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Iconic Merritt Island meat market established in 1957 gets new owners
If you live or grew up on Merritt Island, you know Hayes Meats and Gourmet Foods.
For 66 years, it's been part of the fabric of island life, providing hand-cut steaks, seafood, deli sandwiches, holiday meals and catering for events large and small.
It's a tradition new owners Yenis and Alian Almeida plan to carry on.
The Almeidas bought the market from Gem and Connie Gurgan, taking over on June 26. Yenis "Jenny" Almeida, who will handle day-to-day operations, is young, energetic and full of ideas, Gem Gurgan said. He hopes the new owners will see Hayes to its 100th birthday.
Marvin Hayes opened Midwest Meats and Hayes Super Foods in a building off State Road 520 in 1957. The store was sold in 1969 to Tommy Friddle, who moved the market to its current 285 Fortenberry Road address. Gem Gurgan bought the market in 1996.
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In the 27 years he has owned it, Gurgan said, Hayes has become his home, his family. Customers often call him "Mr. Hayes."
He gets emotional talking about letting it go, but he's ready to retire. He knows Almedia will take good care of the place, and he's not rushing out the door.
"I will stay to teach every single detail, from catering to retail to money management," he said.
"Their success is our success."
Almeida is learning the payroll system. She's made sandwiches in the deli. And Gurgan is teaching her how to cut meat.
"I knew before I got in here I needed to get my hands dirty," she said. "I'm not an expert, but I will be with time."
"I love the attitude," Gurgan said.
While Almeida doesn't have retail market experience, she's amassed plenty of restaurant management time. She's worked in restaurants since she was 18, most recently as an executive for Chipotle. She enjoyed her job, but she wanted her own business.
"This is for me," she said. "This is something I can leave for my kids."
She may not know everything about running a market yet, but she has strong management skills.
"Management, the basics, they come with you," Almeida said. Everything else can be learned.
Customers won't notice much of a change at first. The Hayes staff, some of whom have been with the market 15 years or more, is still there.
Almeida plans to introduce delivery services in the coming months. She also wants to capitalize on the market's catering opportunities, letting businesses know Hayes can provide anything from boxed lunches to wedding receptions with china place settings.
"People don't know we can do smaller orders for catering," she said. "I want to create some brochures with our sandwiches. A lot of people don't know we have a deli."
After a customer suggested it, she's considering adding a salad bar.
Almeida, like the market owners before her, plans to move Hayes forward while keeping it a community institution.
Gurgan took over the market in a similar way.
"I had zero restaurant experience," he said. Before Hayes, he had owned a sporting goods store.
"I went from swinging racquets to swinging beef," he said.
Hayes was a good butcher shop when Gurgan used all his savings to buy it. He and Connie brought it in to the 21st century by augmenting the deli and increasing catering. They started a website and online ordering.
In 2011, after 15 years of paying rent, he bought the building. Eventually, he plans to sell it to Almeida.
For Almeida, Hayes feels like a perfect fit.
"I was looking for businesses all around Orlando," she said. "But I wanted something that was a need for people, not a want. My Realtor sent me Gem's business."
Unlike restaurants, which can be trendy for a few years, then fall out of favor, a meat market has staying power, Gurgan said. He bought a profitable business, and now he's selling one.
"I bought it because Mr. Friddle wanted to retire," Gurgan said. "I'm selling because I want to retire."
Almeida was impressed with Gurgan's passion for the market and his willingness to stay on and train her.
"I stopped looking," she said.
She also likes the area. After living for several years in Orlando, she appreciates the close community of Merritt Island.
"My favorite thing is the customers," Almeida said. "They're super nice. We have regulars. They have welcomed me. I didn't expect that."
It's not easy for Gurgan to let go of Hayes. Owning a business isn't easy, and it's not glamorous. The Gurgans have spent hurricanes at the store to protect inventory in case the power went out. They've worked holidays preparing meals and late nights catering events.
"I am going to retire after the first of the year, and we're going to travel," Connie Gurgan said. "And I'm so glad I'm not going to have to wash any more catering linens."
"Her birthday is in January," Gurgan said. "We're going on a cruise."
Almeida assured Gurgan he will always be a part of the market, and she's not ready to let him go.
"He won't leave," she said. "He lives nine minutes from here. Whenever he's in town, he's going to be here."
Gurgan shrugged and smiled.
"Whenever they need me, I will be here," he said. "I can only play golf and tennis so much."
Suzy Fleming Leonard is a features journalist with more than three decades of experience. Reach her at sleonard@floridatoday.com. Find her on Facebook: @SuzyFlemingLeonard or on Instagram: @SuzyLeonard. | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/entertainment/dining/2023/07/30/new-owners-take-over-hayes-meats-and-gourmet-foods-on-merritt-island/70420319007/ | 2023-07-30T12:12:37 | 0 | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/entertainment/dining/2023/07/30/new-owners-take-over-hayes-meats-and-gourmet-foods-on-merritt-island/70420319007/ |
Changes to expect at Brevard Public Schools going into the 2023-2024 school year
Here's how local district policies, and state legislation, may impact your time at Brevard Public Schools this year.
It's been a year rife with change for Brevard students, teachers and administrators, from a new superintendent to an updated dress code policy to restrictions on what can — or can't — be taught in class.
Over the past several months, that change has taken place across the Brevard Public Schools district and throughout the state, touching on almost every aspect of school life. And modifications and overhauls continue, like the districrt's long-awaited updated discipline policy that's still in the works.
Here's a breakdown of the biggest differences you can expect to see going into the 2023-2024 school year at Brevard Public Schools.
New superintendent
Mark Rendell, former principal of Cocoa Beach Junior/Senior High School, was chosen by the school board as the new superintendent for Brevard Public Schools at the beginning of May. He was selected from a pool of 33 other candidates from around the country who initially applied between Feb. 24 and March 31.
Since he officially filled the position June 1, he's reorganized the district to eliminate two high-ranking cabinet positions and replace them with two new positions: chief of schools and assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction. Rendell made the move out of a concern that the former positions shared overlapping responsibilities; the district had a lack of single ownership related to discipline and programs; and there was a need for support and supervision of schools.
He has goals of supporting teachers and students, addressing discipline, keeping the district competitive amid new universal vouchers, improving reading, enforcing state policies and building community relationships.
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Rendell's selection came about five months after former Superintendent Mark Mullins was ousted at the newly elected board's first meeting in November, and only a little more than a month after Interim Superintendent Robert Schiller was placed on administrative leave.
Universal school vouchers
One of the many changes that came this legislative session was the passage of HB 1, expanding Florida's voucher system to all students.
The new law, which removed income restrictions and enrollment limits, allows students to use vouchers to pay for private school tuition, homeschooling resources or use funding as part of an education savings account.
Brevard has 28 Title I private schools, as well as 14 charter schools.
Legislation impacting LGBTQ students
At a July 19 meeting in Orlando, the Florida Board of Education approved four amendments to policies related to LGBTQ students and teachers and created a new rule that advocates worried could impact students attending gay-straight alliances.
The amendments and new rule lay out further restrictions to align with recently passed legislation related to the use of bathrooms, classroom teaching and admission of minors to adult live performances.
One amendment provided updated language related to K-12 education aligning with House Bill 1521, which went into effect July 1 and requires that restrooms in publicly owned buildings — including schools — must be segregated by sex assigned at birth and not a person's gender identity. Schools may also have a unisex option available. According to the amendment, student codes of conduct around the state will have to be updated to create punishments for those who don't comply, and districts will need to certify to the Department of Education that all of their schools are in compliance with the law. Districts will also need to create disciplinary procedures for employees who violate the law or the Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession.
Another amendment ruled that students must go by their legal name unless a parent or guardian's signs a form saying otherwise, while another — an amendment to the Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida — said both students and teachers cannot go by a chosen name or pronoun that doesn't align with their sex assigned at birth.
This amendment and one other addressed teachers, with both addressing the incorporation of HB 1069. According to the amendments, teachers must provide students with classrooms that are "age and developmentally appropriate and aligned to the state academic standards."
Restrictions regarding discussions of sexuality and gender identity — previously only in place for K-3 teachers — were expanded through all grades. K-8 teachers may not provide instruction related to sexual orientation or gender identity except when necessitated by certain sections of the law, while 9-12 teachers can only provide instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity if it's required by state academic standards or is part of a reproductive health lesson. Parents may opt their children out of those lessons.
The new rule laid out guidelines related to school-sponsored events, activities and extracurriculars, saying that events must be consistent with Florida's Parental Bill of Rights and that children may not be admitted to adult live performances. The rule drew language from Senate Bill 1438, which LGBTQ advocates have criticized as an anti-drag bill.
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Additionally, the new rule will require signed permission slips for students attending after-school activities, events and extracurriculars. LGBTQ community members spoke at the board meeting about concerns that this may cut students off from gay-straight alliances if their families are not affirming.
"We had several students who were living homeless at 16, 17 years old because their parents kicked them out of their house for being gay, for being trans," said Will Larkins, a Winter Park High School graduate. "Their parents are not going to sign that permission slip, but these students only found solace in this community, this after-school activity."
Discipline policy in the works
The district spotlighted issues related to discipline in late November of last year, when school board chair Matt Susin stood outside Brevard County Jail with Sheriff Wayne Ivey to announce a "brand new day" for BPS students.
Susin promised the "most prolific policy the school district's ever had," though the district has yet to put a new policy in place. In January, an audit of discipline within the district, headed by auditor RSM, showed BPS was not dramatically different from comparable Florida districts and concluded that the main issue boiled down to a lack of a centralized office that handles discipline, with responsibility instead resting on teachers, principals and administrators.
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At a June 27 work session, Student Services gave a presentation to the board proposing changes to the discipline policy. Most of the proposed solutions suggested harsher punishments, including a suggestion of in- or out-of-school suspensions for pre-K students who engaged in one-sided physical aggression.
Additionally at that meeting, Rendell proposed organizational restructuring. That restructuring did not include a cabinet position to oversee discipline like the audit suggested creating.
A cabinet position was unneeded because Rendell's changes will "enable district staff to be more focused on assisting every aspect of our schools," said BPS Spokesperson Russell Bruhn, adding that includes everything from student achievement to behavior and discipline.
"It also includes classroom management, mentoring teachers and community outreach," he said. "With that in mind, a cabinet position to oversee discipline was not needed. Student Services will work on the district’s discipline policy and will also provide staff training on proper reporting procedures."
He added that the chief of schools will be responsible for ensuring that the discipline policy and training are implemented.
No final decisions were made. It was not immediately known when discipline would be discussed again.
Updated dress code
Over the summer, the school board voted to update the dress code policy, with what they called a goal to make it less vague. The updated policy lays out specific guidelines for various grade levels and eliminates vague words like "modest," instead giving more specific requirements regarding the length of shorts and shirts, opaqueness of clothing and not allowing certain areas of the body to be exposed.
One update to the policy that drew the attention of both community members and national news outlets was the rule banning attire that "emulates non-human characteristics." The ban was put in place after board members expressed concerns about furries, or people who dress up like animals, with Board Chair Matt Susin saying he didn't want to see kids in animal-related clothing or engaging in behaviors like meowing or barking.
"I'm all about trying to find a way that that is not acceptable in any way, because what it does is, they then do the barking and all the other weird stuff," Susin said.
The board argued that aspect of the policy was "driven by student voice," citing a student survey with 2,256 comments.
Book review committee on pause
An updated book review policy was approved at an April 11 meeting. But that policy is already likely going to be redone yet again, with the board citing concerns about book review committee members being harassed and the need to add verbiage related to HB 1069, which took effect July 1. The law says if a district finds material that meets the state's definition of "sexual conduct," it "shall discontinue use of the material for any grade level or age group for which such use is inappropriate or unsuitable." What the state defines as "sexual conduct" is broad, ranging from bestiality to sexual intercourse to physical contact with a person's "clothed or unclothed" genitals, buttocks or breasts.
The first and only book review meeting with the new committee was held June 2, where the committee voted to remove three Rupi Kaur poetry books from all district shelves and classrooms. Their decision will remain in place for eight years and cannot be appealed.
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While the review committee is on pause indefinitely, requests are still coming in for reviews. BPS' media website lists 31 books awaiting formal review by the committee. At the end of June, about 155 titles — submitted as part of an informal review request of nearly 300 books — were pulled from some school shelves.
Finch Walker is the education reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Walker at 321-290-4744 or fwalker@floridatoday.com. Twitter: @_finchwalker. | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2023/07/30/whats-new-at-brevard-public-schools-for-the-2023-2024-school-year/70414743007/ | 2023-07-30T12:12:43 | 0 | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2023/07/30/whats-new-at-brevard-public-schools-for-the-2023-2024-school-year/70414743007/ |
Ban COVID vaccine? Why stop there? Letters to the Editor, July 30, 2023
Why stop with COVID vaccine ban?
I enjoy reading fiction. Perhaps that’s why I liked reading the recent resolution by the Brevard Republican Executive Committee (BREC) calling for the banning of the COVID vaccine, labeling it a biological weapon.
But in my opinion the BREC didn’t go far enough. Why didn't they include a call to ban the polio vaccine and other medicines which have reduced death and illness for millions across the world?
And why stop there? For its next work of fiction, I suggest that the BREC pass a resolution calling for outlawing heart surgery in Brevard County. I am sure that some patients must have died during this procedure, so by the BREC’s criteria it makes perfect sense to ban it.
I grant you that some large corporations might have second thoughts about locating here after reading about the COVID resolution, but that’s a small price to pay for safeguarding our health.
I sleep well at night knowing that Brevard County can depend on the savants of the BREC for medical guidance - and medical dictates - rather than following the advice of epidemiologists, microbiologists and other scientists who have trained and worked in the public health field for decades.
Andrew Rothstein, Cocoa Beach
Unheralded but appreciated
Imagine going to the most intelligent doctor in the country but they are not able to communicate with you so you can be in compliance with their treatment plan.
No matter what field someone chooses to pursue whether it is medicine or engineering or law, if you are not able to communicate effectively then you most likely will not be successful in your profession. After watching the Brevard Public Schools meeting this week, I want to thank all of the speech language pathologists for their dedication to helping students in speech. Speech and language therapy offers numerous benefits for children in our schools by helping them with self-esteem and the ability to express their ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
Speech therapists can be seen daily at schools working patiently with children through articulation therapy on making certain sounds. Or with language intervention activities such as with play therapy and being a model to correct vocabulary and even grammar.
Families with students who receive services speech therapy know that this is beyond just teaching speech. Speech and language therapy helps with relationship building and brain development, and an overall improvement of quality of life.
Susan Hammerling-Hodgers, Viera
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A say in Merritt Island's future
Residents of Merritt Island will have the chance to consider turning Merritt Island into a city. Over the next couple of months residents will have the opportunity to review lots of data and gather together in groups to discuss the pros and cons of incorporation.
The Brevard County Board of County Commissioners has just released a Merritt Island incorporation feasibility study detailing the many financial aspects of becoming a city, as well as an open discussion of perceived pros and cons of such. Of significant interest the report states there would be a surplus of several million dollars the first five years and no additional tax revenue would be required. The Merritt Island Preservation Committee, formed last fall to investigate incorporation, has produced a website which offers readers a full discussion of facts and the full completed feasibility study. The website is merrittislandpreservation.org.
There is one big problem looming, however, that could derail discussions and eliminate your chance to vote. Part of the process of getting a chance to officially cast your vote on incorporation is a state statute requiring that our Brevard legislative delegation must sponsor a bill allowing the vote to take place. Apparently, this vote is in jeopardy as one of our own representatives from Merritt Island is leaning toward a no vote, taking away your opportunity to vote yay or nay.
Please contact Rep. Tyler Sirois at 850-717-5051 and ask him to let you vote. This is vitally important and if we do not get approval from Tyler and the delegation, this process does not move forward, and your vote is never counted.Andy Barber, Merritt Island
Why no Brightline for Brevard?
Due to the incompetence of Brevard elected and appointed officials and the ignorance of Brightline management, the citizens of Brevard will be subject to endangerment and inconvenience 32 times a day (16 round trips) by high speed trains without receiving any benefit.
Any competent management, after investing multimillions of dollars in a transportation system, should realize that high public usage is the only way to profit.
In Brevard, three north and south trips with stops in Cocoa, Melbourne and South Brevard served by Sebastian would be very feasible without altering the efficiency of the high speed system.
It is not obvious why, with major airports in Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm and Melbourne, there will be major demand to travel to Orlando International Airport.
The inability of Brevard government officials to secure rail service for our county is inexcusable.
Charles Settgast, West Melbourne
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DeSantis' inefficient move costs Floridians
In March I replaced my 25-year-old heat pump with a new energy efficient model. Fortunately, I was able to take advantage of a provision in the Inflation Reduction Act so that I could expect a $2,000 rebate from my 2023 federal taxes.
Unfortunately, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in June vetoed allowing Floridians to receive the rebate. Thereby he cost Florida taxpayers around $340 million.
I am amazed and angry. As Florida waters reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit in temperature (Manatee Bay last week)are we to penalize energy efficiency so that more fossil fuels will burn and the waters (and voters' blood) boil?
Gary Howell, Melbourne Village
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Are there 'fake religions'?
As a person who rejects Trump’s “fake news” garbage, I use “fake” to describe some religions. Are there fake religions on our endangered planet Earth?
Religions that teach that contraception, (other than natural) is a sin against nature may be fake.
The ever-growing human population is destroying the planet with deforestation, raising livestock, and of course the large amounts of manmade greenhouse gases from various sources. Some would say the creator still disapproves of contraception in spite of the destruction of the planet by mankind. While the planet is heating faster than predicted we are seeing ocean life threatened by rising temperatures and dying coral reefs. That is the bottom of the food chain and will affect all marine life.
Land food sources are also in trouble, and some lands are becoming uninhabitable.
As the beautiful planet is being destroyed, how can one believe the creator approves of the continued destruction of an ever-growing human population? Are those religions that ban all unnatural contraception, including sterilization, fake?
K. Don Williams, Palm Bay
POTUS and DOJ team up
President Biden has his own personal police force, the Department of Justice, doing all they can do to find new charges to press against President Thump. The list of charges continues to grow. He has them doing this to prevent Trump from returning to the White House in 2024.
And it's not a coincidence that the DOJ is pushing for these new charges, now that Biden and his son are under the microscope for their alleged involvement in money shakedowns from various overseas entities. Due to the bias of the media, Trump's charges will make the front page while the Biden investigation will be in the comics section. However, the last laugh will be on them, when Trump returns to the presidency, and returns America to prosperity and once again respected around the world.
Ted Hesser, Indian Harbour Beach | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/07/30/biden-uses-doj-as-police-force-letters-to-the-editor-july-30-2023/70457122007/ | 2023-07-30T12:12:49 | 1 | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/07/30/biden-uses-doj-as-police-force-letters-to-the-editor-july-30-2023/70457122007/ |
321preps Dandy Dozen: MCC's DayDay Farmer flashes diverse game
Throughout his time in high school, DayDay Farmer has made himself known as one of the top receivers and football recruits in Brevard County.
Farmer's play on the field has also earned him recognition beyond the county, catching the eye of several college programs across the country.
Having verbally committing to the University of Pittsburgh late last year, Farmer said he felt the Panthers were the right fit for him, for a number of reasons.
"Good relationship with the coach. I feel comfortable there, and I think it will get me league ready," Farmer said on why he chose Pitt.
He is one of 12 Brevard County senior high school football players on FLORIDA TODAY's list of most highly sought recruits, the 321preps Dandy Dozen.
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Farmer shined in his junior season when he played for Cocoa High and helped the team claim yet another state championship. He finished the season with 938 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns on 63 caught passes. He accounted for 1,297 all-purpose yards, adding a rushing and a kickoff return touchdown to his contributions.
For his senior season, Farmer will play for the Hustlers of Melbourne Central Catholic. He joins head coach Nate Hooks, who is in his first season as head coach of the Hustlers.
Hooks has coached Farmer throughout his high school career, so he already knows first-hand just how talented the receiver is.
"Anytime DayDay shows up, we got a shot," Hook said. "It doesn't matter if we are playing here or on the moon, his skillset travels with him. Offensively or defensively, he's a game changer."
Those who have seen Farmer play can agree with Hooks' statement about Farmer being a game changer. When asked how he would describe his own game, Farmer offered an honest answer: "I'd say it's clean but disrespectful at the same time."
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As he heads into his senior season, Farmer is the No. 42 ranked wide receiver in the nation and the No. 39 recruit in the state of Florida on 247sports.com.
With his skillset and talent on the field already proven, Hook said this season he wants to receiver to focus on another important thing about playing a team sport.
"He has the offers. He has the stats, and everybody in Central Florida and around the county knows him," Hooks said. "I told him all he needs to concentrate on this year is being a good teammate; that's it. That football stuff, the hay is in the barn, and we aren't worried about that. Just be good teammate."
Farmer appears ready to do just that, as he said the team is working on staying focused as they prepare for the 2023 season. He and his teammates at Melbourne Central Catholic will kick off the season on Aug. 25 at Astronaut.
"Just keep the main goal, and the main goal is just everybody be real with each other. That will take you a long way," Farmer said. | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2023/07/30/321preps-dandy-dozen-top-brevard-football-recruits-dayday-farmer-pitt-commit/70385247007/ | 2023-07-30T12:12:55 | 0 | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2023/07/30/321preps-dandy-dozen-top-brevard-football-recruits-dayday-farmer-pitt-commit/70385247007/ |
The House Republicans who craft the conference’s government funding bills are showing signs of frustration as hard-line conservatives pressure leadership for further cuts to spending that some worry could be too aggressive.
Some of the 12 Appropriations subcommittee chairs — the so-called cardinals — told reporters that they are struggling to see where those additional cuts could come from, as September’s shutdown deadline looms.
“I just don’t see the wisdom in trying to further cut to strengthen our hand. I don’t know how that strengthens our hand,” Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.), a House Appropriations subcommittee chairman, said of conservatives’ push to further cut the already-scaled-back spending bills.
“I do think it puts some of our members in a very difficult spot, particularly those in tough districts, because they’re going to be taking some votes that become problematic,” he added.
The House left Washington for a long summer recess Thursday after being forced to punt a bill to fund agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration.
Conservatives are dug in on their demand for steeper spending cuts, to the chagrin of moderates who are wary of slashing funding even more. The chamber has passed just one appropriations bill, funding military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The internal divisions are gripping the party as time is running out: The House has just 12 days in September to move the remaining 11 appropriations measures and hash out their disagreements with the Senate, which is marking up its spending bills at higher levels, setting the scene for a hectic fall that could bring the U.S. to the brink of a shutdown.
Those dynamics are putting GOP appropriators in a bind, leaving them searching for ways to appease conservative requests without gutting their spending bills.
“We’ve done a lot of cuts, a lot of cuts,” House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-Texas) told The Hill this week. “And so if it’s cuts just for cut’s sake, I don’t agree with it. But if it’s something that we can do without, that’s fine.”
‘Not a lot of wiggle room left’
Republican appropriators in the House announced earlier this year that they would mark up their bills for fiscal 2024 at fiscal 2022 levels, as leaders sought to placate conservatives who thought the debt ceiling deal struck by President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) earlier this year didn’t do enough to curb spending.
The Senate is crafting its bills more in line with the budget caps agreed to in the deal, but House Republicans are already fuming about a bipartisan deal in the upper chamber that would allow for more than $13 billion in additional emergency spending on top of those levels.
House GOP negotiators also said they would pursue clawing back more than $100 billion in old funding that was allocated for Democratic priorities without GOP support in the previous Congress.
While that move drew support from hard-line conservatives, the right flank was far from pleased when it heard appropriators planned to repurpose that old funding — known as rescissions — to plus-up the spending bills.
In a letter to McCarthy earlier this month, a group of hard-line conservatives called for all 12 appropriations bills to be in line with fiscal 2022 spending levels “without the use of reallocated rescissions to increase discretionary spending above that top-line.”
Otherwise, the 21 lawmakers threatened, they would vote against the measures. But that request could prove difficult for GOP appropriators to fulfill.
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), chairman of the panel that proposes funding for the Department of State and foreign operations, said that appropriators are already “dramatically reducing spending,” suggesting that there are not too many remaining areas to trim from.
“My bill is below the 2016 levels,” he said, later adding, “When you’re below the 2016 level — and we’re still confronting China — I think there’s not a lot of wiggle room left.”
“It’s a challenge, but I think we’ll get through it. I really do,” he added.
Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), who heads the subcommittee that oversees funding for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Interior, scoffed at the idea of even steeper cuts to his bill.
“Then you just drop it on the floor and stomp on it. What else do you do with it?” he told reporters. “You can’t make logical cuts in there.”
Republicans appropriators are voicing optimism that the conference will be able to sort out its differences on spending, but some also hope their levels will stick — even though they include rescissions.
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) — whose panel handles funding for the Department of Energy, which is proposing offsetting billions of dollars in spending with clawbacks — said it would be “extremely difficult” to craft his bill without the rescinded funds.
“And given our priorities in my bill, national defense with the nuclear weapons portfolio, nuclear cleanup, Army Corps including, all the community-directed fundings, I feel good about my bill, and I hope my numbers hold,” he said.
“Because it’s gonna have to be in negotiations with the Senate and the White House as well,” he added.
Womack — whose subcommittee crafts funding for the IRS and the Treasury Department — said he doesn’t think “moving the goalposts on these numbers is helpful in strengthening our ability to negotiate with the Senate.”
August preparations for a busy September
Frustrations among appropriators are bubbling up as Congress inches closer to the fall, when lawmakers are facing a Sept. 30 deadline to approve funding or risk a government shutdown.
With time running out, some House lawmakers say conversations may continue over the long August recess to try to hash out remaining differences.
“We’ll have to see,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said when asked about potential plans for talks between leaders and House Freedom Caucus members over the break. “I mean, we got a lot of work to do.”
“I think a lot of work [has] got to be done behind the scenes,” he said. “If not, you know, here — You gotta beg the question about whether we should be gone for six weeks. We should be getting our job done.”
Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) echoed that sentiment, saying “I would think so” when asked if lawmakers will have conversations over the break.
Adding to the August workload, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) suggested earlier this week that bicameral negotiations could take place over the weeks-long recess as lawmakers stare down the shutdown deadline.
Not all Republicans, however, are viewing a shutdown as a risk.
During a House Freedom Caucus press conference this week, Good said “we should not fear a government shutdown,” claiming that “most of what we do up here is bad anyway; most of what we do up here hurts the American people.”
But that perspective does not jive with the view of McCarthy, who declared Thursday: “I don’t want the government to shut down.”
Multiple Republicans are ultimately expecting Congress to eventually pass what’s known as a continuing resolution (CR), or a measure that temporarily allows the government to be funded at the previous fiscal year’s levels, to prevent a lapse at the end of September.
But they also understand the task could be difficult in the GOP-led chamber, where Republicans aren’t happy about the idea of continuing funding at the current levels — which were last set when Democrats held control of Congress.
“I think there’s a very good chance that we’ll see a CR, but I know there’s a lot of work to get a CR done,” Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.), another appropriator, said Thursday, noting there are “a lot of members that don’t want CRs that are tired of them.”
But Aderholt suggested a CR could notch sufficient GOP backing if there’s a larger plan in sight that the party can support.
“The Speaker’s been very good about having a plan,” he said, adding, “I think that’s what he’s good at, and I’m optimistic that he can come up with something.”
Emily Brooks contributed. | https://www.krqe.com/hill-politics/frustration-emerges-among-gop-spending-cardinals-as-conservatives-push-for-cuts/ | 2023-07-30T12:13:26 | 0 | https://www.krqe.com/hill-politics/frustration-emerges-among-gop-spending-cardinals-as-conservatives-push-for-cuts/ |
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(NEXSTAR) – After a massive opening weekend, the buzz around “Barbie” is seemingly everywhere – but experts say scammers are also enjoying the blockbuster’s popularity.
“Cybercriminals are always on the lookout for opportunities to make phishing and other scams more attractive and believable,” said Steve Grobman, CTO of McAfee, in a news release a week ago. “They often leverage popular and well-publicized events such as movie premieres, concerts, or sporting events to trick users into clicking on malicious links.”
McAfee has detected dozens of malware files with Barbie-related names this month, with 37 percent in the U.S.
Some phishing attempts are disguised as a “Barbie”-related video that contains a link directing potential victims to a Discord server or another website. There, they are promised fake tickets or otherwise convinced to download a file that turns out to be malware. In some cases, McAfee says, that malware is a “Redline Stealer” that effectively passes all login and other personal information found on the device to the hacker.
In India, McAfee identified another scam bad actors are using – fake sites advertising a full download of the movie in different languages. The download, however, is a .zip file full of malware.
McAfee offers the following advice to avoid these “Barbie” scams:
- Stick with trusted retailers and streamers
- Purchase tickets from the theater chain or a reputable ticketing app
- Watch out for shoddy-looking sites
- View offers, promos and giveaways with a critical eye
- Get online protection
Suzanne Spaulding, a former cybersecurity official with Homeland Security, told USA Today that such scams are inevitable when something becomes as wildly popular as “Barbie.”
Spaulding compared it to the scams she says often occur after a disaster, when people are motivated to give money out of compassion for the victims.
“They’re going to look for every target of opportunity,” Spaulding said. “And so this is not surprising and it’s good to be getting the word out because that’s what we need to do.” | https://www.krqe.com/news/how-scammers-are-using-barbie-craze-to-steal-personal-information/ | 2023-07-30T12:13:32 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/news/how-scammers-are-using-barbie-craze-to-steal-personal-information/ |
The House Republicans who craft the conference’s government funding bills are showing signs of frustration as hard-line conservatives pressure leadership for further cuts to spending that some worry could be too aggressive.
Some of the 12 Appropriations subcommittee chairs — the so-called cardinals — told reporters that they are struggling to see where those additional cuts could come from, as September’s shutdown deadline looms.
“I just don’t see the wisdom in trying to further cut to strengthen our hand. I don’t know how that strengthens our hand,” Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.), a House Appropriations subcommittee chairman, said of conservatives’ push to further cut the already-scaled-back spending bills.
“I do think it puts some of our members in a very difficult spot, particularly those in tough districts, because they’re going to be taking some votes that become problematic,” he added.
The House left Washington for a long summer recess Thursday after being forced to punt a bill to fund agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration.
Conservatives are dug in on their demand for steeper spending cuts, to the chagrin of moderates who are wary of slashing funding even more. The chamber has passed just one appropriations bill, funding military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The internal divisions are gripping the party as time is running out: The House has just 12 days in September to move the remaining 11 appropriations measures and hash out their disagreements with the Senate, which is marking up its spending bills at higher levels, setting the scene for a hectic fall that could bring the U.S. to the brink of a shutdown.
Those dynamics are putting GOP appropriators in a bind, leaving them searching for ways to appease conservative requests without gutting their spending bills.
“We’ve done a lot of cuts, a lot of cuts,” House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-Texas) told The Hill this week. “And so if it’s cuts just for cut’s sake, I don’t agree with it. But if it’s something that we can do without, that’s fine.”
‘Not a lot of wiggle room left’
Republican appropriators in the House announced earlier this year that they would mark up their bills for fiscal 2024 at fiscal 2022 levels, as leaders sought to placate conservatives who thought the debt ceiling deal struck by President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) earlier this year didn’t do enough to curb spending.
The Senate is crafting its bills more in line with the budget caps agreed to in the deal, but House Republicans are already fuming about a bipartisan deal in the upper chamber that would allow for more than $13 billion in additional emergency spending on top of those levels.
House GOP negotiators also said they would pursue clawing back more than $100 billion in old funding that was allocated for Democratic priorities without GOP support in the previous Congress.
While that move drew support from hard-line conservatives, the right flank was far from pleased when it heard appropriators planned to repurpose that old funding — known as rescissions — to plus-up the spending bills.
In a letter to McCarthy earlier this month, a group of hard-line conservatives called for all 12 appropriations bills to be in line with fiscal 2022 spending levels “without the use of reallocated rescissions to increase discretionary spending above that top-line.”
Otherwise, the 21 lawmakers threatened, they would vote against the measures. But that request could prove difficult for GOP appropriators to fulfill.
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), chairman of the panel that proposes funding for the Department of State and foreign operations, said that appropriators are already “dramatically reducing spending,” suggesting that there are not too many remaining areas to trim from.
“My bill is below the 2016 levels,” he said, later adding, “When you’re below the 2016 level — and we’re still confronting China — I think there’s not a lot of wiggle room left.”
“It’s a challenge, but I think we’ll get through it. I really do,” he added.
Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), who heads the subcommittee that oversees funding for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Interior, scoffed at the idea of even steeper cuts to his bill.
“Then you just drop it on the floor and stomp on it. What else do you do with it?” he told reporters. “You can’t make logical cuts in there.”
Republicans appropriators are voicing optimism that the conference will be able to sort out its differences on spending, but some also hope their levels will stick — even though they include rescissions.
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) — whose panel handles funding for the Department of Energy, which is proposing offsetting billions of dollars in spending with clawbacks — said it would be “extremely difficult” to craft his bill without the rescinded funds.
“And given our priorities in my bill, national defense with the nuclear weapons portfolio, nuclear cleanup, Army Corps including, all the community-directed fundings, I feel good about my bill, and I hope my numbers hold,” he said.
“Because it’s gonna have to be in negotiations with the Senate and the White House as well,” he added.
