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OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma County’s top prosecutor confirmed Thursday he’s investigating whether a recent campaign ad by Gov. Kevin Stitt violates state law and ethics rules.
David Prater said he launched an investigation after a bipartisan group of House legislators suggested the 30-second ad, titled “ Track Record,” violates state law.
“I consider this a serious matter,” Prater said in a statement to The Associated Press. “I will respect the lawmakers’ request and investigate to determine if evidence exists to prove a violation of Oklahoma criminal statute.”
Stitt’s relationship with the Legislature, particularly House Republicans, has grown tense in recent months, especially after he vetoed key pieces of the budget agreement reached between the House and Senate.
The ad, airing in Oklahoma City and Tulsa markets, touts Stitt’s appointment of Attorney General John O’Connor, who is described as a “conservative fighter” and is prominently featured in the second half of the ad. The Stitt campaign spent about $340,000 to air the ad for three weeks in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, the lawmakers said in their letter to Prater.
State law prohibits a candidate from knowingly making or accepting a contribution of more than $2,900 to another candidate committee. Independent expenditures by a candidate committee also are prohibited. Concerns about the ad were first reported by the nonprofit journalism organization Oklahoma Watch.
Donelle Harder, Stitt’s campaign manager, released a statement saying the campaign had received legal counsel in advance and they remain confident it is an “acceptable campaign ad.” But she added: “In light of a recent inquiry, we are pausing this particular ad.”
O’Connor’s campaign manager Brett Humphrey said he didn’t want to comment on another candidate’s ad, but said they were not involved in creating the ad and haven’t asked the governor to pull it.
“I don’t run the campaign for the governor,” Humphrey said.
Oklahoma’s primary election is June 28, and O’Connor is facing a tough election contest against fellow Republican Gentner Drummond, who lost to former Attorney General Mike Hunter by fewer than 300 votes during the 2018 primary election. Because no Democrat filed for the seat, whoever wins the primary is expected to coast to reelection in the fall against Libertarian Lynda Steele.
Rex Duncan, a former prosecutor who was recently serving as general counsel for the Oklahoma Republican Party, said he believes the ad is clearly illegal.
“It couldn’t be more clear, in my opinion,” Duncan said. “And the simple solution is for the governor to pull the ad or the attorney general to ask the governor to pull the ad.”
Duncan said he was fired from his volunteer role as the party’s general counsel by new Oklahoma GOP Chairman A.J. Ferrate, who also is an attorney, after Duncan posted his concerns about the ad on social media and talked to a reporter about those concerns.
For his part, Ferrate said he believes Duncan’s analysis was flawed and that the ad is perfectly legal.
“From my own legal analysis and review of Ethics Commission rules and state statute, there is no issue with Gov. Stitt’s ad,” Ferrate said.
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Recognized in Nevada for Second Consecutive Year; Ten Total Top Workplaces
Awards Wins in Last Year
LAS VEGAS, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Everi Holdings Inc. (NYSE: EVRI) ("Everi" or "the Company"), a premier provider of land-based and digital casino gaming content and products, financial technology, and player loyalty solutions, today announced that the Company was recognized by the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Las Vegas Business Press with a 2022 Nevada Top Workplaces® award.
Everi was named to the Nevada Top Workplaces list for the second consecutive year, with this most recent recognition marking a total of 10 "Top Workplaces" awards over the past year. In 2022, Everi earned four "Culture Excellence" awards from Top Workplaces and was named to the prestigious category of "Top Workplaces USA 2022." In 2021, the Company received the "Greater Austin Top Workplaces 2021" distinction from The Austin American-Statesman. It also earned national plaudits, winning two Top Workplaces 2021 Culture Excellence Awards for "Direction" and for "Remote Work". Everi's India offices also received an annual certification as a "Great Place to Work®" from the Great Place to Work Institute in India, which is based on positive employee feedback gathered through an independent employee engagement survey.
"We are honored to be recognized again for our diligent work to create a positive company culture and shared values across multiple office locations in Nevada as well as with our talented team of remote employees," said Randy Taylor, Everi President and CEO. "As these awards are based upon direct feedback from our dedicated team members, they demonstrate the view of our workforce and serve to hold us accountable to live up to our core values and make Everi a unique place to work."
Issued by Energage, the research company with more than 16 years of experience surveying over 27 million employees at 70,000 organizations, Top Workplaces awards are based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage LLC. The anonymous survey uniquely measures 15 culture drivers that are critical to the success of any organization, including: alignment, execution, and connection, among others.
"Top Workplaces is a beacon of light for organizations as well as a sign of resiliency and impressive performance," said Eric Rubino, Energage CEO. "When you give your employees a voice, you come together to navigate challenges and shape your path forward. Top Workplaces draw on real-time insights into what works best for their organization, so they can make informed decisions that have a positive impact on their people and their business."
About Everi
Everi's mission is to lead the gaming industry through the power of people, imagination, and technology. Focused on player engagement and assisting our casino customers to operate more efficiently, the Company develops entertaining game content and gaming machines, gaming systems, and services for land-based and iGaming operators. The Company is also the preeminent provider of trusted financial technology solutions that power the casino floor while improving operational efficiencies and fulfilling regulatory compliance requirements, including products and services that facilitate convenient and secure cash and cashless financial transactions, self-service player loyalty tools and applications, and regulatory and intelligence software. For more information, please visit www.everi.com, which is updated regularly with financial and other information about the Company.
About Energage
Energage is a purpose-driven company that helps organizations turn employee feedback into useful business intelligence and credible employer recognition through Top Workplaces. Built on 14 years of culture research and the results from 23 million employees surveyed across more than 70,000 organizations, Energage delivers the most accurate competitive benchmark available. With access to a unique combination of patented analytic tools and expert guidance, Energage customers lead the competition with an engaged workforce and an opportunity to gain recognition for their people-first approach to culture. For more information or to nominate your organization, visit energage.com or topworkplaces.com.
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COLUMBUS, Wis., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Packaging Corporation (APC) has announced that it's opening a new 275,000-square-foot Center of Excellence manufacturing facility in Cedar City, Utah. The new operation will add over 135 high-paying jobs to Iron County.
APC purchased the land in October 2021 and officially broke ground on February 8, 2022, during a groundbreaking ceremony with civic leaders and company officials. The new facility is expected to open and be fully operational in June 2023, and will include flexographic printing presses, laminating, preformed pouching and finishing equipment. APC will hire 75 new APC team members as part of phase one, with career opportunities in manufacturing, production, engineering and administration.
Various options were considered for the new facility during the site selection process for APC's first location in the western United States. Cedar City will serve as a strategic logistical location for both trucking and rail, providing excellent access to raw materials, as well as shipping to current and future customers.
"This is a great opportunity for APC to continue our growth strategy in current and new markets and attract new business opportunities," APC President Jeff Koch said. "It's an exciting time for APC and for our employees as we expand and diversify our customer base, which in return allows us to reinvest in all of our facilities nationwide."
"In addition to attracting new business opportunities, the Cedar City location will further enhance APC's support to our current customers with operations in the western half of the U.S. by providing a production option closer to our customers' operations with shorter delivery requirements," APC Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer Ray Graham said.
For APC, a family-oriented city with a rich history, a culture of hard work and integrity, and a supportive community was imperative to the selection of Cedar City. This new location enables APC to be closer to and collaborate directly with customers in the western market. The facility will include world-class print media technologies to support customers' unique packaging needs and deliver final products that distinctly stand out on the shelf.
"Our 1,200 APC employees are our family members — we treat them that way because we want them to succeed at their career at APC and at home," APC CEO Peter Schottland said. "Our employees' contributions and efforts are the reason we're able to expand our footprint, grow in markets and make improvements in technology."
The $100 million project in Cedar City is just the first of three planned phases. APC will begin recruitment and hiring efforts for the new facility this year.
To learn more about American Packaging Corporation and career opportunities in Cedar City, please visit americanpackaging.com/careers.
