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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani authorities used dozens of shipping containers and trucks to block off major roads into Islamabad on Wednesday, after a defiant former Prime Minister Imran Khan said he would march with demonstrators to the city center for a rally he hopes will bring down the government and force early elections.
The march has raised fears of major violence between supporters of Khan — the country’s top opposition leader — and security forces. Already in the morning, riot police fired tear gas and pushed back hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators who were trying to pass a roadblocked bridge near Lahore to board busses bound for the capital. A dozen demonstrators and several policemen were injured.
Khan, a former cricket star turned Islamist politician served as prime minister for over three and half years until last month when he was ousted by a no-confidence vote in Parliament. Since then, he has held rallies with thousands of people across the country.
Although Wednesday’s demonstration was banned a day earlier, Khan insists it will be massive and peaceful, and not end until the government agrees to hold fresh elections this year, not in 2023 as scheduled. Organizers plan for crowds to travel by car and bus to Islamabad’s city limits, then march on foot.
Khan himself travelled by helicopter to a highway some 100 kilometers (62 miles) northwest of Islamabad, where he condemned the police crackdown and urged supporters to join the rally.
“My message for the nation: Everyone must break out of the grip of fear to achieve freedom,” he wrote on Twitter, before starting out by vehicle from the Swabi interchange. His convoy still faces a series of roadblocks ahead that would require heavy machinery to remove.
Khan says his removal from office was the result of a U.S.-organized plot and collusion with his successor Shahbaz Sharif, whose government has vowed a stern response if Khan violates the ban. Washington has also denied any role in Pakistan’s internal politics.
Overnight, authorities blocked the main highway into the city with shipping containers filled with earth, while similar obstacles sprung up on other routes into the city. Khan has urged his supporters to remove the containers and circumvent any blockades in order to enter the city. “I will be among you Wednesday afternoon,” he said Tuesday, to rally in front of Parliament.
Khan has already massed thousands of supporters along with leaders of his Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Peshawar, the capital of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where his party rules. From there, his followers must cross a bridge at the province’s border that the government has blocked, before assembling on the outskirts of Islamabad.
The government launched a crackdown on his supporters ahead of the march, arresting hundreds across the country. They have deployed additional police and paramilitary troops on highways and in Islamabad to stop the rally, with tractor trailers parked across both lanes of traffic in several areas.
The measures were announced after a policeman was killed during a raid on the home of a notable Khan supporter in Lahore. Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said Khan will be arrested if the rally goes ahead. Riot police are massing near the road blocks.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Supreme Court was about to hear a petition to remove the blockades into Islamabad. Authorities say that if Khan agrees to submit a written assurance that his rally will be peaceful and he will confine himself to a public park, the government would consider lifting its ban. | https://www.informnny.com/news/world-news/pakistan-sets-up-roadblocks-to-thwart-ex-premiers-rally/ | 2022-05-25T18:26:26Z | https://www.informnny.com/news/world-news/pakistan-sets-up-roadblocks-to-thwart-ex-premiers-rally/ | true | 21 |
By Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services
PHOENIX -- Attorney General Mark Brnovich can't bring criminal charges against the firm that circulated petitions for the successful 2020 Invest in Ed ballot measure.
In a ruling Tuesday, the state Court of Appeals said it was illegal for the Republican-controlled legislature to approve a measure in 2017 that makes it a crime to pay circulators based in whole or in part on the number of signatures they gather. The three-judge panel said the possibility of not just fines but also jail time places an illegal burden on the First Amendment rights of people trying to put issues on the ballot.
More immediately, it quashes the 50-count criminal complaint filed by Brnovich against Petition Partners, a complaint that appellate Judge Michael Brown said could result in fines totaling $5 million even though the attorney general took the possibility of jail time off the table by naming only the company and not individual owners or individual circulators.
A spokeswoman for Brnovich said the office is reviewing the decision and weighing an appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court.
The fight is over a 2017 law crafted by then-Rep. Vince Leach, R-Tucson, now a state senator, who has also been the author of other measures which have effectively created new hurdles for individuals to exercise their constitutional rights to propose their own laws.
It does not make it illegal to pay people to gather signatures. But it spells out that payment cannot be on a per-name basis, the method that, until that time, had been used by companies to encourage people to get as many signatures as necessary to qualify measure for the ballot.
That restriction, however, applies only to ballot measures. It does not limit how political candidates can pay petition circulators.
Petition Partners did not provide per-signature payments when it was hired to put Proposition 208 on the ballot.
That measure, approved by a margin of 51.7% against 47.3%, sought to impose a 3.5% surcharge on incomes of more than $250,000 for individuals and $500 for couples, designed to raise about $900 million a year for K-12 education. That initiative eventually was voided by the state Supreme Court for other reasons.
After voter approval, Brnovich brought charges against the company for programs known as "Duel for the Dollars'' and "Weekend Warriors.'' He said that violated the law against paying people based on the number of signatures collected because circulators could get extra payments of from $20 to $150.
Before the trial could be conducted, though, Petition Partners asked the Court of Appeals to intercede to determine whether it was even legal for Brnovich to bring criminal charges.
Brown, writing for the three-judge panel, noted the total bonuses Brnovich said were illegally paid totaled only $4,740 despite a possible $5 million in fines.
He also pointed out that the law is a strict liability offense, meaning that it doesn't require any proof that people intended to break it. And that, the judge said, makes it "undoubtedly easier to obtain a conviction.''
"The mere possibility of substantial fines for enterprises, along with fines and possible jail time for circulators, weighs in favor of finding that (the law) imposes a severe burden on petitioner's First Amendment rights,'' Brown wrote.
He also brushed aside claims by Brnovich that the law -- and, more to the point, the penalty -- is needed to reduce the possibility of fraud in gathering petition sgnatures. Brown cited already existing laws against forgery, and bans against signing a petition for profit.
"And, of course, signatures obtained in violation of Arizona's initiative process laws are void and thus not counted toward the validity of an initiative,'' the judge said.
And there's something else. Brown said that firms like Petition Partners seek to meet the goals of their clients by ensuring that issues do get on the ballot, meaning they would seek to avoid any violations of the law that would undermine those objectives.
"Put another way, because petitioner has a strong incentive in obtaining valid signatures to achieve successful placement on the ballot, that incentive undercuts the state's broad assertions that imposing a criminal penalty for violating compensation restrictions reduces fraud,'' the judge wrote.
In voiding the criminal penalties, though, the appellate court sidestepped the issue of whether the rest of the statute -- the prohibition on paying circulators based on signatures -- is constitutional. The judges said it is possible that lawmakers would have enacted that prohibition even absent the possibility of imposing stiff fines and jail terms.
There was no immediate response from Petition Partners.
But when Brnovich filed the lawsuit, company spokesman David Leibowitz called it "political prosecution, pure and simple.''
"Instead of protecting the public, this case is designed to interfere with the ability of Arizona citizens to get initiatives on the ballot,'' he said.
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Cardinals Win MAC Regular Season Title with Victory Over RedHawks
OXFORD, Ohio – The Ball State baseball team closed out the regular season at McKie Field at Hayden Park on Saturday. The Cardinals came out of the gates soaring as BSU put eight runs on the board in the first two innings. For the fifth time in program...
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BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s coronavirus vaccination mandate has been suspended for another three months until the end of August.
A parliamentary committee signed off Wednesday on an order from the health minister extending the suspension, the Austria Press Agency reported.
Officials said on Tuesday that the mandate for people aged 18 and over, which became law in early February but hasn’t yet been put into effect, would remain suspended. They said a commission of experts had concluded that enforcing it currently would not be proportionate and therefore was unjustified.
The plan was first announced in November amid a surge in COVID-19 cases that sent Austria into a lockdown. However, by the time the legislation was in place, much of the sense of urgency had evaporated.
The plan was for police to start checking people’s vaccination status in mid-March, for example during traffic stops. But the government suspended the mandate only a week before its enforcement was due to begin, arguing that there was no need to implement it as things stood.
The legislation provides for people who can’t produce proof of vaccination to be asked in writing to do so and be fined up to 600 euros (around $650) if they don’t. Fines could reach 3,600 euros if people contest their punishment.
Austria was the first country in Europe to legislate for a universal vaccine mandate. Only neighboring Germany even considered emulating it, but its parliament last month shot down a proposal even for a mandate for people aged 60 and above.
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‘This would be a good signing’ – Sheffield United eye Scottish Premiership ace: The verdict
This article is part of Football League World’s ‘The Verdict’ series, which provides personal opinions from the FLW writers regarding the latest breaking news, teams, players, managers, potential signings and more…
According to the Edinburgh Evening News, Shefield United are interested in defender Josh Doig.
The young defender is currently on the books at Hibernian, but could come south of the border if the Blades are successful.
Would he be a good signing? Some of our writers take a look…
Chris Gallagher
This would be a good signing for the Blades.
Firstly, you have to say with Rhys Norrington-Davies and Enda Stevens at the club, it’s not an area of the pitch that desperately needs strengthening. So, some might rightly wonder if the funds the Blades have should be used elsewhere.
However, in terms of Doig as a player, it would clearly be a coup for the Blades. The 20-year-old has shown in the past two years that he is a promising youngster who has the ability to go and play at a high level, which is evident by the fact he has been linked with Arsenal and Leeds among others in the past. So, in that sense, he’s the exact type of player Sheffield United should be targeting, as he is ready to make an impact but has the potential to get even better and his value will rise.
Ultimately, if a deal for Doig can get done it would be smart business, but Heckingbottom would need to make a few tough decisions as he reshapes the squad as a result.
George Dagless
I think this could be a solid signing for Sheffield United.
He’s been linked with some top clubs in the past so he is clearly a talented boy and I think the Blades are wise to be trying to add to their squad and future proofing it.
Paul Heckingbottom is a very good manager when it comes to bringing through young players and developing them and I think Doig would do well under his tutelage.
There’s also the Hibrenian connection, too, and so I think there’s a lot to like about this one.
Ben Wignall
It wasn’t that long ago that Doig was being linked with the likes of Chelsea and Arsenal, so Sheffield United’s interest is perhaps a bit of a comedown.
However, if Doig was to move to a big team last summer then he likely wouldn’t have seen much game-time at all, so staying at Hibernian ended up being a good choice.
The 20-year-old now has another season of regular football under his belt and is used to playing as a wing-back, which is the system that Paul Heckingbottom operates at Bramall Lane.
Despite Doig having a lot of potential and obvious current ability, there is strong competition for places at the Blades, with the experienced Enda Stevens and Wales international Rhys Norrington-Davies battling for that spot.
Because of this, there are probably better English clubs that Doig could land at when it comes to immediate starting opportunities, but even if he does sign for United then it’s a good deal for the club. | https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/this-would-be-a-good-signing-sheffield-united-eye-scottish-premiership-ace-the-verdict/ | 2022-05-25T18:30:38Z | https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/this-would-be-a-good-signing-sheffield-united-eye-scottish-premiership-ace-the-verdict/ | true | 1 |
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A senior Turkish official insisted after talks with Swedish and Finnish officials Wednesday that Turkey would not agree to the two Nordic countries joining NATO unless specific steps are taken to address Ankara’s objections.
“We have made it very clear that if Turkey’s security concerns are not met with concrete steps in a certain timeframe the process will not progress,” Ibrahim Kalin told a news conference after the talks in Ankara that lasted about five hours.
Kalin is the spokesman of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and a senior presidential aide.
Sweden and Finland submitted their written applications to join NATO last week, in a move representing one of the biggest geopolitical ramifications of Russia’s war in Ukraine that could rewrite Europe’s security map.
Turkey has said it opposes the countries’ membership in the Western military alliance, citing grievances with Sweden’s — and a to a lesser extent Finland’s — perceived support of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, and other entities that Turkey views as security threats.
The PKK, which is listed as a terror organization by several of Turkey’s allies, has waged a decades-long insurgency against Turkey, a conflict that has cost the lives of tens of thousands people.
The Turkish government also accuses Finland and Sweden of imposing arms exports restrictions on Turkey and refusing to extradite suspected “terrorists.”
Turkey’s objections have dampened Stockholm’s and Helsinki’s hopes for joining NATO quickly amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and put the trans-Atlantic alliance’s credibility at stake. All 30 NATO members must agree on admitting new members.
The Swedish and Finnish delegations met with Kalin and Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal. The Swedish delegation was led by state secretary Oscar Stenstrom, while Jukka Salovaara, the foreign ministry undersecretary, headed up the Finnish delegation, Turkish officials said.
Kalin said Turkey’s proposal to lift arms export limits was met with a “positive attitude” by the Swedish and Finnish delegations.
He added that talks would continue once the Nordic governments had responded to Turkey’s demands.
Turkey also expects the extradition of 28 “terrorism” suspects from Sweden and 12 from Finland, Kalin said, adding that there was “no legal or judicial basis” not to extradite them. Turkish state media had previously said Turkey demanded the extradition of 33 suspects from the two countries.
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said following a meeting with European Council President Charles Michel in Stockholm that her country wanted to “clarify” claims that have been floating around during discussions with Turkey.
“We do not send money or weapons to terrorist organizations,” Andersson said.
During a news conference with the Estonian prime minister later Wednesday, Andersson said that “in these times, it is important to strengthen our security.”
She said Sweden has “a constructive dialogue” with Turkey and that Stockholm was “eager to sort out issues and misunderstandings and questions.”
Michel, who is scheduled to head to Helsinki from Stockholm, said it was “a pivotal moment for Sweden” and “we fully support your choices.”
Turkey this week listed five “concrete assurances” it was demanding from Sweden, including what it said was “termination of political support for terrorism,” an “elimination of the source of terrorism financing,” and the “cessation of arms support” to the banned PKK and a Syrian Kurdish militia group affiliated with it.
The demands also called for the lifting of arms sanctions against Turkey and global cooperation against terrorism.
Turkey said that it has requested the extradition of Kurdish militants and other suspects since 2017 but hasn’t received a positive response from Stockholm. The Turkish government claimed Sweden had decided to provide $376 million to support the Kurdish militants in 2023 and that it had provided them with military equipment, including anti-tank weapons and drones.
Finland has received nine extradition requests from Turkey in a recent period covering over three years, Finnish news agency STT said Wednesday, citing data from the Finnish justice ministry. Two people were extradited while six of the requests were rejected. A decision was pending regarding one other case.
Speaking Tuesday before a meeting of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Russia had left Sweden and Finland “no choice” but to join NATO.
She said Germany would support the two countries’ membership, calling it “a real gain” for the military alliance.
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Andrew Wilks in Istanbul, Jan M. Olsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Jari Tanner in Helsinki contributed to this report.
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The Coast Guard Cutter William Tate’s crew sets the historic Francis Scott Key Memorial Buoy in the Patapsco River May 25, 2022, near the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. The specially designed star-spangled buoy, which is set at the beginning of each summer, marks the approximate location where Francis Scott Key witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814 and was inspired to write lyrics that would later become the U.S. national anthem. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kimberly Reaves )
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Qualifications Required:
- Developer specific SAP Certification
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- 5+ Years SAP Development Experience
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Offensive MVP Jazce Carabello-Snowell Powers Schuylkill All-Stars over Colonial All-Stars, 28-6
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN – Feeling hot, hot, hot. Temperature’s soared above 90 today and that wasn’t the only thing hot at the game. Pottsville’s Quarterback Jazce Carabello-Snowell was on fire, passing for one touchdown and rushing for three in a 28-6 win. “You want your best...
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Hurricanes back home, out to stunt Rangers' momentum
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For every bit as good as the Carolina Hurricanes looked in winning all six home games of the current playoffs, they have skated away with a loss in all five contests away from Raleigh, N.C.
Carolina hopes to morph back into the good doctor at home on Thursday when it plays Game 5 of its Eastern Conference semifinal series against the New York Rangers.
The Hurricanes won the first two contests at home in the best-of-seven series before the Rangers stormed back to even the series after a pair of games at New York.
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Carolina has outscored the opposition by a 22-7 margin at home in the playoffs and boasts a 94.1 percent penalty kill in its own building. Conversely, the Hurricanes have been outscored 21-8 on the road and are just 16-for-23 on the penalty kill (69.6 percent) following Tuesday’s 4-1 loss to New York.
“I am confident eventually they are going to find their way to the back of the net,” Carolina’s Sebastian Aho said. “We just have to find ways to score. We got to score on the power play.”
Carolina failed on both opportunities with the man advantage Tuesday and are 0-for-9 in the series. Igor Shesterkin is responsible for a significant portion of the Hurricanes’ troubles, as the Rangers’ Hart and Vezina Trophy finalist has yielded just one goal in each of his last three games and a total of five on 122 shots in the series.
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“What’re you going to do? You have to keep getting the chances. I’m happy that we’re creating offense,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “(Shesterkin) played well. You have to give him a ton of credit. But the (poor) start is what did it to us.”
The Rangers scored twice in the first period and Mika Zibanejad tallied for the second straight game, when he added on in the second period, to send the Rangers on their way to their fifth consecutive home victory.
Zibanejad’s five goals are one shy of Chris Kreider for the team lead in the playoffs. Zibanejad also has a club-best 14 points in two playoff series, with 10 of those points (five goals, five assists) coming in his past six games.
Trade-deadline acquisitions Andrew Copp, Frank Vatrano and Tyler Motte also made their presence felt on Tuesday. Copp recorded one goal and two assists, Vatrano had one of each and Motte provided spirited play after being elevated to the third line.
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“In the playoffs and in the regular season, they came in and were big factors,” Rangers defenseman Adam Fox said. “It’s guys with experience and guys who know how to play the right way.
“Up front, you could see what Copper and Frank are able to do. They’re skill players, and you can see the jolt of energy we get from Motter when he’s in. He’s, I think, an underrated part of what we’ve been doing here in the playoffs. When he came back, it seems like defensively he’s all over the ice and killing penalties is huge.”
Carolina could face a goaltending dilemma for Game 5.
Former Rangers backup Antti Raanta is 5-4 for the Hurricanes in the playoffs with a 2.09 goals-against average and a .931 save percentage. But regular starter Frederik Andersen has been skating on his own as he bids to make a return from a lower-body injury.
“I’ll tell you when he’s an option, how about that?” Brind’Amour said of Andersen, who sported a 35-14-3 record, a career-best 2.17 GAA and a .922 save percentage during the regular season.
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Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Stephen Fowler joins Here & Now‘s Robin Young to discuss Monday night’s results in the Georgia Republican primary for governor and other high-profile primary races in the battleground state.
WBHM’s Cody Short joins Here & Now‘s Scott Tong to discuss the GOP primary for U.S. Senate in Alabama. Rep. Mo Brooks is calling himself a “modern-day Lazarus” after making it to a run-off election, a month after former President Donald Trump rescinded his endorsement of Brooks.
Houston Public Media politics and government reporter Andrew Schneider joins Here & Now‘s Robin Young to discuss primary results in Texas, including Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar’s too-close-to-call re-election bid, and George P. Bush’s loss in the GOP primary for state attorney general.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The largest wildfire in North America slowed to a near standstill in northern New Mexico Tuesday amid light rain and a bit of snow in the mountains as nearly 3,000 firefighters scrambled to get ahead of a worsening fire forecast in the days ahead.
The Memorial Day weekend historically marks the beginning of the primary wildfire season across many parts of the Southwest. But wildland blazes already have burned an area larger than the state of Delaware this year in extremely dry conditions created by lingering drought and climate change.
In Arizona, a new fire briefly forced evacuations Tuesday near Flagstaff. Authorities investigating the cause said they were looking for a person of interest near where it started a half-mile (.8 kilometer) from the Lowell Observatory.
Fire officials in New Mexico said they hoped to continue to clear flammable vegetation and deploy aircraft to douse smoldering forests on Wednesday before windier, hotter, drier conditions return into the weekend.
By Friday, “fire weather starts to enter the critical stage where we’ll probably see more growth and fire moving,” Forest Service fire behavior analyst Stewart Turner said at a briefing Tuesday night.
The blaze that started about seven weeks ago in the Rocky Mountains foothills east of Santa Fe was 41% encircled by clearings and barriers that can stop a wildfire from spreading farther.
The fire has consumed more than 486 square miles (1,260 square kilometers) of timber, grassland and brush, with evacuations in place for weeks. Its perimeter stretches 634 miles (1,020 kilometers) — more than the distance between New York City and Detroit.
It’s among six active large fires in the state that have burned across 536 square miles (1,388 square kilometers).
So far this year, wildland fires have burned across roughly 2,650 square miles (6,860 square kilometers) of the U.S. That’s roughly twice the average burn for this time of year, according to a national center for coordinating wildfire suppression.
Jayson Coil, one of the operations chiefs in New Mexico, said the thing that will be “keeping me awake at night” are the hidden hot spots where extremely dry roots and dead logs smoldering beneath the ground can quickly burst into flames.
“You can have one of those (logs) that’s stuck in a snow bank, but the wood’s going to keep heat in there,” he said Tuesday night.
“Once one side of them burns, it will be just like a cigar. It may take several days depending on what is around it, but the fire will creep down, stay in there and then it will pop out the other side,” he said.
A wildfire on the outskirts of Los Alamos National Laboratory was 85% contained Tuesday. In the vicinity, Bandelier National Monument is preparing to reopen some areas to visitors Friday.
In southwestern New Mexico, a fire was burning through portions of the Gila National Forest and outlying areas.
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Badgers soar past Griffins in elimination game
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A pair of outfielders came up big for the Wisconsin softball team on Saturday night as Peyton Bannon and Molly Schlosser propelled the Badgers to a 3-0 win over Canisius in an elimination game in the NCAA tournament. After a scoreless four innings, Bannon broke...
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Brockville Police news release
Brockville Police news release for May 24, 2022 includes 5 investigations the police force encountered this week.
Unwanted person
- On May 20, at 2:30 p.m., the Brockville Police Service (BPS) received a call about an unwanted person on Fergunson Drive. A 20-year-old male was a guest, visitng someone's house when he became no longer welcome. As he was outside the residence, he hit the homeowner's vehicle causing damage. When police arrived he initially did not want to listen to officers, however he was taken control of and arrested without injury. He is being held in custody for a bail hearing for the offence of michief under $5,000.00 and failure to comply with probation.
Domestic Dispute
- On May 20 at about 6:30 p.m., the BPS received a complaint of a domestic dispute on King St. W. The information was that a 22-year-old male was residing with his girlfriend at her family's apartment. An altercation erupted between the two and the man choked his girlfriend and was kicked out of the residence shortly afterwards. The man then made entry back into the residence by causing damage to the door and items inside the house. He then fled on foot prior to police arrival. They later located him in the area of Beecher St. He was arrested and held in custody for the offences of assault and mischief.
Theft
- On May 20, at about 8:00 p.m., BPS recieved information regarding a theft from a home on Brock St. Neighbours in the area to saw a 35-year-old male, walk onto the property and take something from the front yard. The garage door was open and neighbours were not sure if he had entered the home. Officers were able to locate the man and he was in possession of items that were taken from a child's play table. He was arrested and charged with theft under $5,000.00.and released with a court date.
Domestic Dispute
- On May 22, at 5:00 p.m., BPS received a call about a domestic dispute on Pearl St. W. A couple were arguing at the home and the man went out to the porch during the argument. The man was still frustrated and began damaging items on the porch including the door. Police arrived and arrested the male. The 32-year-old male was charged with mischief under $5,000.00. He was later released with a future court date.
Domestic Dispute
- On May 23 around 2:15 a.m., BPS received a call regarding a domestic dispute on Pine St. Officers arrived and found that a 42-year-old male was visiting his girlfriends residence and he had assaulted her during an argument. Injuries are described as minor or non-life-threatening. The male was arrested and charged with assault. He was later released with a new court date. | https://www.iheartradio.ca/move/kingston/news/brockville-police-news-release-1.17859417 | 2022-05-25T18:43:21Z | https://www.iheartradio.ca/move/kingston/news/brockville-police-news-release-1.17859417 | false | 1 |
After originally debuting in Europe in 2020, the Volvo P1800 Cyan will debut in the United States at The Quail, a Motorsports Gathering, on August 9 during Monterey Car Week. Cyan Racing will begin taking orders for the restomod from customers in the US, and prices will start at $700,000.
The P1800 originally debuted in 1960 and production lasted into the early '70s. Cyan Racing decided to build this restomod by imagining how it would have modified the car for racing in the '60s but using technology from today.
Gallery: Volvo P1800 Cyan In The United States
Power for the P1800 Cyan comes from a version of the 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder making 420 horsepower (313 kilowatts) and 336 pound-feet (456 Newton-meters). The powerplant has a redline at 7,700 revs. A version of this mill is in the Volvo S60 TC1 race car.
The restomod uses a five-speed Holinger manual transmission with a dog-leg first gear position. Holinger also supplies the limited-slip rear differential.