Womack — whose subcommittee crafts funding for the IRS and the Treasury Department — said he doesn’t think “moving the goalposts on these numbers is helpful in strengthening our ability to negotiate with the Senate.”
August preparations for a busy September
Frustrations among appropriators are bubbling up as Congress inches closer to the fall, when lawmakers are facing a Sept. 30 deadline to approve funding or risk a government shutdown.
With time running out, some House lawmakers say conversations may continue over the long August recess to try to hash out remaining differences.
“We’ll have to see,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said when asked about potential plans for talks between leaders and House Freedom Caucus members over the break. “I mean, we got a lot of work to do.”
“I think a lot of work [has] got to be done behind the scenes,” he said. “If not, you know, here — You gotta beg the question about whether we should be gone for six weeks. We should be getting our job done.”
Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) echoed that sentiment, saying “I would think so” when asked if lawmakers will have conversations over the break.
Adding to the August workload, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) suggested earlier this week that bicameral negotiations could take place over the weeks-long recess as lawmakers stare down the shutdown deadline.
Not all Republicans, however, are viewing a shutdown as a risk.
During a House Freedom Caucus press conference this week, Good said “we should not fear a government shutdown,” claiming that “most of what we do up here is bad anyway; most of what we do up here hurts the American people.”
But that perspective does not jive with the view of McCarthy, who declared Thursday: “I don’t want the government to shut down.”
Multiple Republicans are ultimately expecting Congress to eventually pass what’s known as a continuing resolution (CR), or a measure that temporarily allows the government to be funded at the previous fiscal year’s levels, to prevent a lapse at the end of September.
But they also understand the task could be difficult in the GOP-led chamber, where Republicans aren’t happy about the idea of continuing funding at the current levels — which were last set when Democrats held control of Congress.
“I think there’s a very good chance that we’ll see a CR, but I know there’s a lot of work to get a CR done,” Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.), another appropriator, said Thursday, noting there are “a lot of members that don’t want CRs that are tired of them.”
But Aderholt suggested a CR could notch sufficient GOP backing if there’s a larger plan in sight that the party can support.
“The Speaker’s been very good about having a plan,” he said, adding, “I think that’s what he’s good at, and I’m optimistic that he can come up with something.”
Emily Brooks contributed. | https://www.wjhl.com/hill-politics/frustration-emerges-among-gop-spending-cardinals-as-conservatives-push-for-cuts/ | 2023-07-30T12:13:34 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/hill-politics/frustration-emerges-among-gop-spending-cardinals-as-conservatives-push-for-cuts/ |
Consumer demand for speed and convenience drives labor unrest among workers in Hollywood and at UPS
NEW YORK (AP) — Six straight days of 12-hour driving. Single-digit paychecks. The complaints come from workers in vastly different industries: UPS delivery drivers and Hollywood actors and writers.
But they point to an underlying factor driving a surge of labor unrest: The cost to workers whose jobs have changed drastically as companies scramble to meet customer expectations for speed and convenience in industries transformed by technology.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated those changes, pushing retailers to shift online and intensifying the streaming competition among entertainment companies. Now, from the picket lines, workers are trying to give consumers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to produce a show that can be binged any time or get dog food delivered to their doorstep with a phone swipe.
Overworked and underpaid employees is an enduring complaint across industries — from delivery drivers to Starbucks baristas and airline pilots — where surges in consumer demand have collided with persistent labor shortages. Workers are pushing back against forced overtime, punishing schedules or company reliance on lower-paid, part-time or contract forces.
At issue for Hollywood screenwriters and actors staging their first simultaneous strikes in 40 years is the way streaming has upended entertainment economics, slashing pay and forcing showrunners to produce content faster with smaller teams.
“This seems to happen to many places when the tech companies come in. Who are we crushing? It doesn’t matter,” said Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, a screenwriter and showrunner on the negotiating team for the Writers Guild of America, whose members have been on strike since May. Earlier this month, the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists joined the writers’ union on the picket line.
Actors and writers have long relied on residuals, or long-term payments, for reruns and other airings of films and television shows. But reruns aren’t a thing on streaming services, where series and films simply land and stay with no easy way, such as box office returns or ratings, to determine their popularity.
Consequently, whatever residuals streaming companies do pay often amount to a pittance, and screenwriters have been sharing tales of receiving single-digit checks.
Adam Shapiro, an actor known for the Netflix hit “Never Have I Ever,” said many actors were initially content to accept lower pay for the plethora of roles that streaming suddenly offered. But the need for a more sustainable compensation model gained urgency when it became clear streaming is not a sideshow, but rather the future of the business, he said.
“Over the past 10 years, we realized: ‘Oh, that’s now how Hollywood works. Everything is streaming,’” Shapiro said during a recent union event.
Shapiro, who has been acting for 25 years, said he agreed to a contract offering 20% of his normal rate for “Never Have I Ever” because it seemed like “a great opportunity, and it’s going to be all over the world. And it was. It really was. Unfortunately, we’re all starting to realize that if we keep doing this we’re not going to be able to pay our bills.”
Then there’s the rising use of “mini rooms,” in which a handful of writers are hired to work only during pre-production, sometimes for a series that may take a year to be greenlit, or never get picked up at all.
Sanchez-Witzel, co-creator of the recently released Netflix series “Survival of the Thickest,” said television shows traditionally hire robust writing teams for the duration of production. But Netflix refused to allow her to keep her team of five writers past pre-production, forcing round-the-clock work on rewrites with just one other writer.
“It’s not sustainable and I’ll never do that again,” she said.
Sanchez-Witzel said she was struck by the similarities between her experience and those of UPS drivers, some of whom joined the WGA for protests as they threatened their own potentially crippling strike. UPS and the Teamsters last week reached a tentative contract staving off the strike.
Jeffrey Palmerino, a full-time UPS driver near Albany, New York, said forced overtime emerged as a top issue during the pandemic as drivers coped with a crush of orders on par with the holiday season. Drivers never knew what time they would get home or if they could count on two days off each week, while 14-hour days in trucks without air conditioning became the norm.
“It was basically like Christmas on steroids for two straight years. A lot of us were forced to work six days a week, and that is not any way to live your life,” said Palmerino, a Teamsters shop steward.
Along with pay raises and air conditioning, the Teamsters won concessions that Palmerino hopes will ease overwork. UPS agreed to end forced overtime on days off and eliminate a lower-paid category of drivers who work shifts that include weekends, converting them to full-time drivers. Union members have yet to ratify the deal.
The Teamsters and labor activists hailed the tentative deal as a game-changer that would pressure other companies facing labor unrest to raise their standards. But similar outcomes are far from certain in industries lacking the sheer economic indispensability of UPS or the clout of its 340,000-member union.
Efforts to organize at Starbucks and Amazon stalled as both companies aggressively fought against unionization.
Still, labor protests will likely gain momentum following the UPS contract, said Patricia Campos-Medina, executive director of the Worker Institute at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, which released a report this year that found the number of labor strikes rose 52% in 2022.
“The whole idea that consumer convenience is above everything broke down during the pandemic. We started to think, ‘I’m at home ordering, but there is actually a worker who has to go the grocery store, who has to cook this for me so that I can be comfortable,’” Campos-Medina said.
___
Associated Press video journalist Leslie Ambriz contributed from Los Angeles.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.kait8.com/2023/07/30/consumer-demand-speed-convenience-drives-labor-unrest-among-workers-hollywood-ups/ | 2023-07-30T12:13:34 | 0 | https://www.kait8.com/2023/07/30/consumer-demand-speed-convenience-drives-labor-unrest-among-workers-hollywood-ups/ |
Dallas Wings vs. Las Vegas Aces: Betting Trends, Record ATS, Home/Road Splits
Sunday's WNBA slate includes Chelsea Gray's Las Vegas Aces (22-2) hosting Arike Ogunbowale and the Dallas Wings (14-10) at Michelob ULTRA Arena. The game tips off at 6:00 PM ET.
In Las Vegas' last game, it defeated Chicago 107-95. The Aces were led by Kelsey Plum, who finished with 27 points and six assists, and A'ja Wilson, with 24 points, four assists, three steals and four blocks. Led by Teaira McCowan with 18 points, seven rebounds and four assists last time out, Dallas won 90-62 versus Washington.
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Aces vs. Wings Game Time and Info
- Who's the favorite?: Aces (-700 to win)
- Who's the underdog?: Wings (+500 to win)
- What's the spread?: Aces (-10.5)
- What's the over/under?: 173.5
- When: Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 6:00 PM ET
- Where: Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
- TV: CBS Sports Network and BSSW
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Wings Season Stats
- Offensively, the Wings are the third-best squad in the WNBA (86.0 points per game). Defensively, they are fourth (81.7 points conceded per game).
- On the boards, Dallas is best in the WNBA in rebounds (39.8 per game). It is best in rebounds allowed (32.0 per game).
- This season the Wings are ranked fourth in the league in assists at 19.8 per game.
- Dallas commits 12.7 turnovers per game and force 13.6 per game, ranking fourth and fifth, respectively, in the WNBA.
- Beyond the arc, the Wings are ninth in the WNBA in 3-pointers made per game (6.6). They are worst in 3-point percentage at 29.6%.
- Giving up 7.3 3-pointers per game and conceding 32.8% from downtown, Dallas is fifth and fifth in the WNBA, respectively, in those categories.
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Wings Home/Away Splits
- In 2023 the Wings are averaging more points at home (86.8 per game) than away (85.2). And they are allowing less at home (80.7) than away (82.8).
- At home Dallas averages 41.8 rebounds per game, 4.0 more than away (37.8). It allows 29.3 rebounds per game at home, 5.5 fewer than away (34.8).
- The Wings collect 0.8 more assists per game at home (20.2) than on the road (19.4).
- This year Dallas is committing more turnovers at home (14.4 per game) than on the road (11.0). And it is forcing fewer turnovers at home (12.9) than on the road (14.3).
- At home the Wings drain 6.3 treys per game, 0.5 less than away (6.8). They shoot 29.1% from beyond the arc at home, 0.9% lower than away (30.0%).
- Dallas allows more 3-pointers per game at home (7.5) than away (7.2), but it allows a lower 3-point percentage at home (32.0%) than away (33.6%).
Wings Moneyline and ATS Records
- This season, the Wings have been the underdog seven times and won two of those games.
- The Wings have played as an underdog of +500 or more once this season and lost that game.
- Dallas is 13-10-0 against the spread this year.
- Dallas is unbeaten ATS (1-0) as a 10.5-point underdog or greater this year.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Wings have a 16.7% chance to win.
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Consumer demand for speed and convenience drives labor unrest among workers in Hollywood and at UPS
NEW YORK (AP) — Six straight days of 12-hour driving. Single-digit paychecks. The complaints come from workers in vastly different industries: UPS delivery drivers and Hollywood actors and writers.
But they point to an underlying factor driving a surge of labor unrest: The cost to workers whose jobs have changed drastically as companies scramble to meet customer expectations for speed and convenience in industries transformed by technology.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated those changes, pushing retailers to shift online and intensifying the streaming competition among entertainment companies. Now, from the picket lines, workers are trying to give consumers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to produce a show that can be binged any time or get dog food delivered to their doorstep with a phone swipe.
Overworked and underpaid employees is an enduring complaint across industries — from delivery drivers to Starbucks baristas and airline pilots — where surges in consumer demand have collided with persistent labor shortages. Workers are pushing back against forced overtime, punishing schedules or company reliance on lower-paid, part-time or contract forces.
At issue for Hollywood screenwriters and actors staging their first simultaneous strikes in 40 years is the way streaming has upended entertainment economics, slashing pay and forcing showrunners to produce content faster with smaller teams.
“This seems to happen to many places when the tech companies come in. Who are we crushing? It doesn’t matter,” said Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, a screenwriter and showrunner on the negotiating team for the Writers Guild of America, whose members have been on strike since May. Earlier this month, the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists joined the writers’ union on the picket line.
Actors and writers have long relied on residuals, or long-term payments, for reruns and other airings of films and television shows. But reruns aren’t a thing on streaming services, where series and films simply land and stay with no easy way, such as box office returns or ratings, to determine their popularity.
Consequently, whatever residuals streaming companies do pay often amount to a pittance, and screenwriters have been sharing tales of receiving single-digit checks.
Adam Shapiro, an actor known for the Netflix hit “Never Have I Ever,” said many actors were initially content to accept lower pay for the plethora of roles that streaming suddenly offered. But the need for a more sustainable compensation model gained urgency when it became clear streaming is not a sideshow, but rather the future of the business, he said.
“Over the past 10 years, we realized: ‘Oh, that’s now how Hollywood works. Everything is streaming,’” Shapiro said during a recent union event.
Shapiro, who has been acting for 25 years, said he agreed to a contract offering 20% of his normal rate for “Never Have I Ever” because it seemed like “a great opportunity, and it’s going to be all over the world. And it was. It really was. Unfortunately, we’re all starting to realize that if we keep doing this we’re not going to be able to pay our bills.”
Then there’s the rising use of “mini rooms,” in which a handful of writers are hired to work only during pre-production, sometimes for a series that may take a year to be greenlit, or never get picked up at all.
Sanchez-Witzel, co-creator of the recently released Netflix series “Survival of the Thickest,” said television shows traditionally hire robust writing teams for the duration of production. But Netflix refused to allow her to keep her team of five writers past pre-production, forcing round-the-clock work on rewrites with just one other writer.
“It’s not sustainable and I’ll never do that again,” she said.
Sanchez-Witzel said she was struck by the similarities between her experience and those of UPS drivers, some of whom joined the WGA for protests as they threatened their own potentially crippling strike. UPS and the Teamsters last week reached a tentative contract staving off the strike.
Jeffrey Palmerino, a full-time UPS driver near Albany, New York, said forced overtime emerged as a top issue during the pandemic as drivers coped with a crush of orders on par with the holiday season. Drivers never knew what time they would get home or if they could count on two days off each week, while 14-hour days in trucks without air conditioning became the norm.
“It was basically like Christmas on steroids for two straight years. A lot of us were forced to work six days a week, and that is not any way to live your life,” said Palmerino, a Teamsters shop steward.
Along with pay raises and air conditioning, the Teamsters won concessions that Palmerino hopes will ease overwork. UPS agreed to end forced overtime on days off and eliminate a lower-paid category of drivers who work shifts that include weekends, converting them to full-time drivers. Union members have yet to ratify the deal.
The Teamsters and labor activists hailed the tentative deal as a game-changer that would pressure other companies facing labor unrest to raise their standards. But similar outcomes are far from certain in industries lacking the sheer economic indispensability of UPS or the clout of its 340,000-member union.
Efforts to organize at Starbucks and Amazon stalled as both companies aggressively fought against unionization.
Still, labor protests will likely gain momentum following the UPS contract, said Patricia Campos-Medina, executive director of the Worker Institute at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, which released a report this year that found the number of labor strikes rose 52% in 2022.
“The whole idea that consumer convenience is above everything broke down during the pandemic. We started to think, ‘I’m at home ordering, but there is actually a worker who has to go the grocery store, who has to cook this for me so that I can be comfortable,’” Campos-Medina said.
___
Associated Press video journalist Leslie Ambriz contributed from Los Angeles.
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Five people shot in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (WILX/Gray News) - Five people were shot in Lansing, Michigan, WILX reports.
Lansing Police officers responded to a shooting in the 1300 block of W. Holmes Road around 1:00 a.m. on Sunday.
When officers arrived, they found a large crowd of people and multiple shooting victims.
The Lansing Fire Department responded to treat and transport several of the victims to a local hospital. Due to the size of the crowd, the Lansing Police Department requested assistance from neighboring jurisdictions.
Five shooting victims were identified ranging in age from 16 to 26 years old. Two of the victims are listed in critical condition.
Police detained several suspects and recovered multiple firearms from the scene.
This is an active investigation and Lansing Police Detectives and Crime Scene Investigators are at the scene working to determine the events which led up to the shootings.
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How to Watch the Lynx vs. Sun Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 30
Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 6:29 AM CDT|Updated: 43 minutes ago
DeWanna Bonner will lead the Connecticut Sun (18-6) against the Minnesota Lynx (12-13) one game after putting up 32 points in an 88-83 win over the Wings. The matchup is on Sunday, July 30, 2023, at 1:00 PM ET on CBS Sports Network and NBCS-BOS.
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Lynx vs. Sun Game Info
- Game Day: Sunday, July 30, 2023
- Game Time: 1:00 PM ET
- TV: CBS Sports Network
- Arena: Mohegan Sun Arena
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
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Key Stats for Lynx vs. Sun
- Minnesota's 80.2 points per game are just 1.6 more points than the 78.6 Connecticut allows.
- Minnesota has shot at a 43% rate from the field this season, 0.8 percentage points higher than the 42.2% shooting opponents of Connecticut have averaged.
- The Lynx are 11-5 when they shoot higher than 42.2% from the field.
- Minnesota shoots 31.4% from three-point distance this season. That's only 0.2 percentage points higher than Connecticut has allowed its opponents to shoot from deep (31.2%).
- The Lynx have an 8-5 record when the team makes more than 31.2% of their three-point attempts.
- Connecticut and Minnesota rebound at about the same rate, with Connecticut averaging 0.7 fewer rebounds per game.
Lynx Recent Performance
- The Lynx are tallying 81.9 points per game over their last 10 games, compared to their season average of 80.2.
- Minnesota is tallying 81.9 points per game over its previous 10 games, compared to its season average of 80.2.
- Over their past 10 games, the Lynx are sinking 6.8 three-pointers per game, 0.2 more than their season average (6.6). They also have a higher three-point percentage over their last 10 contests (33.5%) compared to their season average (31.4%).
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MLB Games Tonight: How to Watch on TV, Streaming & Odds - Sunday, July 30
Today's MLB schedule has plenty of quality competition on the docket. Among those games is the Texas Rangers squaring off against the San Diego Padres.
You will find info on how to watch today's MLB action right here.
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How to Watch Today's MLB Games
The Toronto Blue Jays (59-46) take on the Los Angeles Angels (54-51)
The Angels hope to get a road victory at Rogers Centre against the Blue Jays on Sunday at 12:05 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- TOR Key Player: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (.268 AVG, 17 HR, 65 RBI)
- LAA Key Player: Shohei Ohtani (.302 AVG, 39 HR, 81 RBI)
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The Atlanta Braves (66-36) face the Milwaukee Brewers (57-48)
The Brewers will hit the field at Truist Park versus the Braves on Sunday at 1:35 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 1:35 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- ATL Key Player: Ronald Acuña Jr. (.333 AVG, 24 HR, 61 RBI)
- MIL Key Player: Christian Yelich (.286 AVG, 15 HR, 58 RBI)
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The Pittsburgh Pirates (46-58) play host to the Philadelphia Phillies (56-48)
The Phillies will look to pick up a road win at PNC Park versus the Pirates on Sunday at 1:35 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 1:35 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- PIT Key Player: Bryan Reynolds (.255 AVG, 11 HR, 47 RBI)
- PHI Key Player: Bryson Stott (.306 AVG, 9 HR, 37 RBI)
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The Miami Marlins (56-49) play the Detroit Tigers (47-58)
The Tigers will take to the field at LoanDepot park against the Marlins on Sunday at 1:40 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- MIA Key Player: Luis Arraez (.381 AVG, 3 HR, 51 RBI)
- DET Key Player: Spencer Torkelson (.230 AVG, 15 HR, 58 RBI)
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The New York Mets (49-55) play the Washington Nationals (44-61)
The Nationals will hit the field at Citi Field versus the Mets on Sunday at 1:40 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- NYM Key Player: Pete Alonso (.217 AVG, 30 HR, 73 RBI)
- WSH Key Player: Lane Thomas (.286 AVG, 16 HR, 55 RBI)
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The Chicago White Sox (43-63) take on the Cleveland Guardians (52-53)
The Guardians will look to pick up a road win at Guaranteed Rate Field against the White Sox on Sunday at 2:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- CHW Key Player: Luis Robert (.270 AVG, 29 HR, 60 RBI)
- CLE Key Player: José Ramírez (.288 AVG, 16 HR, 60 RBI)
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The Kansas City Royals (31-75) face the Minnesota Twins (54-52)
The Twins will hit the field at Kauffman Stadium against the Royals on Sunday at 2:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- KC Key Player: Bobby Witt Jr. (.263 AVG, 18 HR, 60 RBI)
- MIN Key Player: Carlos Correa (.228 AVG, 12 HR, 45 RBI)
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The Houston Astros (59-46) take on the Tampa Bay Rays (63-44)
The Rays will take to the field at Minute Maid Park versus the Astros on Sunday at 2:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet SW
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 2:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- HOU Key Player: Kyle Tucker (.299 AVG, 18 HR, 69 RBI)
- TB Key Player: Wander Franco (.267 AVG, 12 HR, 49 RBI)
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The St. Louis Cardinals (46-60) face the Chicago Cubs (53-51)
The Cubs will hit the field at Busch Stadium versus the Cardinals on Sunday at 2:15 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- STL Key Player: Nolan Arenado (.282 AVG, 22 HR, 77 RBI)
- CHC Key Player: Nico Hoerner (.278 AVG, 7 HR, 57 RBI)
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The Colorado Rockies (40-64) host the Oakland Athletics (30-76)
The Athletics will take to the field at Coors Field against the Rockies on Sunday at 3:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet RM
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 3:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- COL Key Player: Ryan McMahon (.255 AVG, 16 HR, 48 RBI)
- OAK Key Player: Brent Rooker (.248 AVG, 17 HR, 47 RBI)
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The San Francisco Giants (57-48) play the Boston Red Sox (56-48)
The Red Sox will look to pick up a road win at Oracle Park versus the Giants on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- SF Key Player: LaMonte Wade Jr (.269 AVG, 9 HR, 29 RBI)
- BOS Key Player: Justin Turner (.288 AVG, 16 HR, 68 RBI)
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The Los Angeles Dodgers (59-44) take on the Cincinnati Reds (57-49)
The Reds will look to pick up a road win at Dodger Stadium versus the Dodgers on Sunday at 4:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet LA
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- LAD Key Player: Freddie Freeman (.328 AVG, 21 HR, 73 RBI)
- CIN Key Player: Spencer Steer (.276 AVG, 15 HR, 57 RBI)
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The San Diego Padres (51-54) play host to the Texas Rangers (60-45)
The Rangers will look to pick up a road win at PETCO Park versus the Padres on Sunday at 4:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- SD Key Player: Juan Soto (.265 AVG, 20 HR, 63 RBI)
- TEX Key Player: Marcus Semien (.275 AVG, 15 HR, 64 RBI)
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The Arizona Diamondbacks (56-49) host the Seattle Mariners (53-51)
The Mariners will take to the field at Chase Field against the Diamondbacks on Sunday at 4:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- ARI Key Player: Corbin Carroll (.288 AVG, 21 HR, 57 RBI)
- SEA Key Player: Julio Rodríguez (.252 AVG, 17 HR, 55 RBI)
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The Baltimore Orioles (63-41) play the New York Yankees (55-49)
The Yankees will look to pick up a road win at Oriole Park at Camden Yards against the Orioles on Sunday at 7:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- BAL Key Player: Adley Rutschman (.267 AVG, 14 HR, 46 RBI)
- NYY Key Player: Gleyber Torres (.258 AVG, 16 HR, 44 RBI)
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MLB Probable Starting Pitchers Tonight: Sunday, July 30
Who are the probable pitchers lined up to start on Sunday? Below, we list every starting pitching matchup for the day, which includes Luis Castillo toeing the rubber for the Mariners, and Merrill Kelly getting the call for the Diamondbacks.
Keep reading to find the probable starters for every contest on the docket for July 30.
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Today's Probable Starting Pitchers
Angels at Blue Jays Probable Pitchers
The Los Angeles Angels will send Tyler Anderson (5-2) to the hill as they play the Blue Jays, who will give the start to Jose Berrios (8-7) for the game between the clubs on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Angels at Blue Jays
- TOR Odds to Win: -200
- LAA Odds to Win: +165
- Total: 9.5 runs
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- Game Time: 12:05 PM ET
- Streaming: Peacock (regional restrictions may apply)
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Brewers at Braves Probable Pitchers
The Milwaukee Brewers will send Colin Rea (5-4) to the mound as they play the Braves, who will counter with AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0) for the game between the clubs on Sunday.
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- Game Time: 1:35 PM ET
- Streaming: MLB Network (regional restrictions may apply)
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Phillies at Pirates Probable Pitchers
The Philadelphia Phillies will send Cristopher Sanchez (0-3) to the hill as they take on the Pirates, who will look to Rich Hill (7-10) when the teams face off Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Phillies at Pirates
- PHI Odds to Win: -150
- PIT Odds to Win: +125
- Total: 9 runs
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- Game Time: 1:35 PM ET
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Tigers at Marlins Probable Pitchers
The Detroit Tigers will send Tarik Skubal (1-1) to the bump as they face the Marlins, who will counter with Jesus Luzardo (8-5) when the clubs face off on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Tigers at Marlins
- MIA Odds to Win: -150
- DET Odds to Win: +125
- Total: 7 runs
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- Game Time: 1:40 PM ET
- Streaming: BSFL (regional restrictions may apply)
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Nationals at Mets Probable Pitchers
The Washington Nationals will send Trevor Williams (5-5) to the hill as they face the Mets, who will look to Justin Verlander (5-5) for the matchup between the clubs on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Nationals at Mets
- NYM Odds to Win: -275
- WSH Odds to Win: +220
- Total: 8.5 runs
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- Game Time: 1:40 PM ET
- Streaming: WPIX (regional restrictions may apply)
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Guardians at White Sox Probable Pitchers
The Cleveland Guardians will send Aaron Civale (4-2) to the mound as they play the White Sox, who will counter with Michael Kopech (4-9) for the game between the clubs Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Guardians at White Sox
- CLE Odds to Win: -145
- CHW Odds to Win: +120
- Total: 9 runs
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- Game Time: 2:10 PM ET
- Streaming: NBCS-CHI (regional restrictions may apply)
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Twins at Royals Probable Pitchers
The Minnesota Twins will send Kenta Maeda (2-5) to the hill as they play the Royals, who will look to Ryan Yarbrough (3-5) for the game between the clubs Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Twins at Royals
- MIN Odds to Win: -185
- KC Odds to Win: +150
- Total: 9 runs
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- Game Time: 2:10 PM ET
- Streaming: BSKC (regional restrictions may apply)
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Rays at Astros Probable Pitchers
The Tampa Bay Rays will send Zack Littell (0-2) to the bump as they play the Astros, who will counter with Brandon Bielak (5-5) when the teams play on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Rays at Astros
- HOU Odds to Win: -110
- TB Odds to Win: -110
- Total: 9 runs
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- Game Time: 2:10 PM ET
- Streaming: SportsNet SW (regional restrictions may apply)
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Cubs at Cardinals Probable Pitchers
The Chicago Cubs will send Kyle Hendricks (4-4) to the mound as they take on the Cardinals, who will counter with Steven Matz (1-7) when the teams play on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Cubs at Cardinals
- STL Odds to Win: -145
- CHC Odds to Win: +120
- Total: 9 runs
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- Game Time: 2:15 PM ET
- Streaming: BSMW (regional restrictions may apply)
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Athletics at Rockies Probable Pitchers
The Oakland Athletics will send Luis Medina (3-7) to the hill as they play the Rockies, who will counter with Ty Blach (0-0) when the clubs play Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Athletics at Rockies
- COL Odds to Win: -110
- OAK Odds to Win: -110
- Total: 12.5 runs
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- Game Time: 3:10 PM ET
- Streaming: SportsNet RM (regional restrictions may apply)
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Red Sox at Giants Probable Pitchers
The Boston Red Sox will send Brennan Bernardino (1-0) to the mound as they play the Giants, who will look to Scott Alexander (6-1) when the clubs meet on Sunday.
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- Game Time: 4:05 PM ET
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Reds at Dodgers Probable Pitchers
The Cincinnati Reds will send Graham Ashcraft (5-7) to the bump as they take on the Dodgers, who will give the start to Michael Grove (2-2) for the matchup between the clubs Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Reds at Dodgers
- LAD Odds to Win: -185
- CIN Odds to Win: +150
- Total: 10.5 runs
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- Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
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Rangers at Padres Probable Pitchers
The Texas Rangers will send Cody Bradford (2-1) to the hill as they play the Padres, who will give the start to Blake Snell (7-8) for the game between the clubs Sunday.
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- Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
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Mariners at Diamondbacks Probable Pitchers
The Seattle Mariners will send Castillo (6-7) to the mound as they take on the Diamondbacks, who will counter with Kelly (9-4) when the teams play Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Mariners at Diamondbacks
- SEA Odds to Win: -120
- ARI Odds to Win: +100
- Total: 8.5 runs
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- Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
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Yankees at Orioles Probable Pitchers
The New York Yankees will send Luis Severino (2-4) to the bump as they play the Orioles, who will hand the ball to Dean Kremer (10-4) when the teams face off Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Yankees at Orioles
- BAL Odds to Win: -125
- NYY Odds to Win: +105
- Total: 9 runs
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- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Streaming: ESPN (regional restrictions may apply)
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Top Player Prop Bets for Twins vs. Royals on July 30, 2023
Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 5:50 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
Carlos Correa and Bobby Witt Jr. are two of the top players with prop bets available when the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals meet at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday (first pitch at 2:10 PM ET).
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Twins vs. Royals Game Info
- When: Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 2:10 PM ET
- Where: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri
- How to Watch on TV: BSKC
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MLB Props Today: Minnesota Twins
Carlos Correa Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 1.5 (Over Odds: +145)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -120)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +400)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +160)
Correa Stats
- Correa has recorded 84 hits with 23 doubles, two triples, 12 home runs and 39 walks. He has driven in 45 runs.
- He has a .228/.304/.399 slash line on the year.
- Correa has picked up at least one hit in two straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .174 with two doubles, two walks and an RBI.
Correa Recent Games
Byron Buxton Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -238)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -110)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +310)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +125)
Buxton Stats
- Byron Buxton has recorded 61 hits with 15 doubles, a triple, 17 home runs and 35 walks. He has driven in 42 runs with nine stolen bases.
- He has a .206/.295/.436 slash line so far this season.
- Buxton has picked up a hit in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .438 with three doubles, two home runs, two walks and six RBI.
Buxton Recent Games
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MLB Props Today: Kansas City Royals
Bobby Witt Jr. Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 1.5 (Over Odds: +180)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -105)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +600)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +160)
Witt Jr. Stats
- Witt Jr. has 111 hits with 18 doubles, seven triples, 18 home runs, 22 walks and 60 RBI. He's also stolen 29 bases.
- He has a slash line of .263/.302/.467 on the year.
Witt Jr. Recent Games
Salvador Pérez Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -256)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +130)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +400)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +120)
Pérez Stats
- Salvador Perez has 90 hits with 16 doubles, 17 home runs, 13 walks and 44 RBI.
- He has a slash line of .249/.289/.434 on the year.
Pérez Recent Games
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The House Republicans who craft the conference’s government funding bills are showing signs of frustration as hard-line conservatives pressure leadership for further cuts to spending that some worry could be too aggressive.
Some of the 12 Appropriations subcommittee chairs — the so-called cardinals — told reporters that they are struggling to see where those additional cuts could come from, as September’s shutdown deadline looms.
“I just don’t see the wisdom in trying to further cut to strengthen our hand. I don’t know how that strengthens our hand,” Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.), a House Appropriations subcommittee chairman, said of conservatives’ push to further cut the already-scaled-back spending bills.
“I do think it puts some of our members in a very difficult spot, particularly those in tough districts, because they’re going to be taking some votes that become problematic,” he added.
The House left Washington for a long summer recess Thursday after being forced to punt a bill to fund agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration.
Conservatives are dug in on their demand for steeper spending cuts, to the chagrin of moderates who are wary of slashing funding even more. The chamber has passed just one appropriations bill, funding military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The internal divisions are gripping the party as time is running out: The House has just 12 days in September to move the remaining 11 appropriations measures and hash out their disagreements with the Senate, which is marking up its spending bills at higher levels, setting the scene for a hectic fall that could bring the U.S. to the brink of a shutdown.
Those dynamics are putting GOP appropriators in a bind, leaving them searching for ways to appease conservative requests without gutting their spending bills.
“We’ve done a lot of cuts, a lot of cuts,” House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-Texas) told The Hill this week. “And so if it’s cuts just for cut’s sake, I don’t agree with it. But if it’s something that we can do without, that’s fine.”
‘Not a lot of wiggle room left’
Republican appropriators in the House announced earlier this year that they would mark up their bills for fiscal 2024 at fiscal 2022 levels, as leaders sought to placate conservatives who thought the debt ceiling deal struck by President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) earlier this year didn’t do enough to curb spending.
The Senate is crafting its bills more in line with the budget caps agreed to in the deal, but House Republicans are already fuming about a bipartisan deal in the upper chamber that would allow for more than $13 billion in additional emergency spending on top of those levels.
House GOP negotiators also said they would pursue clawing back more than $100 billion in old funding that was allocated for Democratic priorities without GOP support in the previous Congress.
While that move drew support from hard-line conservatives, the right flank was far from pleased when it heard appropriators planned to repurpose that old funding — known as rescissions — to plus-up the spending bills.
In a letter to McCarthy earlier this month, a group of hard-line conservatives called for all 12 appropriations bills to be in line with fiscal 2022 spending levels “without the use of reallocated rescissions to increase discretionary spending above that top-line.”