Founded in 1902, American Packaging Corporation is a recognized leader in the flexible packaging industry. Independently owned, APC is committed to innovation, sustainability and customer delight from a talented family of packaging professionals. Today, APC operates five Centers of Excellence in the United States and employs approximately 1,200 talented, motivated professionals, including nationwide sales reps and field technical support. For more information, please visit americanpackaging.com.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AERO Sustainable Material Technology is proud to announce that their satin-matte finishes are enhancing the newest 2022 Land Rover Defender as well as the 2021 model – winner of the 2021 World Car Design of the Year at the Annual World Car Awards. AERO satin-matte finishes are one of a kind; composed of a unique surface structure that is inherently satin-matte by design, with no additives needed, enabling a lasting quality finish. Traditional, spray-application paints require additives to achieve a matte look, which risks staining and extensive maintenance. AERO enables motor vehicle companies like Jaguar Land Rover to deliver a lasting finish with ultra-durability and self-healing properties, while reducing its environmental impact.
"The Land Rover Defender is known for its all-terrain capabilities and off-road style, and AERO finishes provide earth friendly durability" - Jim McGuire, CEO of AERO Sustainable Material Technology, Inc.
The environmental impact of AERO's product life cycle is radically less damaging than traditional paint.
Manufacturing and application of traditional paint requires significant energy and resources, while generating harmful pollutants, such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Additionally, traditional assembly lines use large volumes of water—particularly during exterior decoration.
It is estimated that paint is likely responsible for up to 2.25 million tons of microplastic entering the ocean each year - that's equivalent to 225 billion empty plastic bottles. AERO technology does not particulate, so will not contribute to increasing levels of ocean pollution. AERO finishes produce zero CO2, are free from VOCs, PVC, and solvents, while requiring zero water during manufacturing, application, and usage. Traditional paint is also far heavier than AERO, requiring more fuel usage, which therefore produces higher CO2 emissions still.
By generating lower application costs, while requiring little to no capital expenditure, AERO can accelerate throughput times and enable broader options in custom color and finish, including contrast roof and contrast bonnet options. For companies like Jaguar Land Rover, AERO enhances positioning as an aspirational brand, increases customizability, reduces cost, and reduces environmental impact.
AERO is a game changer in the automotive, marine, motorsports, wind energy, and architectural industries. https://aerotechnology.com/about/
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BRAMBLETON, Va., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VivSoft, a productized services company focused on solving complex problems in the public sector using emerging and open technologies, is excited to announce that it has been awarded a prime contract by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under its Solutioning with Holistic Analytics Restructured for the Enterprise (SHARE) BPA with a five-year period of performance and a $90 million ceiling.
Through SHARE, HHS is seeking new ways to enhance data analytics and create actionable insights related to COVID-19 and future pandemics. VivSoft successfully proposed its ENBUILD accelerator to support Data Governance, Data Management, Analytics, and Machine Learning automation and visualizations in SHARE. Built on open-source technologies, ENBUILD automates Data and MLOps lifecycle management capabilities to facilitate the development, testing, evaluation, and categorization of performance metrics to provide faster insights through continuous feedback.
Under SHARE, VivSoft will work with HHS and its Operating Divisions to integrate ENBUILD into federal pandemic response operations and equip decision-makers with open, cloud-agnostic, cost-effective, timely, and data-driven solutions. VivSoft will support services that include IT management and governance, business process analysis, solution architecture and design, application development and configuration, implementation, release and enterprise environment management, and maintenance services.
Navin Gunalan, the CEO of VivSoft, stated, "We are proud to be the only small business amongst the three prime contractors to be awarded the HHS SHARE BPA. We applaud the vision of HHS acquisition and technology leaders to move towards an open-source DevSecOps / MLOps ecosystem."
About VivSoft:
VivSoft Technologies LLC, a certified 8(a) Small Business based in Brambleton, VA, is dedicated to solving complex problems across the federal space, helping agencies embrace automation and other emerging technologies to succeed sooner. As a successful participant in DoD's Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR), VivSoft has successfully transitioned it's ENBUILD DevSecOps Accelerator prototype (Phase I) to enterprise-scale (SBIR Phase III). VivSoft's key accomplishments under the SBIR Program include vital contributions to the open-source US Air Force's Platform One offerings and accelerating DevSecOps (development, security, and operations) adoption within regulated federal agencies. VivSoft is also supporting Air Force's Level UP Software Factory, which supports USAF's Data Science and Engineering efforts. Additionally, VivSoft has prime contract work at FDIC, FDA, DLA, and the State of Maryland.
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All-New Model Boasts Multi-Guard Structure that Blends Polished Look with Signature G-SHOCK Durability
DOVER, N.J., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Casio America, Inc. announces an all new addition to the G-SHOCK luxury men's MR-G line with the launch of the MRGB5000BA-1. The new model offers an opulent, polished finish with a design that pays homage to Japanese calligraphy and AO-ZUMI, a dark blue ink said to have the power for bringing relief for the mind.
The latest luxury MR-G release from G-SHOCK is developed with a Multi-guard Structure that protects the module with superior shock-absorption and a case and bezel design intricately crafted of 25 different components. It also boasts signature G-SHOCK durability with a bezel of COBARION®, a cobalt-chrome alloy four times harder than pure titanium, and a band crafted with special titanium alloy, DAT55G, that is both three times harder than pure titanium and highly workable. Finally, the case and back are made of Ti64-based super-hard titanium alloy.
The new MRGB5000BA-1 also hosts a digital dial with vapor deposition of blue and gold plus a brick pattern border that pays homage to the first G-SHOCK, DW5000C. The watch body is a black DLC (diamond-like carbon) with intricate gold and blue IP accents on the band and side bezel.
G-SHOCK's latest model features the brand's latest technical features as well, like Bluetooth® functionality that allows the watch to be connected to a smartphone via the CASIO Watches App. The Bluetooth technology enables the watch to automatically correct the time through a smartphone, making it even more convenient for users that travel often. The app also allows the user to conveniently set alarms, swap their home city and world time, check the status of the latest time sync, solar charge level and more.
In addition, the model boasts Tough Solar power which is made possible with the inclusion of a highly resilient film-like solar panel on the dial that allows the watch to convert power from even the weakest light sources.
The new timepiece also come equipped with standard G-SHOCK technology including:
- Shock Resistance
- 200M Water Resistance
- Super Illuminator Double LED Light
- 5 Daily Alarms + Hourly Time Signal
- 1 Sec. Countdown Timer (24Hr)
- Full Auto Calendar
- World Time (39TZ, 39Cities+UTC)
The MRGB5000BA-1 retails for $4,000 and will be available for purchase starting this July at select retailers, g-shock.casio.com, and the G-SHOCK Soho store. For more information about the G-SHOCK brand, visit g-shock.casio.com.
CASIO's shock-resistant G-SHOCK watch is synonymous with toughness, born from the developer Mr. Ibe's dream of 'creating a watch that never breaks'. Over 200 handmade samples were created and tested to destruction until finally in 1983 the first, now iconic G-SHOCK hit the streets of Japan and began to establish itself as 'the toughest watch of all time'. Each watch encompasses the 7 elements; electric shock resistance, gravity resistance, low temperature resistance, vibration resistance, water resistance, shock resistance and toughness. The watch is packed with Casio innovations and technologies to prevent it from suffering direct shock; this includes internal components protected with urethane and suspended timekeeping modules inside the watch structure. Since its launch, G-SHOCK has continued to evolve, continuing to support on Mr. Ibe's mantra "never, never give up." www.gshock.casio.com
Casio America, Inc., Dover, N.J., is the U.S. subsidiary of Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, one of the world's leading manufacturers of consumer electronics and business equipment solutions. Established in 1957, Casio America, Inc. markets calculators, keyboards, mobile presentation devices, disc title and label printers, watches, cash registers and other consumer electronic products. Casio has strived to realize its corporate creed of "creativity and contribution" through the introduction of innovative and imaginative products. For more information, visit www.casio.com/us/
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WESTMONT, N.J., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nadina J. Rosier of the Health Transformation Alliance recently received two recognitions. She was honored at the 2022 Women in Motion Awards Luncheon hosted by The Arthritis Foundation, New York, on June 7th. In addition, Chief, the private network designed for the most powerful women executives, honored Rosier as a new member.
The 2022 Women in Motion Awards Luncheon benefits The Arthritis Foundation initiatives, including the bold pursuit of a cure for America's #1 cause of disability and championing the fight to conquer arthritis with life-changing science, resources, and community connections. Rosier was one of four recipients to receive this honor in 2022.