Cyan Racing overhauls nearly every part of the P1800. Only the steel in the original chassis, hood release mechanism, handbrake, and windshield wipers remain. For added rigidity, the underpinnings have additional high-strength steel. The carbon-fiber body panels join to the structure with adhesive, which makes the pieces a structural element of the vehicle. The result is a machine that weighs 2,183 pounds (990 kilograms).
Gallery: Volvo P1800 Cyan
The body has enlarged wheel wells and a wider track to accommodate the 18-inch wheels. The company also pushes back the greenhouse versus the original, which makes the hood longer.
The suspension also receives quite a few changes. The original live rear axle is gone, and an independent setup of Cyan's own design replaces it. There's an adjustable double-wishbone setup at both ends, and owners can tweak compression and rebound for the dampers at all four corners. The rear anti-roll bar had adjustable stiffness.
Cyan Racing wants drivers of its P1800 to have a direct connection to the road. To make this happen, there's no stability control, anti-lock brakes, or even a brake booster.
Cyan Racing has its roots in Polestar before Volvo's acquisition of the brand. Cyan is a fully independent organization from the automaker and focuses on motorsports. "Our company was founded in 1996 to race Volvos in Sweden and the Volvo P1800 Cyan is closing the circle for us," said Christian Dahl, CEO and founder of Cyan Racing.
While all the pictures of the P1800 Cyan show it in the brand's custom shade of blue, the company plans to show it in a different shade when displaying the car at The Quail.
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First Phase Drilling to Include Infill, Metallurgical and Exploration Holes at Depth
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 25, 2022) - Anacortes Mining Corp. (TSXV: XYZ) (OTCQB: XYZFF) ("Anacortes" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company's wholly owned Peruvian subsidiary, Aurifera Tres Cruces S.A. commenced drilling today in accordance with the approved Ficha Technical Ambiental (FTA), the environmental instrument utilized for permitting the exploration drilling program at its Tres Cruces gold project in the prolific Quiruvilca Mining District in northern Perú.
The drilling contractor Remicsa Drilling S.A. is fully mobilized to site, and ALS Global's Peruvian subsidiary, ALS Perú S.A. ("ALS"), is prepared to carry out the assay services for the drilling campaign. ALS has committed to providing a quick turnaround on assays.
With an estimated budget of $1.6M - $2.0M USD, this initial drilling program will consist of 3,000 - 4,000 meters of core drilling, which will include infill drilling of the known oxide resource, and metallurgical holes and will test previous high-grade intercepts that ended in gold and silver mineralization.
The infill drilling of the known oxide resource is intended to confirm the high-grade nature of the near surface mineralization which hosts 630,000 ounces of leachable gold at 1.28 g/t gold, making it one of the highest-grade gold oxide development deposits globally. The recently announced Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) on the oxide resource demonstrated an after tax NPV5% of US$165.9M at $1,700 gold. For more information on the PEA, please see the press release dated March 8, 2022.
Deeper exploration drilling will be conducted to test the depth potential of the known sulphide resource, which currently hosts 1.84 million ounces of gold in the indicated category at 1.84 g/t gold and 85,000 ounces of gold in the inferred category at 1.55 g/t gold. There is exceptional potential below the known sulphide resource based on previously encountered high-grade drill intercepts, alteration patterns and breccias.
One of the early holes in the program will test Hole RTC-255, where the bottom 173.0 meters of the hole from 92.0 m to 265.0 m had an average grade of 3.12 g/t Au. This hole, which ended in strong gold and silver mineralization, included 2.0 meters grading 79.7 g/t Au and 180.5 g/t Ag from 196.0 m to 198.0 m down hole. Notable holes from previous drilling that ended in mineralization are summarized below:
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The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and validated by James ("Jim") Currie, P. Eng., a qualified person as that term is defined in National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Currie is the President and CEO of Anacortes Mining Corp.
About Anacortes
Anacortes is a new growth-oriented gold company in the Americas, which owns a 100-per-cent interest in the Tres Cruces gold project located in Peru. Phase I of Tres Cruces will be the development of the oxide resource which was the subject of a recently released PEA indicating a robust open-pit, heap leach project. Phase II at Tres Cruces will focus on exploring the deeper sulphide resource which has considerable potential. Anacortes is well-capitalized and intends to aggressively pursue its goal of becoming a mid-tier gold producer in the Americas.
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Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information
This news release contains forward-looking statements which constitute "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation ("Forward-looking Statements"). All statements included herein, other than statements of historical fact, are Forward-looking Statements and are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks and uncertainties which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those reflected in the Forward-looking Statements.
The Forward-looking Statements in this news release may include, without limitation, statements about the Company's belief that Tres Cruces has exceptional exploration potential at depth, its intent to aggressively advance the development of the oxide resource, its expectation that its proposed drill program can test the extent of the deposit and increase confidence in the resource, the design of the project as contemplated in the PEA, the Company's plans to conduct an extensive metallurgical program during 2022 and its expectation that such a program would confirm recovery and, finally, the Company's intent to aggressively advance Tres Cruces through feasibility and to production under a heap leach open-pit scenario. Often, but not always, these Forward-looking Statements can be identified by the use of words such as "anticipated", "estimated", "potential", "open", "future", "assumed", "projected", "used", "detailed", "has been", "gain", "planned", "reflecting", "will", "anticipated", "estimated" "containing", "remaining", "to be", or statements that events, "could" or "should" occur or be achieved and similar expressions, including negative variations.
Forward-looking Statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond the ability of the Company to control or predict and which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the Forward-looking Statements. These risks include changes in general economic conditions and financial markets; political risks; risks relating to the current and potential adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, financial markets and the Company's operations; and risks inherent in mineral exploration and development. Although Forward-looking Statements contained in this news release are based upon what each of the parties believe are reasonable assumptions at the time they were made, such statements are made as of the date hereof and the Company disclaims any obligation to update any Forward-looking Statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise, except as required by law. There can be no assurance that these Forward-looking Statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, the reader should not place undue reliance on Forward-looking Statements.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The ZeroSum Market First Report is the automotive industry's first source to predict month-end vehicle movement, providing vital supply and demand trend data to automotive marketers and dealers. ZeroSum uses predictive modeling to accurately estimate new vehicle inventory, pricing trends, and market share.
This May, businesses are feeling the impact of lower consumer demand, factory shutdowns, and higher production costs. Even Carvana, one of America's largest used car retailers, felt the impact as their stock prices plummeted 90% since November. This is largely due to preparing for much higher demand levels than needed. In China, COVID lockdowns have slowed production for many manufacturers, leading to continued supply pressure. With rising raw material costs, Toyota warned that prices could take 20% off full-year profits. Due to inflation rates and rising gas prices, OEMs like Hyundai and Volkswagen are beginning to ramp up production of EVs as customers shift their focus.
ZeroSum's Take: What You Need to Know
As new vehicle inventory remains constant, and prices for both new and used cars begin to level off, dealers are continuing to benefit from high levels of profit. However, consumers have finally hit the limit on what they are willing to pay. For dealers, this is a critical tipping point because they will need to accelerate turn rates on both new and used inventory to maintain profits and earn more inventory to sell.
Here are your key takeaways:
This month, there are 1.95% fewer used vehicles on the ground than at the end of April while new vehicle inventory remains relatively consistent. On average, a used car now costs almost as much as a new car did a year ago.
- Adjust your business model. In our last report, we talked about the stabilization of new car inventory levels being the new normal, and that remains true in May. Dealers will need to focus on used car marketing alongside new car marketing for business growth.
- Keep an eye on stabilizing prices. Be prepared to adjust your marketing as prices level off and consumer demand wanes. To maintain profit, the market pricing will have to be more strategic to meet demand.
- Be prepared for EV demand. Higher gas prices and long ordering waits are pushing consumers to purchase used electric vehicles at high prices.
To read the entire report and view supplemental charts, visit our website: https://www.zerosum.ai/blog/zerosum-market-first-report-2022-5
About ZeroSum
ZeroSum is a leader in software, marketing, and data. Powered by its SaaS platform, MarketAI, ZeroSum is simplifying and modernizing automotive marketing by leveraging artificial intelligence, data, and scaling ability to acquire new customers. ZeroSum is the first and only company that matches consumer demand with automotive data in real time. For more information, visit www.zerosum.ai.
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TV manufacturer hints at possible PS5 Pro and Series X/S consoles
Aww, here we go again.
Last generation introduced the concept of mid-gen console refreshes in the form of the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X. Because of this, consumers have been speculating about another mid-gen refresh for the PS5 and Series X/S. According to a recent presentation from TV manufacturer TCL, the PS5 Pro and upgraded Series X/S may have just been unofficially unveiled.
TCL made a presentation today to a group of journalists, divulging technical details and display standards involving upcoming television sets. During this presentation, Maciej Zablocki, a writer for Polish tech site PPE, snapped a picture from one of its slides.
This conspicuous slide separates display standards by the different console generations that defined them. We see notations for generations 8, 8.5, 9, and 9.5. Underneath the “gen 9.5” section of the slide, TCL lists the PS5 Pro and new Xbox Series X/S consoles with display targets of 8K resolution at up to 120Hz.
Both 2023 and 2024 are flagged as the release window, which is a pretty sizeable indication of new consoles from Sony and Microsoft. TV manufacturers would likely have some sort of knowledge about in-development hardware in order to craft set display standards to match the hardware and vice versa. Most recently, Microsoft partnered with LG in the lead-up to the Xbox Series X/S launch, which led to the LG CX being the premiere HDMI 2.1 compliant TV for current-gen consoles. It’s possible that TCL has inside information or heard some sort of rumblings about the new consoles.
On the other hand, this could also end up not coming to fruition. Perhaps TCL is making its best educated guess concerning what display standards mid-gen consoles would target if they were to release. In this context, the 2023-2024 window could be referencing its own TVs rather the consoles.
While speculation has raged about mid-gen consoles since 2020, there has always been one major elephant in the room — supply constraints. Back in October, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger expected GPU and CPU shortages to last until 2023. This would make research and development of new consoles while maintaining supply of the existing systems next to impossible. Of course, the PS5 Pro and new Series X/S consoles could begin production once the semiconductor shortage has been settled, which would likely push them past TCL’s 2023-2024 estimate. | https://doublexp.com/news/tv-manufacturer-hints-at-possible-ps5-pro-and-series-x-s-consoles | 2022-05-25T18:46:33Z | https://doublexp.com/news/tv-manufacturer-hints-at-possible-ps5-pro-and-series-x-s-consoles | true | 1 |
The food was very poor couldn’t even get a decent muffin - I lost weight. This is my 15th cruise so I know what things should be. Sea Days hardly anything to do, not like other Cruises.
Our first time with Oceania we met a couple who have sailed with them 4 times and they wanted an upgrade they had to pay $500.00 for it when the ship was only 3/4 full no loyalty perks for them can you believe ...
Friends had spoken well of cruises they took on Oceania (before the pandemic). Our originally scheduled cruise with Oceania was cancelled due to Covid, but we cancelled before the cruise line did, so we could only get "future credit" rather than a refund, which we would have preferred. We used the credit to book a cruise on Nautica to Spain, the Canary Islands, and Portugal. We enjoyed the ports ...
This is our second cruise with Oceania on the Marina this year, but unfortunately we won't be actively checking out Oceania cruises for our next trips - we really wanted to like them!
The ship is nice, a good size, public areas and spaces are very well appointed and maintained. They also have some nice itineraries, and being a smaller/mid-sized ship can get into most places
We travelled as ...
We chose this cruise because of the itinerary - Barcelona to Miami in 17 days. This was our first time on Oceania and our second cruise ever. This is considered a smaller ship with only ~600 passengers - we liked the smaller size. This ship was re-done in 2019 so everything was lovely, clean, and fresh and decorated in calming colors. We had great weather most of the trip with only one rain ...
We chose this cruise for the itinerary (wanted to visit Florence, Rome, Pompeii, and Venice) and time of year (not summer busy season). Oceania turned out to be a great choice.
The ship is smaller than most. We never waited long for an elevator and could easily find seating at the pool or in the dining rooms, even though we were told it was fully booked. We enjoyed the 24-hour coffee service ...
We selected the Oceania Sirena because of timing for our 4 back to back European cruises. Over on the QM2, then Viking, then Oceania. The Oceania Sirena is a beautiful jewel box of a ship, just beautiful. The cabin was small for a concierge verandah, bathroom was ridiculous. Saw many guests going to the spa in bathrobes to shower daily. Linens and bed wonderful. After paying $13k for a cruise on ...
We chose this cruise for the itinerary. We did private party excursions at most of the stops. We very seldom will take the overpriced cruise line excursions. Most of the stops were places that we had not been.
Yes, the rooms were small, but it's a small ship. We liked the size of the ship. This was our first time on the "R" class. We were in a concierge class veranda. We liked the location on ...
We picked this Oceania cruise because of its itinerary, in particular Al Hambra, Canary Islands and Tangiers (among others). We were lucky to score stateroom 6004 (port side very near the sharp end), which whilst having no balcony, had instead added interior space, making for a larger cabin. We appreciated the extra space as we were travelling for 2 months and had lots of luggage.
Sirena has ...
I had chosen Oceania because of their highly rated cuisine. This cruise did not disappoint. We are first time cruisers with this line and this itinerary. From start to finish...the room, the wait staff, the cuisine, the excursions, the overall atmosphere of understated elegance. So many places to sit and enjoy the cruise life and even dealing with the nitty gritty (laundrettes on each floor ...
We selected this cruise, because other friends were going.
There were very few children in this cruise. It is more for mature adults and senior citizens
The Riviera is an excellent ship.
Embarkation and disembarkation went smoothly.
The kitchen took a long time to serve at night and it was very difficult to be on time for entertainment and other activities.
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How to talk to children about tragic news
(CNN) - The images are difficult for anyone, but the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, may cause fear in worry in small children who see or hear about it.
Licensed clinical psychologist Marisa Azaret said parents should first assess their own feelings.
“Is it anger? Is it despair? Is a serious anxiety, a severe anxiety? Once you do that, try to find some balance and then address your child,” she said.
Azaret said that kids of any age can be bothered by what they are seeing and that images can show up in nightmares and night terrors. She recommends monitoring what children see.
If they are too young, turn off the TV to guard against those disturbing images.
Experts said when kids see the same story, they may think the disaster is happening again and again.
“You might see regression. Children that were already toilet trained, for example, they are regressing. Children that were sleeping alone in their bedroom, they might regress and not be able to do so. So we need to be patient,” Azaret said.
If they are older, you may want to limit their time watching the news or on the internet.
Azaret said asking questions and talking to children about their worries and concerns can help them get back on track emotionally.
“Talking to them at their level in a concrete way, reassuring them, telling them that mom is here, that dad is here,” she said.
It is important to reassure children that adults in schools work hard to keep them safe.
Azaret said all children need extra love and support right now.
The American Psychological Association advises parents to seek professional help if their child is in need of more assistance.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Fort Bragg would become Fort Liberty. Fort Gordon would be Fort Eisenhower. And, for the first time, Army bases would be named after Black soldiers and women. An independent commission on Tuesday recommended new names for nine Army posts that now commemorate Confederate officers.
The recommendations are the latest step in a broader effort by the military to confront racial injustice, most recently in the aftermath of the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Fort Bragg, in North Carolina, is the only base that wouldn't be named after a person. Two others would be named after Black soldiers, and three would include women's names. Fort Gordon in Georgia would get the most well-known name — commemorating President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who led allied forces in Europe in World War II.
Other proposed renamings would honor lesser-known heroes, including several who received the Medal of Honor, the military's highest award. Fort Polk, in Louisiana, would be renamed Fort Johnson, after Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black Medal of Honor recipient who served in the Army in World War I.
Fort Pickett in Virginia, would be named after Tech Sgt. Van Barfoot, a Medal of Honor recipient who served in World War II, and And Fort Rucker in Alabama, would be named Fort Novosel, after Chief Warrant Officer Michael Novosel, a Medal of Honor recipient who served in World War II and Vietnam.
Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia would be renamed Fort Walker, after Mary Edwards Walker, a doctor who treated soldiers in the Civil War and later received a Medal of Honor.
Fort Hood, Texas, would be renamed Fort Cavazos, in honor of Gen. Richard Cavazos, who served in the Korean War, received the Distinguished Service Cross, the second highest military award, and became the Army's first Hispanic four-star general.
Fort Benning, Georgia, would be named after a married couple: Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, who served in Vietnam and received the Distinguished Service Cross, and his wife Julia, who prompted the creation of teams that do in-person notifications of military casualties.
And Fort Lee, Virginia, would get a hyphenated name — Fort Gregg-Adams — and is the only one that would commemorate someone who remains alive today: Lt. Gen. Arthur J. Gregg, known as a logistics leader. Lt. Col. Charity Adams - the other half of the name — led the first female Black unit of the Army deployed in World War II.
A final report is due to Congress by Oct. 1, and will include the costs of removing and changing the names. The renaming process was laid out in a law passed by Congress in late 2020 The secretary of defense is expected to implement the commission's plan no later than Jan. 1, 2024.
The proposal to change the names triggered widespread discussion and debate within the bases' communities around the country. Panel members visited the bases, met with local leaders and residents, and relied heavily on their recommendations when choosing the final names, said the vice chairman, Ty Seidule.
For years, U.S. military officials had defended the naming of bases after Confederate officers. As recently as 2015 the Army argued that the names did not honor the rebel cause but were a gesture of reconciliation with the South.
But in the aftermath of the Floyd killing, and the months of racial unrest that followed, Congress ordered a comprehensive plan to rename the military posts and hundreds of other federal assets such as roads, buildings, memorials, signs and landmarks that honored rebel leaders.
The change in the military's thinking was reflected in congressional testimony by Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a month after Floyd's death. He said that the current base names could be reminders to Black soldiers that rebel officers fought for an institution that may have enslaved their ancestors.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin — the nation's first Black Pentagon chief — has spoken bluntly of his own personal brushes with racism. During his Senate confirmation hearing, he told of serving as a lieutenant colonel with the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg when three white soldiers, described as self-styled skinheads, were arrested in the murder of a Black couple who were walking down a street.
Investigators concluded the two were targeted because of their race, and all told, 22 soldiers were linked to skinhead and other similar groups or found to hold extremist views.
The current chief of the Air Force, Gen. Charles Q. Brown, posted an emotional video last June in which he discussed the difficulties he experienced as a young Black pilot. Brown, the first Black Air Force chief, said he had to prove to white supervisors "that their expectations and perceptions of African-Americans were invalid."
Created in 2020, the Naming Commission first met in March 2021 and began taking name recommendations from the public in September. Overall, the commission received more than 34,000 potential names, which it said included about 3,670 unique ones that could possibly be used. That list was later narrowed to about 100 before the final nine were chosen to be recommended to Congress.
U.S. Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Md., who learned to fly helicopters at Fort Rucker and also spent time at Fort Bragg and Fort Benning, called the new names a significant step forward.
"All these bases honored men who wouldn't want me or other Black Americans serving in uniform, let alone in Congress," he said. "We cannot ask today's servicemen and women to defend our country, while housing and training them and their families on installations celebrating those who betrayed our country in order to enslave others and preserve white supremacy."
Panel members said Tuesday that the decisions were difficult because they had so many heroes to choose from. But in all cases, they said they had widespread agreement from the local communities.
In at least one case, however, the panel members said that local residents were adamant that they wanted a name that wasn't on the final list: Fort Liberty. During the panel's final visit to Fort Bragg, people at the meeting "were very, very adamant about the name Fort Liberty," said Lawrence Romo, a commission member. "We gave a lot of deference to what the Fort Bragg community wanted."
Seidule said that the panel wanted names that "will inspire soldiers to achieve the highest standards demanded by their nation in peace and in war."
The panel also is considering new names for two Navy ships: the USS Chancellorsville and USNS Maury. Those and the new names for hundreds of streets, buildings and other assets, will be in the final report.
A final report is due to Congress by Oct. 1, and will include the costs of removing and changing the names. Under the law, the secretary of defense is expected to implement the commission's plan no later than Jan. 1, 2024. | https://www.sent-trib.com/news/new-names-for-fort-bragg-8-other-army-bases-recommended/article_36d1ce5a-dc36-11ec-830c-aff12ee600a2.html | 2022-05-25T18:51:11Z | https://www.sent-trib.com/news/new-names-for-fort-bragg-8-other-army-bases-recommended/article_36d1ce5a-dc36-11ec-830c-aff12ee600a2.html | false | 42 |
A look at what’s happening around the majors today:
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PINSTRIPE PROBLEMS
Healthy for much of this season, the AL-leading Yankees are suddenly dealing with injuries to several key players.
All-Star infielder DJ LeMahieu was a late scratch from New York’s lineup Tuesday night with left wrist discomfort, closer Aroldis Chapman was added to the injured list with left Achilles tendinitis and slugger Giancarlo Stanton was removed from the win over Baltimore with right calf tightness.
LeMahieu had an MRI that came back clean. He received a cortisone shot and could be back within a day or two. Stanton was scheduled for an MRI on Wednesday.
LeMahieu, a two-time batting champion, is hitting .250 with three homers and a .704 OPS this season. He’s 5 for 39 (.128) over his past 10 games.
New York also activated catcher Kyle Higashioka from the COVID-19 injured list Tuesday, but left fielder Joey Gallo and third baseman Josh Donaldson remained out with the virus. Gallo has tested negative and worked out at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday. He could be activated Wednesday.
The Yankees are set to give left-hander JP Sears his first big league start against the Orioles. The 26-year-old has dominated Triple-A this season and pitched two scoreless innings in two relief appearances for the big club.
LUCKY SEVEN
Minnesota and Boston are rolling, and both teams will try for their seventh consecutive victory.
Dylan Bundy (3-2, 5.14 ERA) pitches for the Twins at home against Detroit, which is 3-15 in its last 18 games at Target Field. Bundy is set to make his seventh start this season in his careful return from COVID-19. He threw 54 pitches over three shutout innings on May 17, his first outing after a 13-day layoff.
The first-place Twins are 23-8 since April 21.
New second baseman Trevor Story is batting .355 with seven homers and 18 RBIs in his last 31 at-bats for the Red Sox, on their longest streak since winning nine straight in April 2021. They send Rich Hill (1-1, 3.90 ERA) to the mound against Lucas Giolito (2-1, 2.84) and the White Sox in Chicago.
GIANT PERFORMANCE
One day after a wild slugfest, the Mets and Giants play the rubber match of their three-game series in San Francisco.
Joc Pederson homered three times and drove in a career-high eight runs, including a tying single with two outs in the ninth inning, as the Giants rallied for a 13-12 victory Tuesday night despite blowing a late six-run lead.
Francisco Lindor homered and had six RBIs for the Mets, who plan to bring up left-hander Thomas Szapucki from Triple-A Syracuse to make his first major league start in the series finale.
New York has scored 25 runs in the first two games of the series.
AUGUST AUDITION
Two starting pitchers who could be attractive trade targets before the Aug. 2 deadline face each other when Kyle Hendricks (2-4, 4.89 ERA) and the Chicago Cubs visit Luis Castillo (0-2, 4.60) and the Cincinnati Reds. Hendricks is looking to rebound after tying a career high by allowing four home runs Friday against Arizona. Castillo makes his fourth start since beginning the season on the injured list with a right shoulder strain.
THAT HURTS
Milwaukee will be without Hunter Renfroe for a while after the outfielder was placed on the 10-day injured list with a strained right hamstring Tuesday.
Renfroe was injured Monday night during a 10-inning loss at San Diego. He was hitting .266 with nine home runs and 16 RBIs for the NL Central leaders.
Brewers manager Craig Counsell said an MRI showed a low-grade hamstring strain and Renfroe could miss two weeks. Infielder-outfielder Mark Mathias was brought up from Triple-A Nashville.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Pete Hansen tied a season-high with 12 strikeouts in 7 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing just three hits and two walks, and No. 5 seed Texas beat fourth-seeded Oklahoma State 4-0 on Wednesday in the opening game of the Big 12 Tournament.
Hansen (10-1) threw 122 pitches and didn't allow an extra-base hit. Tristan Stevens earned his second save of the season.
Austin Todd homered in the seventh for a 2-0 lead and Silas Ardoin added his 11th in the ninth for Texas (40-17), which had a program-record 110 homers during the regular season. Trey Faltine went 3 for 4 with an RBI single in the seventh and Ivan Melendez, the Big 12 player of the year with a nation-leading 28 homers, was 0 for 3.
Oklahoma State (36-19) was held scoreless for the first time since its regular-season opener against Vanderbilt on Feb. 18. The Cowboys swept the Longhorns in the regular season.
