Florida training with some of his Steelers teammates. The report said Haskins had gone to dinner with teammates and then to a club with a friend or cousin, possibly in Miami. The two got into an argument and separated.
Haskins had been on the phone with his wife, Kalabrya, back in Pittsburgh shortly before he was struck, telling her he had run out of gas. She told a 911 dispatcher she was worried when he didn’t call back and wasn’t answering her calls. She could be heard praying on the recording after the dispatcher put her on hold to find out if anything had been reported. The dispatcher then told her to stay by her phone and someone would contact her.
Haskins starred at Ohio State in 2018, setting several school passing records and being named the MVP in both the Big Ten Championship game and in the Buckeyes’ Rose Bowl win over the Washington Huskies.
A 2019 first-round NFL draft pick by Washington, Haskins was released by the team after going 3-10 over two seasons. He was signed by Pittsburgh as a developmental QB, but he didn’t appear in a game last season.
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2022-05-24T16:40:21+00:00
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valleycentral.com
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https://www.valleycentral.com/nfl/nfl-dallas/autopsy-steelers-qb-haskins-was-drunk-when-fatally-struck/
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OSHKOSH, Wis. (WFRV) – A powerful storm blew through northeast Wisconsin on Saturday, but perhaps the city most impacted was Oshkosh.
Trees are still down in many locations, one being the Riverside Cemetery. Crews from Beltz Landscaping were out most of the day cleaning up trees that had fallen on headstones.
Jeff Beltz, owner of Beltz Landscaping says, “[We’re] trying to get it under control, it was a lot of damage. It always takes longer than you think, bringing out the bigger equipment to get the bigger logs that we obviously cannot haul up.”
The landscaping company also plans to travel to Neenah later in the week to assist farm owners who have also experienced damage. Another place affected by the storm is the Oshkosh Food Co-op. They had a power outage for nine hours, forcing them to close for a day.
Produce Manager Joseph Larkin says, “We were able to salvage some products. What we weren’t able to salvage, we are able to work with UW Oshkosh to be able to use their compost.”
They have since opened back up and Larkin says they are not too worried about missing one day, adding “I think we have enough product that we had left to be able to kind of salvage some of our cost and some of our expenses, but in the meanwhile, we have new trucks coming in the day and new vendors so we should be good to go.”
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2022-07-26T01:24:55+00:00
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wearegreenbay.com
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https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/oshkosh-community-begins-recovery-after-storm/
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President and COO Bob Pragada Named CEO
Steve Demetriou Continues as Executive Chair of the Board of Directors
Appointments Effective Jan. 24, 2023
DALLAS, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs (NYSE: J) today announced a leadership succession plan that positions the Company to continue driving significant profitable growth and delivering on the vision that Jacobs has set for its people, clients, communities and shareholders. Bob Pragada, currently President and Chief Operating Officer, will succeed Steve Demetriou as Chief Executive Officer and join the Company's Board of Directors. Demetriou will continue as Executive Chair of the Board. The changes are effective Jan. 24, 2023, the date of the Company's annual shareholder meeting.
"It has been the highlight of my career to lead Jacobs over these past seven years and work with our outstanding people to transform Jacobs' portfolio, advance our culture and position the Company for even higher levels of growth and success. With a strong foundation and clear trajectory in place, now is the right time to implement our succession plan," said Demetriou. "During Bob Pragada's 16 years with Jacobs, including the last several years as President and COO, he has demonstrated leadership excellence and a strong track record of execution. His passion for innovation and teamwork are evident in our many achievements. The Board and I are confident that Bob is the right person to serve as Jacobs' next CEO and continue to accelerate our momentum."
Pragada joined Jacobs in 2006, holding several senior management positions over nine years. He returned to Jacobs in 2016 as President of the global Industrial and Buildings & Infrastructure lines of business, and in 2019, Pragada was appointed President and COO of Jacobs. He has been instrumental in developing and leading the successful execution of Jacobs' strategy, as well as driving global integrated delivery of Jacobs' operations around the world as a differentiator in the industry.
"It is an exciting time for Jacobs," said Pragada. "We have just launched our bold new strategy and are at the forefront of our industry – anticipating the global trends most important to our clients and developing differentiated, data-enabled solutions that meet their needs. I am honored to take on the role of CEO early next year and advance the exciting work underway to further diversify our capabilities and offerings, increasing opportunities and value for our people, our clients and our shareholders alike."
Pragada added, "I want to thank Steve for his partnership and guidance over the past seven years. He is an incredible leader who inspires all around him and leaves a tremendous legacy at Jacobs."
Demetriou will serve as Executive Chair for a minimum of two years, working as a member of the Board advising Pragada on strategic and capital deployment initiatives. He will provide executive sponsorship for several key client engagements and ongoing culture initiatives, and will also continue as a Board member of PA Consulting.
Chris Thompson, Lead Independent Director of the Board, said, "On behalf of the Board of Directors, I thank Steve for his service to Jacobs and his inspirational leadership during his tenure as CEO. Steve set out to create 'a company like no other' and achieved it. He was the architect of a visionary portfolio transformation that led to accelerated growth at Jacobs through the acquisition of CH2M, the sale of our oil, chemicals and mining businesses, and the majority investment in PA Consulting."
Thompson continued, "Steve demonstrated the highest standards of ethics and integrity, and established an unparalleled culture of inclusion, accountability and innovation that has positioned Jacobs at the forefront of the industry. We look forward to continuing to benefit from his leadership and insights as Executive Chair."
Following Demetriou's appointment as CEO in 2015, he set in motion a profound strategic and cultural transformation anchored on growth and inclusion. Galvanizing elements included formalizing Jacobs' purpose of creating a more connected, sustainable world and establishing the Company's core values: We do things right, We challenge the accepted, We aim higher and We live inclusion. To reflect the Company's transformation, he also unveiled Jacobs' new brand and brand promise of "Challenging today. Reinventing tomorrow."
Demetriou's aggressive portfolio transformation to emphasize higher-growth, higher-value businesses resulted in an approximately $11 billion increase to Jacobs' market cap and a 236% total shareholder return, all while improving adjusted returns on invested capital by 260 bps.1
Demetriou has personally championed inclusion, and today, Jacobs' Executive Leadership Team and Board of Directors are 67% and 50% diverse respectively across gender and ethnicity. In 2021, he established Jacobs' Office of Global Climate Response & ESG to provide focus and accountability on the Company's efforts to address climate change. Jacobs is now ranked as the No. 1 environmental and sustainability consulting firm globally by Environment Analyst for significant work in line with the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.
About Bob Pragada
Pragada joined Jacobs in 2006, and over the following nine years, he held several executive leadership positions, including Senior Vice President, Global Sales; Group Vice President, Northern Region (United States and the Republic of Ireland); and Vice President, Field Services. He returned to Jacobs in 2016 as President of Jacobs' global Industrial and Buildings & Infrastructure lines of business, after serving as President and CEO of the Brock Group, one of the largest providers of industrial services in North America.
Since 2019, Pragada has served as President and COO of Jacobs, providing executive oversight of all global operations, driving impressive profitable growth across the Company's Critical Mission Solutions and People & Places Solutions lines of business. During his tenure, Pragada led the successful integration of CH2M, a $5 billion diversified technical services leader in infrastructure, water, environmental and nuclear sectors. He was also instrumental in Jacobs' strategic majority investment in PA Consulting, a multi-billion-dollar world-leading digital consulting firm, where he now serves as a Board member.
After graduating from the United States Naval Academy, Pragada began his career in the Navy as a Civil Engineer Corps and Seabees officer, providing international contingency operations, base engineering, construction and maintenance services, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He is a graduate of Stanford University, where he earned a Master of Science in engineering and management. Bob also serves as a Director on the Boards of Eaton (NYSE: ETN), the Board Advisory Council of Brightstar Capital, the U.S. India Business Council, the Dallas Mavericks Foundation Advisory Council, and the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation.
For detailed leadership infographics on Steve Demetriou and Bob Pragada, visit our Investor page.
About Jacobs
At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. With $14 billion in revenue and a talent force of more than 55,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector. Visit jacobs.com and connect with Jacobs on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
1 Market cap and total shareholder return growth rates calculated from the closing stock price on September 30, 2015 through September 14, 2022. Adjusted returns on invested capital (ROIC) calculated from full-year adj. ROIC for fiscal 2016 compared to full-year adj. ROIC for fiscal 2021.
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2022-09-15T23:22:13+00:00
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kfyrtv.com
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NEW YORK (AP) — At Michigan State University, children of employees can spend Thursday seeing what it’s like to staff a dairy farm, work in sports or plant a tree at the school’s first in-person Take Our Kids to Work Day since the pandemic began.
Some 1,500 employees and kids have registered and the university has invited staff to bring any child in their life to explore the campus.
“This is a way that people can see each other and meet their families, show off MSU, which is designated a family-friendly university,” said Jaimie Hutchison, director of the university’s WorkLife Office. “It also allows people to see what others do across campus and have more pride in the institution that they work for.”
MSU’s plans recall the roots of Take Our Kids to Work Day, which celebrates its 30th anniversary on Thursday. However, much has changed since then.
The idea of Take Our Kids to Work Day seemed like part of a bygone era in recent years because, due to the pandemic, there weren’t a lot of workplaces to take them.
Many parents were always taking their kids to work — or taking their work to wherever the kids were — in the dawn of the work-from-home era caused by COVID-19. And for parents who needed to head to a workplace, precautions over limiting the spread of the disease generally kept their kids away.
This year, though, The Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Foundation, the nonprofit that promotes the day, hopes to remind people of the importance of showing kids where their parents work. The foundation also hopes to get some help to ensure its survival.
The foundation, which marks the day annually on the third Thursday in April, was led for years by Carolyn McKecuen, an entrepreneur, artist and MacArthur Fellow, who Dave Oliveria, the foundation’s interim executive director, called the linchpin of the organization. She died in November.
“The board is trying to pick up the pieces to just keep it going,” Oliveria said. The foundation lost money last year and currently has no employees.
This year, it is partnering with Junior Achievement USA to host a virtual event that will include a gameshow format where panelists will answer questions about their careers.
In the costal town of Brigantine, New Jersey, school superintendent Glenn Robbins is encouraging his staff to bring their children to school and for students to accompany their parents to their workplaces Thursday. He estimates that around 30% of students will participate.
“It makes them appreciate things that they might not see when they’re stuck in a school building every day for five days a week,” he said.
Over the years, educators and schools have complained that having some students taken out of class is more disruptive than helpful.
Thirty years ago, the head of the Ms. Foundation for Women, Marie Wilson, was inspired by research into the flagging self-esteem of girls when they reached adolescence to suggest that parents bring their daughters to work to expand their sense of possibility.
The foundation’s cofounder, Gloria Steinem, mentioned the idea in an interview and in the spring of 1993, “Take Our Daughters to Work” day exploded into reality.
“It challenged the workplace to be responsive to the family needs in some ways, even making people aware that many people had children at home,” said Teresa Younger, president and CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women.
Women’s participation in the work force has been largely flat since 2000, after picking up in the 1990s. About three-quarters of women aged 25 through 54, a group that filters out students and retirees, were in the workforce in 1993, a figure that reached nearly 78% this year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The pandemic disproportionally drove women out of the workforce and they returned more slowly even after lockdown measures ended and available jobs again increased.
The name and date of the day has changed since it started, including boys officially in 2003, though many workplaces have used “kid” or “child” for years. Also, companies and workplaces are free to organize a day for employees to bring their children to work whenever and however they like, said Oliveria.
Around 1,000 kids have registered for this year’s livestream, Junior Achievement US said. But it has always been difficult to measure participation, Oliveria said, but this year’s participation likely represents a sharp decline from the 18 million kids that the organization said participated between 2005 and 2009.
“I don’t see evidence of a million people, but I think that many companies can do their own thing and we wouldn’t know,” Oliveria said. “That’s just a tough thing to put your arms around.”
Younger said she understands the difficulty of continuing to meet the needs of the current moment.
“That’s the challenge of every legacy organization, is: how do we respond to the challenges of now and continue to integrate the work as it needs to be?” she asked.
Bringing a child to work is still a meaningful way to create a more economically and socially equitable society, she said. “It holds industry accountable for the opportunities that they provide for the next generation and the exposure they provide.”
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2023-04-27T14:04:32+00:00
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valleycentral.com
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https://www.valleycentral.com/news/national-news/thursday-is-take-our-kids-to-work-day-marking-its-30th-anniversary/
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Every day, Americans donate their time, skills and energy to their communities by volunteering with nonprofit organizations. The Associated Press interviewed five volunteers about what motivated them to get involved and why they think more people don't give their time.
Recently released data from the U.S. Census and AmeriCorps showed that volunteer participation fell 7% between 2019 and 2021, part of a long trend in declining volunteerism.
These interviews have been edited for length and clarity:
SAN FRANCISCO — For 16 years, Troy Brunet has volunteered with Project Homeless Connect in San Francisco and leads their initiative to give eyeglasses to those who need them. The 58-year-old passes out cards with information about the organization's events wherever he goes and describes the joy he gets from bringing volunteers together. He tells them to talk with the people who come in for help, to really connect with them.
Q: Why do you volunteer?
A: I’m HIV positive and it hit me really hard. At one point, I was in a coma for two months, and after coming out of that, I knew doggone well that everything I’m going to be focusing on besides recovering from it, was making sure I would help people because people were there for me.
Q: Why do you think more people don’t volunteer in some way?
A: COVID hit us and it really has just stopped the world from spinning around here. Everything became very stagnant. And I just want people to be able to step back into coming to help, to make sure that people can move forward in a better way of life. Because the negativity that is running rampant through this country, it is absolutely exhausting. And I think we’re all exhausted from it. And we need to be able to get some fresh air, breathe in here and feel lighter in life so that joy can continue to flow through your world.
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LAS VEGAS — Gadi Hernandez-Corado is a sophomore at the University of Nevada Las Vegas where she studies political science and earned a scholarship to a program focused on community service. The 20-year-old, whose parents immigrated from Guatemala, is the first in her family to attend college and she intends to continue on to law school. She says she is an introvert and credits volunteering with an organization that offers extra support to students in schools for bringing her out of her shell.
Q: Why do you volunteer?
A: I believe it’s a good use of my time. It doesn’t require any special skills. You just have to be there and present. Do whatever they ask you to do. And I appreciate the fact that no matter who you are, no matter what skillset you have, you can make a difference. You can participate. You can feel satisfaction from doing something.
Q: Why do you think more people don’t volunteer in some way?
A: There are people that maybe want to do something, but they don’t really know that there are organizations out there that offer them that opportunity, that experience. And it is that lack of knowledge that sometimes prevents people from going out there and participating in community service. And sometimes apart from that, it’s just fear.
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SAN ANTONIO — Two years ago, Sarah Lopez moved from California to San Antonio for a job and started attending events at For Her, a nonprofit focused on empowering women. They eventually invited her to go through a leadership training program, meant to develop volunteers among the organization's participants. Lopez, 27, is a lesbian and a Latina and said it was important for her to be a part of an organization standing up for women's rights, especially in Texas.
Q: Why do you volunteer?
A: Moving here from out of state, I’ve tried a lot of things. I’ve tried joining Facebook groups, I’ve tried going on Bumble For Friends. I’ve tried meeting coworkers and things like that. And it is really hard to find people that have the same values as you. I think especially I want to be surrounded by people who who also care about women’s issues and who understand the trauma that a lot of women experience. So for me, it was more about finding a safe place.
Q: Why do you think more people don’t volunteer in some way?
A: I think maybe with social media and being online, that’s where a lot of people connect nowadays and that’s also where people feel like they can make a difference. And that makes sense. I think before, people would volunteer and get involved as far as activism goes, but now there’s a lot that you can do from your phone to make you feel like you’re participating in the discourse.
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RAWLINS, WYOMING — Liz Smith, 67, helps organize and recruit volunteers to two food distributions in south central Wyoming, where she’s lived since 2016 when her oldest daughter — one of nine children she adopted — moved there. The retired business owner and grandmother said she spends 10 hours a week organizing the pantries that serve communities along the I-80 corridor. While she said she’s always volunteered through her churches teaching classes, for example, this is the first extended commitment she’s made as a volunteer to an outside organization.
Q: Why do you volunteer?
A: I feel great afterwards. I mean, we’re exhausted, but it feels good. And even though sometimes we stood outside when it was snowing on us and it was like 20 degrees outside and the wind was blowing, we still stood outside and passed out food. And we’ve been out there when it’s so blistering hot.
I feel I’ve learned a lot through this. I learned more about what people need, what they’re looking for. I learned how to organize volunteers in such a way that they want to keep coming back. I have people that drive an hour to come and help us, which I think that just speaks volumes of their character and their integrity.
Q: Why do you think more people don’t volunteer in some way?
A: Honestly, I think there are a lot of people who just can’t, maybe because of work requirements or family. Then, there are people that think, “I don’t need anything, so I don’t need to volunteer.” Plus, we have kind of a lazy society, not going to lie.
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LOS ANGELES — A psychologist and now master gardener, Bella McGowan volunteers at a residence for people without housing in Los Angeles and helps run their community garden. The 70-year-old grandmother spent decades working in the city's schools and sought out volunteer opportunities when she retired. She also shared that, late last year, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Q: Why do you volunteer?
A: When you get a diagnosis that’s pretty shocking and unexpected, having purpose and meaning in your life and volunteering and needing to show up for other people when you’ve created programs and you’ve got a garden that needs watering and weeding and relationships where people rely on you really contributes to recovery. Volunteering and being in gardens has just been an incredible part of my recovery and a lifeline.
Q: Why do you think more people don’t volunteer in some way?
A: I think they definitely need an invitation. And in many instances, they need to be led by the hand. I think there’s a lot of fear — “Oh, I couldn’t possibly do that job,” or “That’s not for me,” or “I don’t want to work with those kinds of people.” And I think there are a lot of stigmas. And once you get past that and realize there’s no "us and them," and there by the grace of God, any of us could be in any one of these situations that suddenly puts us on the street. Or natural disasters can level your house or fire. There’s so many situations where you could be the person on the news that’s lost everything.
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Associated Press coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. For all of AP’s philanthropy coverage, visit https://apnews.com/hub/philanthropy.
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2023-04-17T09:28:55+00:00
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local10.com
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https://www.local10.com/business/2023/04/17/volunteers-speak-on-why-they-serve-and-why-more-people-dont/
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PARIS (AP) — An elegant dinner at the Ritz in Paris. A post-midnight drive past the city’s floodlit treasures. And then, tragedy. The story of Princess Diana’s death at age 36 in that catastrophic crash in a Paris traffic tunnel continues to shock, even after a quarter-century.
Twenty-five years later, The Associated Press is making available this account of Diana’s final hours in the French capital, published on Sept. 5, 1997, a few days after the Aug. 31 crash. (The account, based on reporting, interviews and news reports available at the time, has been trimmed and edited lightly.)
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Entering the Pont de l’Alma traffic tunnel at night, one of the last things you see is the floodlit Eiffel Tower.
Its iron latticework shimmering like lace against a black sky, it likely was one of the last things Princess Diana ever saw.
The tower’s lights go off every night at 1 a.m. By that time on Sunday, Aug. 31, a dying Diana lay trapped in a crumpled wreck of a Mercedes, with rescuers trying frantically to treat her while they cut through the metal roof.
The short ride to the tunnel from the Ritz Hotel had been a stunning one, with a view of the city’s other floodlit treasures: the obelisk at the Place de la Concorde, the Arc de Triomphe off to the right, the gold-domed Hotel des Invalides across the river to the left.
Four people were in the car: a driver and a bodyguard in front, the princess and her boyfriend in back. Behind them — it isn’t clear how far — were several motorcycles and perhaps two cars bearing paparazzi.
Approaching the tunnel along the Seine River, the shining tower was just to the left. Even through the tinted windows of a luxury car, it would’ve been hard not to look.
Seconds later, there was a huge crash — witnesses said it was like an explosion. It would soon reverberate around the world, but for a few minutes in the still night, there was only the insistent blare of a car horn set off by the driver’s slumped body, and then the clicking of camera shutters.
For the princess, after the spectacular city lights, there was only blackness.
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10 p.m.: The evening begins for Diana and Dodi Fayed with dinner in the sitting room of the Imperial Suite at the Ritz. It is the best suite in the hotel, and no wonder: The hotel is owned by Fayed’s father, Mohamed Al Fayed.
The food comes from the hotel’s two-star restaurant, Espadon, which means swordfish. It’s known for its 100,000-bottle wine cellar.
Diana is reported to have ordered an appetizer of mushrooms and asparagus, and then sole; for Dodi, turbot.
Dodi may have carried a surprise in his pocket: News reports quote a Paris jeweler saying he’d sold him an “extraordinary” diamond solitaire ring for $205,000, and it is at the Ritz that Dodi may have given it to Diana.
Is it an engagement ring? No one will ever know for sure.
But the day has been tense. The couple has been having problems with paparazzi ever since their mid-afternoon arrival in Paris. First, they trailed Diana and Dodi from Le Bourget Airport outside Paris, on their way to see Villa Windsor — a mansion that once housed the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and that Dodi’s father has bought and renovated. Their driver managed to shake the photographers.
Then, an attempt to have a 9:30 p.m. dinner at the chic Paris bistro Chez Benoit failed, when paparazzi again picked up the trail. Giving up, Diana and Dodi decide to dine at the Ritz, where there is better security.
Hotel video shows the cars arriving back at the Ritz, flashes going off as Diana goes through a revolving door, eyes downcast, looking distressed.
They walk down the Ritz’s blue carpet bordered in gold toward the restaurant. Ten minutes later, they walk back down the hallway — “because of the attention in the restaurant,” Paul Handley-Greaves, head of Al Fayed’s security team, says later in London — and head up a spiral staircase to the Imperial Suite.
Inside, the plush hotel, with rust-colored marble columns and floors covered with Persian rugs, is calm and peaceful. But outside the entrance, on the elegant Place Vendome, paparazzi have again gathered.
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10:08 p.m.: Henri Paul, the No. 2 security man at the Ritz, arrives at the hotel after having been summoned on his cell phone at 10 p.m. He parks his own car outside, chats with some people and shakes hands with a friend, the night duty manager and the concierge. Their accounts, Handley-Greaves says, “are that he was sober, he didn’t smell of alcohol, his gait was steady.”
Paul spends the next two hours in the lobby area. At one point, he goes into the hotel bar and sits with two other security people at a table on the edge of the bar area. There is no security camera in the bar, but both Handley-Greaves and Michael Cole, an Al Fayed family spokesman, said interviews with hotel personnel showed no evidence that Paul was drinking.
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12:07 a.m.: After dinner, as they leave the Imperial Suite, Diana and Fayed stop to discuss the paparazzi “and the concern that the princess had that something would happen,” Handley-Greaves says. “Earlier on in the day,” he tells a London news conference, “she had expressed concern to bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones at the foolhardiness of the motorcycle riders, not for the safety of the vehicle she was traveling in. She expressed concern that the erratic manner in which they were driving might result in one of them falling under the wheels either of the lead car or the backup.”
Diana and Fayed are headed to an apartment he owns off the Champs-Elysees, just near the Arc de Triomphe. Knowing paparazzi are outside, they’ve decided to use two decoy vehicles — Range Rover and a Mercedes. They post the Range Rover outside the Ritz’s main entrance, with Fayed’s regular driver at the wheel.
They need a third car, so a rented Mercedes is called into service. The jet-black car, rented from the Etoile limousine company, is known for its silky-smooth ride, but because of its weight, it isn’t the best car for weaving in and out of traffic. “This isn’t the kind of car you do slalom in,” says Jean-Pierre Bretton, a limousine driver who often picks up well-heeled clients at the Ritz.
Diana and Dodi need a driver, too, and that’s why Paul has been called back in from home. Paul, 41, a native of France’s Brittany region, is reported to have received special training in Germany to drive the armored Mercedes. Police say Paul lacked the special license to drive the car; the Al Fayed family denies it.
Paris prosecutors say autopsy blood tests showed Paul was legally drunk, and judicial sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, put the blood-alcohol level at more than three times the legal limit, at least.
Despite reports that Paul was a heavy drinker, at least two bartenders who knew him told The Associated Press they never saw signs of that.
Tony Poer, a former bartender at Willi’s wine bar near the Ritz, says Paul was a regular there, but only drank beer.
“I never saw him extremely drunk,” says Poer, now manager of a San Francisco nightclub. “He even gave me a ride home a few times. I wasn’t worried or anything.”