Otherwise, the 21 lawmakers threatened, they would vote against the measures. But that request could prove difficult for GOP appropriators to fulfill.
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), chairman of the panel that proposes funding for the Department of State and foreign operations, said that appropriators are already “dramatically reducing spending,” suggesting that there are not too many remaining areas to trim from.
“My bill is below the 2016 levels,” he said, later adding, “When you’re below the 2016 level — and we’re still confronting China — I think there’s not a lot of wiggle room left.”
“It’s a challenge, but I think we’ll get through it. I really do,” he added.
Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), who heads the subcommittee that oversees funding for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Interior, scoffed at the idea of even steeper cuts to his bill.
“Then you just drop it on the floor and stomp on it. What else do you do with it?” he told reporters. “You can’t make logical cuts in there.”
Republicans appropriators are voicing optimism that the conference will be able to sort out its differences on spending, but some also hope their levels will stick — even though they include rescissions.
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) — whose panel handles funding for the Department of Energy, which is proposing offsetting billions of dollars in spending with clawbacks — said it would be “extremely difficult” to craft his bill without the rescinded funds.
“And given our priorities in my bill, national defense with the nuclear weapons portfolio, nuclear cleanup, Army Corps including, all the community-directed fundings, I feel good about my bill, and I hope my numbers hold,” he said.
“Because it’s gonna have to be in negotiations with the Senate and the White House as well,” he added.
Womack — whose subcommittee crafts funding for the IRS and the Treasury Department — said he doesn’t think “moving the goalposts on these numbers is helpful in strengthening our ability to negotiate with the Senate.”
August preparations for a busy September
Frustrations among appropriators are bubbling up as Congress inches closer to the fall, when lawmakers are facing a Sept. 30 deadline to approve funding or risk a government shutdown.
With time running out, some House lawmakers say conversations may continue over the long August recess to try to hash out remaining differences.
“We’ll have to see,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said when asked about potential plans for talks between leaders and House Freedom Caucus members over the break. “I mean, we got a lot of work to do.”
“I think a lot of work [has] got to be done behind the scenes,” he said. “If not, you know, here — You gotta beg the question about whether we should be gone for six weeks. We should be getting our job done.”
Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) echoed that sentiment, saying “I would think so” when asked if lawmakers will have conversations over the break.
Adding to the August workload, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) suggested earlier this week that bicameral negotiations could take place over the weeks-long recess as lawmakers stare down the shutdown deadline.
Not all Republicans, however, are viewing a shutdown as a risk.
During a House Freedom Caucus press conference this week, Good said “we should not fear a government shutdown,” claiming that “most of what we do up here is bad anyway; most of what we do up here hurts the American people.”
But that perspective does not jive with the view of McCarthy, who declared Thursday: “I don’t want the government to shut down.”
Multiple Republicans are ultimately expecting Congress to eventually pass what’s known as a continuing resolution (CR), or a measure that temporarily allows the government to be funded at the previous fiscal year’s levels, to prevent a lapse at the end of September.
But they also understand the task could be difficult in the GOP-led chamber, where Republicans aren’t happy about the idea of continuing funding at the current levels — which were last set when Democrats held control of Congress.
“I think there’s a very good chance that we’ll see a CR, but I know there’s a lot of work to get a CR done,” Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.), another appropriator, said Thursday, noting there are “a lot of members that don’t want CRs that are tired of them.”
But Aderholt suggested a CR could notch sufficient GOP backing if there’s a larger plan in sight that the party can support.
“The Speaker’s been very good about having a plan,” he said, adding, “I think that’s what he’s good at, and I’m optimistic that he can come up with something.”
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She's one of India's biggest Barbie fans. When Vichitra Rajasingh was growing up, family and friends helped her build her collection of Barbie dolls until she had almost 80 of them. She once owned a Barbie camper, a speedboat, supermarket and post office. The mermaid Barbie and scuba-diving Barbie were her favorites.
Since her family ran a hotel, they put the dolls on display in the lobby in the late '90s. On Rajasingh's 14th birthday, her parents painted her room bright pink and hired artists to draw her favorite Barbie dolls on the walls.
All her Barbies were blond. She says she didn't like the Indian ethnic ones that came on the local market.
Living the pink life
"My love for the color pink began with my childhood passion for Barbie," she says. "And now it's become my identity." For her, the color represents love, joy, femininity and playfulness, everything she once associated with Barbie, she says.
Today Rajasingh lives in the southern Indian city of Madurai, where she drives a pink mini-Cooper and runs a bakery and lives in an apartment that are dominated by that color.
When the Barbie movie released in India on July 21, she gathered a bunch of friends, "everyone dressed to the nines in pink," and watched it on the day of its release. "I loved the movie. It was fun to watch and brought back many joyful childhood memories," she says.
While she no longer has her huge doll collection — having long since given it away to family and friends — Rajasingh is still a Barbie lover. She bakes six or seven Barbie-themed cakes a week, with an actual doll at the center of a cake that serves as her frothy dress, constructed around her in a swirl of sugar and cream.
Rajasingh saw Barbie as an aspirational figure — and grew up admiring the doll's freedom, confidence, globe-trotting lifestyle and even her arched feet in sassy stilettos.
But for others in India, Barbie has a far more complicated legacy.
The pressures Barbie can bring
Shweta Sharan, a writer who lives in Mumbai, admits to being conflicted about whether or not to watch the movie with her 13-year-old daughter, Laasya, who until a year ago ardently loved Barbie but then outgrew playing with dolls.
"I am aware that these dolls have many complicated associations," Sharan says. "Watching my daughter love a doll that looked nothing like her — with blond hair, blue eyes, perfect breasts — I worried if she would always strive to be someone else and feel inadequate."
These worries are valid in the opinion of ElsaMarie DSilva, a social entrepreneur from India and an Aspen fellow. "While Barbie is almost universally loved among girls of all ages, many do aspire to look like her, unconsciously pressurizing young girls to conform to unrealistic body shapes and expectations," she says — a common criticism aimed at Barbie.
Indian Barbie is not a rousing success
Mattel did make an effort to adapt the doll for an Indian market. When Mattel launched Barbie in India in 1991, it was the familiar Western-looking blond-haired blue-eyed Barbie. Then in 1996, they rolled out Indian Barbie, with brown skin. She came either wearing a bright sari or a salwar kameez — a knee-length tunic over fitted trousers.
But the Indian Barbie was not popular. "Indian kids gravitated toward the white-skinned Barbie instead of the brown-skinned one because light-skinned women were considered more beautiful in India and an automatic choice," DSilva says.
She points out how even in Indian clothes, Barbie still had a body that did not represent real women in India or anywhere else — she was way too tall and way too thin.
Priti Nemani, an Indian American attorney living in Chicago, analyzed why Barbie failed so spectacularly in the Indian market in a research paper published in 2011. In addition to the unrealistic, impossibly thin appearance of the doll, she points out how other cultural factors were at play.
"We weren't seeing Indian features on Barbie," she says. "We were seeing white Barbies dipped in brown. And even those brown Barbies didn't last long on the shelves. The latest versions of the Indian Barbie have much lighter skin tone.
Meanwhile, even though blond Barbies sold well, Ken tanked in India. "Indian parents who wouldn't want their daughters in romantic relationships at such an early age weren't going to buy the boyfriend," Nemani says.
In spite of her initial misgivings, Sharan enjoyed the Barbie movie with her daughter, now 13, who especially liked the feminist overtones. Laasya loved the beginning, when they were told "Barbie has a great day everyday. Ken only has a great day if Barbie looks at him."
Barbie inspires a poem
There are other issues about Barbie in India. For many kids, the doll is too expensive.
Ankita Apurva, 26, a writer who grew up in a farming family in Ranchi, a city in the Eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, recalls a childhood bereft of Barbies.
Her parents, who struggled to pay for a good education that they hoped would be her armor against bullying and discrimination, could not afford to buy their daughter a Barbie.
"They weren't in a position to splurge on fancy dolls like a Barbie," she says. She recalls feeling inferior for not owning one of these expensive dolls that would help her connect with other Barbie owners in her circle. It was especially hard for her at lunch when girls would boast about how many dolls they owned.
"I believe that even if children from marginalized communities manage to enter [private] institutions [for the privileged], there are certain social, cultural and economic symbols which are consciously and subconsciously deployed to mark them out, and Barbie, as loved as it is, is definitely one of them," she says.
Over the years, Apurva's family has grown stronger financially. When she saw the global resurgence of interest in Barbie now, she didn't feel angry or alienated, but it did bring back memories of desperately wanting to fit in – and not just because she didn't have a Barbie.
"Growing up, I rarely felt represented in literature or media. If pens or cameras turned toward us, they inadvertently counted us as data: dead bodies of farmers or survivors of violence of umpteen kinds."
As a girl from a farming family in Jharkhand, Apurva felt invisible. And so, she decided to express those emotions. She wrote a poem that she posted on Instagram, not to shame anyone who is privileged enough to own a Barbie but to comfort those who, like her, may have felt left out.
Here are some excerpts:
"Here's to the girls who do not get the Barbie craze,
...
girls who had parents who could not
or did not or choose not
to get them Barbie dolls
...
it's okay,
to not relate to any of it
...
what is not okay are friends ...
who intentionally make you
feel low by asking how many Barbies
you owned as a kid even as they
know you weren't privileged enough
to have them.
...
you are also not "too much" ...
if you feel
that Barbie is a colonial icon
legitimizing racial supremacy
while being a 'white feminist' trope
...
and once again
remember,
you are everything,
they are just Ken
Kamala Thiagarajan is a freelance journalist based in Madurai, Southern India. She reports on global health, science, and development, and her work has been published in the New York Times, The British Medical Journal, BBC, The Guardian and other outlets. You can find her on twitter @kamal_t
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People have asked me what I've learned so far through this series. Have I gotten any clarity on what makes up my own spiritual identity? And the answer is, not really. I'm still in the research phase of this project. I'm still collecting experiences and perspectives and I imagine I'll keep doing that forever, but it's too early to draw any definitive conclusions — except for one.
I believe each and every one of us is capable of making our own meaning. Some of us do that by living according to a set of religious principles. Or by feeling the beauty and sanctity of nature. Or by choosing to see spiritual connections in what others might call mere coincidence.
I don't need anyone to validate those experiences for them to be meaningful to me. But according to Lisa Miller, a professor in the Clinical Psychology Program at Teachers College, Columbia University, having a spiritual life is good for your mental health.
Miller is a psychologist and has dedicated most of her career to the study of neuroscience and spirituality. Her newest book is called The Awakened Brain, and in it she makes some really bold claims about how holding spiritual beliefs can decrease our rates of anxiety and depression and generally make us most likely to lead happier lives. I can hear your skepticism already! I get it. I'm a spiritually inclined kind of person but it's still hard for me to understand how, scientifically speaking, believing in something bigger than yourself can make you healthier and happier.
I needed to understand how Miller came to these conclusions. But before she got to the actual science, she told me a story.
It was the mid '90s. Miller was in the early stages of her career and working at a residential mental health facility in New York City. After she'd been there a few months, Yom Kippur rolled around — the day of atonement, considered the most significant of the Jewish religious holidays. One of the older male patients with severe bipolar disorder asked if there were any plans to mark the day. The doctor in charge shrugged his shoulders and said, no — there's no service planned. The patient walked out of the room with his shoulders slumped and Lisa, who is Jewish, saw an opportunity.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Lisa Miller: I approached the unit chief and said, "I'm certainly not a rabbi, but I've been to two-and-a-half decades of Yom Kippur services. I'd be happy to facilitate if that might be OK with you." So I showed up on Yom Kippur and the patients had arrived early to the kitchen, which was to be our sanctuary. The fluorescent lights were quite strong and as we crowded around the linoleum table there was an extraordinary feeling of specialness.
As we started the prayers that we all knew from our childhood, joining together saying in Hebrew the prayers of Yom Kippur, I looked over and noticed that as the gentleman with bipolar was davening, he could not have been further from explosive. He was holding our group in the cadence of the prayers and we were actually following him.
I took a pause and I said, "I feel so grateful to be here today in our Yom Kippur ceremony. Would anyone like to say anything?" We went around the table and the first person to speak was a very otherwise withdrawn woman with recurrent depression. She said, "You know, I always knew on Yom Kippur we could ask for forgiveness. But sitting here now with you all, I'm aware that we can be forgiven. God can forgive us." And she looked liberated.
As I looked around the table at the patients, whatever their symptoms had been yesterday, they were free in that moment. They were free of suffering. They were free of the characteristic patterns that had dragged them down in a way that was equal and opposite to their main symptoms. And so I thought a mental health system minus spirituality made no sense, and that became my life's work, to understand the place of spirituality in renewal, in recovery, in resilience, and to put this in the language of science.
Rachel Martin: What happened when you brought these kinds of questions to your peers, to the other people in your scientific community? Like when you said for the first time, "Hey, I think we need to look at the effect of spirituality on mental health." What did people say to you?
Miller: Well, the vast majority were very respectful, nodded, and didn't pick up the thread. Some of them would say, "That's not psychology, that's not psychiatry." And in fact, I remember early on giving a grand rounds presentation and I opened up saying, "I'm going to speak today about a body of data using nationally representative samples on spirituality and mental health with all the gold standard methods." And about 10 people got up and walked out. It was absolutely not of interest.
Martin: Using the gold standard, what did that mean in terms of the experiments you were running and the studies and the data you were collecting? How did you make sure that it would hold water in the scientific community?
Miller: If I were to characterize the first five years of my investigation, I would say I used the data sets that everyone else knew and trusted. I only asked one new question, which was: "What's the impact of spirituality on the DSM diagnosis of addiction and depression?" The findings were jaw dropping.
The protective benefit of personal spirituality, meaning someone who says their personal spirituality is very important, is 80% against addiction. They have 80% decreased relative risk for the DSM diagnosis of addiction to drugs or alcohol.
Martin: Wait, so someone who self-identifies as having a meaningful spiritual life is 80% less likely to get addicted to drugs or alcohol than someone who says they don't?
Miller: Yes.
Martin: Wow. And how can you prove that it is a spiritual life that is doing that and not some external factor? Because you heard this from other critics, too, some of your peers said you can't attribute that to spirituality, it's gotta be some other social conditioning.
Miller: Well, that's a very important point because in every study we controlled for all of the usual interpretations about this being social support or having resources. So we plugged into our equation every other possible explanation that was generally taken in mental health to explain the road to depression. And nonetheless, it actually turned out that the more high risk we are, the more that there's stress in our lives, the more that we might be genetically at risk for depression, the greater the impact of spirituality as a source of resilience as preventative against major depression.
Martin: What does that look like in the brain?
Miller: One of the most beautiful findings in my 20 years as an investigator was from an MRI study conducted together with our colleagues at Yale Medical School. We looked at people of many different faith traditions and the first finding was that there is one neuro seat of transcendent perception and we share it. Now there's human variability of course, and we can strengthen components.
Martin: How are you actually doing that with people? Are you asking your subjects to pray? What are the spiritual inputs that are going into them so that you can measure it on their brains?
Miller: The very specific prompt was, "Tell us about a time where you felt a deep connection to God, your higher power, the source of life." Everyone had a story like that and as they told their story, we recorded them and it was then played back in their ears while they were inside the scanner.
Martin: Ah, they heard themselves recounting their spiritual experience.
Miller: It was tailor made to their own moment.
Martin: And you saw their brains light up?
Miller: Oh yes. Connecting to these memories, the bonding network comes up online just as when we were held in the arms of our parents or grandparents.
Martin: Wait, when you say the bonding network you mean you can literally see that the brain will respond to spiritual stimuli in the same way that it does to a hug from a family member when you're a baby?
Miller: Precisely.
Martin: Can you tell me how this manifests in the real world? I'm thinking about this anecdote you include in the book about a client of yours. A girl you refer to as Iliana.
Miller: Iliana adored her father, I mean, he was the sun and the moon and the stars to her. They were so close. And one night two men who her father knew, came into his corner store, robbed him and murdered him. And she was devastated. This was a grief that was so deep. She simply could not free herself from the grief that was shackling her heart.
One day, Iliana skips into my office. There's a levity and joy. She plops into the seat and says, "Dr. Miller, you're never gonna believe this. My cousin and my cousin's girlfriend chaperoned me so I could go to a party and I met the most wonderful boy. We talked so long, it must have been 20 minutes. He was so polite and so kind. But here's the best part, his name." Which was the same very usual name as her father.
She said, "Don't you see? My father sent him. My father is looking out after me." And from that day on she was in the world of the living. What changed everything for Iliana was the awareness that her father walked with her. She maintained a deep transcendent relationship with her father, as most people around the world do.
Iliana trusted her deep inner knowing that this was far too probabilistic to have happened by chance. That this very rare name held both by this new boy and her father could possibly mean nothing.
Martin: Can I ask, what are you thinking as you hear this? I mean, are you thinking that is just a crazy coincidence, but if she needs to believe that this is a sign from God, who am I to tell her otherwise? Because it seems to be working.
Miller: Well, at the time, that was certainly the most common interpretive framework amongst psychologists and psychiatrists. But I could see plain as day that this was a tremendously sacred moment. This was a living miracle. This was a gift.
For me to have treated it like some kind of cultural diversity variable or that it's just the meaning she makes would've actually taken all of the energy and spirit out of that transformative awakening moment. I joined her.
Now I did that authentically because it was my view as well that this is far too nonprobabilistic to have happened by chance, that there are very few people by that very same name and that the first boy she met in a year and a half since her father's passing should have the name of the father. It was a synchronicity. There was a deeper meaning being revealed.
Martin: When you're talking to people who aren't scientists, someone who's skeptical, someone who doesn't have faith, who doesn't have what they define as a spiritual life, what do you want them to take away from your research and your message?
Miller: I've given a number of talks to audiences who, prior to seeing the science, would not necessarily consider themselves spiritual people. And, in fact, I oftentimes hear from people who consider themselves skeptics and very left-brained and when they see the peer reviewed science that says we're naturally spiritual beings, that when we cultivate our spirituality we're 80% less likely to be addicted, 82% less likely to take our lives, it speaks to the left side of their brains long enough that it quiets down the skepticism.
In other words, three cheers for the skeptic. Here is published, peer reviewed science for skeptical audiences to begin to explore, to be curious about our spiritual nature. You know, at the inner table of human knowing we all have an empiricist, a logician, an intuitive, a mystic, and a skeptic. And the skeptic is very welcome, but the skeptic is not the bouncer at the door.
It is not scientific to put a skeptic as a bouncer at the door. It is not more rigorous to toss out an idea before being examined in every way. We are wired to be able to investigate. So I simply say to the biggest skeptic of all, you are most welcome to your own inner table of inquiry, but be sure to invite everyone else.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Saturday night at 11:41 pm police responded to a crash northbound I-69 near the Coldwater exit.
According to the Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD) logs, injuries were involved. Witnesses on the scene said through traffic was down to one lane.
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An early morning shooting Sunday in Michigan wounded five people, including two who were listed in critical condition, police said.
Officers responded to reports of a shooting around 1 a.m., the Lansing Police Department said in a statement.
The five victims who were transported to a hospital by the Lansing Fire Department ranged in age from 16 to 26 years old, police said.
There was a large crowd at the scene when officers arrived, prompting Lansing police to ask for assistance from other jurisdictions. Several people were detained, and officers found multiple firearms, police said. Three arrests were made on the scene.
In February, a gunman killed three students and injured five others in a shooting at Michigan State University in neighboring East Lansing. Students sheltered in place for four hours on the campus about 90 miles (145 kilometers) northwest of Detroit while hundreds of officers searched for the shooter. Suspect Anthony McRae, 43, killed himself when confronted by police near his home in Lansing. | https://www.wane.com/top-stories/shooting-wounds-5-people-in-michigan-with-2-victims-in-critical-condition-police-say/ | 2023-07-30T12:15:28 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/top-stories/shooting-wounds-5-people-in-michigan-with-2-victims-in-critical-condition-police-say/ |
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The cosmos is offering up a double feature in August: a pair of supermoons culminating in a rare blue moon.
Catch the first show Tuesday evening as the full moon rises in the southeast, appearing slightly brighter and bigger than normal. That’s because it will be closer than usual, just 222,159 miles (357,530 kilometers) away, thus the supermoon label.
The moon will be even closer the night of Aug. 30 — a scant 222,043 miles (357,344 kilometers) distant. Because it’s the second full moon in the same month, it will be what’s called a blue moon.
“Warm summer nights are the ideal time to watch the full moon rise in the eastern sky within minutes of sunset. And it happens twice in August,” said retired NASA astrophysicist Fred Espenak, dubbed Mr. Eclipse for his eclipse-chasing expertise.
The last time two full supermoons graced the sky in the same month was in 2018. It won’t happen again until 2037, according to Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi, founder of the Virtual Telescope Project.
Masi will provide a live webcast of Tuesday evening’s supermoon, as it rises over the Coliseum in Rome.
“My plans are to capture the beauty of this … hopefully bringing the emotion of the show to our viewers,” Masi said in an email.
“The supermoon offers us a great opportunity to look up and discover the sky,” he added.
This year’s first supermoon was in July. The fourth and last will be in September. The two in August will be closer than either of those.
Provided clear skies, binoculars or backyard telescopes can enhance the experience, Espenak said, revealing such features as lunar maria — the dark plains formed by ancient volcanic lava flows — and rays emanating from lunar craters.
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Six straight days of 12-hour driving. Single digit paychecks. The complaints come from workers in vastly different industries: UPS delivery drivers and Hollywood actors and writers.
But they point to an underlying factor driving a surge of labor unrest: The cost to workers whose jobs have changed drastically as companies scramble to meet customer expectations for speed and convenience in industries transformed by technology.
What You Need To Know
- Drastic changes in consumer demands are driving labor unrest in diverse industries upended by technology
- Hollywood actors and writers and UPS delivery drivers are among workers fighting for better pay and working conditions, and they want consumers to understand what it takes to meet rising expectations for speed and convenience
- The central issues are that workers are overworked and underpaid
- Screenwriters say they are expected to create scripts for the streaming era faster for less pay, and UPS drivers say forced overtime got out of hand as online shopping accelerated and delivery exploded
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated those changes, pushing retailers to shift online and intensifying the streaming competition among entertainment companies. Now, from the picket lines, workers are trying to give consumers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to produce a show that can be binged any time or get dog food delivered to their doorstep with a phone swipe.
Overworked and underpaid employees is an enduring complaint across industries — from delivery drivers to Starbucks baristas and airline pilots — where surges in consumer demand have collided with persistent labor shortages. Workers are pushing back against forced overtime, punishing schedules or company reliance on lower-paid, part-time or contract forces.
At issue for Hollywood screenwriters and actors staging their first simultaneous strikes in 40 years is the way streaming has upended entertainment economics, slashing pay and forcing showrunners to produce content faster with smaller teams.
“This seems to happen to many places when the tech companies come in. Who are we crushing? It doesn’t matter,” said Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, a screenwriter and showrunner on the negotiating team for the Writers Guild of America, whose members have been on strike since May. Earlier this month, the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists joined the writers’ union on the picket line.
Actors and writers have long relied on residuals, or long-term payments, for reruns and other airings of films and televisions shows. But reruns aren’t a thing on streaming services, where series and films simply land and stay with no easy way, such as box office returns or ratings, to determine their popularity.
Consequently, whatever residuals streaming companies do pay often amount to a pittance, and screenwriters have been sharing tales of receiving single digit checks.
Adam Shapiro, an actor known for the Netflix hit “Never Have I Ever," said many actors were initially content to accept lower pay for the plethora of roles that streaming suddenly offered. But the need for a more sustainable compensation model gained urgency when it became clear streaming is not a sideshow, but rather the future of the business, he said.
"Over the past 10 years, we realized: ‘Oh, that’s now how Hollywood works. Everything is streaming,’” Shapiro said during a recent union event.
Shapiro, who has been acting for 25 years, said he agreed to a contract offering 20% of his normal rate for “Never Have I Ever” because it seemed like "a great opportunity, and it’s going to be all over the world. And it was. It really was. Unfortunately, we’re all starting to realize that if we keep doing this we’re not going to be able to pay our bills.”
Then there's the rising use of “mini rooms,” in which a handful of writers are hired to work only during pre-production, sometimes for a series that may take a year to be greenlit, or never get picked up at all.
Sanchez-Witzel, co-creator of the recently released Netflix series “Survival of the Thickest,” said television shows traditionally hire robust writing teams for the duration of production. But Netflix refused to allow her to keep her team of five writers past pre-production, forcing round-the-clock work on rewrites with just one other writer.
“It's not sustainable and I'll never do that again,” she said.
Sanchez-Witzel said she was struck by the similarities between her experience and those of UPS drivers, some of whom joined the WGA for protests as they threatened their own potentially crippling strike. UPS and the Teamsters last week reached a tentative contract staving off the strike.
Jeffrey Palmerino, a full-time UPS driver near Albany, New York, said forced overtime emerged as a top issue during the pandemic as drivers coped with a crush of orders on par with the holiday season. Drivers never knew what time they would get home or if they could count on two days off each week, while 14-hour days in trucks without air conditioning became the norm.
“It was basically like Christmas on steroids for two straight years. A lot of us were forced to work six days a week, and that is not any way to live your life,” said Palmerino, a Teamsters shop steward.
Along with pay raises and air conditioning, the Teamsters won concessions that Palmerino hopes will ease overwork. UPS agreed to end forced overtime on days off and eliminate a lower-paid category of drivers who work shifts that include weekends, converting them to full-time drivers. Union members have yet to ratify the deal.
The Teamsters and labor activists hailed the tentative deal as a game-changer that would pressure other companies facing labor unrest to raise their standards. But similar outcomes are far from certain in industries lacking the sheer economic indispensability of UPS or the clout of its 340,000-member union.
Efforts to organize at Starbucks and Amazon stalled as both companies aggressively fought against unionization.
Still, labor protests will likely gain momentum following the UPS contract, said Patricia Campos-Medina, executive director of the Worker Institute at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, which released a report this year that found the number of labor strikes rose 52% in 2022.
“The whole idea that consumer convenience is above everything broke down during the pandemic. We started to think, ‘I’m at home ordering, but there is actually a worker who has to go the grocery store, who has to cook this for me so that I can be comfortable,’” Campos-Medina said. | https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2023/07/30/consumer-demand-for-speed-and-convenience-drives-labor-unrest-among-workers-in-hollywood-and-at-ups-workers-strike-unions | 2023-07-30T12:15:42 | 0 | https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/business/2023/07/30/consumer-demand-for-speed-and-convenience-drives-labor-unrest-among-workers-in-hollywood-and-at-ups-workers-strike-unions |
She's one of India's biggest Barbie fans. When Vichitra Rajasingh was growing up, family and friends helped her build her collection of Barbie dolls until she had almost 80 of them. She once owned a Barbie camper, a speedboat, supermarket and post office. The mermaid Barbie and scuba-diving Barbie were her favorites.
Since her family ran a hotel, they put the dolls on display in the lobby in the late '90s. On Rajasingh's 14th birthday, her parents painted her room bright pink and hired artists to draw her favorite Barbie dolls on the walls.
All her Barbies were blond. She says she didn't like the Indian ethnic ones that came on the local market.
Living the pink life
"My love for the color pink began with my childhood passion for Barbie," she says. "And now it's become my identity." For her, the color represents love, joy, femininity and playfulness, everything she once associated with Barbie, she says.
Today Rajasingh lives in the southern Indian city of Madurai, where she drives a pink mini-Cooper and runs a bakery and lives in an apartment that are dominated by that color.
When the Barbie movie released in India on July 21, she gathered a bunch of friends, "everyone dressed to the nines in pink," and watched it on the day of its release. "I loved the movie. It was fun to watch and brought back many joyful childhood memories," she says.
While she no longer has her huge doll collection — having long since given it away to family and friends — Rajasingh is still a Barbie lover. She bakes six or seven Barbie-themed cakes a week, with an actual doll at the center of a cake that serves as her frothy dress, constructed around her in a swirl of sugar and cream.
Rajasingh saw Barbie as an aspirational figure — and grew up admiring the doll's freedom, confidence, globe-trotting lifestyle and even her arched feet in sassy stilettos.
But for others in India, Barbie has a far more complicated legacy.
The pressures Barbie can bring
Shweta Sharan, a writer who lives in Mumbai, admits to being conflicted about whether or not to watch the movie with her 13-year-old daughter, Laasya, who until a year ago ardently loved Barbie but then outgrew playing with dolls.
"I am aware that these dolls have many complicated associations," Sharan says. "Watching my daughter love a doll that looked nothing like her — with blond hair, blue eyes, perfect breasts — I worried if she would always strive to be someone else and feel inadequate."
These worries are valid in the opinion of ElsaMarie DSilva, a social entrepreneur from India and an Aspen fellow. "While Barbie is almost universally loved among girls of all ages, many do aspire to look like her, unconsciously pressurizing young girls to conform to unrealistic body shapes and expectations," she says — a common criticism aimed at Barbie.
Indian Barbie is not a rousing success
Mattel did make an effort to adapt the doll for an Indian market. When Mattel launched Barbie in India in 1991, it was the familiar Western-looking blond-haired blue-eyed Barbie. Then in 1996, they rolled out Indian Barbie, with brown skin. She came either wearing a bright sari or a salwar kameez — a knee-length tunic over fitted trousers.
But the Indian Barbie was not popular. "Indian kids gravitated toward the white-skinned Barbie instead of the brown-skinned one because light-skinned women were considered more beautiful in India and an automatic choice," DSilva says.
She points out how even in Indian clothes, Barbie still had a body that did not represent real women in India or anywhere else — she was way too tall and way too thin.
Priti Nemani, an Indian American attorney living in Chicago, analyzed why Barbie failed so spectacularly in the Indian market in a research paper published in 2011. In addition to the unrealistic, impossibly thin appearance of the doll, she points out how other cultural factors were at play.
"We weren't seeing Indian features on Barbie," she says. "We were seeing white Barbies dipped in brown. And even those brown Barbies didn't last long on the shelves. The latest versions of the Indian Barbie have much lighter skin tone.
Meanwhile, even though blond Barbies sold well, Ken tanked in India. "Indian parents who wouldn't want their daughters in romantic relationships at such an early age weren't going to buy the boyfriend," Nemani says.
In spite of her initial misgivings, Sharan enjoyed the Barbie movie with her daughter, now 13, who especially liked the feminist overtones. Laasya loved the beginning, when they were told "Barbie has a great day everyday. Ken only has a great day if Barbie looks at him."
Barbie inspires a poem
There are other issues about Barbie in India. For many kids, the doll is too expensive.
Ankita Apurva, 26, a writer who grew up in a farming family in Ranchi, a city in the Eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, recalls a childhood bereft of Barbies.
Her parents, who struggled to pay for a good education that they hoped would be her armor against bullying and discrimination, could not afford to buy their daughter a Barbie.
"They weren't in a position to splurge on fancy dolls like a Barbie," she says. She recalls feeling inferior for not owning one of these expensive dolls that would help her connect with other Barbie owners in her circle. It was especially hard for her at lunch when girls would boast about how many dolls they owned.
"I believe that even if children from marginalized communities manage to enter [private] institutions [for the privileged], there are certain social, cultural and economic symbols which are consciously and subconsciously deployed to mark them out, and Barbie, as loved as it is, is definitely one of them," she says.
Over the years, Apurva's family has grown stronger financially. When she saw the global resurgence of interest in Barbie now, she didn't feel angry or alienated, but it did bring back memories of desperately wanting to fit in – and not just because she didn't have a Barbie.
"Growing up, I rarely felt represented in literature or media. If pens or cameras turned toward us, they inadvertently counted us as data: dead bodies of farmers or survivors of violence of umpteen kinds."
As a girl from a farming family in Jharkhand, Apurva felt invisible. And so, she decided to express those emotions. She wrote a poem that she posted on Instagram, not to shame anyone who is privileged enough to own a Barbie but to comfort those who, like her, may have felt left out.
Here are some excerpts:
"Here's to the girls who do not get the Barbie craze,
...
girls who had parents who could not
or did not or choose not
to get them Barbie dolls
...
it's okay,
to not relate to any of it
...
what is not okay are friends ...
who intentionally make you
feel low by asking how many Barbies
you owned as a kid even as they
know you weren't privileged enough
to have them.
...
you are also not "too much" ...
if you feel
that Barbie is a colonial icon
legitimizing racial supremacy
while being a 'white feminist' trope
...
and once again
remember,
you are everything,
they are just Ken
Kamala Thiagarajan is a freelance journalist based in Madurai, Southern India. She reports on global health, science, and development, and her work has been published in the New York Times, The British Medical Journal, BBC, The Guardian and other outlets. You can find her on twitter @kamal_t
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People have asked me what I've learned so far through this series. Have I gotten any clarity on what makes up my own spiritual identity? And the answer is, not really. I'm still in the research phase of this project. I'm still collecting experiences and perspectives and I imagine I'll keep doing that forever, but it's too early to draw any definitive conclusions — except for one.
I believe each and every one of us is capable of making our own meaning. Some of us do that by living according to a set of religious principles. Or by feeling the beauty and sanctity of nature. Or by choosing to see spiritual connections in what others might call mere coincidence.
I don't need anyone to validate those experiences for them to be meaningful to me. But according to Lisa Miller, a professor in the Clinical Psychology Program at Teachers College, Columbia University, having a spiritual life is good for your mental health.