As a member of Chief, Rosier is now part of the private network designed for the most powerful women executives to strengthen their leadership, magnify their influence, and pave the way to bring others with them. Chief was founded in 2019 to drive more women to the top and keep them there. Chief has since been recognized as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2021, and its diverse membership includes more than 10,000 of the most senior business executives in the United States.
The Health Transformation Alliance (HTA) is a cooperative of 60 of America's leading employers that have come together to fix our broken healthcare system. With responsibility for more than 4 million lives in the United States and a collective annual health care spend of $27 billion, the member companies of the HTA have combined their resources, knowledge, and experience to transform the way healthcare is delivered. To that end, the HTA has developed value-driven solutions in data and analytics, pharmacy, medical and consumer engagement specifically designed to improve patient care and economic value.
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta: The damage to the human body caused by firearms
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By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent
One of the most memorable lectures during my first year of medical school at the University of Michigan was delivered by Dr. Julian “Buz” Hoff. He was the chair of neurosurgery and a master at teaching the natural history of brain diseases. We learned about brain tumors, vascular diseases and trauma.
Hoff had a way of explaining things that made them really stick, and that was particularly clear in his lecture called “GSW.” Anyone who works in a hospital likely knows the acronym GSW stands for “gunshot wound,” and the way Hoff wanted us to learn the topic was for us see the impact firsthand.
So on the last day of his class, we went to an outdoor gun range in Ann Arbor for our GSW lecture. There were handguns there, as well as rifles. In the distance, I saw several watermelons on top of old barrels that would serve as targets. After putting in his ear plugs and donning safety glasses, Hoff shot a watermelon with a handgun. I saw the bullet hit the watermelon but wasn’t confident I saw the bullet exit. The watermelon was then brought to us for inspection.
First thing to notice, he told us: There was an obvious entrance and exit “wound” and they were around the same size. We could see the green skin folding in on itself around the entrance wound and the outward beveled tissue around the exit. After we chopped the watermelon open, he pointed out that the bullet seemed to have traveled in a fairly predictable trajectory, a linear bullet-sized line through the body of the watermelon.
Next came the same demonstration with a rifle. This time, I saw the watermelon shudder as it was struck, and then immediately saw a significant amount of red tissue fly out the backside. Upon inspection, the first thing I noticed was how much bigger the exit wound was, compared to the entrance. And after opening the watermelon, the purpose of the demonstration became clear: Instead of a predictable linear track, the watermelon looked like it had been cored out and what was left was shredded. He explained this was a phenomenon known as cavitation, which is just what it sounds like — the bullet doesn’t simply travel through the body, it creates a big cavity inside it.
The message was clear: I want you to imagine that had been a human body.
Much in the way pictures of black lungs had left an indelible impression of smoking on all medical students, Hoff had done the same with me for GSWs.
I was reflecting on that demonstration recently when I operated on a patient with a GSW to the head. It was a handgun injury, and we were able to quickly control the bleeding and relieve the pressure on the brain. The patient spent one day in the ICU for observation and was discharged a few days later. Had it been a rifle injury, there was hardly any chance he would’ve survived.
With guns front and center in the news these past couple of weeks, I wanted to share what I have learned over the years about what bullets do to the human body and the challenge it is for surgeons to repair the damage.
More damage
Nearly 30 years after my med school gun range demonstration, Dr. Ernest E. Moore, trauma surgeon and director of trauma research at the Shock Trauma Center named after him at Denver Health, is also using the watermelon example to draw a comparison between different firearms.
“I often use the analogy that the injury to the liver [with a semi-automatic rifle] would be similar to just taking a watermelon and dropping it on the cement. It’s incredible the amount of energy delivered. … By comparison, the 9 millimeter would drill a hole through the liver. So you’d have a sizable hole, but if you didn’t hit a major blood vessel, it’s a pretty tolerable injury. In fact, we in civilian trauma will often manage a 9-millimeter liver injury without an operation whereas a patient with an assault rifle would be dead within 20 minutes if you didn’t operate,” he said.
Other human tissue in the body reacts differently. “If you struck a bone with an AR-15, like your femur in your leg, it would literally shatter into multiple fragments that would sort of serve as secondary missiles. Whereas … we’ve seen 9 millimeters that will actually drill a hole right to the femur,” he said. (An AR-15 is a lightweight, semi-automatic — that is, self-loading — rifle manufactured by Colt; other gunmakers make rifles in a similar style.)
Moore also brings up cavitation as a way of visualizing what is happening in the body. He describes cavitation “as the result of a rapid expansion of the tissues surrounding the path of the bullet. … In essence, instead of a virtual drill hole with a 9 millimeter, your path of injury in tissue with an AR-15 will be six inches wide. And the path beyond that is even wider, but the tissue recoils back into it,” said Moore, noting that inelastic tissue — like the liver, heart and brain — are the most vulnerable to this type of energy.
A brief history of the AR-15-style weapon
While the Department of Justice notes that 77.2% of mass shootings — which they count as four or more deaths excluding the shooter — involve handguns, many of the highest-profile incidents involved assault-style rifles: the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut; Orlando’s Pulse nightclub shooting in 2016; the 2017 shooting at a music festival in Las Vegas; and the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, just to name a few.
This kind of rifle unleashes a lot of power, said Moore who, in addition to being a trauma surgeon since 1976 (who operated on some of the Columbine survivors), co-edited a major textbook on trauma surgery, authored more than 1,700 scientific articles and was the longtime editor of the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.
“The capacity for tissue injury is reflected in the so-called kinetic energy. And the kinetic energy, simplistically, is the mass or weight of the bullet times the velocity squared. So the velocity — the speed of the bullet exiting the gun — is really its primary effectiveness,” he said.
Moore said a 9 millimeter handgun has a muzzle energy — the kinetic energy of a bullet as it leaves the gun’s muzzle — of roughly 400 foot-pounds of force. For a rifle like the AR-15, that number is 1,300. “So you have a huge increase in the amount of energy imparted from the gun,” he explained.
He said the size of the bullet has less to do with the damage it causes.
“I think there are some misconceptions with … rifles. A lot of people say, ‘Oh, they’re big bullets.’ Actually, they’re small bullets — interestingly, they’re even smaller than many handguns. So the actual bullet that’s discharged from an AR-15, for example, is a half the size of the bullet from a 9 millimeter. The difference is the … velocity,” he said.
And, if that rifle is a semi-automatic weapon, the weapon can be fired repeatedly, without manually reloading, simply by pulling the trigger. In Uvalde, hundreds of rounds were fired into classrooms in the first four minutes, according to Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw.
Moore, who grew up in a hunting family, owns firearms and is an avid hunter, has been outspoken in his opposition to civilians owning AR-15-style semi-automatic weapons and does not own one himself. “The rifle that our military uses to fight our enemies is the same rifle that we allow civilians access to and can create these mass shootings,” he said.
An Emmett Till moment
During my neurosurgery training and the first several years of my career, I didn’t encounter these sorts of injuries. That’s because between 1994 and 2004 certain semi-automatic firearms were banned. In fact, it was in 2003, while I was covering the war in Iraq, that I first saw the damage these weapons cause on the human body, not just a watermelon.
I was embedded with the Devil Docs, the Navy medical team that provides frontline medical care for the Marines. There are things that my cameraman Mark Biello and I saw on the battlefield that we still have a hard time talking about. They are still hard to even write about. Limbs blown clean off the body, and wounds so horrific, I thought for sure they must’ve been caused by a bomb or IED.
I never imagined that just a couple of years later, I would see the same sorts of injuries in US cities, including my own, Atlanta. Those are the days when I come home from the hospital simply unable to talk, let alone describe what I had just witnessed.
Still, as you may have read after the tragedy in Uvalde, some folks are now raising the issue about whether we should have an “Emmett Till moment.”
Emmett Till was a 14-year-old Black teen who was abducted and violently murdered in 1955 by White racists in Mississippi after a white woman accused him of whistling at her. Till’s mother took the unusual step of holding an open-casket funeral and allowing a photographer from Jet magazine to photograph her son’s disfigured, unrecognizable face to show the country the result of racial violence. Many consider that moment a turning point in the country’s collective support for the Civil Rights Movement.