And Alain Bousseau, owner of the Mazarin bar not far from the Ritz, says that although Paul was reported to be a regular there, he saw him only two or three times in the last few years. Once, he drank only a small glass of Cheverny wine; another time, he had a coffee.
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12:19 a.m: Dodi and Diana stand in an area by the back entrance of the hotel, milling with security officers preparing their departure. A Ritz Hotel security camera video shows Dodi slipping his arm protectively around Diana’s waist.
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12:20 a.m.: The couple leaves the Ritz from the back entrance, and climbs into the Mercedes. Diana is dressed in a black top, black jacket and belted white trousers. Her hair is carefully coiffed and she wears red lipstick.
Dodi looks more casual in a tan jacket and long gray shirt, open at the neck and hanging loosely over stone-washed jeans.
The hotel video shows no paparazzi outside the back entrance, but the decoy ruse clearly hasn’t worked.
With paparazzi in pursuit, the Mercedes travels down the Rue Cambon and turns right onto the colonnaded, boutique-lined Rue de Rivoli, with the Tuileries Gardens on the left. Arriving at the Place de la Concorde, it takes a left past the obelisk, allowing a view of the Champs-Elysees and the Arc de Triomphe on the right as it makes its way to the bank of the Seine.
Here, some photographers say, Paul already is driving dangerously. Jacques Langevin says he was told by fellow photographers that at the Place de la Concorde, when they were stopped at a red light, the Mercedes took off with a roar before the light turned green.
Already, the photographer told the Liberation daily, “the Mercedes was fishtailing dangerously and the driver didn’t seem to be in control.”
Neither Diana nor Fayed are wearing seat belts; only bodyguard Rees-Jones, sitting in the front passenger seat, is wearing one.
The Mercedes is heading along the river now, down the Cours de la Reine, then the Cours Albert 1st, where the approach to the tunnel lies.
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About 12:25 a.m.: The Mercedes enters the 660-foot-long tunnel, probably to avoid traffic on the crowded Place de l’Alma. The tunnel is brightly lit, neon bulbs reflecting on the white-tiled walls.
The approach is dangerous at high speed. The road swerves slightly to the right, then to the left; then there is a quick dip.
The speed limit is 30 mph. A cab driver says he once tried the tunnel at 70 mph and was scared. “That thing is narrow and dangerous,” said Jacques Gaulthier. “You’d have to be crazy to take it fast.”
Just how fast does Paul take it?
Police officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, say the car’s speedometer was found frozen at 196 kilometers per hour, or 121 mph. They call it an almost certain indicator of its speed at impact, but the Al Fayed family disputes that, saying the speedometer was stuck instead at zero. A Mercedes expert says the speedometer moves automatically to 0 or to top speed when power cuts off.
Witnesses also have described the car as going well over 90 mph, perhaps close to 120 mph.
Also, police say the car, equipped with anti-lock brakes, left 53 feet of skid marks — another indication of high speed.
It isn’t clear how many paparazzi are tailing the car, and at what distance. A lawyer for Al Fayed says a “cortege” of paparazzi were “swarming” the car. But one photographer, Lazlo Veres, says they were at least 550 yards behind.
Seconds after the car enters the tunnel in the left westbound lane, it goes out of control, striking the 13th concrete pillar dividing the tunnel, rolls over and rebounds into the right wall. It then spins around. When the car stops, it is facing east — the direction it came from.
The driver’s body is slumped over the horn. The impact is so great that parts of the radiator are reportedly found embedded in his body. Fayed, behind him on the left side of the car, also is killed immediately.
Jack and Robin Firestone, tourists from Long Island in New York, are walking near the tunnel when they hear the awful noise. They run in. In interviews, they, too, describe photographers “swarming” the wreck.
Yet a doctor who says he was driving through the tunnel in the other direction just after the accident, arriving before rescuers did, says he wasn’t hindered by the photographers.
Dr. Frederic Mailliez says Diana “was unconscious, moaning and gesturing in every direction” as she fought for breath.
“There were 10 or 15 photographers around, and they were snapping photos nonstop, but I cannot say they hindered my work,” he says.
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12:27 a.m.: Firefighters get the first call for help.
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About 12:40 a.m.: Police and firefighters arrive. Diana and bodyguard Rees-Jones are still alive. The car is a crumpled mass of metal and glass.
Police arrest six photographers and one motorcyclist, confiscating their film and cellular phones.
Rescuers need to cut through the roof of the car to get the victims out. They finally extract Diana through the back. Meanwhile, emergency doctors have been trying to treat her at the scene.
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2 a.m.: Diana is bleeding heavily from the chest when she arrives at Hospital La Pitié Salpêtrière, along with the bodyguard. She quickly goes into cardiac arrest.
Doctors close a wound to the left pulmonary vein, then try to revive her with two hours of chest massage — first externally and then directly to the heart. It fails.
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4 a.m.: Diana is declared dead.
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6 a.m.: “The death of the Princess of Wales,” says British ambassador Michael Jay, with doctors at a hospital news conference, “fills us all with shock and deep grief.”
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2022-08-31T00:05:29+00:00
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cbs4indy.com
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https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-ap-was-there-dianas-final-hours-on-a-tragic-paris-night/
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Industry Leaders Advance Longstanding Collaboration with Interactive Rooms, Available This Summer and Beyond at Marriott Hotels Properties in San Francisco, Bangkok, and London
BETHESDA, Md., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott Hotels, the signature flag of Marriott Bonvoy's 30 extraordinary hotel brands, furthers its partnership with idea engine TED through its award-winning educational arm TED-Ed, to debut their first-ever immersive experience outside of a TED conference. Aimed at sparking curiosity and enriching the experience of global travelers, the rooms feature interactive, mind-bending activities integrated into the Marriott Hotels guest room design. Recommended for families and friends ages seven and up, reservations for The Curiosity Room by TED can be made now for stays starting July 15 at San Francisco Marriott Marquis. Following the inaugural launch in San Francisco, guests can also book the discovery-based room at Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen's Park and London Marriott Hotel County Hall later this summer with stays starting on August 15 and September 15, respectively. Each room experience will be live for three months at each location.
Recent social listening research conducted on behalf of Marriott saw a significant year-over-year uptick in searches for #themedrooms (+106%) and "hotel rooms" + themed (+65%), suggesting consumers are craving more distinct and inspiring hotel experiences.
Sparking curiosity from the start, guests embark on the adventure immediately upon entry to the room. The entire room is a puzzle box waiting to be solved. Puzzle elements have been seamlessly hidden within the décor; solving them all will lead guests to a grand finale and series of surprises and rewards. The puzzles have also been customized to the three destinations, featuring and celebrating local landmarks, culture, and more. Guests will uncover hidden messages, hunt for puzzle pieces, and experience elements of the room in unexpected and delightful ways. The room's Curiosity Journal serves as the guide and connection to the one-of-a-kind in-room journey, with hints available in case guests need a helpful hand. When the final challenge has been completed, guests receive a certificate of completion and can celebrate with a complimentary dessert in the hotel's restaurant.
"Marriott Hotels has always been a place where guests can be inspired at every corner of their experience and we've taken that to the next level with TED's award-winning educational arm TED-Ed," said Jason Nuell, Senior Vice President, Premium Brands, Marriott International. "This one-of-a-kind adventure further fosters the notion for our guests to stay curious in their travels, opening their minds beyond a typical overnight stay and propel them to explore the destination with renewed desire to learn something new."
Awe-inspiring décor elements have been expertly layered onto Marriott Hotels' modern, residential guest room design to create a blended experience, with everyday hotel items serving as "keys" to unlock clues to help guests progress through the immersive space. Drawing inspiration from the hotel's respective destination, the rooms feature eye-catching drawings by illustrator and artist Caleb Morris, who founded "Welcome to the Neighborhoods" – an art series focused on creating unique connections between people and cities all over the world. In addition, throughout the room, guests will discover various moments of wonder as well as a guide of local travel recommendations curated by Marriott Hotels and TED, that encourage further exploration beyond the guest room – from the striking architecture of San Francisco to the culture of Bangkok and rich history of London. Guests will be able to take home some mementos, such as the travel guide, to leave a lasting impression of the trip.
Reservations for The Curiosity Room by TED are available now for the stay dates below:
- San Francisco Marriott Marquis: July 15 – October 16, 2022
- Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen's Park: August 15 – November 15, 2022
- London Marriott Hotel County Hall: September 15, 2022 – January 2, 2023
"Watching millions of people view and share TED-Ed's educational animated videos online every day is a profoundly rewarding experience for our team of creators," said TED-Ed's founding and executive director, Logan Smalley. "What really excites me about our partnership with Marriott Hotels, though, is that it will enable families throughout the world, for the first time ever, to experience a totally unique version of TED-Ed in person. I think everyone who participates will gain, in the most tantalizingly fun way possible, a deeper understanding and appreciation of TED-Ed and their destination, and I'm grateful to Marriott Hotels for making that possible."
Marriott Hotels has a longstanding, global partnership with TED. The relationship began in 2016 by distributing TED Talks and TED Fellows Salons, blogs, and original quotes to hotel guests worldwide, and has continued to elevate every year with new elements of the partnership. Travelers staying at Marriott Hotels have access to custom content expertly curated by TED, with selected themes that are topical and relevant to guests, including innovation, travel, entrepreneurship, and much more. Specifically, new TED-Ed content will now be available at hotels with video-based lessons that vary by subject and age.
To explore more, please visit TEDRooms.Marriott.com. Starting rates vary by hotel and maximum four guests occupied in room. Be inspired by following along with Marriott Hotels on Facebook, @marriott on Twitter, and @marriotthotels on Instagram as well as via #MarriottxTED.
About Marriott Hotels®
With nearly 600 hotels and resorts in more than 65 countries and territories around the world, Marriott Hotels continues to elevate the art of hosting – placing people first is the brand's living legacy – ensuring guests always feel deeply cared for throughout their stay. Marriott Hotels raises the bar by consistently delivering heartfelt service, with modern, comfortable spaces, and by providing experiences elevated beyond the everyday. As global travelers needs and expectations evolve, so does Marriott Hotels, leading the industry with innovations including the Greatroom lobby and Mobile Guest Services that elevate style and design, and technology. To learn more, visit www.MarriottHotels.com. Stay connected to Marriott Hotels on Facebook, @marriott on Twitter and @marriotthotels on Instagram. Marriott Hotels is proud to participate in Marriott Bonvoy®, the global travel program from Marriott International. The program offers members an extraordinary portfolio of global brands, exclusive experiences on Marriott Bonvoy Moments, and unparalleled benefits including free nights and Elite status recognition. To enroll for free or for more information about the program, visit marriottbonvoy.com.
About Marriott Bonvoy®
Marriott Bonvoy's extraordinary portfolio offers renowned hospitality in the most memorable destinations in the world, with 30 brands that are tailored to every type of journey. Members can earn points for stays at hotels and resorts, including all-inclusive resorts and premium home rentals, and through everyday purchases with co-branded credit cards. Members can redeem their points for experiences including future stays, Marriott Bonvoy Moments, or through partners for luxurious products from Marriott Bonvoy Boutiques. To enroll for free or for more information about Marriott Bonvoy, visit marriottbonvoy.com.
About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, often in the form of short talks delivered by leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given at TED conferences, intimate TED Salons and thousands of independently organized TEDx events around the world. Videos of these talks are made available, free, on TED.com and other platforms. Audio versions of TED Talks are published to TED Talks Daily, available on all podcast platforms.
TED's open and free initiatives for spreading ideas include TED.com, where new TED Talk videos are posted daily; TEDx, which licenses thousands of individuals and groups to host local, self-organized TED-style events around the world; the TED Fellows program, which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities; The Audacious Project, which surfaces and funds critical ideas that have the potential to impact millions of lives; TED Translators, which crowdsources the subtitling of TED Talks so that big ideas can spread across languages and borders; and the educational initiative TED-Ed. TED also offers TED@Work, a program that reimagines TED Talks for workplace learning. TED also has a growing library of original podcasts, including The TED Interview with Chris Anderson, WorkLife with Adam Grant, Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi and How to Be a Better Human.
Follow TED on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
About TED-Ed
TED-Ed is TED's youth and education initiative. TED-Ed's mission is to spark and celebrate the ideas of teachers and students around the world. Everything we do supports learning — from producing a growing library of original animated videos, to providing an international platform for teachers to create their own interactive lessons, to helping curious students around the globe bring TED to their schools and gain presentation literacy skills, to celebrating innovative leadership within TED-Ed's global network of over 850,000 teachers. TED-Ed has grown from an idea worth spreading into an award-winning education platform that serves millions of teachers and students around the world every day.
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2022-07-06T14:30:58+00:00
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https://www.kalb.com/prnewswire/2022/07/06/check-curiosity-marriott-hotels-ted-evolve-partnership-with-debut-first-ever-immersive-guest-rooms-bookable-around-world/
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Ozzie Albies Player Prop Bets: Braves vs. Astros - April 21
Published: Apr. 21, 2023 at 12:29 PM CDT|Updated: 47 minutes ago
The Atlanta Braves and Ozzie Albies, who went 0-for-4 last time in action, take on Hunter Brown and the Houston Astros at Truist Park, Friday at 7:20 PM ET.
He had a hitless performance in his last game (0-for-4) against the Padres.
Ozzie Albies Game Info & Props vs. the Astros
- Game Day: Friday, April 21, 2023
- Game Time: 7:20 PM ET
- Stadium: Truist Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Astros Starter: Hunter Brown
- TV Channel: Apple TV+
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -200)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +575)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +190)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +145)
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Ozzie Albies At The Plate
- Albies is batting .237 with a double, four home runs and three walks.
- Albies has gotten at least one hit in 73.7% of his games this year (14 of 19), with multiple hits three times (15.8%).
- He has hit a home run in 21.1% of his games in 2023 (four of 19), and 5% of his trips to the plate.
- Albies has had an RBI in seven games this year (36.8%), including four multi-RBI outings (21.1%). He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in two contests.
- He has scored at least one run six times this season (31.6%), including one multi-run game.
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Ozzie Albies Home/Away Batting Splits
Astros Pitching Rankings
- The 9.4 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Astros pitching staff ranks eighth in the league.
- The Astros have the seventh-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (3.31).
- Astros pitchers combine to surrender the 10th-fewest home runs in baseball (20 total, 1.1 per game).
- Brown (2-0 with a 1.93 ERA and 17 strikeouts in 18 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Astros, his fourth of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Saturday against the Texas Rangers, when he went seven innings, allowing no earned runs while giving up five hits.
- The 24-year-old has put up an ERA of 1.93, with 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings, in three games this season. Opponents are hitting .200 against him.
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2023-04-21T18:18:22+00:00
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wsfa.com
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https://www.wsfa.com/sports/betting/2023/04/21/ozzie-albies-mlb-player-prop-bets/
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Biden steps into G20 aiming to unite leaders in opposition to Russia’s war on Ukraine
By Maegan Vazquez, Kevin Liptak and Betsy Klein, CNN
President Joe Biden is confronting competing issues at home and abroad while he’s at the Group of 20 Summit in Bali this week, using the moment on the world’s stage to lean into international support for condemning Russia’s aggression while also facing the prospect of hearing Donald Trump announce his next run for the presidency.
Administration officials previewing Biden’s G20 summit activities have their sights set on the coalition’s efforts to voice its opposition against the war in Ukraine, which could send a powerful signal amongst a group that’s so far had fragmented approaches to the Kremlin’s aggression.
This marks the first time the group has gathered in-person since the start of the invasion, and most G20 members are expected to sign onto a statement condemning Russia’s war in Ukraine “and the human suffering it has caused both for Ukrainians and for families in the developing world that are facing food and fuel insecurity as a result,” a senior administration official said.
Such an expression of condemnation has been the work of months of diplomacy between G20 leaders. However, it’s not clear yet exactly which countries will sign onto the declaration.
Although the G20 is comprised of world powers who have long backed Ukraine during the war, it also includes other nations that have been tepid in their response to Russia’s aggression — including India, China, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, the host of this year’s summit. The coalition, which is broadly focused on the global economy, also includes Russia itself. But Russian President Vladimir Putin is not making an appearance at the summit this year.
Since the spring, US officials have anticipated a showdown at this year’s G20 over the war. Biden has stated Russia should no longer be a member of the bloc, though expelling Moscow would require support from all of the G20’s members.
As of now, no official “family photo” is listed on a schedule, a sign of the deep acrimony within the G20 spurred by the war in Ukraine.
The president’s diplomatic Tuesday — a day working alongside leaders that’s capped off with a gala dinner — is expected to precede a 2024 presidential campaign announcement by Biden’s predecessor, Trump, from the other side of the world. The prospective announcement would set the stage for a two-year battle for the American presidency, having the power to cast a shadow over Biden’s efforts to unify world leaders — some already personally stung by Trump’s nationalist approach.
Biden and his team have already spent time during his multi-leg, cross-continental trip abroad addressing domestic politics, suggesting the issue has not only loomed on their minds, but also among their foreign counterparts in meetings throughout their travels.
On Sunday, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters that “many leaders” at the ASEAN Summit addressed the midterms with Biden, that many leaders were “following them closely” and that the president now feels he has a strong position on the international stage.
Vote counts for midterm races last Tuesday continue to trickle in, with Democrats only securing their continued majority in the US Senate this past weekend and the future of the US House of Representatives remaining up in the air. But Biden — who has frequently cast the US’ dynamic with other world powers as a global fight between democracy and autocracy — brought up the political headwinds working in his favor on Monday in Bali after he took part in a roughly three-hour meeting with Xi Jinping.
At a news conference after his meeting with Xi, Biden sought to cast the election results seen so far as a victory for the future of American democracy — a matter he had said was at stake at the polls.
“The American people proved once again that democracy is who we are. There was a strong rejection of election deniers at every level from those seeking to lead our states and those seeking to serve in congress and also those seeking to oversee the elections,” Biden said at the start of his remarks after the Xi meeting.
On Tuesday, Biden will participate in working sessions and a luncheon with leaders at the summit. He’ll also co-host an event on the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment, which the White House said “aims to mobilize $600 billion in the next five years with G7 partners to deliver sustainable infrastructure and advance U.S. national security and economic security interests.” The president will later meet with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy and end the night at a gala dinner.
The meeting with Meloni will be Biden’s first chance to confer the new Italian prime minister in person since she took office in October — when she became the country’s most far-right leader since Benito Mussolini.
The two leaders undoubtedly have differences on LGBT rights, abortion rights and immigration policies. But they’re expected to focus on shared interests — in particular, their support of Ukraine. According to the White House, Biden and Meloni will discuss “cooperation on shared global challenges, including those posed by the People’s Republic of China, and our ongoing efforts to help Ukraine defend itself against Russian aggression.”
The global infrastructure initiative event follows a launch in 2021 amongst G7 partners to better position the US and its allies to compete with China.
China’s Belt and Road Initiative, first announced in 2013 under Xi, aims to build ports, roads and railways to create new trade corridors linking China to Africa and the rest of Eurasia. The Chinese-funded, cross-continental infrastructure initiative has been seen as an extension of the country’s sharp ascent to global power.
At the summit, Biden is also expected to “speak to energy security as a core issue facing the global economy,” calling for a price cap as a “key way that we can help to preserve global energy security.”
Other topics at the summit, the senior administration official said, include economic coordination, climate change, and the Covid-19 pandemic, with new announcements expected on digital infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific and solar power in Honduras.
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2022-11-15T02:38:17+00:00
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krdo.com
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https://krdo.com/news/2022/11/14/biden-steps-into-g20-aiming-to-unite-leaders-in-opposition-to-russias-war-on-ukraine/
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The annual Indy Jazz Fest is back in town at MacAllister Amphitheater at Garfield Park in Indianapolis for 2022.
Indy Jazz Fest Festival director, David Allee joined News 8 Saturday to talk about the upcoming festival.
Tickets can be purchased here.
Learn more about the Indy Jazz Fest by watching the video above.
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2022-09-10T21:03:45+00:00
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wishtv.com
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https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/indy-jazz-fest-2022-oct-1-2/
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Even as the nation reeled over the massacre of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, multiple mass shootings happened elsewhere over the Memorial Day weekend in areas both rural and urban. Single-death incidents still accounted for most gun fatalities.
Gunfire erupted in the predawn hours of Sunday at a festival in the town of Taft, Oklahoma, sending hundreds of revelers scattering and customers inside the nearby Boots Café diving for cover. Eight people ages 9 to 56 were shot, and one of them died.
Six children ages 13 to 15 were wounded Saturday night in a touristy quarter of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Two groups got into an altercation, and two people in one of them pulled guns and started shooting.
Ten people were wounded, and three law enforcement officers injured, in a shooting incident at a Memorial Day nighttime street gathering in Charleston, South Carolina.
And at a club and liquor store in Benton Harbor in southwestern Michigan, a 19-year-old man was killed and six other people were wounded after gunfire rang out among a crowd around 2:30 a.m. Monday. Police found multiple shell casings of various calibers.
Those and others met a common definition of a mass shooting, in which four or more people are shot. Such occurrences have become so regular, news of them is likely to fade fast.
There were at least two incidents in Chicago between late Friday and Monday that qualified as mass shootings, including one near a closed elementary school on the West Side in which the wounded included a 16-year-old girl.
Single-fatality shootings also rocked families and communities.
In Arkansas a 7-year-old girl was killed Saturday in a busy area near the Little Rock Zoo, in what police described as “an isolated event involving acquaintances.”
And on Chicago’s South Side, the body of a young man slain at an outdoor birthday party lay on the sidewalk early Sunday, covered by a white sheet. His mother stood nearby, crying.
Overall, Chicago recorded 32 gunfire incidents over the weekend in which 47 people were shot and nine died.
In the wake of the Uvalde shooting, by an 18-year-old who legally purchased an AR-style rifle, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republican opponents of tougher gun laws quickly pointed at Chicago as an example of how such measures don’t work, saying, “more people are shot every weekend (there) than there are in schools in Texas.”
High rates of gun violence in Chicago have made a series of Democratic governments there, including that of current Mayor Lori Lightfoot, vulnerable to criticism — sometimes from within their own party.
But the assertions by Abbott and others are misleading and oversimplify the situation in the country’s third-largest city. Many guns used in the killing of Chicagoans were initially bought in other states with less stringent gun laws, like Indiana and Mississippi. Chicago officials also note that the city records fewer murders per capita than many other smaller U.S. cities.
Police chiefs there and in other cities cancelled days off to boost the numbers of officers over the holiday, hoping it would act as a deterrent. Independent conflict mediators also hit the streets, using social media to identify simmering conflicts with the potential to explode into real-world violence.
In Detroit, Police Chief James White promised to strictly enforce a curfew aimed at youths and teens after three people were wounded during a shooting earlier this month in Greektown, a popular downtown restaurant and entertainment district.
Such strategies may have worked in individual cases, but statistics from several cities didn’t indicate violence was kept at or below levels from previous years. Chicago’s Memorial Day weekend death toll was three times last year’s.
It’s long been a rule of thumb in northern cities that hot weather means more violence. Temperatures in Detroit and Chicago were in the 80s — unseasonably warm — during the three-day weekend, bringing more people outside and increasing the chances of clashes, often between rival gangs. Alcohol at holiday parties can fuel personal beefs, some of which first fester online.
“The seasons may not have much of an impact on shootings in Los Angeles, where the weather is always good,” said Rodney Phillips, a violence prevention worker and former gang member in Chicago. But in his city, Memorial Day weekend typically marks “the start of the killing season,” he said.
Residents like Yvonne Fields, of Detroit, say they are especially cautious when Memorial Day rolls around. She, her children and grandchildren spent time closer to home this weekend.
“The holidays are not like they used to be,” Fields said. “The gangs have taken over. They do drive-by shootings. Everyone is living in fear.”
Police in big cities often say most homicides have some tie-in to gangs, though others point to poverty and the desperation that comes with it as underlying causes.
An organizational shift over the past three decades, from top-down gangs led by identifiable leaders who could assert control to more fragmented, loosely structured groups, has also contributed to the violence.
“These gang factions are getting younger and younger, bolder and more impulsive,” Phillips said. “It’s alarming. It’s often children shooting children these days.
Malik Shabazz, who helps lead neighborhood safety and anti-crime patrols in Detroit, said the Detroit New Black Panther Nation/New Marcus Garvey Movement he founded looks for spikes in crime during the holidays when people gather in groups and have more free time away from work.
“What I see is both the perps and the victims of (shootings and violent crime) are becoming younger and younger, and the crime is becoming more heinous,” said Shabazz, 59. “And people bring their guns and people have beef, ‘now I can shoot you and I can stab you over an issue of respect, not talk it out or ignore it and walk it off.’”