Both teams are scheduled to play again on Thursday in the double-elimination tournament.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Four-Midday" game were:
7-8-4-2, Fireball: 9
(seven, eight, four, two; Fireball: nine)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Four-Midday" game were:
7-8-4-2, Fireball: 9
(seven, eight, four, two; Fireball: nine) | https://www.trumbulltimes.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Four-Midday-game-17198456.php | 2022-05-25T18:56:19Z | https://www.trumbulltimes.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Four-Midday-game-17198456.php | true | null |
In fairness the cabins & waiting staff have been wonderful, however our dreadful experience occurred in the Britannia Lounge when our party of six tried to move a chair - the young lady Hostess (Ms P) stormed over to our table and was most aggressive saying we couldn’t sit together and then went to call security, we had very politely tried to explain we were allowed to seat together as a group of ...
I chose this cruise line mainly for the newness of the ship the small ship ,which we prefer the home pick up and return and all inclusive.
Very smooth pick up very slick covid testing both lateral flow and PCR . Living near the port we were not picked up until late and didn't get to our cabin until 4.45 pm. At 5pm life boat drill happened and by time we had unpacked it was gone 6.30pm
So ...
Hoping this was going to be the “Trip of a Lifetime” we were bitterly disappointed right from the start, a three quarter of an hour wait in a queue to be covid tested at the docks was a little frustrating to say the least. The staff at the port refused to carry my wife’s Dress Carrier stating that they might “damage it’ Once we were in the cabin which was very acceptable we decided to explore the ...
We booked this Cruise on the 25 January 2022 as a special birthday celebration which included visiting Sicily and Sardinia the highlights for us. We paid the total, but confirmation of my Travel Insurance was not included until we heard from the Insurance Department. We did receive a call from Saga and gave the requested information. We were told we would be contacted from another colleague. ...
We were really looking forward to this cruise and actually changed cruise line to travel with SAGA as we had loved SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY last year. Sadly, had a couple of passengers isolating from a back to back cruise to Norway just prior to embarkation. Those cases increased rapidly after sailing despite very tight testing and isolation protocols on board. We left the Azores, hopeful that numbers ...
We really enjoyed this cruise up the coast of Norway to see the Northern Lights. The ship was very luxurious and the facilities wonderful. We felt very looked after. The cabin was excellent and the cabin support crew very helpful and kind
The trips we took went very well including dog sledding(in Alta) and visiting the Polar Park in Narvik. Really enjoyed the speciality restaurants especially ...
After driving several times around the Southampton Cruise Terminal car parks to be Covid tested, we finally arrived at check-in. Thereafter, we were treated not as adults capable of making our own decisions on acceptable levels of risk, but as naughty 5-year-olds unable to function without orders or correction. We had entered a regime of mandatory (and strictly enforced) face mask wearing in all ...
Picked up from house by taxi and on arrival at Southampton had covid test in car and on result proceeded to ship. After check-in we were taken to our cabin which was great with loads of storage space. The only downside was the wardrobe which was too narrow making it difficult to access clothes especially on right side. The first few days we had to wear masks in all public places which we expected, ...
We decided on this cruise just two months before the sailing as we really needed to get away for a break and warmer weather. The no flying, all inclusive, discounted price and especially Saga's Covid protocols to protect passengers and crew were all factors in this decision.
Pick up and embarkation process faultless. We were picked up on time, taken to the port. Lateral flow tested and PCR ...
Our first cruise with Saga, during which we clocked up our 100th day of cruising experience.
The ship
S of A has been at sea for less than a year and is the most modern ship we have been on. Everything is spick and span and everything works as it should. Best wifi and TV we’ve ever had on a ship. It is comfortable and spacious. However a lot of the furniture has been chosen by designers ... | https://www.cruisecritic.com/saga-holidays-london-southampton-cruises/cp/?stay=1&posfrom=2 | 2022-05-25T18:57:18Z | https://www.cruisecritic.com/saga-holidays-london-southampton-cruises/cp/?stay=1&posfrom=2 | false | 9 |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Midday" game were:
8-3-6-3, SB: 8
(eight, three, six, three; SB: eight)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Midday" game were:
8-3-6-3, SB: 8
(eight, three, six, three; SB: eight) | https://www.newstimes.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Four-Midday-game-17198454.php | 2022-05-25T19:00:27Z | https://www.newstimes.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Four-Midday-game-17198454.php | false | null |
Amazon shareholders have voted down a proposal calling for an independent audit of working conditions at the e-commerce giant’s warehouses.
The proposal’s defeat at the Seattle-based company’s annual shareholder meeting came despite calls from activist groups and unions to improve labour conditions at the warehouses where customer orders are sorted, packaged and shipped.
Amazon had recommended shareholders vote against the proposal and 14 others presented at the meeting.
All the resolutions were voted down by a majority of shareholders, the company said.
Many of the resolutions focused on workers’ rights and issues such as further disclosure of the company’s lobbying and taxes. The resolutions are non-binding but usually pressure corporate boards to take action.
Shareholders also voted to approve compensation packages for six of Amazon’s top executives, including CEO Andy Jassy.
Two investor advisory firms, Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services, had recommended shareholders vote against the pay packages, arguing they were excessive.
Jassy received a compensation package worth about 213 million dollars (£170m) last year, with nearly all of the money coming through Amazon shares to be vested over 10 years. | https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/amazon-shareholders-vote-against-audit-of-warehouse-working-conditions_arid-40881413.html | 2022-05-25T19:02:17Z | https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/amazon-shareholders-vote-against-audit-of-warehouse-working-conditions_arid-40881413.html | true | 15 |
7 of the best Chinese restaurants with delivery in east London
- Credit: Archant
Nothing beats great Chinese food, especially when enjoyed from the comfort of home.
Hungry east Londoners looking for top dumplings, perfectly roasted duck, sweet and sour pork and more need look no further than their backyard.
Here are 7 great Chinese restaurants which deliver in east London.
1. River View Restaurant, Wapping
Where: New Crane Wharf, New Crane Place, London E1W 3TU
Delivery: Deliveroo, Just Eat
Cost: ££
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River View restaurant specialises in seafood and has been serving east Londoners for 25 years.
The eatery boasts stunning views of the Thames from its Al Fresco seating area, as well as traditional and more modern takes on Chinese classics.
2. Sichuan Folk Chinese Restaurant, Brick Lane
Where: 32 Hanbury Street, E1 6QR
Delivery: Deliveroo
Cost: ££
Sichuan Folk is a small, unassuming eatery three-minutes’ walk away from Old Spitalfields Market.
As the restaurants name suggests, it specialises in Sichuan cuisine, known for its bold and spicy flavours.
3. Mandarin Palace, Hornchurch
Where: 197-201 High Street, Hornchurch, RM11 3XT
Delivery: Uber Eats
Cost: ££
Mandarin Palace describes itself as an authentic Peking, Cantonese and Szechuan restaurant with palace-like décor and traditionally-dressed staff.
The eatery offers up a wide-range of vegetarian dishes, dim sum and seafood specialities.
4. Pearl Dragon, Romford
Where: 42 Victoria Road, Romford RM1 2JH
Delivery: Just Eat or via pearldragonromford.co.uk
Cost: £
Pearl Dragon’s menu is as extensive as the restaurant is spacious. It offers favourite Chinese dishes, monthly specials and set menus.
5. Yi-Ban, Docklands
Where: London Regatta Centre, 1010 Dockside Road, E16 2QT
Delivery: Deliveroo, Just Eat
Yi-Ban is a impressive and sizable restaurant overlooking the Thames. It boasts traditional Chinese cuisine and a contemporary dining hall design.
Its name can be translated as “First-Class”. The popular eatery offers a speedy and efficient service, as well as daily Dim Sum.
6. Panda Dim Sum Café, Leytonstone
Where: 767 High Road, Leytonstone, Bushwood, E11 4QS
Delivery: Uber Eats, Just Eat
Cost: £
Panda Dim Sum Café is known for serving up superb, fresh pan-fried dumplings in east London.
The cosy store-front eatery has a relaxed atmosphere, as well as a unique take on classic dishes.
7. Royal China, Canary Wharf
Where: 30 Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf, E14 8RR
Delivery: Deliveroo
Cost: ££
Royal China is located in Canary Wharf Shopping Centre.
The restaurant promises dim sum and Hong Kong-style dishes in a contemporary yet Oriental-inspired dining room with a Thameside terrace. | https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/things-to-do/food-reviews/7-chinese-restaurants-that-deliver-8992490 | 2022-05-25T19:02:28Z | https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/things-to-do/food-reviews/7-chinese-restaurants-that-deliver-8992490 | true | 1 |
New Delhi: Greta Electric Scooters on Wednesday launched a new model Greta Harper ZX Series-I with a base price of Rs 41,999 (ex-showroom) without battery. Battery and charger are sold separately and customers can choose these in line with their usage to fit the scooter for the best value, the company said in a statement.
For the Greta Harper ZX Series-I, the company is offering four battery options starting from the 'V2 48v-24Ah' for 60 km per charge priced at Rs 17,000 to Rs 20,000 to 'V3+60v-30Ah' for 100 km per charge tagged at Rs 27,000 to Rs 31,000.
"Depending on the customer's choice, the price of the charger would range from Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000," it said.
The company said its new electric scooter can now be booked with a down payment of Rs 2,000 and deliveries will be made within 45-75 days as per the booking sequence.
The electric scooter comes with three riding modes -- Eco, City and Mode. On the eco mode, it can run 100 km per charge, 80 km per charge on City Mode, and 70 km per charge on the Turbo Mode, the statement said.
It is equipped with features such as cruise control, wireless controller, highway lights, side indicator buzzer, and LED metre with trip reset, it added.
For the Greta Harper ZX Series-I, the company is offering four battery options starting from the 'V2 48v-24Ah' for 60 km per charge priced at Rs 17,000 to Rs 20,000 to 'V3+60v-30Ah' for 100 km per charge tagged at Rs 27,000 to Rs 31,000.
"Depending on the customer's choice, the price of the charger would range from Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000," it said.
The company said its new electric scooter can now be booked with a down payment of Rs 2,000 and deliveries will be made within 45-75 days as per the booking sequence.
The electric scooter comes with three riding modes -- Eco, City and Mode. On the eco mode, it can run 100 km per charge, 80 km per charge on City Mode, and 70 km per charge on the Turbo Mode, the statement said.
It is equipped with features such as cruise control, wireless controller, highway lights, side indicator buzzer, and LED metre with trip reset, it added.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Quick Draw Midday" game were:
07-12-15-17-19-20-30-33-37-38-40-41-43-46-49-52-53-62-66-77, BE: 12
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Xiaomi Redmi 9C vs Samsung Galaxy M22
Here we compared two budget smartphones: the 6.53-inch Xiaomi Redmi 9C (with MediaTek Helio G35) that was released on June 30, 2020, against the Samsung Galaxy M22, which is powered by MediaTek Helio G80 and came out 15 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the gadgets.
Key differences
An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy M22
- 90% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (203K versus 107K)
- Higher display refresh rate – 90 Hz
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 5 wireless networks
- Supports 25W fast charging
- Delivers 29% higher maximum brightness (536 against 414 nits)
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR4X 1866 MHz
- More recent OS version: Android 12 versus 10
- Has an ultra-wide angle camera lens
- Slow-motion recording at 120FPS
- The phone is 1-year and 3-months newer
- Super AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Performance
CPU/GPU performance in apps and games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
NanoReview score
Final comparison evaluation
You can enter your local price of these phones (in USD or any other currency) and click on the "Calculate" button to see which one has a better value for money.
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Sources:
NotebookCheck
[3], [4]
Performance
Tests of Xiaomi Redmi 9C and Samsung Galaxy M22 in the benchmarks
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Camera
Specs and camera test of smartphones
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Samsung Galaxy M22 is definitely a better buy.
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Turkey demands 'concrete steps' to back Nordics' NATO bids
A senior Turkish official insisted after talks with Swedish and Finnish officials Wednesday that Turkey would not agree to the two Nordic countries joining NATO unless specific steps are taken to address Ankara's objections.
“We have made it very clear that if Turkey's security concerns are not met with concrete steps in a certain timeframe the process will not progress,” Ibrahim Kalin told a news conference after the talks in Ankara that lasted about five hours.
Kalin is the spokesman of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and a senior presidential aide.
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Sweden and Finland submitted their written applications to join NATO last week, in a move representing one of the biggest geopolitical ramifications of Russia's war in Ukraine that could rewrite Europe's security map.
Turkey has said it opposes the countries' membership in the Western military alliance, citing grievances with Sweden's - and a to a lesser extent Finland's - perceived support of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, and other entities that Turkey views as security threats.
The PKK, which is listed as a terror organization by several of Turkey's allies, has waged a decades-long insurgency against Turkey, a conflict that has cost the lives of tens of thousands people.
The Turkish government also accuses Finland and Sweden of imposing arms exports restrictions on Turkey and refusing to extradite suspected “terrorists.”
Turkey's objections have dampened Stockholm's and Helsinki's hopes for joining NATO quickly amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine and put the trans-Atlantic alliance's credibility at stake. All 30 NATO members must agree on admitting new members.
The Swedish and Finnish delegations met with Kalin and Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal. The Swedish delegation was led by state secretary Oscar Stenstrom, while Jukka Salovaara, the foreign ministry undersecretary, headed up the Finnish delegation, Turkish officials said.
Kalin said Turkey's proposal to lift arms export limits was met with a “positive attitude” by the Swedish and Finnish delegations.
He added that talks would continue once the Nordic governments had responded to Turkey's demands.
Turkey also expects the extradition of 28 “terrorism” suspects from Sweden and 12 from Finland, Kalin said, adding that there was “no legal or judicial basis” not to extradite them. Turkish state media had previously said Turkey demanded the extradition of 33 suspects from the two countries.
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said following a meeting with European Council President Charles Michel in Stockholm that her country wanted to “clarify” claims that have been floating around during discussions with Turkey.
“We do not send money or weapons to terrorist organizations,” Andersson said.
During a news conference with the Estonian prime minister later Wednesday, Andersson said that “in these times, it is important to strengthen our security.”
She said Sweden has “a constructive dialogue” with Turkey and that Stockholm was “eager to sort out issues and misunderstandings and questions.”
Michel, who is scheduled to head to Helsinki from Stockholm, said it was “a pivotal moment for Sweden” and “we fully support your choices.”
Turkey this week listed five “concrete assurances” it was demanding from Sweden, including what it said was “termination of political support for terrorism,” an “elimination of the source of terrorism financing,” and the “cessation of arms support” to the banned PKK and a Syrian Kurdish militia group affiliated with it.
The demands also called for the lifting of arms sanctions against Turkey and global cooperation against terrorism.
Turkey said that it has requested the extradition of Kurdish militants and other suspects since 2017 but hasn't received a positive response from Stockholm. The Turkish government claimed Sweden had decided to provide $376 million to support the Kurdish militants in 2023 and that it had provided them with military equipment, including anti-tank weapons and drones.
Finland has received nine extradition requests from Turkey in a recent period covering over three years, Finnish news agency STT said Wednesday, citing data from the Finnish justice ministry. Two people were extradited while six of the requests were rejected. A decision was pending regarding one other case.
Speaking Tuesday before a meeting of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Russia had left Sweden and Finland “no choice” but to join NATO.
She said Germany would support the two countries' membership, calling it “a real gain” for the military alliance.
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Andrew Wilks in Istanbul, Jan M. Olsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Jari Tanner in Helsinki contributed to this report.
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It’s become a common sight: jubilant Starbucks workers celebrating after successful votes to unionize at dozens of U.S. stores.
But when the celebrations die down, a daunting hurdle remains: To win the changes they seek — like better pay and more reliable schedules — unionized stores must sit down with Starbucks and negotiate a contract.
It’s a painstaking process that can take years.
“The meat is at the bargaining table,” said AJ Jones, Starbucks’ senior vice president of global communications and a former consultant to companies during labor negotiations.
At least 85 of Starbucks' 9,000 company-run U.S. stores — representing 7,444 workers — have voted to unionize since December, according to the National Labor Relations Board, and at least 10 stores have rejected the union. Many more elections are coming; at least 268 stores across the U.S. have petitioned the NLRB to hold union elections.
The labor board says it has officially certified 64 of those 85 elections, which means Starbucks must begin bargaining with the union at those stores. So far, just three — two in Buffalo, New York, and one in Mesa, Arizona — have begun the process; many others are talking to Starbucks about dates to begin negotiating, according to Workers United, which represents the unionized stores.
All this is happening amid tensions between Workers United and the Seattle coffee giant, which opposes unionization. Already, the NLRB has filed 56 complaints against Starbucks for various labor law violations, including firing workers for union activity. Starbucks has filed two complaints against the union, saying labor organizers harassed and intimidated workers at some stores.
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, a longtime union foe, said during a corporate earnings call in May that the company respects the rights of Starbucks’ employees and will bargain where it’s required to. But he also insisted that employees don’t need a union to get the best-in-class wages and benefits Starbucks provides.
“Sharing success through wins and benefits with our partners is among our core values, and has been for 50 years,” Schultz said.
Schultz then announced $200 million in new investments for non-union stores, including raises for veteran employees and more training time for new baristas. The company even promised one of the union’s priorities — credit card tipping — before the end of this year.
Schultz said federal labor law prohibits the company from automatically sharing those investments with unionized stores. But labor experts say that’s a classic anti-union tactic, and Starbucks could easily offer the new benefits as part of the bargaining process.
Joe Thompson, a Starbucks worker who recently helped organize successful union elections at two stores in Santa Cruz, California, said the announcement confused and upset workers — and, for many, underscored the need for a union.
“They’re literally threatening to improve the material conditions at non-union stores,” Thompson said. “But they can take those benefits away at any point. If we have our contract, they can’t take those things away.”
Even when workers do successfully organize, there’s no guarantee it will stick, as evidenced in 1987 when Starbucks employees voted to decertify the union that represented a handful of Seattle stores just two years after voting it in.
But this time, Starbucks labor organizers say they’re determined to see the process through.
Jaz Brisack, a Starbucks employee and labor organizer who is at the bargaining table in Buffalo, said more stores around the country would like to begin negotiating, but the company has been slow to start. Starbucks didn’t respond when asked about the delay.
Labor experts say it’s common for employers to drag out the bargaining process in an effort to take the wind out of union campaigns.
In a 2009 study, Kate Bronfenbrenner, the director of labor education research at Cornell’s ILR School, found that fewer than half of unions obtained their first contract within a year of winning an election. Bronfenbrenner is in the process of updating those numbers, but says it appears little has changed.
“There’s nothing the board can do to force bargaining,” she said.
Brisack said bargaining sessions, which began in January, are held via Zoom every two or three weeks, with Starbucks employees and a representative from the Workers United on one side and Starbucks staff — including district managers and regional leaders — and attorneys on the other.
Brisack said bargainers surveyed workers and are developing contract language based on their priorities. Among their proposals: “just cause” language that makes it harder to fire workers, annual cost of living pay increases, compensation for employees who do extra work when stores are understaffed and the ability to let customers add tips to credit card purchases.
If an agreement is reached, it will likely become a template for other stores, but with tweaks to reflect local needs. Drive-thru stores need different language, for example.
U.S. labor law doesn’t set a deadline for agreeing to a contract. In fact, it doesn’t even require that an agreement be reached. It only requires both parties to bargain in good faith.
“The overall approach with the law is to encourage the parties to reach an agreement that they both can live with,” said Risa Lieberwitz, a professor of labor and employment law at Cornell University and the academic director of the university’s Worker Institute.
If the two sides reach an impasse, they could call in a mediator or file charges of “bad faith” bargaining with the NLRB. But that process is time-consuming, and the legal penalties for “bad faith” bargaining are weak, Lieberwitz said. The NLRB may order the offender to change its tactics, for example, or require leaders to publicly admit they broke the law. There are no financial penalties.
The union does have the power to strike, which could pressure Starbucks into reaching an agreement, Lieberwitz said. But Starbucks might also successfully convince workers that the company functions best without a union.
That’s what happened at a Starbucks in Springfield, Virginia, where workers rejected unionization in a 10-8 vote in April. Labor organizer and barista Tim Swicord said his store is well run, and workers didn’t want to risk changing that.
Swicord said he’s taking some time to listen to his colleagues and won’t try to hold another election anytime soon. But he still supports the union,.
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What is Irish moss?
Health and beauty trends can be wacky, but some of them stick. Sea moss gel is one of them. It’s used for skin care and consumed for its health benefits. While there isn’t much research into its benefits, it’s an all-natural product worth trying out.
Learning more about sea moss gel will help you use it correctly and decide if it’s a good product for you. Whether you slather it onto your face or spoon it into your morning smoothie, it’s a product worth noting.
What is sea moss gel?
Sea moss gel is made from a type of seaweed commonly known as sea moss, Irish moss or Irish sea moss. Its scientific name is Chondrus crispus, but it gets the nickname Irish moss because it’s commonly found growing in rocky areas of the Atlantic coast of Ireland. However, it also grows in North America.
The gel made from this seaweed is rich in a range of nutrients. It contains a whopping 92 of the 102 minerals that make up the human body, including calcium, iodine, iron and zinc. It also contains many vitamins, including vitamins A, K, C, D and B12, plus essential fatty acids.
What are the benefits of sea moss gel?
Sea moss has a range of potential health and skin care benefits. However, it’s worth noting that research in the area is limited, so any potential benefits should be taken with a healthy dose of cynicism.
Moisturizing properties
Humectants are moisturizers that can draw water from deeper inside the skin to nourish the outer layer. Sea moss gel is a highly effective humectant, but it creates a non-occlusive barrier over the skin to lock moisture in. This makes it an incredible moisturizer, whether used alone or mixed with another moisturizer or serum.
Protects the skin barrier
Sea moss creates a film over your skin that reinforces the skin barrier. Damage to the skin barrier is fairly common and can lead to itchy skin, eczema, rosacea and dull or dehydrated skin. Because the mixture of proteins in the sea moss film is similar to those of our skin barrier, it increases protection and can help reduce issues caused by its damage.
Anti-inflammatory
Its anti-inflammatory properties could help soothe skin suffering from inflammation, which can appear as redness, dryness or pimples. It could also play a part in reducing inflammation in other parts of the body when taken orally. That said, it’s unlikely that consuming just one type of anti-inflammatory food will make a huge difference overall.
Balances oil production
The high levels of sulfur in Irish moss gel can decrease sebum production in the skin. Sebum is the natural oil that moisturizes our skin but is commonly produced in excess quantities, leading to oily skin, blackheads and pimples. It’s great for balancing oily skin because although it reduces sebum production, it also has moisturizing properties and won’t result in dryness.
Antimicrobial properties
Thanks to its natural antimicrobial properties, sea moss can help to balance the skin’s microbiome. This can help with a range of skin issues, including acne, rosacea and seborrhea.
Thyroid health
When taken orally, the high iodine levels in sea moss can help keep your thyroid functioning as it should. This is particularly beneficial for vegetarians and vegans, as they’re less likely to get enough iodine from their diet.
How to take sea moss gel orally
Sea moss gel can be eaten straight out of the jar, but since its taste is quite strong and not necessarily pleasant, most people like to mix it with other ingredients.
- Smoothies: One simple way of consuming sea moss gel is to add it to smoothies. It’s fairly easy to disguise the taste by using strong-flavored produce, such as ginger and lime.
- Juice: Blend sea moss into fruit juice to help it go down more smoothly. This will give your juice a thicker texture, which some people like and others don’t.
- Soups and stews: Simply mix sea moss gel into soup or stew before serving. Don’t add it while the other ingredients are still cooking, as too much heat over a prolonged period could destroy some of the nutrients.
However you choose to consume your Irish moss gel, you should take around 1 to 2 tablespoons a day. You can also buy sea moss supplements, which some people prefer to take over sea moss in its gel form.
How to use sea moss gel for skin care
Sea moss gel moisturizes skin and forms a protective barrier, so it’s best applied on its own or mixed with a leave-on product. Don’t use it as a mask or with a product that you rinse off your skin because you won’t get its full benefits.
It’s best to apply the gel at night as part of your pre-bed skin care routine. It has a thick texture and can leave a sheen on the face that you may not appreciate when you’re just about to leave the house. Start by washing your face as usual, then use any toners or serums that are part of your routine. You can then use sea moss gel in place of a moisturizer.
An alternative method is to mix it with your usual moisturizer or serum at a ratio of one part gel to three parts moisturizer or serum.
How often should you use it?
Daily application is too much for some when using sea moss gel alone. Instead, apply it just two to three times a week, and use your usual moisturizer on your off-days. However, if you mix it with your moisturizer or serum, it’s fine to use every day.
Who should use it?
Due to its balancing properties, sea moss gel works well for people of all skin types. It hydrates dry skin, reduces sebum production in oily skin and does a bit of both for combination skin. That said, it’s especially beneficial for people with oily or acne-prone skin.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense lawyers for a Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer charged with lying to the FBI during the Trump-Russia probe showed jurors handwritten notes on Wednesday aimed at undercutting allegations that he misled the federal government about his legal work.