Many of my colleagues have urged me to further describe the horrific injuries I have seen over the last nearly 20 years as a neurotrauma surgeon.
The truth is I’m not sure America is ready to see that. More importantly, it isn’t a decision anybody can make unless it’s their loss and their story to tell — like Emmett Till’s mother.
Public health emergency
Louis Klarevas, research professor at Columbia University and author of the 2016 book “Rampage Nation,” credits the 10-year federal Assault Weapons Ban between 1994 and 2004 with significantly reducing the number of mass shooting incidents and deaths (which he defined as injuring or killing six or more people) before rebounding to even higher levels after the ban expired. In 2020, there were an estimated 20 million AR-15 style weapons in circulation in the United States, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
Between 1990 and 1999, during the decade in which I traveled to that gun range with Hoff, mass shootings claimed an average of 21 lives per year; from 2012 to 2021, that average had gone up to 51, according to the Violence Project. It defines a mass shooting as four or more people in a public place being killed with firearms, without any underlying criminal activity, excluding the shooter. (CNN defines mass shootings as those in which four or more people other than the shooter are injured or killed by gunfire during one event.)
Federal data on the overall impact of gun violence is lacking. Even obtaining the basic numbers can be a challenge, as I learned writing this article. While the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has dashboards for Covid-19 and even monkeypox, gun violence is still an enigma for the public health community. That’s in large part due to the Dickey amendment which, in 1996, made it challenging and potentially financially punitive for the CDC to conduct or fund research on gun violence if it were to be used in any way to promote gun control.
Even today, it is organizations like the Gun Violence Archive — an independent data collection and research group that collects information on gun violence from more than 7,500 sources daily — and not the CDC, that provide some of the most up-to-date statistics on gun violence and deaths on a daily basis.
The rise of gun violence is something Dr. Bellal Joseph has seen firsthand. He is the chief of the Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Burns, and Acute Care Surgery at the Banner University Medical Center at the University of Arizona.
“I can tell you from our own data, but also from a national perspective, there’s no doubt that … every trauma center in the country is seeing unprecedented numbers of trauma,” he said referring to “violent trauma: more shootings, more victims.”
“Mass shootings are more prevalent at trauma centers than people actually think,” said Joseph. “Oftentimes it takes a high [profile] school shooting to activate the media, but it actually happens a lot more than we think, unfortunately.”
Joseph, who back in 2011 helped treat nine of the survivors of the mass shooting that targeted U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, like every other surgeon we spoke to, wanted to emphasize that injuries from AR-15 style semi-automatic firearms are not like other injuries.
“When you see … victims from AR-type assaults, what you’re seeing is a violent crime against others,” he said.
Stalemate in the face of mounting violence
According to an analysis by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, the US ranks first in firearm homicides per capita among high-income countries of more than 10 million — that’s an age-adjusted rate 13 times greater than France’s and 23 times greater than Australia’s. And, according to the CDC, the most recent data show firearms were the leading cause of death in children and adolescents up to age 19 in 2020, claiming more than 4,300 lives. That was a nearly 30% increase from 2019.
The deaths are only a small fraction of those affected. The lives of people who are injured, the victims’ families, friends and the community at large are forever ripped apart.
And if you need a reason to look beyond the human cost of gun violence, there is also the cost to society: according to a February 2021 report by Everytown Research and Policy, it comes out to an estimated $280 billion a year, which includes medical, criminal justice and other expenses.
The American College of Surgeons, the professional organization that represents the people who see this type of injury all too often, has been calling for tighter control of weapons and more common-sense rules. In 2018, the ACS’s Firearms Strategy Task Force released 13 recommendations that includes items like regulating heavy-duty firearms, more safety training, and increasing recognition of mental health issues. But the bipartisan legislation currently being considered in the House of Representatives falls short of these recommendations.
“There has to be some vetting, training,” said Joseph, especially when it comes to weapons like AR-15-style semi-automatic rifles. He noted that to be allowed to drive, a person needs many hours of coaching and practice in order to pass an exam and get a license — “no one is getting into a car and just driving.”
As for objections that “the government can’t tell us what to do,” Moore says, yes citizens have rights, but they are not limitless.
“We don’t drive tanks through the street. We don’t throw a grenade into the parks. … We need to have some rational thinking,” he said.
The same sort of rational thinking Hoff impressed on us so many years ago on a gun range in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Halo Infinite's co-op gets closer with beta next month
Test flight.The co-op mode for Halo Infinite is at long last on its way. In fact, players will be able to give it a whirl from next month.
However, there is a catch. This will just be its beta (or "flight" in the words of developer 343 industries), and not the real deal. That is still slated to come some time later this year.
If you want to have a shot at this test flight, you will have to register to become a Halo Insider. This program is the "official way for Halo fans and community members to partner with 343 Industries to help improve our games, products, and services."
Once this is done you will be asked to add in a few details (all pretty standard stuff that you would expect) and then you will hopefully hear back from the Halo gods about the how, when and where.
With #HaloInfinite campaign network co-op arriving later this year, we're planning to flight it to Halo Insiders in July. Register and make sure your Halo Insider profile is up to date for a chance to participate!
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Halo Infinite has had a bit of a bumpy ride, to put it nicely, following its launch towards the end of last year. In particular, its multiplayer player base has been voicing its frustrations over an escalating number of issues, including a lack of content updates and a lacklustre seasonal battle pass offering.
343 has pledged to improve matters on multiple occasions and will likely be hoping that this new co-op beta, combined with Halo Infinite's recently launched Season 2, will gets players back onto their warthogs and into the fray once more.
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A former governor of Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, has been nominated to be the ruling party’s presidential candidate in next year’s presidential election.
Bola Tinubu, widely referred to as the “godfather” of Lagos because of his influence in the southwestern state which he governed from 1999 to 2007, polled a majority of the votes on Wednesday at the convention of the All Progressives Congress party. More than 2,300 delegates voted in the convention held in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
“I have the experience. I led the transformation of Lagos from a dangerous, unwelcoming place in 1999 to a clean, safe and vibrant place and the fifth largest economy in Africa today,” the 70-year-old Tinubu told delegates before voting started.
“I vow to do everything possible to ensure justice and forever erase terror from our land,” he said, days after an attack on a church in southwestern Nigeria killed more than 20 people.
The only female candidate among the 23 aspirants withdrew before the vote. Nigeria’s political world remains male-dominated and women rarely make it to top positions.
The presidential election in February 2023 may be a two-horse race between Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar, who again clinched the nomination of the Peoples Democratic Party. Abubakar, a 75-year-old former vice president received 41% of the votes in the 2019 election which he lost to current President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari will leave office next year after finishing his second term.
Attending the convention Wednesday, Buhari asked delegates to vote for the aspirant “with the best chances of securing victory” for the party. Buhari and Nigeria’s ruling party have been accused by critics of failing in their promises to end the country’s prolonged security crisis and to improve its economic performance.
Nigeria — Africa’s most populous country with 206 million people and its largest economy — is grappling with an unprecedented 33% unemployment rate and a 40% poverty rate, according to the latest government statistics. For more than 10 years it has battled an insurgency in the northeast by Islamic extremist rebels in which an estimated 35,000 people have died and millions have been displaced. Violent instability has spread to the northwest in a conflict between herders and farmers and to the south where there is a separatist movement.
Next year’s election promises to be “the battle for the soul of the country,” said Idayat Hassan, who leads the West Africa-focused Center for Democracy and Development. “It is different from all (previous) elections considering the challenges confronting the country,” added Hassan.
As Tinubu is a Muslim from Nigeria’s south, he is expected to choose a running mate who is a Christian from the north, maintaining a long-established political strategy in Nigeria, which is divided along religious and ethnic lines. | https://www.thestar.com/news/world/africa/2022/06/08/lagos-ex-governor-wins-nigerian-ruling-partys-nomination.html | 2022-06-08T16:01:03Z | https://www.thestar.com/news/world/africa/2022/06/08/lagos-ex-governor-wins-nigerian-ruling-partys-nomination.html | false | 34 |
Todd D. Wachtel, a New Jersey workers' compensation attorney and Partner at Levinson Axelrod, P.A., was recently installed as a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association's Workers' Compensation Executive Committee.