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Williams reported from Detroit and Jill Bleed in Little Rock, Arkansas, contributed.
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2022-06-01T16:55:34+00:00
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newson6.com
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https://www.newson6.com/story/629727e16aacf421995b535d/after-uvalde-holiday-weekend-sees-shootings-nationwide
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PARIS (AP) — A homicide investigation has been launched into the fatal shooting of a driver by a police officer in the French city of Nice after he failed to obey an order to stop, the southern city's prosecutor said Friday.
A video circulating on social media shows a police officer pointing his gun at the driver’s window as the vehicle is reversing in front of a damaged police cruiser. The officer fires just after the driver appears to stop the car.
The shooting is the latest in a string of similar incidents across France in recent months that have raised questions about the use of deadly force by police.
Nice prosecutor Xavier Bonhomme said in a statement the 23-year-old police officer - now in police custody following Wednesday's incident - said he shot at the driver because of the “immediate threat” he posed to him and his colleague.
Police and judicial authorities said the 24-year-old driver refused to obey an order to stop after officers noticed that he was driving dangerously. At some point, the car turned back and rammed into the police car.
Bonhomme said the man was driving a stolen car and had previously been convicted on a number of charges, including driving without a license and theft.
In another incident Wednesday in the western city of Rennes, a 22-year-old woman was killed after police opened fire on a car she was a passenger in during an anti-drug operation. The driver of the car was wounded.
Earlier this year, a French police officer was charged with involuntary manslaughter after fatally shooting two men in a car as they sought to evade a police check on the Pont-Neuf bridge in central Paris, on the night of French President Emmanuel Macron’s reelection.
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2022-09-09T16:38:39+00:00
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ourmidland.com
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https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Homicide-probe-after-French-police-fatally-shoot-17430197.php
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Independent 501c3 Public Charity Unveils HQ, Food Production Facility,
Celebrates Campaign to Improve Health for 50,000 Lives
MILWAUKEE, May 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This week nearly 200 community leaders, members, and partners attended Food For Health's (FFH) launch event as an independent 501c3 at the organization's new HQ campus located in the Halyard Park Neighborhood. FFH President and CEO Kathy Koshgarian announced a five-year campaign to improve the health of 50,000 lives focusing on Wisconsin's underserved communities. "As Americans, we're spending trillions on health care -- but people are getting sicker -- largely due to preventable diet-related diseases. Here in Wisconsin, up to one-third of our residents have diabetes and spend twice as much on healthcare as a person without," said Koshgarian. "Our FFH medically tailored meal (MTM) program reduces healthcare consumption and costs while managing and reversing diet-related diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. While food is clearly the problem, it is also the solution. The time to act is now and as we like to say, it's time for a food fight!"
Koshgarian said the Food For Health program provides low-income individuals living with a diet-related disease access to medically tailored meals, and well-being services along with a dedicated health coach to provide support and a customized app that provides access to education and goal tracking. "It's a comprehensive program that wraps around the individual that otherwise wouldn't have access, and it gets results.
Koshgarian adds that FFH is part of a burgeoning national movement. "While we built Wisconsin's first and only validated integrated MTM program, we have also learned from and joined forces with other MTM providers across the nation through the Food Is Medicine Coalition (FIMC). This is an effort requiring partnerships," said Koshgarian. "To bring our program to those in need we partner with healthcare providers, insurers, payers, FQHCs, other community-based organizations, and employers. The need is great, and we are reliant on the generous donations from our philanthropic community and partners."
At the event, guests experienced delicious, healthy food straight from the FFH program menus, mocktails were served, cooking, coaching, and biometric screenings demos were held, and testimonials from partners and participants were shared. "We treated our guests to a food and well-being immersion experience because we wanted to provide a "true taste" of the food we provide, express the completeness of our programs, and unveil our headquarters and food production facility," said Koshgarian. "We ask that you join us in the movement. Together we share responsibility for positively and sustainably changing the lives of 50,000 of our Wisconsin friends, colleagues, family members, and community members that are in need over the next five years. Please visit our resource center at Foodforhealth.org for more information on how you can provide support, get involved, and join us in this all-important food fight!"
About Food For Health
Food For Health (FFH) is a non-profit 501c3 that provides delicious medically tailored meals, health coaching, well-being programming, and nutrition education via a high-touch high-tech experience to low-income individuals living with one or more diet-related diseases. As the only Medically Tailored Meal provider in Wisconsin, we've joined forces with other like-minded organizations across the nation as part of the Food Is Medicine Coalition (FIMC) to realize our vision of creating equitable access to healthy and happy lives through the power of food. For more information, visit foodforhealth.org.
Media contact:
Carole Pfeil
262-623-4054
cpfeil@foodforhealth.org
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2023-05-19T00:18:10+00:00
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waff.com
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https://www.waff.com/prnewswire/2023/05/18/food-health-wisconsins-first-medically-tailored-meal-provider-hosts-launch-event/
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AI-Powered Discovery Platform being adopted by technology pioneers
Key Highlights
- First Light Fusion Deploys Machine Discovery's AI-powered platform to accelerate complex multi-physics compute-intensive tasks to record speeds
- The collaboration enables First Light Fusion to deliver clean energy on a significantly reduced schedule
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Machine Discovery's AI-powered Discovery Platform is delivering acceleration for compute-intensive optimization and prediction tasks and is adopted by First Light Fusion. As a result of a multi-year close collaboration between the two companies, the Discovery Platform is now proven to accelerate the development of the key technologies required to deliver fusion clean energy at record speed.
Finding the optimum fusion solution in record time
First Light Fusion is a UK-based leading fusion pioneer seeking to deliver fusion energy using its unique 'projectile' approach – a branch of inertial confinement fusion that uses high-velocity projectiles rather than lasers. In deploying the Discovery Platform, First Light Fusion achieved the ability to explore the design space in record time to find an optimum fusion solution. The Discovery Platform delivers ease of use, performance, and scalability to accelerate compute-intensive tasks for optimization and prediction.
Large-scale simulation studies for the end-to-end design of fusion systems using multi-physics software are central to First Light Fusion's approach. A key challenge for First Light Fusion is to rapidly locate design space optima for the models used in these studies. Machine Discovery's latest collaboration with First Light Fusion resulted in a solution that significantly speeds up optimization tasks with high-quality of results. As a result, First Light Fusion can now rapidly assess the full potential of new designs. This has accelerated the pathway to commercial fusion power.
Thanks to novel AI technology delivering the ability to explore larger design space
Machine Discovery's unique AI Platform offers First Light Fusion the ability to manage complex collaborative projects across large teams, with a large number of simulation runs. The platform's novel emulation technology creates, from the simulation output results, rapid Neural-Network-based models for prediction, delivering many orders of magnitude faster prediction with accuracy. The platform's optimization engine uses AI algorithms for optimization and sampling and combines simulation and Neural-Network model outputs to enable the exploration of a significantly larger design space at a record speed.
"Our objective is to deliver fusion energy as fast as possible. As a result of our multi-year collaboration, Machine Discovery has enabled us to achieve significant productivity to automate and optimize complex tasks," said Nicholas Hawker, Founder and Chief Executive of First Light Fusion. "With it, we are improving design performance and gaining insight for optimum results in delivering the fusion energy."
"Today's large, complex engineering challenges require quick and predictively accurate results with scalability," said Bijan Kiani, Chief Executive Officer at Machine Discovery. "We are pleased with the progress of our multi-year collaboration with First Light Fusion which has enabled Machine Discovery to deliver a solution that is addressing today's complex engineering challenges at record speed. This work is well aligned with our strategy of contributing towards the development of low-cost clean energy in enabling First Light Fusion to develop complex fusion reactors to a significantly reduced schedule."
Editorial Contacts:
Bijan Kiani
Machine Discovery
+1 650-283-6917
bijan@machine-discovery.com
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2023-01-30T15:49:47+00:00
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kcrg.com
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https://www.kcrg.com/prnewswire/2023/01/30/machine-discovery-collaborates-with-first-light-fusion-accelerate-advanced-innovations-clean-energy/
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Texas A&M Odds to Win 2023 March Madness
Oddsmakers have given the Texas A&M Aggies (25-9) the 20th-best odds in all of college basketball to win the championship at the end of the 2022-23 season, at +5000 on the moneyline.
Check out the latest futures and game odds for Texas A&M and place your bets with BetMGM Sportsbook.
The Aggies play the Penn State Nittany Lions, beginning at 9:55 PM ET on Thursday, March 16 in the First Round. Texas A&M is favored by 2.5 points, and the point total is set at 134.5.
Texas A&M NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Odds
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Texas A&M Team Stats
- Texas A&M's +239 scoring differential (outscoring opponents by 7.0 points per game) is a result of scoring 73.2 points per game (139th in college basketball) while giving up 66.2 per contest (65th in college basketball).
- Texas A&M has a 22-4 record in games it was listed as favorites, and a 3-5 record in games it was listed as the underdog.
- As three-point (or fewer) favorites this season, Texas A&M has posted a perfect 3-0 record. They are 19-4 when favored by more than three points.
Texas A&M Quadrant Records
- Q1 Record: 6-6 | Q2 Record: 6-1 | Q3 Record: 5-0 | Q4 Record: 8-2
- Texas A&M has tied for the 22nd-most Quadrant 1 victories in the country (six).
- Against Quadrant 2 opponents, Texas A&M is 6-1 (.857%) -- tied for the 18th-most wins.
Quadrant records are based on computer rankings, not NCAA NET rankings. Here's what they mean: Quadrant 1: Home vs 1-30, Neutral vs 1-50, Away vs 1-75 | Quadrant 2: Home vs 31-75, Neutral vs 51-100, Away vs 76-135 | Quadrant 3: Home vs 76-160, Neutral vs 101-200, Away vs 136-240 | Quadrant 4: Home vs 161-plus, Neutral vs 201-plus, Away vs 241-plus
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Best Texas A&M Players
- Wade Taylor IV leads the Aggies in points and assists. He averages 16.5 points per game while tacking on 4.0 assists.
- Dexter Dennis paces Texas A&M with 5.7 rebounds per game.
- Taylor makes 2.3 threes per game to lead the Aggies.
- Texas A&M's blocks leader is Dennis, who collects 0.6 per game. Taylor leads the team by averaging 1.8 steals an outing.
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2023-03-17T13:56:57+00:00
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'Avengers' star Jeremy Renner hospitalized after snow-related accident
"Avengers" star Jeremy Renner is being treated for serious injuries that happened while he was plowing snow, the actor's representative said Sunday.
Renner, 51, is in critical condition although he is stable, the actor's representative said. No further details on the extent of Renner's injuries were available.
The actor has a home in Nevada, but it is unclear where he was hurt. 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 2008'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.
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2023-01-02T08:01:38+00:00
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wisn.com
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https://www.wisn.com/article/jeremy-renner-hospital-snow-accident/42376556
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There have been at least 16 migrant encounters statewide within a two-day period that have led to the arrest of 263 migrants, the Border Patrol announced Sunday.
The most recent was on Saturday when about 300 migrants were rescued near Key Largo after trying to make it to the United States.
113 of the migrants jumped off the boat and swam to shore where border patrol said they took them into custody.
“They had no water, food, snacks, some had dehydration. Four were taken to a local hospital and treated,” Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar said
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The 218 of the remaining migrants who stayed onboard the vessel were taken into custody by the United States Coast Guard.
Officials say none were seriously hurt.
Patricia Elizee is an immigration attorney who’s dealt with cases involving Haitian migrants seeking asylum and said it's been the worst she's ever seen.
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“Haiti right now is the worst I’ve ever seen it. It's so bad you’re not able to take kids to school, scared to go to the supermarket. You won’t end a day without hearing a gunshot,” Elizee said.
“If there’s not real change, these boats are not going to stop any time soon,” Elizee said.
On Friday another boat near the Lower Keys overturned, the coast guard said eight people were rescued, five still haven’t been found.
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2022-08-08T03:48:02+00:00
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nbcmiami.com
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https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/influx-of-migrants-continues-to-rise-in-the-florida-keys/2830028/
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State retirees make their case: Many won't live to see COLA boosts when they resume in 2031
PROVIDENCE – "I was a little upset being referred to as the 'walking dead,'" 77-year-old retired Cranston special-education teacher Sandra Paquette said when she finally got her turn at the microphone.
It was a running theme at the State House on Tuesday night as one speaker after another looked ahead to how many in the Senate hearing room would be dead by the time the state resumes regular payment of the suspended cost-of-living adjustments – aka COLAs – that Rhode Island's public employees were promised when they retired.
Retired state budget analyst Brian Kennedy apologized to the senators for not bringing cute kids to elicit the same kinds of nods and smiles that earlier speakers received when they spoke about legislation that would boost child-care worker salaries that was moved from last on the night's agenda up to being first on the docket.
"I wish I could show up here with 5-year-old kids and puppies," Kennedy said. "We've just got old people that are going to die," he said to titters from the audience.
"I can't do anything but say we are owed the money," Kennedy said. "After a while we'll be in our graves. Hey, hey. So much for him."
More on RI pensions:A decade after RI 'pension reform,' anger and suspicion still rule the conversation.
Why state retirees are making their case for COLAs
The anger and frustration in the Senate Finance Committee hearing room was palpable as the retirees made their case for the restoration of the COLAs – up to 3% compounded annually – suspended as part of then-Treasurer Gina Raimondo's 2011 effort to rein in the spiraling taxpayer costs of Rhode Island's public-employee pensions.
Under that cost-cutting pension, referred to by one pensioner as the "Gina Raimondo Theft Act of 2011," annual COLAs will return when the state pension fund had enough money on hand to pay 80% of its projected current and future pension obligations.
The projected return date? 2031.
In the interim, the retirees have seen small bumps at four-year intervals, including .74% in 2017. In 2021, they received 1.06% on the first $33,130 of their pension if they retired before July 1, 2015, and on the first $27,608 if they retired after.
Given the average age of today's retired public school teachers, state employees and municipal employees – early to mid-70's – retired state labor-relations administrator John Breguet called the 2031 promise to pre-2012 retirees "an illusory sham."
"The 72.2 years old retiree [in 2011] is now 84 years old. If male, he has a life expectancy of 6.21 years, and 7.43 if female. [The state] asks these individuals to wait another 9 years. The individuals already have waited 11.
"In other words, we, the pre-2012 retirees, certainly will almost all be dead when COLAs supposedly will return," he said.
What options are on the table?
The hearing centered on a package of retiree relief bills, including one sponsored by Sen. Frank Ciccone, a one-time business agent for the laborer's union, to reinstate annual COLA payments to all pre-2012 retirees at whatever level they were receiving then. This was the retirees' preferred bill.
Others, including one introduced at the request of new state Treasurer James Diossa, would give the retirees a one-time $500 stipend instead – at a projected cost to the state treasury of $15 million – instead of a permanent increase in their base pension amount.
"Currently, the pension system is just about 60% funded," Diossa told the senators. "That means the system's total assets are just about 60% of its total liabilities. Further, our system is still cash-flow negative, which means the system pays more in benefits than it receives in contributions on an annual basis."
Any restoration of suspended benefits "will prolong the forecasted 2031 COLA return, increase our unfunded liability by even more and become a financial burden on taxpayers," he warned the senators.
Noting that a $500 payment amounts to $9.60 a week, more than one retiree asked, why bother?
Kennedy said legislative budget writers would do more good taking the projected $35-million cost of the small reduction Gov. Dan McKee has proposed in the sales tax, from 7% to 6.85%, and giving it to the retirees instead.
"The state has sufficient funds to grant large pay raises to current employees, sufficient funds to propose free tuition for Rhode Island residents," retiree Tina Rosa wrote the lawmakers.
"Given the more than $600-million budget surplus currently,'' retiree coalition chairman Roger Boudreau argued, "A fractional percentage of that surplus should rightly be dedicated to those who've given their careers in service to the public."
Paquette said she waited hours for her turn to speak for one reason: "To give a face to the retirees."
"Who are we? We are everybody. We are your relatives. We're your in-laws, your colleagues, your friends. We're the people who sit behind you in church, maybe are in your temple, or the people you stand in line with at the supermarkets.
"We are just regular every day people. Unfortunately ... many of us are now residents of long-term care or we are names carved into gravestones. So that is the face that you're looking at. What happened in 2011, as everyone knows, was tremendously unfair and thousands of us suddenly became collateral damage."
The bills were held for further study.
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2023-05-03T22:49:41+00:00
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providencejournal.com
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https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/politics/2023/05/03/changes-to-ri-state-pensions-and-cola-restoration-up-in-ri-general-assembly/70175746007/
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Maternal deaths across the U.S. more than doubled over the course of two decades, and the tragedy unfolded unequally.
Black mothers died at the nation’s highest rates, while the largest increases in deaths were found in American Indian and Native Alaskan mothers. And some states — and racial or ethnic groups within them – fared worse than others.
The findings were laid out in a new study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers looked at maternal deaths between 1999 and 2019 — but not the pandemic spike — for every state and five racial and ethnic groups.
“It’s a call to action to all of us to understand the root causes — to understand that some of it is about health care and access to health care, but a lot of it is about structural racism and the policies and procedures and things that we have in place that may keep people from being healthy,” said Dr. Allison Bryant, one of the study’s authors and a senior medical director for health equity at Mass General Brigham.
Among wealthy nations, the U.S. has the highest rate of maternal mortality, which is defined as a death during pregnancy or up to a year afterward. Common causes include excessive bleeding, infection, heart disease, suicide and drug overdose.
Bryant and her colleagues at Mass General Brigham and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington started with national vital statistics data on deaths and live births. They then used a modeling process to estimate maternal mortality out of every 100,000 live births.
Overall, they found rampant, widening disparities. The study showed high rates of maternal mortality aren’t confined to the South but also extend to regions like the Midwest and states such as Wyoming and Montana, which had high rates for multiple racial and ethnic groups in 2019.
Researchers also found dramatic jumps when they compared maternal mortality in the first decade of the study to the second, and identified the five states with the largest increases between those decades. Those increases exceeded:
— 162% for American Indian and Alaska Native mothers in Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Rhode Island and Wisconsin;
— 135% for white mothers in Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri and Tennessee;
— 105% for Hispanic mothers in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Tennessee;
— 93% for Black mothers in Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey and Texas;
— 83% for Asian and Pacific Islander mothers in Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan and Missouri.
“I hate to say it, but I was not surprised by the findings. We’ve certainly seen enough anecdotal evidence in a single state or a group of states to suggest that maternal mortality is rising,” said Dr. Karen Joynt Maddox, a health services and policy researcher at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis who wasn’t involved in the study. “It’s certainly alarming, and just more evidence we have got to figure out what’s going on and try to find ways to do something about this.”
Maddox pointed to how, compared with other wealthy nations, the U.S. underinvests in things like social services, primary care and mental health. She also said Missouri hasn’t funded public health adequately and, during the years of the study, hadn’t expanded Medicaid. They’ve since expanded Medicaid — and lawmakers passed a bill giving new mothers a full year of Medicaid health coverage. Last week, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed budget bills that included $4.4 million for a maternal mortality prevention plan.
In neighboring Arkansas, Black women are twice as likely to have pregnancy-associated deaths as white women, according to a 2021 state report.
Dr. William Greenfield, the medical director for family health at the Arkansas Department of Health, said the disparity is significant and has “persisted over time,” and that it’s hard to pinpoint exactly why there was an increase in the state’s maternal mortality rate for Black mothers.
Rates among Black women have long been the worst in the nation, and the problem affects people of all socioeconomic backgrounds. For example, U.S. Olympic champion sprinter Tori Bowie, 32, died from complications of childbirth in May.
The pandemic likely exacerbated all of the demographic and geographic trends, Bryant said, and “that’s absolutely an area for future study.” According to preliminary federal data, maternal mortality fell in 2022 after rising to a six-decade high in 2021 — a spike experts attributed mainly to COVID-19. Officials said the final 2022 rate is on track to get close to the pre-pandemic level, which was still the highest in decades.
Bryant said it’s crucial to understand more about these disparities to help focus on community-based solutions and understand what resources are needed to tackle the problem.
Arkansas already is using telemedicine and is working on several other ways to increase access to care, said Greenfield, who is also a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Arkansas Medical Center in Little Rock and was not involved in the study.
The state also has a “perinatal quality collaborative,” a network to help health care providers understand best practices for things like reducing cesarean sections, managing complications with hypertensive disorders and curbing injuries or severe complications related to childbirth.
“Most of the deaths we reviewed and other places have reviewed … were preventable,” Greenfield said.
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AP Public Health Collaborations Editor Erica Hunzinger contributed to this report
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2023-07-03T19:12:26+00:00
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ourquadcities.com
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CENTERVILLE, Ohio (WDTN) — Cincinnati Children’s is expanding access to care with a new location in Centerville.
According to Dr. Julie Bonn, the new Centerville location of Cincinnati Children’s at 6555 Clyo Road opened in March.
The location offers all kinds of treatment including gastroenterology, neurology, urology, ENT, cardiology and so much more.
For more information, click here or watch the video above!
*This segment is sponsored by Cincinnati Children’s.*
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2023-07-26T20:24:59+00:00
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Opening statements set for trial against close Trump ally
NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump sought the presidency in 2016, a California billionaire named Tom Barrack made sure to get in the mix.
The pair had been close friends for decades before Barrack emerged as an informal campaign advisor. He later became the chair of Trump’s inaugural committee.
The problem, federal prosecutors say, is that Barrack was also secretly working at the same time as an agent for the United Arab Emirates, an energy-rich U.S. ally. The allegation has landed the defendant in federal court in Brooklyn. The trial is expected to illuminate his relationship with Trump, and how Barrack sought to leverage that relationship to protect the interests of, and feed intelligence to, the UAE.
Before being indicted, Barrack drew attention by raising $107 million for Trump’s inaugural celebration following the 2016 election. The event was scrutinized both for its lavish spending and for attracting foreign officials and businesspeople looking to lobby the new administration.
U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan and lawyers are expected to complete jury selection on Wednesday morning. Opening statements would follow.
The judge has asked potential jurors who expressed anti-Trump sentiments if they could set them aside and remain neutral. Some were dismissed when they said they couldn’t.
During his questioning, the judge told prospective jurors that they may be hearing testimony from former Trump administration officials and maybe even Trump himself.
The 75-year-old Barrack — who was arrested last year and released on $250 million bail — has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government, obstruction of justice and making false statements.
The Los Angeles-based private equity manager was a key figure in UAE investments in a tech fund and real estate totaling $374 million. Prosecutors say that while he was nurturing those business deals, Barrack helped UAE leaders influence Trump during his campaign for president and after he was elected.
Those efforts included drafting a speech for Trump that praised a member of the country’s royal family, passing information back to the Emiratis about how senior U.S. officials felt about a boycott of Qatar, and promising to advance the interests of the UAE if he were appointed as an ambassador or envoy to the Middle East.
Such an appointment “would give ABU DHABI more power!” Barrack wrote in one message obtained by federal prosecutors, referring to the capital of UAE, which commands tens of billions of dollars in wealth funds from its oil and gas deposits.
The U.S. government is seeking to present evidence at trial that Barrack was in close communication with the UAE’s director of national intelligence, Ali al-Shamsi.
“Al Shamsi was one of the most important UAE government officials that the defendants communicated with as part of the charged scheme, particularly given his senior role in UAE intelligence operations, and testimony regarding his role and responsibilities is central to this case,” prosecutors wrote in court papers.
The defense has sought to exclude evidence of Barrack’s lavish lifestyle, arguing in court papers that it would invite the jury to convict Barrack “based on improper emotional appeals and creates a substantial risk of class bias.”
Barrack has denied any wrongdoing. His lawyers said his contacts with the Emirates were not a secret and had been disclosed to Trump’s campaign and administration. He told reporters as he left the courthouse on Tuesday that watching the jury selection process gave him faith he will be cleared.
“It’s an amazing system,” he said.
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2022-09-21T17:45:48+00:00
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(NEXSTAR) – In November 2020, McDonald’s announced plans to begin testing the McPlant, a “delicious plant-based burger crafted for McDonald’s, by McDonald’s, and with the kind of craveable McDonald’s flavor our customers love.”
But nearly two years later — during which time several fast-food chains have debuted their own plant-based offerings — the McPlant is still seemingly no closer to obtaining a spot on the national menu.
So what happened?
In late 2021, McDonald’s began testing the McPlant at only eight U.S. locations after previously testing the burger in select European countries. In Feb. 2021, the McPlant tests expanded to around 600 restaurants in the San Francisco Bay and Dallas-Fort Worth areas, with McDonald’s aiming to better understand “customer demand” — and that was the last they’ve mentioned of the sandwich on their corporate website.