Miller is a psychologist and has dedicated most of her career to the study of neuroscience and spirituality. Her newest book is called The Awakened Brain, and in it she makes some really bold claims about how holding spiritual beliefs can decrease our rates of anxiety and depression and generally make us most likely to lead happier lives. I can hear your skepticism already! I get it. I'm a spiritually inclined kind of person but it's still hard for me to understand how, scientifically speaking, believing in something bigger than yourself can make you healthier and happier.
I needed to understand how Miller came to these conclusions. But before she got to the actual science, she told me a story.
It was the mid '90s. Miller was in the early stages of her career and working at a residential mental health facility in New York City. After she'd been there a few months, Yom Kippur rolled around — the day of atonement, considered the most significant of the Jewish religious holidays. One of the older male patients with severe bipolar disorder asked if there were any plans to mark the day. The doctor in charge shrugged his shoulders and said, no — there's no service planned. The patient walked out of the room with his shoulders slumped and Lisa, who is Jewish, saw an opportunity.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Lisa Miller: I approached the unit chief and said, "I'm certainly not a rabbi, but I've been to two-and-a-half decades of Yom Kippur services. I'd be happy to facilitate if that might be OK with you." So I showed up on Yom Kippur and the patients had arrived early to the kitchen, which was to be our sanctuary. The fluorescent lights were quite strong and as we crowded around the linoleum table there was an extraordinary feeling of specialness.
As we started the prayers that we all knew from our childhood, joining together saying in Hebrew the prayers of Yom Kippur, I looked over and noticed that as the gentleman with bipolar was davening, he could not have been further from explosive. He was holding our group in the cadence of the prayers and we were actually following him.
I took a pause and I said, "I feel so grateful to be here today in our Yom Kippur ceremony. Would anyone like to say anything?" We went around the table and the first person to speak was a very otherwise withdrawn woman with recurrent depression. She said, "You know, I always knew on Yom Kippur we could ask for forgiveness. But sitting here now with you all, I'm aware that we can be forgiven. God can forgive us." And she looked liberated.
As I looked around the table at the patients, whatever their symptoms had been yesterday, they were free in that moment. They were free of suffering. They were free of the characteristic patterns that had dragged them down in a way that was equal and opposite to their main symptoms. And so I thought a mental health system minus spirituality made no sense, and that became my life's work, to understand the place of spirituality in renewal, in recovery, in resilience, and to put this in the language of science.
Rachel Martin: What happened when you brought these kinds of questions to your peers, to the other people in your scientific community? Like when you said for the first time, "Hey, I think we need to look at the effect of spirituality on mental health." What did people say to you?
Miller: Well, the vast majority were very respectful, nodded, and didn't pick up the thread. Some of them would say, "That's not psychology, that's not psychiatry." And in fact, I remember early on giving a grand rounds presentation and I opened up saying, "I'm going to speak today about a body of data using nationally representative samples on spirituality and mental health with all the gold standard methods." And about 10 people got up and walked out. It was absolutely not of interest.
Martin: Using the gold standard, what did that mean in terms of the experiments you were running and the studies and the data you were collecting? How did you make sure that it would hold water in the scientific community?
Miller: If I were to characterize the first five years of my investigation, I would say I used the data sets that everyone else knew and trusted. I only asked one new question, which was: "What's the impact of spirituality on the DSM diagnosis of addiction and depression?" The findings were jaw dropping.
The protective benefit of personal spirituality, meaning someone who says their personal spirituality is very important, is 80% against addiction. They have 80% decreased relative risk for the DSM diagnosis of addiction to drugs or alcohol.
Martin: Wait, so someone who self-identifies as having a meaningful spiritual life is 80% less likely to get addicted to drugs or alcohol than someone who says they don't?
Miller: Yes.
Martin: Wow. And how can you prove that it is a spiritual life that is doing that and not some external factor? Because you heard this from other critics, too, some of your peers said you can't attribute that to spirituality, it's gotta be some other social conditioning.
Miller: Well, that's a very important point because in every study we controlled for all of the usual interpretations about this being social support or having resources. So we plugged into our equation every other possible explanation that was generally taken in mental health to explain the road to depression. And nonetheless, it actually turned out that the more high risk we are, the more that there's stress in our lives, the more that we might be genetically at risk for depression, the greater the impact of spirituality as a source of resilience as preventative against major depression.
Martin: What does that look like in the brain?
Miller: One of the most beautiful findings in my 20 years as an investigator was from an MRI study conducted together with our colleagues at Yale Medical School. We looked at people of many different faith traditions and the first finding was that there is one neuro seat of transcendent perception and we share it. Now there's human variability of course, and we can strengthen components.
Martin: How are you actually doing that with people? Are you asking your subjects to pray? What are the spiritual inputs that are going into them so that you can measure it on their brains?
Miller: The very specific prompt was, "Tell us about a time where you felt a deep connection to God, your higher power, the source of life." Everyone had a story like that and as they told their story, we recorded them and it was then played back in their ears while they were inside the scanner.
Martin: Ah, they heard themselves recounting their spiritual experience.
Miller: It was tailor made to their own moment.
Martin: And you saw their brains light up?
Miller: Oh yes. Connecting to these memories, the bonding network comes up online just as when we were held in the arms of our parents or grandparents.
Martin: Wait, when you say the bonding network you mean you can literally see that the brain will respond to spiritual stimuli in the same way that it does to a hug from a family member when you're a baby?
Miller: Precisely.
Martin: Can you tell me how this manifests in the real world? I'm thinking about this anecdote you include in the book about a client of yours. A girl you refer to as Iliana.
Miller: Iliana adored her father, I mean, he was the sun and the moon and the stars to her. They were so close. And one night two men who her father knew, came into his corner store, robbed him and murdered him. And she was devastated. This was a grief that was so deep. She simply could not free herself from the grief that was shackling her heart.
One day, Iliana skips into my office. There's a levity and joy. She plops into the seat and says, "Dr. Miller, you're never gonna believe this. My cousin and my cousin's girlfriend chaperoned me so I could go to a party and I met the most wonderful boy. We talked so long, it must have been 20 minutes. He was so polite and so kind. But here's the best part, his name." Which was the same very usual name as her father.
She said, "Don't you see? My father sent him. My father is looking out after me." And from that day on she was in the world of the living. What changed everything for Iliana was the awareness that her father walked with her. She maintained a deep transcendent relationship with her father, as most people around the world do.
Iliana trusted her deep inner knowing that this was far too probabilistic to have happened by chance. That this very rare name held both by this new boy and her father could possibly mean nothing.
Martin: Can I ask, what are you thinking as you hear this? I mean, are you thinking that is just a crazy coincidence, but if she needs to believe that this is a sign from God, who am I to tell her otherwise? Because it seems to be working.
Miller: Well, at the time, that was certainly the most common interpretive framework amongst psychologists and psychiatrists. But I could see plain as day that this was a tremendously sacred moment. This was a living miracle. This was a gift.
For me to have treated it like some kind of cultural diversity variable or that it's just the meaning she makes would've actually taken all of the energy and spirit out of that transformative awakening moment. I joined her.
Now I did that authentically because it was my view as well that this is far too nonprobabilistic to have happened by chance, that there are very few people by that very same name and that the first boy she met in a year and a half since her father's passing should have the name of the father. It was a synchronicity. There was a deeper meaning being revealed.
Martin: When you're talking to people who aren't scientists, someone who's skeptical, someone who doesn't have faith, who doesn't have what they define as a spiritual life, what do you want them to take away from your research and your message?
Miller: I've given a number of talks to audiences who, prior to seeing the science, would not necessarily consider themselves spiritual people. And, in fact, I oftentimes hear from people who consider themselves skeptics and very left-brained and when they see the peer reviewed science that says we're naturally spiritual beings, that when we cultivate our spirituality we're 80% less likely to be addicted, 82% less likely to take our lives, it speaks to the left side of their brains long enough that it quiets down the skepticism.
In other words, three cheers for the skeptic. Here is published, peer reviewed science for skeptical audiences to begin to explore, to be curious about our spiritual nature. You know, at the inner table of human knowing we all have an empiricist, a logician, an intuitive, a mystic, and a skeptic. And the skeptic is very welcome, but the skeptic is not the bouncer at the door.
It is not scientific to put a skeptic as a bouncer at the door. It is not more rigorous to toss out an idea before being examined in every way. We are wired to be able to investigate. So I simply say to the biggest skeptic of all, you are most welcome to your own inner table of inquiry, but be sure to invite everyone else.
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South Mississippi attractions sees increase in tourism over summer
HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - Many tourists who come to Mississippi for the summer visit the usual vacation spots like the casinos, but others spend their time at family-focused attractions like Paradise Pier.
“We do get our fair share of locals to visit but also Louisiana is a main market for us as well,” said Tessy Lambert.
Lambert is the Chief Marketing Officer for Lodging Leisure Investment. She says the latest addition of the amusement park, Paradise Pier, helps to bring Biloxi into the spotlight for tourists.
“This is just one more attraction that really caps off Biloxi and the Mississippi Gulf Coast as a destination location for summer fun,” said Lambert.
Another location is the Mississippi Aquarium. Vice President for Marketing Patrick Pearson says they added new activities for families during the summer.
“We had a weekly summer camp where we hosted anywhere from 15 to 20 kids that would experience all parts of the aquarium and actually go out to Ship Island and do some research,” said Pearson.
Pearson says their summer started on Memorial Day and saw an increase in families looking to have a fun time.
“Year to date we are up anywhere from 8-10% in our attendance from last year,” said Pearson. “It’s been a good summer for us and are excited for the fall.”
Both attractions say despite the scorching heat, they are happy to show tourists what the Gulf Coast has to offer.
“I think when it comes to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, families that come here are looking to make memories and with the addition of Paradise Pier, we’ve given them just that,” said Lambert. “Things are happening here, and we are happy to be a part of it,” said Pearson.
In honor of Gulfport celebrating its 125th anniversary, the aquarium will sell tickets for $12.50 starting at 3 p.m.
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Consumer demand for speed and convenience drives labor unrest among workers in Hollywood and at UPS
NEW YORK (AP) — Six straight days of 12-hour driving. Single-digit paychecks. The complaints come from workers in vastly different industries: UPS delivery drivers and Hollywood actors and writers.
But they point to an underlying factor driving a surge of labor unrest: The cost to workers whose jobs have changed drastically as companies scramble to meet customer expectations for speed and convenience in industries transformed by technology.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated those changes, pushing retailers to shift online and intensifying the streaming competition among entertainment companies. Now, from the picket lines, workers are trying to give consumers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to produce a show that can be binged any time or get dog food delivered to their doorstep with a phone swipe.
Overworked and underpaid employees is an enduring complaint across industries — from delivery drivers to Starbucks baristas and airline pilots — where surges in consumer demand have collided with persistent labor shortages. Workers are pushing back against forced overtime, punishing schedules or company reliance on lower-paid, part-time or contract forces.
At issue for Hollywood screenwriters and actors staging their first simultaneous strikes in 40 years is the way streaming has upended entertainment economics, slashing pay and forcing showrunners to produce content faster with smaller teams.
“This seems to happen to many places when the tech companies come in. Who are we crushing? It doesn’t matter,” said Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, a screenwriter and showrunner on the negotiating team for the Writers Guild of America, whose members have been on strike since May. Earlier this month, the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists joined the writers’ union on the picket line.
Actors and writers have long relied on residuals, or long-term payments, for reruns and other airings of films and television shows. But reruns aren’t a thing on streaming services, where series and films simply land and stay with no easy way, such as box office returns or ratings, to determine their popularity.
Consequently, whatever residuals streaming companies do pay often amount to a pittance, and screenwriters have been sharing tales of receiving single-digit checks.
Adam Shapiro, an actor known for the Netflix hit “Never Have I Ever,” said many actors were initially content to accept lower pay for the plethora of roles that streaming suddenly offered. But the need for a more sustainable compensation model gained urgency when it became clear streaming is not a sideshow, but rather the future of the business, he said.
“Over the past 10 years, we realized: ‘Oh, that’s now how Hollywood works. Everything is streaming,’” Shapiro said during a recent union event.
Shapiro, who has been acting for 25 years, said he agreed to a contract offering 20% of his normal rate for “Never Have I Ever” because it seemed like “a great opportunity, and it’s going to be all over the world. And it was. It really was. Unfortunately, we’re all starting to realize that if we keep doing this we’re not going to be able to pay our bills.”
Then there’s the rising use of “mini rooms,” in which a handful of writers are hired to work only during pre-production, sometimes for a series that may take a year to be greenlit, or never get picked up at all.
Sanchez-Witzel, co-creator of the recently released Netflix series “Survival of the Thickest,” said television shows traditionally hire robust writing teams for the duration of production. But Netflix refused to allow her to keep her team of five writers past pre-production, forcing round-the-clock work on rewrites with just one other writer.
“It’s not sustainable and I’ll never do that again,” she said.
Sanchez-Witzel said she was struck by the similarities between her experience and those of UPS drivers, some of whom joined the WGA for protests as they threatened their own potentially crippling strike. UPS and the Teamsters last week reached a tentative contract staving off the strike.
Jeffrey Palmerino, a full-time UPS driver near Albany, New York, said forced overtime emerged as a top issue during the pandemic as drivers coped with a crush of orders on par with the holiday season. Drivers never knew what time they would get home or if they could count on two days off each week, while 14-hour days in trucks without air conditioning became the norm.
“It was basically like Christmas on steroids for two straight years. A lot of us were forced to work six days a week, and that is not any way to live your life,” said Palmerino, a Teamsters shop steward.
Along with pay raises and air conditioning, the Teamsters won concessions that Palmerino hopes will ease overwork. UPS agreed to end forced overtime on days off and eliminate a lower-paid category of drivers who work shifts that include weekends, converting them to full-time drivers. Union members have yet to ratify the deal.
The Teamsters and labor activists hailed the tentative deal as a game-changer that would pressure other companies facing labor unrest to raise their standards. But similar outcomes are far from certain in industries lacking the sheer economic indispensability of UPS or the clout of its 340,000-member union.
Efforts to organize at Starbucks and Amazon stalled as both companies aggressively fought against unionization.
Still, labor protests will likely gain momentum following the UPS contract, said Patricia Campos-Medina, executive director of the Worker Institute at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, which released a report this year that found the number of labor strikes rose 52% in 2022.
“The whole idea that consumer convenience is above everything broke down during the pandemic. We started to think, ‘I’m at home ordering, but there is actually a worker who has to go the grocery store, who has to cook this for me so that I can be comfortable,’” Campos-Medina said.
___
Associated Press video journalist Leslie Ambriz contributed from Los Angeles.
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Five people shot in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (WILX/Gray News) - Five people were shot in Lansing, Michigan, WILX reports.
Lansing Police officers responded to a shooting in the 1300 block of W. Holmes Road around 1:00 a.m. on Sunday.
When officers arrived, they found a large crowd of people and multiple shooting victims.
The Lansing Fire Department responded to treat and transport several of the victims to a local hospital. Due to the size of the crowd, the Lansing Police Department requested assistance from neighboring jurisdictions.
Five shooting victims were identified ranging in age from 16 to 26 years old. Two of the victims are listed in critical condition.
Police detained several suspects and recovered multiple firearms from the scene.
This is an active investigation and Lansing Police Detectives and Crime Scene Investigators are at the scene working to determine the events which led up to the shootings.
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Consumer demand for speed and convenience drives labor unrest among workers in Hollywood and at UPS
NEW YORK (AP) — Six straight days of 12-hour driving. Single-digit paychecks. The complaints come from workers in vastly different industries: UPS delivery drivers and Hollywood actors and writers.
But they point to an underlying factor driving a surge of labor unrest: The cost to workers whose jobs have changed drastically as companies scramble to meet customer expectations for speed and convenience in industries transformed by technology.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated those changes, pushing retailers to shift online and intensifying the streaming competition among entertainment companies. Now, from the picket lines, workers are trying to give consumers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to produce a show that can be binged any time or get dog food delivered to their doorstep with a phone swipe.
Overworked and underpaid employees is an enduring complaint across industries — from delivery drivers to Starbucks baristas and airline pilots — where surges in consumer demand have collided with persistent labor shortages. Workers are pushing back against forced overtime, punishing schedules or company reliance on lower-paid, part-time or contract forces.
At issue for Hollywood screenwriters and actors staging their first simultaneous strikes in 40 years is the way streaming has upended entertainment economics, slashing pay and forcing showrunners to produce content faster with smaller teams.
“This seems to happen to many places when the tech companies come in. Who are we crushing? It doesn’t matter,” said Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, a screenwriter and showrunner on the negotiating team for the Writers Guild of America, whose members have been on strike since May. Earlier this month, the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists joined the writers’ union on the picket line.
Actors and writers have long relied on residuals, or long-term payments, for reruns and other airings of films and television shows. But reruns aren’t a thing on streaming services, where series and films simply land and stay with no easy way, such as box office returns or ratings, to determine their popularity.
Consequently, whatever residuals streaming companies do pay often amount to a pittance, and screenwriters have been sharing tales of receiving single-digit checks.
Adam Shapiro, an actor known for the Netflix hit “Never Have I Ever,” said many actors were initially content to accept lower pay for the plethora of roles that streaming suddenly offered. But the need for a more sustainable compensation model gained urgency when it became clear streaming is not a sideshow, but rather the future of the business, he said.
“Over the past 10 years, we realized: ‘Oh, that’s now how Hollywood works. Everything is streaming,’” Shapiro said during a recent union event.
Shapiro, who has been acting for 25 years, said he agreed to a contract offering 20% of his normal rate for “Never Have I Ever” because it seemed like “a great opportunity, and it’s going to be all over the world. And it was. It really was. Unfortunately, we’re all starting to realize that if we keep doing this we’re not going to be able to pay our bills.”
Then there’s the rising use of “mini rooms,” in which a handful of writers are hired to work only during pre-production, sometimes for a series that may take a year to be greenlit, or never get picked up at all.
Sanchez-Witzel, co-creator of the recently released Netflix series “Survival of the Thickest,” said television shows traditionally hire robust writing teams for the duration of production. But Netflix refused to allow her to keep her team of five writers past pre-production, forcing round-the-clock work on rewrites with just one other writer.
“It’s not sustainable and I’ll never do that again,” she said.
Sanchez-Witzel said she was struck by the similarities between her experience and those of UPS drivers, some of whom joined the WGA for protests as they threatened their own potentially crippling strike. UPS and the Teamsters last week reached a tentative contract staving off the strike.
Jeffrey Palmerino, a full-time UPS driver near Albany, New York, said forced overtime emerged as a top issue during the pandemic as drivers coped with a crush of orders on par with the holiday season. Drivers never knew what time they would get home or if they could count on two days off each week, while 14-hour days in trucks without air conditioning became the norm.
“It was basically like Christmas on steroids for two straight years. A lot of us were forced to work six days a week, and that is not any way to live your life,” said Palmerino, a Teamsters shop steward.
Along with pay raises and air conditioning, the Teamsters won concessions that Palmerino hopes will ease overwork. UPS agreed to end forced overtime on days off and eliminate a lower-paid category of drivers who work shifts that include weekends, converting them to full-time drivers. Union members have yet to ratify the deal.
The Teamsters and labor activists hailed the tentative deal as a game-changer that would pressure other companies facing labor unrest to raise their standards. But similar outcomes are far from certain in industries lacking the sheer economic indispensability of UPS or the clout of its 340,000-member union.
Efforts to organize at Starbucks and Amazon stalled as both companies aggressively fought against unionization.
Still, labor protests will likely gain momentum following the UPS contract, said Patricia Campos-Medina, executive director of the Worker Institute at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, which released a report this year that found the number of labor strikes rose 52% in 2022.
“The whole idea that consumer convenience is above everything broke down during the pandemic. We started to think, ‘I’m at home ordering, but there is actually a worker who has to go the grocery store, who has to cook this for me so that I can be comfortable,’” Campos-Medina said.
___
Associated Press video journalist Leslie Ambriz contributed from Los Angeles.
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Five people shot in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (WILX/Gray News) - Five people were shot in Lansing, Michigan, WILX reports.
Lansing Police officers responded to a shooting in the 1300 block of W. Holmes Road around 1:00 a.m. on Sunday.
When officers arrived, they found a large crowd of people and multiple shooting victims.
The Lansing Fire Department responded to treat and transport several of the victims to a local hospital. Due to the size of the crowd, the Lansing Police Department requested assistance from neighboring jurisdictions.
Five shooting victims were identified ranging in age from 16 to 26 years old. Two of the victims are listed in critical condition.
Police detained several suspects and recovered multiple firearms from the scene.
This is an active investigation and Lansing Police Detectives and Crime Scene Investigators are at the scene working to determine the events which led up to the shootings.
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At a moment of growing legal peril, Donald Trump ramped up his calls for his GOP rivals to drop out of the 2024 presidential race as he threatened to primary Republican members of Congress who fail to focus on investigating Democratic President Joe Biden and urged them to halt Ukrainian military aid until the White House cooperates with their investigations into Biden and his family.
“Every dollar spent attacking me by Republicans is a dollar given straight to the Biden campaign,” Trump said at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night. The former president and GOP frontrunner said it was time for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others he dismissed as “clowns” to clear the field, accusing them of “wasting hundreds of millions of dollars that Republicans should be using to build a massive vote-gathering operation” to take on Biden in November.
The comments came two days after federal prosecutors unveiled new criminal charges against Trump as part of the case that accuses him of illegally hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago club and refusing to turn them over to investigators. The superseding indictment unsealed Thursday alleges that Trump and two staffers sought to delete surveillance at the club in an effort to obstruct the Justice Department's investigation.
The case is just one of Trump's mounting legal challenges. His team is currently bracing for additional possible indictments, which could happen as soon as this coming week, related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election brought by prosecutors in both Washington and Georgia. Trump already faces criminal charges in New York over hush money payments made to women who accused him of sexual encounters during his 2016 presidential campaign.
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Nevertheless, Trump remains the dominant early frontrunner for the Republican nomination and has only seen his lead grow as the charges have mounted and as his rivals have struggled to respond. Their challenge was on display at a GOP gathering in Iowa Friday night, where they largely declined to go after Trump directly. The only one who did — accusing Trump of “running to stay out of prison” — was booed as he left the stage.
In the meantime, Trump has embraced his legal woes, turning them into the core message of his bid to return to the White House as he accuses Biden of using the Justice Department to maim his chief political rival. The White House has said repeatedly that the president has had no involvement in the cases.
At rallies — including Saturday's — Trump has tried to frame the charges, which come with serious threats of jail time, as an attack not just on him, but those who support him.
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“They’re not indicting me, they’re indicting you. I just happen to be standing in the way,” he told the arena crowd in Erie, adding that, “Every time the radical left Democrats, Marxists, communists and fascists indict me, I consider it actually a great badge of honor.... Because I’m being indicted for you.”
But the investigations are also sucking up enormous resources that are being diverted from the nuts and bolts of the campaign. The Washington Post first reported Saturday that Trump’s political action committee, Save America, will report Monday that it spent more than $40 million on legal fees during the first half of 2023 defending Trump and all of the current and former aides whose lawyers it is paying. The total is more than the campaign raised during the second quarter of the year.
"In order to combat these heinous actions by Joe Biden’s cronies and to protect these innocent people from financial ruin and prevent their lives from being completely destroyed, the leadership PAC contributed to their legal fees to ensure they have representation against unlawful harassment," said Trump's spokesman Steven Cheung.
At the rally — held in a former Democratic stronghold that Trump flipped in 2016, but Biden won narrowly in 2020 — Trump also threatened Republicans in Congress who refuse to go along with efforts to impeach Biden. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said this past week that Republican lawmakers may consider an impeachment inquiry into the president over unproven claims of financial misconduct.
Trump, who was impeached twice while in office, said Saturday that, “The biggest complaint that I get is that the Republicans find out this information and then they do nothing about it."
“Any Republican that doesn't act on Democrat fraud should be immediately primaries and get out — out!” he told the crowd to loud applause. “They have to play tough and ... if they’re not willing to do it, we got a lot of good, tough Republicans around ... and they're going to get my endorsement every singe time.”
Trump, during the 2022 midterm elections, made it his mission to punish those who had voted in favor of his second impeachment and succeeded in unseating most who had by backing primary challengers.
At the rally, Trump also called on Republican members of Congress to halt the authorization of additional military support to Ukraine, which has been mired in a war fighting Russia’s invasion, until the Biden administration cooperates with Republican investigations into Biden and his family’s business dealings — words that echoed the call that lead to his first impeachment.
“He’s dragging into a global conflict on behalf of the very same country, Ukraine, that apparently paid his family all of these millions of dollars,” Trump alleged. “In light of this information,” Congress, he said, “should refuse to authorize a single additional payment of our depleted stockpiles ... the weapons stockpiles to Ukraine until the FBI, DOJ and IRS hand over every scrap of evidence they have on the Biden crime family’s corrupt business dealings.”
House Republicans have been investigating the Biden family’s finances, particularly payments Hunter, the president’s son, received from Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company that became tangled in the first impeachment of Trump.
An unnamed confidential FBI informant claimed that Burisma company officials in 2015 and 2016 sought to pay the Bidens $5 million each in return for their help ousting a Ukrainian prosecutor who was purportedly investigating the company. But a Justice Department review in 2020, while Trump was president, was closed eight months later with insufficient evidence of wrongdoing.
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Consumer demand for speed and convenience drives labor unrest among workers in Hollywood and at UPS
NEW YORK (AP) — Six straight days of 12-hour driving. Single-digit paychecks. The complaints come from workers in vastly different industries: UPS delivery drivers and Hollywood actors and writers.
But they point to an underlying factor driving a surge of labor unrest: The cost to workers whose jobs have changed drastically as companies scramble to meet customer expectations for speed and convenience in industries transformed by technology.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated those changes, pushing retailers to shift online and intensifying the streaming competition among entertainment companies. Now, from the picket lines, workers are trying to give consumers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to produce a show that can be binged any time or get dog food delivered to their doorstep with a phone swipe.
Overworked and underpaid employees is an enduring complaint across industries — from delivery drivers to Starbucks baristas and airline pilots — where surges in consumer demand have collided with persistent labor shortages. Workers are pushing back against forced overtime, punishing schedules or company reliance on lower-paid, part-time or contract forces.
At issue for Hollywood screenwriters and actors staging their first simultaneous strikes in 40 years is the way streaming has upended entertainment economics, slashing pay and forcing showrunners to produce content faster with smaller teams.
“This seems to happen to many places when the tech companies come in. Who are we crushing? It doesn’t matter,” said Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, a screenwriter and showrunner on the negotiating team for the Writers Guild of America, whose members have been on strike since May. Earlier this month, the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists joined the writers’ union on the picket line.
Actors and writers have long relied on residuals, or long-term payments, for reruns and other airings of films and television shows. But reruns aren’t a thing on streaming services, where series and films simply land and stay with no easy way, such as box office returns or ratings, to determine their popularity.
Consequently, whatever residuals streaming companies do pay often amount to a pittance, and screenwriters have been sharing tales of receiving single-digit checks.
Adam Shapiro, an actor known for the Netflix hit “Never Have I Ever,” said many actors were initially content to accept lower pay for the plethora of roles that streaming suddenly offered. But the need for a more sustainable compensation model gained urgency when it became clear streaming is not a sideshow, but rather the future of the business, he said.
“Over the past 10 years, we realized: ‘Oh, that’s now how Hollywood works. Everything is streaming,’” Shapiro said during a recent union event.
Shapiro, who has been acting for 25 years, said he agreed to a contract offering 20% of his normal rate for “Never Have I Ever” because it seemed like “a great opportunity, and it’s going to be all over the world. And it was. It really was. Unfortunately, we’re all starting to realize that if we keep doing this we’re not going to be able to pay our bills.”
Then there’s the rising use of “mini rooms,” in which a handful of writers are hired to work only during pre-production, sometimes for a series that may take a year to be greenlit, or never get picked up at all.
Sanchez-Witzel, co-creator of the recently released Netflix series “Survival of the Thickest,” said television shows traditionally hire robust writing teams for the duration of production. But Netflix refused to allow her to keep her team of five writers past pre-production, forcing round-the-clock work on rewrites with just one other writer.
“It’s not sustainable and I’ll never do that again,” she said.
Sanchez-Witzel said she was struck by the similarities between her experience and those of UPS drivers, some of whom joined the WGA for protests as they threatened their own potentially crippling strike. UPS and the Teamsters last week reached a tentative contract staving off the strike.
Jeffrey Palmerino, a full-time UPS driver near Albany, New York, said forced overtime emerged as a top issue during the pandemic as drivers coped with a crush of orders on par with the holiday season. Drivers never knew what time they would get home or if they could count on two days off each week, while 14-hour days in trucks without air conditioning became the norm.
“It was basically like Christmas on steroids for two straight years. A lot of us were forced to work six days a week, and that is not any way to live your life,” said Palmerino, a Teamsters shop steward.
Along with pay raises and air conditioning, the Teamsters won concessions that Palmerino hopes will ease overwork. UPS agreed to end forced overtime on days off and eliminate a lower-paid category of drivers who work shifts that include weekends, converting them to full-time drivers. Union members have yet to ratify the deal.
The Teamsters and labor activists hailed the tentative deal as a game-changer that would pressure other companies facing labor unrest to raise their standards. But similar outcomes are far from certain in industries lacking the sheer economic indispensability of UPS or the clout of its 340,000-member union.
Efforts to organize at Starbucks and Amazon stalled as both companies aggressively fought against unionization.
Still, labor protests will likely gain momentum following the UPS contract, said Patricia Campos-Medina, executive director of the Worker Institute at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, which released a report this year that found the number of labor strikes rose 52% in 2022.
“The whole idea that consumer convenience is above everything broke down during the pandemic. We started to think, ‘I’m at home ordering, but there is actually a worker who has to go the grocery store, who has to cook this for me so that I can be comfortable,’” Campos-Medina said.
___
Associated Press video journalist Leslie Ambriz contributed from Los Angeles.
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How to Watch the Lynx vs. Sun Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 30
Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 6:29 AM CDT|Updated: 49 minutes ago
DeWanna Bonner will lead the Connecticut Sun (18-6) against the Minnesota Lynx (12-13) one game after putting up 32 points in an 88-83 win over the Wings. The matchup is on Sunday, July 30, 2023, at 1:00 PM ET on CBS Sports Network and NBCS-BOS.
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Lynx vs. Sun Game Info
- Game Day: Sunday, July 30, 2023
- Game Time: 1:00 PM ET
- TV: CBS Sports Network
- Arena: Mohegan Sun Arena
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
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Key Stats for Lynx vs. Sun
- Minnesota's 80.2 points per game are just 1.6 more points than the 78.6 Connecticut allows.
- Minnesota has shot at a 43% rate from the field this season, 0.8 percentage points higher than the 42.2% shooting opponents of Connecticut have averaged.
- The Lynx are 11-5 when they shoot higher than 42.2% from the field.
- Minnesota shoots 31.4% from three-point distance this season. That's only 0.2 percentage points higher than Connecticut has allowed its opponents to shoot from deep (31.2%).
- The Lynx have an 8-5 record when the team makes more than 31.2% of their three-point attempts.
- Connecticut and Minnesota rebound at about the same rate, with Connecticut averaging 0.7 fewer rebounds per game.
Lynx Recent Performance
- The Lynx are tallying 81.9 points per game over their last 10 games, compared to their season average of 80.2.
- Minnesota is tallying 81.9 points per game over its previous 10 games, compared to its season average of 80.2.
- Over their past 10 games, the Lynx are sinking 6.8 three-pointers per game, 0.2 more than their season average (6.6). They also have a higher three-point percentage over their last 10 contests (33.5%) compared to their season average (31.4%).
Lynx Injuries
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Consumer demand for speed and convenience drives labor unrest among workers in Hollywood and at UPS
NEW YORK (AP) — Six straight days of 12-hour driving. Single-digit paychecks. The complaints come from workers in vastly different industries: UPS delivery drivers and Hollywood actors and writers.
But they point to an underlying factor driving a surge of labor unrest: The cost to workers whose jobs have changed drastically as companies scramble to meet customer expectations for speed and convenience in industries transformed by technology.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated those changes, pushing retailers to shift online and intensifying the streaming competition among entertainment companies. Now, from the picket lines, workers are trying to give consumers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to produce a show that can be binged any time or get dog food delivered to their doorstep with a phone swipe.
Overworked and underpaid employees is an enduring complaint across industries — from delivery drivers to Starbucks baristas and airline pilots — where surges in consumer demand have collided with persistent labor shortages. Workers are pushing back against forced overtime, punishing schedules or company reliance on lower-paid, part-time or contract forces.
At issue for Hollywood screenwriters and actors staging their first simultaneous strikes in 40 years is the way streaming has upended entertainment economics, slashing pay and forcing showrunners to produce content faster with smaller teams.
“This seems to happen to many places when the tech companies come in. Who are we crushing? It doesn’t matter,” said Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, a screenwriter and showrunner on the negotiating team for the Writers Guild of America, whose members have been on strike since May. Earlier this month, the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists joined the writers’ union on the picket line.
Actors and writers have long relied on residuals, or long-term payments, for reruns and other airings of films and television shows. But reruns aren’t a thing on streaming services, where series and films simply land and stay with no easy way, such as box office returns or ratings, to determine their popularity.