RARITAN, N.J., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, May 20, 2022, Todd Wachtel of Levinson Axelrod, P.A. was installed as a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association's Workers' Compensation Section Executive Committee at the NJSBA's Annual Meeting and Convention in Atlantic City.
The NJSBA's Workers' Compensation Section Executive Committee is one of over 30 practice-oriented sections that unite attorneys from "both sides of the aisle" to address important matters that affect the practice of law and the rights of New Jersey residents within their areas of focus. As a committee member – and the only Petitioner's Attorney nominated to the group this year – Wachtel will work with fellow members on various workers' compensation-related issues, including reviewing proposals for new workers' compensation laws from the New Jersey Legislature.
Wachtel's election to the Executive Committee is a testament to his extensive experience in workers' compensation law and to the reputation he's cultivated among his colleagues. As a New Jersey Supreme Court Certified Workers' Compensation Specialist and successful Petitioner's Attorney who once worked as a Deputy Attorney General representing the State in workers' compensation proceedings, Wachtel has leveraged his unique insight to help injured workers recover millions of dollars in benefits.
Todd D. Wachtel is a Partner at the personal injury and workers' compensation firm of Levinson Axelrod, P.A., where he works primarily from the firm's office in Raritan, NJ. He is Certified in Workers' Compensation Law by the New Jersey Supreme Court. For more information, visit www.NJLawyers.com.
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Only India providing money for fuel: Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe
Colombo, Jun 08: Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Wednesday that he has urged IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva to "expedite" its assistance programme to Sri Lanka and underlined that no country except India is providing money to the crisis-hit island nation for fuel.
The conversation between Wickremesinghe, who is also the finance minister, and the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund comes as Sri Lanka has decided to seek the assistance of the Washington-based global lender to combat the worst economic crisis since its independence from Britain in 1948. The talks between Sri Lanka and the IMF commenced on April 18.
Sri Lanka has already initiated measures to restructure its foreign debts - a prerequisite for an IMF programme - after the government suspended all the external debt repayments on April 12.
In his address to Parliament, Wickremesinghe said he had a telephonic conversation with Georgieva on Tuesday during which she was informed of Sri Lanka's need for bridging finance.
"I requested her to expedite this process because we need bridging finance. Both our arrangement and debt restructuring plan which we are unfamiliar with were discussed," he said.
"I am doing my best to push forward this and get finance latest by September," Wickremesinghe added, as his cash-starved government is seeking to find USD 6 billion to keep the country afloat for the next six months.
Referring to a planned strike by the engineers of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), state-run power entity, Wickremesinghe said, "Please don't cause blackouts, you can hold placards and strike." "If you do so, don't ask me to ask for help from India. No country is giving us money for fuel and coal. Only India is giving. Our Indian credit line is now nearing its end. We are talking about extending it," he said.
The prime minister said India cannot go on providing aid to Sri Lanka. "Some in India are asking why they should give us help. They ask us to help ourselves first before they can help us," Wickremesinghe said.
The CEB engineers on Wednesday announced that they will go on an indefinite strike from midnight in protest over the government's plan to amend the CEB Act, a proposal of which will be tabled in Parliament on Thursday.
The strike can potentially lead to power blackouts in the country already grappling with its worst economic crisis in decades.
The CEB engineers' unions say the new Act would stop competitive bidding in purchase of power from private sources.
"We will resort to industrial action to stop this amendment," Ranjith Induwara of the CEB engineers' union said.
Energy minister Kanchana Wijesekara told Parliament that the new Act would not do away with the competitive bidding process but would focus on sustainable energy projects approved by the Sustainable Energy Authority.
India has helped Sri Lanka with thousands of tonnes of diesel and petrol to the crisis hit country, apart from food and medical supplies, to help ease the acute fuel shortage in the debt-ridden island nation.
India extended an additional USD 500 million credit line to Sri Lanka last month to help the neighbouring country import fuel as it has been struggling to pay for imports after its foreign exchange reserves plummeted sharply in recent times, causing a devaluation of its currency and spiralling inflation.
With the economic crisis and the shortage of forex, the Indian credit line of USD 500 million for fuel imports has provided a lifeline to the island nation, where people have been queuing up for fuel, cooking gas, and essentials.
In keeping with India's 'Neighbourhood First' policy, New Delhi has extended this year alone support worth over USD 3.5 billion to the people of Sri Lanka for helping them overcome their current difficulties.
On Thursday last, Wickremesinghe had said the government was targeting USD 5 billion this year for repayments, plus a further USD 1 billion to bolster the country's reserves.
He said Sri Lanka's bridging finance requirements would depend on an agreement with the IMF being reached.
Addressing Parliament on Tuesday, Wickremesinghe said Sri Lanka will need USD 5 billion to ensure that the people's daily lives are not disrupted for the next six months.
"We need to strengthen the rupee in line with the daily requirements of the citizens. Another USD 1 billion is needed to strengthen the rupee. That means we need to find USD 6 billion to keep the country afloat for the next six months," he told the lawmakers.
While addressing the representatives from the Joint Trade Chambers earlier this week, the prime minister had said that debt restructuring had begun, following the appointment of financial and legal advisors. He said that the ongoing negotiations with the global lender for a bailout could be concluded by the end of this month.
According to Economy Next news portal, Wickremesinghe's discussion with Georgieva came hours after he called on the IMF to hold a conference to help unite Sri Lanka's lending partners.
The nearly bankrupt country, with an acute foreign currency crisis that resulted in foreign debt default, announced in April that it is suspending nearly USD 7 billion foreign debt repayment due for this year out of about USD 25 billion due through 2026. Sri Lanka's total foreign debt stands at USD 51 billion.
The IMF in May said that it requires "sufficient assurance" from the country that it will restore debt sustainability during the debt restructuring process.
"Since Sri Lanka's public debt is assessed as unsustainable, approval by the Executive Board of an IMF-supported programme for the country would require adequate assurances that debt sustainability will be restored," the IMF had said.
The economic crisis has prompted an acute shortage of essential items like food, medicine, cooking gas and other fuel, toilet paper and even matches, with Sri Lankans for months being forced to wait in lines lasting hours outside stores to buy fuel and cooking gas. | https://www.oneindia.com/international/only-india-providing-money-for-fuel-lankan-pm-ranil-wickremesinghe-3417961.html | 2022-06-08T16:05:23Z | https://www.oneindia.com/international/only-india-providing-money-for-fuel-lankan-pm-ranil-wickremesinghe-3417961.html | false | 8 |
Growth Attributed to Adoption of Smart NICs and High-Speed Ports
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. , June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recently published report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data center IT industries, the Ethernet controller and adapter market surpassed $1 billion for the first time in 1Q 2022. Growth was attributed to the adoption of Smart NICs and high-speed ports.
"The Ethernet controller and adapter market was driven by strong Smart NIC and 100 Gbps port shipments," said Baron Fung, Research Director at Dell'Oro Group. "Furthermore, port average selling prices escalated during the quarter as vendors passed higher supply chain costs on to end-users, adding to topline growth. However, vendors continue to contend with supply chain challenges to meet strong and demand. We anticipate the upcoming server platform refresh and cloud expansion cycle to drive the strong demand for Ethernet adapters," added Fung.
Additional highlights from the 1Q 2022 Ethernet Adapter and Smart NIC report include:
- Total Ethernet controller and adapter port shipments grew 2 percent in 1Q 2022.
- 100 and 200 Gbps ports accounted for 38 percent of the revenue in 1Q 2022 from high-end workloads such as accelerated computing.
- Smart NICs open vendors such as Marvell, Napatech, and Nvidia accounted for 30 percent of the revenue in 1Q 2022 and gained share over internally developed solutions by the major cloud service providers such as Amazon and Microsoft.
The Dell'Oro Group Ethernet Adapter and Smart NIC Quarterly Report provide complete, in-depth coverage of the market with tables covering manufacturers' revenue; average selling prices; and unit and port shipments by speed (1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, 25 Gbps, 40 Gbps, 50 Gbps, 100 Gbps, and 200 Gbps) for Ethernet controllers and adapters. The report also covers Smart NIC controllers and adapters. To purchase this report, please contact us at dgsales@delloro.com.
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Moderna's experimental COVID-19 vaccine that combines its original shot with protection against the Omicron variant appears to work, the company announced Wednesday.