In late July, McDonald’s quietly confirmed to CNBC these tests concluded as planned, but a representative for the restaurant made no mention of any future initiatives to offer the McPlant at U.S. locations when contacted by Nexstar.
A representative for Beyond Meat, which partnered with McDonald’s to create the McPlant patty, directed Nexstar back to McDonald’s when asked about any future plans for the burger.
It’s possible McDonald’s could be keeping mum on its plant-based plans, though analysts indicate it’s more likely that the item failed to meet sales expectations, and likely won’t be coming back.
In a note from financial services firm BTIG, obtained by MarketWatch in March and cited by Eat This this week, analysts with the firm found evidence that the McPlant failed to gain the same momentum that it demonstrated in the eight initial test restaurants, each of which had sold around 70 units per day.
Upon the rollout to San Francisco Bay and Dallas-Fort Worth, restaurants were only selling around 20 per day, with some in more rural Texas only selling between three and five, BTIG’s analysts found.
Some of the franchisees had even claimed that, since the McPlant wasn’t selling, it was being cooked to order whenever a customer requested one — which created longer wait times for customers ordering the McPlant and those waiting behind them in the drive-thru.
In their note, BTIG analysts said a nationwide launch “seems a ways off” as of March 2022.
Still, McDonald’s hasn’t completely killed the McPlant. It’s still among the vegetarian-friendly offerings in the U.K., and customers in Australia can find it on their local menus too.
Here in the U.S., however, customers looking for the McPlant may have to keep on waiting — or simply settle for an Impossible Whopper.
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2022-08-10T21:23:56+00:00
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kxnet.com
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https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/is-mcdonalds-ditching-plans-for-the-mcplant-its-long-awaited-plant-based-burger/
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Professional Racecar Driver Sabré Cook Joins Forces with PenFed to Help Others Pave a Road Toward Financial Success
TYSONS, Va., July 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
BACKGROUND:
The 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup North America Series is one of the preeminent one-make racing series in the world. Drivers go head-to-head in the exact same car and compete at the most iconic motorsport venues across North America. Sabré Cook is the first female driver to compete in the series and is making history as one half of the first female driver and female-owned team pairing to race in Porsche Carrera Cup North America.
Experience the full interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/9150252-penfed-credit-union-sabre-cook-racing/
As a young trailblazer at the top of her game, Sabré has partnered with PenFed Credit Union to create awareness on driving toward financial success. As part of this partnership, PenFed is the Official Credit Union of Sabré Cook Racing and the #37 Porsche Carrera 911 GT3 Cup Car.
On June 26, Sabré Cook discussed her personal career and financial journey, shared details on the partnership and how credit unions can help individuals as they navigate their financial journeys.
For more information, please visit https://sabrecookracing.com/
MORE ABOUT SABRÉ COOK:
Sabré Cook is a professional racing driver and mechanical engineer. Hailing from Grand Junction, Colorado, Cook began driving at the young age of eight, and as her passion grew, she began racing competitively at age ten. She recently won the Kellymoss Scholarship Shootout and will be racing for the team full time in the Porsche Carrera Cup North America 2023 Season. Sabré is also a first-generation college graduate. She has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the top U.S. public engineering university, the Colorado School of Mines. She won the U.S. Global Final for the Infiniti Engineering Academy which then gave her the opportunity to serve as Vehicle Test Engineer for Infiniti Global and Suspension Composite Design Engineer for the Renault Formula One Team, all while still racing.
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2023-07-10T22:55:51+00:00
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kalb.com
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https://www.kalb.com/prnewswire/2023/07/10/be-drivers-seat-your-own-financial-journey/
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11-year-old dog attack victim staying positive, gives thumbs-up from hospital, family says
EVANS, Ga. (WRDW/Gray News) - The mother of a dog-mauling victim says her 11-year-old son Justin Gilstrap continues his recovery at the hospital.
WRDW reports that several dogs attacked Justin earlier this month as he was riding his bicycle. A group of pit bulls reportedly ripped part of the boy’s scalp from his head and caused numerous other injuries.
Justin’s family said authorities have since euthanized the three dogs that attacked him while he has had multiple surgeries since the attack.
But despite the ordeal, the boy’s family said he is maintaining a positive spirit. On Tuesday, they shared a photo of Justin giving a thumbs-up from a wheelchair while trying to walk with crutches at the hospital.
His family said he’s doing well but remains in a lot of pain.
Last week, Justin was able to greet visitors who came to the hospital, according to the family. And since his attack, the #Justintough campaign has been gaining attention on social media.
“Hey, everybody. I love y’all. I just want you to know, I’m OK,” Justin said in a shared video message from his family.
Tuesday reportedly marked the last day of the 10-day quarantine for the dogs involved in the attack.
Authorities said the dogs’ owner, Burt Baker, signed custody of the animals over to the county after the incident. Baker faces charges of reckless conduct.
“If you keep a vicious animal, and they attack somebody. Under Georgia law, you’re responsible,” said law firm owner Jacque Hawk.
According to an arrest warrant, Baker allowed his dogs to run free while knowing that they posed a risk to people on bicycles, after having been warned by animal control about them running around.
Baker is currently out on bond and does own other dogs not involved directly with the attack.
Authorities said the rest of Baker’s dogs are also expected to have a case heard in court. When that happens, Hawk said the judge will check to see if the other dogs are trainable.
“I think it’s a discretionary matter with the judge, if he thinks the dogs are vicious, and they’re going to remain vicious, and they’re a danger, they can put all the dogs down,” Hawk said.
All of Baker’s dogs are expected to be evaluated, according to officials.
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2023-01-18T23:21:13+00:00
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Former President Trump faces three new charges in the case that accuses him of hoarding classified documents, as a grand jury continues to investigate his role in trying to overturn the 2020 election.
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Former President Trump faces three new charges in the case that accuses him of hoarding classified documents, as a grand jury continues to investigate his role in trying to overturn the 2020 election.
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2023-07-29T22:36:23+00:00
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PITTSBURGH, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a convenient linen/laundry care product that would iron or steam clothing and home textiles," said an inventor, from Paterson, N.J., "so I invented the E Z PRESS. My goal is to increase efficiency while reducing the hassles and frustrations associated with traditional ironing."
The invention provides an effective way to steam and remove wrinkles from clothing and textiles. In doing so, it eliminates the hassle of using an ironing board. As a result, it saves time and effort and it could enhance the appearance of the clothing or textile items. The invention features a simple and durable design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households, hotels, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the New Jersey sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-NJD-2414, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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2022-05-10T18:04:08+00:00
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BIG, one of the U.S.'s only African American, Female Majority-owned and -led CRE and Multifamily Investment and Lending Platforms, Takes 11% Stake in Tishman Speyer's First Los Angeles-Region Residential Development
NEW YORK and SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tishman Speyer today announced it has secured the Basis Investment Group (BIG) as an equity partner in the Santa Monica Collection, its portfolio consisting of eight development sites across nearly 3.1 acres in Downtown Santa Monica, CA.
A certified minority and woman-owned commercial real estate investment manager, BIG has committed $30 million – 11 percent of the total equity – to the development, which will encompass 617 apartments, 116 of which will be designated as affordable, and approximately 31,000 square feet of retail. With entitlements in place, Tishman Speyer expects to start work on the first four buildings in early 2023 with the remaining four commencing in 2024.
The Santa Monica Collection will address an acute need for more modern, high-quality rental housing at multiple price points in Downtown Santa Monica, a neighborhood known for its vibrancy, attractive outdoor lifestyle and proximity to innovation job centers. The development will create a critical mass of new housing within easy walking distance to world-class restaurants, shops and nightlife options, as well as the Downtown Santa Monica light rail station.
"We are pleased to be partnering with Basis Investment Group to cultivate a thriving mixed-use community in the heart of Downtown Santa Monica," said Tishman Speyer CEO Rob Speyer. "This partnership illustrates our commitment to embedding diversity into all aspects of our business. By making a conscious effort to remove structural and institutional impediments to equitable representation, we strengthen our firm and the communities served by our investments."
In 2021, Tishman Speyer announced that it had raised $30 million in equity from 161 individual Black and Latinx investors for the Enterprise Research Campus, a 14-acre mixed-use campus it is developing in partnership with Harvard University. In doing so, Tishman Speyer surpassed its initial target of allocating five percent of the $500 million in equity to minority investors for the first phase of the project, which will include 900,000 square feet of labs, offices, apartments, and a hotel.
"Inclusive capital matters and we are excited to partner with Tishman Speyer in their commitment to providing investment opportunities in large scale development projects for MWBE capital providers like Basis," said Tammy K. Jones, CEO and Founder of Basis Investment Group (BIG). "We applaud Tishman Speyer for being a leader in breaking down barriers and creating access to wealth creating- joint venture opportunities that diverse firms have largely been excluded from."
Since its inception in 2009, BIG has been at the forefront of enacting and empowering change while embedding ESG considerations into its business and investment decisions. As one of the only African American, female majority-owned and -led CRE and multifamily investment and lending platforms in the U.S., Basis is a testament to the positive impact generated by a thoughtful and intentional approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Basis has implemented significantly increased due diligence, risk analysis, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting processes to provide greater transparency for all Basis clients and stakeholders, further solidifying the company as a forward-looking change agent within the industry.
About Tishman Speyer (tishmanspeyer.com)
Tishman Speyer is a leading owner, developer, operator and investment manager of first-class real estate in 33 key markets across the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Our portfolio spans market rate and affordable residential communities, premier office properties and retail spaces, industrial facilities, and mixed-use campuses. We create state-of-the-art life science centers through our Breakthrough Properties joint venture, and foster innovation through our strategic proptech investments. With global vision, on-the-ground expertise and a personalized approach, we are unparalleled in our ability to foster innovation, quickly adapt to global and local trends and proactively anticipate our customers' evolving needs. By focusing on health and wellness, enlightened placemaking and customer-focused initiatives such as our tenant amenities platform, ZO., and our flexible space and co-working brand, Studio, we tend not just to our physical buildings, but to the people who inhabit them on a daily basis. Since our inception in 1978, Tishman Speyer has acquired, developed, and operated 522 properties, totaling 218 million square feet, with a combined value of over $129 billion (U.S.). Our current portfolio includes such iconic assets as Rockefeller Center in New York City, The Springs in Shanghai, TaunusTurm in Frankfurt and the Mission Rock neighborhood currently being realized in San Francisco.
About Basis Investment Group (www.basisinvgroup.com)
Basis Investment Group is a diversified commercial real estate investment platform investing across the capital stack throughout the United States. With offices in New York, Chicago, and Irvine, CA, Basis has successfully closed over $4 billion in transactions across multiple strategies and asset classes. Basis Investment Management Group is registered as an investment adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Basis, a certified Minority and Woman-Owned Business (MWBE), focuses primarily on investments in the middle markets where it has deep relationships. Basis originates and acquires fixed rate senior mortgage loans, bridge loans, mezzanine loans, preferred equity, structured equity and B-piece investments.
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2023-01-25T16:39:35+00:00
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kwtx.com
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https://www.kwtx.com/prnewswire/2023/01/25/tishman-speyer-secures-basis-investment-group-equity-partner-santa-monica-collection-development/
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Bear falls from tree in front of South Carolina church after being tranqualized
Bear falls from tree in front of South Carolina church after being tranqualized
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Bear falls from tree in front of South Carolina church after being tranqualized
A bear that climbed in a tree in front of a Spartanburg County church Thursday was tranquilized. Savannah O'Brien was there when it happened and captured the video above. The bear climbed the tree in front of First Presbyterian Church Spartanburg at about 10:45 a.m.Police and a wildlife biologist were at the scene until the bear was tranquilized and tumbled out of the tree at about 1:30 p.m. Matrissa Bennett and her seventh-grader, Reese Bennett, were driving in the area and took the video below: More news: One person killed in Upstate hunting accident, DNR saysRemember the bird who made a nest in a SC parking lot? We have an adorable updateDeputies: SC child has metal removed after he and his mother are stabbed by family member
SPARTANBURG, S.C. —
A bear that climbed in a tree in front of a Spartanburg County church Thursday was tranquilized.
Savannah O'Brien was there when it happened and captured the video above.
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The bear climbed the tree in front of First Presbyterian Church Spartanburg at about 10:45 a.m.
Police and a wildlife biologist were at the scene until the bear was tranquilized and tumbled out of the tree at about 1:30 p.m.
Matrissa Bennett and her seventh-grader, Reese Bennett, were driving in the area and took the video below:
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2023-04-06T18:39:10+00:00
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wyff4.com
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True crime series “City Confidential” returns tonight at 10/9c on A&E. Stream the season 8 premiere with Philo and Sling.
About the show:
Episodes of A&E’s “City Confidential” chronicle criminal cases. The series explores another investigation with each installment, including footage, community impact, and interviews with those related to the cases. By combining the perspectives of friends, family members, journalists, and more with pertinent video and Mike Colter’s narration, “City Confidential” presents viewers with a documentary-style breakdown of the crimes that populate headlines.
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2023-03-23T20:17:36+00:00
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mlive.com
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https://www.mlive.com/life/2023/03/how-to-watch-city-confidential-season-8-premiere.html
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Residents made a miraculous discovery while sifting through the rubble of a collapsed building in Jenderis, a town (also spelled Jindayris and Jinderis) on the Turkish border in northwest Syria. Amidst the destruction, they found a newborn baby girl, still connected to her deceased mother by her umbilical cord. Her father and all four of her siblings also died in the catastrophic earthquake.
The infant had been born and buried alive amidst the debris from Monday’s devastating earthquake. People heard her crying and rescued her. A neighbor cut the umbilical cord and rushed her to an incubator at a children’s hospital in Afrin, with rescuers throwing a blanket over the baby as they evacuated.
Journalist Pankaj Mishra shared a now-viral Twitter video that captured the miraculous rescue.
“After the earthquake, a pregnant lady gives birth to a baby under the collapse building,” Mishra wrote in the tweet. “People heard the crying sound, it [was] a baby girl. Baby’s placenta was still attached with mother who has passed away. Sadly she was only survivor in family.”
Syria : After the earthquake, a pregnant lady gives birth to a baby under the collapse building. People heard the crying sound, it ws a baby girl. Baby’s placenta was still attached with mother who has passed away. Sadly she was only survivor in family.#TurkeySyriaEarthquake pic.twitter.com/0zHSa5kzvt
— Pankaj Mishra (@nn_pankaj) February 8, 2023
Dr. Hani Maarouf, one of the pediatricians caring for the newborn, estimated she was several hours old when discovered. She was named Aya, Arabic for “a sign from God.” Although Aya’s body temperature had dropped to 95 degrees and she had a big bruise on her back, she is now in stable condition.
Aya remains in a hospital in Afrin, where she is being cared for by hospital manager Dr. Khalid Attiah and his wife. In an act of extraordinary kindness, Attiah’s wife, who also has a four-month-old baby, volunteered to breastfeed the newborn.
Since the news of the baby’s miraculous survival has spread, thousands of offers to adopt her have poured in from around the world. However, as soon as she is released from the hospital, Aya will be taken in by her father’s uncle, Salah al-Badran. Although his own home in Jenderis was destroyed, he and his family were able to escape safely.
“I won’t allow anyone to adopt her now,” Dr. Attiah told the BBC. “Until her distant family return, I’m treating her like one of my own.”
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Check out Simplemost for additional stories.
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2023-02-11T00:16:52+00:00
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ktvh.com
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https://www.ktvh.com/baby-born-in-syria-turkey-earthquake
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Gordon Ramsay is no stranger to good food, being the host of several cooking shows and owner of his own chain of restaurants worldwide.
It makes sense, then, that the celebrity chef has had his arguably most important asset insured at a cost of $10 million — specifically, his tongue, according to Mashed.
Mashed reports that Ramsay’s taste buds are insured by Lloyd’s of London, an insurance company in the United Kigndom.
While that price tag might seem hefty, Ramsay’s net worth has been estimated at roughly $220 million, and given the importance of taste in his line of work, it’s no question why Ramsay would want to safeguard his tongue.
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Most tongue insurance plans aren’t quite that costly, however. As Mashed explains, a Cadbury’s chocolate scientist who taste-tests candy had her tongue insured for $1.25 million, which is still a lot, but a far cry from that of the “Iron Chef” Ramsay.
Mashed adds that plenty of other celebrities take out similar insurance plans, depending on their line of work. For example, singer Bruce Springsteen had his vocal cords insured for $6 million, and NFL player Troy Polamalu had his hair insured for $1 million.
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2023-03-22T10:32:41+00:00
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clickorlando.com
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https://www.clickorlando.com/entertainment/2023/03/22/report-celebrity-chef-gordon-ramsays-tongue-insured-for-10m/
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CHICAGO, Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ryerson Holding Corporation (NYSE: RYI), a leading value-added processor and distributor of industrial metals, announced today that it will host a conference call to discuss fourth quarter and full-year 2022 financial results for the period ended December 31, 2022, on Thursday, February 23rd, at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. The live online broadcast will be available on the Company's Investor Relations website, ir.ryerson.com. Ryerson will report earnings after the market close on Wednesday, February 22nd.
An online replay of the call will be posted on the investor relations website, ir.ryerson.com, and remain available for 90 days.
Ryerson is a leading value-added processor and distributor of industrial metals, with operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and China. Founded in 1842, Ryerson has around 4,000 employees in approximately 100 locations. Visit Ryerson at www.ryerson.com.
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2023-01-31T23:20:41+00:00
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mysuncoast.com
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https://www.mysuncoast.com/prnewswire/2023/01/31/ryerson-host-earnings-call-thursday-february-23-discuss-fourth-quarter-full-year-2022-results/
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UpNest's platform allows people to compare agents and select the one that's best for their situation; acquisition advances Realtor.com®'s seller strategy
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Move, Inc., the operator of Realtor.com®, one of the most visited real estate sites in the U.S., announced today it has acquired San Mateo, Calif.-based UpNest. UpNest operates a marketplace that connects home sellers with highly qualified local agents who compete for their business. Move, Inc. is a subsidiary of News Corp.
More than 5 million homes are sold each year, according to 2018-2022 data from the National Association of Realtors®, and 9 out of 10 sellers use an agent to assist them in the transaction (NAR 2021 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers).
Realtor.com® already connects many of these home sellers with agents who can help them through the ReadyConnect Concierge℠ referral network. The UpNest acquisition will help Realtor.com® further expand its services and support for home sellers and the agents and brokers who can help them succeed.
"Our open marketplace approach is all about empowering people with choices. While some of our competitors try to funnel buyers, sellers and real estate professionals into a specific set of services in a closed system, Realtor.com helps homeowners choose how they want to find and connect with an agent, and agents and brokers can decide which methods work best for them," said Realtor.com® CEO David Doctorow. "UpNest has a proven track record of successfully connecting homeowners looking to sell with the right agent for them, and we believe that its innovative model complements our existing ReadyConnect Concierge℠ program."
Consumers who submit leads through UpNest's marketplace receive proposals from three to five agents within 12 hours. Those consumers can then decide to contact and interview any of those agents and select the agent they believe can best support them. Since launch, approximately 1 million agent proposals have been submitted on UpNest's marketplace, representing reputable brokerages such as Keller Williams, Re/Max, Compass, and many more.
Sellers who prefer to be connected directly with an agent in Realtor.com®'s ReadyConnect Concierge℠ network can do so directly from the "List your home with an agent" link on the Sell tab on the Realtor.com® landing page. ReadyConnect Concierge℠ applies a proven process to screen and convert online leads, and 7 out of 10 of Realtor.com®'s concierge customers have said the program was critical or important to their business. More than 190,000 agents and 20,000 brokers in all 50 states participate in ReadyConnect Concierge℠.
Realtor.com® also connects sellers with agents through Seller's Marketplace. Nearly a dozen companies in the Seller's Marketplace offer selling options that allow homeowners to sell their homes to an iBuyer; buy now, sell later; sell now, move later; or access equity. Visitors can compare the selling options available in their area, including listing their home on the open market with an agent.
"Realtor.com has been growing momentum among seller audiences with products like Seller's Marketplace and MyHome," said Doctorow. "The addition of UpNest to our stable of seller-focused offerings is a key element of our strategy to deliver the best experience and value to home sellers as well as our agent and broker customers."
"UpNest has helped hundreds of thousands of people sell their homes with the help of top agents over the past eight years," said UpNest Founder and CEO Simon Ru. "We're excited to join the Realtor.com® family. Realtor.com®'s audience reach and strong customer base will help us connect even more sellers with the agents who can best help them."
Simon Ru and the company's 50+ person team will join Move, Inc. Terms of the acquisition were not made public.
About Realtor.com®
Realtor.com® makes buying, selling, renting and living in homes easier and more rewarding for everyone. Realtor.com® pioneered the world of digital real estate more than 25 years ago, and today through its website and mobile apps offers a marketplace where people can learn about their options, trust in the transparency of information provided to them, and get services and resources that are personalized to their needs. Using proprietary data science and machine learning technology, Realtor.com® pairs buyers and sellers with local agents in their market, helping take the guesswork out of buying and selling a home. For professionals, Realtor.com® is a trusted provider of consumer connections and branding solutions that help them succeed in today's on-demand world. Realtor.com® is operated by News Corp [Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA] [ASX: NWS, NWSLV] subsidiary Move, Inc. For more information, visit Realtor.com®.
About Move, Inc.
Move, Inc., a subsidiary of News Corp [Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA] [ASX: NWS, NWSLV], operates a family of websites and mobile experiences for consumers and professionals, including Realtor.com®. Move licenses the Realtor.com URL from the National Association of REALTORS®. Move also offers software products and services to help real estate professionals serve their clients and grow their business, including ListHub™, the nation's leading listings syndicator and centralized intelligence platform for the real estate industry.
About UpNest
Launched in 2013, UpNest (www.upnest.com) is a real estate agent marketplace that matches home buyers and sellers with top local agents who compete for their business. Buyers and sellers receive personalized quotes offering competitive listing commissions, buyer refunds (when applicable), and services. UpNest was ranked on INC 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies and on Deloitte Tech 500.
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2022-06-08T18:32:29+00:00
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kswo.com
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https://www.kswo.com/prnewswire/2022/06/08/realtorcom-acquires-upnest/
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Group holds drive-thru signature petition to stop Washington County Jail upgrades
The Arkansas Justice Coalition is collection petitions to stop a jail expansion.
The Arkansas Justice Coalition is collection petitions to stop a jail expansion.
The Arkansas Justice Reform Coalition is collecting petitions to stop Washington County from using about $18 million in Covid-19 recovery funds for a jail expansion.
Saturday, the group held a drive-thru signature collection across from the Washington County Court House. Organizers say the goal is to get 8 thousand signatures.
"As of the 25th I think we had about 2 thousand signatures," Matt Mayfield with the Arkansas Justice Reform Coalition said. "We're making progress but we need to go quicker if we can."
The group has until February 21 to collect the rest of the signatures needed.
Organizers say any updates to the jail would have to stop if they get enough signatures. In a statement, a spokesperson for the Sheriff's Office says the county has solicited construction bids and they're set to open at the end of the month.
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2023-01-29T08:42:08+00:00
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4029tv.com
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https://www.4029tv.com/article/group-holds-drive-thru-signature-petition-to-stop-washington-county-jail-upgrades/42696275
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered Moscow’s armed forces to hold a 36-hour cease-fire in Ukraine this weekend for the Russian Orthodox Christmas holiday, the Kremlin said.
The order follows a proposal by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, earlier in the day day.
“Based on the fact that a large number of citizens professing Orthodoxy live in the combat areas, we call on the Ukrainian side to declare a cease-fire and give them the opportunity to attend services on Christmas Eve, as well as on the Day of the Nativity of Christ,” according to Putin’s order, addressed to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and published on the Kremlin’s website.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the Russian Orthodox Church called Thursday for a 36-hour Christmas cease-fire in Ukraine at the end of this week, but his appeal looked unlikely to bring any breakthrough in halting the war that began nearly 11 months ago with Moscow’s invasion.
Patriarch Kirill suggested a truce from noon Friday through midnight Saturday, local time. The Russian Orthodox Church, which uses the ancient Julian calendar, celebrates Christmas on Jan. 7 — later than the Gregorian calendar — although some Christians in Ukraine also mark the holiday on that date.
Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak dismissed Kirill’s call as “a cynical trap and an element of propaganda.” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had proposed a Russian troop withdrawal earlier, before Dec. 25, but Russia rejected it.