Consequently, whatever residuals streaming companies do pay often amount to a pittance, and screenwriters have been sharing tales of receiving single-digit checks.
Adam Shapiro, an actor known for the Netflix hit “Never Have I Ever,” said many actors were initially content to accept lower pay for the plethora of roles that streaming suddenly offered. But the need for a more sustainable compensation model gained urgency when it became clear streaming is not a sideshow, but rather the future of the business, he said.
“Over the past 10 years, we realized: ‘Oh, that’s now how Hollywood works. Everything is streaming,’” Shapiro said during a recent union event.
Shapiro, who has been acting for 25 years, said he agreed to a contract offering 20% of his normal rate for “Never Have I Ever” because it seemed like “a great opportunity, and it’s going to be all over the world. And it was. It really was. Unfortunately, we’re all starting to realize that if we keep doing this we’re not going to be able to pay our bills.”
Then there’s the rising use of “mini rooms,” in which a handful of writers are hired to work only during pre-production, sometimes for a series that may take a year to be greenlit, or never get picked up at all.
Sanchez-Witzel, co-creator of the recently released Netflix series “Survival of the Thickest,” said television shows traditionally hire robust writing teams for the duration of production. But Netflix refused to allow her to keep her team of five writers past pre-production, forcing round-the-clock work on rewrites with just one other writer.
“It’s not sustainable and I’ll never do that again,” she said.
Sanchez-Witzel said she was struck by the similarities between her experience and those of UPS drivers, some of whom joined the WGA for protests as they threatened their own potentially crippling strike. UPS and the Teamsters last week reached a tentative contract staving off the strike.
Jeffrey Palmerino, a full-time UPS driver near Albany, New York, said forced overtime emerged as a top issue during the pandemic as drivers coped with a crush of orders on par with the holiday season. Drivers never knew what time they would get home or if they could count on two days off each week, while 14-hour days in trucks without air conditioning became the norm.
“It was basically like Christmas on steroids for two straight years. A lot of us were forced to work six days a week, and that is not any way to live your life,” said Palmerino, a Teamsters shop steward.
Along with pay raises and air conditioning, the Teamsters won concessions that Palmerino hopes will ease overwork. UPS agreed to end forced overtime on days off and eliminate a lower-paid category of drivers who work shifts that include weekends, converting them to full-time drivers. Union members have yet to ratify the deal.
The Teamsters and labor activists hailed the tentative deal as a game-changer that would pressure other companies facing labor unrest to raise their standards. But similar outcomes are far from certain in industries lacking the sheer economic indispensability of UPS or the clout of its 340,000-member union.
Efforts to organize at Starbucks and Amazon stalled as both companies aggressively fought against unionization.
Still, labor protests will likely gain momentum following the UPS contract, said Patricia Campos-Medina, executive director of the Worker Institute at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, which released a report this year that found the number of labor strikes rose 52% in 2022.
“The whole idea that consumer convenience is above everything broke down during the pandemic. We started to think, ‘I’m at home ordering, but there is actually a worker who has to go the grocery store, who has to cook this for me so that I can be comfortable,’” Campos-Medina said.
___
Associated Press video journalist Leslie Ambriz contributed from Los Angeles.
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Five people shot in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (WILX/Gray News) - Five people were shot in Lansing, Michigan, WILX reports.
Lansing Police officers responded to a shooting in the 1300 block of W. Holmes Road around 1:00 a.m. on Sunday.
When officers arrived, they found a large crowd of people and multiple shooting victims.
The Lansing Fire Department responded to treat and transport several of the victims to a local hospital. Due to the size of the crowd, the Lansing Police Department requested assistance from neighboring jurisdictions.
Five shooting victims were identified ranging in age from 16 to 26 years old. Two of the victims are listed in critical condition.
Police detained several suspects and recovered multiple firearms from the scene.
This is an active investigation and Lansing Police Detectives and Crime Scene Investigators are at the scene working to determine the events which led up to the shootings.
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MLB Games Tonight: How to Watch on TV, Streaming & Odds - Sunday, July 30
Today's MLB schedule has plenty of quality competition on the docket. Among those games is the Texas Rangers squaring off against the San Diego Padres.
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How to Watch Today's MLB Games
The Toronto Blue Jays (59-46) take on the Los Angeles Angels (54-51)
The Angels hope to get a road victory at Rogers Centre against the Blue Jays on Sunday at 12:05 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- TOR Key Player: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (.268 AVG, 17 HR, 65 RBI)
- LAA Key Player: Shohei Ohtani (.302 AVG, 39 HR, 81 RBI)
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The Atlanta Braves (66-36) face the Milwaukee Brewers (57-48)
The Brewers will hit the field at Truist Park versus the Braves on Sunday at 1:35 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 1:35 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- ATL Key Player: Ronald Acuña Jr. (.333 AVG, 24 HR, 61 RBI)
- MIL Key Player: Christian Yelich (.286 AVG, 15 HR, 58 RBI)
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The Pittsburgh Pirates (46-58) play host to the Philadelphia Phillies (56-48)
The Phillies will look to pick up a road win at PNC Park versus the Pirates on Sunday at 1:35 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 1:35 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- PIT Key Player: Bryan Reynolds (.255 AVG, 11 HR, 47 RBI)
- PHI Key Player: Bryson Stott (.306 AVG, 9 HR, 37 RBI)
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The Miami Marlins (56-49) play the Detroit Tigers (47-58)
The Tigers will take to the field at LoanDepot park against the Marlins on Sunday at 1:40 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- MIA Key Player: Luis Arraez (.381 AVG, 3 HR, 51 RBI)
- DET Key Player: Spencer Torkelson (.230 AVG, 15 HR, 58 RBI)
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The New York Mets (49-55) play the Washington Nationals (44-61)
The Nationals will hit the field at Citi Field versus the Mets on Sunday at 1:40 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- NYM Key Player: Pete Alonso (.217 AVG, 30 HR, 73 RBI)
- WSH Key Player: Lane Thomas (.286 AVG, 16 HR, 55 RBI)
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The Chicago White Sox (43-63) take on the Cleveland Guardians (52-53)
The Guardians will look to pick up a road win at Guaranteed Rate Field against the White Sox on Sunday at 2:10 PM ET.
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Hitters to Watch
- CHW Key Player: Luis Robert (.270 AVG, 29 HR, 60 RBI)
- CLE Key Player: José Ramírez (.288 AVG, 16 HR, 60 RBI)
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The Kansas City Royals (31-75) face the Minnesota Twins (54-52)
The Twins will hit the field at Kauffman Stadium against the Royals on Sunday at 2:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- KC Key Player: Bobby Witt Jr. (.263 AVG, 18 HR, 60 RBI)
- MIN Key Player: Carlos Correa (.228 AVG, 12 HR, 45 RBI)
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The Houston Astros (59-46) take on the Tampa Bay Rays (63-44)
The Rays will take to the field at Minute Maid Park versus the Astros on Sunday at 2:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet SW
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- Game Time: 2:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- HOU Key Player: Kyle Tucker (.299 AVG, 18 HR, 69 RBI)
- TB Key Player: Wander Franco (.267 AVG, 12 HR, 49 RBI)
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The St. Louis Cardinals (46-60) face the Chicago Cubs (53-51)
The Cubs will hit the field at Busch Stadium versus the Cardinals on Sunday at 2:15 PM ET.
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Hitters to Watch
- STL Key Player: Nolan Arenado (.282 AVG, 22 HR, 77 RBI)
- CHC Key Player: Nico Hoerner (.278 AVG, 7 HR, 57 RBI)
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The Colorado Rockies (40-64) host the Oakland Athletics (30-76)
The Athletics will take to the field at Coors Field against the Rockies on Sunday at 3:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet RM
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- Game Time: 3:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- COL Key Player: Ryan McMahon (.255 AVG, 16 HR, 48 RBI)
- OAK Key Player: Brent Rooker (.248 AVG, 17 HR, 47 RBI)
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The San Francisco Giants (57-48) play the Boston Red Sox (56-48)
The Red Sox will look to pick up a road win at Oracle Park versus the Giants on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.
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Hitters to Watch
- SF Key Player: LaMonte Wade Jr (.269 AVG, 9 HR, 29 RBI)
- BOS Key Player: Justin Turner (.288 AVG, 16 HR, 68 RBI)
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The Los Angeles Dodgers (59-44) take on the Cincinnati Reds (57-49)
The Reds will look to pick up a road win at Dodger Stadium versus the Dodgers on Sunday at 4:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet LA
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- LAD Key Player: Freddie Freeman (.328 AVG, 21 HR, 73 RBI)
- CIN Key Player: Spencer Steer (.276 AVG, 15 HR, 57 RBI)
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The San Diego Padres (51-54) play host to the Texas Rangers (60-45)
The Rangers will look to pick up a road win at PETCO Park versus the Padres on Sunday at 4:10 PM ET.
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Hitters to Watch
- SD Key Player: Juan Soto (.265 AVG, 20 HR, 63 RBI)
- TEX Key Player: Marcus Semien (.275 AVG, 15 HR, 64 RBI)
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The Arizona Diamondbacks (56-49) host the Seattle Mariners (53-51)
The Mariners will take to the field at Chase Field against the Diamondbacks on Sunday at 4:10 PM ET.
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Hitters to Watch
- ARI Key Player: Corbin Carroll (.288 AVG, 21 HR, 57 RBI)
- SEA Key Player: Julio Rodríguez (.252 AVG, 17 HR, 55 RBI)
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The Baltimore Orioles (63-41) play the New York Yankees (55-49)
The Yankees will look to pick up a road win at Oriole Park at Camden Yards against the Orioles on Sunday at 7:10 PM ET.
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Hitters to Watch
- BAL Key Player: Adley Rutschman (.267 AVG, 14 HR, 46 RBI)
- NYY Key Player: Gleyber Torres (.258 AVG, 16 HR, 44 RBI)
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Arkansas is temporarily blocked from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing “harmful” materials to minors, a federal judge ruled Saturday.
U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks issued a preliminary injunction against the law, which also would have created a new process to challenge library materials and request that they be relocated to areas not accessible by kids. The measure, signed by Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders earlier this year, was set to take effect Aug. 1.
A coalition that included the Central Arkansas Library System in Little Rock had challenged the law, saying fear of prosecution under the measure could prompt libraries and booksellers to no longer carry titles that could be challenged.
The judge also rejected a motion by the defendants, which include prosecuting attorneys for the state, seeking to dismiss the case.
The ACLU of Arkansas, which represents some of the plaintiffs, applauded the court’s ruling, saying that the absence of a preliminary injunction would have jeopardized First Amendment rights.“The question we had to ask was — do Arkansans still legally have access to reading materials? Luckily, the judicial system has once again defended our highly valued liberties,” Holly Dickson, the executive director of the ACLU in Arkansas, said in a statement.
The lawsuit comes as lawmakers in an increasing number of conservative states are pushing for measures making it easier to ban or restrict access to books. The number of attempts to ban or restrict books across the U.S. last year was the highest in the 20 years the American Library Association has been tracking such efforts.
Laws restricting access to certain materials or making it easier to challenge them have been enacted in several other states, including Iowa, Indiana and Texas.
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said in an email Saturday that his office would be “reviewing the judge’s opinion and will continue to vigorously defend the law.”
The executive director of Central Arkansas Library System, Nate Coulter, said the judge’s 49-page decision recognized the law as censorship, a violation of the Constitution and wrongly maligning librarians.
“As folks in southwest Arkansas say, this order is stout as horseradish!” he said in an email.
“I’m relieved that for now the dark cloud that was hanging over CALS’ librarians has lifted,” he added.
Cheryl Davis, general counsel for the Authors Guild, said the organization is “thrilled” about the decision. She said enforcing this law “is likely to limit the free speech rights of older minors, who are capable of reading and processing more complex reading materials than young children can.”
The Arkansas lawsuit names the state’s 28 local prosecutors as defendants, along with Crawford County in west Arkansas. A separate lawsuit is challenging the Crawford County library’s decision to move children’s books that included LGBTQ+ themes to a separate portion of the library.
The plaintiffs challenging Arkansas’ restrictions also include the Fayetteville and Eureka Springs Carnegie public libraries, the American Booksellers Association and the Association of American Publishers. | https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2023/07/30/judge-blocks-arkansas-law-allowing-librarians-to-be-criminally-charged-over--harmful--materials | 2023-07-30T12:19:43 | 1 | https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2023/07/30/judge-blocks-arkansas-law-allowing-librarians-to-be-criminally-charged-over--harmful--materials |
MLB Probable Starting Pitchers Tonight: Sunday, July 30
Who are the probable pitchers lined up to start on Sunday? Below, we list every starting pitching matchup for the day, which includes Luis Castillo toeing the rubber for the Mariners, and Merrill Kelly getting the call for the Diamondbacks.
Keep reading to find the probable starters for every contest on the docket for July 30.
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Today's Probable Starting Pitchers
Angels at Blue Jays Probable Pitchers
The Los Angeles Angels will send Tyler Anderson (5-2) to the hill as they play the Blue Jays, who will give the start to Jose Berrios (8-7) for the game between the clubs on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Angels at Blue Jays
- TOR Odds to Win: -200
- LAA Odds to Win: +165
- Total: 9.5 runs
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Brewers at Braves Probable Pitchers
The Milwaukee Brewers will send Colin Rea (5-4) to the mound as they play the Braves, who will counter with AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0) for the game between the clubs on Sunday.
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Phillies at Pirates Probable Pitchers
The Philadelphia Phillies will send Cristopher Sanchez (0-3) to the hill as they take on the Pirates, who will look to Rich Hill (7-10) when the teams face off Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Phillies at Pirates
- PHI Odds to Win: -150
- PIT Odds to Win: +125
- Total: 9 runs
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Tigers at Marlins Probable Pitchers
The Detroit Tigers will send Tarik Skubal (1-1) to the bump as they face the Marlins, who will counter with Jesus Luzardo (8-5) when the clubs face off on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Tigers at Marlins
- MIA Odds to Win: -150
- DET Odds to Win: +125
- Total: 7 runs
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Nationals at Mets Probable Pitchers
The Washington Nationals will send Trevor Williams (5-5) to the hill as they face the Mets, who will look to Justin Verlander (5-5) for the matchup between the clubs on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Nationals at Mets
- NYM Odds to Win: -275
- WSH Odds to Win: +220
- Total: 8.5 runs
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Guardians at White Sox Probable Pitchers
The Cleveland Guardians will send Aaron Civale (4-2) to the mound as they play the White Sox, who will counter with Michael Kopech (4-9) for the game between the clubs Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Guardians at White Sox
- CLE Odds to Win: -145
- CHW Odds to Win: +120
- Total: 9 runs
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Twins at Royals Probable Pitchers
The Minnesota Twins will send Kenta Maeda (2-5) to the hill as they play the Royals, who will look to Ryan Yarbrough (3-5) for the game between the clubs Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Twins at Royals
- MIN Odds to Win: -185
- KC Odds to Win: +150
- Total: 9 runs
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Rays at Astros Probable Pitchers
The Tampa Bay Rays will send Zack Littell (0-2) to the bump as they play the Astros, who will counter with Brandon Bielak (5-5) when the teams play on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Rays at Astros
- HOU Odds to Win: -110
- TB Odds to Win: -110
- Total: 9 runs
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Cubs at Cardinals Probable Pitchers
The Chicago Cubs will send Kyle Hendricks (4-4) to the mound as they take on the Cardinals, who will counter with Steven Matz (1-7) when the teams play on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Cubs at Cardinals
- STL Odds to Win: -145
- CHC Odds to Win: +120
- Total: 9 runs
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Athletics at Rockies Probable Pitchers
The Oakland Athletics will send Luis Medina (3-7) to the hill as they play the Rockies, who will counter with Ty Blach (0-0) when the clubs play Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Athletics at Rockies
- COL Odds to Win: -110
- OAK Odds to Win: -110
- Total: 12.5 runs
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Red Sox at Giants Probable Pitchers
The Boston Red Sox will send Brennan Bernardino (1-0) to the mound as they play the Giants, who will look to Scott Alexander (6-1) when the clubs meet on Sunday.
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Reds at Dodgers Probable Pitchers
The Cincinnati Reds will send Graham Ashcraft (5-7) to the bump as they take on the Dodgers, who will give the start to Michael Grove (2-2) for the matchup between the clubs Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Reds at Dodgers
- LAD Odds to Win: -185
- CIN Odds to Win: +150
- Total: 10.5 runs
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Rangers at Padres Probable Pitchers
The Texas Rangers will send Cody Bradford (2-1) to the hill as they play the Padres, who will give the start to Blake Snell (7-8) for the game between the clubs Sunday.
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Mariners at Diamondbacks Probable Pitchers
The Seattle Mariners will send Castillo (6-7) to the mound as they take on the Diamondbacks, who will counter with Kelly (9-4) when the teams play Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Mariners at Diamondbacks
- SEA Odds to Win: -120
- ARI Odds to Win: +100
- Total: 8.5 runs
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Yankees at Orioles Probable Pitchers
The New York Yankees will send Luis Severino (2-4) to the bump as they play the Orioles, who will hand the ball to Dean Kremer (10-4) when the teams face off Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Yankees at Orioles
- BAL Odds to Win: -125
- NYY Odds to Win: +105
- Total: 9 runs
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NEW YORK (AP) — At a moment of growing legal peril, Donald Trump ramped up his calls for his GOP rivals to drop out of the 2024 presidential race as he threatened to primary Republican members of Congress who fail to focus on investigating Democratic President Joe Biden and urged them to halt Ukrainian military aid until the White House cooperates with their investigations into Biden and his family.
"Every dollar spent attacking me by Republicans is a dollar given straight to the Biden campaign," Trump said at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night. The former president and GOP frontrunner said it was time for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others he dismissed as "clowns" to clear the field, accusing them of "wasting hundreds of millions of dollars that Republicans should be using to build a massive vote-gathering operation" to take on Biden in November.
The comments came two days after federal prosecutors unveiled new criminal charges against Trump as part of the case that accuses him of illegally hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago club and refusing to turn them over to investigators. The superseding indictment unsealed Thursday alleges that Trump and two staffers sought to delete surveillance at the club in an effort to obstruct the Justice Department's investigation.
The case is just one of Trump's mounting legal challenges. His team is currently bracing for additional possible indictments, which could happen as soon as this coming week, related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election brought by prosecutors in both Washington and Georgia. Trump already faces criminal charges in New York over hush money payments made to women who accused him of sexual encounters during his 2016 presidential campaign.
Nevertheless, Trump remains the dominant early frontrunner for the Republican nomination and has only seen his lead grow as the charges have mounted and as his rivals have struggled to respond. Their challenge was on display at a GOP gathering in Iowa Friday night, where they largely declined to go after Trump directly. The only one who did — accusing Trump of "running to stay out of prison" — was booed as he left the stage.
In the meantime, Trump has embraced his legal woes, turning them into the core message of his bid to return to the White House as he accuses Biden of using the Justice Department to maim his chief political rival. The White House has said repeatedly that the president has had no involvement in the cases.
At rallies — including Saturday's — Trump has tried to frame the charges, which come with serious threats of jail time, as an attack not just on him, but those who support him.
"They're not indicting me, they're indicting you. I just happen to be standing in the way," he told the arena crowd in Erie, adding that, "Every time the radical left Democrats, Marxists, communists and fascists indict me, I consider it actually a great badge of honor.... Because I'm being indicted for you."
But the investigations are also sucking up enormous resources that are being diverted from the nuts and bolts of the campaign. The Washington Post first reported Saturday that Trump's political action committee, Save America, will report Monday that it spent more than $40 million on legal fees during the first half of 2023 defending Trump and all of the current and former aides whose lawyers it is paying. The total is more than the campaign raised during the second quarter of the year.
"In order to combat these heinous actions by Joe Biden's cronies and to protect these innocent people from financial ruin and prevent their lives from being completely destroyed, the leadership PAC contributed to their legal fees to ensure they have representation against unlawful harassment," said Trump's spokesman Steven Cheung.
At the rally — held in a former Democratic stronghold that Trump flipped in 2016, but Biden won narrowly in 2020 — Trump also threatened Republicans in Congress who refuse to go along with efforts to impeach Biden. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said this past week that Republican lawmakers may consider an impeachment inquiry into the president over unproven claims of financial misconduct.
Trump, who was impeached twice while in office, said Saturday that, "The biggest complaint that I get is that the Republicans find out this information and then they do nothing about it."
"Any Republican that doesn't act on Democrat fraud should be immediately primaries and get out — out!" he told the crowd to loud applause. "They have to play tough and ... if they're not willing to do it, we got a lot of good, tough Republicans around ... and they're going to get my endorsement every singe time."
Trump, during the 2022 midterm elections, made it his mission to punish those who had voted in favor of his second impeachment and succeeded in unseating most who had by backing primary challengers.
At the rally, Trump also called on Republican members of Congress to halt the authorization of additional military support to Ukraine, which has been mired in a war fighting Russia's invasion, until the Biden administration cooperates with Republican investigations into Biden and his family's business dealings — words that echoed the call that lead to his first impeachment.
"He's dragging into a global conflict on behalf of the very same country, Ukraine, that apparently paid his family all of these millions of dollars," Trump alleged. "In light of this information," Congress, he said, "should refuse to authorize a single additional payment of our depleted stockpiles ... the weapons stockpiles to Ukraine until the FBI, DOJ and IRS hand over every scrap of evidence they have on the Biden crime family's corrupt business dealings."
House Republicans have been investigating the Biden family's finances, particularly payments Hunter, the president's son, received from Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company that became tangled in the first impeachment of Trump.
An unnamed confidential FBI informant claimed that Burisma company officials in 2015 and 2016 sought to pay the Bidens $5 million each in return for their help ousting a Ukrainian prosecutor who was purportedly investigating the company. But a Justice Department review in 2020, while Trump was president, was closed eight months later with insufficient evidence of wrongdoing.
Trump's first impeachment by the House resulted in charges that he pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to dig up dirt on the Bidens while threatening to withhold military aid. Trump was later acquitted by the Senate. | https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2023/07/30/trump--amid-legal-perils--calls-on-gop-to-rally-around-him-as-he-threatens-primary-challenges | 2023-07-30T12:19:49 | 1 | https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2023/07/30/trump--amid-legal-perils--calls-on-gop-to-rally-around-him-as-he-threatens-primary-challenges |
Consumer demand for speed and convenience drives labor unrest among workers in Hollywood and at UPS
NEW YORK (AP) — Six straight days of 12-hour driving. Single-digit paychecks. The complaints come from workers in vastly different industries: UPS delivery drivers and Hollywood actors and writers.
But they point to an underlying factor driving a surge of labor unrest: The cost to workers whose jobs have changed drastically as companies scramble to meet customer expectations for speed and convenience in industries transformed by technology.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated those changes, pushing retailers to shift online and intensifying the streaming competition among entertainment companies. Now, from the picket lines, workers are trying to give consumers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to produce a show that can be binged any time or get dog food delivered to their doorstep with a phone swipe.
Overworked and underpaid employees is an enduring complaint across industries — from delivery drivers to Starbucks baristas and airline pilots — where surges in consumer demand have collided with persistent labor shortages. Workers are pushing back against forced overtime, punishing schedules or company reliance on lower-paid, part-time or contract forces.
At issue for Hollywood screenwriters and actors staging their first simultaneous strikes in 40 years is the way streaming has upended entertainment economics, slashing pay and forcing showrunners to produce content faster with smaller teams.
“This seems to happen to many places when the tech companies come in. Who are we crushing? It doesn’t matter,” said Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, a screenwriter and showrunner on the negotiating team for the Writers Guild of America, whose members have been on strike since May. Earlier this month, the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists joined the writers’ union on the picket line.
Actors and writers have long relied on residuals, or long-term payments, for reruns and other airings of films and television shows. But reruns aren’t a thing on streaming services, where series and films simply land and stay with no easy way, such as box office returns or ratings, to determine their popularity.
Consequently, whatever residuals streaming companies do pay often amount to a pittance, and screenwriters have been sharing tales of receiving single-digit checks.
Adam Shapiro, an actor known for the Netflix hit “Never Have I Ever,” said many actors were initially content to accept lower pay for the plethora of roles that streaming suddenly offered. But the need for a more sustainable compensation model gained urgency when it became clear streaming is not a sideshow, but rather the future of the business, he said.
“Over the past 10 years, we realized: ‘Oh, that’s now how Hollywood works. Everything is streaming,’” Shapiro said during a recent union event.
Shapiro, who has been acting for 25 years, said he agreed to a contract offering 20% of his normal rate for “Never Have I Ever” because it seemed like “a great opportunity, and it’s going to be all over the world. And it was. It really was. Unfortunately, we’re all starting to realize that if we keep doing this we’re not going to be able to pay our bills.”
Then there’s the rising use of “mini rooms,” in which a handful of writers are hired to work only during pre-production, sometimes for a series that may take a year to be greenlit, or never get picked up at all.
Sanchez-Witzel, co-creator of the recently released Netflix series “Survival of the Thickest,” said television shows traditionally hire robust writing teams for the duration of production. But Netflix refused to allow her to keep her team of five writers past pre-production, forcing round-the-clock work on rewrites with just one other writer.
“It’s not sustainable and I’ll never do that again,” she said.
Sanchez-Witzel said she was struck by the similarities between her experience and those of UPS drivers, some of whom joined the WGA for protests as they threatened their own potentially crippling strike. UPS and the Teamsters last week reached a tentative contract staving off the strike.
Jeffrey Palmerino, a full-time UPS driver near Albany, New York, said forced overtime emerged as a top issue during the pandemic as drivers coped with a crush of orders on par with the holiday season. Drivers never knew what time they would get home or if they could count on two days off each week, while 14-hour days in trucks without air conditioning became the norm.
“It was basically like Christmas on steroids for two straight years. A lot of us were forced to work six days a week, and that is not any way to live your life,” said Palmerino, a Teamsters shop steward.
Along with pay raises and air conditioning, the Teamsters won concessions that Palmerino hopes will ease overwork. UPS agreed to end forced overtime on days off and eliminate a lower-paid category of drivers who work shifts that include weekends, converting them to full-time drivers. Union members have yet to ratify the deal.
The Teamsters and labor activists hailed the tentative deal as a game-changer that would pressure other companies facing labor unrest to raise their standards. But similar outcomes are far from certain in industries lacking the sheer economic indispensability of UPS or the clout of its 340,000-member union.
Efforts to organize at Starbucks and Amazon stalled as both companies aggressively fought against unionization.
Still, labor protests will likely gain momentum following the UPS contract, said Patricia Campos-Medina, executive director of the Worker Institute at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, which released a report this year that found the number of labor strikes rose 52% in 2022.
“The whole idea that consumer convenience is above everything broke down during the pandemic. We started to think, ‘I’m at home ordering, but there is actually a worker who has to go the grocery store, who has to cook this for me so that I can be comfortable,’” Campos-Medina said.
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Trader Joe's is recalling a broccoli cheddar soup that may contain insects and cooked falafel that may contain rocks, about one week after the grocery chain recalled two cookie products over similar concerns.
The soup recall impacts Trader Joe’s Unexpected Broccoli Cheddar Soup with “Use By” dates ranging from July 18 to Sept. 15, according to a Thursday announcement from the company. On Friday, the grocer announced that Trader Joe’s Fully Cooked Falafel sold in 35 states and Washington, D.C., was also under recall.
What You Need To Know
- Trader Joe’s is recalling a broccoli cheddar soup that may contain insects and cooked falafel that may contain rocks, about one week after the grocery chain recalled two cookie products over similar concerns
- The soup recall impacts Trader Joe’s Unexpected Broccoli Cheddar Soup with “Use By” dates ranging from July 18 to Sept. 15, according to a Thursday announcement from the company
- On Friday, the grocer announced that Trader Joe’s Fully Cooked Falafel sold in 35 states and Washington, D.C., was also under recall
- In each case, “there was an issue in the manufacturing processes in the facilities,” a Trader Joe's spokesperson says, and customers with the recalled products should throw them away or return them to any store for a full refund
On July 21, Trader Joe's announced that it was recalling Trader Joe’s Almond Windmill Cookies and Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond Cookies with “sell by” dates ranging from Oct. 17 to Oct. 21. Like the falafel, the cookies may also contain rocks, the company said.
When asked for further information about how the insects and rocks may have gotten into these products, a Trader Joe's spokesperson said that “there was an issue in the manufacturing processes in the facilities." Suppliers alerted Trader Joe's of the possible foreign material for each recall, the company said.
"We pulled the product from our shelves as soon as we were made aware of the issue. Once we understood the issue we notified our customers,” the spokesperson said in a statement sent to The Associated Press Saturday.
All of the recalled cookies, soup and falafel have been removed from sale or destroyed, Trader Joe's said in its announcements. But the Monrovia, California-based company is still urging consumers to check their kitchens for the products.
Trader Joe's says customers who have the recalled products should throw them away or return them to any store for a full refund. Lot codes and further details about the products under recall, as well as customer service contact information, can be found on the company's website.
Trader Joe's did not specify how many products were impacted with each recall or identify suppliers. But one Food and Drug Administration notice cited by NBC News says that the Unexpected Broccoli Cheddar Soup recall impacts around 10,889 cases sold in seven states. Winter Gardens Quality Foods, Inc. is identified as the recalling firm, per the notice.
No formal releases about the three recalls were published on the FDA's Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts page as of Saturday. The Associated Press reached out to the FDA and Winter Gardens Quality Foods for information on Saturday.
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Five people shot in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (WILX/Gray News) - Five people were shot in Lansing, Michigan, WILX reports.
Lansing Police officers responded to a shooting in the 1300 block of W. Holmes Road around 1:00 a.m. on Sunday.
When officers arrived, they found a large crowd of people and multiple shooting victims.
The Lansing Fire Department responded to treat and transport several of the victims to a local hospital. Due to the size of the crowd, the Lansing Police Department requested assistance from neighboring jurisdictions.
Five shooting victims were identified ranging in age from 16 to 26 years old. Two of the victims are listed in critical condition.
Police detained several suspects and recovered multiple firearms from the scene.
This is an active investigation and Lansing Police Detectives and Crime Scene Investigators are at the scene working to determine the events which led up to the shootings.
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Dallas Wings vs. Las Vegas Aces: Betting Trends, Record ATS, Home/Road Splits
Sunday's WNBA slate includes Chelsea Gray's Las Vegas Aces (22-2) hosting Arike Ogunbowale and the Dallas Wings (14-10) at Michelob ULTRA Arena. The game tips off at 6:00 PM ET.
In Las Vegas' last game, it defeated Chicago 107-95. The Aces were led by Kelsey Plum, who finished with 27 points and six assists, and A'ja Wilson, with 24 points, four assists, three steals and four blocks. Led by Teaira McCowan with 18 points, seven rebounds and four assists last time out, Dallas won 90-62 versus Washington.
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Aces vs. Wings Game Time and Info
- Who's the favorite?: Aces (-700 to win)
- Who's the underdog?: Wings (+500 to win)
- What's the spread?: Aces (-10.5)
- What's the over/under?: 173.5
- When: Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 6:00 PM ET
- Where: Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
- TV: CBS Sports Network and BSSW
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Wings Season Stats
- Offensively, the Wings are the third-best squad in the WNBA (86.0 points per game). Defensively, they are fourth (81.7 points conceded per game).
- On the boards, Dallas is best in the WNBA in rebounds (39.8 per game). It is best in rebounds allowed (32.0 per game).
- This season the Wings are ranked fourth in the league in assists at 19.8 per game.
- Dallas commits 12.7 turnovers per game and force 13.6 per game, ranking fourth and fifth, respectively, in the WNBA.
- Beyond the arc, the Wings are ninth in the WNBA in 3-pointers made per game (6.6). They are worst in 3-point percentage at 29.6%.
- Giving up 7.3 3-pointers per game and conceding 32.8% from downtown, Dallas is fifth and fifth in the WNBA, respectively, in those categories.
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Wings Home/Away Splits
- In 2023 the Wings are averaging more points at home (86.8 per game) than away (85.2). And they are allowing less at home (80.7) than away (82.8).
- At home Dallas averages 41.8 rebounds per game, 4.0 more than away (37.8). It allows 29.3 rebounds per game at home, 5.5 fewer than away (34.8).
- The Wings collect 0.8 more assists per game at home (20.2) than on the road (19.4).
- This year Dallas is committing more turnovers at home (14.4 per game) than on the road (11.0). And it is forcing fewer turnovers at home (12.9) than on the road (14.3).
- At home the Wings drain 6.3 treys per game, 0.5 less than away (6.8). They shoot 29.1% from beyond the arc at home, 0.9% lower than away (30.0%).
- Dallas allows more 3-pointers per game at home (7.5) than away (7.2), but it allows a lower 3-point percentage at home (32.0%) than away (33.6%).
Wings Moneyline and ATS Records
- This season, the Wings have been the underdog seven times and won two of those games.
- The Wings have played as an underdog of +500 or more once this season and lost that game.
- Dallas is 13-10-0 against the spread this year.
- Dallas is unbeaten ATS (1-0) as a 10.5-point underdog or greater this year.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Wings have a 16.7% chance to win.
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MLB Games Tonight: How to Watch on TV, Streaming & Odds - Sunday, July 30
Today's MLB schedule has plenty of quality competition on the docket. Among those games is the Texas Rangers squaring off against the San Diego Padres.
You will find info on how to watch today's MLB action right here.