COVID-19 vaccine makers are studying updated boosters that might be offered in the fall to better protect people against future coronavirus surges.
Moderna's preliminary study results show people given the combination shot experienced a higher boost in Omicron-fighting antibodies than if they just got a fourth dose of the original vaccine.
"We believe strongly that this data supports an update of the vaccine," Dr. Stephen Hoge, Moderna's president, said Wednesday.
Today's COVID-19 vaccines all are based on the original version of the coronavirus. They're still providing strong protection against severe disease, hospitalization and death even after the appearance of the super-contagious Omicron variant — especially if people have had an initial booster dose.
But the virus continues to mutate rapidly in ways that let it evade some of the vaccines' protections and cause milder infections.
So U.S. regulators, and the World Health Organization, are considering whether to order a change in the vaccine recipe for a new round of booster shots in the fall — when cold weather and kids returning to school are expected to drive yet another surge.
Key questions: How to make that change without losing the continued strong protection against COVID-19's worst outcomes? And what's the right variant to target? After the huge winter Omicron surge, that mutant's genetically distinct relatives now are the main threats, including one that's fueling the current U.S. wave of infections.
The Food and Drug Administration has set a meeting in late June for its scientific advisers to debate those questions and evaluate data from vaccine makers' tests of potential new formulas. Pfizer also is studying a combination shot, what scientists call a bivalent vaccine, with some data expected later this month.
Moderna's new study tested people who'd had three prior vaccinations, giving 377 of them a fourth dose of the original vaccine and another 437 the combo shot.
The study wasn't designed to track how well the updated booster prevented COVID-19 cases and it was tested only against Omicron, not the variants dominant now. But the bivalent vaccine sparked a nearly eight-fold rise in levels of antibodies capable of fighting Omicron. Importantly, that was 1.75 times better than the antibody jump from simply giving a fourth dose of the original vaccine, Moderna said.
The data hasn't undergone scientific review, and these initial measurements were taken a month after booster shots. Antibodies naturally wane so it's not clear how long that protection could last. Moderna plans to track the levels at three and six months but already is manufacturing doses to be ready if regulators in the U.S. or elsewhere order a change for fall shots.
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As part of ongoing international efforts to address growing concerns over global food security linked to the war in Ukraine, a top UN official on Wednesday urged countries not to slap restrictions on the export of foodstuffs that are in such short supply elsewhere.
“Food insecurity and high prices can become a trigger for instability,” said Qu Dongyu, Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Addressing the “Mediterranean Dialogue on Food Crisis” in Rome, Mr. Qu insisted that “we must keep the global food trade system open and ensure that agrifood exports are not restricted or taxed”.
Club Med
The Mediterranean Sea region includes 22 countries on three continents, many of which rely on cereal imports from Ukraine to feed their population, the FAO top official said. Most countries in the region had shown an increasing food import trend to meet domestic consumption needs even prior to the war in Ukraine, he added.
Today, the current global situation is “very complicated”, Mr. Qu said, his comments coming after more than 100 days of war in Ukraine that have cut off exports of millions of tonnes of wheat, cereals and vegetable oil from the country’s Black Sea ports since the Russian invasion on 24 February.
The war has also prompted targeted international sanctions on Russia that have in turn hampered the distribution of its own substantial agricultural output and fertilizers - which farmers rely on around the world.
Solidarity is key
To counter these challenges, countries in the Mediterranean should work together to mitigate food security risks, Mr. Qu urged delegates.
“The increase in energy and fertilizer prices is putting at risk the next harvest globally,” the FAO top official insisted, adding that the lack of access to fertilizer and fuel represented “a particular risk for countries where low natural soil fertility means that chemical fertilizer is often essential for food production”.
That message was echoed by Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luigi Di Maio, and Germany’s Svenja Schulze, Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, who warned that the world was facing “the worst food crisis in decades”.
Sky high prices
Latest data from FAO’s Food Price Index - which reached an all-time high in March and which has remained at elevated levels - has confirmed the difficulties that developing countries face in particular in providing for their people. | https://reliefweb.int/report/world/food-exports-must-keep-flowing-worldwide-fao-chief-urges | 2022-06-08T16:09:36Z | https://reliefweb.int/report/world/food-exports-must-keep-flowing-worldwide-fao-chief-urges | true | 2 |
Newswise — UPTON, NY—Scientists studying particle collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) have revealed how certain particle-jets lose energy as they traverse the unique form of nuclear matter created in these collisions. The results, published in Physical Review C, should help them learn about key “transport properties” of this hot particle soup, known as a quark-gluon plasma (QGP).
“By looking at how jets of particles slow down as they move through the QGP, we can learn about its properties the same way studying how objects move through water can tell you something about its density and viscosity,” said Raghav Kunnawalkam Elayavalli, a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University and member of RHIC’s STAR experiment collaboration.
But there are multiple ways a jet can lose energy—or be “quenched.” So, it can be hard to tell which of those causes is creating the quenching effect.
With the new findings, for the first time, STAR has identified a specific population of jets for which the physicists say they can distinctively identify the mechanism: individual quarks emitting gluons as they interact with the QGP.
Theorists may now use the data to refine their calculations describing fundamental properties of the hot quark soup.
“Jets are very useful because they tell you how these quarks interact with themselves,” said Kolja Kauder, another principal author on the analysis, who is a physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, where RHIC is located. “This is the essence of ‘quantum chromodynamics’—the theory describing the nuclear strong force interactions of quarks and gluons. We are learning more about that fundamental force of nature by studying how these jets get quenched.”
In the beginning
The strong force plays a major role in building up the structure of everything we see in the universe today. That’s because all visible matter is made of atoms with protons and neutrons at their core. Those particles, in turn, are made up of quarks, which are held together by the exchange of strong force carrier particles—the gluelike gluons.
But quarks weren’t always bound together. Scientists believe quarks and gluons roamed free very early in the universe, a mere microsecond after the Big Bang, before the primordial soup of matter’s fundamental building blocks cooled enough for protons and neutrons to form. RHIC, a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science user facility for nuclear physics research, was built to recreate and study this quark-gluon plasma.
RHIC recreates the early-universe quark soup by steering the nuclei of heavy atoms such as gold into head-on collisions at nearly the speed of light. The energy released creates thousands of new subatomic particles, including quarks (remember energy can create mass and vice versa through the famous equation E=mc2). It also “melts” the boundaries of the individual protons and neutrons to set the internal quarks and gluons free.
Scientists have been tracking how different types of particles stream through the resulting quark-gluon plasma for more than two decades. These include collimated sprays, or jets, of particles that result from the fragmentation of a quark or gluon. The scientists have generally found that high momentum particles and jets lose energy when they traverse the blob of hot QGP. Through this new study they’ve identified details of a specific mechanism for jet quenching in one subset of jets.
Tracking ‘dijets’ at different angles
This study specifically focused on jets of particles produced back-to-back (called dijets), where one jet close to the surface of the QGP blob easily escapes with lots of energy, while the recoil jet traveling a longer route in the opposite direction gets quenched by the plasma. STAR physicists tracked the energy of particles making up the “cone” of the recoil jet. Comparing that with the energy of the escaped (or “trigger”) jet tells them how much energy was lost.
They also divided up all the events into those that produced relatively narrow jets and those that produced a wider spray of particles.
“Our intuition tells us that something wider moving through the medium should lose more energy,” Kunnawalkam Elayavalli said. “If the jet is narrow, it can sort of punch through and you’d expect less energy loss than for a wider jet, which sees more of the plasma. That was the expectation.”
Think about a large swimmer moving through the water in a non-streamlined way, he suggested. You’d expect to see a wider wake moving farther from the person than the wake of a slim, streamlined swimmer. In the case of the particles, the physicists were expecting the wider “wake” produced by wider jets to push particles out beyond the limits of their detection.
“But what we found is that, with this particular subset of jets that we studied at RHIC, it doesn’t matter what the opening angle of the jet is; they all lose energy the same way.”
For both the narrow and wide jets, adding up the energy of all the high-momentum and low-momentum particles within the “cone” could account for all of the energy “lost” to quenching. That is, while these jets did experience energy loss, in both the wide and narrow jets, the lost energy was converted into lower momentum particles that stayed within the jet cone.