Kirill has previously justified the war as part of Russia’s “metaphysical struggle” to prevent a liberal ideological encroachment from the West.
Moscow officials made no comment on Kirill’s overture. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with Turkey’s president Thursday and the Kremlin said Putin “reaffirmed Russia’s openness to a serious dialogue” with Ukrainian authorities.
But that professed readiness came with the usual preconditions: that “Kyiv authorities fulfill the well-known and repeatedly stated demands and recognize new territorial realities,” the Kremlin said, referring to Moscow’s insistence that Ukraine recognize Crimea as part of Russia and acknowledge other illegal territorial gains.
Previous attempts at peace talks have fallen at that hurdle, as Ukraine demands that Russia withdraws from occupied areas at the very least.
Elsewhere, the head of NATO said he detected no change in Moscow’s stance on Ukraine, insisting that the Kremlin “wants a Europe where they can control a neighboring country.”
“We have no indications that President Putin has changed his plans, his goals for Ukraine,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in Oslo.
Ukraine’s Western allies have renewed a vow to keep supporting Kyiv for as long as it takes to defeat Russia.
In the latest pledge of military help, the French Defense Ministry said it plans talks soon with its Ukrainian counterpart on delivering armored combat vehicles. France’s presidency says it will be the first time this type of Western-made wheeled tank destroyer is sent to Ukraine’s military.
Also, U.S. President Joe Biden said Bradley Fighting Vehicles, a medium armored combat vehicle that can serve as a troop carrier, could be sent to Ukraine.
The fighting in Ukraine has increasingly become a war of attrition in recent weeks, as winter sets in.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential office, said Thursday at least five civilians were killed and eight wounded across the country by Russian shelling in the previous 24 hours.
The ongoing intense battle for the eastern city of Bakhmut has left 60% of the city in ruins, Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said Thursday. Ukrainian defenders were holding the Russians back, but the Kremlin’s forces have pummeled the city with months of relentless shelling.
Taking the city in the Donbas region, an expansive industrial area bordering Russia, would not only give Putin a major battlefield gain after months of setbacks, but it also would rupture Ukraine’s supply lines and open the way for Moscow’s forces to press on toward key Ukrainian strongholds in Donetsk.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the war at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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2023-01-05T15:40:44+00:00
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mytwintiers.com
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https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/world-news/ap-international/ap-russian-church-head-calls-for-ukraine-truce-finds-no-takers/
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New York is one of the states with the highest number of monkeypox cases. But New York City's health department has faced ongoing problems in their vaccination rollout against it.
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New York is one of the states with the highest number of monkeypox cases. But New York City's health department has faced ongoing problems in their vaccination rollout against it.
Copyright 2022 WNYC Radio
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2022-07-13T21:39:44+00:00
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klcc.org
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https://www.klcc.org/2022-07-13/the-troubles-that-nyc-has-had-in-rolling-out-the-monkeypox-vaccine
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Skyhawk Equestrian moves up to No. 9 in national rankings
UT Martin is currently ranked ninth in the National Collegiate Equestrian Association poll, shifting up a spot from the previous four weeks.
With Tuesday’s announcement, the Skyhawks have now been ranked in the NCEA’s top-10 poll in each of the first nine weekly rankings to start the 2022-23 campaign.
UT Martin’s No. 9 rank equals its highest slot of the season – tying the program’s appearances in the Sept. 20, Sept. 27 and Oct. 18 editions of the poll.
The Skyhawks have displayed a balanced attack this season. In Jumping Seat, UT Martin has collected a 79.0 scoring average in fences to go along with an 81.6 season average in flat. The Skyhawks have additionally excelled in the Western discipline, earning a 73.7 scoring average in horsemanship and a 61.1 scoring average in reining.
UT Martin is 1-3 overall while chalking up a pair of scrimmage victories (9-1 over Dartmouth on Oct. 1, 7-3 against Lynchburg on Oct. 29). The Skyhawks defeated current No. 10 Delaware State on the road on Oct. 14 while all three setbacks have come at the hands of ranked opposition (then-No. 1 TCU on Oct. 13, then-No. 6 Auburn on Oct. 22, then-No. 7 South Carolina on Oct. 28).
Six spots changed in this week’s top-10 rankings. SMU retains the No. 1 slot and is followed by No. 2 TCU, No. 3 Auburn, No. 4 Georgia, No. 5 Texas A&M, No. 6 South Carolina, No. 7 Oklahoma State, No. 8 Baylor, No. 9 UT Martin and No. 10 Delaware State.
The Skyhawks put the finishing touches on their fall schedule Friday morning when they host Eastern College Athletic Conference foe South Dakota State at 10:00 inside the Ned McWherter Agricultural Pavilion.
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2022-11-16T00:44:44+00:00
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thunderboltradio.com
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https://www.thunderboltradio.com/skyhawk-equestrian-moves-up-to-no-9-in-national-rankings/
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CBS Brought 496,000 Viewers, Growing 15% From BIG3 Week 2 in 2021, Topping MLB and MLS in Viewership
LOS ANGELES, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the BIG3 announced a total of 1,826,000 global viewers for the league's Week 2 games. Available on CBS and Paramount +, VYRE Network, DAZN, and BIG3 YouTube Channel across the U.S. and 100 global territories, the league has already outperformed the first two weeks of last year's season. The Saturday games on CBS reached 496,000 viewers alone, more than Saturday's Major League Soccer and Major League Baseball offerings. Season-to-date, the BIG3's top-five rated markets are Dayton, OH, Tulsa, OK, Hartford, CT, Memphis, TN, and Nashville, TN.
The league has seen significant year-over-year growth from Week 2 2021 on CBS in all demographics, including:
- 18-34 up +40%
- 18-49 = up +3%
- 25-54 = up +31%
- 55+ = +11%
"These numbers reinforce everything that the BIG3 has been working towards," said BIG3 CEO, Chris Hannan. "We are showing enormous growth across platforms in the most important demographics and rivaling the viewership of other pro sports leagues that have been around for decades. It is clear that the BIG3 is in demand and we are thrilled with the global expansion and reach to start our fifth season."
These ratings come as the league prepares to move to Comerica Center in Frisco, TX for the remaining six weeks of the regular season on July 2. The BIG3 will move to Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL for the playoffs on August 14, followed by the 2022 Championship Game at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, GA on August 21. For more information, to purchase tickets, or to see the full lineup of broadcast partners, go to BIG3.com and follow @thebig3 on twitter and instagram.
BIG3 (BIG3.com) is where FIREBALL3 superstars play. The premier global BIG3 league features many of the greatest, most popular, and skilled professional athletes of all time. Founded by producer, actor, and music legend Ice Cube and entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz, the BIG3 combines highly competitive, physical, fast game experiences and incredible fan experiences.
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2022-06-30T23:08:08+00:00
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kalb.com
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https://www.kalb.com/prnewswire/2022/06/30/big3-reaches-690000-total-us-viewers-1136000-viewers-globally-across-week-2/
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RUIDOSO, N.M. (KRQE) – More than a month after the McBride fire devastated the village of Ruidoso families who lost their homes are starting to pick up the pieces. Karen Roach vividly remembers April 12, the day the McBride fire broke out in the village of Ruidoso changing her family’s life forever. She knew something wasn’t right when the road to her house was blocked off.
“The guy stopped me and I said, Well, what’s going on? He said, “Well, there’s a fire and I said, well, my daughter is on Gavilan Canyon where we lived.”
Her daughter had actually fallen asleep unaware of the tragedy that was starting to unfold. “One of our dogs happened to jump in her lap, and she kind of woke up startled, realized that the house was really dark and she said kind of red. She felt like maybe something was going on. She looked out the back and our entire deck was on fire.”
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In order to escape, her daughter had to drive through flames. While she made it out with the two dogs, there wasn’t time to grab anything else. “We lost everything in a matter of minutes,” Roach said.
When the roach family returned home it was unrecognizable. “It was horrible. I mean, getting to my house I mean, I saw the neighborhood, you know, a mile before my house, and I knew if they were in that better shape, mine was going to be just as bad and it was a lot worse than I ever expected,” Roach said.
But the Roaches have a plan. Karen’s husband is a general contractor and rebuilding is already in the works. “We had a structural engineer come out and inspect it and he said it’s good to go. Our foundation is still good. So we can actually just start rebuilding once permits are provided.”
She explains why the family is staying in the same spot after such a devastating experience. “It’s definitely going to change. But you know, what, we love our property. It’s nice and flat. You know, we have the hill behind us in the creek behind us.”
Roach says even though the fire is out a lot of people are still struggling. You can hear more about her experience with fire insurance on the New Mexico News podcast hosted by News 13’s Gabrielle Burkhart and Chris Mckee.
After weeks of firefighting, the McBride fire was fully contained on May 9 – burning more than 6,000 acres and destroying more than 200 homes. Two people were also killed in the fire.
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2022-05-24T04:14:42+00:00
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krqe.com
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https://www.krqe.com/news/wildfires/road-to-recovery-ruidoso-family-loses-home-in-the-mcbride-wildfire/
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for GDRX, NLSN, EGIO, LMND, and BBQ.
To see how InvestorsObserver's proprietary scoring system rates these stocks, view the InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alert by selecting the corresponding link.
- GDRX: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=GDRX&prnumber=080920222
- NLSN: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=NLSN&prnumber=080920222
- EGIO: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=EGIO&prnumber=080920222
- LMND: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=LMND&prnumber=080920222
- BBQ: https://www.investorsobserver.com/lp/pr-stocks-lp-2/?symbol=BBQ&prnumber=080920222
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2022-08-09T14:41:36+00:00
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wagmtv.com
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https://www.wagmtv.com/prnewswire/2022/08/09/thinking-about-buying-stock-goodrx-nielsen-edgio-lemonade-or-bbq/
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MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 1st Security Bank ("the Bank") has recently partnered with LoanStar Technologies ("LoanStar") to create an improved loan application portal for home improvement contractors. The portal enables contractors to offer various bank financing options to consumers for the purchase of windows, roofs, solar panels and other home improvement goods and services.
The Bank has been providing home improvement financing to consumers since 1996 through various fintech partnerships and continues to work to improve the lending process for consumers and contractors using the latest technology. LoanStar's platform, MerchantLinQ®, is versatile and built to connect to numerous third-party vendors allowing the Bank to improve the user experience, create operational efficiency, and reduce risk.
"We see LoanStar as a true technology partner," said Ben Crowl, SVP Director of Consumer Lending. "We believe that by leveraging the LoanStar platform, the Bank will be able to expand our product offerings, create a better user experience for the contractor and consumer, and improve the workflows for the consumer lending team.
LoanStar Technologies is a fintech focused on connecting service providers with financial institutions to supply financing to consumers for the purchase of goods and services. MerchantLinQ connects with other fintech and CRM solutions to provide efficiencies for both the service provider and financial institution. LoanStar is a privately held company headquartered in Swarthmore, PA.
1st Security Bank of Washington, member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender, provides loan and deposit services to customers at its twenty-one branches, and mortgage services at each branch as well as lending offices in the greater Puget Sound area, Vancouver, and the Tri-Cities. FS Bancorp, Inc., a Washington corporation, (ticker: FSBW) is the holding company for the Bank.
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2022-07-27T12:43:17+00:00
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waff.com
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https://www.waff.com/prnewswire/2022/07/27/1st-security-bank-utilizes-fintech-loanstar-technologies-create-more-streamlined-experience-home-improvement-contractors-consumers/
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The man who gunned down 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue thought he deserved medals and a parade for perpetrating the nation's deadliest antisemitic attack, a psychologist testified Thursday, calling the killer "blatantly psychotic."
Testifying for the defense, Dr. Richard Rogers, a University of North Texas forensic psychologist, said Robert Bowers was pleased with the 2018 rampage at Tree of Life synagogue but expressed regret that he didn't kill more people.
"He was proud of it," said Rogers, who evaluated Bowers for nearly 20 hours over four days last year and took the stand Thursday in the penalty phase of Bowers' trial.
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He said Bowers has schizophrenia, a serious brain disorder whose symptoms include delusions.
Bowers, 50, a truck driver from suburban Baldwin, was convicted this month of killing members of three congregations who had gathered at Tree of Life on on Oct. 27, 2018, for Sabbath services and Torah study. He also wounded two worshippers and five police officers.
Defense lawyers are trying to persuade a jury to spare his life, while federal prosecutors are seeking a death sentence.
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Bowers’ lawyers are trying to show that his ability to form intent to kill was impaired by mental illness and his delusional view that he could stop a genocide of white people by killing Jews.
Prosecutors say Bowers’ rampage was clearly motivated by antisemitism.
Under cross examination Thursday, Rogers said Bowers was "goal-oriented," started planning an attack on Jewish people six months before he stormed the synagogue, and had also considered attacking a Jewish Community Center and an unnamed, "high-level" Jewish figure in Cleveland.
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2023-06-30T14:57:20+00:00
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foxbangor.com
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https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/mass-shooter-thought-he-deserved-a-parade-after-killing-11-in-antisemitic-attack-according-to/article_42cd3503-d1f0-5a3b-9700-4153f3f6cf4b.html
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A company can proceed with plans to build what will be the first freshwater offshore wind-powered electric-generation facility in North America, in Lake Erie off the coast of Cleveland, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
At issue is the 2020 approval by the Ohio Power Siting Board of the project by Icebreaker Windpower, which proposed the six-turbine development about 10 miles north of Cleveland.
Residents of the Cleveland-area village of Bratenahl sued to stop the project, arguing the siting board didn’t have enough evidence to determine the project’s environmental impact and that the project doesn’t serve the public interest as defined in Ohio law.
The court ruled 6-1 that the board had multiple studies before it that found a low impact on birds and bats. The court also said the board properly determined the project would have “a minimal impact” on the public’s ability to enjoy Lake Erie.
A message was left with an attorney representing the residents who sued.
The U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a 2019 environmental assessment that found no significant environmental concerns.
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2022-08-10T16:06:00+00:00
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expressnews.com
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https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Ohio-high-court-upholds-project-to-build-Lake-17364281.php
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Stocks capped another shaky day on Wall Street with more losses Wednesday, after a highly anticipated report on inflation turned out to be even worse than expected.
The S&P 500 ended 0.4% lower, its fourth consecutive drop, after tumbling as much as 1.6% earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.7%, while the Nasdaq composite dropped 0.2%, erasing nearly all of an early 2.1% loss.
Markets took a few U-turns through the morning, as has become the norm on Wall Street this tumultuous year. They were following the lead of Treasury yields in the bond market, which initially surged on expectations that Federal Reserve policymakers will hike interest rates drastically to slow the nation’s skyrocketing inflation.
“They seem to have a green light to raise interest rates with the labor market still in very good shape and inflation remaining well above where they want it to be,” said Tom Hainlin, national investment strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management.
Inflation and the Federal Reserve’s response to it have been at the center of Wall Street’s sell off this year. Wednesday’s discouraging data showed that inflation is not only still very high, it’s getting worse.
“For four or five months now, we’ve been counting on peak inflation and we’ve been disappointed consistently,” said John Lynch, chief investment officer at Comerica Wealth Management.
Prices at the consumer level were 9.1% higher last month than a year earlier, accelerating from May’s 8.6% inflation level. That was also worse than economists’ expectations for 8.8%.
The Fed’s main tool to combat inflation is to raise short-term interest rates, which it has already done three times this year. After Wednesday’s inflation report, traders now see it as a lock that the Federal Reserve will hike its key interest rate by at least three-quarters of a percentage point at its next meeting in two weeks.
That would match its most recent increase, which was the biggest since 1994. A growing number of traders are even suggesting the Fed will go for a monster hike of a full percentage point.
The latest inflation data “certainly creates more certainty that the Fed is going to be pretty aggressive in the July meeting,” Hainlin said.
Traders are betting on a 67.8% chance of a full-point hike, up from zero a month ago, according to CME Group.
The risk is that rate hikes are a notoriously blunt tool, one that takes a long time for the full effects to be felt. If the Fed ends up too aggressive with them, it could cause a recession. In the meantime, higher rates push down on prices of all kinds of investments.
“Shock and awe from the Fed might cause a lot of collateral damage to the economy without really providing near-term inflation relief,” said Brian Jacobsen, senior investment strategist at Allspring Global Investments.
“The Fed probably needs to temper people’s expectations about what they can do,” he said.
All told, the S&P 500 fell 17.02 points to 3,801.78. The Dow dropped 208.54 points to 30,772.79, and the Nasdaq lost 17.15 points at 11,247.58.
Smaller company stocks also lost ground. The Russell 2000 slipped 2.15 points, or 0.1%, to 1,726.04.
In the bond market, the two-year Treasury yield rose to 3.13% from 3.05% late Tuesday. It tends to follow expectations for Fed action, and it got as high as 3.22% immediately after the release of the inflation report.
It remains higher than the 10-year yield, which fell to 2.91%, down from 2.95% from late Tuesday. That’s a relatively rare occurrence, and some investors see it as an ominous signal of a potential recession.
The inflation data also sent immediate jolts into stock markets across Europe and for gold, with prices for all of them weakening after the report’s release. U.S. gold for August delivery ended up settling 0.6% higher.
Even with the swings, Wall Street’s reaction was more muted than it was following the last report on inflation. A month ago, the reading on the consumer price index, or CPI, showed an unexpected acceleration in inflation. That dashed some hopes that inflation was peaking, and it sent the S&P 500 down 2.9%.
Since then, parts of the economy have already slowed as a result of inflation and the Fed’s actions combating it, particularly the housing market. Prices for oil and other commodities have also regressed as worries about a recession pull down expectations for demand.
“While some will draw parallels with the shockingly bad May CPI report, the backdrop is markedly different — commodity prices have fallen sharply and we’ve seen clearer signs of an economic slowdown, both of which will contribute to weaker price pressures ahead,” said Michael Pearce, senior U.S. economist with Capital Economics.
Or, as the chief investment officer of global fixed income at BlackRock puts it: “high prices is the cure for high prices.” High inflation is pushing households and businesses to pull back on spending, and the reduced demand should ultimately help pull down inflation, Rick Rieder wrote in a report.
Besides interest rates, which affect how much investors are willing to pay for stocks, investors this week are also getting updates on the other big factor that sets prices on Wall Street: how much profit companies are making.
Delta Air Lines fell 5% after it reported weaker profit for the spring than analysts expected. High prices for jet fuel and a spate of canceled flights in May and June dragged on its results.
Big banks and financial companies are coming up next, as the reporting season gets going for profits made from April through June.
Banks and other financial companies were some of the worst market performers Wednesday, dragged down by worries about the economy. They also get hurt when short-term interest rates are higher than long-term rates, which upends their business of borrowing at short-term rates and lending at long-term rates to profit on the difference.
JPMorgan Chase, which reports on Thursday, fell 0.9%. Citigroup, which reports on Friday, dropped 1.4%.
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AP Business Writer Joe McDonald contributed.
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2022-07-13T20:54:13+00:00
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cenlanow.com
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https://www.cenlanow.com/business/asian-markets-rise-ahead-of-us-inflation-data/
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2023-01-07T15:38:04+00:00
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seattlepi.com
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https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Las-Vegas-Raiders-17701326.php
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Petra Martic 2023 Viking International Eastbourne Odds
A quarterfinal is next up for Petra Martic in the Viking International Eastbourne, and she will face Madison Keys. Martic's odds are +1200 to take home the trophy from Devonshire Park International Tennis Centre.
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Martic at the 2023 Viking International Eastbourne
- Next Round: Quarterfinals
- Tournament Dates: June 23 - July 1
- Venue: Devonshire Park International Tennis Centre
- Location: Eastbourne, United Kingdom
- Court Surface: Grass
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Martic's Next Match
On Thursday, June 29 at 7:15 AM ET, Martic will meet Keys in the quarterfinals, after beating Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-4, 3-2 in the previous round.
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Martic Stats
- Martic advanced past Haddad Maia 6-4, 3-2 on Wednesday to reach the .
- Through 18 tournaments over the past year, Martic has won one title, and her record is 31-18.
- Martic is 5-2 on grass over the past 12 months.
- In her 49 matches over the past 12 months, across all court surfaces, Martic has averaged 22.0 games.
- On grass, Martic has played seven matches over the past 12 months, and she has totaled 23.4 games per match while winning 53.0% of games.
- Martic has won 29.7% of her return games and 74.8% of her service games over the past 12 months.
- Martic has claimed 85.7% of her service games on grass over the past 12 months and 26.9% of her return games.
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2023-06-29T11:50:51+00:00
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kfyrtv.com
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https://www.kfyrtv.com/sports/betting/2023/06/23/petra-martic-viking-international-eastbourne-betting-odds/
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MELBOURNE – Fifth-seeded Aryna Sabalenka defeated Belinda Bencic 7-5, 6-2 on Monday to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the first time. Bencic double-faulted to drop the first set, which put Sabalenka in control from that point.
No. 4-seeded Caroline Garcia faced Magda Linette later Monday for another place in the women's quarterfinals. Garcia reached the semifinals of the U.S. Open last season but has never reached the quarterfinals in Australia.
Top-seeded Iga Swiatek and No. 2 Ons Jabeur have both been eliminated, leaving No. 3 Jessica Pegula as the highest ranked women through to the final eight.
“I'm super happy with the win today,” Sabalenka said. “She (Bencic) is an unbelievable player. She played so good. I'm really happy with the level today.”
Sabalenka said she had worked hard on controlling her emotions during matches.
“It takes me a little while to understand that negative emotions are not going to help me on court,” she said. “You just have to stay strong and believe no matter what.”
Sablenka also said her fitness has improved.
“We did a lot of work in the preseason and I'm super happy that everything is working right now,” she said.
Novak Djokovic faced Alex de Minaur Monday for a place in the men's quarterfinals. Djokovic is aiming for this 10th title at the Australian Open and his 22nd Grand Slam title. The Grand Slam mark would tie him with Rafael Nadal for the most by any man.
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2023-01-23T02:52:27+00:00
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local10.com
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https://www.local10.com/sports/2023/01/23/sabalenka-tops-bencic-for-her-first-qf-spot-in-australian/
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NEW YORK — Billy Joel is finally moving out of his monthly perch at Madison Square Garden. The singer-songwriter says he will conclude his residency in July 2024 with his 150th lifetime performance at the venue.
“It’s hard to believe we’ve been able to do this for 10 years,” Joel said at a news conference Thursday. “I’m now 74. I’ll be 75 next year. It seems like a nice number.”
The record-breaking residency began in January 2014 with Joel playing one show every month at the Garden for, as he said at the time, “as long as the demand continues.”
In January 2015, Joel broke his own record of the “most consecutive performances by any artist” with the 13th show of the residency and a new banner was raised to the Garden’s rafters.
In July 2015, with his 65th lifetime show, Joel broke another record for the “most lifetime performances by any artist,” for which another banner was raised. Both of Joel’s banners continue to hang at the Garden.
"There’s only one thing that’s more New York than Billy Joel — and that’s a Billy Joel concert at MSG,” said New York City Mayor Eric Adams. “For more than 50 years, Billy’s music has defined our city and brought us together. On behalf of 8.5 million New Yorkers, congratulations, Billy, on a historic run of sold-out shows at MSG, and thank you for a lifetime of bringing joy to us all.”
Joel has had 33 Top 40 hits, including three No. 1s — “It’s Still Rock and Roll To Me,” “We Didn’t Start the Fire” and “Tell Her About It” — and four No. 1 albums — “52nd Street,” “Glass Houses,” “Storm Front” and “River of Dreams.”
He won six Grammys — as well as a Grammy Legend Award in 1990 — as well as being inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992.
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2023-06-01T21:47:45+00:00
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9news.com
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https://www.9news.com/article/news/nation-world/billy-joel-madison-square-garden-residency-ending-2024/507-a51f688b-2812-4b35-8cfa-5e4a1bfc8dad
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CINCINNATI, Ohio - Heavy is the head that wears the crown.
After an 0-2 start, the defending AFC champion Bengals have now won seven of their last nine games entering Week 13. They’re riding a three-game win streak after bouncing back from a blowout loss at Cleveland on Monday Night Football in Week 8.
That streak started and has continued while Ja’Marr Chase has been injured. Quarterback Joe Burrow’s passer rating has been above 100 in that stretch. And the Bengals’ defense had an envious performance after limiting one-time MVP candidate Derrick Henry to just over two yards per carry.
Cincinnati’s schedule only gets harder and harder as the season pushes forward. But, even then, should their respective opponents be extra concerned?