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How to Watch Today's MLB Games
The Toronto Blue Jays (59-46) take on the Los Angeles Angels (54-51)
The Angels hope to get a road victory at Rogers Centre against the Blue Jays on Sunday at 12:05 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- TOR Key Player: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (.268 AVG, 17 HR, 65 RBI)
- LAA Key Player: Shohei Ohtani (.302 AVG, 39 HR, 81 RBI)
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The Atlanta Braves (66-36) face the Milwaukee Brewers (57-48)
The Brewers will hit the field at Truist Park versus the Braves on Sunday at 1:35 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 1:35 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- ATL Key Player: Ronald Acuña Jr. (.333 AVG, 24 HR, 61 RBI)
- MIL Key Player: Christian Yelich (.286 AVG, 15 HR, 58 RBI)
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The Pittsburgh Pirates (46-58) play host to the Philadelphia Phillies (56-48)
The Phillies will look to pick up a road win at PNC Park versus the Pirates on Sunday at 1:35 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 1:35 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- PIT Key Player: Bryan Reynolds (.255 AVG, 11 HR, 47 RBI)
- PHI Key Player: Bryson Stott (.306 AVG, 9 HR, 37 RBI)
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The Miami Marlins (56-49) play the Detroit Tigers (47-58)
The Tigers will take to the field at LoanDepot park against the Marlins on Sunday at 1:40 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- MIA Key Player: Luis Arraez (.381 AVG, 3 HR, 51 RBI)
- DET Key Player: Spencer Torkelson (.230 AVG, 15 HR, 58 RBI)
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The New York Mets (49-55) play the Washington Nationals (44-61)
The Nationals will hit the field at Citi Field versus the Mets on Sunday at 1:40 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- NYM Key Player: Pete Alonso (.217 AVG, 30 HR, 73 RBI)
- WSH Key Player: Lane Thomas (.286 AVG, 16 HR, 55 RBI)
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The Chicago White Sox (43-63) take on the Cleveland Guardians (52-53)
The Guardians will look to pick up a road win at Guaranteed Rate Field against the White Sox on Sunday at 2:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- CHW Key Player: Luis Robert (.270 AVG, 29 HR, 60 RBI)
- CLE Key Player: José Ramírez (.288 AVG, 16 HR, 60 RBI)
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The Kansas City Royals (31-75) face the Minnesota Twins (54-52)
The Twins will hit the field at Kauffman Stadium against the Royals on Sunday at 2:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- KC Key Player: Bobby Witt Jr. (.263 AVG, 18 HR, 60 RBI)
- MIN Key Player: Carlos Correa (.228 AVG, 12 HR, 45 RBI)
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The Houston Astros (59-46) take on the Tampa Bay Rays (63-44)
The Rays will take to the field at Minute Maid Park versus the Astros on Sunday at 2:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet SW
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 2:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- HOU Key Player: Kyle Tucker (.299 AVG, 18 HR, 69 RBI)
- TB Key Player: Wander Franco (.267 AVG, 12 HR, 49 RBI)
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The St. Louis Cardinals (46-60) face the Chicago Cubs (53-51)
The Cubs will hit the field at Busch Stadium versus the Cardinals on Sunday at 2:15 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- STL Key Player: Nolan Arenado (.282 AVG, 22 HR, 77 RBI)
- CHC Key Player: Nico Hoerner (.278 AVG, 7 HR, 57 RBI)
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The Colorado Rockies (40-64) host the Oakland Athletics (30-76)
The Athletics will take to the field at Coors Field against the Rockies on Sunday at 3:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet RM
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 3:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- COL Key Player: Ryan McMahon (.255 AVG, 16 HR, 48 RBI)
- OAK Key Player: Brent Rooker (.248 AVG, 17 HR, 47 RBI)
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The San Francisco Giants (57-48) play the Boston Red Sox (56-48)
The Red Sox will look to pick up a road win at Oracle Park versus the Giants on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- SF Key Player: LaMonte Wade Jr (.269 AVG, 9 HR, 29 RBI)
- BOS Key Player: Justin Turner (.288 AVG, 16 HR, 68 RBI)
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The Los Angeles Dodgers (59-44) take on the Cincinnati Reds (57-49)
The Reds will look to pick up a road win at Dodger Stadium versus the Dodgers on Sunday at 4:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet LA
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- LAD Key Player: Freddie Freeman (.328 AVG, 21 HR, 73 RBI)
- CIN Key Player: Spencer Steer (.276 AVG, 15 HR, 57 RBI)
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The San Diego Padres (51-54) play host to the Texas Rangers (60-45)
The Rangers will look to pick up a road win at PETCO Park versus the Padres on Sunday at 4:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- SD Key Player: Juan Soto (.265 AVG, 20 HR, 63 RBI)
- TEX Key Player: Marcus Semien (.275 AVG, 15 HR, 64 RBI)
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The Arizona Diamondbacks (56-49) host the Seattle Mariners (53-51)
The Mariners will take to the field at Chase Field against the Diamondbacks on Sunday at 4:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- ARI Key Player: Corbin Carroll (.288 AVG, 21 HR, 57 RBI)
- SEA Key Player: Julio Rodríguez (.252 AVG, 17 HR, 55 RBI)
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The Baltimore Orioles (63-41) play the New York Yankees (55-49)
The Yankees will look to pick up a road win at Oriole Park at Camden Yards against the Orioles on Sunday at 7:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- BAL Key Player: Adley Rutschman (.267 AVG, 14 HR, 46 RBI)
- NYY Key Player: Gleyber Torres (.258 AVG, 16 HR, 44 RBI)
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MLB Probable Starting Pitchers Tonight: Sunday, July 30
Who are the probable pitchers lined up to start on Sunday? Below, we list every starting pitching matchup for the day, which includes Luis Castillo toeing the rubber for the Mariners, and Merrill Kelly getting the call for the Diamondbacks.
Keep reading to find the probable starters for every contest on the docket for July 30.
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Today's Probable Starting Pitchers
Angels at Blue Jays Probable Pitchers
The Los Angeles Angels will send Tyler Anderson (5-2) to the hill as they play the Blue Jays, who will give the start to Jose Berrios (8-7) for the game between the clubs on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Angels at Blue Jays
- TOR Odds to Win: -200
- LAA Odds to Win: +165
- Total: 9.5 runs
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- Game Time: 12:05 PM ET
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Brewers at Braves Probable Pitchers
The Milwaukee Brewers will send Colin Rea (5-4) to the mound as they play the Braves, who will counter with AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0) for the game between the clubs on Sunday.
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- Game Time: 1:35 PM ET
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Phillies at Pirates Probable Pitchers
The Philadelphia Phillies will send Cristopher Sanchez (0-3) to the hill as they take on the Pirates, who will look to Rich Hill (7-10) when the teams face off Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Phillies at Pirates
- PHI Odds to Win: -150
- PIT Odds to Win: +125
- Total: 9 runs
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Tigers at Marlins Probable Pitchers
The Detroit Tigers will send Tarik Skubal (1-1) to the bump as they face the Marlins, who will counter with Jesus Luzardo (8-5) when the clubs face off on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Tigers at Marlins
- MIA Odds to Win: -150
- DET Odds to Win: +125
- Total: 7 runs
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Nationals at Mets Probable Pitchers
The Washington Nationals will send Trevor Williams (5-5) to the hill as they face the Mets, who will look to Justin Verlander (5-5) for the matchup between the clubs on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Nationals at Mets
- NYM Odds to Win: -275
- WSH Odds to Win: +220
- Total: 8.5 runs
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- Game Time: 1:40 PM ET
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Guardians at White Sox Probable Pitchers
The Cleveland Guardians will send Aaron Civale (4-2) to the mound as they play the White Sox, who will counter with Michael Kopech (4-9) for the game between the clubs Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Guardians at White Sox
- CLE Odds to Win: -145
- CHW Odds to Win: +120
- Total: 9 runs
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- Game Time: 2:10 PM ET
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Twins at Royals Probable Pitchers
The Minnesota Twins will send Kenta Maeda (2-5) to the hill as they play the Royals, who will look to Ryan Yarbrough (3-5) for the game between the clubs Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Twins at Royals
- MIN Odds to Win: -185
- KC Odds to Win: +150
- Total: 9 runs
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- Game Time: 2:10 PM ET
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Rays at Astros Probable Pitchers
The Tampa Bay Rays will send Zack Littell (0-2) to the bump as they play the Astros, who will counter with Brandon Bielak (5-5) when the teams play on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Rays at Astros
- HOU Odds to Win: -110
- TB Odds to Win: -110
- Total: 9 runs
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- Game Time: 2:10 PM ET
- Streaming: SportsNet SW (regional restrictions may apply)
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Cubs at Cardinals Probable Pitchers
The Chicago Cubs will send Kyle Hendricks (4-4) to the mound as they take on the Cardinals, who will counter with Steven Matz (1-7) when the teams play on Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Cubs at Cardinals
- STL Odds to Win: -145
- CHC Odds to Win: +120
- Total: 9 runs
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- Game Time: 2:15 PM ET
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Athletics at Rockies Probable Pitchers
The Oakland Athletics will send Luis Medina (3-7) to the hill as they play the Rockies, who will counter with Ty Blach (0-0) when the clubs play Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Athletics at Rockies
- COL Odds to Win: -110
- OAK Odds to Win: -110
- Total: 12.5 runs
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- Game Time: 3:10 PM ET
- Streaming: SportsNet RM (regional restrictions may apply)
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Red Sox at Giants Probable Pitchers
The Boston Red Sox will send Brennan Bernardino (1-0) to the mound as they play the Giants, who will look to Scott Alexander (6-1) when the clubs meet on Sunday.
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Reds at Dodgers Probable Pitchers
The Cincinnati Reds will send Graham Ashcraft (5-7) to the bump as they take on the Dodgers, who will give the start to Michael Grove (2-2) for the matchup between the clubs Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Reds at Dodgers
- LAD Odds to Win: -185
- CIN Odds to Win: +150
- Total: 10.5 runs
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Rangers at Padres Probable Pitchers
The Texas Rangers will send Cody Bradford (2-1) to the hill as they play the Padres, who will give the start to Blake Snell (7-8) for the game between the clubs Sunday.
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Mariners at Diamondbacks Probable Pitchers
The Seattle Mariners will send Castillo (6-7) to the mound as they take on the Diamondbacks, who will counter with Kelly (9-4) when the teams play Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Mariners at Diamondbacks
- SEA Odds to Win: -120
- ARI Odds to Win: +100
- Total: 8.5 runs
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Yankees at Orioles Probable Pitchers
The New York Yankees will send Luis Severino (2-4) to the bump as they play the Orioles, who will hand the ball to Dean Kremer (10-4) when the teams face off Sunday.
Vegas Odds for Yankees at Orioles
- BAL Odds to Win: -125
- NYY Odds to Win: +105
- Total: 9 runs
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Twins vs. Royals Probable Starting Pitchers Today - July 30
The Kansas City Royals (31-75) have a 2-0 series lead and hope to sweep the Minnesota Twins (54-52) on Sunday at Kauffman Stadium, at 2:10 PM ET.
The probable pitchers are Kenta Maeda (2-5) for the Twins and Ryan Yarbrough (3-5) for the Royals.
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Twins vs. Royals Pitcher Matchup Info
- Date: Sunday, July 30, 2023
- Time: 2:10 PM ET
- TV: BSKC
- Location: Kansas City, Missouri
- Venue: Kauffman Stadium
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- Probable Pitchers: Maeda - MIN (2-5, 4.62 ERA) vs Yarbrough - KC (3-5, 4.70 ERA)
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Twins Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Kenta Maeda
- The Twins will hand the ball to Maeda (2-5) for his 11th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up one earned run and allowed six hits in 6 1/3 innings pitched against the Seattle Mariners on Monday.
- The 35-year-old has pitched in 10 games this season with an ERA of 4.62, a 4.14 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.253.
- He's going for his third straight quality start.
- Maeda has pitched five or more innings in two straight games and will look to extend that streak.
- He has one appearance with no earned runs allowed in 10 chances this season.
Kenta Maeda vs. Royals
- The Royals have scored 401 runs this season, which ranks 29th in MLB. They are batting .236 for the campaign with 96 home runs, 27th in the league.
- The right-hander has faced the Royals one time this season, allowing them to go 3-for-23 with a home run and an RBI in seven innings.
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Royals Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Ryan Yarbrough
- Yarbrough makes the start for the Royals, his seventh of the season. He is 3-5 with a 4.70 ERA and 24 strikeouts through 44 2/3 innings pitched.
- In his most recent outing on Monday against the Cleveland Guardians, the left-hander tossed six innings, allowing one earned run while surrendering six hits.
- The 31-year-old has a 4.70 ERA and 4.9 strikeouts per nine innings across 13 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .266 to his opponents.
- Yarbrough has two quality starts under his belt this season.
- Yarbrough will look to go five or more innings for his fifth straight start. He's averaging 3.4 frames per outing.
- He has made three appearances this season in which he did not allow an earned run.
Ryan Yarbrough vs. Twins
- The opposing Twins offense has a collective .237 batting average, and is 21st in the league with 848 total hits and 17th in MLB play with 469 runs scored. They have the 13th-ranked slugging percentage (.413) and are eighth in all of MLB with 140 home runs.
- Yarbrough has pitched 1 2/3 innings without giving up a hit or an earned run against the Twins this season.
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Trends and Updates
2023 C-Suite Trends, Updates and the CFO Leadership Awards Recap
Majority of CFOs Plan to Fund Organic Growth at Same or Greater Level Than Last Year
Rising prices and interest rates along with other economic factors beyond a company’s control are leading CFOs to show the most concern about profitable growth, inflation, and balance sheet health in 2023, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc.
The CFO Awards
The CFO Awards was held at the Beverly Hilton on the evening of June 13. The L.A. Times B2B Publishing thanks all the participants, with special recognition to Diamond sponsor Marsh McLennan Agency, Platinum sponsor Phonexa, and Gold sponsors MarVista Entertainment and U.S. Bank.
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CEO Visionaries
The role of the CEO is ever-shifting and ever-evolving, but one thing is constant: The role is demanding, encompassing and takes a kind of moxie only a few have. Below, you’ll find a list of some visionary CEOs in Southern California along with insights and information about their careers. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap | 2023-07-30T12:21:09 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap |
Albert Shirakian
Chief Executive Officer
Retina-Vitreous Associates Medical Group
Albert Shirakian, a Los Angeles native with deep roots in the city, is a respected leader in the healthcare industry. He began his career with Blue Shield Promise Health Plan and later joined RVAMG, where he quickly rose through the ranks to become the chief executive officer. His focus is on leveraging data and advanced analytics to improve the efficiency of the healthcare system. His expertise in identifying inefficiencies and implementing data-driven solutions has positioned RVAMG as a frontrunner among privately-owned medical groups.
Under Shirakian’s guidance, RVAMG has developed unparalleled data-driven capabilities and innovative solutions to industry challenges. Committed to providing high-quality care, he also prioritizes the development of young healthcare professionals. His leadership, expertise, and dedication to innovation have propelled RVAMG to its prominent position and set the stage for future success. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/albert-shirakian | 2023-07-30T12:21:15 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/albert-shirakian |
Alex Grizinski
Chief Executive Officer
Pink Shark PR
Alex Grizinski, a visionary entrepreneur, founded the Pink Shark empire driven by her passions for film, writing, and entrepreneurship. With a chemical engineering degree from the University of Dayton, she initially established a successful makeup start-up before relocating to Los Angeles to pursue her storytelling aspirations. In 2013, she partnered with Jenny to create The Six & Up CEO Academy. Recognizing a shift in their focus towards growing brands and fostering creativity, Grizinski launched Pink Shark, a socially conscious business that values innovation and storytelling.
Under her leadership, Pink Shark has thrived and she also released two fiction novels. Additionally, she spearheaded the Start-up Press Accelerator at Pink Shark PR, assisting start-up companies in navigating the intricacies of the press landscape. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/alex-grizinski | 2023-07-30T12:21:21 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/alex-grizinski |
Alison Edwards
Chief Executive Officer
OC Human Relations
Alison Edwards, CEO of OC Human Relations, leads with a focus on creating a better Orange County for all individuals. The organization’s programs promote empowerment, conflict resolution, and diverse leadership development, addressing prejudice and discrimination through inclusive efforts.
With over 25 years of involvement, she has served in various roles, including working with youth and recognizing the need for lasting change in leadership. As CEO she equips local leaders with tools and experiences to address inequality and justice, fostering a safe environment for dialogue and prioritizing needed changes. Edwards’ leadership prioritizes transparency, authenticity, and the well-being of her team promoting staff input, mental health, and a collaborative culture. She actively engages in problem solving alongside her team, ensuring a strong foundation for impactful work. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/alison-edwards | 2023-07-30T12:21:28 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/alison-edwards |
Anastasia Soare
Chief Executive Officer
Anastasia Beverly Hills
Anastasia Soare, born in Romania, faced the hardships of a restrictive communist regime before immigrating to Los Angeles in 1989. Despite the language barrier, she believed in the American dream and the potential for success through hard work. Starting her beauty career at a Beverly Hills salon, she noticed the lack of emphasis on eyebrows and developed her own technique based on the Golden Ratio.
Soare’s precision and skill attracted supermodels and celebrities, leading to the opening of her own salon and the launch of complementary beauty products in 1998. The turning point came when she showcased her expertise on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” propelling brow shaping to national recognition. Her business has grown into a full beauty line and she operates salons all over the world, from Beverly Hills to Tokyo to her native Romania. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/anastasia-soare | 2023-07-30T12:21:34 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/anastasia-soare |
Angie Rowe
President & CEO
Beyond Blindness
Angie Rowe is a seasoned nonprofit executive with 25+ years of experience driving growth and excellence. As President and CEO of Beyond Blindness, she expands the organization’s impact while championing revenue growth, community participation, and programmatic excellence. Previously, she served as interim executive director at Global Genes and event and program director at the OC Marathon.
Rowe actively contributes to nonprofit organizations, advocating for improved services for students with disabilities and the blind community. She was appointed commissioner for First 5 Orange County, focusing on equity in education and child development. She is a member of the Orange County Disability Collaborative and the OneOC Non-Profit Advisory Council. Rowe’s commitment to excellence has been recognized through the Octane OC Non-Profit Accelerator Program, and holds advanced degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Penn State University. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/angie-rowe | 2023-07-30T12:21:40 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/angie-rowe |
Ash Patel
President, CEO, & Chairman of the Board
Commercial Bank of California
Ash Patel, chairman, president, and CEO of Commercial Bank of California (CBC), brings over 30 years of banking industry experience. He leads CBC by inspiring his team and clients to achieve their goals, emphasizing relationships, and cutting-edge technology. CBC has experienced significant growth under Patel’s leadership with assets increasing from $200 million in 2013 to nearly $2.1 billion in 2022. This growth was fueled by strategic acquisitions, organic client base expansion, and scaling the lending business to support small businesses during the pandemic.
As a private bank, CBC prioritizes a high-touch customer experience and embraces transformative financial technology. Patel is also committed to empowering others through the Siksha Foundation, which has positively impacted thousands of underprivileged children. Furthermore, he spearheaded the development of a scalable ACH payments platform on the Microsoft Azure cloud through strategic acquisitions and mergers. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/ash-patel | 2023-07-30T12:21:46 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/ash-patel |
Three Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow in the early hours on Sunday, Russian authorities said, injuring one person and prompting a temporary closure of traffic in and out of one of four airports around the Russian capital.
It was the fourth such attempt at a strike on the capital region this month and the third this week, fueling concerns about Moscow’s vulnerability to attacks as Russia's war in Ukraine drags into its 18th month.
The Russian Defense Ministry referred to the incident as an “attempted terrorist attack by the Kyiv regime" and said three drones targeted the city. One was shot down in the surrounding Moscow region by air defense systems and two others were jammed. Those two crashed into the Moscow City business district.
Photos from the site of the crash showed the facade of a skyscraper damaged on one floor. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the attack “insignificantly damaged” the outsides of two buildings in the Moscow City district. A security guard was injured, Russia's state news agency Tass reported, citing emergency officials.
No flights went into or out of Vnukovo airport on the southern outskirts of the city for about an hour, according to Tass, and the airspace over Moscow and the outlying regions was temporarily closed to all aircraft. Those restrictions have since been lifted.
Moscow authorities have also closed a street to traffic near the site of the crash in the Moscow City area.
Without directly acknowledging that Ukraine was behind the attack on Moscow, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian airforce said that the Russian people were seeing the consequences of Russia's war in Ukraine.
“All of the people who think the war ‘doesn’t concern them,’ it’s already touching them,” spokesperson Yurii Ihnat told journalists Sunday.
“There’s already a certain mood in Russia: that something is flying in, and loudly,” he said. “There's no discussion of peace or calm in the Russian interior any more. They got what they wanted.”
Ihnat also referenced a drone attack on Russian-occupied Crimea overnight. Moscow announced Sunday that it had shot down 16 Ukrainian drones and neutralized eight more with an electronic jamming system. There were no casualties, officials said.
In Ukraine, the air force reported that it had destroyed four Russian drones above the country’s Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Information on the attacks could not be independently verified.
Meanwhile, two people were killed and 20 wounded by a Russian missile strike late Saturday evening on the city of Sumy in northeast Ukraine. A four-story building belonging to a vocational college was hit, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said. Local authorities said that dormitories and teaching buildings were damaged in the blast and the fire that followed.
Russia's Defense Ministry reported shooting down a Ukrainian drone outside Moscow on Friday. Four days earlier, two drones struck the Russian capital, one of them falling in the center of the city near the Defense Ministry's headquarters along the Moscow River about 3 kilometers (2 miles) from the Kremlin. The other drone hit an office building in southern Moscow, gutting several upper floors.
In another attack on July 4, the Russian military said four drones were downed by air defenses on the outskirts of Moscow and a fifth was jammed by electronic warfare means and forced down.
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Bonni Pomush
Chief Executive Officer
Working Wardobes
Bonni Pomush is the second-ever CEO of Working Wardrobes, assuming the role in 2021. She is a dedicated and engaging leader with a passion for serving the community. She excels in facilitating groups, making strategic decisions, and fostering a positive workplace culture. Since joining, she has significantly improved operational effectiveness and developed high-performing teams. With a master’s degree in family resources and human development, Pomush values research-based decision making.
With over 25 years of leadership experience, she has a proven track record of success, including securing substantial funds and achieving national accreditation. Despite the challenges of a fire and the pandemic, Pomush is focused on building upon the organization’s strengths and serving individuals one at a time. Under her leadership, Working Wardrobes received recognition as one of the Best Places to Work in Orange County, based on rigorous evaluations. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/bonni-pomush | 2023-07-30T12:21:53 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/bonni-pomush |
CAIRO (AP) — Palestinian factions kicked off a meeting Sunday in Egypt to discuss reconciliation efforts as violence in the occupied West Bank surged between Israel and Palestinian militants.
The main groups, Hamas and Fatah, have been split since 2007. With repeated reconciliation attempts having failed, expectations for the one-day meeting are low. According to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, the gathering in the Egyptian city of el-Alamein on the Mediterranean Sea was discussing “ways to restore national unity and end the division."
The meeting comes amid soaring violence in the West Bank, where Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah group are based and exert limited self-rule. Israel has been staging near-nightly raids in Palestinian areas of the territory in what it says is an attempt to stamp out militancy, especially in areas where Abbas' security forces have less of a foothold.
Those raids have led to some of the worst fighting in nearly two decades in the West Bank. Palestinians also say the Israeli raids undermine their own security forces and weaken their leadership.
The meeting in Egypt was chaired and initiated by Abbas, presents the aging and longtime Palestinian leader with a chance to portray an image of control and statesmanship to both Palestinians and the international community at a time when he is deeply unpopular at home and his room for maneuver is constrained by the Israeli incursions.
The meeting was attended by other Palestinian leaders including Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas. the militant group which rules the Gaza Strip. Fatah and Hamas have been rivals since Hamas violently routed forces loyal to Abbas in Gaza in 2007, taking over the impoverished coastal enclave. Israel and Egypt have imposed a blockade on the territory.
For Hamas, joining the meeting is an opportunity to show Gazans that it is making an effort to mend the rift, even if nothing changes as a result.
Another key group playing a central role in the fighting with Israel, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, boycotted the gathering to protest the detentions by the Palestinian Authority of its members, according to the group's leader, Ziyad al-Nakhala.
Egypt has for years acted as a mediator to try to end the infighting between Palestinian factions. It also helped broker truces in multiple rounds of fighting between Israel and Hamas. | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/palestinian-factions-meet-in-egypt-seeking-reconciliation-as-violence-surges-in-the-west-bank/WA4P4ZGQQJBRZDFLURGWHCDRIE/ | 2023-07-30T12:21:55 | 1 | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/palestinian-factions-meet-in-egypt-seeking-reconciliation-as-violence-surges-in-the-west-bank/WA4P4ZGQQJBRZDFLURGWHCDRIE/ |
Carolina Weidler
Co-CEO & Managing Principal
Hendy
As co-CEO and managing principal at Hendy, Carolina Weidler brings innovative leadership to unify people, culture and projects. With over 16 years of experience as an architect, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and LEED AP professional, she excels in creating process-driven environments for renowned brands such as Mercedes-Benz, Rocket Lab, and General Dynamics. At Hendy, a nationally recognized interior architecture firm, her expertise lies in designing efficient and holistic environments for process- based industries.
In February 2023, Carolina assumed the role of co-CEO at Hendy alongside Susan Dwyer. She mentors the staff, makes key decisions, oversees human resources, and leads marketing and practice operations. Under her leadership, Hendy has been recognized as one of the “Best Places to Work in Orange County” for eight consecutive years. Weidler actively volunteers in industry charity events including participation in Herman Miller’s WeCare Initiative. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/carolina-weidler | 2023-07-30T12:21:59 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/carolina-weidler |
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Thousands of supporters of the junta that took over Niger in a coup earlier this week marched through the streets of the capital, Niamey, on Sunday waving Russian flags, chanting the name of the Russian president and forcefully denouncing former colonial power France.
The protestors marched through the city to the French Embassy and a door was lit on fire, according to someone who was at the embassy when it happened and videos seen by The AP. Black smoke could bee seen rising from across the city. The Nigerien army broke up crowd of the protesters.
Russian mercenary group Wagner is already operating in neighboring Mali, and Russian President Vladimir Putin would like to expand his country's influence in the region. However, it is unclear yet whether the new junta leaders are going to move toward Moscow or stick with Niger's Western partners.
Days after after mutinous soldiers ousted Niger's democratically elected president, uncertainty is mounting about the country's future and some are calling out the junta's reasons for seizing control.
The mutineers said they overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum, who was elected two years ago in Niger's first peaceful, democratic transfer of power since independence from France, because he wasn't able to secure the nation against growing jihadi violence. But some analysts and Nigeriens say that's just a pretext for a takeover that is more about internal power struggles than securing the nation.
“Everybody is wondering why this coup? That’s because no one was expecting it. We couldn’t expect a coup in Niger because there’s no social, political or security situation that would justify that the military take the power,” Prof. Amad Hassane Boubacar, who teaches at the University of Niamey, told The Associated Press.
He said Bazoum wanted to replace the head of the presidential guard, Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani, who also goes by Omar and is now in charge of the country. Tchiani was loyal to Bazoum's predecessor and that sparked the problems, Boubacar said. The AP cannot independently verify his assessment.
While Niger's security situation is dire, it's not as bad as neighboring Burkina Faso or Mali, which have also been battling an Islamic insurgency linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group. Last year Niger was the only one of the three to see a decline in violence, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project.
Niger until now has been seen as the last reliable partner for the West in efforts to battle the jihadists in Africa’s Sahel region, where Russia and Western countries have vied for influence in the fight against extremism. France has 1,500 soldiers in the country who conduct joint operations with the Nigeriens. The United States and other European countries have helped train the nation’s troops.
Some taking part in Sunday's rally also warned regional bodies who have denounced the coup to stay away. “I would like also to say to the European Union, African Union and (the regional economic bloc) ECOWAS, please, please stay out of our business,” said Oumar Barou Moussa, who was at the demonstration.
“It’s time for us to take our lives, to work for ourselves. It’s time for us to talk about our freedom and liberty. We need to stay together, we need to work together, we need to have our true independence," he said.
Conflict experts say out of all the countries in the region, Niger has the most at stake if it turns away from the West, given the millions of dollars of military assistance the international community has poured in. On Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the continued security and economic arrangements that Niger has with the U.S. hinged on the release of Bazoum — who remains under house arrest — and “the immediate restoration of the democratic order in Niger.”
France on Saturday suspended all development aid and other financial aid for Niger, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “France demands an immediate return to constitutional order under President Mohamed Bazoum, who was elected by the Nigeriens,” it said.
The African Union has issued a 15-day ultimatum to the junta in Niger to reinstall the country’s democratically elected government. On Sunday, the West African regional bloc, known as ECOWAS, is holding an emergency summit in Abuja, Nigeria.
However, in a televised address Saturday, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Toumba, one of the soldiers who ousted Bazoum, accused the meeting of making a "plan of aggression" against Niger and said it would defend itself.
Niger experts say it's too soon to know how things will play out.
“Tensions with the military are still ongoing. There could be another coup after this one, or a stronger intervention from ECOWAS, potentially military force, even if it is difficult to foresee how specifically that may happen and what form that may take,” said Tatiana Smirnova, a researcher at the Centre FrancoPaix in conflict resolution and peace missions.
“Many actors are also trying to negotiate, but the outcome is unclear,” she said.
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Chris Simonsen
Chief Executive Officer
Orangewood Foundation
Finance professional hris Simonsen transitioned to become the CFO of Orangewood Foundation, a Santa Ana nonprofit serving teens and young adults in need of housing, employment, education and wellness support. CEO since 2013, he led the creation of Samueli Academy, a public charter high school, completing its campus and a $72 million capital campaign in January 2022. His six-year effort resulted in the approval of a unique foster program, allowing students to live on campus during the week and with their foster families on weekends.
As CEO, Chris implemented a muti-source revenue model, ensuring long-term sustainability while expanding programs in workforce development, housing and aiding exploited individuals. Orangewood Foundation’s size has quadrupled, serving over 2,500 teens and young adults annually, with a focus on a “networked nonprofit” approach to sharing innovative practices beyond Orange County. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/chris-simonsen | 2023-07-30T12:22:05 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/chris-simonsen |
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — With less than a month to go until the first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 campaign, seven candidates say they have met qualifications for a spot on stage in Milwaukee.
But that also means that about half the broad GOP field is running short on time to make the cut.
To qualify for the Aug. 23 debate, candidates needed to satisfy polling and donor requirements set by the Republican National Committee: at least 1% in three high-quality national polls or a mix of national and early-state polls, between July 1 and Aug. 21, and a minimum of 40,000 donors, with 200 in 20 or more states.
A look at who's in, who's (maybe) out and who's still working on making it:
WHO'S QUALIFIED
The current front-runner long ago satisfied the polling and donor thresholds. But he is considering boycotting and holding a competing event.
Campaign advisers have said the former president has not made a final decision about the debate. One noted that “it’s pretty clear,” based on Trump's public and private statements, that he is unlikely to appear with the other candidates.
“If you’re leading by a lot, what’s the purpose of doing it?” Trump asked on Newsmax.
In the meantime, aides have discussed potential alternative programming if Trump opts for a rival event. One option Trump has floated is an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who now has a program on X, the site formerly known as Twitter.
The Florida governor has long been seen as Trump's top rival, finishing a distant second to him in a series of polls in early-voting states, as well as national polls, and raising an impressive amount of money.
But DeSantis' campaign has struggled in recent weeks to live up to the sky-high expectations that awaited him when he entered the race. He let go of more than one-third of his staff as federal filings showed his campaign was burning through cash at an unsustainable rate.
If Trump is absent, DeSantis may be the top target on stage at the debate.
The South Carolina senator has been looking for a breakout moment. The first debate could be his chance.
A prolific fundraiser, Scott enters the summer with $21 million cash on hand.
In one debate-approved poll in Iowa, Scott joined Trump and DeSantis in reaching double digits. The senator has focused much of his campaign resources on the leadoff GOP voting state, which is dominated by white evangelical voters.
She has blitzed early-voting states with campaign events, walking crowds through her electoral successes ousting a longtime incumbent South Carolina lawmaker, then becoming the state's first woman and first minority governor. Also serving as Trump's U.N. ambassador for about two years, Haley frequently cites her international experience, arguing about the threat China poses to the United States.
The only woman in the GOP race, Haley has said transgender students competing in sports is “the women’s issue of our time” and has drawn praise from a leading anti-abortion group, which called her “uniquely gifted at communicating from a pro-life woman’s perspective.”
Bringing in $15.6 million since the start of her campaign, Haley's campaign says she has “well over 40,000 unique donors" and has satisfied the debate polling requirements.
The biotech entrepreneur and author of “Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam” is an audience favorite at multicandidate events and has polled well despite not being nationally known when he entered the race.
Ramaswamy's campaign says he met the donor threshold earlier this year. He recently rolled out “Vivek's Kitchen Cabinet" to boost his donor numbers even more, by letting fundraisers keep 10% of what they bring in for his campaign.
The former New Jersey governor opened his campaign by portraying himself as the only candidate ready to take on Trump. Christie called on the former president to “show up at the debates and defend his record.”