Michael Sussmann is on trial in Washington’s federal court, accused of lying to the FBI’s general counsel during a September 2016 meeting when he presented computer data that purported to show a secret communications backchannel between Donald Trump and Russia. The FBI investigated but quickly determined no link existed between the Trump Organization, the former president’s company, and Russia-based Alfa Bank.
Prosecutors allege he misled the FBI by saying that he was not attending the meeting on behalf of a particular client when he was actually representing the interests of the Clinton campaign and another client — a technology executive who had provided him with the data.
Sussmann’s lawyers deny he lied, saying he was coming to the FBI to raise concerns about a potential national security threat.
Prosecutors rested their case on Wednesday.
Defense lawyers called as their first witnesses former senior Justice Department officials who attended a March 6, 2017, meeting at which FBI leaders briefed them on the status of investigations into potential coordination during the 2016 presidential election between Trump’s successful campaign and Russia. Among the topics that came up were the Alfa Bank claims.
One of those ex-officials, Tashina Gauhar, took notes from the meeting in which she wrote that the Alfa Bank allegations were brought to the FBI by an attorney “on behalf of his client.” She said she didn’t recall who at the meeting said that, but said that if she had written that down, then “that’s what I would have heard at the briefing.”
One of Sussmann’s lawyers, Michael Bosworth, sought to persuade jurors about the credibility of Gauhar’s notes by asking, mostly rhetorically: “When senior leaders of the FBI come to brief senior leaders of the Department of Justice, do they try to get it right? Do they try to present truthful accurate information to the Department of Justice?”
Another participant at the March 2017 meeting, Mary McCord, at the time the department’s top national security official, took similar notes about the fact that the Alfa Bank claims came to the FBI from a lawyer.
The notes are seen as an important piece of evidence for the defense because neither Sussmann nor James Baker, the FBI official to whom he is alleged to have made the false statement, took notes during the original September 2016 meeting at which the Alfa Bank data was presented.
Also Wednesday, defense lawyers noted that Sussmann billed the taxi ride to the FBI building for the meeting to his law firm at the time, Perkins Coie, rather than to the Clinton campaign.
Earlier Wednesday, prosecutors showed jurors billing records indicating that Sussmann repeatedly billed to the campaign “general political advice” and legal work related to the Alfa Bank server issue.
Defense lawyers, however, noted that Sussmann billed the taxi ride to the FBI building for the meeting on Alfa Bank to his law firm at the time, Perkins Coie, rather than to the Clinton campaign.
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The team is focused on providing BMO's broad array of banking services and industry expertise to a wide variety of local industries
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - BMO Financial Group announced today a commercial banking office in Grand Rapids, Michigan, led by BMO's Michigan Managing Director, James Hess. Located at 250 Monroe Ave., it is comprised of five commercial bankers focused on diversified industries, equipment finance and treasury & payment solutions, all supported by BMO's national industry sector expertise.
"Grand Rapids and the surrounding area represent a very appealing market for us given the growth potential and its proximity to our footprint in both the United States and Canada," said Ray Whitacre, Co-Head, U.S. Commercial Banking, BMO Financial Group. "We've had commercial clients in Michigan for decades, but with this office we can provide the breadth and depth of BMO's capabilities and services to our existing and prospective clients from a team of experienced commercial bankers who are based in the area and know the market well."
"BMO's cross-border banking capabilities are a market differentiator, and considering that Canada is Michigan's top export market, we see tremendous opportunity to serve clients doing business on both sides of the border," added Hess.
The team will be focused on a wide variety of industries, including manufacturing, distribution, transportation, engineering and construction, food and business services.
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Serving customers for 200 years and counting, BMO is a highly diversified financial services provider - the 8th largest bank, by assets, in North America. With total assets of $1.02 trillion as of January 31, 2022, and a team of diverse and highly engaged employees, BMO provides a broad range of personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services to more than 12 million customers and conducts business through three operating groups: Personal and Commercial Banking, BMO Wealth Management and BMO Capital Markets.
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VIDEO: Tourists Take Selfie With Bear Before Backing Away
Some young hikers showed admirable discretion when they backed away from an approaching black bear without posing for selfies. Well, not for too long, anyway.
The events filmed were in early August of this year, when a few young hikers decided to take to the trails of Olympic National Park in Washington. One of the young women noticed the bear and, of course, got a nice shot of herself with it coming up toward the bridge. But then, once it gets close enough, they show the proper deference and hightail it out of there.
They do remember to walk away from the bear, though some do show their backs. One of them starts running before another reminds them not to run because the bear might give chase.
The bear looks like it could be an adolescent, which could have made this an especially dangerous situation for the youths. Still, from the video, it appears no angry mother materialized.
If you ever find yourself in an unexpected bear encounter, remember to make a lot of noise and to walk slowly backward. And if you should ever, God forbid, find yourself under a bear attack, check out our guide to how to survive such an event. To be clear, we mean you should check it out before you get attacked, not while being attacked.
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How to talk to children about tragic news
(CNN) - The images are difficult for anyone, but the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, may cause fear in worry in small children who see or hear about it.
Licensed clinical psychologist Marisa Azaret said parents should first assess their own feelings.
“Is it anger? Is it despair? Is a serious anxiety, a severe anxiety? Once you do that, try to find some balance and then address your child,” she said.
Azaret said that kids of any age can be bothered by what they are seeing and that images can show up in nightmares and night terrors. She recommends monitoring what children see.
If they are too young, turn off the TV to guard against those disturbing images.
Experts said when kids see the same story, they may think the disaster is happening again and again.
“You might see regression. Children that were already toilet trained, for example, they are regressing. Children that were sleeping alone in their bedroom, they might regress and not be able to do so. So we need to be patient,” Azaret said.
If they are older, you may want to limit their time watching the news or on the internet.
Azaret said asking questions and talking to children about their worries and concerns can help them get back on track emotionally.
“Talking to them at their level in a concrete way, reassuring them, telling them that mom is here, that dad is here,” she said.
It is important to reassure children that adults in schools work hard to keep them safe.
Azaret said all children need extra love and support right now.
The American Psychological Association advises parents to seek professional help if their child is in need of more assistance.
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Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro 5G vs Mi Note 10
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.6-inch Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro 5G (with MediaTek Dimensity 810) that was released on November 9, 2021, against the Xiaomi Mi Note 10, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G and came out 24 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the gadgets.
Key differences
An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro 5G
- Water-resistant body (IP53 classification)
- Higher display refresh rate – 90 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.1)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- 16% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (352K versus 304K)
- The phone is 2-years newer
- Stereo speakers
- More recent OS version: Android 11 versus 10
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Mi Note 10
- The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
- Optical image stabilization
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Delivers 17% higher maximum brightness (595 against 509 nits)
- AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Performance
CPU/GPU performance in apps and games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
NanoReview score
Final comparison evaluation
You can enter your local price of these phones (in USD or any other currency) and click on the "Calculate" button to see which one has a better value for money.
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Performance
Tests of Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro 5G and Xiaomi Mi Note 10 in the benchmarks
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Camera
Specs and camera test of smartphones
DxOMark camera tests
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
If the performance, software, connectivity, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro 5G. But if the camera is more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Mi Note 10.
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So, which phone would you choose?
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Is DL Michael Brockers Roster Spot Safe in 2022?
Veteran defensive lineman Michael Brockers did not have the type of season in 2021 that was indicative of his career in the National Football League.
In 2021, his first season in Motown, Brockers only recorded 52 tackles and one sack.
Currently, he is the only member of the roster that is older than the age of 30, making him the elder statesman of a young, retooling organization.
This offseason, general manager Brad Holmes drafted young, versatile defensive linemen that could make for interesting training camp battles this summer.
If the Lions decided to part ways with Brockers prior to June 1st, the team could incur a dead cap hit of $7.95 million. The dead cap hit would be $5.975 million if he was cut after June 1st.
The team could potentially save $3,000,000 on the cap this season if he was cut post-June 1st.
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"The Lions can cut Brockers and allow their young defensive linemen to soak up meaningful snaps," Maurice Moton wrote. "If Brockers hits the market, he would make a good fit with the Los Angeles Chargers, who have made an attempt to patch up their porous, 30th-ranked run defense from the 2021 campaign by signing Sebastian Joseph-Day and Austin Johnson. As Brockers has done with the Rams and Lions, he would play in an odd-man front in a rotational role."
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KTHealth+ AIM™ supports every day healthy inflammatory response to help you feel your best
AMERICAN FORK, Utah, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KT Tape®, the leader in drug-free pain relief products, announces the launch of its latest product: KTHealth+ AIM™. KTHealth+ AIM is a once-a-day drink mix designed to help improve your body's healthy inflammatory response†‡ to the aches and pains associated with physical exertion. AIM is a 100% drug-free, great tasting dietary supplement with healthy botanical ingredients such as turmeric, ashwagandha, organic beet root powder, zinc, vitamin D and vitamin C.
"At KT Tape, we know being healthy means taking care of your body inside and out," says CEO & President Greg Venner. "Every day, millions of Americans may be impacted by the aches and pains associated with inflammation in the body. That's why we teamed up with nutrition experts to create an everyday, great tasting drink mix support for a healthy inflammatory response. KTHealth+ AIM is a delicious addition to our full line of products and is designed to help you feel your best without needing to take multiple pills."
The new supplement contains a matrix of healthy ingredients designed to target three key pillars of your body's general wellbeing, including:
- Supports a healthy inflammatory response†‡
- Via 1,000 mg of turmeric as well as ashwagandha and organic beet root powder
- Provides immune support‡
- Via 100% daily values of vitamins C, D and zinc
- Promotes digestive health and ingredient absorption‡
- Via Fibersol®-2, Inulin, Bioperine® black pepper extract
The product is plant-based, GMO free, sugar free, gluten free, soy free and contains no preservatives, artificial flavors, colors or artificial sweeteners. Any sweetness is due to natural fruit flavor and all-natural sweeteners such as Monk Fruit Extract and Stevia Leaf Extract. Professional athletes can enjoy AIM knowing it's a certified Informed Sport Tested supplement. And, at 15 calories per serving, AIM has fewer calories than many other drink powder supplements on the market.
AIM is available in peach mango, citrus orange, pineapple orange guava and unflavored, and tastes great mixed with water, your favorite dairy or plant-based milk or with citrus juice. It's also a perfect addition to smoothies, protein shakes or smoothie bowls, including the recipe below:
Avocado & Apple Smoothie
- 2 cups washed spinach
- 1 avocado, peeled and pitted
- 1 apple, sliced
- 1 cup almond milk
- 2 teaspoons honey or maple syrup for sweetness
- 1 packet KTHealth+ AIM Peach Mango flavor
- Dash of ground ginger
For ongoing ideas on using AIM to boost your smoothies and delicious recipes, visit KTTape.com.
KTHealth+ AIM retails for $24.99 per box for 14 servings. It can be purchased at KTTape.com/AIM. Subscribe and save using promo code "DRINKAIM" to start your two-week trial for $1 per day on KTTape.com. Customers can also purchase AIM on Amazon.
Visit KT Tape's Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for more updates and information on its full line of drug-free pain relief, performance and recovery products.
† Associated with physical exertion
‡ These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
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Based in American Fork, Utah and founded in 2008, KT Tape® has revolutionized the sports medicine industry with the introduction of the most advanced and recognized kinesiology tape and recovery products. KT Tape is recognized as a leader in sports related pain and injury treatment. The mission of the company is to develop breakthrough solutions to help enable athletes to compete at their best.
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INmune Bio (INMB) Down on Clinical Hold for Alzheimer's Study
Shares of INmune Bio, Inc. INMB were down 24.6% on Tuesday after the company reported that it has received an email from the FDA on May 20, stating that the regulatory body has placed a clinical hold on the investigational new drug application to begin a phase II study evaluating XPro1595 (XPro) in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (“AD”).
Via the email, the FDA requested additional information about Chemistry Manufacturing and Controls related to the newly-manufactured XPro1595, a next-generation tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor candidate.
An official clinical hold letter from the FDA is expected within 30 days.
Meanwhile, a phase II study of XPro continues to enroll patients in Australia.
Shares of INmune Bio have plunged 46.3% this year compared with the industry’s decline of 23.5%.
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In April 2022, INmune Bio dosed the first patient in a phase II study investigating XPro to treat cognition and function in patients with mild AD and biomarkers of inflammation.
INMB also plans to start another phase II study in patients with mild cognitive impairment. Top-line data from both these studies are expected in 2023.
We note that the Biogen’s BIIB Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm, has spotlighted the AD market since its controversial FDA approval in June 2021.
In April 2022, the final national coverage determination released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) for amyloid-beta targeting therapies to treat AD effectively denied all Medicare beneficiaries access to Aduhelm.
Biogen has now decided to substantially eliminate its infrastructure supporting the commercialization of Aduhelm, retaining minimal resources.
Aduhelm generated sales of $2.8 million in the first quarter of 2022 compared with $1 million in the fourth quarter of 2021. Sales of the drug are likely to be minimal as BIIB significantly reduces commercial infrastructure.
Zacks Rank & Other Stocks to Consider
INmune Bio currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). Some other top-ranked stocks worth considering in the biotech sector are Leap Therapeutics, Inc. LPTX and Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Inc. AGLE, both carrying Zacks Rank #2 at present. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Leap Therapeutics’ loss per share has narrowed 11.1% for 2022 and 5.9% for 2023 in the past 60 days.
Earnings of Leap Therapeutics have surpassed estimates in three of the trailing four quarters and missed the same on the other occasion. LPTX delivered an earnings surprise of 1.92%, on average.
AegleaBio Therapeutics’ loss per share estimates narrowed 23.2% for 2022 and 30.6% for 2023 in the past 60 days.
Earnings of AegleaBio Therapeutics have surpassed estimates in two of the trailing four quarters and missed the same on the other two occasions. AGLE delivered an earnings surprise of 9.47%, on average.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — One of the women accusing Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual misconduct while she gave him a massage said she felt threatened by a comment he made following a therapy session.
Appearing on HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel,” Ashley Solis, one of 22 women who have sued Watson over allegations he behaved inappropriately with them, provided graphic details of an encounter with the three-time Pro Bowler.
She also said at the end of a massage, Watson told her: “I know you have a career to protect,” and “I know you don’t want anyone messing with it just like I don’t want anyone messing with mine.”
Solis, who was the first massage therapist to file a lawsuit, was asked why Watson’s message frightened her.
“Because that sounded like a threat to me,” she said.
During the interview which aired Tuesday night, Solis and another massage therapist, Kyla Hayes, both provided details of their meetings with Watson, who has been accused of sexual assault and harassment during massages he received while playing for the Houston Texans.
Watson has denied any wrongdoing and has maintained any sex with the women was consensual. Two grand juries in Texas declined to indict Watson on criminal complaints filed by 10 of the women.
In addition to being violated, Solis and Hayes both were offended by the five-year, $230 million contract Watson received in March from the Browns. Watson’s deal is both the richest in NFL history and fully guaranteed.
“It’s just like a big screw you,” Solis said. ”That’s what it feels like. That we don’t care. He can run and throw, and that’s what we care about.”
Added Hayes, “It was sick to me. … I felt like he’s being rewarded for bad behavior.”
Watson declined to be interviewed for the program, citing the league’s ongoing investigation into his behavior.
Both women have previously spoken publicly about their interactions with Watson, and the quarterback’s lead attorney, Rusty Hardin, said the HBO interviews were “more of the same.”
Hardin acknowledged the interviews could further hurt Watson in the public eye, but he maintains his client hasn’t been treated fairly either.
“I believe very strongly that these women’s allegations ought to be listened to, investigated thoroughly, and everybody ought to keep an open mind as to whether they happened,” Hardin said. “Similarly, I believe Deshaun’s objections and denials should have been listened to until they have evidence and that’s what’s really been denied here.
“Everybody has made up their mind based on the allegation made. … The guy they described is not the guy we know. And yet, he hasn’t been given the benefit of the doubt and he should have.”
The Browns, who have spent two decades in a futile search for a franchise QB, pursued Watson along with several other teams. They convinced him to waive his no-trade clause and join Cleveland after he initially rebuffed the team.
One of Watson’s lawyers, Leah Graham, was asked to explain on the show why, if he was only seeking professional massages, did Watson end up having sex with some of the women.
“Well, in every massage, I will tell you he did go, intending just for a professional massage, and only those three instances where sexual conduct occurred — consensual sexual activity — it occurred after the massage session had ended,” Graham said. “And Mr. Watson has testified and is insistent that that sexual activity was initiated by the plaintiff in every single instance.”
During his introductory news conference with the Browns in March, Watson was adamant he has “never assaulted, disrespected or harassed any woman in my life.”
When she was shown Watson’s comments, Hayes began to cry.
“For him to say he’s never done anything to a woman,” she said. “It’s a bold-faced lie.”
Hayes acknowledged she stayed in contact with Watson after his session.
“I wasn’t sure what he was capable of,” she said. “He could have physically assaulted me. He could have bashed my business. So I had to protect myself and my business. That’s the way I saw it. Did I ever see him again after that? No. Did I give him the runaround? Yes.”
Watson is also facing possible discipline from the NFL, which is independently investigating whether he violated its personal-conduct policy. League investigators interviewed Watson in Houston last week.
Commissioner Roger Goodell said at the owner’s meeting in Atlanta that the Watson investigation is “nearing the end” but did not provide a timeframe for when a decision will be announced.
The Browns are eager to find out whether they’ll be without Watson for an extended period. The team resumed offseason team activities Tuesday and will have mandatory minicamp next month. Training camp is scheduled for July.
Watson is scheduled to return to Houston to give more depositions in the civil suits. The sides have agreed not to hold any trials from Aug. 1 to March 1, so any trial would happen after the season.
Last week, Watson treated some of his new teammates to a bonding trip to the Bahamas. A team spokesman said he reported for the voluntary offseason program that resumed this week. The Browns will have a media availability Wednesday.
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An 18-year-old gunman opened fire on an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, killing at least 19 children and two adults.
Sergio Martinez-Beltran, Texas Capital reporter for NPR’s the Texas Newsroom, joins us from Austin.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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ARLINGTON, Va., May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The members of the American Waterways Operators, the national tugboat, towboat and barge industry association, elected a new slate of leaders last week during the association's Spring Board of Directors / Annual Membership Meeting.
Clark Todd, President & Chief Operating Officer of Blessey Marine Services, was elected Chairman; Rick Iuliucci, Vice President of The Vane Brothers Company, was elected Vice Chairman; and Brian Hughes, Vice President Operations & Sales, Hughes Bros., Inc., was re-elected Treasurer. Mr. Todd succeeds outgoing Chairman Del Wilkins, President, Illinois Marine Towing, Inc.
AWO President & CEO Jennifer Carpenter emphasized the strength of AWO's leadership through this transition:
"After an inspiring and productive year under Del's leadership, we look forward to another promising year of opportunity with Clark at the helm. AWO is very fortunate to have such industry leaders of such talent guiding our association and we are energized to work for and with these outstanding member leaders."
In his remarks, Mr. Todd emphasized that the industry is successful because it is built on enduring values and ideas, and laid out his "forward into the future" plans for his chairmanship:
"My overarching focus as Chairman will be to put people first by making sure our industry is focused on mariners over markets," he explained. "I will do that by working with all of our members, engaging with them from coast to coast, to draw from their diverse backgrounds, expertise, operating environments and perspectives, so we can not only take on the challenges of today that are affecting our people in the here and now, but also so we can take on the challenges that are going to define tomorrow."
Mr. Todd noted several priorities for the near future, highlighting mariner safety, decarbonization, and labor availability, and explained that AWO is key to the industry successfully navigating these challenges:
"AWO has been and will remain critical to helping us take on the challenges, and seize the opportunities, of today and tomorrow. Through AWO, we are far better positioned to shape our own future as an industry than if we each had to try to do that separately, on our own, while also operating our business."
Mr. Todd concluded by emphasizing the importance of members engaging in the association:
"Without us, there is no future. We benefit from a strong AWO, and AWO is strongest when we are engaged. That's why I intend to follow Del's example and work with our members coast-to-coast to make sure everyone is heard."
About the American Waterways Operators
The American Waterways Operators is the tugboat, towboat and barge industry's advocate, resource and united voice for safe, sustainable and efficient transportation on America's waterways, oceans and coasts. Industry vessels move more than 665 million tons of America's commerce each year on the U.S. inland and intracoastal waterways, the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf Coasts and the Great Lakes.
For more information about the importance of waterway transportation, please contact AWO at (703) 841-9300 or visit AWO's website at www.americanwaterways.com.
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Fed officials signal rates may head to ‘restrictive’ levels
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials agreed when they met earlier this month that they may have to raise interest rates to levels that would weaken the economy as part of their drive to curb inflation, which is near a four-decade high.
At the same time, many of the policymakers also agreed that after a rapid series of rate increases in the coming months, they could “assess the effects” of their rate hikes and, depending on the economy’s health, increase rates at a slower pace.
After their meeting this month, the policymakers raised their benchmark short-term rate by a half-point — double the usual hike. According to minutes from the May 3-4 meeting released Wednesday, most of the officials agreed that half-point hikes also “would likely be appropriate” when they next meet in June and July. Chair Jerome Powell himself had indicated after this month’s meeting that half-point increases would be “on the table” at the next two meetings.
All the officials believed that the Fed should “expeditiously” raise its key rate to a level at which it neither stimulates nor restrains growth, which officials have said is a rate of about 2.4%. Some policymakers have said they will likely reach that point by the end of this year.
The minutes suggest, though, that there may be a sharp debate among policymakers about how quickly to tighten credit after the June and July meetings. The economy has shown more signs of slowing, and stock markets have dropped sharply, since the Fed meeting.
Government reports have indicated, for example, that sales of new and existing homes have faltered sharply since this month’s Fed meeting, and there are signs that factory output is growing more slowly. Gennadiy Goldberg, senior rates strategist at TD Securities, suggested that the minutes released Wednesday might reflect a more “hawkish” Fed — that is, more focused on rate hikes to restrain inflation — than may actually be the case now.
Some officials, particularly Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, have indicated since this month’s meeting that the Fed could reconsider its pace of rate hikes in September.
And Loretta Mester, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, has said that if there’s “compelling evidence that inflation is moving down,” the Fed could slow its rate hikes, likely to a quarter-point pace.
“But if inflation has failed to moderate,” she added, “a faster pace of rate increases may be necessary.”
The minutes released Wednesday signaled a tentative acknowledgement by some Fed officials that recent inflation data “might suggest that overall price pressures may no longer be worsening.” At the same time, those officials — the minutes don’t name individual Fed policymakers — stressed that it was “too early to be confident that inflation had peaked.”
Fed officials unanimously agreed that the “U.S. economy was very strong, the labor market was extremely tight, and inflation was very high and well above” the Fed’s target of 2%. Powell had expressed similar sentiments at his May 4 news conference.
Fed officials are betting that the economy’s broad strength will enable it to withstand sharply higher borrowing rates without leading to extended layoffs or a recession.
When Fed officials decided this month to raise their benchmark rate by a half-point to a range of 0.75% to 1%, it was their first increase of that size since 2000. The officials also announced that they would start to shrink their huge $9 trillion balance sheet, which has more than doubled since the pandemic.
The balance sheet swelled as the Fed bought about $4.5 trillion in Treasury and mortgage bonds after the pandemic recession struck to try to hold down longer-term rates. On June 1, the Fed plans to let those securities start to mature, without replacing them. That should also heighten the cost of long-term borrowing.
Powell has said the Fed is determined to raise rates high enough to restrain inflation, leading many economists to expect the sharpest pace of rate hikes in three decades this year. Powell says the central bank is aiming for a “soft landing,” in which higher interest rates cool borrowing and spending enough to slow the economy and inflation. But most economists are skeptical that the Fed can achieve such a narrow outcome without causing an economic downturn.
Stock prices have plunged on fears that the Fed’s rate hikes will send the economy into recession. The S&P 500 has fallen for seven straight weeks, the longest such stretch since the aftermath of the dot-com bubble in 2001. The stock index nearly fell into bear-market territory last week — defined as a 20% drop from its peak — but rallied Wednesday.
The minutes also showed that some policymakers decided it was appropriate to consider selling some of its holdings of mortgage-backed securities, rather than simply letting them mature. Sales would make it easier for the Fed to transition to a portfolio composed mainly of Treasurys, the minutes said.
The Fed has said that by September it would allow up to $30 billion of mortgage-backed securities to mature each month, along with $60 billion in Treasurys. Many analysts doubt that the cap will be reached for mortgage-backed bonds, because mortgage rates have jumped more than 2 percentage points since the start of the year. That means that fewer homeowners will refinance their mortgages because their current loan rates are lower than the rates now available in the mortgage market.
Fewer refinancings would force the Fed to sell mortgage-backed securities to maintain its plans to reduce its balance sheet.