The Bengals will get a taste of that fiery schedule when they welcome Kansas City for the first time since last year’s historic AFC championship game back at Arrowhead Stadium. Then they face three more likely AFC playoff contenders down the stretch, including division foe Baltimore in the season finale.
Speaking of the Chiefs, Burrow will duel off against MVP frontrunner Patrick Mahomes. Despite the small sample size of matchups between each other, will the headline of ‘Burrow vs. Mahomes’ match the legendary battles between ‘Brady vs. Manning?’
Recommended Bengals stories
- Why Bengals QB Joe Burrow is ready to flex his ‘championship mettle’: Mohammad Ahmad
- How Samaje Perine set the tone for the Bengals against the Titans in rare starting nod
- Why the Bengals’ road win at Tennessee matters: Strictly Stripes podcast
The Strictly Stripes podcast assesses where the Bengals stand in the upper tier of the AFC and whether or not there is potential for Burrow and Mahomes to headline the league’s top quarterback battles in the days to come.
This podcast features Mohammad Ahmad, Andrew Gillis and Michael Niziolek. You can listen by using the player below.
Strictly Stripes is also available on Apple, Spotify and IHeartRadio.
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2022-11-29T11:48:27+00:00
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cleveland.com
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https://www.cleveland.com/podcasts/2022/11/should-the-afc-start-fearing-the-bengals-strictly-stripes-podcast.html
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LUBBOCK, Texas — The National Ranching Heritage Center (NRHC) in Lubbock will host its 44th Annual Candlelight at the Ranch on Friday, December 9th and Saturday, December 10th.
According to a press release from the NRHC and Texas Tech University, visitors can celebrate a frontier Christmas from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. both evenings.
The event is free to the public with a suggested minimum $5 donation per family, the NRHC said.
“This year we’ve had more volunteer sign-ups than ever before,” said Julie Hodges, NRHC Helen DeVitt Jones Endowed Director of Education in the press release. “More than 200 community volunteers – many dressed in period clothing – will help recreate what Christmas might have been like on the open prairie during frontier days. Candlelight at the Ranch would be impossible without them!”
In addition to individual volunteers, many community and campus organizations as well as musical groups will welcome guests to the event.
“Pioneer ranches had no electricity, so we try to take each of our historic structures back to what it would have looked like at Christmas in its own time,” Hodges said in the press release.
In addition to more than 5,000 luminaries lining the paths of the 19-acre historic park, holiday scenes created in the historic structures will be lit as much as possible with lanterns, fireplaces and campfires.
Santa Claus will be located in the Pitchfork Pavilion but will leave promptly at 9:30 p.m.
For more information, you can visit the National Ranching Heritage Center’s website.
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2022-12-04T17:35:13+00:00
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everythinglubbock.com
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https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/local-news/national-ranching-heritage-centers-44th-annual-candlelight-at-the-ranch-is-dec-9-10/
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Shoulder exercises and healthy cupcakes with Rio Rancho trainer
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — You can have your cupcake and eat it too when you’re working, a Rio Rancho trainer showed us.
Kimberly Samborski, the owner of SWEAT Bootcamp in Rio Rancho, stopped by to show us some easy shoulder exercises and ways to make healthy cupcakes that give you a boost.
Learn more about SWEAT and those workouts by clicking here or viewing the video above.
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2023-03-09T15:23:34+00:00
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kob.com
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https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/shoulder-exercises-and-healthy-cupcake-recipes-with-rio-rancho-trainer/
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InvestigateTV - Season 2; Episode 11
InvestigateTV - In this special edition of InvestigateTV – Defective – the team looks at shocking product recalls. Lee Zurik reveals companies, not the government, decide how and when these warnings are issued. In some cases, it takes companies years before they agree to pull products off the shelves. WHERE TO WATCH ICYMI – Watch last week’s episode.
The federal agency created to watchdog consumer products - from crock pots to xylophones - is muzzled by its governing law, which gives all the power to manufacturers, including those with dangerous toys, appliances and other items on the market. The Fisher-Price Rock N Play – an inclined sleep product that defied the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for safe infant sleeping – exposed all that it wrong with the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
It takes years for the Consumer Product Safety Commission to remove dangerous products from the market because of its cumbersome rule-making process and ineffective recalls that don’t incentivize consumers to return or destroy dangerous items. It took the agency nearly a decade to create a mandatory standard for window blinds while an uncounted number of children were strangled in cords. It has yet to finalize rules to prevent furniture tipovers, which kills and injures children annually.
Defective – Infant Deaths After the deaths of 13 children over the last 12 years, this summer, Fisher-Price and the Consumer Product Safety Commission warned parents not to let their children sleep in certain rockers the company has made since the 1990s. Now, InvestigateTV has discovered that during a 2020 Congressional hearing, the company dodged questions about whether it currently had products on the market linked to children’s deaths. We’ve uncovered reports filed about deaths in the rockers before that hearing – and spoke to a woman who reported her granddaughter’s death to CPSC and Fisher-Price a year prior. Plus – we dig into the company’s control over public messaging – including a CPSC commissioner’s claim that the commission was forced to delay warning the public about these rockers due to a gag rule that requires the company to give permission to warn.
Defective – Substantial Hazard
When a company learns a product it sells could be defective and dangerous, it has 24 hours to let the federal government’s Consumer Product Safety Commission know about it. But it could take months or years for the public to find out about the company’s possible concerns, if they even come to light at all. InvestigateTV has been battling CPSC and companies to disclose information about the products companies have sounded the alarm on – an alarm that remains relatively silent. Our team has discovered that an Ikea dresser remained on the market for two years after the company reported problems. A children’s climbing structure used at over 200 McDonald’s restaurants was tied to dozens of injuries and remained in place for five months after the manufacturer reported issues to the government. We sit down with a mother who says a delay in making the reports public may have contributed to her daughter’s death in an inclined sleeper – and one of CPSC’s commissioners responds to our questions about transparency and what the public has the right to know.
Copyright 2023 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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2023-01-23T20:26:21+00:00
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atlantanewsfirst.com
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https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2023/01/23/investigatetv-season-2-episode-11/
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HERMON - Beginning this coming Saturday, Little League baseball players from around Maine will trek to Hermon for the 2023 state tournament, with the winner punching their ticket to the regional round of the Little League World Series.
District 3 Little League was set to host the championship this summer, and when Hermon learned of that, the board members were immediately all in on the opportunity.
Several volunteers and workers in the community are going to have their hands on deck to ready the field and the complex for the event, but when it is all said and done, an event like this is an awesome way to highlight the area.
"We're talking about hundreds of people flocking to this town in Central Maine," said Jon Smith, President of Hermon Little League. "It highlights all the vibrancy that's happening in Hermon right now, there's a lot of young families who are flocking to this town, and our Little League has grown in leaps and bounds these past three to four years."
The winner of this tournament heads down to Bristol, CT to play in the Little League World Series regional round with the chance to represent both Maine and New England in the world series.
Bangor is looking for two trips to Bristol in a row, but regardless of who represents, Maine will watch. The Little League World Series, each year, brings together baseball and non-baseball fans around the country, and Smith has an idea as to what about the game draws so many eyes each summer.
"There's a passion and an innocence mixed in there, where it's just a love of the game that is really on full display," he says. "Then you get the family-oriented feel of it, and it's just this 'Get out there and play.' And, it's in a beautiful part of the country- Little League happens everywhere, but it feels really nice here."
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2023-07-18T01:07:00+00:00
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foxbangor.com
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https://www.foxbangor.com/sports/bangor-local-sports/hermon-welcoming-little-leaguers-from-across-maine-for-state-championship/article_bc7e5288-24f3-11ee-9685-a35f6c749bb2.html
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Kindergartner allegedly inspired by horror film brings knife to school, investigators say
SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) - Authorities in South Carolina say the “Chucky” horror film franchise allegedly inspired a 7-year-old student to bring a knife to school and threaten others.
The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office says a 7-year-old kindergartner brought a knife Wednesday to Cherryvale Elementary in their backpack. The knife was a 12-inch stainless steel kitchen knife with a 7-inch blade, WIS reports.
The sheriff’s office says a teacher noticed the knife in the student’s backpack when they opened it. The principal was notified and the blade confiscated.
Investigators say the student did not brandish the knife.
During a conversation with the principal and the school resource officer, the student allegedly said they intended to stab teachers and students in the heart to kill them. The sheriff’s office said Friday the student also said they intended to stab a student that had been “picking” on them.
The student allegedly told school administrators they knew how to stab their classmates and teachers by watching the movie “Chucky.”
Investigators say the student’s age prevents criminal charges. A child may not be detained by law enforcement before the age of 11 without a family court order.
The sheriff’s office said they have not been made aware of any previous warning signs from staff or faculty that would’ve promoted preventative measures. Further student disciplinary measures will be addressed by the Sumter School District.
An additional investigation is underway to learn how the child gained access to the knife and if any negligence was involved on the part of the parent(s) or guardian(s). The sheriff’s office says if negligence is determined, additional charges may be applied.
The incident is also being referred to the Department of Social Services for additional follow-up with the child and family.
“We will do everything within our power to protect our children from harm. At the same time, we support school and DSS officials as they work to balance discipline and compassion with all children,” Sheriff Anthony Dennis said.
Copyright 2023 WIS via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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2023-02-27T05:09:53+00:00
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wagmtv.com
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https://www.wagmtv.com/2023/02/27/kindergartner-allegedly-inspired-by-horror-film-brings-knife-school-investigators-say/
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The U.S. Supreme Court defied its usual 6-to-3 conservative/liberal split in two decisions on Wednesday. One involved who qualifies for overtime pay. The other, Arizona's refusal to apply a Supreme Court precedent in death penalty jury instructions.
The overtime case was brought by Michael Hewitt, a highly paid oil rig supervisor, who sued his employer, Helix Energy Solutions Group, contending that because he was paid on a daily basis, he was entitled to overtime pay for his typical 84-hour, 7-day weeks on the job.
The sole question in the case was whether, under the Fair Labor Standards Act, he should be paid time and a half for hours worked beyond 40 hours a week. Helix Energy claimed that Hewitt, who earned $200,000 a year, was exempt from the overtime requirment because he was a "bonafide executive."
The court, by a 6-to-3 vote, sided with Hewitt. Writing for the majority, Justice Elena Kagan said that Helix did not pay Hewitt a salary, as defined by federal regulations. Instead, it paid him as a daily worker. If he worked one day in a given week, he was paid for just that day. If he worked no days, he got no money.
"Daily-rate workers of whatever income level" are not paid a base salary under Labor Department regulations, Kagan wrote, adding that "Helix's various policy claims cannot justify departing from what the rules say." Those rules, date back to the 1940s, she observed, noting that a salary is defined as "fixed compensation regularly paid, as by the year, quarter, month, or week." In addition, under the regulations, salaried employees, get paid a week's salary even if they do not work the full week.
Although Kagan conceded that Hewitt was a high-income earner, Helix's position, she said, "would create disturbing consequences" for lower-income workers who are "at the heartland of the FLSA's protection." In short, it would deprive daily workers earning less than $100,000 of overtime pay.
Joining Kagan's opinion were Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Sonia Sotomayor, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Dissenting were Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch.
Death penalty opinion
The death penalty opinion was the latest rebuke to the state of Arizona for refusing to comply with a 1994 U.S. Supreme Court decision (Simmons v. South Carolina) that required judges to instruct juries in capital cases that a sentence of life in prison means life without the possibility of parole in states where that is the case.
In Arizona, however, judges continued to avoid doing that, and in 2016 the Supreme Court drove home its original point, ruling in an unsigned opinion (Lynch v. Arizona) that it was fundamental error to conclude that the Simmons decision "did not apply" in Arizona.
After that 2016 High Court ruling, John Montenegro Cruz, a defendant condemned to death, appealed his sentence. The Arizona Supreme Court refused to allow a resentencing and declared that the 2016 decision "was not a significant change in the law. " But on Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court again disagreed, by a narrow 5-to-4 vote. Writing for the majority, Justice Sonia Sotomayor noted that before the 2016 Lynch decision, Arizona courts held that capital defendants were not entitled to inform the jury of their parole ineligibility--a position summarily reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016. The state supreme court's ruling to the contrary, wrote Sotomayor, was "so novel and unfounded" that it must be reversed.
Joining Sotomayor in the majority were Chief Justice Roberts, and Justices, Kagan, Kavanaugh and Jackson. Justice Barrett wrote the principal dissent, joined by Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch.
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Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw used his glass eye to jokingly send a message to the referees after helping the GOP team defeat the Democrats in the 9th Annual Congressional Soccer Match on Tuesday.
Republicans were up 2-1 over the Democrats at halftime at Audi Field in Washington, D.C., before going on to clinch the win with two more goals in the second half, beating Democrats 4-2.
While lifting the trophy during a celebration with his team, video shared on social media shows Crenshaw appeared to be salty about some of the officiating calls on the pitch.
"The refs have two eyeballs, but they don’t use them, so I’m just going to give them one of mine," the Texas representative says in the video.
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As his teammates look on in both surprise and humorous disgust, Crenshaw jokes, "This if for the refs," as he drops his glass eye into the trophy.
Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL, has worn an eyepatch over his right eye after being wounded by an improvised explosive device during deployment in Afghanistan.
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The Congressional Soccer Match is an event co-hosted by the Congressional Soccer Caucus and the U.S. Soccer Foundation.
All proceeds from the event go to programs to help children in underserved communities embrace active and healthy lifestyles.
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A man who seems to have been disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the Mona Lisa in Paris.
Video posted on social media shows security guards at the Louvre Museum escorting the man away Sunday as he spoke in French about the planet.
"Think of the Earth! There are people who are destroying the Earth! Think about it. Artists tell you: think of the Earth. That's why I did this," he says, according to The Associated Press.
Another video showed someone clearing the cake off the glass protecting the Mona Lisa, as onlookers held up their phones to film the incident's aftermath.
The 36-year-old man was detained and sent to a psychiatric unit, according to the AP.
The original Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci between 1503 and 1519. The oil painting hangs in the Louvre's largest room, according to the museum's website.
This isn't the first time the iconic painting has run into trouble. The protective glass was put up after it was damaged in an acid attack during the 1950s.
In 1911, the Mona Lisa disappeared from the museum. For more than two years, there were no hints on where it could be, until someone tried to sell the painting to an Italian art dealer, who informed authorities.
"So the Mona Lisa was recovered — and her fame was all the greater," the Louvre says on its website.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian security forces opened fire Friday on demonstrators in a southeastern city that has seen weeks of unrest amid nationwide demonstrations, activists said. They said the shooting in Zahedan killed at least two people, threatening to ignite further tensions.
Located in Iran’s long-restive Sistan and Baluchestan province, Zahedan has seen the deadliest violence so far in the weeks of protests that have gripped Iran. The demonstrations in the city erupted in part over a rape allegation against a senior police officer there, dovetailing the protests over the September death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini that have inflamed most of the country.
Activists estimate that in Zahedan alone, nearly 100 people have been killed since a Sept. 30 rally there set off a violent police response. On Friday, soldiers surrounded a key Sunni mosque in the area where residents rallied against the Iranian government, while also shooting at demonstrators, activists said.
The protests across Iran have become the greatest threat to the country’s theocratic government since the 2009 Green Movement demonstrations, evolving from focusing on women’s rights and the state-mandated headscarf, or hijab, to calls to oust Shiite clerics who have ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Weeks into the protests, women continue to remove their hijabs during the street demonstrations as international pressure grows on Iran’s government over its crackdown on protesters.
The demonstrations have involved over 125 cities; at least 270 people have been killed and nearly 14,000 have been arrested, according to the group Human Rights Activists in Iran.
Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province, bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan on the Gulf of Oman, is a majority Sunni region. Its Baluch people long have complained about being treated as second-class citizens by Iran’s Shiite theocracy.
On Friday, videos from the advocacy group HalVash showed demonstrators in the streets of Zahedan, the province’s most-populous city and its capital. Some chanted “Death to the Basiji,” a reference to the volunteer forces of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which is answerable only to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Later, footage showed clouds of what appeared to be tear gas in the streets. The sound of gunshots echoed, with one video showing protesters holding what appeared to be spent rifle cartridges that littered the street.
The footage then shows protesters falling back to the city’s Makki Grand Mosque, where they had initially gathered for Friday prayers. Security forces followed. Later, streaks of blood on tilework and bloody palm prints in the mosque’s courtyard can be seen, with activists saying they feared two people had been killed.
“Police officers, please open the way for worshipers,” a voice over the mosque’s loudspeakers pleaded at one point. “Don’t cause (trouble) so that people can return to their homes.”
The internet advocacy group NetBlocks said later Friday it appeared that online access had been disrupted in Zahedan.
Iranian authorities did not immediately acknowledge Friday’s violence in Zahedan, located about 500 kilometers (310 miles) southeast of the country’s capital, Tehran. Later, state television in an online report said one person had been killed and 14 others wounded in Zahedan. It did not say who was behind the shooting.
In its strongest statement yet, the United Nations on Friday condemned “all incidents that have resulted in death or serious injury to protesters” in Iran and reiterated “that security forces must avoid all unnecessary or disproportionate use of force against peaceful protesters.”
“Those responsible must be held to account,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said, adding that the U.N. was urging Tehran “to address the legitimate grievances of the population, including with respect to women’s rights.”
The state-run IRNA news agency carried a statement by the province’s security council earlier Friday saying that the police chief in Zahedan and another police official have been sacked over their handling of the Sept. 30 protest. The statement for the first time acknowledged that police shot and killed people praying at the time at a nearby mosque.
The security council’s version of the demonstration alleged that 150 people, including armed men, attacked a police station and attempted to take it over during the protests.
The “armed conflict, and police shooting, unfortunately, led to the wounding and killing of a number of worshippers and innocent passers-by who had no role in the unrest,” it said.
However, the statement claimed that only 35 people were killed, while activists estimate about three times that number were killed by security forces, who also allegedly fired on protesters from helicopters.
New protests took place in other cities as well, including in western Baneh, on Thursday night. Activists warned others had been killed by security forces. However, Iran’s government has not provided an overall death toll from the protests in weeks.
Gathering information about the demonstrations remains difficult. Internet access has been disrupted for weeks by the Iranian government. Meanwhile, authorities have detained at least 46 journalists, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Iranian officials, including Khamenei, have repeatedly alleged the country’s foreign enemies are behind the ongoing demonstrations, rather than Iranians angered by Amini’s death and the country’s other woes.
Iranians have seen their life savings evaporate; the country’s currency, the rial, plummeted and Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers has been reduced to tatters.
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Associated Press writer Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations contributed to this report.
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BOSTON, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to today's Supreme Court decision in the case of Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) released the following statement:
"As a health care organization, we believe strongly that our members should have access to the care they need and want. While abortion services will remain legal in Massachusetts based on a 2020 state law, we will work closely with our employer customers to evaluate the potential impact to our members in other states and determine how we can best support them.
Among the steps we're taking to support our members outside Massachusetts, we have developed a travel benefit that employers may choose to offer to employees who need to travel 100+ miles to obtain access to abortion services (either surgical or medication-assisted). This will enable reimbursement of certain travel and lodging expenses related to obtaining care. This benefit also will be available to BCBSMA employees who live in states where abortion access is legally restricted.
Our team at BCBSMA is already carefully reviewing today's ruling to ensure that we are doing everything we can to support members and employees who may be affected."
About Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (http://www.bluecrossma.org) is a community-focused, tax-paying, not-for-profit health plan headquartered in Boston. We are committed to the relentless pursuit of quality, affordable and equitable health care with an unparalleled consumer experience. Consistent with our promise to always put our members first, we are rated among the nation's best health plans for member satisfaction and quality. Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
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BELOIT, Wis., Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Regal Rexnord Corporation (NYSE: RRX) today announced that CEO Louis Pinkham and CFO Rob Rehard are scheduled to present at the Baird 2022 Global Industrial Conference in Chicago on Wednesday, November 9 at 12:00 PM CT. Presentation materials and a link to the live webcast can be accessed on the Events & Presentations section of the Company's investor relations website, also accessible here. Presentation materials will be available at the time of the presentation.
Regal Rexnord Corporation is a global leader in the engineering and manufacturing of industrial powertrain solutions, power transmission components, electric motors and electronic controls, air moving products and specialty electrical components and systems, serving customers around the world. Through longstanding technology leadership and an intentional focus on producing more energy-efficient products and systems, Regal Rexnord helps create a better tomorrow – for its customers and for the planet.
Regal Rexnord is comprised of four segments: Motion Control Solutions, Climate Solutions, Commercial Systems and Industrial Systems. Regal Rexnord is headquartered in Beloit, Wisconsin and has manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, visit RegalRexnord.com.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State players roughed up Michigan defensive back Ja’Den McBurrows in the Michigan Stadium tunnel following their game Saturday night.
After the fourth-ranked Wolverines beat the Spartans 29-7, social media posts showed at least three Michigan State players pushing, punching and kicking McBurrows in and near a hallway that does not lead to either locker room.
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said a second player, who he did not identify, was also attacked and one was injured and might have a broken nose.
“Two of our players were assaulted,” Harbaugh said. “I saw on the one video. Ten on one. It was pretty bad.
“It needs to be investigated.”
University of Michigan Deputy Police Chief Melissa Overton said an investigation is underway in partnership with Michigan State University Police, and Michigan’s athletic department and football program.
“Situations like these, and the safety of the community, are taken very seriously,” Overton said.
Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren, who attended the game, is also looking into the fracas.
A message seeking comment was left with Warren and Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller.
“What happened after the game was completely unacceptable,” Manuel said. “I talked to the commissioner. He’s looking into it. The police is looking into it because they’ve seen the video. This is not how we should interact after the game.
“This is not what the rivalry should be about. It should not be how it is remembered.”
Michigan State coach Mel Tucker said he did not know what happened in the tunnel after the game.
“I know it was a heated game,” Tucker said. “We were trying to get our guys in the locker room. We’ll have to see what happened.”
It is the second straight game at Michigan that included an altercation in the long, narrow tunnel that goes from the locker rooms to the field.
Earlier this month, Penn State coach James Franklin said a policy change was needed to keep the process of teams using the tunnel more orderly.
A lot of heated words were exchanged and Michigan players said Penn State players threw peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at them as the teams headed to the locker room at halftime of a close game the Wolverines ultimately won in a 41-17 rout on Oct. 15.
Harbaugh said Franklin acted as a “ringleader” and claimed the Nittany Lions stopped in the tunnel to prevent his team from accessing its locker room.
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NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 40 people have died and others are missing in flash floods triggered by intense monsoon rains in northern India over the past three days, officials said Sunday.
The rains inundated hundreds of villages, swept away mud houses, flooded roads and destroyed bridges in some parts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand states. The Indian Meteorological Department predicted that heavy to very heavy rain would continue to fall in the region for the next two days.
An official government release Sunday said landslides and flooding in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh over the last three days killed at least 36 people. Hundreds were taking shelter in relief camps after being displaced from their flooded homes.
In the neighboring state of Uttarakhand, a series of cloudbursts Saturday left four dead and 13 went missing as rivers breached banks and washed away some houses.
Rescue teams were evacuating the stranded in both states.
Disasters caused by landslides and floods are common in India’s Himalayan north during the June-September monsoon season. Scientists say they are becoming more frequent as global warming contributes to the melting of glaciers there.
Last year, flash floods killed nearly 200 people and washed away houses in Uttarakhand.
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — If ever there was a moment that embodied the surreal novelty created by the first papal resignation in 600 years, it came on the morning of March 23, 2013: Newly elected Pope Francis had traveled to the papal summer retreat south of Rome and was greeted on the helipad by the previous pope, Benedict XVI, who had moved there three weeks earlier.
Two men in white — a reigning pope and a retired one — each showing the other the deference owed to a pontiff and discussing the future of the Catholic Church as it passed from one papacy to the next.
But for some, that moment on the helipad of Castel Gandolfo encapsulated everything that was wrong with Benedict’s surprise resignation and the risks it posed to the very unity of the Catholic Church and the institution of the papacy.
For these critics, Benedict’s decision to retire at age 85 rather than die on the job created the specter of two leaders of the 1.3 billion-member church, with the old pope remaining a point of reference for traditionalists who opposed the new pope and refused to recognize his legitimacy.
For a church that prides itself on unity, believes in the singular primacy of the pope and considers the pontiff the divinely inspired successor of the Apostle Peter, any confusion over who’s really in charge is not a small thing.
“Such situations could lead to a schism,” German Cardinal Walter Brandmueller warned soon after that March meeting.