“When the jets lose energy, that lost energy is converted into lower-momentum particles. You cannot just lose energy; it has to be conserved,” Brookhaven’s Kauder said. The surprise was that all the energy stayed within the cone.
The implications
The results have important implications for understanding when the quenching happens for these jets.
“Not seeing a difference between the wide and narrow jets means the mechanism of energy loss is independent of the substructure of the jet. The energy loss must have happened before the jets split—before there was an opening angle, narrow or wide,” Kunnawalkam Elayavalli said.
The most likely sequence of events: “Probably a single quark traversing the plasma radiated gluons (gave off energy) as it interacted with other quarks in the QGP, then it split to produce the jet substructure. The gluons turn into other lower momentum particles that stay within the cone, and those are the particles we measure,” he said.
If the energy loss happened after the jet split, each particle making up the jet substructure would have lost energy, with a greater probability that particles would spread beyond the jet cone—in other words, forming a “wake” beyond the area where the physicists could measure them.
Knowing the specific mechanism of energy loss for these jets will help theorists refine their calculations of how the energy loss relates to the QGP transport properties—properties that are somewhat analogous to the viscosity and density of water. It will also give physicists a way to understand more about the fundamental strong force interactions between quarks.
“Gaining a quantitative understanding of the properties of this plasma is paramount to studying the evolution of the early universe,” Kunnawalkam Elayavalli said, “including how that primordial soup of particles became the protons and neutrons of the nuclei of atoms that make up our world today.
“This measurement essentially starts the next era of jet physics at RHIC, which will allow us to differentially study the space-time evolution of the QGP.”
Raghav Kunnawalkam Elayavalli began this analysis as a postdoctoral fellow at Wayne State University working with Kauder (who later left Wayne State to join Brookhaven) and Wayne State physicist Joern Putschke, another principal author on the analysis. He completed the analysis during his current position at Yale/Brookhaven Lab with Yale physicist Helen Caines and Brookhaven Lab physicist Lijuan Ruan—the two co-spokespersons for the STAR Collaboration—and will begin a faculty appointment at Vanderbilt University this summer.
This research was supported by the DOE Office of Science (NP), which also supports RHIC operations, and by the U.S. National Science Foundation and a range of international agencies spelled out in the scientific paper. The STAR collaboration used computing resources in the RHIC & ATLAS Computing Facility at Brookhaven Lab; the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), a DOE Office of Science user facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; and the Open Science Grid consortium.
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Chattanooga Division of Transportation (CDOT) will begin work in the coming weeks to resurface and improve the traffic design of McCallie Ave.
CDOT crews will resurface and restripe McCallie Ave in the upcoming weeks as an opportunity to increase the safety of all users - drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists - by calming traffic, separating pedestrians from vehicles and providing safer street crossings, and adding on-street bicycle lanes.
This project is part of more extensive efforts to make our streets safer, and it is an integral part of our mission to provide safe and efficient transportation options for all Chattanoogans.
A "road diet," or as part of this project in order to accommodate wider sidewalks as well as streetscape enhancements, such as bicycle lanes and new pedestrian crossings.
On-street parking will be marked along McCallie Ave, while vehicle access to all driveways and street crossings will not be affected.
Initial milling of the road surface will begin the week of June 13th. Temporary restriping to the new traffic pattern and updated street signage will be in place at that time. Resurfacing work will follow, and the permanent traffic lines and crosswalk markings will be completed.
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Norwich coffee shop launches new brunch menu and customers love it
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No matter how you like your eggs in the morning, there is something for everyone on the new brunch menu at Artel in Norwich.
The London Street café has launched the new dishes in time for the summer and it is available on Saturdays from 9am to 3pm and Sundays from 10am to 3pm.
On offer is bacon and eggs, a bacon butty, avocado on toast, vegan French toast, a California eggs wrap, and an Irish potato farl, which is a dish with potato pancakes topped with tomato relish and a fried egg with halloumi or bacon.
Roisin O’Donnell, Artel manager, said: "We launched the new menu over the jubilee weekend and the reaction was really positive.
"All week we also do speciality coffees, craft beer, and cocktails along with buns from Fra.Kost in Norwich, homemade cakes, sandwiches, and breakfast buns, with loads of vegetarian and vegan options."
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A historic Black Country football club is to be granted a new 35-year lease on the land where its home ground stands. Bilston Town Community FC's stadium in Queen Street will be the subject of a Community Asset Transfer (CAT), to be approved by the council next week. A lease was previously granted in 2013 for a term of 25 years at a rent of £1 a year.
A derelict piece of land adjacent to the stadium was reacquired by the council and is also set to be transferred to the club. It is hoped to turn the site, which has an estimated value of £2,000, into a car park for members and visitors.
In a report to the council's Cabinet (Resources) Panel, Head of Assets Luke Dove said: "CATs are essentially the transfer of public land to a community organisation such as a development trust, a community interest company or a social enterprise for less than the market value. This achieves a local social, economic or environmental benefit.
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"Bilston Town Community FC's stadium is an active sports ground comprised of a single playing pitch, spectator stands and welfare and administrative buildings. The club has been in existence for 128 years and has a rich history. The story of the football club is indelibly interlinked and interwoven with the social, cultural and industrial history of Bilston."
MP Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton SE) is honorary president of the club's board of directors and has his offices in the town. "Under its current management, the board has consciously and clearly recognised that the role of a football club like Bilston should and must be wider than just putting a team on the pitch on a Saturday," added Mr Dove.
"It has therefore sought and been awarded charitable status in recognition of its wider remit as a community club. To oversee and guide this work the club has appointed a board of charity trustees."
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Bilston FC is currently seeking funding for three projects via Sport England, the Football Foundation, the Premier League Development Fund and The National Lottery. "The projects are to install a 3G artificial pitch, to convert the adjacent land into a car park to support club growth and to improve general facilities at the club," said Mr Dove.
"The transfer of the adjacent land and its subsequent conversion into a car park will improve safety and security in the immediate area, and replace the current overgrown site with a clean and well-maintained car park."
Bilston FC is also in the process of setting up a membership scheme for supporters which will enable them to elect a representative to the board who will then be eligible to vote at its AGM. Established in 1894, the club moved to Queen Street in 1919. Floodlights were installed in 1953 and were first used for a match against Wolves. A record crowd of 8,000 watched Wolves win 4-2. | https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/new-stadium-lease-bilston-town-24177307 | 2022-06-08T16:22:46Z | https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/new-stadium-lease-bilston-town-24177307 | false | 1 |
New 65+ Primary Care Clinics Continuing to Raise The Standard For Healthcare in North Florida
TAMPA, Fla., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VIPcare, a patient-focused primary care network based in Florida, is excited to be teaming up with Greyson Thomas, M.D. for Better Health with the opening of two new VIPcare primary care clinics located in Ocala and Fort McCoy.
Dr. Thomas, previously of Thomas Internal Medicine, will be the primary care physician at VIPcare's newest locations. He is board-certified in internal medicine and brings extensive clinical experience in providing care to the residents of Ocala and Fort McCoy.
VIPcare is excited to be partnering with Dr. Thomas, and together they look forward to transforming primary care and offering quality healthcare to Medicare beneficiaries.
With the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on community health resulting in a national epidemic of delayed health screenings and worsened chronic conditions, VIPcare has adapted to the risks and has remained committed to delivering the first line of care in communities. In addition, they have successfully and safely maintained continuity of care to their patients with both preventive and routine care.
"It is with great excitement and positivity that I embark on a new journey in my medical career by joining VIPCare," Dr. Thomas said. "The resources and support that VIPCare can offer will allow me to improve the timeliness and quality of care that my staff and I can provide to the people of Marion County. I look forward to creating personal relationships with new patients while fostering existing relationships with current patients as we strive to achieve our goal of Better Health for all!"
VIPcare uses a model that puts quality time spent between a doctor and patient at the forefront. By spending more time with the physician, VIPcare believes patients will get more thorough diagnoses and treatments, leading to a better quality of life and less time spent in the hospital.
Unlike other healthcare providers, VIPcare encourages patients to see their physicians often where highly specialized care is created just for them and their specific needs.