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There are a couple of inevitable responses to a mass shooting in America: funerals and fundraisers, prayers from politicians and the resurfacing of one particular article from satirical site The Onion.
"'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens" has been republished 21 times in almost exactly eight years.
Its headline has remained the same for every major mass shooting from Isla Vista, Calif., in 2014 to Tuesday's school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The main image, and basic facts about the shooting, are updated every time.
It always quotes a fictional resident of that state lamenting a tragedy they describe as inevitable:
"This was a terrible tragedy, but sometimes these things just happen and there's nothing anyone can do to stop them," the person says. "It's a shame, but what can we do? There really wasn't anything that was going to keep this individual from snapping and killing a lot of people if that's what they really wanted."
The article, which has no identifiable author, always notes that such feelings are shared "by tens of millions of individuals who reside in a nation where over half of the world's deadliest mass shootings have occurred in the past 50 years and whose citizens are 20 times more likely to die of gun violence than those of other developed nations."
"At press time, residents of the only economically advanced nation in the world where roughly two mass shootings have occurred every month for the past eight years were referring to themselves and their situation as 'helpless,'" Tuesday's version — like its predecessors — concludes.
The Onion leaned into its message on Wednesday, sharing a Twitter thread listing every version of the piece from over the years. Thousands of people had liked and retweeted it by midday, with many noting the devastating impact of seeing years' worth of recurring tragedies lined up in a row — seemingly underscoring the point of the satire.
'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens https://t.co/8NNNNzc1xQ pic.twitter.com/DGFY2fTDCs
— The Onion (@TheOnion) May 25, 2022
It also flooded the homepage of its website with the stories, the same headline appearing over and over but next to different photos: a spa in Atlanta, a Walmart in El Paso, a grocery store in Buffalo.
Jason Roeder, a former writer and editor at The Onion, is credited with creating the original article.
"When I wrote this headline, I had no idea it would be applied to the high school a mile from my house," he tweeted after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018.
Dave Cullen, a journalist who has covered mass shootings for years and wrote the New York Times bestseller Columbine, told NPR in 2015 that the article "resonates because they totally got it."
"I think what [the Onion article's popularity] says is we look for the people who tell us the truth — kind of the emperor's new clothes — who see through the stuff, and don't just print the same old stuff, or do the same old stuff, or do the safe stuff — the people who call us on our s***," he said.
In a 2017 interview with Vice, Marnie Shure, then the managing editor of The Onion's website, counted this article as one of her team's proudest accomplishments.
"By re-running the same commentary it strengthens the original commentary tenfold each time," she said. "I'm proud to work alongside the people who saw the potential in that, and who were able to send out that message and make it resonate. In the wake of these really terrible things, we have this comment that really holds up."
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Sangrur LS bypoll on June 23; litmus test for AAP
The bypoll for the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat will be held on June 23, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Wednesday.
The counting of votes will take place on June 26.
Chief Electoral officer S Karuna Raju said that with the ECI announcement of the bypoll, the model code of conduct is in place in the constituency.
The constituency includes three districts— Sangrur, Barnala and Malerkotla.
Though Sangrur is the stronghold of AAP, it will be the first major poll for the party after it formed the government in Punjab in March.
The bypoll is necessitated after Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann vacated the seat following his election in the Punjab assembly. He resigned from the Lok Sabha on March 14. Mann is an MLA from Dhuri, an assembly segment of the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat.
As far as previous track record of the party is concerned, AAP has won this seat with majority of votes in 2014 and 2019 polls. In the February assembly polls, AAP has won all nine assembly segments of this Lok Sabha seat.
For AAP, Bhagwant Mann’s sister Manpreet Kaur is amongst the probable for the party ticket. She has already shown her desire by saying that she will abide by the decision of the party, if she was asked to contest.
The Shiromani Akali Dal is on a weak wicket in the constituency as it had snapped ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party, while SAD’s strongman of Sangrur area Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa has already floated his own outfit SAD (Sanyukt), leaving the party in lurch.
In 2019 general elections, SAD had fielded Sukhdev Dhindsa’s son and former minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa, who had finished third. In 2022 assembly polls, most of SAD candidates finished third in assembly segments falling in Sangrur lok Sabha.
In view of the by-poll, Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring has already held a whirlwind tour of the constituency and even dared BJP Leader Sunil Jakhar to contest this bypoll against him.
The Congress, though, has a strong presence in the constituency but they didn’t have any prominent leader who can match the poll campaign of CM Mann. There is no leader from Congress who has come forward to make a claim for the ticket.
Simranjit Singh Mann, President SAD (Amritsar), has already announced his candidature and started touring the constituency.
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Housing prices spike in 8 cities; Delhi-NCR tops list
Delhi and the National Capital Region saw the highest year-on-year surge in housing prices among eight Indian metro cities in 2021-22, as prices in Bengaluru and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region largely remained stable, showed a report released by industry body Credai on Tuesday. According to the study, average housing prices across the country rose 4%, while the number in Delhi-NCR was nearly triple, at 11.3%. Prices in Bengaluru and MMR increased only 1%.
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Fix waterlogging or face action, Ggm civic body warns officials
Municipal Corporation of Gurugram's commissioner Mukesh Kumar Ahuja on Wednesday said that the civic body will take action against its executive engineers (XENs) “if there is waterlogging in their respective areas”. The move came after an internal meeting was held virtually on Wednesday to discuss issues related to waterlogging as well as preparedness for the upcoming monsoon season, said officials.
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State of the art language lab to come up soon at AU
Students pursuing different courses at Allahabad University will soon be able to learn foreign languages such as French, Russian, German, Mandarin, Iranian and Tibetan. For this, a state-of-the-art language lab will soon be established at the central university. This will be a central facility which will be shared by all departments offering courses in different foreign languages.
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Corruption: Punjab Police raid sacked minister Singla’s house
A day after taking former Punjab health minister Dr Vijay Singla's remand in a corruption case, the Mohali police on Wednesday collected some files from his official residence in Sector 39, Chandigarh, besides sending his mobile phone to a laboratory to retrieve all deleted chats. A Bathinda resident, Pardeep, is the son of Singla's cousin sister and was seen next to the minister ever since he was sworn in.
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Training centres in Delhi may soon also issue driving licences
Delhi will allow accredited driver training centres to issue permanent licenses in about a month to those who have successfully completed their motor driving training, the first state in India to do so nearly a year after the federal transport ministry said private entities could issue driving licenses in the country. A learner's license, valid for six months, can be delivered at home by completing an online test. | https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/sangrur-ls-bypoll-on-june-23-litmus-test-for-aap-101653502595799.html | 2022-05-25T19:42:01Z | https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/sangrur-ls-bypoll-on-june-23-litmus-test-for-aap-101653502595799.html | false | 1 |
It’s no surprise that after I call you for a diaper change and you, not wanting to be taken away from your toy animals, scream and fall to the floor, fist, and feet pounding, that I can fold my arms around you, you still writhing, and kiss you on your newly hardened head before I get you clean.
Mommy will be home soon.
It’s no surprise I can do these things because the night is coming. And because, year-round, your cheeks are as sun-warmed, soft, and new as any spring bud and, when I pick you up from daycare, you let loose an unabashed whinny, trundling up to me with arms outstretched, fingers twinkling to angel-feather fall onto my shoulders, solid now from lifting you and holding you close. Yet the night is coming, a night when no one can work.
What is surprising is that many children and their fathers don’t have and haven’t had these kinds of daily joys. My father didn’t have them with his father, one day his mommy didn’t come home, and we shared our sweet times in deepening shade which became the night that separated us.
These facts about the haves and have-nots and what was taken, change things here…
For now, let’s just say there is a lion, padding its umber paws along our street. We can see its slack tummy tucked inside its ribs and slowly rotating hips as it paces on claws thick and dark as rotten bananas and we need to either feed it or flee, but we’re not as fast and Mommy’s bus will drop her off her right in the lion’s path.
So, shall we go for a walk? You’re at the door, repeating walk, walk, walk, and pounding.
All I know is that the lion had a daddy once and drank milk from its mommy and this knowing is a key. Let us learn how to feed it, scratch its sinewy back, stitch closed flesh opened by a scourging, trim the midnight edges around its shaggy mane, and walk beside it in the twilight to understand its roar. Take my hand and do not be afraid. Mommy will be home soon, but the night is coming and there is work still to be done among you, me, and the lion.
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Quordle 122 hints, clues and answers for 26 May 2022.
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Quordle word game is tricky and difficult compared to the web-based word game, Wordle. The players often look for hints and clues that can help them to find the answer without using all their chances.
The rules to play the Quordle word puzzle is similar to Wordle. The ones who are acquainted with the latter do not face much difficulty in picking up the rules for Quordle. However, finding the daily answers and winning the score can be tricky for most players.
Before starting to play the word puzzle game, players should note down the rules. One has to guess four words of the day within nine chances to win the daily score. The players who are unable to guess the answers, do not get the points. It is time to solve Quordle 122 answers for Thursday, 26 May 2022.
Quordle 122 answers are tricky as usual, but we have certain hints and clues to help the regular players. We request everyone to first go through the hints and then start solving the Quordle puzzles.
Let's take a look at the Quordle 122 words of the day hints today, on Thursday, 26 May 2022:
First hint: The words of the day start with the letters G, E, G and T.
Second hint: Quordle 122 words today end with the letters T, T, E and D.
Third hint: The words of the day today, 26 May 2022, have vowels.
Fourth hint: One of the words for today has a repetitive letter and it is a vowel.
It is time for us to declare the Quordle 122 answers for today so the players who are not looking for the solutions right now should stop reading.
The Quordle 122 answers for today, Thursday, 26 May 2022 are as follows:
GAUNT
EXERT
GRAPE
THIRD
Congratulations to the players who were able to guess the answers with or without the hints. We will come back with more words of the day tomorrow for the players. | https://www.thequint.com/amp/story/tech-and-auto/tech-news/quordle-122-answers-26-may-2022-hints-clues-words-of-the-day | 2022-05-25T19:44:46Z | https://www.thequint.com/amp/story/tech-and-auto/tech-news/quordle-122-answers-26-may-2022-hints-clues-words-of-the-day | true | 2 |
How to help the people affected by the Texas elementary school shooting
GoFundMe is launching a streamlined, verified way to help Uvalde with monetary donations following the Robb Elementary school shooting in which at least 21 were killed on Tuesday.
The hub is intended to be a centralized place to hold fundraiser efforts that have been verified as legitimate.
It will be continuously updated as more fundraisers are vetted and verified. The hub can be found here.
"Immediately following the news, GoFundMe mobilized a crisis team and began monitoring the platform for fundraisers created to help individuals and families. GoFundMe has a dedicated Trust & Safety team reviewing fundraisers related to this tragedy," GoFundMe spokeswoman Melanie Yost told MySA in an email.
The hub contains two trusted fundraisers in connection to the mass shooting, one by Austin-based Los Verdes Supporter Group and another launched by VictimsFirst, which is a network of families of victims from previous mass shootings.
The public can also donate by giving blood. University Health and the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center are urging San Antonio residents to roll up their sleeves in support of Uvalde, a community only an hour outside of city limits.
As of this writing, at least 19 students and two educators were confirmed dead at the hand of an 18-year-old shooter, who is also dead.
"Our hearts go out to everyone impacted by Uvalde Elementary School Shooting," Yost adds. "At GoFundMe, we are working around the clock to ensure the families receive the support they need."
On Wednesday, Uvalde Consolidate Independent School District updated the public on how to help.
The official social media platforms shared information from First State Bank of Uvalde, where a memorial fund has been created to help victims of the Robb school shooting.
Donations can be made at any FSB branch or by mailing a check payable to "Robb School Memorial Fund" to 200 E. Nopal St. Uvalde, Texas 78801.
Zelle donations can be sent to robbschoolmemorialfund@gmail.com. | https://www.kcra.com/article/help-victims-community-uvalde-school-shooting/40106316 | 2022-05-25T19:47:56Z | https://www.kcra.com/article/help-victims-community-uvalde-school-shooting/40106316 | false | 12 |
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Police in Florida said a recent road-rage incident ended in a man’s death days later.
Officers responded on May 14 to an altercation in a Tampa, Florida, parking lot near Busch Gardens theme park and Adventure Island water park.
Two drivers were leaving the parking lot when they exchanged words and eventually both got out of their cars.
One driver punched the other, and police said that man fell and hit his head on the ground. He was taken to the hospital and died Sunday. Police have not provided any names.
Officers said the driver accused of throwing the punch was cooperating.
No arrest was immediately made nor were any charges filed.
The Hill reported last month that road rage incidents have been on the rise, citing Everytown for Gun Safety’s report that indicated that 2021 was the worst year on record for road rage, with more than 500 people being shot, wounded or killed in more than 700 road rage incidents. | https://kfor.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/man-punched-in-florida-road-rage-incident-dies-days-later/ | 2022-05-25T19:51:31Z | https://kfor.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/man-punched-in-florida-road-rage-incident-dies-days-later/ | false | 15 |
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has joined a global chorus of grief following the shooting deaths of 19 children at a small-town elementary school in Texas.
Trudeau says all of Canada is grieving the tragedy, which unfolded Tuesday afternoon in Uvalde, Tex., a community of 16,000 just west of San Antonio.
In the U.S., however, which is reeling from a recent string of mass shootings, grief has already given way to unbridled rage.
Tuesday’s shooting, which also claimed the lives of two adults, comes less than two weeks after a gunman killed 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y.
And it echoes the 10-year-old Sandy Hook Elementary massacre in Newtown, Penn., which killed 20 children and six adults — a tragedy that failed to spur meaningful gun control efforts in the U.S.
The Texas horror is sure to dominate Senate proceedings, where President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is set to testify at committee.
“The students, the parents, the teachers, the entire community — they’ve had their lives changed forever by this unimaginable event,” a sombre Trudeau said Tuesday in Vancouver.
“All of Canada grieves with our American friends on this terrible, terrible day.”
Biden himself addressed the nation from the White House just hours after the shooting in an emotional and anger-tinged speech he said he’d hoped to never have to give.
“I am sick and tired of it,” the president said. “We have to act. And don’t tell me we can’t have an impact on this carnage.”
—The Canadian Press | https://www.todayinbc.com/news/terrible-terrible-day-canada-grieves-as-outrage-grips-u-s-following-texas-horror/ | 2022-05-25T19:54:17Z | https://www.todayinbc.com/news/terrible-terrible-day-canada-grieves-as-outrage-grips-u-s-following-texas-horror/ | true | 21 |
Karur MP S Jothimani calls out Seeman for ‘obscene’ remarks
Jothimani’s comment comes in the wake of Seeman allegedly passing vulgar remarks against her over her reaction in an actress sexual assault case.
Published: 25th May 2022 05:40 AM | Last Updated: 25th May 2022 05:40 AM | A+A A-
KARUR: Calling NTK leader Seeman as the “BJP’s B-team” for his alleged sexually-coloured remarks against her, Karur MP S Jothimani on Tuesday said that while people like him thought passing such comments against women politicians like her would frighten them and make them quit politics, it’s such people who make distasteful comments who must rather be scared.
Jothimani’s comment comes in the wake of Seeman allegedly passing vulgar remarks against her over her reaction in an actress sexual assault case. Addressing reporters in Karur, Jothimani said, “I was only responding then to what NTK leader Seeman had said about former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Seeman, who could not reply honestly, responded in a very obscene, perverse way, attacking me personally.”
“The actress [in the sexual assault case] had filed a complaint against Seeman accusing him publicly, with evidence. I had reiterated the same. If Seeman hasn’t committed any crime, he could’ve approached the court and filed a defamation case. Passing obscene comments is rather his standards,” she added.
“Men like Seeman think passing obscene comments against female politicians like me will frighten us and make us quit politics. But it’s them who pass vulgar comments who must be frightened. Facing such disgusting attacks is not new to me. The BJP men have been doing this for a long time. Seeman is BJP’s B-team and that’s why he keeps doing this,” Jothimani further said, and advised youth to not follow “perverse politicians” like the NTK leader.
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Jothimani’s comment comes in the wake of Seeman allegedly passing vulgar remarks against her over her reaction in an sexual assault case | https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2022/may/25/karur-mp-s-jothimanicalls-out-seeman-for-obscene-remarks-2457593.html | 2022-05-25T20:00:23Z | https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2022/may/25/karur-mp-s-jothimanicalls-out-seeman-for-obscene-remarks-2457593.html | false | 1 |
MTN (brand value up 49% to US$4.0 billion) has retained the number one place on the ranking of the most valuable African brands in the world, according to the new Brand Finance Africa 150 2022 report by leading brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance.
Apart from telecommunications, the leading brand has diversified its services into fintech and mobile money across Africa. MTN’s Mobile Money (MoMo) application is performing exceedingly well and overtook its competition M-Pesa (brand value up 32% to US$246 million) by Safaricom in terms of volume of financial transactions through the application with a loyal customer base of 57 million active users.
Every year, leading brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance puts 5,000 of the world’s biggest brands to the test, and publishes around 100 reports, ranking brands across all sectors and countries. Africa’s top 150 most valuable and strongest brands are included in the annual Brand Finance Africa 150 ranking.
African brands have benefited significantly from adapting to uncertain business conditions caused by COVID-19 by leveraging technological disruption to tackle supply chain issues and national lockdowns.
Brands from diverse sectors including banking, telecommunications and food & beverage found innovative ways to connect with the customers online.
This digital transformation helped the top brands in Africa achieve a 28% increase in aggregate brand value to US$50.1 billion. Building strong brands across Africa fuels growth in the economy which is creating more dynamic jobs in the long-term.
South African brands (value up by 30% to US$36.9 billion) are leading the African continent, followed by Nigerian brands (value up by 35% to US$3.2 billion), Egyptian brands (value up by 42% to US$3.1 billion), Moroccan brands (value up by 14% to US$2.6 billion) and Kenyan brands (value up by 69% to US$2.1 billion).
Jeremy Sampson, Managing Director, Brand Finance Africa, commented:
“African brands have achieved strong performances by being agile amid change in the business environment. Whilst South African brands will continue to dominate the ranking for some time, there are encouraging signs of strong brands emerging around the continent, especially amongst the banking and telecommunication sectors.”
Tusker more than doubles in brand value to become Africa’s fastest growing brand
Kenyan beer brand Tusker achieved an impressive 132% brand value growth this year, more than doubling to US$50 million in brand value. This brand value growth was noteworthy as it was achieved amidst uncertain business conditions, including global supply chain crisis, and the closure of restaurants and bars due to pandemic induced restrictions.
The brand overcame this challenge by employing social media marketing and influencer marketing as its primary method of promotion throughout the lockdown. By partnering with athletes and social media influencers, Tusker created engaging online content to increase demand, sales and brand recall.
Capitec Bank is the strongest brand in Africa with AAA+ brand rating
In addition to brand value, Brand Finance determines the relative strength of brands through a balanced scorecard of metrics evaluating marketing investment, stakeholder equity, and business performance. Compliant with ISO 20671, Brand Finance’s assessment of stakeholder equity incorporates original market research data from over 100,000 respondents in more than 35 countries and across nearly 30 sectors. Capitec Bank (brand value up 41% to US$625 million) is the strongest brand in the ranking with a Brand Strength Index (BSI) score of 92.4 out of 100 and a corresponding brand rating of AAA+.
The South African bank is forming strategic partnerships to keep up with market and sector-wide trends in online banking and digital transformation. Most recently, Capitec Bank partnered with IT consulting firm Entersekt to leverage behavioural analytics and to enable a higher number of online transactions using e-commerce platforms.
The bank also works alongside US-based software brand nCino to provide more efficient and more effective banking services to consumers with the help of cloud banking and digital automation.
Banking has the most valuable brands in Africa, followed by telecom and retail
Banking brands including Standard Bank (brand value up 26% to US$1.6 billion), First National Bank (brand value up 18% to US$1.6 billion) and Absa (brand value up 16% to US$1.4 billion) are contributing to the success of African brands significantly with 26% of the total brand value growth. The growth of African banks in the ranking is facilitated by focusing on digital payments and online banking.
Similarly, the telecommunications sector led by MTN (brand value up 49% to US$4.0 billion), Vodacom (brand value up 18% to US$2.0 billion), and Maroc Telecom (brand value up 12% to US$851 million) is also focusing on mobile applications as a strategic means to engage with users. Telecom brands have relied on growth in internet usage and mobile data requirements with major brands pivoting to a primarily digital strategy.
Lastly, retail brands such as South African Woolworths (brand value up 53% to US$1.2 billion), Shoprite (brand value up 37% to US$1.0 billion) and Spar SA (brand value up 44% to US$1.0 billion) have recovered from the impact of the pandemic with their impressive ability to adapt to changing customer needs in a time of economic disruption. | https://bizwatchnigeria.ng/mtn-retains-its-position-as-the-most-valuable-brand-in-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mtn-retains-its-position-as-the-most-valuable-brand-in-africa | 2022-05-25T20:02:49Z | https://bizwatchnigeria.ng/mtn-retains-its-position-as-the-most-valuable-brand-in-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mtn-retains-its-position-as-the-most-valuable-brand-in-africa | true | 3 |
For the next three days, all Vigo County School Corp. schools will have additional law enforcement from the Terre Haute Police Department and Vigo County Sheriff's Office walking through buildings and providing a presence, said Katelynn Liebermann, district interim spokesperson.
That added presence is for school and events, including outdoor events.
Schools also have school protection officers.
Friday, the last day of school, is an early release day.
The added measures are in response to Tuesday's school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. | https://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/vigo-schools-add-security-for-last-days-of-semester/article_dfa1fe39-799f-5670-9e02-5344d767018c.html | 2022-05-25T20:05:08Z | https://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/vigo-schools-add-security-for-last-days-of-semester/article_dfa1fe39-799f-5670-9e02-5344d767018c.html | false | null |
Alumnus gives $10M for new Western University campus building
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Western University is getting a $10 million boost from an alumnus to support its new entrepreneurship and innovation building.
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The gift from Ron Schmeichel, chairperson of JJR Capital Corp., a Toronto-based private equity firm, will help support the creation of a new building that will house entrepreneurial education and programming for students from every faculty.
“I want students from all faculties to be able to come together in the nicest, net-zero, carbon-neutral (building),” said Schmeichel, a graduate of Western’s law school. “This building is the future of Western. And it’s not the building and the four walls. It’s what is going to take place inside of this building: the collaboration of people, former alumni, students and professionals … from all over the place.”
Western’s first net-zero energy building, to be named the Ronald D. Schmeichel building for entrepreneurship and innovation, will house a state-of-the-art classroom, a digital lab and a “maker space” for 3D printers, metalworking, machinery and woodworking tools.
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Entrepreneurship programs, including Western’s Morrissette institute for entrepreneurship and incubators, accelerator programs and networks, also will be housed in the 100,000-square-foot property, located on campus just off Western Road. Construction is expected to finish by the fall of 2023.
Western president Alan Shepard said the $10 million gift signals a “vote of confidence in the university,” the work Western has done and continues to do.
“The funding is obviously very important to the building construction, but to me, equally important is the way it conveys respect, opportunity, investment in our students and in their futures, and in the future of Canada,” he said.
Standing in front of the Western law building, where he studied during his law school years, Schmeichel described how the university helped him find his path to entrepreneurship.
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“I absolutely love this school,” he said. “It changed my trajectory in my business life, graduating from law school, going out and taking risks, learning judgement and being with such great classmates and students.”
A 1995 graduate of Western, Schmeichel articled at a small Toronto law firm before starting his own company, JJR Capital, with two fellow Western alumni in 2002. During the last 20 years, he’s returned to Western to speak to law and business students about entrepreneurship. For him, the goal of the new space is to encourage students to explore new ideas and take risks.
“The building itself has been built on the back of someone who worked hard, someone who didn’t grow up with money,” he said. “I think when you look across this campus, or any campus in Canada these days, you’re going to see a broad range of people that will be inspired by that. That want to know that they can do it too.”
Alongside the new building, Western will use the $10 million gift to create awards in Schmeichel’s name, offering entrepreneurial students financial support and mentorship. | https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/alumnus-gives-10m-for-new-western-university-campus-building | 2022-05-25T20:06:18Z | https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/alumnus-gives-10m-for-new-western-university-campus-building | false | 2 |
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police in Rio de Janeiro raided the Vila Cruzeiro favela before dawn Tuesday. setting off a fierce firefight that authorities said killed more than 20 people.
The operation was aimed at locating and arresting criminal leaders, some from other states, police said in an early statement.
The statement, issued Tuesday morning, said that officers were fired on while preparing their incursion and that one resident had been shot and killed on site. Local press reported that person was a 41-year-old woman hit by a stray bullet.
The police statement said 11 people also were found wounded after the shootout and taken to a nearby state hospital. But as the day wore on, residents used cars to carry more gunshot victims to that same hospital — most of whom were already dead.