Any confusion ended on Saturday, when Benedict died at his home in the Vatican Gardens at age 95. Francis will celebrate his funeral Mass on Thursday, creating a new novelty for the church: that of a reigning pope eulogizing a retired one. To underscore that this is no papal funeral, however, the Vatican invited only Italy and Germany to send official delegations, with any other leaders wanting to attend to do so “in their private capacity,” according to a diplomatic note.
From the title he chose (pope emeritus) to the cassock he wore (white) to his occasional public comments (on sex abuse and priestly celibacy), Benedict’s post-retirement decisions sparked calls for the Vatican to develop rules and regulations to guide future popes who might follow in his footsteps and quit.
Even Francis weighed in, saying a decade into Benedict’s experiment that regulations would be needed in the future. Things had worked out well enough in Benedict’s case because he was “saintly and discreet,” Francis said.
The Jesuit pope, for the record, said that if he were to retire, he would be known as the “bishop emeritus of Rome,” not “pope emeritus” and would live somewhere in Rome, not the Vatican or his native Argentina.
But Francis couldn’t craft any protocols governing a future retired pope while Benedict was still alive, creating a situation of uncertainty and unease about the status quo that particularly riled Benedict’s firmest supporters. Now that Benedict has died, the Vatican might be in a better position to draft such regulations.
“I hope we don’t have any or many retired popes, but if it was to continue, church law needs to develop a set of protocols,” said Australian Cardinal George Pell, an ardent Benedict supporter who nevertheless opposed his decision to resign.
“As it has become more and more apparent, church unity can never be taken for granted,” Pell said in a 2021 interview, noting the nostalgia among some traditionalists for Benedict’s doctrinaire papacy.
“I deeply agree with nearly everything Pope Benedict has said and written. But I don’t think it’s appropriate for retired popes to be teaching, writing or commenting. I don’t think it’s appropriate for a retired pope to wear white,” he said.
And Pell said he didn’t think a retired pope should be called “pope emeritus,” but should rather return to his birth name and take up his place as a retired member of the College of Cardinals.
And yet, it was precisely Benedict’s own longtime secretary, Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, who strongly defended the decisions by Benedict and refused to back down even after some problems became apparent.
Speaking at a 2016 book launch, Gaenswein agreed there weren’t “two popes.” But he said what Benedict had done by resigning was to create an “enlarged” papal ministry “with an active and a contemplative member.”
“For this reason, Benedict didn’t renounce either his name or his white cassock, and for this reason the correct way to address him is still ‘Your Holiness,’” Gaenswein said, according to an audio recording of his remarks on Vatican Radio. “In addition, he didn’t retire to an isolated monastery, but inside the Vatican as if he had just stepped aside to make room for his successor and a new chapter of the history of the papacy.”
Such a thesis has been roundly rejected, even by Benedict’s most enthusiastic champions.
And lest anyone forget, long before “The Two Popes” came out on Netflix in 2019, Dante in his “Divine Comedy” warned of threats to the church when he assailed the “cowardice” of a pope who resigned. Dante is believed to have been referring to Pope Celestine V, the hermit pope who quit in 1294 and was responsible for what Dante termed “the great refusal.” And yet it was precisely on Celestine’s tomb that Benedict prayed in 2009 in a gesture widely seen as having laid the groundwork for his own retirement.
German Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, who succeeded the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as head of the Vatican’s doctrine office, said there was no legal or theological basis for a “pope emeritus” and said the title was made up and deeply problematical.
In a 2021 interview, Mueller said that applying the “emeritus” title used for retired bishops to the pope was misguided since the pope is not just any bishop or even the “first among equals,” but rather the Vicar of Christ on Earth.
“It’s only an honorary title. It doesn’t exist as an element of the divine constitution of the church,” Mueller told The Associated Press. “It is better to avoid this title.”
Many observers, including one of the Vatican’s top legal minds, the Rev. Gianfranco Ghirlanda, said a more appropriate title would have been “bishop emeritus of Rome,” to make it perfectly clear that any retired pope no longer had any claim on the papacy.
Doing so, Ghirlanda wrote in an early 2013 essay in the Jesuit journal “La Civilta Cattolica,” would follow the praxis of “every other diocesan bishop” who ceases in his functions upon his resignation.
In addition, while Benedict largely held to his promise to live “hidden to the world” in retirement, he did speak out occasionally, and those moments too became a cause for concern.
The most clamorous one came in 2020, when Benedict co-wrote a book reaffirming the “necessity” of a celibate priesthood.
There was nothing novel with his position. But the book came out at the same time that Francis was weighing whether to ordain married men in the Amazon because of a shortage of priests there.
The implications of Benedict’s intervention were grave, raising the specter of a parallel magisterium, or official church teaching, at a time when the church was already polarized between conservatives longing for Benedict’s orthodoxy and progressives cheering Francis’ merciful bent.
“It’s one thing to publish, as a private citizen, a book about Jesus as Benedict did before he resigned,” the Rev. Jean-Francois Chiron, a theologian at the University of Lyon, wrote in the French Catholic daily La Croix. “It’s another thing to take sides in important, current questions facing the universal church.”
In the end, Benedict distanced himself from the publication and asked to be removed as the co-author of the book, “From the Depths of Our Hearts.” But the damage was done.
Francis fired Gaenswein, Benedict’s longtime secretary, from his second job as head of the papal household.
Cardinal Robert Sarah, the lead author of the book and a critic of Francis, suffered a reputational hit for having seemingly manipulated Benedict in a way that damaged both popes.
Critics noted that retired bishops at least have official Vatican guidelines to live by and said there should be similar guidelines for future retired popes.
Those guidelines read: “The bishop emeritus will be careful not to interfere in any way, directly or indirectly, in the governance of the diocese. He will want to avoid every attitude and relationship that could even hint at some kind of parallel authority to that of the diocesan bishop, with damaging consequences for the pastoral life of and unity of the diocesan community.”
While allowing that some protocols might be developed for future popes, Benedict’s longtime spokesman said the problems that arose during his longer-than-expected retirement were few.
“From where I stand, it all went extremely well,” said the Rev. Federico Lombardi. “If you think about how many times there were some problems, or what they were, I remember three or four.”
He said it was clear that Francis and Benedict enjoyed an “excellent” relationship and that the presence of the retired pope in the Vatican Gardens “was felt as the discreet presence of someone who had loved the church a lot, and who continued to love her and pray for her.”
Lombardi noted that if some people chose to exploit Benedict for their own ideological ends, or to amplify their criticism of Francis, that was their problem.
“Even if Benedict had died, they could have said the same thing,” he said.
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Chad and Alicia Hauge and Mike Melazzo hadn’t really planned on opening a restaurant. The team’s hands were full with Common Good Cocktail House in Glen Ellyn, which they’d been running since 2018 with inventive and fun cocktails and a desire to create deeper connections. But then chef Bridget Vanaman said yes.
“There was a group of people in the Glen Ellyn community who were interested in seeing us do something else,” said Chad Hauge, Alicia Hauge’s husband and beverage director and co-owner of the new Wheaton restaurant Maypole. “We reached out to Chef Bridget and when she responded positively, we were so surprised and excited to work with someone so incredible.”
Vanaman met the Common Good team members back in 2013 when she was working at Ruxbin restaurant in West Town and helped open the restaurant Mott St., also in West Town.
Vanaman has family in the western suburbs and now has a toddler so was looking to move out of the city. When she visited the Maypole space and instantly felt inspired, it wasn’t long before she signed on and had a menu ready. The restaurant opened Thursday at 121 W. Front St. in downtown Wheaton.
“Seeing how big the community was out here and how welcoming everyone was, it was meaningful to me,” said Vanaman, Maypole’s executive chef and co-owner. “Their philosophy behind hospitality was right in line with what I wanted to do with food, so it just kind of clicked.”
Vanaman, who was born in the Philippines and grew up in the United States, created a menu that is representative of her heritage. She hopes it’ll lay the groundwork for community gatherings and celebrations, so you’ll find meals served family style and even set meals for two.
The must-order item is the fried chicken thighs marinated in toyomansi, a mix of Filipino soy sauce and calamansi juice. Although you can order the chicken as part of a rice bowl, on a bao or even on an ube waffle during brunch, Vanaman recommends ordering it in a sandwich dressed with Asian slaw, spicy pickles and garlic aioli. It’s her homage to the chicken sandwich from Filipino chain Jollibee, a sandwich Vanaman says is “perfection.”
“Like in most forms of art, the more specific you get, the more universal it becomes,” said Alicia Hauge, director of operations, co-owner and designer of the space. “Words like ‘ube’ or ‘longganisa’ or ‘pancit’ might be unfamiliar to the western suburbs, but there’s an opportunity to connect with it because it was very specifically comforting to chef.”
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Dishes rooted in Vanaman’s memories and experiences are the backbone of the menu. You’ll find a pork belly adobo with bold flavors that made Chad Hauge “cry a little bit in joy” because it reminded him of American comfort food. The team’s favorites include calamansi pie and the lumpia spring rolls, which come from a recipe passed down through Vanaman’s family and are often hand-crafted by her mother and sister.
“I want to gather people and expose them to foods that are super important to me and at the same time be approachable and fun for people who might not be too familiar with the flavors of the Philippines or Southeast Asia,” Vanaman said.
Although the large cocktail menu at Common Good changes seasonally and leans experimental, you’ll find a tighter beverage selection at Maypole that draws inspiration from the menu, such as a calamansi margarita, an ube lemongrass aviation cocktail or a clarified dragon fruit cosmo. Beer and wine are available, and if you’re a part of Maypole’s members-only Subourbon whiskey bar, you can nosh on Vanaman’s creations in the basement beverage club.
“It’s fun to try and be inspired and match the energy of someone else’s creative work,” said Melazzo, a co-owner.
Maypole is in a historic building, but the interiors play with a spring theme that counters the dark and heavy elements of the building to instead feel playful and relaxed with pops of color, funky wallpaper and block printing.
Like with its other projects, the team hopes Maypole is a place where the community can gather comfortably around food and drink without it feeling pretentious. In fact, the restaurant’s name is inspired by the maypole located in the center of communities erected during springtime celebrations, a European tradition that was adopted globally.
“We don’t want to be caught up in making our product precious and elevated above the community but creating something that focuses on people gathering and people coming together and celebrating,” Alicia Hauge said. “We open our doors because it’s from the heart and we want people to experience and enjoy life together.”
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University of New Haven evacuates building over social media threat
Published: Oct. 5, 2022 at 5:54 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
WEST HAVEN, CT (WFSB) - A building at the University of New Haven was evacuated Wednesday after a threat was sent on social media.
A bomb threat was sent by social media for Harugari Hall, according to the university.
School officials said the building was evacuated and is being searched.
“This threat is currently being investigated by the University Police with support from our local, state, and federal law enforcement partners,” the school said.
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This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross. Today's interview focuses on the midterm elections and concerns they could be marred by violence, intimidation or other challenges that undermine confidence in the results. FRESH AIR guest contributor Arun Venugopal has our interview. Here's Arun.
ARUN VENUGOPAL, BYLINE: With just days to go before the midterm elections, millions of Americans have already cast their vote. And in some states, there are reports that turnout is greater than it's ever been. A lot is on the line including control of the House and Senate and the extent to which President Joe Biden can fulfill his agenda. But that's not all that's at stake. According to a joint intelligence bulletin obtained by ABC News, the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the National Counterterrorism Center have issued a warning about a heightened threat of domestic violent extremism during the midterm elections due to perceptions of election fraud.
And these perceptions could, in turn, be shaped by another phenomenon. In states across the country, Republican activists who believe the last election was stolen have been getting involved in the electoral process and attempting to reshape the very machinery of American elections. Well, many of those people say they're merely committed to election integrity. Democrats and some Republicans are concerned about disruptions at the polls that could end up casting doubt on the election.
Our guest, Alexandra Berzon, is a reporter at The New York Times who's been following this process over the last year. Before joining the Times, Berzon worked at ProPublica and at The Wall Street Journal, where she was part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for its investigation of secret payments by Donald Trump to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal. Alexandra Berzon, welcome to FRESH AIR.
ALEXANDRA BERZON: Thank you so much.
VENUGOPAL: Let's go back to an in-depth piece you co-wrote with other reporters last year when you were at ProPublica. At the time, you said that Steve Bannon, who served as chief strategist in the Trump White House, had galvanized thousands of listeners of his podcast called "War Room" back in May of 2021. This was in the wake of the failed insurrection. Bannon proposed a different idea, a call to action in which listeners would seize control of the GOP from the bottom up. What exactly did he mean?
BERZON: Yeah, what he was talking about - there was this idea that you would have activists really coming into the local Republican parties through the sort of ground up. And it had been around for a while, this sort of precinct strategy idea. But the notion was that we - that the Republican Party wanted to really get this kind of what they would call, like, the MAGA Republican, the really pro-Trump sort of Republicans, and especially also people who were going to continue this idea that the election was stolen. And one of the reasons why it was so important to have those people in there is because there are certain things that the party can do vis-a-vis elections that is somewhat different than just any outside activism.
It really varies state by state. In some cases, it's more structured that way than others. But there are ways that the party can sort of appoint people into election offices. They can - in some states, they kind of point - poll workers. Poll watchers often come through the party. So that was one of the reasons why it was impactful to have people actually coming in through the Republican Party. But you also, at the same time, had a lot of other outside activist groups. Oftentimes, they were really kind of rebranding or repurposing of Tea Party groups, actually, that were now forming around this idea that the 2020 election was stolen and keeping it going all over the country. These groups were going on sort of both - so, again, within the party and then also outside of the Republican Party.
VENUGOPAL: So we're talking about positions - like you said, precinct officers, but also election judges - right? - and inspectors.
BERZON: Yeah. So the precinct officers or party officers - and they're also then often becoming part of what the leadership of the party is going to look like, both the county level and, in some cases, at the state level. But they also, in some cases, have some kind of role in saying, like, who should be poll workers? It really varies state by state. Sometimes, they just sign up - poll workers just sign up separately with the election offices.
And in some states - like, in Colorado, for example, there was a situation where the Republican and Democratic Parties actually appoint the poll workers. And the Republican Party in El Paso County was actually pulling back some of the poll workers and saying, we don't want you, and we're not going to allow you to work. And the clerk there, who's a Republican himself - but he really felt strongly that these people were very - should be allowed to work. They had been longtime poll workers and were very able to do so. But because of their - they weren't people that were election deniers, they - the party didn't want them to work. But that was - a lot of other states don't necessarily operate that way, but that's just an example of the kind of - what can happen with a party.
VENUGOPAL: You wrote that Steve Bannon has encouraged a kind of election vigilantism. What is that? And how do you think that can play out in the election?
BERZON: Yes. So the election vigilantism, which I will say, you know, Bannon is certainly a mouthpiece for it, a very important one - but there's many others that are involved in kind of creating this idea and keeping it going and many of whom, I think it's important to note, were including Bannon, who we know, you know, had a strong role in the efforts in 2020 around trying to overturn the election at that point. So there's sort of - philosophy around it is Democrats cheat and steal elections, and the only way the Democrats really win is to cheat. And so we need to find this cheating, and we're going to kind of root it out of the system. And so they're coming at it from that perspective.
They would also themselves say, you know, look, what we're doing is we're just trying to make the system run better and be legal and run in a legal way. But from the perspective of election officials and others who have looked at this closely - I mean, you know, you have just constant public records requests. You have people at the - just asking questions over and over again. And, you know - and in some ways, you know, a lot of this is - like, on its face, there's nothing wrong with this. There's - you know, the idea of a transparent election system is one that everyone should support. But it does become almost to a point where it's made the jobs very difficult to do.
And the other thing it's done is created this whole idea of, like, let's look for problems. And then, what they did last time was they had all these people who looked for issues. And then, after they wanted to challenge the results, they then presented that as sort of supposed evidence that would justify overturning an election. And I think that's the concern this time around as well, is that you could use this kind of thing to continue to challenge results as well as to continue to just undermine the idea of fair elections in the country among a very large number of people.
VENUGOPAL: Let's talk about Steve Bannon's call to action. To what extent did people get involved in the election process, and where?
BERZON: So it's a little hard to judge right now. Bannon, for himself, is very boastful about it. He has said that it's - that - he's basically said, look, we're a hundred times or more organized than we were last time in 2020. We have a complete plan - that he talks about as far as challenging all the ballots that they can and at the polling places and especially at the counting places and that they're going to be a very constant presence. I don't think we know yet, you know, to what extent this is really borne out. There's one network that I've looked at closely through Cleta Mitchell, who's been on Bannon's show a lot and speaks a lot about this network of activists that she's organized. She was one of the lawyers that was involved in trying to overturn the results in 2020. And she's talked about recruiting 20,000 people through that network.
That network also works a lot with the RNC, which has also talked about recruiting thousands - somewhere around that number - or more. That's for both poll watchers and poll workers through this recruitment effort. And they've really said, look; this is going to be a much more organized kind of situation this time around. And a lot of the elections officials already this week are saying they're getting much more people signed up to be poll monitors, poll workers. There's groups in Michigan saying - there's officials in Michigan that are saying that they have a number of more activist groups signed up to be the poll monitors than they ever had before. So certainly, this is - does seem to be appearing.
VENUGOPAL: Our guest is New York Times reporter Alexandra Berzon. We'll be back after a short break. This is FRESH AIR.
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VENUGOPAL: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Arun Venugopal, back with Alexandra Berzon, a reporter for The New York Times.
One person who's leading the process of training these people entering the system is Cleta Mitchell. You mentioned her earlier. She runs the Election Integrity Network. She says she's trained more than 20,000 people, according to your reporting. What exactly is she training people to do that's different from the norm?
BERZON: So her training is around the idea of - as you had mentioned, this idea of vigilantism. She calls it the citizens detective agency. So the idea is there is wrongdoing, as I mentioned earlier, that, you know, Democrats cheat. The only way they're going to win is to cheat. And we're going to catch them. They have manuals. They have a lot of training seminars they've done all over the country. And then they form these statewide coalitions, as well as encouraging people to form local, county-level task forces.
And what they're telling people to do is basically go to election offices. Constantly spend time at election offices. Talk to election the election officials and then to be extremely vigilant in their kind of monitoring the elections, with looking for any sort of potential thing they could consider an anomaly. And more recently, there's been some reporting that has showed how they're then talking now about using that to then create challenges to the results, if that's what they choose to do.
VENUGOPAL: Cleta Mitchell's manual, "The Citizen's Guide To Building An Election Integrity Infrastructure," has worried certain election experts, in part because it involves ideas like surveillance. What kind of surveillance is she advocating?
BERZON: Well, one of the things they were saying even was to investigate your local elections officials, your local - the folks at the attorney general's office that deal with elections and to see, you know, are they friend or foe? So it's this idea of, like, our side and our people kind of with us and really trying to figure that out.
And that was concerning amid a lot of attacks on election officials and, just in general, them feeling really like they're almost being driven out by this kind of vigilantism. I've talked to a number of election officials who have either resigned recently or are planning to under this kind of stress that they have felt that they're experiencing. There was also to basically spend a lot of time at election offices. I mean, they do talk a lot about, like, being polite, following rules and - but just being of really constant presence in any way possible under the - that the law allows.
VENUGOPAL: In Cleta Mitchell's training, as you say, she's been telling people to spend time at election offices. What are they supposed to do there?
BERZON: Well, they're supposed to be talking to - you know, they're asking questions. They're just looking at all the procedures. They're seeing, is there anything at all that they - you know, you could see that's not something they say should happen? In some cases, that's then led to lawsuits. And so, you know, document - they say document everything. Document, document, document. It's also just, you know, constantly kind of just being - trying to kind of tell the election officials, no, you should be doing it this way.
One of the things that some of these groups have been doing recently is, there's been a number of lawsuits and other efforts to try to force some of the local elections offices to use their poll workers or Republican poll workers or theirs in particular, the ones they want to use, and to also put those positions into leadership positions. And the idea is just to be kind of a constant presence. And more recently - I think I mentioned earlier, but more recently there's been - you know, we've been seeing that there's more explicit parallel, where they're drawing between this idea of sort of document everything, find these issues and then telling people that we're going to then use that information to make challenges if the results end up in a way that we want to challenge the results, then we'll have all of this to use, which is exactly what happened in 2020.
Now, the courts rejected that. But we saw just what can happen when you bring these cases and you bring all these challenges is, you create more of a sense in the public that something is really wrong. And we saw where that led in 2020. So the - you know, even just recently, Politico had a story where they quoted John Eastman, who was involved in the efforts in 2020 to overturn the election, was saying that - he was telling people to document everything they're seeing. And then he's saying that becomes the basis for an affidavit in a court challenge.
VENUGOPAL: And how does this concern, I guess, election experts or, you know, polling site workers who might be used to a different kind of culture? In what sense does that sort of disrupt the norm?
BERZON: Yeah. I mean, I think that it's been very disruptive for election officials to feel that they're, you know, constantly explaining things to people. But then, there's this sort of refusal to accept that, and they just keep pushing further. And that has been frustrating to the officials I've - that I've talked to. And then, there's also just a us-against-them sort of attitude that doesn't - it really hadn't been brought into the elections process in this way until more recently, the idea that, you know, we're out to catch you and that you're doing something wrong, instead of starting from the idea that, you know, this is just a process that maybe if you make a mistake, like, OK, you'll fix that.
But this is really more, like, trying to kind of be very oppositional to the elections procedures, is the sense that the elections officials have. And, you know, again, I think these groups will say, OK, we're trying to just - we're trying to, like, make the process go better. But that has not been the experience from the officials that I've spoken to where they've experienced this.
VENUGOPAL: This week, a federal judge ruled in a situation involving a group that was trying to, I guess, execute this kind of surveillance you're referring to and that, too, with, you know, armed men and women. The party - the group is called Clean Elections USA. What kind of surveillance were they, I guess, hoping to commit to? And what did this judge rule?
BERZON: Well, the judge has now ruled - my understanding is that the - there's limitations on what the group can do in terms of their surveillance. This is a group that also has grown out of this kind of just larger conspiracy theory world that has developed since the 2020 election. And one of the conspiracy theories that really took off is this idea that there's these ballot mules, they call them, that are people that are dropping off ballots on behalf of other people and that that somehow is creating all this fraud. And there's really no basis for it. The movie that publicized this idea has been really debunked in numerous ways as well as the ideas that the group behind it were promoting.
But the - there was a woman who kind of took that idea and decided to create a national campaign around it. And she then has been promoting it very much on Steve Bannon's show as well as social media. And they've been recruiting people to kind of be these vigilantes of the drop boxes. So people go, and they kind of stake out the drop boxes. They watch people. They videotape people as they're dropping off ballots. And they're trying to supposedly catch these people that they think are doing something illegal though there's really no sign that this is some kind of widespread problem.
VENUGOPAL: The idea of election fraud is largely premised on noncitizens voting in U.S. elections - immigrants, right? Among the groups you've been covering, is it ever made explicitly clear that what some people are opposed to is not simply election fraud, which is actually extremely rare, but changing demographics and a multiracial democracy?
BERZON: In terms of - especially, I had mentioned earlier this movie "2000 Mules," which came out. And the idea behind that movie is that there's these groups that are basically taking ballots to - on behalf of other people. And it's this idea of - they call it ballot mules or ballot trafficking. A number of my colleagues have - who are out on the campaign trail more than I am, they've reported on kind of seeing that used in a way that is amplifying this kind of tropes, racist tropes about, you know, they're going to replace you. And the sort of idea behind that is that there's all these people that shouldn't be voting that are voting although it's not necessarily explicitly in that movie. But that's the way it's kind of being used or suggested and that it's kind of playing on a lot of those ideas. And that movie, "2000 Mules," has definitely been a presence.
VENUGOPAL: And of course, mule, a play on the idea of the drug mule, who is presumably coming across the border bringing in something toxic from elsewhere.
BERZON: Exactly. So it's the idea that there's people who are - right. Exactly. It's people that are coming across the border, and they're this thread. And it's really kind of evoking this fear in people that comes out of this idea.
DAVIES: New York Times reporter Alexandra Berzon speaking with our guest interviewer, Arun Venugopal. They'll be back after a short break. I'm Dave Davies, and this is FRESH AIR.
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DAVIES: This is FRESH AIR. Some of Donald Trump's supporters are still hoping to overturn the results of the 2020 election. But others have turned their attention to the upcoming midterm election. New York Times reporter Alexandra Berzon has been reporting on this movement to get activists who believe the 2020 election was stolen to run for local election offices. Berzon spoke with FRESH AIR contributor Arun Venugopal.