Christie will be on that stage, even if Trump isn't, telling CNN this month that he surpassed “40,000 unique donors in just 35 days.” He also has met the polling requirements.
Burgum, a wealthy former software entrepreneur now in his second term as North Dakota’s governor, has been using his fortune to boost his campaign.
He announced a program this month to give away $20 gift cards — “Biden Relief Cards,” as a critique of President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy — to as many as 50,000 people in exchange for $1 donations. Critics have questioned whether the offer violated campaign finance law.
Within about a week of launching that effort, Burgum announced he had surpassed the donor threshold. Ad blitzes in the early-voting states also helped him meet the polling requirements.
WHO HASN'T QUALIFIED:
Trump's vice president has met the polling threshold but has yet to amass a sufficient number of donors, raising the possibility that he might not qualify for the party's first debate.
Pence and his advisers have expressed confidence he will do so, noting that most other Republican hopefuls took a month or two of being active candidates to meet the mark. Pence entered the race on June 7, the same day as Burgum and one day after Christie.
“We’re making incredible progress toward that goal. We’re not there yet,” Pence told CNN in a recent interview. “We will make it. I will see you at that debate stage."
According to his campaign, the former two-term Arkansas governor has met the polling requirements but is working on satisfying the donor threshold. As of Wednesday, Hutchinson marked more than 11,000 unique donors.
Hutchinson is running in the mold of an old-school Republican and has differentiated himself from many of his GOP rivals in his willingness to criticize Trump. He has posted pleas on Twitter for $1 donations to help secure his slot.
The Miami mayor has been one of the more creative candidates in his efforts to boost his donor numbers. He offered up a chance to see Argentine soccer legend Lionel Messi’s debut as a player for Inter Miami, saying donors who gave $1 would be entered in a chance to get front-row tickets.
Still shy of the donor threshold, he took a page from Burgum’s playbook by offering a $20 “Bidenomics Relief Card” in return for $1 donations. A super political action committee supporting Suarez launched a sweepstakes for a chance at up to $15,000 in tuition, in exchange for a $1 donation to Suarez’s campaign.
Suarez's campaign did not return a message seeking details on his number of donors or qualifying polls.
The conservative radio host wrote in an op-ed that the RNC “has rigged the rules of the game by instituting a set of criteria that is so onerous and poorly designed that only establishment-backed and billionaire candidates are guaranteed to be on stage.”
His campaign last week declined to detail its number of donors, saying only that there had been "a strong increase the last few weeks.” He has not met the polling requirements.
Johnson, a wealthy but largely unknown businessman from Michigan, said in a recent social media post that he had notched 23,000 donors and was “confident” he would make the debate stage. He added that all donors were “eligible to attend my free concert in Iowa featuring” country duo Big & Rich next month.
Johnson, who has reached 1% in one qualifying poll, has also offered to give copies of his book “Two Cents to Save America” to anyone who donated to his campaign.
The former Texas congressman — the last candidate to enter the race, on June 22 — has said repeatedly that he would not pledge to support the eventual GOP nominee, a stance that would keep him off the stage even if he had the qualifying donor and polling numbers.
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Craig Turner
President & CEO
Guided Discoveries Inc.
Craig Turner, CEO of Guided Discoveries, has played a significant role in the organization’s growth and success. With a background rooted in summer camp experiences, he has a deep understanding of the industry. His expertise in research and development has enhanced the camp’s programs, incorporating technology and captivating displays. His MBA has helped transform Guided Discoveries into a strategically focused operation, establishing strong partnerships and expanding into new programs.
Over the past two years, Turner has successfully navigated the challenges posed by the pandemic, implementing an exit strategy to eliminate debt and optimizing administrative positions. He has also led the organization’s fundraising efforts, securing grants, and forming valuable partnerships. With a vision for the future, he is committed to continuing Guided Discoveries’ legacy of supporting students and serving a growing number of children. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/craig-turner | 2023-07-30T12:22:11 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/craig-turner |
The Cincinnati Reds good fortune with pitcher Luke Weaver ran out Saturday night in a 3-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in front of 51, 015 in raucous Dodger Stadium.
In Weaver’s previous 10 starts he pitched to a hideous 8.79 earned run average, but the Reds were 9-1 in those games.
The irony was that Weaver pitched his best game of the season, two hits over six innings.
But while eight Dodgers in the lineup went 0-for-24, Max Muncy hit two home runs, LA’s only hits of the game.
The Reds muffed a chance to claim first place in the National League Central when Milwaukee was mauled in Atlanta, 11-5, so they remain a half-game behind the Brewers.
The Dodgers scored two unearned runs off Weaver in the first. Reds third baseman Spencer Steer booted leadoff hitter David Peralta’s grounder for an error.
Weaver retired the next two before Muncy pulled one into the right field seats for a 2-0 lead.
The Reds were facing rookie Emmet Sheehan, owner of a 6.75 earned run average and a penchant for throwing pitches hither and yon.
But the Reds helped him out by consistently swinging at pitches high, wide, low, inside, mostly out of the strike zone.
The 23-year-old right-hander, who was pitching in Class A ball last season, is one of several LA rookies rushed to the big leagues due to the Dodgers’ injury ravaged starting rotation.
He held the Reds to no runs and two hits over five innings. He averages nearly five walks per nine innings but walked one and struck out five.
The Reds had two on with two outs in the second whenNick Senzel flied to center on the first pitch. Catcher Luke Maile led off the third with a double over the center fielder’s head, but Elly De La Cruz flied out, TJ. Friedl flied out and Matt McLain struck out.
Those were the Reds’ only opportunities against Sheehan, but LA manager Dave Roberts took him down after five innings and only 82 pitches.
And the Reds jumped on relief pitcher Caleb Ferguson, a Columbus native, for two runs in the sixth to tie it, 2-2.
De La Cruz opened with a double and moved to third on Friedl’s infield hit. Pinch-hitter Kevin Newman, batting for the first time since July 9, lofted a sacrifice fly to right, scoring De La Cruz and sending Friedl to second. Steer’s two-out single scored Friedl to make it 2-2.
Joey Votto walked and Christian Encarnacion-Strand walked to fill the bases. Relief pitcher Joe Kelly, making his first appearance after being acquired in a trade this week with the Chicago White Sox, caught pinch-hitter Will Benson looking at strike three, leaving the bases loaded.
So it was 2-2 … briefly.
Weaver retired the first two in the sixth. He fell behind Muncy 3-and-0 and Muncy ambushed the next pitch for a home run inside the right field foul pole for the eventual game-winner.
Pinch-hitter Tyler Stephenson singled with two outs in the ninth, the potential tying run, but Dodger closer Evan Phillips induced a weak game-ending fly ball to left from De La Cruz.
The Reds continue to hang on and win games despite several players struggling at the plate. Joey Votto is 5 for 49. De La Cruz is 10 for 58, Friedl is 2 for 20, Tyler Stephenson is 5 for 41 and Nick Senzel is 1 for 14.
It was Cincinnati’s 44th one-run game and they are 23-21, while the Dodgers are 11-12. But LA is 31-18 in Dodger Stadium while the Reds fell to 29-20 on the road.
The Reds lead the season series three games to two, but have split the first two games in Dodger Stadium with the third game scheduled for Sunday afternoon
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CAIRO (AP) — Palestinian factions kicked off a meeting Sunday in Egypt to discuss reconciliation efforts as violence in the occupied West Bank surged between Israel and Palestinian militants.
The main groups, Hamas and Fatah, have been split since 2007. With repeated reconciliation attempts having failed, expectations for the one-day meeting are low. According to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, the gathering in the Egyptian city of el-Alamein on the Mediterranean Sea was discussing “ways to restore national unity and end the division.”
The meeting comes amid soaring violence in the West Bank, where Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah group are based and exert limited self-rule. Israel has been staging near-nightly raids in Palestinian areas of the territory in what it says is an attempt to stamp out militancy, especially in areas where Abbas’ security forces have less of a foothold.
Those raids have led to some of the worst fighting in nearly two decades in the West Bank. Palestinians also say the Israeli raids undermine their own security forces and weaken their leadership.
The meeting in Egypt was chaired and initiated by Abbas, presents the aging and longtime Palestinian leader with a chance to portray an image of control and statesmanship to both Palestinians and the international community at a time when he is deeply unpopular at home and his room for maneuver is constrained by the Israeli incursions.
The meeting was attended by other Palestinian leaders including Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas. the militant group which rules the Gaza Strip. Fatah and Hamas have been rivals since Hamas violently routed forces loyal to Abbas in Gaza in 2007, taking over the impoverished coastal enclave. Israel and Egypt have imposed a blockade on the territory.
For Hamas, joining the meeting is an opportunity to show Gazans that it is making an effort to mend the rift, even if nothing changes as a result.
Another key group playing a central role in the fighting with Israel, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, boycotted the gathering to protest the detentions by the Palestinian Authority of its members, according to the group’s leader, Ziyad al-Nakhala.
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Daniel K. Walker
Chairman of the Board & CEO
Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach
Daniel K. Walker, the current leader of Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach, embodies the values of hard work and service instilled in him by his family’s legacy. Taking the helm in 2002, he steered the bank through the tumultuous Great Recession, relying on tradition and experience to guide them to unprecedented growth.
With a career spanning almost 50 years, he has held various positions within the bank, mentored by his father and grandfather, learning the importance of prioritizing customer service and community responsibility. Walker has also played a pivotal role in upgrading branch offices and restoring the vintage main office, blending the old with the new. Under his leadership, F&M Bank has achieved remarkable success, surpassing $11.7 billion in assets and becoming one of the top 100 banks nationwide. The bank continues its commitment to community support, providing over $4.5 million to numerous organizations in Southern California in 2022. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/daniel-k-walker | 2023-07-30T12:22:17 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/daniel-k-walker |
Daniel Rosen
Founder & CEO
Credit Repair Cloud
Daniel Rosen is the founder and CEO of Credit Repair Cloud, a fintech software platform that empowers entrepreneurs to build successful credit repair businesses. Starting from a personal experience with a bank error, he revolutionized the credit repair industry by simplifying the process and creating Credit Repair Cloud. Through his software, he has helped nearly 50 individuals become millionaires and enabled thousands of entrepreneurs to transform lives.
Rosen’s journey began as a world champion juggler, using his drive to overcome homelessness and establish a career in entertainment. He discovered the unfairness of the credit system and dedicated himself to making credit repair accessible to hardworking people. Despite initial rejections, Rosen bootstrapped Credit Repair Cloud and achieved significant growth, earning recognition, and becoming a leading figure in the industry. His mission is to change lives and make a positive impact on customers, communities, and the world. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/daniel-rosen | 2023-07-30T12:22:23 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/daniel-rosen |
Danielle Gronich
Chief Executive Officer
CLEARSTEM Skincare
Danielle Gronich, known as The Acne Guru(tm), is the CEO and formulator of CLEARSTEM Skincare, a premium non-toxic skincare line focused on correcting acne, acne scars, DNA damage, and melasma. With a background in cellular biology and genetics, her personal struggle with acne led her to leave the corporate world, pursue clinical research, and earn licenses as a clinical esthetician and acne specialist.
In 2014, she opened the San Diego Acne Clinic, offering a holistic approach that has achieved a remarkable 98% success rate in clearing acne. Gronich’s collaboration with a renowned cosmetic chemist resulted in the development of a groundbreaking serum that addresses multiple skin concerns, making CLEARSTEM a pioneer in anti-aging and anti- acne skincare. Alongside Co-Founder Kayleigh Christina, Danielle is dedicated to empowering individuals and creating positive transformations through CLEARSTEM Skincare. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/danielle-gronich | 2023-07-30T12:22:29 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/danielle-gronich |
'Friends' star Lisa Kudrow turns 60: What fans didn't see on hit show
'Friends,' starring Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox, aired for 10 years from 1994-2004
Lisa Kudrow is celebrating her 60th birthday!
The actress is best known for portraying Phoebe Buffay for 10 seasons on the hit NBC sitcom "Friends." She appeared on the show alongside co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry and Courteney Cox.
Although the show went off the air almost 20 years ago, it remains as popular as ever, as it continues to find new audiences through its presence on various streaming networks.
Here are some behind-the-scenes tidbits from one of the most popular shows of the 1990s and early 2000s.
Iconic mistake
One of the show's most memorable moments came in the season four finale when Ross mistakenly says Rachel's name at the altar instead of his bride Emily's. Turns out, the storyline was inspired by a real-life mistake made while filming a scene earlier in the season.
In the 2019 book, "Generation Friends: An Inside Look at the Show That Defined a Television Era," Saul Austerlitz interviewed the show's creators, writers, producers and some of the cast. The book contained many behind-the-scenes secrets from the set, one of them being how the writers came up with the idea for the name mix-up.
According to Austerlitz, the writers knew they wanted Ross and Emily to go through with the wedding, but they weren't sure how exactly the episode was going to end. When filming another scene earlier in the season, David Schwimmer, who played Ross on the show, was meant to say "Emily, the taxi's here," but said "Rachel, the taxi's here" instead.
Austerlitz wrote it was "at this moment" when one of the producers, Greg Malins, and one of the creators, David Crane, turned to each other and decided that is how the season would end.
Injured star
During Max's 2021 special "Friends: The Reunion," the cast and creators of the show discussed how filming a stunt during a particular episode ended with one of the main castmembers injured.
The memorable season three episode, "The One Where No One's Ready," features a running bit in which Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry's respective characters, Joey and Chandler, are fighting over who gets to sit in a specific chair. At one point in the episode, both Chandler and Joey run towards the chair, jumping onto it while calling dibs, which is when things went south for LeBlanc.
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"I went just to jump over the coffee table and somehow tripped, and my legs went up in the air and my shoulder came out of the socket," LeBlanc told his castmates during the reunion. The cast later watched footage of the incident, in which LeBlanc can be seen landing on the armchair at a strange angle and walking off, very clearly in pain.
According to the cast, paramedics were then called onto set and production on that specific episode was shut down. Turns out, LeBlanc had dislocated his shoulder and had to wear a sling, something which was written into the show, explained away by saying Joey fell off the bed.
Ursula
Prior to landing the role of Phoebe Buffay on "Friends," Lisa Kudrow played the character of Ursula on another popular NBC sitcom, "Mad About You." Ursula was the rude waitress who worked at the restaurant the main characters Paul and Jamie often frequented. Since both shows took place in New York and aired on NBC, the "Friends" writers wrote Ursula into the show.
"My husband Jeffrey [Klarik] was on "Mad About You" as a writer. We had to go to [creators] Danny Jacobson and Paul Reiser to get their permission, and amazingly because of that relationship… they were incredibly generous and let us do it, which is nuts," creator David Crane told Entertainment Weekly in 2019. "I wouldn't let anybody do that with a character on our show!"
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Filming the scenes involved using a stand-in for Kudrow to act across, which ended up being the actress' sister.
"I think feeling the [stress] she put her sister into by being the double was more in her head at the time, so those scenes were a little bit tricky to shoot," executive producer Kevin S. Bright explained. "But it ended up being a lot of fun when you put it together."
The Rachel
At the end of season one, Jennifer Aniston debuted "The Rachel," which would go on to become one of the most talked about hairstyles in the history of television. She continued to sport the haircut throughout the show's second season, but Aniston wasn't a fan of the style.
Aniston has spoken out about how much she disliked the haircut on more than a few occasions.
"I love Chris, and he's the bane of my existence at the same time because he started that damn Rachel, which was not my best look," she told Allure in 2011. "How do I say this? I think it was the ugliest haircut I've ever seen."
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In 2013, Aniston told Marie Claire that "'The Rachel' was high maintenance."
"I got that haircut and was like, ‘Wow, this is amazing,’ and then I was totally left with this frizzy mop on my head, because I had no idea how to do what he did," she later said at the 2018 InStyle Awards.
Equal pay
In Matthew Perry's memoir, "Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing," the actor spoke out about the history-making negotiation between the cast and executives. Perry recalled David Schwimmer receiving a lot of positive attention following the first season, revealing it was his idea to negotiate salaries as a team.
"It was a decision that proved to be extremely lucrative down the line," Perry wrote. "His decision served to make us take care of each other through what turned out to be a myriad of stressful network negotiations, and it gave us a tremendous amount of power."
He wrote that by season eight, the entire cast was making $1 million per episode. Perry thanked Schwimmer in his book for "making us stick together when he could have gone it alone and profited more than all the rest."
At the time, People reported, both Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston took a pay cut in order to make sure the whole cast was paid equally. Aniston spoke about her decision to negotiate as a team during a 2021 interview on "The Howard Stern Show," explaining "we were all doing the exact same amount of work," and that she "wouldn't have felt comfortable knowing [she] was making more."
"We all felt that way," Courteney Cox added. "I thought it was the most important thing — as we all did — that we all were equal in every single way. That was the first time that people had all stuck together in a cast. I think it was scary, probably, for productions after that."
Theme song
When the Rembrandts were first approached to write the theme song for "Friends," they were asked by the creators of the show to come up with something similar to a song by the band R.E.M. During an interview with Buzzfeed News, band members Danny Wilde and Phil Solem explained they sat down with composer Michael Skloff and lyricist Allee Willis one day, and two days later were in the recording studio.
"That's where we hashed out the idea and made sure all the parts work," Solem said. "Allee was sending faxes with the lyrics on them, like, 'Here's a new line!' 'Try this one!' 'How about this?' At the end of the day, we had a rough version… So, it was over the course of three days that we were actually working on it. And then, what seemed like five seconds later, it was on TV."
The song's signature four claps were added in as a final touch, and in an effort to have a hand in the creation of the song, show creators Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane wanted to record the claps themselves. Wilde recalled having to do over 25 takes to get the clapping right.
Initially, the song was only written as a 45-second tune to use for the show's intro. After a Nashville radio station played the song on a loop for three minutes, Wilde explained "it got a crazy amount of requests," prompting them to write the rest of the song.
"Here's what was really crazy: At that point, the producers got in on the writing. So we all just sat around, tossing ideas around," Solem said. "There was a lot of interaction. It was, like, seven people!"
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When the full version of the song was released, the cast of "Friends" was featured in the music video.
Matthew Perry's addiction
In his recent memoir, Matthew Perry discussed his addiction to both alcohol and prescription medication, admitting during an interview with Diane Sawyer that he took 55 Vicodin a day, as well as taking Methadone, Xanax and drinking copious amounts of vodka each day.
"You can track the trajectory for my addiction if you gauge my weight from season to season," Perry wrote in his memoir. "When I’m carrying weight, it’s alcohol; when I’m skinny, it’s pills; when I have a goatee, it’s a lot of pills."
While Perry said all five of his "Friends" castmates attempted to help him behind the scenes, he explained that Jennifer Aniston was the one who called him out on his alcohol abuse a few times. He wrote she came up to him and said, "We know you're drinking," and recalled the moment when speaking to Sawyer, saying, "Yeah, imagine how scary a moment that was."
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David Alan Faye
Chief Executive Officer
Faye
David Faye is an accomplished entrepreneur and CEO of Faye Business Systems Group (Faye) with extensive experience in leveraging information technology to build and grow businesses. With over 35 years in the industry, he specializes in accounting, ERP, CX, and CRM software, offering a range of services including project management, consulting, training, and support.
Faye has emerged as a top software company. Recognized as an Inc. 5000 award winner for nine consecutive years, he is a trusted advisor in CRM, CX, and bot technologies. They were honored as the 2023 SugarCRM President’s Club Partner of the Year and the 2022 North America Zendesk GTM Partner of the Year. Under Faye’s leadership, the company has achieved exceptional revenue growth, completed three key acquisitions, and established partnerships with leading global brands. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/david-alan-faye | 2023-07-30T12:22:35 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/david-alan-faye |
God's timing is perfect, even when things seem to go wildly wrong, says Washington pastor
Pastor Jesse Bradley of Washington offered advice to Bronny James, a basketball superstar whose playing days seem in jeopardy
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:8-9).
This verse comes from the Book of Isaiah, one of the latter prophets in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.
Isaiah, whose name means "the Lord saves," is sometimes referred to as the "prince of prophets," said the website Bible Study Tools.
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It is unclear if he wrote the entirety of the Book of Isaiah, but the events in it are believed to have occurred about seven centuries prior to the birth of Christ.
Even for the most devout believers, God's timing can feel very frustrating, Pastor Jesse Bradley of Auburn, Washington told Fox News Digital.
Bradley is pastor of Grace Community Church.
"How do you respond when your dreams are delayed, your hopes are hindered and your expectations are erased?" he said.
"Your life is going in one direction — then something happens that you never wanted. It tests you to the core."
A person must realize that his or her "plans and preferences are very different than reality" — and that God's timing "initially doesn't make any sense."
"Delays do not mean denial. A person's story is not over yet."
"There is massive disappointment, and you are tempted to wander down a road of darkness, despair and defeat," said Bradley.
Yet the verse in Isaiah serves as a reminder that while God's timing may not line up with expectations, it is better than anything humanity is capable of knowing.
"Delays do not mean denial," said Bradley. "A person's story is not over yet."
Bradley's own life story shows that God's timing does not necessarily match up with man's own plans.
After playing soccer at Dartmouth College, Bradley pursued a professional career overseas.
"As a goalkeeper in Zimbabwe, my career ended with a tragic illness," he revealed.
"I was fighting for my life for one year, and it took 10 years to fully recover."
Bradley had envisioned his 20s as a decade of athletic achievements, marriage and financial prosperity, yet and it was anything but.
"As it played out, I experienced many serious and chronic physical symptoms, was battling for my mental health daily, with waves of anxiety and depression, was single and ran out of money — moving into my parent's basement," he said.
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Bradley offered advice to Bronny James, an 18-year-old basketball phenom who recently suffered a cardiac arrest during practice at the University of Southern California.
"There is mystery as to what God causes."
Right now it is unclear if James will ever be able to play basketball again.
"We have a timetable in our hearts and minds, and life doesn’t submit to it," he said.
"God is never contained in our boxes, too. There is mystery as to what God causes, when God allows, the times God is actually against the outcome as we unnecessarily and cruelly hurt each other, and when the enemy of our souls comes to steal, kill and destroy," said Bradley.
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And while a person cannot find the answers to every question, people "can always chose their responses."
Said Bradley, "When you feel like God is moving too slowly or too quickly, you have the option to make some internal and external shifts … Bronny James has time now to listen closely to doctors, his body and God."
Amid his own health issues, Bradley told Fox News Digital that he "found my strength in the Lord" — and began reading and memorizing the Bible.
"I wrote down 10 blessings at night to preserve my attitude with a gritty gratitude," he said.
He added, "Abiding with Jesus became my top priority."
Said Bradley, "I learned that I can pour out my heart to God in prayer — and God can and will carry my heaviest burdens. I began to receive God’s love in fresh ways, instead of a performance-based identity and trying to achieve his favor," he said.
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"God’s grace flooded my soul at the lowest points of my life."
James — or anyone else attempting to cope with less-than-ideal timing — should "cultivate habits that renew their minds, make room for God and bring healing," said Bradley.
"Build on islands of strength. Take the next step, do the right thing and be intentional and faithful," he said. "There are no limits to what God can do."
In the end, "God is the One who ultimately decides when to bring us home," said Bradley.
And as Christ died for the sins of humanity and defeated death, humanity has "an indestructible hope," he added.
"If you want to have your sins forgiven, and enjoy the peace of God, and live eternally, then receive the Lord Jesus as your Savior and follow Him. Hope is relational," said Bradley.
"Your hope is only as strong is the one in whom you trust."
With his health challenges, Bradley told Fox News Digital that he "realized that every day is a gift from God" and that "God used the pain to fuel and forge new purpose and passion."
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Bradley said, "I didn’t have hope until I lost it. Now I am able to spread hope around the world."
Hope is available to everyone — and "there is a hope for greater than our challenges," he said.
"God’s timing is perfect, because his character and eternity is perfect," he said.
"You can trust him when you feel frustrated because he is faithful forever. During the most devastating moments, remember to lift up your eyes."
He said, "Look to the One who weeps with you, knows every detail and sees perfectly the big picture," he said.
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He added, "You can have a security that transcends your initial disappointments with timing. God’s greatest gift is his presence." | https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/gods-timing-perfect-even-when-things-seem-go-wildly-wrong-says-washington-pastor | 2023-07-30T12:22:37 | 0 | https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/gods-timing-perfect-even-when-things-seem-go-wildly-wrong-says-washington-pastor |
Ex-Virginia gov, who saw conviction by Jack Smith thrown out, says he'd 'rather win than get it right'
McDonnell was initially convicted of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and conspiracy to obtain property under color of official right
Former Virginia Republican Gov. Robert McDonnell – once prosecuted by now-Special Counsel Jack Smith for violating federal bribery law only to see his conviction unanimously overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court – said the ex-war crimes prosecutor would rather win a case than have the facts correct.
In 2016, federal prosecutors announced they would not pursue a second case against McDonnell after the Chief Justice John Roberts-led unanimous ruling vacating the conviction. McDonnell had been accused of accepting luxury gifts from a businessman in exchange for promoting a supplement he was hawking.
In vacating McDonnell's conviction, the Supreme Court ruled that setting up a meeting or organizing an event – without doing more – isn't considered an "official act," as charged by the Justice Department, where at the time the Public Integrity Section was run by Smith.
Smith, as special counsel, has indicted former President Donald Trump for mishandling classified information following a federal raid on his Mar-a-Lago compound.
McDonnell joined "Life, Liberty & Levin" on Sunday to sound off about his case and that of the former president.
"That stretch was exceptionally painful; three-and-a-half years from the investigation until we got the unanimous vindication by the U.S. Supreme Court. I knew in my heart from the very beginning – I'm a lawyer, obviously, looking at the law and the facts – that these charges were completely wrong," he said.
McDonnell said his attorneys at the time went to the Justice Department with an "extensive brief" about why they believed Smith and his prosecutors "got the law wrong" and why he, the defendant, was innocent.
"And yet they persisted and pulled the trigger and the indictments started. And of course, they've got all the investigators. They got all the money; they've got the access to The Washington Post through multiple leaks," he alleged.
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McDonnell said that even though the Roberts Court vacated the conviction, it was a difficult time for him and his family.
"My walk-away from that, especially as I looked at what [Smith] did in the Lois Lerner case with advising people that they were was okay to go after conservatives and Bob Menendez and other cases is that I think he's just overzealous," he said.
In April 2015, the Justice Department indicted Menendez, a Democratic U.S. senator from New Jersey, on bribery allegations alleging he wrongfully accepted gifts from a Florida ophthalmologist. Menendez pleaded not guilty and the case ultimately ended in a mistrial in late 2017.
Outside the Newark courtroom at the time, Menendez said "the way this case started was wrong, the way it was investigated was wrong, the way it was prosecuted was wrong…"
On "Life, Liberty & Levin," McDonnell claimed Smith would "rather win than get it right," and claimed that alleged mindset is influencing some of the moves in the Trump case.
"I think he doesn't do an honest look at the law to see if the facts apply to the law," McDonnell said.
Smith also saw the campaign-finance-related prosecution of former Democratic presidential candidate then-North Carolina Sen. John Edwards declared a mistrial, Levin noted.
The New York Times at the time called it a high-profile example of several "visible efforts" by Smith's DOJ section, listing other investigations where charges were unsuccessful or not brought including against then-Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, the late Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, and ex-Rep. Allan Mollohan, D-W.V.
Following his appointment as special counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland in November 2022, Smith pledged to "conduct the assigned investigations, and any prosecutions that may result from them, independently and in the best traditions of the Department of Justice."
"The pace of the investigations will not pause or flag under my watch. I will exercise independent judgment and will move the investigations forward expeditiously and thoroughly to whatever outcome the facts and the law dictate," Smith said. | https://www.foxnews.com/media/ex-virginia-gov-who-saw-conviction-by-jack-smith-thrown-out-says-hed-rather-win-than-get-it-right | 2023-07-30T12:22:39 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/media/ex-virginia-gov-who-saw-conviction-by-jack-smith-thrown-out-says-hed-rather-win-than-get-it-right |
Don Singer
Chief Executive Officer
VCI
Don Singer, a finance graduate with a passion for sales and achieving results, has built a respected reputation in the payments industry. Throughout his career at leading payments processing companies, he focused on business growth and team development. Singer values the human touch and personal interaction, understanding the significance of showing up, following up, and providing helpful support.
As CEO of VCI, a remote business, he emphasizes culture, non-work conversations and fun during team meetings. Singer’s vision of a tech company with a strong human component has driven VCI’s remarkable turnaround with a 270% growth in new business and impressive payment processing volumes. He believes that the integration of technology and human-centric values is crucial. With the imminent completion of a new payments processing platform, Singer ensures it aligns with client and partner needs while maintaining a dedicated and capable team. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/don-singer | 2023-07-30T12:22:41 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/don-singer |
Cancel culture mob attacked Jason Aldean. They came for 'God Bless the USA.' But they can't cancel all of us
Freedom of expression is under attack, but we won't back down
The latest "cancel culture" attack has struck directly through the heart of country music as the mob has come for one of our most popular current stars, Jason Aldean.
Make no mistake, this isn’t just about Jason - who is a friend, and I’m also a fan - this is about all of us in country music.
Freedom of expression is under attack. We are increasingly seeing it throughout our culture. Yet, freedom of speech and creative expression are essential to a free country — it’s the American way of life. Canceling artists is anti-American, it’s insidious and if it gains a foothold, it will take another generation to weed it out.
I myself was "canceled" from the National Endowment of the Arts by President Joe Biden just one year into his administration. A curt letter was sent to me, and no explanation was given. Oddly enough, I had served presidents on both sides for over a decade - first appointed to the NEA by President George W. Bush, then served 8 years under President Barack Obama, and 4 years under President Donald Trump before receiving the news I was being terminated. I presume the reason I was canceled is due to my song "God Bless the USA" being played at former President Donald Trump’s rallies and my refusal to "demand" he stop using it, as some critics have suggested I do.
The reason I won’t give in, and the reason Jason Aldean won’t back down, is we know how this ends.
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As I was writing "God Bless the USA," which commemorates its 40th anniversary this year, I witnessed firsthand my grandparents on their Sacramento, California farm struggle with Cold War-era regulations to shut down their grain production in response to our battles with the Soviet Union. I saw what that did to their livelihoods, and that’s where I got the inspiration for the opening line of the song, "If tomorrow all the things were gone I’d worked for all my life, and I had to start again with just my family and my wife…" The large red tractor which appears in the official video for the song has become a symbol which so many Americans tell me as I travel across the country that they see as a symbol of hard work, perseverance, and the American way.
A few years after I wrote the song "God Bless the USA," a man named President Ronald Reagan stood boldly and asked Soviet leaders to "tear down that wall." Folklore has it that his advisers told him numerous times not to say it, for it would be far too controversial for those times. However, Reagan didn’t back down and if you visit The Ronald Reagan Library in my home state of California, you will see the transcript from that day, in which Reagan himself kept penciling that line back in. He knew that you could only have peace through showing strength.
We must ensure that we don’t allow cancel culture to take our freedom of expression away.
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In response to the cancel culture, I’m committing the rest of my life to freedom of expression, to country music, and to America’s veterans who’ve died and served to protect those freedoms. That is why I’m inviting all Americans to join me in going to AdoptAVet.com and sending Veterans to the movies this Veterans Day for a special salute to country music, a genre which celebrates all that is great about America.
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I also encourage CEOs of companies to step up and join us in supporting America, freedom of expression and free enterprise, by buying out a theater for Veterans in their communities. Without patriotic American companies’ support, the cancel culture mob wins every time. We must send a message to every queller of free speech that their actions are not welcome here and as my song says, "…that the flag still stands for freedom, and they can’t take that away."
May God bless our country music artists, our Veterans, and may God Bless the USA. | https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/cancel-culture-mob-attacked-jason-aldean-they-came-god-bless-usa-they-cant-cancel-all-us | 2023-07-30T12:22:45 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/cancel-culture-mob-attacked-jason-aldean-they-came-god-bless-usa-they-cant-cancel-all-us |
Dr. Vitka Eisen
President & CEO
HealthRIGHT 360
Dr. Vitka Eisen, president and CEO of HealthRIGHT 360, has a personal understanding of homelessness and addiction, having experienced it herself in the past. Under her leadership, HealthRIGHT 360 has become a statewide health justice organization, providing integrated healthcare to low-income residents in 11 California counties. Through strategic mergers and comprehensive services, such as medical care, substance use disorder treatment, mental health services, and housing assistance, the organization supports individuals experiencing homelessness, poverty, trauma, and other chronic conditions.
Dr. Eisen is committed to health equity, social justice, and addressing the harms caused by the criminalization of substance use disorder. Her work is grounded in community experience and ensures that HealthRIGHT 360 serves a diverse population with both clients and employees reflecting this diversity. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/dr-vitka-eisen | 2023-07-30T12:22:48 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/dr-vitka-eisen |
Devon Archer, the man who will testify to Congress about his business dealings with Hunter Biden: Who is he?
Archer is expected to testify about meetings with Hunter also attended by Joe Biden
Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s longtime friend and business associate, is expected to testify on Capitol Hill Monday and share intimate details about foreign ventures he worked on and the level at which President Biden was allegedly involved.
Archer is set to appear before the House Oversight Committee Monday and is reportedly preparing to tell lawmakers that President Biden met with dozens of Hunter's business associates while he was serving as vice president between 2009 and 2017.