By late Tuesday, 21 corpses had arrived at the hospital and seven people were receiving treatment for injuries, the state’s health secretariat said in an emailed statement.
That makes the incident one of Rio’s deadliest police operations in recent history. It comes one year after a raid of the Jacarezinho favela that left 28 people dead, prompting claims of abuse and summary executions. The episode sparked protests and also reignited debate over the proper use of police force in Rio, where a common local saying is, “A good criminal is a dead criminal.”
Just weeks after the Jacarezinho raid, a stray bullet hit a young pregnant woman during a shootout between police and alleged criminals in another favela, and her death caused further outrage.
Earlier this year, Brazil’s Supreme Court established a series of conditions for police to conduct raids in Rio’s favelas as a means to reduce police killings and violations of human rights. The court ruled that lethal force should only be used only in situations in which all other means have been exhausted and when necessary to protect life, and gave police 180 days to install devices to record audio and video on their uniforms and vehicles.
Authorities on Tuesday had sought to intercept the gang’s members outside the neighborhood, which wasn’t possible after police began taking fire, Uirá do Nascimento Ferreira, leader of the military police’s tactical unit, told reporters at a news conference in Rio.
Outside the hospital, residents of Vila Cruzeiro mourned the loss of family and friends while some protested.
Rio state public prosecutors said in a statement they had opened a criminal investigation. They gave the military police 10 days to provide details about the operation, indicating which officials were responsible for each death and the justification for use of lethal force, the statement said.
The operation was conducted jointly by the military police and federal highway police. Police seized 16 vehicles, 13 automatic rifles as well as pistols and grenades, the police statement said.
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Associated Press writer Diane Jeantet contributed to this report. | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/international/police-shootout-at-rio-de-janeiro-favela-kills-more-than-20/ | 2022-05-25T20:07:41Z | https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/international/police-shootout-at-rio-de-janeiro-favela-kills-more-than-20/ | true | 42 |
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Which 6 most popular Korean makeup brands at Sephora are best?
Korean beauty first made a splash in the U.S. several years ago. Back then, it was difficult to find Korean brands in American stores; if you couldn’t find a specialty Asian beauty store you had to resort to ordering online from sometimes-unreliable sources. Today, however, Korean beauty has come into the American mainstream, and K-beauty products can be found at most places that sell makeup, from stores such as Sephora to your local drugstore. With an emphasis on skin health, natural-looking beauty and scientific skin care, Korean beauty has a permanent home in Western beauty culture.
Dr. Jart+
Dr. Jart+ products are some of Sephora’s most beloved Korean beauty products. Founded in 2005 by dermatologist Dr. Sung Jae Jung, Dr. Jart+ products are known for their unique, colorful packaging and extremely high-quality formulations. Dr. Jart+ was one of the first brands to develop and sell BB cream in the United States.
This moisturizer contains five ceramides and hyaluronic acid to help build and maintain the skin’s moisture barrier for soft, hydrated skin. This is a heavy-duty moisturizer that pairs well with more intense anti-aging treatments like retinols.
This is a cult-favorite all-in-one beauty balm with medium coverage and SPF 40 for excellent sun protection. It doesn’t come in many shades, especially darker shades, but reviewers loved how it settled into the skin for a natural, glowy finish.
Laneige
Laneige is a brand focused on hydration and moisturizing, with a core belief that dry skin is at the root of most skin conditions. It’s known for its masks and moisturizers, particularly its overnight lip and face masks.
This sleeping mask is like a super-heavy lip balm. Meant to be applied to the lips before going to bed, its thick and sticky formula means it stays on all night without any trouble. Users found it provided much-needed moisture to their chronically dry lips.
Another popular product, this Lip Glowy Balm is a hydrating, high-shine balm with several sheer colors from which to choose. It adds a subtle tint to lips while protecting and hydrating them. This is the perfect finish to a natural no-makeup makeup look.
Belif
Belif is predominantly a skin care brand, inspired by 19th-century apothecaries and their herbal medicines, mixed with modern scientific Korean beauty theory. Belif products make ample use of European herbs for a unique combination of modern and historic skin care.
Belif’s best-selling product is this combination cream gel moisturizer. It’s lightweight and hydrating at the same time, and gentle on sensitive skin. It contains lady’s mantle for its skin-healing properties, as well as ceramide 3 and glycerin to help retain the skin’s moisture. Users swear by this as a “holy grail” moisturizer.
This moisturizing and nourishing makeup remover is applied to the skin as a balm, where it liquifies and removes makeup, coming off as an oil. It’s less harsh than many other makeup-remover options, making it a great choice for those who wear a full face of makeup but still want to heal the skin. It leaves only a slight moisturizing residue behind, eliminating the need for a second cleanser after use for most.
Amore Pacific
Amore Pacific claims to have been the first company to incorporate green tea, with its powerful antioxidants, into skin care products. Today, it’s known for its healthy, powerful products that work on all skin types.
This cushion foundation provides soft, light coverage for all skin types. It’s only available in lighter shades, but for those with pale skin looking for high-quality, smooth and sheer coverage, it is a fantastic choice. It has SPF 50+, so it provides much more sun protection than most foundations or concealers.
Treatment Enzyme Peel Cleansing Powder
An exfoliating cleanser with a unique powder-to-foam formula, this cleanser uses green tea derived enzymes for a non-abrasive exfoliant effect. It’s sulfate-free and mineral oil-free. It’s gentle enough to be used daily or on sensitive skin, and contains hyaluronic acid for added hydration. Reviewers have found it balances and heals their skin while minimizing pores and unevenness.
Saturday Skin
Many Saturday Skin products use peptides for anti-aging skin care — specifically, its in-house blend of peptides, Cha-7 es Complex. Peptides can have powerful effects on the skin and, unlike some other anti-aging ingredients, are easy to add to a skin care routine with fewer side effects. With stand-out, cute packaging, Saturday Skin has quickly become a favorite.
This peeling gel includes natural enzymes from pineapple and papaya for a highly effective but gentle way to refinish dull, uneven skin. Reviewers loved the fruity scent and the way it left the skin very clean without being tight or painful.
This toner contains 10% glycolic acid and witch hazel for a toner that actually gives results. In addition to balancing the skin’s pH, this toner reduces pore size and sebum production with regular use. It’s a great product for those looking for a toner that will help with smoother skin.
Glow Recipe
Glow Recipe, specializing in fruit-based skin care, was originally pitched on the TV show “Shark Tank.” It quickly became a Sephora best seller, with high-quality formulas, beautiful packaging and a corporate ethos that includes clean, cruelty-free products.
Watermelon Pink Juice Oil-Free Moisturizer
One of Glow Recipe’s original best sellers, this oil-free moisturizer uses watermelon extract and plenty of antioxidants for a lightweight gel moisturizer that’s great for daily use for those with oily skin. It absorbs instantly into skin without leaving a film, so it’s great for use under makeup and sunscreen.
Plum Plump Hyaluronic Acid Serum
This serum contains three types of plum — kakadu, illawarra and burdekin — for maximum antioxidants and hyaluronic acid. Its powerful ingredients will leave skin noticeably hydrated and plumper after use.
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Award Referee - José Fernando Oliveira
By jfo@fe.up.pt on 25 May 2022
© 2022 Australian Academy of Science
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Ontario's main parties promise changes to autism program
Opponents criticize previous PC government's 2019 program that was scrapped after protests
Three of Ontario's major political parties are proposing changes to the province's autism program, while criticizing a lack of help for families under the Progressive Conservative government.
The Tories tried to roll out a new autism program in 2019, with the aim of clearing the wait-list, but scrapped it after it sparked outrage among parents because it was age-based rather than needs-based and capped funding at amounts too small to provide meaningful treatment for many.
Their new program is designed to be needs-based and with a doubled budget of $600 million a year, but the rollout has been delayed, leaving tens of thousands of children still waiting for core services.
The NDP say, if elected, they would change the program to ensure there are no funding caps, including those based on age, and are pledging to boost the program's budget by an additional $125 million by 2024-25.
"It is despicable what's been happening to children and their families, children with autism and their families, for a long time now," said NDP Leader Andrea Horwath.
"What we are saying to these families is we are going to design a program with you that meets the needs of your children, that doesn't have artificial age caps on it, that doesn't have artificial standards that are having to be met. Children should be getting the services that they need based on their needs."
The Liberals also say they would remove any age-based determinants from the program and implement a direct billing option while working within the existing budget if elected.
"I've had the chance before becoming leader and since becoming leader to hear directly from families that are struggling so much because of the promises that were made but were not kept by the Ford conservatives on dealing with autism supports and services," Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca said.
"So I am very comfortable based on all of the research that we've done, including collaborating with those who are on the front lines who are struggling in this regard, that what we've included in our plan, our fully costed plan, will get us to where we need to be."
Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford says he will always support the autism community, and he also wants to look into additional supports for adults with autism.
"What I'm hearing out there, and I'm hearing it more and more, and I have heard it for the last four years...as the parents are getting older, they're concerned on who's going to take care of their adult (children) with autism," Ford said.
The Greens say they would boost funding for the autism program and establish an "ultimate wait time benchmark" for diagnosis and access to core services. | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-election-campaign-autism-promises-1.6465536?cmp=rss | 2022-05-25T20:20:36Z | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-election-campaign-autism-promises-1.6465536?cmp=rss | true | 3 |
WASHINGTON — President Biden is expected to issue an executive order to reform federal policing on Wednesday, the second anniversary of George Floyd's murder, according to reporting by the New York Times and the Associated Press.
The president is expected to ask federal law enforcement agencies to:
- Revise use-of-force policies
- Create a national registry of officers terminated for misconduct
- Encourage state and city police to restrict chokeholds and no-knock warrants
- Restrict transfers of military equipment to law enforcement agencies
The people who described the order spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of any public announcement. Biden is expected to sign the order alongside relatives of Floyd, whose killing by Minneapolis police sparked nationwide protests.
The order reflects a less extensive approach than Biden originally wanted because Congress was unable to agree on legislation that would have increased oversight of law enforcement. It is the result of months of negotiations among White House officials, civil rights groups and police organizations.
The administration began working on executive action after bipartisan talks to pass police reform legislation in Congress stalled last year.
"We know full well that an executive order cannot address America’s policing crisis the same way Congress has the ability to, but we’ve got to do everything we can," said a statement from NAACP President Derrick Johnson.
Floyd's murder under the knee of now-former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020 sparked nationwide protests and calls for police reform. Chauvin was convicted on state charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death and sentenced to 22.5 years in prison. He later reached a plea deal on federal charges of violating George Floyd's civil rights.
Three other former Minneapolis officers were also charged in connection with George Floyd's murder. Earlier this month, Thomas Lane pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. The other former officers, Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng, are scheduled to go to trial on similar charges starting in mid-June. All three men were convicted on federal civil rights charges earlier this year.
Floyd's murder sparked a state investigation into Minneapolis Police Department procedures and policies; the Minnesota Department of Human Rights found probable cause that "the City and MPD engage in a pattern or practice of race discrimination" and violated the state human rights act. | https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/george-floyd/report-biden-to-issue-order-federal-policing-anniversary-george-floyd-murder/89-dc5f1e21-a777-498a-a545-a1a003b0c128 | 2022-05-25T20:23:47Z | https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/george-floyd/report-biden-to-issue-order-federal-policing-anniversary-george-floyd-murder/89-dc5f1e21-a777-498a-a545-a1a003b0c128 | false | 24 |
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Johnny Depp returned to the witness stand on Wednesday in Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia and refuted testimony offered by Amber Heard in the actor's defamation trial against his ex-wife.
Depp vehemently denied the domestic violence accusations leveled against him after the Aquaman actress took the stand earlier this month and claimed the Pirates of the Caribbean star flew into a violent rage -- allegedly fueled by alcohol and drugs -- on many occasions. Depp was adamant that he told the truth during the entire trial, which is in its sixth and final week.
"I have never in my life committed sexual battery, physical abuse. All these outlandish, outrageous stories of me committing these things and living with it for six years and waiting to be able to bring the truth out," Depp said. "So, this is not easy for any of us. I know that. No matter what happens, I did get here and I did tell the truth. And I have spoken up for what I've been carrying on my back reluctantly for six years."
Depp claimed it was actually Heard who hit him on multiple occasions. In one such instance, Depp claimed Heard caused his black eye while they were on their honeymoon and on the Orient Express.
"I had a sort of shiner, but it all ended and everything got fine again," Depp testified. When asked how he received the bruise, Depp responded, "Miss Heard hit me."
Depp was also asked about the incident in Australia in March 2015, where the actor allegedly had the tip of his finger sliced off. Heard claimed earlier in the trial she thought Depp suffered the injury while he was smashing a phone to "smithereens."
The actor, however, maintained that the tip of his finger was severed after Heard allegedly hurled a glass bottle of vodka at him.
The jurors were shown a text message exchange the actor had with his physician at the time of the alleged incident. The text message from Depp to his doctor read, "I cut the top of my middle finger off ... what should I do!??" When asked how he was able to send a text message with a severed finger, Depp responded, "You just sort of thumb your way through, don't you?"
Depp testified he told the doctor what happened that led to the alleged injury.
"When you saw the damage in the house and the blood everywhere and obviously there was serious damage everywhere, there would be no point in lying to the man," Depp said. "He'd been through it with me and Ms. Heard before. I told him that she had thrown a bottle of vodka and smashed and cut my finger off. The tip of my finger. A good chunk. I miss it."
Earlier in the day, Depp's ex, Kate Moss, briefly testified via video link as a rebuttal witness for Depp's team after Heard brought up Moss' name during her court testimony earlier this month.
Moss, who appeared from Gloucester, England, via video, denied any allegation that Depp pushed her down stairs during the course of their relationship, specifically, during a stay with the actor at the GoldenEye resort in Jamaica. When asked what happened, the model testified that she fell after a rainstorm and hurt her back.
"We were leaving the room and Johnny left the room before I did and there had been a rainstorm and as I left the room. I slid down the stairs and I hurt my back," Moss said. "And I screamed because I didn't know what had happened to me and I was in pain and he came running back to help me and carried me to my room and brought me medical attention."
Depp was asked about Heard bringing up Moss in her own testimony and said, "Miss Heard took the story and turned it into a very ugly incident, all in her mind."
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Ellen Barkin Calls Johnny Depp ‘Controlling, Jealous’ in Trial Video | https://www.etonline.com/johnny-depp-returns-to-the-stand-calls-amber-heards-abuse-claims-outlandish-outrageous-184668 | 2022-05-25T20:23:58Z | https://www.etonline.com/johnny-depp-returns-to-the-stand-calls-amber-heards-abuse-claims-outlandish-outrageous-184668 | false | 1 |
Forty days and 40 nights without Tom Brady were more than enough for the Buccaneers to gain perspective.
"It's Super Bowl. Right now, it's Super Bowl or nothing," linebacker Devin White said Wednesday. "We know that. I'll say that in front of all the cameras. That's the only goal. That's what we want. That's what we after. We know we're not there yet because it's a long season, long way to go. But that's what we're fighting for."
White was a catalyst to Tampa Bay's championship run two seasons ago. The Pro Bowl LB burst onto the scene during the 2020 playoffs, when the Bucs won three road playoff games on their way to a Super Bowl LV victory.
Tampa had a good chance at repeating in 2021, winning the NFC South with ease and earning a home start for another would-be Super Bowl run. The eventual Super Bowl-champion Rams dashed those hopes in thrilling fashion with a last-second victory against the talented Bucs defense in the Divisional Round.
The heartbreaking loss loomed amid a roller-coaster offseason for White and the Bucs, which included Brady's retirement and unretirement.
"It took a long time," White said of getting over the playoff loss to L.A. "I just knew, I kept telling everybody in the locker room whoever win this game gonna win the Super Bowl because we both had great balance of offense and defense. When we was in the locker room -- man, if they had cameras in there -- they could tell you, I told them we coming back, we gonna come back. The ball gonna eventually go our way, and it did. I think we capitalized on it, but at the end, it was just one missed opportunity. Obviously, can't dwell on it, but it's fuel to the fire for this year."
The Bucs will have a chance at revenge versus the Rams in Week 9 this season, and it could be looked at as a necessary hump to get over during their journey toward another Super Bowl appearance in February 2023.
"I always got that one circled," White said. "We never beat them. I definitely know that. We never beat them. There was a perfect time to beat them when it really, really mattered. But we want to win every game, we want to just show ourselves that we are better."
The Bucs aren't taking for granted the availability of their seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback after this offseason. Brady has taken them to the promised land once before, and his Tampa teammates are motivated to take him there once again in order to appropriately bookend the most accomplished career in NFL history.
"If it his last ride," linebacker Shaquil Barrett said Wednesday, "I want to send him out on the top of the mountain."
To reach that mountain, the Bucs will have to beat teams like the Rams and Saints, against whom they are 1-7, including the postseason, since Brady joined the team. Those seven losses account for all but three of Tampa Bay's defeats since 2020.
"The first thing when I talked to coach (Todd Bowles) when he became the head coach is the teams that we lost to," White explained, "we need to find a way and we need to emphasize on what we don't do when we play them, what we don't do well, and we need to get over that hump." | https://www.nfl.com/news/buccaneers-lb-devin-white-it-s-super-bowl-or-nothing-for-tampa-bay-in-2022 | 2022-05-25T20:24:09Z | https://www.nfl.com/news/buccaneers-lb-devin-white-it-s-super-bowl-or-nothing-for-tampa-bay-in-2022 | true | 1 |
The governor of Texas says the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school warned on social media minutes before the attack that he was going to shot up a school.
Gov. Greg Abbott says the shooter, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, used an AR-15 in the attack Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.
About 30 minutes before the shooting, Ramos made three social media posts. According to the governor, Ramos posted that he was going to shoot his grandmother, then that he had shot the woman, and finally that he was going to shoot an elementary school.
Seventeen people were also injured in the attack.
Abbott says Ramos had no known criminal or mental health history.
"Evil swept across Uvalde yesterday," the Republican governor said at a news conference attended by other Republican politicial officials.
Democrat Beto O'Rourke, who is running against Abbott for governor this year, interrupted the press conference, calling the shooting "totally predictable when you choose not to do anything."
O'Rourke was escorted out while members of the crowd yelled at him, with one man shouting profanities at O'Rourke. | https://www.anews.com.tr/world/2022/05/25/gunman-posted-on-facebook-before-attack | 2022-05-25T20:24:32Z | https://www.anews.com.tr/world/2022/05/25/gunman-posted-on-facebook-before-attack | false | 2 |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Splunk Inc. (SPLK) on Wednesday reported a loss of $304.3 million in its fiscal first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the San Francisco-based company said it had a loss of $1.90. Losses, adjusted for stock option expense and pretax expenses, came to 32 cents per share.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 12 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 72 cents per share.
The maker of software that helps companies collect and analyze internal data posted revenue of $674.1 million in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Thirteen analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $627.6 million.
For the current quarter ending in August, Splunk said it expects revenue in the range of $735 million to $755 million. Analysts surveyed by Zacks had expected revenue of $734.4 million.
The company expects full-year revenue in the range of $3.3 billion to $3.35 billion.
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CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – Two women were arrested after about 500,000 fentanyl pills were found in an SUV pulled over for speeding on Interstate 10 in Arizona, police said.
The pills were found concealed in collagen supplement bottles on Monday during a search that also turned up a handgun and a large amount of cash, police from the small city of Casa Grande south of Phoenix said in a statement.
U.S. overdose deaths have risen most years for more than two decades. The increase began in the 1990s with overdoses involving opioid painkillers, followed by waves of deaths led by other opioids like heroin and — most recently — illicit fentanyl.
Last year, overdoses involving fentanyl and other synthetic opioids surpassed 71,000, up 23% from the year before. There also was a 23% increase in deaths involving cocaine and a 34% increase in deaths involving meth and other stimulants.
In the Arizona traffic stop, Martha Lopez, 31, and Tania Luna Solis, 30, were arrested on suspicion of crimes including possession of a narcotic drug for sale, according to police.
Court records didn't list attorneys who could comment on behalf Lopez or Solis, who are from Phoenix.
Two children in the vehicle were turned over to state child protection officials, police said. | https://www.click2houston.com/health/2022/05/25/cops-500000-fentanyl-pills-found-in-arizona-traffic-stop/ | 2022-05-25T20:28:36Z | https://www.click2houston.com/health/2022/05/25/cops-500000-fentanyl-pills-found-in-arizona-traffic-stop/ | false | 43 |
Venkatesh Daggubati, also known in Telugu as ‘Victory Venkatesh’, is gearing up for the release of his upcoming comedy flick ‘F3’.
Venkatesh, who has already appeared in the first instalment of the ‘Fun & Frustration’ franchise, says that he is looking forward to this film because it allows him to return to his favourite genre: family entertainment.
The ‘Gharshana’ actor has been actively promoting ‘F3′ and has given numerous interviews in the run-up to its release. When asked how much he missed his films’ theatrical releases, Venkatesh replied, “During the pandemic, both ‘Drushyam 2’ and ‘Narappa’ had to be released on OTT platforms. However, because ‘F3’ is a comedy, having the audience enjoy that theatrical experience is very exciting.”
Venkatesh explained that the central theme of Anil Ravipudi’s film is money, how people are motivated to make money in quick ways, and the consequences of greed.
The ‘Narappa’ actor was asked about his working relationship with director Anil Ravipudi. “He writes straightforward, relatable dialogues. He also allows the actors to give a more natural performance which lets us feel more at ease”, Venkatesh stated.
He further explains, “Because Anil is willing to improvise scenes or dialogues at any time, impulsive reactions on the spot sometimes receive more applause from the audience. He’s also a lot of fun to be around.”
Venkatesh believes ‘F3’ will be a full-fledged comedy film but he refuses to discuss box office receipts implying the scale of success. “I will never judge a film’s success based on its box office receipts. ‘F3’, on the other hand, will be a huge success and will entertain the core family audience,” Venkatesh explained.
Speaking of his OTT debut, Venkatesh said “Rana had approached me about a part on Netflix’s show that sounded intriguing. It’ll be an interesting combination. Nobody from south has attempted to produce a Hindi television series. My character will be completely insane.”
In Netflix’s ‘Rana Naidu’, the uncle-nephew duo will be seen together. | https://www.glamsham.com/regional/regional-news/f3-star-venkatesh-refuses-to-discuss-box-office-receipts | 2022-05-25T20:32:03Z | https://www.glamsham.com/regional/regional-news/f3-star-venkatesh-refuses-to-discuss-box-office-receipts | true | 5 |
Mass General Brigham’s commitment to achieving healthcare sustainability
The health sector is responsible for approximately 8.5% of U.S. carbon emissions, which are the leading cause of global climate change. As an industry leader in sustainable healthcare delivery, Mass General Brigham is committed to taking actions that minimize its impact on the environment. Eighty percent of Mass General Brigham’s electricity comes from renewable sources, and the system strives to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025.
Earlier this year, Mass General Brigham launched the Climate and Sustainability Leadership Council (CSLC). The CSLC is chaired by Niyum Gandhi, chief financial officer of Mass General Brigham, and includes 13 members from across the system. Its purpose is to develop systemwide goals for emission-reduction targets, inform systemwide sustainability practices and initiatives and identify opportunities for synergy with other Mass General Brigham priorities.
Mass General Brigham has made significant progress in reducing our carbon emissions and we are deeply committed to this work. But our responsibility doesn’t stop here, as we continue to develop our efforts to minimize our impact and achieve carbon neutrality.
The CSLC will monitor progress toward these goals and provide updates and recommendations to leadership systemwide. The group has embarked upon an ambitious effort to quantify all direct and indirect contributions of climate-harming emissions, with an eye toward establishing a timeline and process for reducing—and ultimately eliminating—our contribution to climate change.
As a global leader in medical education, Mass General Brigham is formally integrating climate-health and health care sustainability into resident training, hosting a monthly seminar series on intersections between environment, health and health care delivery, conducting regular conferences for clinical departments and supporting Harvard Medical School’s effort to expand its curriculum on climate change and health.
Organizations throughout the system are also taking steps to support Mass General Brigham's goal of reducing our overall carbon footprint. For instance, by reducing use of certain anesthetic gases that are significant contributors to climate change, minimizing the production of red bag waste, increasing medical device reprocessing, recycling blue wrap in our operating rooms and offering plant forward menu options while minimizing food waste as part of the Cool Food Pledge.
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RENO, Nev., May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AMERCO (Nasdaq: UHAL), parent of U-Haul International, Inc., Oxford Life Insurance Company, Repwest Insurance Company and Amerco Real Estate Company, today reported net earnings available to shareholders for the year ended March 31, 2022, of $1,123.3 million, or $57.29 per share, compared with $610.9 million, or $31.15 per share for the same period last year.