VENUGOPAL: At least in my experience, polling sites tend to be kind of sleepy, uneventful places. If you're lucky, you're in and out, and you have an I-voted sticker to show for it. What are the implications of what Bannon and all these other Republicans have done?
BERZON: Yeah, I mean, one of the things is just to make people think that this is some kind of widespread - you know, when we were reporting on it and we're talking about it, then people kind of think even more, like, there's this really widespread intimidation that I'm going to get at my polling place or I'm going to get if I drop off my ballot. And a lot of elections experts and officials I've been talking to, especially in the last week or two, are quite concerned about this.
There was some polling that came out that showed that people really think that, like - there are - a very high percentage of people think that they're going to face intimidation or problems voting. And a lot of voting advocates lately have said, look, like, most people - like, it's really not going to be common. You're going to be able to vote. It's going to be fine. I mean, there really is not widespread - we should say, like, there is not widespread problems with voting. There's not, you know, major issues we're hearing about so far. There's early voting going on, both with absentee as well as in person. And the kind of idea of incidences - you know, the groups that are monitoring this are not seeing major problems.
The issue is really more of what - you know, what could play out in just - in the time ahead from the - from having challenges and legal cases and having this just - if the results are close. I mean, that's really where you might see more issues. But the actual voting process really has not been - seems to be holding up just fine as far as anything we can see with that. So that's definitely very important to kind of - for, you know, folks to understand, I think.
VENUGOPAL: Some of the people who preached the precinct strategy also threatened violence. You quote one person, a far-right blogger by the name of Jim Condit Jr. of Cincinnati, who described the strategy as the last alternative to violence short of resorting to the Second Amendment, he said, adding, which none of us want to do. Another activist, Daniel Schultz, said at a conference call, make sure everybody's got a baseball bat. I'm serious about this. Make sure you've got people who are armed. Are you seeing these threats materialize? Is there reason to believe baseball bats and guns are going to be part of this precinct strategy?
BERZON: The fact is there are - there have been violent threats within the election denial movement. Specifically, there are people who talk about, you know, these people should be hung for treason. There are violent words said. There has not, at this point, translated into any kind of sense that there's violence at the polls or any risks or threats to people voting or to any specific idea around that. And I think that's important for people to understand. Because you can get - you know, you can - you could start to get nervous just to, like, go and vote. And that hasn't materialized, and - but clearly, there's - you know, the rhetoric has been heating up over the last year or so. We saw it obviously with the - Paul Pelosi.
VENUGOPAL: The husband of Nancy Pelosi, who was recently violently attacked.
BERZON: Yeah. So, I mean, there is definitely - and just the amount of - you know, you're continuing to convince people, and people are continuing to be convinced that there is this incredibly - that there is basically this conspiracy. I mean, and some part - some aspects of this idea is that there's this global conspiracy to hack voting machines and that - or Democrats are stealing election. There's - the ideas are very extreme that are being spread.
And so the - that is creating - I think the concern from people that really study this and from election officials is that it's creating an atmosphere of this just complete undermining of a faith in democracy if you really think that the election system in this country is broken. And that is when eventually you could end up getting to some sort of violence. And yes, there is rhetoric around it. We're not there yet. But clearly, there's warnings of risk that, you know - and there is concern. And I think it comes from just this undermining of the idea that the elections are secure. And the conspiracies around them are so - they sound so terrible to people. And they're being spread quite widely. And the belief has been held, and it hasn't gone away.
VENUGOPAL: It's not like longtime election officials are just taking all this lying down. You write that some have spent months preparing for potential disruptions and even participated in exercises organized by the FBI. What can you tell us about how they are preparing for possible problems on Election Day?
BERZON: Yeah, there's been a lot of preparation around this. You know, there's a lot more awareness, I think, about the idea of misinformation and disinformation and somewhat more kind of just trying to figure out ways to communicate and combat that. There's also been increases in security. Some of the places have changed the layout of where they kind of put certain things and have created different procedures. As you mentioned, we had reported about these FBI tabletop exercises. The FBI has set up these election task forces in - people that are in, I believe, all the states - that are point people for this. And there's definitely a lot of awareness and preparation around all of this this year.
VENUGOPAL: When it comes to elections for secretary of state, what could be the potential impact on the 2024 election? How many states could this make a big difference in?
BERZON: Yeah, there's actually a number of states where the Republican secretary of state candidates are really part of - in some cases, really very much part of kind of this election denier and really kind of conspiracy theory type of world about elections that have grown out of that. One is - and some of them are in quite significant states for the presidential election - Arizona, Nevada and Michigan being the main ones for that. And those candidates also - one of the things we reported on - had really gotten together and done this in quite a concerted way through an effort organized by some of the same folks who had been involved in trying to overturn the 2020 election. So this has been - there's a group called the "America First" slate of candidates, and there's a number of them that are now on the ballot. And so this is - there's some very significant secretary of state races.
VENUGOPAL: What are the ways in which a secretary of state can impact an election and its results?
BERZON: Well, there's many ways a secretary of state can impact - I mean, one of them is - they do a lot of the investigations and make sure that elections are functioning properly. They do a lot of the - they often are giving out rules and guidance to local officials, the local election officials. And so, you know, for example, you know, they can be very proactive in terms of just rooting out any potential issues or concerns. And they also issue guidance often on things like the role of poll monitoring and just any kind of - they basically are kind of guiding the local election officials on how to follow the law. And so there's a lot of influence that can come from that office just in terms of directing or telling local officials how to do things.
I think that one of the things is, like, we're really - you know, if some of these folks win, we're going to kind of see how far that goes. I mean, some of them want to move to things like hand-counting ballots, which, you know, experts and election officials say is really - could be a major problem because you would end up having - you know, there's more inaccuracies than machine counting. Ballots are so extensive and so long in this country typically that it could take an incredible amount of time. So people will realize, you know, election results will not be decided quickly if this were the case.
I think the other thing the secretary of state does is just also offers kind of the - you know, it's just important to get very good information about elections. And often that comes from the secretary of state's office. So if you had people in office that are, you know, already giving out bad information about elections, misinformation, then that could become a potential, you know, issue.
VENUGOPAL: Have you had any direct interactions with people who are planning poll-watching actions like the drop box vigilantes?
BERZON: I have not spoken myself to the drop box folks. I've certainly been in touch with many activists in general. I've gone to many of their conferences, and I've gone to a number of these types of meetings. I've spoken to many folks. And one of the things that really comes out of it - and these are the people that are really now devoting their lives to this issue. So it's not at all representative of your average voter or person in the Republican base or whatnot. But there really is very strong passion among many activists on that side about this issue because there is this belief that the system has been stolen away from them. And so it's really a certain sort of passion or zealotry, whatnot, within this particular activist base of people, I would say.
VENUGOPAL: Alexandra Berzon, thanks so much for joining us today.
BERZON: Thank you so much. Thank you for having me.
DAVIES: New York Times reporter Alexandra Berzon speaking with our guest interviewer Arun Venugopal. Coming up, Kevin Whitehead reviews the new album from the jazz trio Thumbscrew. This is FRESH AIR.
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ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Thursday released the itinerary for Pope Francis’ July 24-30 visit to Canada, providing a sign he intends to go ahead with the trip despite knee problems that forced him to cancel a six-day visit to Africa also planned for next month.
Francis is due to visit Canada to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses they suffered at Catholic-run residential schools.
The scaled-back itinerary includes several encounters with Indigenous groups, as well as a visit to Maskwacis, home to the former Ermineskin Residential School, one of the largest residential school sites in Canada. Alberta, where Francis lands first, is home to the largest number of former residential schools in Canada.
Francis will also have a private meeting with survivors of the schools in remote Iqualuit, where he is due to visit for a few hours on his way back to Rome on July 29.
Francis, 85, has been using a wheelchair for over a month because of strained ligaments in his right knee that have made standing and walking difficult. The Canadian bishops conference said Francis’ appearance at individual public events would be limited to one hour, “due to his advanced age and limitations.”
The publication of the itinerary was delayed for nearly two weeks, leading to speculation Francis might be forced to cancel traveling to Canada as he did his before a planned July 2-7 pilgrimage to Africa.
And the itinerary doesn’t mean the trip is 100% confirmed, since there is now precedent for the Vatican pulling the plug after one was released.
The Vatican published the schedule for Francis’ planned trip to Congo and South Sudan on May 28. It announced on June 10 that the pope’s visit would have to be postponed until an undetermined later date because of doctors’ concerns the trip might jeopardize the therapy he is undergoing.
The Vatican has released no details about the type of therapy he is receiving beyond knee injections. The Canada itinerary is light for a typical papal trip, for the most part featuring only one major event each morning and one each afternoon to allow for maximum rest time.
Francis met with Indigenous groups earlier this year at the Vatican and offered a historic apology for the abuses they endured.
Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission called for a papal apology to be delivered on Canadian soil. Francis said at the time of his Vatican meetings that he hoped to make the apology in person this summer.
Phil Fontaine, a former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations who was part of delegation that met with Francis at the Vatican, called Thursday’s update “wonderful news.”
“He made a commitment to us at the Vatican, and he’s following through with that commitment,” Fontaine said.
“People were anxious that his health issues would force the cancellation of the Canadian papal tour, but clearly he sees it as important. It is a testament to his sincerity,” he added.
Fontaine, 77, said he and his classmates suffered physical and sexual abuse when he was a boy at the Fort Alexander Indian Residential School in Manitoba
More than 150,000 native children in Canada were forced to attend state-funded Christian schools from the 19th century until the 1970s in an effort to isolate them from their homes and culture. The aim was to Christianize and assimilate them into mainstream society, which previous Canadian governments considered superior.
The Canadian government has admitted that physical and sexual abuse was rampant at the schools, and that students were beaten for speaking their native languages. Indigenous leaders say the legacy of abuse and family separation as a root cause of the epidemic rates of alcohol and drug addiction on Canadian reservations.
“We know that the Holy Father was deeply moved by his encounter with Indigenous Peoples in Rome earlier this year, and that he hopes to build on the important dialogue that took place,” the coordinator of the Canada visit, Archbishop Richard Smith, said in a statement.
The president of the Canadian Catholic bishops’ conference, Bishop Raymond Poisson, thanked organizers and offered prayers for the pope.
“We pray for the health of Pope Francis and also that his pastoral visit to Canada will bring reconciliation and hope to all those who will accompany our shepherd on this historic journey,” Poisson said in a statement.
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Gillies contributed from Toronto.
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BERLIN (AP) — German beer sales rose in 2022 after COVID-19 restrictions weighed on brewers in the previous two years, but the long-term trend remains downward and the World Cup soccer tournament in Qatar didn't get the taps flowing, according to official figures released Wednesday.The Federal Statistical Office said that German-based breweries and distributors sold about 8.8 billion liters (2.3 billion gallons) of beer last year, a 2.7% increase compared with 2021.Beer sales inside Germany — more than four-fifths of the total — were up 4% to 7.2 billion liters (1.9 billion gallons). That was still 5% lower than in 2019, the last year before the pandemic.Exports were down overall. While German brewers shipped around 805 million liters (213 million gallons) of beer to other nations in the European Union, a 7.8% increase, exports to other countries dropped 12.4% to about 716 million liters (189 million gallons).Big events such as the World Cup have given beer sales a bounce when held in summer in previous years, but last year's tournament — which, unusually, was held as winter started in Europe — largely failed to do so, the statistics office said.While last year pointed to something of a recovery after lockdowns that shut restaurants and bars for periods in 2020 and 2021, German brewers have been struggling with a longer-term downward trend fueled by health concerns and other factors. In the past decade alone, beer sales have fallen 7.4%, according to the statistics office.
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(WTAJ) — Select units of Gerber infant formula are being recalled over concerns of possible bacteria contamination.
The voluntary recall was issued Friday by Perrigo Company for certain Gerber Good Start SoothePro Powdered Infant Formula produced at a plant in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
In a notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Perrigo said the recall is “out of an abundance of caution due to the potential presence of Cronobacter sakazakii.”
Cronobacter sakazakii is the same bacteria that caused several infections among infants last year, leading to an FDA investigation of formula maker Abbott Laboratories. Abbott has denied any direct link to the cases, two of which involved children who died. Abbott issued a voluntary recall and shuttered a plant for months, contributing to a nationwide formula shortage.
Cronobacter sakazakii is a germ found in the natural environment and can live in dry foods like starches, herbal teas, powdered milk and baby formula, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infections are rare, but in infants, they may include sepsis, a dangerous blood infection, or meningitis, swelling around the spinal cord or in the linings surrounding the brain. The bacteria can also cause bowel damage and can spread throughout the body.
According to Perrigo, none of the distributed formulas have tested positive for Cronobacter sakazakii, no “adverse events” have been reported, and no other products made by Perrigo or at the Eau Claire facility are affected.
The instant formula was sold at retailers across the U.S. Anyone who purchased the following units after March 5, 2023, should look at the “lot codes” and “use by” dates on the bottom of the package.
If you have any products with matching codes listed above, you should stop using the product and throw it out. Refunds for impacted products can be requested by contacting the Gerber Parent Resource Center on behalf of Perrigo at 1-800-777-7690.
Last month, Reckitt voluntarily recalled two batches of ProSobee infant formula due to possible Cronobacter sakazakii contamination.
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2023-03-19T23:50:45+00:00
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ksn.com
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https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/some-gerber-infant-formulas-recalled-over-bacteria-concerns/
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New marijuana law likely to ignite legal challenges
Published 5:19 pm Tuesday, July 25, 2023
By Brian Bakst, Minnesota Public Radio News
It was a footnote in an easy-to-miss Minnesota Court of Appeals decision in December of 2020, a ruling that overturned a man’s DWI conviction involving marijuana use.
“Unlike alcohol, there is no statutory threshold for the amount of THC at which a person is considered ‘under the influence,’” the footnote in a decision written by Judge Lucinda Jesson began, adding that the mere presence in the Cottonwood County defendant’s blood “does not necessarily prove that his driving was influenced by the substance.”
The ruling itself was unpublished, which reduces its standing as precedent in similar cases. But as marijuana switches to a legal substance next week, it’s the kind of dispute that is sure to gain more attention as defendants, lawyers and judges work to sort out the new landscape.
Ahead of the change, prosecutors and police chiefs are actively discussing practices around stops and vehicle searches. Defense attorneys also have their eyes open for ways to test the shifted boundaries.
There are surprisingly few cases in Minnesota where the state’s appellate courts have weighed in around strictly marijuana-related driving offenses.
In the 2020 case, the man had been at a park in the early morning hours and police stopped his vehicle as he left. The officer observed bloodshot eyes and the faint smell of what he believed was alcohol and marijuana. But a preliminary breath test didn’t detect alcohol.
A passenger in the car was arrested on a probation violation and the driver went to the jail to pick him up. While there, the officer did more tests on the driver, arrested him on suspicion of DWI and collected a blood sample that later indicated active marijuana chemical THC was present.
After his conviction, the man appealed and the higher court found that lack of proof of erratic driving or observed traffic violations was grounds for reversal.
“In other words, if we test somebody’s blood and they have THC in their system, we don’t know when they smoked and we don’t know if they’re actually under the influence,” his attorney, Veronica Surges, said in a recent interview. “What matters is whether you are fit to drive.”
Minnesota law enforcement officials and prosecutors said the distinction between suspected alcohol and drug-related driving arrests isn’t new to them. But they acknowledge they’ll have to clearly document bad driving conduct and findings of impairment exams to make cases stick as they expect to encounter more of them.
“For alcohol, we have a 0.08 standard. There isn’t a quantitative threshold like that for marijuana where it’s going to be against the law per se,” said Bill Lemons, the traffic safety resource prosecutor for the Minnesota County Attorneys Association. “We’re going to have to prove that they were impaired by the marijuana.”
He said the more stops of suspected marijuana-impaired driving where a drug recognition evaluator is brought in the better.
An oral fluid test for marijuana is in the works, with a pilot project running for a year starting in September. Blood and urine tests are an option now, although the results are far from instant.
Those too might invite legal challenges.
“As we develop the technology to determine whether somebody is actually under the influence by a blood test, I think there’s going to be a lot of litigation surrounding that determine whether it’s accurate technology, whether that individual person was under the influence as based on the level of THC in their blood,” Surges said.
Legal experts are also bracing for tussles over open-package provisions in the new marijuana law as well as when full-scale searches of vehicles are legally justified.
“The Legislature has created some new things within the marijuana bill itself that will have to be interpreted by the Court of Appeals. There’s some open questions,” said Justin Collins, an assistant Washington County attorney who is assigned to that area’s drug task force.
Collins has been conducting training sessions with area law enforcement and others around how to approach legal marijuana.
“I would expect that every marijuana case we charge going forward will be challenged in some way if the drugs were obtained via a vehicle search,” he said.
Lemons agrees.
“Within Fourth Amendment searches and seizure, I would anticipate the Fourth Amendment issues would probably be heavily litigated pertaining to marijuana,” he said.
Before, just the scent of marijuana or open display of paraphernalia could be enough to touch off a search. Now it might come down to whether an officer smells burnt marijuana — signifying potential active use. Or if they see raw marijuana out in the open.
A case argued before the Minnesota Supreme Court in April deals with whether the odor of burnt marijuana is sufficient cause for a search without a warrant. A decision is pending.
Things might be especially tricky prior to the launch of a retail market. The open-package clause contemplates cannabis products sold in sealed packaging. Cannabis shops might not open until 2025, but people can grow their own this August.
Colonel Matt Langer, head of the Minnesota State Patrol, said people need to be aware of both the cap of two ounces of possession in public and how they’re moving it around.
“If you’re growing it at home and just transporting it in ziplock baggies, which would be legal under a certain amount come August 1, you got to pay attention to the open-container law because the only way that you can transport that as if it’s in the farthest point away from you,” Langer said. “Keep it simple. It’s just like a 12-ounce can of beer; if it’s cracked open, you can’t have it in your console.”
In other words, have it in the trunk, not the glove compartment.
Around all of these issues, the first cases to reach the state’s appellate courts will set the tone for years to come. Judging by what’s happened elsewhere upon legalization, the volume of cases could jump.
“I don’t think most states are necessarily prepared for what kind of challenges might be out there when it comes to marijuana use, which is why you see lots of inconsistency from one state to another as it relates to case law,” said Mark Stodola, who tracks the issue extensively for the Association of Probation and Parole Officers. “So could Minnesota experience this? Absolutely, I can’t tell you that they will. But I can tell you that in other states, that has certainly been the case.”
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2023-07-26T07:52:53+00:00
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albertleatribune.com
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https://www.albertleatribune.com/2023/07/new-marijuana-law-likely-to-ignite-legal-challenges/
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BELGRADE – Serbia's populist leader has sharply denounced opposition plans to block a key bridge and motorway in Belgrade on Friday to press their demands in the wake of last week's mass shootings in the Balkan country that left 17 people dead, including many children.
President Aleksandar Vucic said that the planned opposition protest later on Friday amounted to “violence in politics” and “harassment” of citizens. But, Vucic said, police would not intervene to prevent it “unless people's lives are in danger.”
“What gives them the right to block other people's normal lives?” said Vucic, adding that the opposition were “abusing the tragedy” following the shootings that deeply rattled the nation and triggered calls for change.
“They are harassing citizens and not allowing them to travel,” Vucic insisted. “But we don't like to beat protesters, like France and Germany do.”
The rally on Friday comes a week after thousands marched in Belgrade. They were demanding the resignations of government ministers and the withdrawal of broadcast licenses for two private TV stations which are close to the state and promote violence. They often host convicted war criminals and crime figures on their programs.
Protests with the same demands have been held in the past week in various cities and towns in Serbia. Opposition officials said the bridge blockade in Belgrade on Friday evening would last for two hours.
The two shootings happened in just two days, leaving 17 people dead and 21 wounded. A 13-year-old boy last Wednesday used his father's gun to open fire at his school in central Belgrade, while a day later a 20-year-old randomly fired at people in a rural area south of Belgrade.
Opposition parties have said that Vucic's populist government has fueled intolerance and hate speech, while taking hold of all institutions, thus stoking divisions. Vucic has denied this. He has called his own rally for May 26 in Belgrade that he said would be the “biggest ever.”
“We do not organize spontaneous rallies in order to play with people's emotions,” Vucic insisted. “Ours will be a rally of unity, when we will announce important political decisions.”
Vucic also told reporters that citizens had handed in more than 9,000 weapons since police announced a one-month amnesty for people to surrender unregistered guns and ammunition or face possible prison sentences after that period.
Serbia is estimated to be among the top countries in Europe when it comes to the number of guns per capita, many of them left over from the wars in the 1990s. Other anti-gun measures after the shootings include a ban on new gun licenses, stricter controls on gun owners and shooting ranges, and tougher punishments for the illegal possession of weapons.
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2023-05-12T12:39:11+00:00
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wsls.com
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https://www.wsls.com/news/world/2023/05/12/serbias-populist-leader-denounces-planned-belgrade-bridge-blockade-after-shootings/
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Stocks end
broadly higher
NEW YORK — Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street, breaking a three-week losing streak. The benchmark S&P 500 index rose 1.5% on Friday, but is still well below where it was in mid-August. Big gains for technology companies pushed the Nasdaq composite even higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also climbed, as did small-company stocks. All 11 industry sectors of the S&P 500 rose, including energy stocks, which caught a break from recent declines thanks to an upturn in oil prices. DocuSign rose sharply after the electronic signature company reported strong second-quarter sales and raised its subscription forecast.
Airlines' use
of aid eyed
WASHINGTON — Two key lawmakers want the government to investigate whether airlines used federal pandemic-relief money to encourage employees to quit. The lawmakers said Friday that taxpayers helped the airline industry during their darkest days at the start of the pandemic, and they deserve to know how the money was spent. Airlines received grants totaling $54 billion to keep workers on the job during the pandemic.
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Airlines were barred from laying off workers, but they encouraged thousands to quit by taking buyouts or early retirement. Airlines were caught short-staffed when travel bounced back earlier this year, contributing to widespread flight delays and cancellations.
Burger King
invests $400m
NEW YORK — Burger King plans to invest $400 million in its U.S. restaurants over the next two years to update its stores and boost flagging sales. The burger chain said Friday the investment includes $250 million to revamp stores and update technology and kitchen equipment and $120 million for heavier advertising. The moves come after several years of disappointing sales at Burger King’s 7,058 U.S. stores. Wendy’s overtook Burger King as the No. 2 U.S. fast food chain by sales in 2020 and held on to that spot last year.
Poland: Ukraine
offers power
KYIV, Ukraine — Poland’s prime minister says neighboring Ukraine is ready to supply his country with electricity and help reduce the use of coal for power generation in light of an anticipated energy crisis. Poland’s premier Mateusz Morawiecki and Latvia’s President Egils Levits were in Kyiv on Friday for talks with Ukraine’s president about military and energy security amid efforts to reduce the region’s dependence on Russian energy. Poland’s Mateusz Morawiecki said Ukraine is ready to supply energy in a short time. They also discussed steps to ease off lines of trucks waiting for days to cross the border.
N. Carolina wins
chip wafer plant
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina-based semiconductor company says it will build a $5 billion manufacturing plant in its home state to produce silicon carbide wafers. Wolfspeed Inc. announced on Friday that it plans to create 1,800 new jobs by the end of 2030 at a location in Chatham County. Wolfspeed could receive $775 million in cash incentives, infrastructure improvements and other sweeteners from North Carolina and local governments to build.
The silicon carbide chips are emerging as a favored part for renewable energy products. The jobs announcement marked another big economic win for central North Carolina. Apple and Toyota are among the companies that are planning to build there.
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2022-09-10T00:01:40+00:00
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billingsgazette.com
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https://billingsgazette.com/business-digest/article_3d1602ca-3089-11ed-9974-27b786221199.html
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Tuesday, July 25th 2023, 4:48 pm
Rue Ramsey, a board member for the Tulsa Higher Education Consortium, joined News On 6 at 4 p.m. to discuss how higher education institutions and businesses are working together to help graduating students take on jobs in the city.
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2023-07-27T09:17:44+00:00
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newson6.com
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https://www.newson6.com/story/64c044c1d2131074ce3e4929/watch:-how-tulsa-higher-education-consortium-helps-graduates-prepare-for-jobs
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GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Forward Air Corp. (FWRD) on Wednesday reported third-quarter profit of $52.1 million.
On a per-share basis, the Greeneville, Tennessee-based company said it had net income of $1.93.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.90 per share.
The contractor for the air cargo industry posted revenue of $510 million in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $498.6 million.
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2022-10-26T20:32:55+00:00
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seattlepi.com
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https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Forward-Air-Q3-Earnings-Snapshot-17536634.php
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