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Archer is expected to detail the meetings he witnessed that both Bidens attended—either in person or via telephone. Archer will reportedly testify that Hunter would specifically introduce his father to foreign business partners or prospective investors.
Archer’s intimate knowledge of the business arrangements come after years of working closely with Hunter, including on the board of Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings with him, beginning in 2014.
Archer also co-founded investment firm Rosemont Seneca alongside the president’s son and Climate Envoy John Kerry’s stepson, Christopher Heinz. Archer served as managing director.
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Archer co-founded BHR Partners in 2013— a joint-venture between Rosemont Seneca and Chinese investment firm Bohai Capital. BHR Partners is a Beijing-backed private equity firm controlled by Bank of China Limited.
Archer was forced to resign from BHR Partners in May 2016 after he came under federal investigation.
In February 2022, he was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for defrauding a Native American tribal entity and various investment advisory clients of tens of millions of dollars in connection with the issuance of bonds by the tribal entity and the subsequent sale of those bonds through "fraudulent and deceptive means," according to the Department of Justice.
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Archer visited Biden's vice presidential residence for a holiday reception in December 2009, and he met with Biden in the West Wing of the White House on April 16, 2014, just days before Archer and Hunter joined the board of Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings in Ukraine.
Archer also played golf with Joe and Hunter Biden in the Hamptons at least once during the Obama administration in August 2014, four months after he and Hunter joined Burisma.
Joe Biden, while serving as vice president, and Hunter Biden allegedly "coerced" Burisma CEO Mykola Zlochevsky to pay them millions of dollars to help get the Ukrainian prosecutor investigating the firm fired, according to allegations included in an unclassified FBI FD-1023 form. At the time, Joe Biden was in charge of U.S.-Ukraine policy for the Obama administration. Biden has publicly boasted about his success in having that prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, fired, though supporters said firing Shokin was consistent with U.S. policy.
Archer’s expected testimony comes as the House Oversight Committee continues its investigation into whether the Bidens used the influence that then-Vice President Biden had in the White House to elicit foreign business deals. The committee is also investigating the Biden family’s "corrupt" business practices.
"We are looking forward very much to hearing from Devon Archer about all the times he has witnessed Joe Biden meeting with Hunter Biden’s overseas business partners when he was vice president, including on speakerphone," the committee said in a statement.
Since reports of his planned testimony, Archer has reportedly told friends he has fled his Long Island and Brooklyn homes, but he still plans to testify.
Archer's lawyer released a statement this week saying, "There have been many leaks and much speculation about Mr. Archer’s potential statement to the Oversight Committee, but next week, Mr. Archer will get to speak for himself."
Meanwhile, Hunter Biden's plea deal fell apart during his first court appearance Wednesday morning.
The president's son was expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax counts of willful failure to pay federal income tax as part of a plea deal to avoid jail time on a felony gun charge.
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Instead, he pleaded "not guilty" as federal prosecutors confirmed that the president's son is still under federal investigation. | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/devon-archer-hunter-biden | 2023-07-30T12:22:51 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/devon-archer-hunter-biden |
Eric Ellingsen
President & CEO
California Bank & Trust
As CEO, Eric Ellingsen envisions growth for CB&T while investing in its people, serving clients, and making a positive impact in the community. Corporate social responsibility is a fundamental aspect of CB&T’s mission to support the people and businesses shaping California. He prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion in his approach; he believes that understanding economic advantages and opportunities is crucial for decision-making and leveling the playing field. He emphasizes providing access to underserved groups, aiming to change lives and improve the community.
In 2020, Ellingsen led CB&T’s efforts in processing PPP loans to support businesses affected by the pandemic. His contributions have been recognized, receiving accolades from numerous organizations. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/eric-ellingsen | 2023-07-30T12:22:54 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/eric-ellingsen |
Erica Solis
Chief Executive Officer
Poppy Life Care
Erica Solis is an accomplished CEO with expertise in growing and scaling companies. With a passion for holistic health, she founded Poppy Life Care to provide accessible and affordable resources to individuals and families facing health challenges. Solis has led significant growth in employee population, clinic expansion, and revenue increase in previous roles. She co-founded Movocash, a fintech solution, and played a crucial role in scaling NWHM, a homebuilding start-up. As the CEO of Poppy Life Care, Solis has forged partnerships with reputable organizations and assembled a strong team to disrupt mental healthcare delivery. She is recognized for her leadership and operational excellence by prestigious entities. Her track record showcases her ability to drive company growth, foster partnerships, and implement innovative solutions. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/erica-solis | 2023-07-30T12:23:00 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/erica-solis |
Thousands of Israelis have once again joined nationwide protests against controversial judicial reforms they say could undermine the country's democracy. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed through a law limiting some powers of the Supreme Court. | https://www.dw.com/en/israel-sees-30th-week-of-judicial-reform-protests/video-66387688 | 2023-07-30T12:23:03 | 0 | https://www.dw.com/en/israel-sees-30th-week-of-judicial-reform-protests/video-66387688 |
Finalist: Bruno Adoric
Chief Financial Officer & COO
Sole Source Capital
Bruno Adoric is the chief financial officer and chief operating officer of Sole Source Capital (SSC) where he is responsible for fund administration and compliance. Adoric has over 13 years of experience in accounting, financial reporting, compliance, and administration of private equity, venture capital, and fund of funds.
He currently serves as a director for Worldwide Produce, Dallas Plastics, Peak Technologies, I.D. Images, and Westwood Laboratories. Prior to joining SSC, Adoric spent five years as an outsourced CFO at Standish Management, focusing primarily on private equity funds with over $13 billion in AUM. During his time at Standish, he served as SSC’s outsourced CFO for two years. He previously worked at Panoptic Fund Administration Group and J.P. Morgan. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/finalist-bruno-adoric | 2023-07-30T12:23:06 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/finalist-bruno-adoric |
British singer-songwriter Kate Bush turns 65 today! Her 1985 iconic track "Running Up That Hill" was rediscovered and celebrated by a new generation after being featured in "Stranger Things" last year. The song has now surpassed a billion streams on Spotify. | https://www.dw.com/en/kate-bush-turns-65/video-66387719 | 2023-07-30T12:23:10 | 1 | https://www.dw.com/en/kate-bush-turns-65/video-66387719 |
Finalist: Sean Cunningham
Chief Financial Officer
Integrated Capital Management
Sean Cunningham is a highly accomplished CFO with more than three decades of financial management experience in the real estate investment, development, and property management industry. He is the chief financial officer for Integrated Capital Management, a company that represents certain U.S. commercial real estate investment interests of the Disney family and numerous other affluent households around the world, as well as multiple registered investment advisors, high-net-worth individuals and foreign capital sources.
As CFO Cunningham oversees all aspects of the firm’s financial functions, including fund accounting and control, investor back office, reporting, SEC and FINRA compliance, audit and tax matters, and corporate finance activities. He is part of Integrated Capital Management’s leadership team and played an instrumental role in the launch of the company’s debut private equity real estate fund. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/finalist-sean-cunningham | 2023-07-30T12:23:12 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/finalist-sean-cunningham |
According to Russia's defense ministry, an attack on Moscow by three Ukrainian drones has been thwarted. No one was injured in the attack, which damaged an office building several kilometers from the Kremlin. Kyiv has not commented on the incident yet. | https://www.dw.com/en/russia-says-moscow-attacked-by-3-ukrainian-drones/video-66388559 | 2023-07-30T12:23:17 | 1 | https://www.dw.com/en/russia-says-moscow-attacked-by-3-ukrainian-drones/video-66388559 |
Gloria Jetter Crockett
President & CEO
Make-A-Wish Orange County and the Inland Empire
Gloria Jetter Crockett is the president and CEO of Make-A-Wish Orange County and the Inland Empire, leading the local chapter in creating life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. She demonstrates unwavering commitment to supporting families facing these hardships and motivates her team through the challenges of the pandemic, ensuring wishes are granted. Her steadfast leadership allowed over 165 wishes to be fulfilled in 2021 through unique remote experiences.
As restrictions eased, the organization granted 247 wishes while still having over 500 wishes waiting to be fulfilled. With more than 25 years of experience in nonprofit executive roles, Crockett excels in organizational development, fundraising, and strategic planning. She has a proven track record of achieving results and serving those in need with compassion and dedication. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/gloria-jetter-crockett | 2023-07-30T12:23:18 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/gloria-jetter-crockett |
Heather Tierney
Founder & Creative Director
The Butcher’s Daughter
Heather Tierney, founder and creative director of The Butcher’s Daughter and Wanderlust Design Studio, is a passionate designer with a love for healthy food and juice. She draws inspiration from local farmer’s markets and her cocktail bars to create unique restaurant and bar designs. Her creative agency, Wanderlust, handles residential and hospitality projects, as well as branding and identity. Notable projects include The Waterfront Venice, a beach bar and restaurant, and De La Nonna, an iconic Italian café.
Tierney’s design excellence has earned her awards and recognition, with her interiors featured in design books like Surf Shack and Dark Nostalgia. Her work embodies a blend of feminine and masculine energy, resulting in captivating and celebrated designs. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/heather-tierney | 2023-07-30T12:23:24 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/heather-tierney |
James (Jim) K. Wallace
Chief Executive Officer
BPM LLP
Jim Wallace, CEO of BPM LLP, has positioned the firm as a top 40 accounting and advisory firm nationwide through his 40 years of experience. Under his leadership, BPM has achieved high rankings and significant growth. His ambitious growth strategy and people-centered firm culture have been instrumental to this success. Starting at Deloitte and later joining Rehmann, Wallace transitioned into firm management after a client-focused career. He led Rehmann grew the firm through over 25 business combinations. Recognizing his achievements, BPM selected him as CEO to steer the firm in a similar direction. Wallace has prioritized ESG and sustainability, culminating in BPM achieving B Corp Certification. He also spearheaded the launch of its new brand, aligning the firm’s visual identity with its value proposition. His dedication and focus on people have solidified his reputation as an impactful leader. Jim’s leadership has earned BPM recognition as the firm of choice and garnered personal accolades. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/james-jim-k-wallace | 2023-07-30T12:23:30 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/james-jim-k-wallace |
Jessica Ann Hubbard
Chief Executive Officer
Casa Youth Shelter
Jessica Hubbard, CEO of Casa Youth Shelter, has overcome challenging circumstances to dedicate her life to empowering youth. Growing up in poverty with an unstable home, she earned a full scholarship to the University of Florida and became a teacher, receiving accolades for her impact. Motivated by students’ struggles with the criminal justice system, she pursued a law degree while working and gained experience as a compliance director and campus director.
As Director of Programs and Chief Programs Officer at Girls Inc. of Orange County, Hubbard transformed the lives of thousands of economically disadvantaged girls, expanding the organization’s reach and empowering them to graduate college. Now at Casa Youth Shelter, she applies her lived experience to support and nurture youth in crisis, offering shelter, counseling and support services. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/jessica-ann-hubbard | 2023-07-30T12:23:36 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/jessica-ann-hubbard |
John Shen
Chief Executive Officer
American Lending Center
John Shen, a Chinese native who came to the U.S. as a foreign student, is an accomplished entrepreneur and the CEO of American Lending Center (ALC). Under his leadership, ALC has become one of the country’s most successful non-bank small business lending institutions. In addition, Shen has founded other thriving businesses, including Sunstone Management and Partake Collective. His entrepreneurial vision has propelled these companies to success.
Shen’s unique lending model, developed after the 2008 financial crisis, transformed ALC into a major player, generating over $100 million in revenue in 2021. Under his leadership, ALC played a crucial role in supporting underserved and minority small businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program, funding approximately 30,000 loans across all states and ranking among the top 50 lenders. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/john-shen | 2023-07-30T12:23:42 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/john-shen |
Jonathan Fitzgarrald
Managing Partner
Equinox Strategy Partners
Jonathan Fitzgarrald is a seasoned advisor who helps undervalued professionals unlock their potential and achieve growth in revenue, market visibility, and their practices. His unique approach, inspired by the Moneyball strategy, focuses on coaching skilled professionals in legal, financial, accounting, and professional services firms who are often overlooked. Clients he advises have experienced revenue increases of up to 20% in the first year.
Fitzgarrald is a highly regarded speaker, having presented at prestigious events like the Managing Partner Forum and UCLA Anderson School of Management, and his expertise has been featured in numerous prominent publications. His motivation lies in empowering professionals to succeed, and his background in equestrian events and international humanitarian work has instilled resilience, multiple perspectives, and language skills in him. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/jonathan-fitzgarrald | 2023-07-30T12:23:48 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/jonathan-fitzgarrald |
Lara Schmoisman
Founder & CEO
The Darl
Lara Schmoisman, a native of Buenos Aires, is the founder and CEO of The Darl, a prominent full-service marketing and advertising agency headquartered in Los Angeles. With a blend of Jewish and Latina heritage, she possesses an assertive and determined nature, accompanied by a compelling accent that leaves a lasting impression. Renowned for her ability to rejuvenate brands, her accomplishments include being recognized as a Forbes Next 1000 Honoree and nominated as a 2022 L.A. Times B2B Publishing Inspirational Woman.
With two decades of invaluable experience spanning radio, television, film, distribution, and content marketing, Schmoisman expertly leverages her industry knowledge to assist emerging brands. Furthermore, she hosts the widely popular podcast “Coffee N° 5,” which boasts an impressive 400,000 downloads. Lara is also a sought-after speaker and has previously served as a lecturer at California Polytechnic State University. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/lara-schmoisman | 2023-07-30T12:23:54 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/lara-schmoisman |
Laurie Holcomb
CEO & Founder
Gold Flora, LLC
Laurie Holcomb is an accomplished CEO and founder with a strong track record in commercial real estate and the cannabis industry. She possesses expertise in executive management, sales, distressed asset management, and mergers & acquisitions. Her entrepreneurial spirit led her to establish start-up companies in both real estate and cannabis.
With a bachelor’s degree in journalism mass communications, Holcomb rose through the ranks in finance, eventually becoming the chairman and CEO of Checkmate. Transitioning to commercial real estate, Laurie served as executive VP at MasterCraft Homes for nearly 20 years. Recognizing potential in the booming cannabis industry, she founded BlackStar Financial and later established Gold Flora, a successful woman-owned company specializing in indoor cannabis cultivation and high quality products. Holcomb’s ventures have positioned her as a leader in California’s cannabis market. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/laurie-holcomb | 2023-07-30T12:24:01 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/laurie-holcomb |
Les Hiscoe
Chief Executive Officer
Shawmut Design and Construction
Les Hiscoe’s career in construction management has been marked by impressive achievements, ascending from project manager to CEO. Under his leadership, he has experienced remarkable growth, increasing revenue from $558 million to $1.3 billion and expanding to 11 offices nationwide.
Hiscoe has played a pivotal role in Shawmut’s exponential growth in the Los Angeles market, driving a 260% revenue increase in the last five years alone. His focus now lies in expanding Shawmut’s presence in Southern California, particularly in the commercial, life sciences, and education sectors. He has also prioritized creating a diverse and inclusive work environment, resulting in women representing 31% of Shawmut’s workforce and over 21% in leadership positions. Shawmut’s achievements under Hiscoe’s leadership have earned them accolades as a top workplace and a champion of diversity and inclusion. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/les-hiscoe | 2023-07-30T12:24:07 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/les-hiscoe |
The House Republicans who craft the conference’s government funding bills are showing signs of frustration as hard-line conservatives pressure leadership for further cuts to spending that some worry could be too aggressive.
Some of the 12 Appropriations subcommittee chairs — the so-called cardinals — told reporters that they are struggling to see where those additional cuts could come from, as September’s shutdown deadline looms.
“I just don’t see the wisdom in trying to further cut to strengthen our hand. I don’t know how that strengthens our hand,” Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.), a House Appropriations subcommittee chairman, said of conservatives’ push to further cut the already-scaled-back spending bills.
“I do think it puts some of our members in a very difficult spot, particularly those in tough districts, because they’re going to be taking some votes that become problematic,” he added.
The House left Washington for a long summer recess Thursday after being forced to punt a bill to fund agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration.
Conservatives are dug in on their demand for steeper spending cuts, to the chagrin of moderates who are wary of slashing funding even more. The chamber has passed just one appropriations bill, funding military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The internal divisions are gripping the party as time is running out: The House has just 12 days in September to move the remaining 11 appropriations measures and hash out their disagreements with the Senate, which is marking up its spending bills at higher levels, setting the scene for a hectic fall that could bring the U.S. to the brink of a shutdown.
Those dynamics are putting GOP appropriators in a bind, leaving them searching for ways to appease conservative requests without gutting their spending bills.
“We’ve done a lot of cuts, a lot of cuts,” House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-Texas) told The Hill this week. “And so if it’s cuts just for cut’s sake, I don’t agree with it. But if it’s something that we can do without, that’s fine.”
‘Not a lot of wiggle room left’
Republican appropriators in the House announced earlier this year that they would mark up their bills for fiscal 2024 at fiscal 2022 levels, as leaders sought to placate conservatives who thought the debt ceiling deal struck by President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) earlier this year didn’t do enough to curb spending.
The Senate is crafting its bills more in line with the budget caps agreed to in the deal, but House Republicans are already fuming about a bipartisan deal in the upper chamber that would allow for more than $13 billion in additional emergency spending on top of those levels.
House GOP negotiators also said they would pursue clawing back more than $100 billion in old funding that was allocated for Democratic priorities without GOP support in the previous Congress.
While that move drew support from hard-line conservatives, the right flank was far from pleased when it heard appropriators planned to repurpose that old funding — known as rescissions — to plus-up the spending bills.
In a letter to McCarthy earlier this month, a group of hard-line conservatives called for all 12 appropriations bills to be in line with fiscal 2022 spending levels “without the use of reallocated rescissions to increase discretionary spending above that top-line.”
Otherwise, the 21 lawmakers threatened, they would vote against the measures. But that request could prove difficult for GOP appropriators to fulfill.
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), chairman of the panel that proposes funding for the Department of State and foreign operations, said that appropriators are already “dramatically reducing spending,” suggesting that there are not too many remaining areas to trim from.
“My bill is below the 2016 levels,” he said, later adding, “When you’re below the 2016 level — and we’re still confronting China — I think there’s not a lot of wiggle room left.”
“It’s a challenge, but I think we’ll get through it. I really do,” he added.
Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), who heads the subcommittee that oversees funding for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Interior, scoffed at the idea of even steeper cuts to his bill.
“Then you just drop it on the floor and stomp on it. What else do you do with it?” he told reporters. “You can’t make logical cuts in there.”
Republicans appropriators are voicing optimism that the conference will be able to sort out its differences on spending, but some also hope their levels will stick — even though they include rescissions.
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) — whose panel handles funding for the Department of Energy, which is proposing offsetting billions of dollars in spending with clawbacks — said it would be “extremely difficult” to craft his bill without the rescinded funds.
“And given our priorities in my bill, national defense with the nuclear weapons portfolio, nuclear cleanup, Army Corps including, all the community-directed fundings, I feel good about my bill, and I hope my numbers hold,” he said.
“Because it’s gonna have to be in negotiations with the Senate and the White House as well,” he added.
Womack — whose subcommittee crafts funding for the IRS and the Treasury Department — said he doesn’t think “moving the goalposts on these numbers is helpful in strengthening our ability to negotiate with the Senate.”
August preparations for a busy September
Frustrations among appropriators are bubbling up as Congress inches closer to the fall, when lawmakers are facing a Sept. 30 deadline to approve funding or risk a government shutdown.
With time running out, some House lawmakers say conversations may continue over the long August recess to try to hash out remaining differences.
“We’ll have to see,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said when asked about potential plans for talks between leaders and House Freedom Caucus members over the break. “I mean, we got a lot of work to do.”
“I think a lot of work [has] got to be done behind the scenes,” he said. “If not, you know, here — You gotta beg the question about whether we should be gone for six weeks. We should be getting our job done.”
Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) echoed that sentiment, saying “I would think so” when asked if lawmakers will have conversations over the break.
Adding to the August workload, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) suggested earlier this week that bicameral negotiations could take place over the weeks-long recess as lawmakers stare down the shutdown deadline.
Not all Republicans, however, are viewing a shutdown as a risk.
During a House Freedom Caucus press conference this week, Good said “we should not fear a government shutdown,” claiming that “most of what we do up here is bad anyway; most of what we do up here hurts the American people.”
But that perspective does not jive with the view of McCarthy, who declared Thursday: “I don’t want the government to shut down.”
Multiple Republicans are ultimately expecting Congress to eventually pass what’s known as a continuing resolution (CR), or a measure that temporarily allows the government to be funded at the previous fiscal year’s levels, to prevent a lapse at the end of September.
But they also understand the task could be difficult in the GOP-led chamber, where Republicans aren’t happy about the idea of continuing funding at the current levels — which were last set when Democrats held control of Congress.
“I think there’s a very good chance that we’ll see a CR, but I know there’s a lot of work to get a CR done,” Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.), another appropriator, said Thursday, noting there are “a lot of members that don’t want CRs that are tired of them.”
But Aderholt suggested a CR could notch sufficient GOP backing if there’s a larger plan in sight that the party can support.
“The Speaker’s been very good about having a plan,” he said, adding, “I think that’s what he’s good at, and I’m optimistic that he can come up with something.”
Emily Brooks contributed. | https://fox59.com/hill-politics/frustration-emerges-among-gop-spending-cardinals-as-conservatives-push-for-cuts/ | 2023-07-30T12:24:09 | 1 | https://fox59.com/hill-politics/frustration-emerges-among-gop-spending-cardinals-as-conservatives-push-for-cuts/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – The rates of depression and suicide among teens in the U.S. have risen sharply over the last decade.
Recent studies have shown the number of teenagers and young adults with clinical depression more than doubled between 2011 and 2021.
Experts blame the combination of the pandemic and social media as the main drivers, and it appears teens’ mental health struggles even more during the school year.
It was something Cynthia Borgwing saw firsthand with her daughter, who was having trouble socializing and interacting with her classmates during her junior year of high school.
“She would call me every day to tell me she had no one to sit with at lunch,” Borgwing said. “One day she called me crying when the dean found her eating lunch by a toilet seat... and I said, ‘I can be part of the problem, or I can be part of the solution.’”
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Her solution was to create an after-school program that focuses on rebuilding kids’ self-esteem. She spoke with anchor Justin Warmoth about her Lake Nona-based nonprofit, called Rebuild Yourself Inc.
“Some of the kids come here because they feel it’s a safe place,” Borgwing said. “They can be who they want, what they want to be called, and be accepted.”
Rebuild Yourself has ballooned in popularity over the last two years with more than 600 Orange and Osceola teens now in the program, which operates inside a soccer facility in Lake Nona.
“This came out of love for my kid and wanting to help my kid,” Borgwing said. “I knew my child came from a good home, and I said, ‘If my kid is feeling this way, there has to be others.’ And I was right.”
For more information on her nonprofit, click here.
Watch the full interview in the video player above.
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Lew Horne
President-Greater LA, Orange County, & Inland Empire
CBRE
Lew Horne, president of advisory services at CBRE, brings over 30 years of experience, exceptional business expertise, and community involvement to the commercial real estate industry. He oversees various divisions within CBRE, leading a collaborative approach to deliver strategic solutions for clients. As an early advocate for workplace transformation, he played a pivotal role in launching CBRE’s Workplace360 concept, reshaping the company’s work environment and expanding it globally.
Alongside his professional achievements, Horne actively engages in community initiatives, including addressing homelessness in L.A. and promoting civic engagement. He holds influential positions in organizations such as the Central City Association, Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation, and Catholic Big Brothers Big Sisters. Recognized for his contributions, he was inducted into the SoCal NAIOP Hall of Fame and received prestigious awards from various institutions. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/lew-horne | 2023-07-30T12:24:13 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/lew-horne |
COLUMBIA, S.C. – With less than a month to go until the first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 campaign, seven candidates say they have met qualifications for a spot on stage in Milwaukee.
But that also means that about half the broad GOP field is running short on time to make the cut.
To qualify for the Aug. 23 debate, candidates needed to satisfy polling and donor requirements set by the Republican National Committee: at least 1% in three high-quality national polls or a mix of national and early-state polls, between July 1 and Aug. 21, and a minimum of 40,000 donors, with 200 in 20 or more states.
A look at who's in, who's (maybe) out and who's still working on making it:
WHO'S QUALIFIED
The current front-runner long ago satisfied the polling and donor thresholds. But he is considering boycotting and holding a competing event.
Campaign advisers have said the former president has not made a final decision about the debate. One noted that “it’s pretty clear,” based on Trump's public and private statements, that he is unlikely to appear with the other candidates.
“If you’re leading by a lot, what’s the purpose of doing it?” Trump asked on Newsmax.
In the meantime, aides have discussed potential alternative programming if Trump opts for a rival event. One option Trump has floated is an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who now has a program on X, the site formerly known as Twitter.
The Florida governor has long been seen as Trump's top rival, finishing a distant second to him in a series of polls in early-voting states, as well as national polls, and raising an impressive amount of money.
But DeSantis' campaign has struggled in recent weeks to live up to the sky-high expectations that awaited him when he entered the race. He let go of more than one-third of his staff as federal filings showed his campaign was burning through cash at an unsustainable rate.
If Trump is absent, DeSantis may be the top target on stage at the debate.
The South Carolina senator has been looking for a breakout moment. The first debate could be his chance.
A prolific fundraiser, Scott enters the summer with $21 million cash on hand.
In one debate-approved poll in Iowa, Scott joined Trump and DeSantis in reaching double digits. The senator has focused much of his campaign resources on the leadoff GOP voting state, which is dominated by white evangelical voters.
She has blitzed early-voting states with campaign events, walking crowds through her electoral successes ousting a longtime incumbent South Carolina lawmaker, then becoming the state's first woman and first minority governor. Also serving as Trump's U.N. ambassador for about two years, Haley frequently cites her international experience, arguing about the threat China poses to the United States.
The only woman in the GOP race, Haley has said transgender students competing in sports is “the women’s issue of our time” and has drawn praise from a leading anti-abortion group, which called her “uniquely gifted at communicating from a pro-life woman’s perspective.”
Bringing in $15.6 million since the start of her campaign, Haley's campaign says she has “well over 40,000 unique donors" and has satisfied the debate polling requirements.
The biotech entrepreneur and author of “Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam” is an audience favorite at multicandidate events and has polled well despite not being nationally known when he entered the race.
Ramaswamy's campaign says he met the donor threshold earlier this year. He recently rolled out “Vivek's Kitchen Cabinet" to boost his donor numbers even more, by letting fundraisers keep 10% of what they bring in for his campaign.
The former New Jersey governor opened his campaign by portraying himself as the only candidate ready to take on Trump. Christie called on the former president to “show up at the debates and defend his record.”
Christie will be on that stage, even if Trump isn't, telling CNN this month that he surpassed “40,000 unique donors in just 35 days.” He also has met the polling requirements.
Burgum, a wealthy former software entrepreneur now in his second term as North Dakota’s governor, has been using his fortune to boost his campaign.
He announced a program this month to give away $20 gift cards — “Biden Relief Cards,” as a critique of President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy — to as many as 50,000 people in exchange for $1 donations. Critics have questioned whether the offer violated campaign finance law.
Within about a week of launching that effort, Burgum announced he had surpassed the donor threshold. Ad blitzes in the early-voting states also helped him meet the polling requirements.
WHO HASN'T QUALIFIED:
Trump's vice president has met the polling threshold but has yet to amass a sufficient number of donors, raising the possibility that he might not qualify for the party's first debate.
Pence and his advisers have expressed confidence he will do so, noting that most other Republican hopefuls took a month or two of being active candidates to meet the mark. Pence entered the race on June 7, the same day as Burgum and one day after Christie.
“We’re making incredible progress toward that goal. We’re not there yet,” Pence told CNN in a recent interview. “We will make it. I will see you at that debate stage."
According to his campaign, the former two-term Arkansas governor has met the polling requirements but is working on satisfying the donor threshold. As of Wednesday, Hutchinson marked more than 11,000 unique donors.
Hutchinson is running in the mold of an old-school Republican and has differentiated himself from many of his GOP rivals in his willingness to criticize Trump. He has posted pleas on Twitter for $1 donations to help secure his slot.
The Miami mayor has been one of the more creative candidates in his efforts to boost his donor numbers. He offered up a chance to see Argentine soccer legend Lionel Messi’s debut as a player for Inter Miami, saying donors who gave $1 would be entered in a chance to get front-row tickets.
Still shy of the donor threshold, he took a page from Burgum’s playbook by offering a $20 “Bidenomics Relief Card” in return for $1 donations. A super political action committee supporting Suarez launched a sweepstakes for a chance at up to $15,000 in tuition, in exchange for a $1 donation to Suarez’s campaign.
Suarez's campaign did not return a message seeking details on his number of donors or qualifying polls.
The conservative radio host wrote in an op-ed that the RNC “has rigged the rules of the game by instituting a set of criteria that is so onerous and poorly designed that only establishment-backed and billionaire candidates are guaranteed to be on stage.”
His campaign last week declined to detail its number of donors, saying only that there had been "a strong increase the last few weeks.” He has not met the polling requirements.
Johnson, a wealthy but largely unknown businessman from Michigan, said in a recent social media post that he had notched 23,000 donors and was “confident” he would make the debate stage. He added that all donors were “eligible to attend my free concert in Iowa featuring” country duo Big & Rich next month.
Johnson, who has reached 1% in one qualifying poll, has also offered to give copies of his book “Two Cents to Save America” to anyone who donated to his campaign.
The former Texas congressman — the last candidate to enter the race, on June 22 — has said repeatedly that he would not pledge to support the eventual GOP nominee, a stance that would keep him off the stage even if he had the qualifying donor and polling numbers.
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Liam K. Griffin
Chairman, CEO, & President
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
Liam K. Griffin is the chairman, CEO, and president of Skyworks Solutions, Inc. He has held various leadership positions within the company since joining in 2001, including EVP and General Manager of High-Performance Analog and SVP of Sales and Marketing. In May 2014, he became president and in May 2016 became CEO and a director. Recently in May 2021, he was appointed chairman of the board.
Griffin’s industry experience also includes serving as VP of Worldwide Sales at Vectron International and holding positions at AT&T’s Microelectronics and Network Systems’ businesses. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and an MBA from Boston University. Currently he serves on the boards of National Instruments and the CEO Leadership Alliance Orange County. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/liam-k-griffin | 2023-07-30T12:24:19 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/liam-k-griffin |
CAIRO – Palestinian factions kicked off a meeting Sunday in Egypt to discuss reconciliation efforts as violence in the occupied West Bank surged between Israel and Palestinian militants.
The main groups, Hamas and Fatah, have been split since 2007. With repeated reconciliation attempts having failed, expectations for the one-day meeting are low. According to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, the gathering in the Egyptian city of el-Alamein on the Mediterranean Sea was discussing “ways to restore national unity and end the division."
The meeting comes amid soaring violence in the West Bank, where Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah group are based and exert limited self-rule. Israel has been staging near-nightly raids in Palestinian areas of the territory in what it says is an attempt to stamp out militancy, especially in areas where Abbas' security forces have less of a foothold.
Those raids have led to some of the worst fighting in nearly two decades in the West Bank. Palestinians also say the Israeli raids undermine their own security forces and weaken their leadership.
The meeting in Egypt was chaired and initiated by Abbas, presents the aging and longtime Palestinian leader with a chance to portray an image of control and statesmanship to both Palestinians and the international community at a time when he is deeply unpopular at home and his room for maneuver is constrained by the Israeli incursions.
The meeting was attended by other Palestinian leaders including Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas. the militant group which rules the Gaza Strip. Fatah and Hamas have been rivals since Hamas violently routed forces loyal to Abbas in Gaza in 2007, taking over the impoverished coastal enclave. Israel and Egypt have imposed a blockade on the territory.
For Hamas, joining the meeting is an opportunity to show Gazans that it is making an effort to mend the rift, even if nothing changes as a result.
Another key group playing a central role in the fighting with Israel, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, boycotted the gathering to protest the detentions by the Palestinian Authority of its members, according to the group's leader, Ziyad al-Nakhala.
Egypt has for years acted as a mediator to try to end the infighting between Palestinian factions. It also helped broker truces in multiple rounds of fighting between Israel and Hamas. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/world/2023/07/30/palestinian-factions-meet-in-egypt-seeking-reconciliation-as-violence-surges-in-the-west-bank/ | 2023-07-30T12:24:22 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/world/2023/07/30/palestinian-factions-meet-in-egypt-seeking-reconciliation-as-violence-surges-in-the-west-bank/ |
Lisa Elkan
CEO & Founder
Lisa PR
Lisa Elkan is a marketing and public relations professional with a focus on legal marketing. Her specialties include marketing, public relations, advertising, social media marketing, business development, and brand management. After recognizing the demand for her skills, she started her own PR firm, Lisa PR, in 2012. Her firm has been named one of UCLA ONE’s Top Businesses and won the Best Law Firm PR Specialist (California) award from New World Report’s Legal Elite Awards.
Elkan is passionate about teaching professionals how to grow their businesses. During the pandemic, she supported struggling local businesses by securing press coverage and helped fellow mompreneurs succeed. Her dedication in merging personal and professional values sets her apart in the industry, and always goes the extra mile to ensure client satisfaction and success. | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/lisa-elkan | 2023-07-30T12:24:25 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/2023-c-suite-trends-updates-and-the-cfo-leadership-awards-recap/lisa-elkan |