For the quarter ended March 31, 2022, the Company reported net earnings available to shareholders of $86.7 million, or $4.42 per share compared with net earnings of $73.8 million, or $3.76 per share for the same period last year.
"Our teams worked hard to take care of new and existing customers over the past year. We were rewarded with increased business," stated Joe Shoen, chairman of AMERCO. "We are now in less certain times with significant inflation, large gas price increases and disruptions with nearly every significant supplier. Many companies are experiencing this. This is not particularly unique. We will just have to work through this. We are focused on our customer."
- Self-moving equipment rental revenues increased $79.0 million, or nearly 12%, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 compared with the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, and finished the full year up $875.5 million, or 28%, compared with fiscal 2021. The revenue improvement for the quarter was in both the In-town and one-way markets and primarily came from increased average revenue per transaction along with transactions. Compared to the same period last year, we increased the number of retail locations, independent dealers, trucks, trailer and towing devices.
- Self-storage revenues increased $36.8 million, or 28%, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 compared with the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, and for the full year increased $139.9 million, or 29%, compared with fiscal 2021. The average number of occupied units increased by 23%, or 92,600 units, during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 compared with the same period last year. Occupancy for all locations increased 8.3% to 82.6% from the fourth quarter of last year to this year while occupancy for the subsection of these locations that have been at 80% occupancy for the last two years was 95.9%. In fiscal 2022, we added approximately 4.6 million net rentable square feet, or a 10% increase.
- Moving and Storage other revenues increased $15.7 million during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022, compared with the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021 and $139.0 million for the full year compared with fiscal 2021, largely from increased moving and storage transactions within our U-Box program.
- For the quarter, depreciation on the rental equipment fleet increased $5.1 million while all other depreciation increased $4.5 million from buildings and improvements. Net gains on the sales of rental equipment increased $42.2 million. For the full fiscal year depreciation on the rental fleet increased $17.5 million while all other depreciation increased $15.5 million largely from buildings and improvements. Net gains on the sale of rental equipment increased $160.1 million.
- Fleet maintenance and repair costs increased $32.5 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 compared with the same period last year and $126.4 million for the full year of fiscal 2022. Increased customer use of the rental equipment combined with a slowdown in the rotation of new equipment into the fleet and older equipment out of the fleet is primarily responsible for the additional costs.
- Other operating costs at the Moving and Storage segment increased $94.1 million in the fourth quarter compared to the same period last year and $357.5 million for the full fiscal year 2022. The largest contributors to this were personnel, liability costs, freight, payment processing fees, utilities and property taxes.
- Operating earnings at our Moving and Storage operating segment increased $17.1 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 compared with the same period last year. Total revenues increased $131.6 million and total costs and expenses increased $114.5 million.
- Gross rental equipment capital expenditures for fiscal 2022 were approximately $1,061 million compared with approximately $870 million for fiscal 2021. Capital expenditures for the rental fleet, depending upon manufacturer availability, are expected to increase in fiscal 2023. Proceeds from the sales of rental equipment were approximately $602 million for fiscal 2022 compared with $527 million in fiscal 2021. Spending on real estate related acquisitions and projects increased approximately $499 million to $1,004 million in fiscal 2022 compared with fiscal 2021.
- Cash and credit availability at the Moving and Storage operating segment was $2,723.2 million and $1,115.3 million as of March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
AMERCO will hold its investor call for fiscal 2022 on Thursday, May 26, 2022, at 8 a.m. Arizona Time (11 a.m. Eastern). The call will be broadcast live over the internet at www.amerco.com. To hear a simulcast of the call, or a replay, visit www.amerco.com.
AMERCO is the parent company of U-Haul International, Inc., Oxford Life Insurance Company, Repwest Insurance Company and Amerco Real Estate Company. U-Haul is in the shared use business and was founded on the fundamental philosophy that the division of use and specialization of ownership is good for both U-Haul customers and the environment.
Since 1945, U-Haul has been the No. 1 choice of do-it-yourself movers, with a network of more than 23,000 locations across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul Truck Share 24/7 offers secure access to U-Haul trucks every hour of every day through the customer dispatch option on their smartphones and our proprietary Live Verify technology. Our customers' patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 186,000 trucks, 128,000 trailers and 46,000 towing devices. U-Haul is the third largest self-storage operator in North America and offers 876,000 rentable storage units and 75.1 million square feet of self-storage space at owned and managed facilities. U-Haul is the largest retailer of propane in the U.S., and continues to be the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry. U-Haul has been recognized repeatedly as a leading "Best for Vets" employer and was recently named one of the 15 Healthiest Workplaces in America.
Certain of the statements made in this press release regarding our business constitute forward-looking statements as contemplated under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated as a result of various risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to publish revised forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law. For a brief discussion of the risks and uncertainties that may affect AMERCO's business and future operating results, please refer to our Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2022, which is on file with the SEC.
Listed below on a consolidated basis are revenues for our major product lines for the fourth quarter and the full year of fiscal 2022 and 2021.
Listed below are revenues and earnings from operations at each of our operating segments for the fourth quarter and the full year of fiscal 2022 and 2021
The Company owns and manages self-storage facilities. Self-storage revenues reported in the consolidated financial statements represent Company-owned locations only. Self-storage data for our owned storage locations follows:
As of April 1, 2019, we adopted the new accounting standard for leases. Part of this adoption resulted in approximately $1 billion of property, plant and equipment, net ("PPE") being reclassed to Right of use assets - financing, net ("ROU-financing"). As of March 31, 2022, the balance of ROU-financing also includes the rental equipment purchased under new financing liability leases during fiscal 2022. The tables below shows adjusted PPE as of March 31, 2022 and 2021, by including the ROU-financing. The assets included in ROU-financing are not a true book value as some of the assets are recorded at between 70% and 100% of value based on the lease agreement.
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NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kharon, a data and analytics company providing organizations with intelligence at the intersection of global security and commerce, today announced a partnership with Binance, the world's leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, and Neterium, an API-native and cloud-native screening provider. Through this partnership, Binance will utilize Kharon's industry-leading data and analytic platform in order to enhance its sanctions screening and broader KYC controls. Kharon's data will be delivered into Binance's transaction screening environment in partnership with Neterium. The collaboration will contribute to the further development of data solutions dedicated to advancing the capabilities of cryptocurrency trading platforms to detect and prevent activity by illicit actors.
Binance averages $24 billion USD in crypto trade volume every 24 hours. To meet the needs of operating the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance is leading the crypto industry in developing a world class cryptocurrency compliance program through the utilization of the most advanced know-your-customer, sanctions, and risk solutions. Kharon's data and Neterium's technology, delivered through Binance's screening technology, allows Binance to enhance its service to their global clients, while addressing increased risk and regulatory requirements.
Chagri Poyraz, Global Head of Sanctions, Binance: "As we continue to maintain and build the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, we are committed to building an industry-leading compliance program. Working with Kharon and Neterium allows us to leverage Kharon's best in-class data with Neterium's innovative technology to address our risk."
Howard Mendelsohn, Chief Client Officer, Kharon: "Virtual asset service providers require the highest quality data and technology to support their compliance programs. Partnering with Binance to provide data and analytic tools is a critical development to address expanding regulatory expectations and mitigate risk."
Florence Vicentini, Chief Commercial Officer, Neterium: "We are delighted to partner with Binance as Neterium specializes in very high scalability and high complexity use cases. Binance's demanding compliance processes precisely require the level of performance and flexibility that our APIs were designed to offer"
Kharon is a leading provider of risk management solutions driven by proprietary research and data analytics. Kharon rigorously investigates and curates complex data at the intersection of global security and commerce, powering financial crimes compliance, sanctions, export controls, supply chain, and other risk management operations. Through our unique approach, Kharon's multilingual subject matter experts and data scientists generate enriched data covering the commercial networks of restricted actors and their related parties. Kharon is founded and led by former senior officials of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and experienced software engineers.
Created in 2017, Neterium is an API-native Regtech, specializing in watchlist screening software. Its mission is to reinvent financial crime prevention by offering unparalleled performance and superior efficiency. Neterium is led by a team of industry experts in the Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) field. Neterium provides innovative Software-as-a-Service solutions, combining the benefits of latest technologies with in-depth financial crime compliance knowledge. Neterium teams up with partners and clients to add advanced screening capabilities to their platforms and solutions.
Binance is the world's leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider with a financial product suite that includes the largest digital asset exchange.
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HARTFORD, Conn., May 25, 2022
HARTFORD, Conn., May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund (NYSE: EDF), today announced the following monthly distributions:
The amounts of distributions reported in this notice are estimates only and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the distributions for tax purposes will depend on the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund or your broker will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you what distributions to report for federal income tax purposes.
Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company that is managed by Stone Harbor Investment Partners, LLC ("Stone Harbor"). The Fund's primary investment objective is to maximize total return, which consists of income and capital appreciation on its investments in emerging markets securities. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
For more information on the Fund, contact shareholder services at (866) 390-3910, by email at [email protected], or through the Closed-End Funds section of virtus.com.
An investment in a fund is subject to risk, including the risk of possible loss of principal. A fund's shares may be worth less upon their sale than what an investor paid for them. Shares of closed-end funds may trade at a premium or discount to their net asset value. For more information about each Fund's investment objective and risks, please see the Fund's annual report. A copy of the Fund's most recent annual report may be obtained free of charge by contacting "Shareholder Services" as set forth at the end of this press release.
Stone Harbor Investment Partners, LLC, an affiliated manager of Virtus Investment Partners, is a global institutional fixed-income investment manager specializing in credit and asset allocation strategies. The firm manages institutional clients' assets in a range of investment strategies including emerging markets debt, global high yield, bank loans, as well as multi-sector credit products including unconstrained and total return approaches. The firm's investment strategies are based on fundamental insights, derived from a combination of proprietary research and the in-depth knowledge and specialized experience of the firm's team. Founded in 2006, it is based in New York City with additional offices in London and Singapore. For more information, visit shipemd.com.
Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ: VRTS) is a distinctive partnership of boutique investment managers singularly committed to the long-term success of individual and institutional investors. The company provides investment management products and services through its affiliated managers and select subadvisers, each with a distinct investment style, autonomous investment process, and individual brand. For more information, visit virtus.com.
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Five bags of manure were dumped outside the Langford office of Premier John Horgan.
The manure was dumped by Save Old Growth, an activist group, around 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning (May 25). The message was meant to convey the group’s frustration with the provincial government continuing to allow logging of old-growth forests, said Sophia Papp, a spokesperson for the action with Save Old Growth.
“Obviously their priorities are elsewhere, perhaps with a brand new museum or increasing housing prices … So we’re tired of all this talking and we want some tangible protections in the form of legislation to protect old-growth across all of B.C.”
Office staff were sweeping what remained outside the office at around 10:30 a.m., but most of the manure had been removed.
West Shore RCMP was on scene investigating but did not comment. A statement from police is expected later today.
Papp said Save Old Growth is planning further action in the coming weeks. On June 13 the group plans to occupy transportation hubs, including highways and ports, for two weeks.
“We’re trying to get the government to follow through and have integrity. If they’re not going to follow through on their promises, who’s going to make them,” added Papp.
More to come.
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The Conway Chamber hosts the 54th Annual Salute to Education event
Published: May. 25, 2022 at 4:11 PM EDT|Updated: 42 minutes ago
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Salute to Education celebrates students and educators throughout Horry County. For 54 years, it’s been a Conway Chamber of Commerce tradition.
We loved joining you LIVE from Horry Electric to talk about this year’s event and gear up for the scholarship recipient to be announced.
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NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — A Tennessee man has pleaded not guilty to second degree murder in the 2016 death of his teenaged daughter who Vermont State Police say was originally injured when she was an infant in 2001.
Jason Roberts, 44, was arraigned Monday in Orleans County court and ordered held without bail, the Caledonian Record reported.
In April 2017, Vermont detectives began an investigation into the death of Madison Simoneau, formerly Destiny Roberts, who died at age 15 on July 16, 2016, at Boston Children’s Hospital. Police say Madison died as a result of complications of an intentional injury she sustained in February 2001, when she was just over a month old.
Police said Roberts, Madison’s biological father and a former Derby resident, initially told them in 2001 that he didn’t know what caused his daughter’s injuries, but later admitted to shaking her, the newspaper reported. He was convicted of aggravated domestic assault.
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CALGARY — The Edmonton Oilers are one win away from accomplishing what most people didn’t think was likely. Not that it would be considered a big upset by any means.
But the Pacific Division champion Calgary Flames were indeed favoured heading into the Battle of Alberta and haven’t looked like themselves for most of the opening four games. The Oilers have a lot to do with that.
Now, the series is far from over. You’re not going to find a single soul within that Oilers organization thinking this thing is totally figured out. Way too much respect for their provincial rivals for that.
But I decided a 3-1 series lead by the Oilers was enough at the very least to re-visit with the front office executives and coaches from other organizations who all picked the Flames before the series. In fact, one coach got back to me a day after my story was published so the final tally was a clean 12-0 sweep, seven team execs and five coaches all picking the Flames for various reasons, although some of those reasons very much overlapped.
As I wrote at the time, I wasn’t surprised the Flames would be the team most of them would pick, but I was surprised there wasn’t at least a couple of them that would go the upset route just based on Connor McDavid’s ability to steal some games alone.
While I also picked the Flames before the series, I felt strongly this was more of a toss-up matchup than a lot of people had it. And again, mostly based on No. 97’s ability to single-handedly change games.
In any case, I thought it would be fun to circle back to those 12 people and get their reaction now through four games of the series, again reiterating that nothing is over yet.
All comments were via text except those of coach No. 2 and team exec No. 7, who were both reached via phone. All comments were made Wednesday.
Team exec No. 1
Oilers are up 3-1 which is a surprise to me. (Leon) Draisaitl’s health has been one of the wild cards as has the play of Edmonton’s big line. Clearly, Calgary needs to solve McDavid’s line. (Mike) Smith has played well. His passion and emotion are one of his strengths but also one of his greatest weaknesses. He’ll need to get that under control for the Oilers to close the series out quickly. I believe the series is far from over and it’ll go to Game 7. As we all know, in a Game 7, anything can happen.
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Team exec No. 2
Well I always say that’s why we play the games … that and the series is obviously not over. The last win is usually the hardest but have to give the Oilers a lot of credit! They are playing hard — very good detail and overall selfless play for team success. I’m a bit surprised (Jacob) Markstrom hasn’t stolen a game yet but as I said, it’s not over …
Coach No. 1
I see three key factors:
- No. 97’s play has consistently put Calgary on their heels.
- Edmonton’s second-layer players — (Evander) Kane, (Zach) Hyman, (Ryan) Nugent Hopkins, have been major factors.
- In a series of momentum swings, Edmonton’s goaltending has been more timely than Calgary’s. The big moments have gone to Edmonton.
Team exec No. 3
The hardness of the Oil has been impressive. Connor is playing off the charts obviously — a level we have not seen, 200 feet complete, no shortcuts. Markstrom has not been good enough and Smitty is outplaying him since Game 1. Calgary’s D have not been able to manage Oilers’ forwards as well as I thought and (Christopher) Tanev missing those first three games impacted their group.
Coach No. 2
Who could have thought beforehand that Edmonton would be doing this and that their top line would be that good? Sutter is trying to put the Tkachuk line against the McDavid line. It’s a mismatch in size and strength. They keep trying to do it. It’s not right. Edmonton is on a roll right now. Obviously, I’m changing my mind (from before the series) but Markstrom’s not playing well right now. I got to believe Edmonton is going to win it, maybe in five but probably in six games.
Team exec No. 4
Very (surprised). Markstrom hasn’t been as good. McDavid can win games almost by himself. Such a huge impact. Smith has been good enough. I don’t think Calgary has played as well as they did in Round 1.
Coach No. 3
Simply put, it’s the Flames having no answer for Edmonton’s big boys. Calgary’s big guys have underperformed. When Calgary was playing average at times during the year, Markstrom would bail them out. He is going to have to be their best player rest of the series or it’s over quickly. That’s not happening right now. Edmonton has found a new level. The Flames are trying to match but it’s going to take a special performance by more than one player. I thought Calgary would be able to grind Edmonton down. So far that hasn’t happened.
Team exec No. 5
Calgary’s playing Edmonton’s style and not their style. They don’t want to play that type of game because it turns the advantage to Edmonton. Markstrom is not doing his part right now and he was supposed to be a difference-maker because he is superior to Smith. Not the case for now.
Coach No. 4
It’s clear Smith has outplayed Markstrom and McDavid’s line has outplayed (Johnny) Gaudreau’s line, and by a lot …
Team exec No. 6
It really is such a close league (reacting to Oilers surprisingly being ahead). McDavid has elevated the rest of his supporting cast to play at a high level, especially Kane. Team is confident.
Coach No. 5
I would say Calgary’s defense core would be the worrisome part for me to this point and it’s what we noticed in the regular season against them.
If at first you don't succeed…
Zach Hyman doesn’t quit and is rewarded with Edmonton's second goal of the game.
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Team exec No. 7
I’m a little shocked. Just because the Flames blew the (3-0) lead in Game 2. That’s certainly not Darryl Sutter’s type of teams. I’m a little shocked with that aspect. And McDavid is a phenomenal player, and if he’s not the best player in the world he’s 1a. He’s taken his game to a whole other level. Which to me is important, symbolic, necessary for Edmonton to win. Similar if you go back to the days when Gretzky took the team on his back, Mario Lemieux took his team on his back, Patrick Kane took the team on his back — to finally get those guys over the hump for each respective team. Now is that going to happen here? Time will tell. It may or may not be the year. But you see McDavid is finally getting to a point … and people put too much pressure on him early thinking he would go to a Stanley Cup right away. I mean those other guys also took five years or so to get there. So it’s hard. But I think it’s coming, whether it’s this year or next year. But I’ve been so impressed with him and I never thought you could be more impressed with that guy already. Also, the money spent on Hyman looks like money well spent. He’s been great.
My take
Some key, overlapping sentiments here from this group including the goalie matchup not going as expected and McDavid taking his game to another level has dramatically impacted this series — as if anyone thought there could even be another level for McDavid. And Calgary’s top line of Gaudreau, Elias Lindholm and Matthew Tkachuk not having their normal impact, especially five-on-five where that’s been their bread and butter all year.
Flames head coach Darryl Sutter, when asked about his top line the morning of Game 4, began his answer by saying they were a good line in the “regular season” … before making a few other points. But the zinger was there. He was challenging his top line to find another level here in the playoffs when it matters most. I did think that line was better in Game 4. They got better looks, but there’s going to need to be more there for the Flames to bring this series back.
I thought Markstrom had a strong stretch in Game 4 once his team was down 3-0 keeping his team in it with some big saves and buying time for the three-goal rally. But his opening-seconds gaffe leading to Edmonton’s 1-0 goal is probably what most people will remember best. The Vezina Trophy finalist is being outplayed so far by Mike Smith, plain and simple. Obviously that could change starting Thursday night in Game 5, but let’s not sugarcoat the fact that what seemed like a sure-bet matchup edge has not been that for the Flames.
McDavid’s play in this series is obviously gigantic in the conversation of why the Oilers are up. Being in the rink to watch what he’s doing, all I can say is 27 years covering the NHL, not sure I’ve seen a player do what he’s doing in terms of speed, vision, creativity and anticipation. And the Flames have singled him out in media interviews over and over again as the key factor.
But what would make me really nervous if I were Calgary is that in Game 4, on a night when No. 97 was actually more or less contained — at least by his lofty standards — second-liners Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored twice as did Zach Hyman (who has been unreal in the series).
The Oilers remain top heavy, to be sure, but the supporting cast is growing more confident by the day. That’s not a scenario I think the Flames envisioned before the series started.
Again, this series is not over. No one would be surprised if the Flames found another gear here. But the script so far in this series has indeed surprised many.
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1 in 64 million chance: Family welcomes triplets after tragedy
By Alyx Sacks
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ANKENY, Iowa (KCCI) — An Ankeny couple has hit the family jackpot.
Kellee and Nick Briggs got the surprise of a lifetime when they found they were pregnant with triplets in 2020. However, in that same ultrasound appointment, they found out two of the three babies weren’t going to make it.
After experiencing that heartbreaking loss and healthy birth of their son Chase, the Briggs family found out they were pregnant again with triplets.
The chances of that happening naturally twice are 1 in 64 million.
“It really felt like it was a second chance. So, I felt like I was so robbed of the experience the first time when I lost the first two with Chase. And then it just like God meant for this to happen to us and we got it again and it worked out beautifully this time,” Kellee Briggs said.
KCCI’s Alyx Sacks tells this incredible story of a family of six overcoming the odds.
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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Markem-Imaje, part of Dover (NYSE: DOV) and a global provider of end-to-end supply chain solutions and industrial marking and coding systems, recently announced the global launch of the 9750 continuous inkjet printer.
As inkjet printing celebrates its 40th anniversary, the 9750 builds on Markem-Imaje's four decades of excellence in continuous inkjet printers. The 9750 ushers in the next generation of printers capable of powerful traceability coding on a vast array of packaging including text messages that are up to five lines, logos, and high-resolution 1D and 2D codes.
"Markem-Imaje has earned its reputation as a true innovator in continuous inkjet printing," said Rémy Fontanet, Product Marketing Manager, Markem-Imaje. "The 9750 represents yet another step forward in inkjet technology. It's a modern printer grounded in four decades of innovation and underpinned by the most stringent manufacturing standards. No matter where you are in your technological adoption or how demanding your requirements, the 9750 will secure your investment by delivering outstanding performance and ease of use while supporting the delivery of your sustainability commitments."
Featuring advanced innovations supported by proven industrial processes, the 9750 has been engineered based on Markem-Imaje's Intelli'Design concept. It is designed to maximize uptime while maintaining the highest performance levels in even the most demanding environments and with the highest throughput levels. Markem-Imaje's engineers and design teams developed the 9750 to provide optimized Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) while contributing to customers' sustainability objectives.
"The 9750 provides the codes we needed on very small spaces. It is extremely easy to use thanks to its new highly responsive user interface. The extended service intervals have become minimal, resulting in improved uptime," said Jérôme Vaglienti, Maintenance Manager at SOFIC, one of the leading surgical and medical supply manufacturers.
To support customers' sustainability objectives, the 9750's Intelli'Design process and its portfolio of rigorously developed ink formulations, including alcohol-based, water-based and MEK-free inks in a wide variety of colors, help reduce consumption and Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions by up to 50%, while improving operator safety and well-being. The 9750's Intelli'Swap modular system means that customers can swap out individual parts that need to be replaced and not the entire block, reducing both waste and cost. Its unrivaled consumable-saving mode option further reduces consumption and waste by up to 60%.
A modern, smartphone-style 10-inch user interface makes the 9750 one of the simplest printers to use on the market. In addition to its full stainless steel-made IP56 robustness, it is Industry 4.0-ready, making it easy to integrate into any production line.
Remote services, including remote diagnostics, allow for predictive analysis, further maximizing uptime. Live helpdesk support including remote video capabilities allows the 9750 to quickly recover from unexpected technical and mechanical issues. Customers can resolve technical issues themselves anytime with the help of Markem-Imaje's intelligent self-support solution, Miva.
About Markem-Imaje:
Markem-Imaje, a wholly owned subsidiary of the US-based Dover Corporation is a trusted world manufacturer of product identification and traceability solutions, offering a full line of reliable and innovative inkjet, thermal transfer, laser, and print and apply label systems. Markem-Imaje provides global reach to over 50,000 customers with 30 subsidiaries, 6 technology centers, several equipment repair centers and manufacturing plants with the most comprehensive marking and coding portfolio available in the marketplace. Visit www.markem-imaje.com for further information.
About Dover:
Dover is a diversified global manufacturer and solutions provider with annual revenue of approximately $8 billion. We deliver innovative equipment and components, consumable supplies, aftermarket parts, software and digital solutions, and support services through five operating segments: Engineered Products, Clean Energy & Fueling, Imaging & Identification, Pumps & Process Solutions and Climate & Sustainability Technologies. Dover combines global scale with operational agility to lead the markets we serve. Recognized for our entrepreneurial approach for over 65 years, our team of over 25,000 employees takes an ownership mindset, collaborating with customers to redefine what's possible. Headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, Dover trades on the New York Stock Exchange under "DOV." Additional information is available at dovercorporation.com.
Markem-Imaje Contact:
Viktor Hermansson
+34 627 80 86 10
vhermansson@markem-imaje.com
Dover Media Contact:
Adrian Sakowicz, VP, Communications
(630) 743-5039
asakowicz@dovercorp.com
Dover Investor Contact:
Jack Dickens, Senior Director, Investor Relations
(630) 743-2566
jdickens@dovercorp.com
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HARTFORD, Conn., May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Total Income Fund (NYSE: EDI), today announced the following monthly distributions:
The amounts of distributions reported in this notice are estimates only and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the distributions for tax purposes will depend on the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund or your broker will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you what distributions to report for federal income tax purposes.
About the Fund
Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Total Income Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company that is managed by Stone Harbor Investment Partners, LLC ("Stone Harbor"). The Fund's primary investment objective is to maximize total return, which consists of income and capital appreciation on its investments in emerging markets securities. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
For more information on the Fund, contact shareholder services at (866) 390-3910, by email at closedendfunds@virtus.com, or through the Closed-End Funds section of virtus.com.
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Stone Harbor Investment Partners, LLC, an affiliated manager of Virtus Investment Partners, is a global institutional fixed-income investment manager specializing in credit and asset allocation strategies. The firm manages institutional clients' assets in a range of investment strategies including emerging markets debt, global high yield, bank loans, as well as multi-sector credit products including unconstrained and total return approaches. The firm's investment strategies are based on fundamental insights, derived from a combination of proprietary research and the in-depth knowledge and specialized experience of the firm's team. Founded in 2006, it is based in New York City with additional offices in London and Singapore. For more information, visit shipemd.com.
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Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ: VRTS) is a distinctive partnership of boutique investment managers singularly committed to the long-term success of individual and institutional investors. The company provides investment management products and services through its affiliated managers and select subadvisers, each with a distinct investment style, autonomous investment process, and individual brand. For more information, visit virtus.com.
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Jon Prosser is back at it again, this time with new iPhone 14 Pro renders based on recent leaks surrounding Apple’s upcoming smartphone.
In the sometimes-reliable Prosser’s latest YouTube video on ‘Front Page Tech,’ he outlines the iPhone 14 Pro’s substantial camera bump and the front-facing pill-shaped camera sensor. Past leaks have indicated that these are the two most notable changes coming to Apple’s high-end iPhones this year in terms of design.
Check out the renders below up Front Page Tech:
The iPhone 14 Pro concept design also reveals slimmer bezels and the smartphone’s rumoured 48-megapixel camera system that features a 57 percent larger sensor than the iPhone 13 Pro. The smartphone’s corners also seem to be slightly more curved than the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 series, leading to an overall smoother design.
The renders also show off the iPhone 14 Pro’s rumoured Purple colour, along with Graphite, Silver and Gold. Like the YouTuber’s past leaked-based renders, Prosser worked with concept graphic designer Ian Zelbo on these designs.
While Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro devices will feature the new front-facing pill-shaped camera, rumours point to the iPhone 14 sticking with the familiar notch design. As always, it’s important to point out that these are just renders based on leaks and that the final version of the iPhone 14 Pro might be vastly different.
Prosser recently stated that Apple plans to revamp the Apple Watch significantly with this year’s Series 8. The YouTuber made a similar prediction last year, but the redesign didn’t happen. Apple is expected to reveal a new version of the Apple Watch SE, a more durable Apple Watch ‘Explorer Edition’ and the Series 8 this year.
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Hurricanes counting on home success to offset road troubles
By AARON BEARD
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The Carolina Hurricanes have been perfect at home in the Stanley Cup playoffs. They’re leaning on that home success to carry them since they haven’t won a road game so far. Carolina hosts the New York Rangers in Thursday’s Game 5 of a second-round playoff series. The home teams are unbeaten in the first four games to set up a 2-2 tie. Carolina also advanced past Boston in the first round by winning all four home games in a series that lasted seven games. Thursday’s schedule also includes the Edmonton Oilers trying to close out the Calgary Flames. | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/25/hurricanes-counting-on-home-success-to-offset-road-troubles/ | 2022-05-25T21:06:33Z | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/25/hurricanes-counting-on-home-success-to-offset-road-troubles/ | false | null |
EPA proposes restrictions in fight over Alaska mine
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed restrictions that would block plans for a copper and gold mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region, the latest in a long-running dispute over efforts by developers to advance the mine in a region known for its salmon runs.
Critics of the Pebble Mine project called the move an important step in a years-long fight to stop the mine. But John Shively, the CEO of the Pebble Limited Partnership, which is pursuing the mine, called EPA’s proposal a “political maneuver” and a preemptive effort to veto the project.
The EPA in a statement said the proposal would bar discharges of dredged or fill material into the waters of the U.S. within the mine site footprint proposed by the Pebble partnership.
The federal agency said it took into account information that has become available since it previously proposed restricting development in 2014, including new scientific analyses and a mine plan from the Pebble partnership that was submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of a permit application.
The Pebble partnership, owned by Canada-based Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd., is appealing a 2020 corps decision that denied approval of a key permit for the project in southwest Alaska. Leaders of the Pebble partnership had seen as favorable to the project an environmental review from the corps that was released several months before the rejection decision.
The corps’ Pacific Ocean Division is handling the appeal. A division spokesperson, Luciano Vera, earlier this month said the corps did not have a timeline for releasing a decision but was “committed to working as efficiently as possible to reach an objective and fair decision on the merits of this appeal.”
Casey Sixkiller, the EPA’s administrator for the region, said Bristol Bay supports one of the world’s most important salmon fisheries. The EPA has said the Bristol Bay region supports the largest sockeye salmon fishery in the world and that is also contains significant mineral resources.
“Clearly, Bristol Bay and the thousands of people who rely on it deserve the highest level of protection,” Sixkiller said in a statement.
The fight over the project has spanned several presidential administrations.
The EPA during the Obama administration proposed restrictions on large-scale mining in the region but they were never finalized. The Pebble partnership called those proposed restrictions unfair, saying they were based on hypothetical mine plans and that the project should have a chance to go through the permitting process.
There was litigation, and the parties in 2017 during the Trump administration reached a settlement in which the EPA agreed to initiate a process to suggest withdrawing the proposed restrictions. The agreement gave the Pebble partnership time to file a permit application with the corps, which it did.
In 2019, the EPA withdrew the proposed restrictions, removing what it called an “outdated, preemptive proposed veto of the Pebble Mine.” That move was challenged in court. The EPA last year asked a judge to vacate the withdrawal decision and send the matter back to the agency for further consideration. The request was granted.
The EPA said it will accept public comments on its latest proposal through July 5 and plans to hold public hearings.
Shively, the Pebble partnership CEO, said the Pebble project “remains an important domestic source for the minerals necessary for the Biden Administration to reach its green energy goals and if it blocks Pebble it will have to seek minerals to meet its goals from foreign sources, which simply do not have the same environmental standards as we do.”
Critics of the proposed Pebble Mine have been pressing the EPA to provide protections for the Bristol Bay region. President Joe Biden as a candidate in 2020 said if elected he would “protect Bristol Bay.”
“As stewards of these lands and waters since time immemorial, our people welcome this step towards permanent protections for our waters and way of life,” said Alannah Hurley, executive director for the United Tribes of Bristol Bay, a tribal consortium that has fought the Pebble project. “Today’s announcement by the EPA is a good start in this effort.”
U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Washington state Democrat, in a statement commended the EPA “for advancing permanent Clean Water Act protections for Bristol Bay.” She said she urged the agency to “move swiftly” to finalize the actions.
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Davos 2022: Chip makers could flee the US in ‘months’ unless Congress acts, Commerce secretary says
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After months of debate, Congress is still slow-walking a bill that would spend over $50 billion on semiconductor manufacturing.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has been frustrated by the slow pace for months and upped the stakes in a new interview by saying the economic damage could soon become permanent. She says companies that may want to be in the U.S. could shift manufacturing overseas in “months [because] they have to make decisions.”
During the conversation Wednesday with Yahoo Finance Editor-in-Chief Andy Serwer from the World Economic forum in Davos, Raimondo said the U.S. could lose that business unless the bill passes soon.
The comments come amid a prolonged global chip shortage that has aggravated supply chain problems and battered the semiconductor industry. On Wednesday, chip giant Nvidia's shares were down as much as 9% after it reported a disappointing forecast for the next quarter.
“I've talked to maybe four CEOs of chip companies here, they've all said, ‘We want to be in the U.S., but we can't wait any longer,’” she says, noting that companies are weighing inducements from countries like Singapore, Germany, Spain and others to build plants there.
'I don't have a good answer for you'
The bill at issue is currently waylaid in a congressional conference committee. The Senate first passed the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act nearly a year ago, and the House followed up with a similar bill in February. Both bills have similar headline provisions, including billions for the semiconductor industry and money for scientific research. However, key differences remain, including philosophical divides on trade and U.S.-China relations.
The U.S. role in semiconductor manufacturing has fallen from nearly 40% in 1990 to 12% today, according to a recent report from the Semiconductor Industry Association. The situation is even worse with the world’s most advanced logic semiconductors, 100% of which were manufactured overseas in 2019.
During his recent State of the Union address, President Joe Biden touted Intel's (INTC) plan to spend $20 billion to make semiconductors in Ohio and said the investment could grow to $100 billion, making it the world's largest chip making complex. But that's only if the bill is actually enacted.
Advocates have noted the role of semiconductors in every aspect of modern life from medical devices to iPhones and the Biden administration has also highlighted the role of semiconductors in the war in Ukraine.
Biden recently traveled to Alabama and noted during the appearance at a Lockheed Martin facility there that “each of the Javelins you produce includes more than 200 semiconductors.”
Pressed on the hold-up on Capitol Hill, Raimondo said there is no good reason for the delay. “I don't have a good answer for you," she said, "but I can tell you from being here, talking to world leaders, talking to CEOs, it's on the top of everyone's mind.”
In the meantime, she added, “China's plowing ahead [and] investing $150 billion into domestic production of chips. So, we're going to miss out if we don't move.”
Talk of inflation, but not recession
Raimondo also says inflation is a hot topic among the business elite at Davos. She claims that a possible recession and Biden’s recent comments that the U.S. will "militarily defend" Taiwan aren’t top of mind — but “inflation is a different story.”
The White House feels that fundamentals of the economy are strong enough to avoid a recession anytime soon, she said. But when it comes to inflation, Biden is looking at everything he can do to bring down costs. Raimondo notes that one possible lever is rethinking and removing some of the Trump-era tariffs on China, which Biden has pledged to discuss with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and other aides in Washington.
During Wednesday's wide-ranging conversation, Raimondo also touched upon the mass shooting in Texas this week, saying business leaders "can’t become numb" to the ongoing violence.
Ben Werschkul is a writer and producer for Yahoo Finance in Washington, DC.
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OnPolitics: POTUS calls on lawmakers to 'stand up to the gun lobby'
Hello, OnPolitics readers.
Primary elections in Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas and Texas Tuesday were among the most important challenges ahead of the 2022 midterms.
Incumbent Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp beat former Sen. David Perdue, who was backed by former President Donald Trump, by a roughly 3-1 margin. Trump's pick Rep. Jody Hice also lost to incumbent Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Both Kemp and Raffensperger refused Trump's demands to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss in the state.
The wins will likely be considered major rebukes of Trump and the "big lie" that President Joe Biden did not win the presidential election.
In another crucial election outcome, former football star Herschel Walker won the Georgia Republican primary race for U.S. Senate. Walker, who earned Trump's endorsement during his campaign, will run against Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock in November. Stacey Abrams, who lost a run for governor to Kemp by less than 2 percentage points in 2018, also won the Democratic primary unopposed.
- Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., survived Trump's retracted endorsement to make it to a runoff election against former leader of the Business Council of Alabama, Katie Britt.
- Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders won the Republican primary for governor of Arkansas.
- A neck and neck race between moderate Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and progressive primary challenger Jessica Cisneros is too close to call.
- And incumbent Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's win over Republican George P. Bush, son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, could signal an end to the Bush political dynasty.
It's Chelsey with today's top stories out of Washington.
'Enough is enough'
After a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that left at least 19 children dead, President Joe Biden called on lawmakers Tuesday to “stand up to the gun lobby” and take action.
“I had hoped when I became President I would not have to do this again. Another massacre,” Biden said in remarks at the White House. “Beautiful, innocent second-, third- and fourth-graders.”
“As a nation we have to ask ourselves, ‘when in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby,’” he continued.
The shooting was the deadliest mass killing at a U.S. grade school since Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012. At least three adults also died during the Texas attack.
Before the speech, Biden issued a proclamation ordering flags to be flown at half-staff through Saturday to honor the victims of the school shooting.
“I am sick and tired of it. We have to act," Biden said Tuesday. "Don’t tell me we can’t have an impact on this carnage.”
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Connecticut senator delivers emotional speech after Texas shooting
"What are we doing?" asked Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., on the Senate floor Tuesday after the second mass shooting at an elementary school in a decade.
The shooting, carried out by an 18-year-old assailant, happened days after another 18-year-old gunmen killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York grocery store.
"Just days after a shooter walked into a grocery store to gun down African American patrons, we have another Sandy Hook on our hands," Murphy said. "Our kids are living in fear every single time they set foot in the classroom because they think they're going to be next. What are we doing?"
Murphy said mass killings on this scale only happen in the U.S. and nowhere else. The Connecticut Democrat asked lawmakers why they make the effort to run for a Senate seat while doing nothing about school shootings.
"Every ounce of love and thoughts and prayers we can send we are sending, but I'm here on this floor to beg, to literally get down on my hands and knees, and beg my colleagues find a path forward here. Work with us to find a way to pass laws that make this less likely," Murphy said.
The 18-year-old gunman died in a shootout with police.
Today marks two years since the death of George Floyd. USA TODAY's Editorial Board reflects on what the nation still owes him. — Chelsey | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/25/biden-calls-lawmakers-stand-up-gun-lobby-after-texas-shooting/9927822002/ | 2022-05-25T21:22:51Z | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/25/biden-calls-lawmakers-stand-up-gun-lobby-after-texas-shooting/9927822002/ | true | 1 |
Texas Passed These Looser Gun Laws Months Before Uvalde School Shooting
In 2021, Texas passed a package of gun laws that declared the state a “Second Amendment sanctuary state” and loosened restrictions on carrying handguns in public, among other changes. NBCLX storyteller Clark Fouraker explains. | https://www.lx.com/politics/texas-passed-these-looser-gun-laws-months-before-uvalde-school-shooting/53363/ | 2022-05-25T21:23:41Z | https://www.lx.com/politics/texas-passed-these-looser-gun-laws-months-before-uvalde-school-shooting/53363/ | true | null |
The designation recognizes Datadog's technical proficiency and success building solutions that support mission-critical workloads for educational institutions
NEW YORK, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDOG), the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, announced today that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Education Competency. This status recognizes that Datadog has demonstrated technical proficiency and success in building solutions that support mission-critical workloads of customers in the higher education, K-12 primary/secondary, research and publishing sectors.
"At the Center for Translational Data, we leverage AWS to develop and operate large-scale data platforms to support research for cancer, cardiovascular disease and veterans' health, to name a few," said Bill Winslow, Director of Platform Engineering at the University of Chicago. "We operate a data ecosystem comprising over a dozen data commons that make over 10 PBs of data available to the research community. Datadog is a key component of our mission to have our data readily accessible by providing our team with the insight and visibility required to efficiently and effectively monitor our distributed and complex systems. Platform Engineering practices DevOps, SRE and SecOps, and Datadog is a critical tool to help maintain velocity while remaining accountable and responsible for the platform. We've gained incredible insight on our platform that has led to resolutions of long-standing issues (including capacity and performance)."
AWS established the AWS Competency Program to help customers identify consulting and technology partners with deep industry experience and expertise. Achieving the AWS Education Competency speaks to Datadog's place within the AWS Partner Network (APN) as a member with a history of success in providing customers specialized solutions that align with AWS architectural best practices and that support the academic experience of teachers and learners, as well as the operational needs of administrators. To receive this designation, Datadog underwent an assessment of the security, performance and reliability of its solutions and validated its deep AWS expertise.
"By delivering real-time monitoring and security capabilities for AWS workloads, we maintain uptime for educational institutions so they can provide the best experiences possible to their students, teachers and administrators," said Yrieix Garnier, VP of Product at Datadog. "Our team is proud to support these institutions and help them achieve their goals by leveraging the agility of the cloud."
For more information about Datadog's solutions for AWS, visit: https://www.datadoghq.com/solutions/aws/.
About Datadog
Datadog is the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications. Our SaaS platform integrates and automates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring and log management to provide unified, real-time observability of our customers' entire technology stack. Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes and across a wide range of industries to enable digital transformation and cloud migration, drive collaboration among development, operations, security and business teams, accelerate time to market for applications, reduce time to problem resolution, secure applications and infrastructure, understand user behavior and track key business metrics.
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AUSTIN, Texas, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move to bring major bicycle production back to the United States from Asia, Guardian Bikes has announced that it is opening a highly-automated bike factory in Seymour, Indiana.
Every year, approximately 11 million kids bikes are purchased in the United States. 10.5 million out of the 11 million (96%) are imported from China. The pandemic exposed to the average consumer what experts already know - a China-dependent supply chain is fragile and unsustainable.
Guardian Bikes is a fast-growing startup backed by investor Mark Cuban. Yet with 6-12 month lead times, the current bicycle supply chain cannot keep up with its rapid growth.
In April 2020, Cuban challenged Guardian CEO Brian Riley to develop a new type of bike factory utilizing robotic automation in the United States.
"Guardian Bikes mission is to make the safest kids bikes, sold direct to customers' door, with an incredible customer experience. We do that through first principles innovation across a variety of areas —from our patented award winning SureStop brake system, to our RideSizer software, to our proprietary packaging and 99% assembled home delivery. Our next step is our biggest innovation yet, a highly automated factory right here in the U.S.A." , founder and CEO Brian Riley has said.
Guardian Bikes has chosen Sam Markel to lead its U.S. facility. "The Midwest has a deep history of automotive manufacturing that we will leverage to bring innovation into our new facility in Indiana. We are creating the sourcing, operations, and manufacturing leaders in the region that will excel Guardian's growth path," Markel says.
In addition to the investment in the local economy, moving to the USA will have a significant impact on its carbon footprint. Each container's journey to the USA emits about as much C02 as an average passenger vehicle emits over a year.
Its first semi-automated USA assembly run bagan May 2022 for their newest product, the 12" Guardian Balance Bike, with all other Guardian Bikes to begin in August.
More details about the factory build out can be found at guardianbikes.com.
About Guardian Bikes
In 2007, Brian Riley's grandfather had a head-over-handlebar accident after grabbing his front brake too hard, resulting in several broken vertebrae. Riley was inspired to develop something for bikes to eliminate the possibility of head-over-handlebar accidents. In 2013, the award-winning invention, SureStop brakes, were brought to market. In 2017, Guardian Bikes with SureStop brakes were introduced to America by landing a deal on Shark Tank with entrepreneur Mark Cuban. In 2022, Guardian Bikes are in homes all across America and its 99% accurate RideSizer tool has been used by hundreds of thousands.
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WESTPORT, Conn., May 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HMG Strategy, the World’s #1 digital platform for enabling technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world, is honored to be listed among the Top 10 Live and Hybrid Tech Events for 2022 across the world by Business Chief Magazine. HMG Strategy’s highly interactive events bring together the world’s most distinguished and innovative business technology and security leaders to discuss the most pressing leadership, innovation, strategic, cultural, technology and career challenges and opportunities that they face today – and into the future.
The recognition by Business Chief rates HMG Strategy’s unique and customized one-day Executive Leadership Summits among the top global technology events alongside distinguished conferences such as RSA Conference, Women in Tech Global Conference, Gartner Symposium, Mobile World Congress, Black Hat USA, Cisco Live and other well-renowned events. Business Chief cites HMG Strategy’s Executive Leadership Summits for delivering ‘world-class thought leadership’ along with ‘unique insights into best practices…involving leadership, management, technology and career development.’
“Our events -- just like our research model -- are peer-driven, curated and guided by the insights and commitment of the thousands of advisory board members and global technology executives across the 30+ regions where we deliver world-class thought leadership,” said Hunter Muller, President and CEO at HMG Strategy. “Our events are truly unique as we focus on the most critical macro-economic trends that are impacting technology leaders and fellow members of the senior leadership team to help them to lead boldly and authentically, to inspire employees and to foster a culture of trust across the C-suite, with the Board of Directors and with line-of-business leaders. We are truly humbled by and grateful for this prestigious global recognition.”
One of the distinct strengths of the HMG Strategy Executive Leadership Summit model are the keynote presentations being delivered by bestselling author Stephen M.R. Covey. Covey, The New York Times and The Wall St. Journal bestselling author of The Speed of Trust, has been sharing insights at HMG Strategy CIO and CISO Summits from his latest book – Trust and Inspire – in which he discusses why a ‘Command-and-Control’ leadership style no longer works and how a ‘Trust and Inspire’ leadership approach can encourage employees to be more collaborative and creative and to maximize their potential.
“I am delighted to be collaborating with my good friend Stephen,” said Muller. “In today’s work-from-anywhere environment, building trust across the organization is more important than ever. As Stephen wisely notes, trust serves as a strategic multiplier in maximizing human performance and the execution of teams towards achieving its strategic goals. This is especially true in times of uncertainty and transition.”
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HMG Strategy is the world's leading digital platform for connecting technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world. The HMG Strategy global network consists of more than 400,000 CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, CDOs, senior business technology executives, search industry executives, venture capitalists, industry experts and world-class thought leaders.
HMG Strategy’s global media model generates more than one million impressions per week, providing vast opportunities for business technology leaders and sponsor partners to promote themselves and their brands.
HMG Strategy was founded in 2008 by Hunter Muller, a leadership expert who has worked side-by-side with Fortune 2000 executives with strategic planning and career ascent for the past 30+ years.
HMG Strategy’s regional and virtual CIO and CISO Executive Leadership Series, authored books and Digital Resource Center deliver unique, peer-driven guidance from CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, CDOs and technology executives on leadership, innovation, transformation and career ascent.
HMG Strategy offers a range of peer-led research services such as its CIO & CISO Executive Leadership Alliance (CELA) program which bring together the world’s top CIOs, CISOs and technology executives to brainstorm on the top opportunities and challenges facing them in their roles.
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HMG Strategy also produces the HMG Security Innovation Accelerator Panel, a new webinar series that’s designed to connect enterprise technology and security leaders with the most innovative technology and cybersecurity companies from across the world.
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CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) — Jill Biden and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy welcomed the delivery Wednesday of a second shipment of tens of thousands of pounds of baby formula that the Biden administration is importing from Europe to ease critical supply shortages in the U.S.
The first lady and the nation's doctor each sought to empathize with anxious parents nationwide who have been scrambling to find enough formula for their children.
Both said President Joe Biden and his team understand what parents are going through and were working hard to solve the latest domestic crisis to challenge the administration. Biden has come under growing political pressure for not acting more quickly to try to head off the supply crisis.
“As a mom and a Nana, it’s impossible to hear the stories of children suffering and not imagine your own children in the same position,” the first lady said, using her grandchildren's nickname for her. "Food is the first and most important way we nurture our children.”
Murthy, a father of two young children, said he knows “how important it is to parents that they have confidence in their ability to safely and securely feed their child. And I know how frustrating and scary it can be when that security feels out of reach.”
“That is why we will not rest until every parent has the formula they need for their child,” he pledged.
Biden and Murthy spoke on the tarmac at Dulles International Airport in Virginia in front of a FedEx Express plane that had just delivered 120,000 pounds (54,431. kilograms) , or 60 tons, of infant formula from Ramstein Air Base in Germany under the administration's Operation Fly Formula program.
With Wednesday's delivery and a shipment of 78000 pounds (35,380 kilograms) of specialty infant formula that was flown by military aircraft to Indianapolis over the weekend, “we now have brought the equivalent of 1.5 million eight-ounce bottles of infant formula to the United States,” Murthy said.
More deliveries are scheduled to arrive soon. The administration has cut the timeframe for deliveries to three days, down from up to four weeks, he said.
Jill Biden said her husband knows there is “more to do” to solve the baby formula shortages.
“I’m here today to say to parents, ‘you aren’t alone,’” she said. “At the highest levels of Joe’s administration, he and his team understand what you’re going through and they are finding solutions. And they won’t stop until all parents can get the formula all their children need.”
Under Operation Fly Formula, infant formula that meets U.S. health and safety standards is imported from overseas manufacturers and delivered to hospitals and retailers in the United States.
The first shipment arrived Sunday, bringing 132 pallets of Nestle Health Science Alfamino Infant and Alfamino Junior formula to Indianapolis — enough for 500,000 eight-ounce bottles.
The 114 pallets of Nestle's Gerber Good Start Extensive HA formula delivered Wednesday will be transported by FedEx to a Nestle distribution facility near Allentown, Pennsylvania, the White House said.
The three formulas are for children who are allergic to cow's milk protein.
The baby formula shortage stems mostly from Abbott Nutrition’s plant in Sturgis, Michigan, which the Food and Drug Administration closed in February due to contamination issues. Abbott, one of a handful of companies that control the vast majority of the market for infant formula, then announced a massive recall of its product on Feb. 17, which led to the nationwide supply shortage.
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