In efforts to guide patients to Better Health, VIPcare helps to eliminate potential health care burdens by offering services including same-day appointments, transportation assistance to and from clinics, and virtual visits when needed. VIPcare physicians are dedicated to always doing what needs to be done to provide a better experience and the highest quality of care to their patients. They believe in quality, not quantity.
VIPcare primary care physicians walk side-by-side with their patients, providing them with access to comprehensive health care services, which allows them to take a proactive role in their health care journey.
The new VIPcare clinics, located at 1111 NE 25th Ave., Ste. 301, Ocala, FL 34470 and 15035 NE Hwy 315, Fort McCoy, FL 32134, are now accepting patients who receive Medicare Advantage plan benefits. Those interested in scheduling an appointment at either clinic can call 352-290-2506 or visit www.getvipcare.com to learn more.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday called a special session for the Republican-controlled Legislature to repeal the state’s dormant 173-year-old law banning abortion, a move that’s more likely to win him political points with his Democratic base in a reelection year than it is to result in a repeal.
Republicans legislators support banning abortion and are not obligated to take any action during the special session. They ignored other special session that Evers called asking them to take action on issues such as gun control, increasing school funding and sending rebate checks to taxpayers.
“This isn’t about politics — it’s about empathy, compassion, and doing the right thing,” Evers said in a statement. “It’s about making sure the people we care about get the healthcare they need when they need it.”
All of the Republicans running in the Aug. 9 primary to challenge Evers support a total ban on abortion, with no exceptions for circumstances such as rape or incest. Republicans are expected to retain their strong legislative majority following the November election.
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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Republican Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu did not immediately reply to messages seeking their reaction to Evers’ special session call. Vos told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in May that he would like to see exceptions for rape and incest if Wisconsin’s ban on abortion takes effect, signaling future political fights over the scope of the ban should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
Evers called on the Legislature to meet on June 22 to repeal the dormant 1849 law that makes abortion a criminal offense except to save the recipient's life. If the Supreme Court repeals repeals Roe, as was detailed in a leaked draft opinion, the state law would go back into effect.
“We can’t wait for this decision to arrive on our doorstep,” Evers said. “We must act now.”
Wisconsin's abortion ban law is expected to be challenged in court should Roe be overturned. One major question is how that ban would interact with a related state law passed in 1985 that prohibits abortions after the fetus has reached viability but has an exemption for women whose health could be endangered by continuing the pregnancy. Abortion-rights groups have argued for a broad interpretation of that exemption to include a woman's emotional and mental health.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, a Democrat, has said he thinks the 1849 law is too old to enforce. He has also said he will not investigate or prosecute doctors who perform abortions if the old law does take effect again.
Evers and other supporters of abortion rights have pointed to polls that show widespread support for keeping abortion legal. A Marquette University Law School poll last year found that 61% of Wisconsin residents support the right to an abortion “in all or most cases.”
“It’s time to listen to the people of Wisconsin and to act to protect our freedoms, our health, our lives and our futures," said Tanya Atkinson, president of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin, in a statement supporting Evers' special session call.
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By Ian McConnell
The UK economy will stagnate next year, to be by far the worst-performing economy of the Group of Seven leading industrialised nations in 2023, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development is now forecasting.
The think-tank, highlighting the major detrimental impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the global economy, declared the UK Government “should consider slowing fiscal consolidation to support growth”. It observed the Boris Johnson administration had already started to tighten fiscal policy.
In December, the Paris-based OECD had projected the UK would grow by 2.1% next year so the new forecast of zero expansion represents a sharp downgrade.
The think-tank projects that, among the G7, the US and Italy will be the joint-second-worst performers in 2023, with growth of 1.2%. It forecasts global expansion of 2.8% next year.
The OECD has cut its forecast of global growth this year from 4.5% to 3%. It has reduced its forecast of UK expansion this year to 3.6%, from 4.7% in December last year, although this would still mean the country would be the second-best performer in the G7, behind Canada, which is projected to achieve gross domestic product growth of 3.8% this year.
It said of the UK: “Fiscal policy has to balance gradual fiscal tightening with well-targeted support to protect vulnerable households from the rising cost of living and significant spending and investment needs to support productivity.”
The OECD added: “The UK economy is susceptible to economic spill-over effects from Russia’s invasion into Ukraine through rising energy prices and supply-chain disruptions. The United Kingdom has limited direct trade and financial linkages with Russia and Ukraine, but higher global energy prices add to the squeeze on household incomes, which are now declining in real terms.”
It observed: “Fiscal policy has started to tighten, with the main pandemic support measures phased out at the end of 2021. Other measures, such as the temporary reduced VAT (value-added tax) rates on hospitality and recreational services, ended on 31 March 2022. To return to a sustainable fiscal path, the Government has committed to a gradual medium-term fiscal consolidation plan, with planned increases in tax revenues and increased investment.”
However, it declared: “The Government should consider slowing fiscal consolidation to support growth.”
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Kenyan Woman Stuck in India Pleads for Help to Return Home
A Kenyan woman Anne Wanjiru Kariuki who is currently in India has emotionally cried in a video asking for help from good wishers to get her back home.
In the video that has now gone viral on various social media platforms, Wanjiru is seen crying as tears of despondency cascade down her ruddy visage. The woman who has been in the away from Kenya for a while now wants to be return home even without a passport as she claims that another Kenyan woman identified as Rosemary Wairimu confiscated her Passport to block her mobility.
Wanjiru further said that Wairimu aided her travel from Kenya to India but was unable to pay back the money, so Wairimu went ahead and forced her to sell her body to Indian men to help her raise the money to pay her.
Without a passport, she says she has found it hard to seek help from the embassy and wants anyone who knows how to go about it to intervene and salvage the situation.
With her children back in Kenya, Wairimu is demanding Ksh100,000 to release her passport, something she cannot deal with at the moment and wants to be home and take care of her children who are currently not getting any aid from her family members.
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BRAMBLETON, Va., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VivSoft, a productized services company focused on solving complex problems in the public sector using emerging and open technologies, is excited to announce that it has been awarded a prime contract by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under its Solutioning with Holistic Analytics Restructured for the Enterprise (SHARE) BPA with a five-year period of performance and a $90 million ceiling.
Through SHARE, HHS is seeking new ways to enhance data analytics and create actionable insights related to COVID-19 and future pandemics. VivSoft successfully proposed its ENBUILD accelerator to support Data Governance, Data Management, Analytics, and Machine Learning automation and visualizations in SHARE. Built on open-source technologies, ENBUILD automates Data and MLOps lifecycle management capabilities to facilitate the development, testing, evaluation, and categorization of performance metrics to provide faster insights through continuous feedback.
Under SHARE, VivSoft will work with HHS and its Operating Divisions to integrate ENBUILD into federal pandemic response operations and equip decision-makers with open, cloud-agnostic, cost-effective, timely, and data-driven solutions. VivSoft will support services that include IT management and governance, business process analysis, solution architecture and design, application development and configuration, implementation, release and enterprise environment management, and maintenance services.
Navin Gunalan, the CEO of VivSoft, stated, "We are proud to be the only small business amongst the three prime contractors to be awarded the HHS SHARE BPA. We applaud the vision of HHS acquisition and technology leaders to move towards an open-source DevSecOps / MLOps ecosystem."
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A BODY positive influencer has hit back at trolls who urged her to "cover" her body when she's wearing a bikini.
Emily Bispo, who is from the US, took to TikTok after being told that bikinis are “unflattering” on her curvy body.
In a short video, the body confident 23-year-old can be seen flaunting her figure in a two piece bikini as she relaxes on a sunlounger by the pool.
As she lifts up her sunglasses, Emily's expression suggests she's totally unphased by the cruel remark.
The post has since garnered an impressive 261,000 views and has been inundated with comments - with many grateful to Emily for helping to boost their confidence.
"I LOVE YOU SO MUCH THANK U FOR INSPIRING ME TO LOVE MY BODY," enthused one.
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A second praised: "Convince me that there is beauty like this girl in the world."
A third penned: "You make me feel so much better about myself."
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Meanwhile, another wrote: "You rocking it gurl, haters gonna hate."
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And it seems the trolls picked on the wrong woman this time.
After all, Emily has long used her social media platform to help make women feel good in their bodies - no matter what shape or size.
Previously Fabulous shared a video posted by Emily were she revealed the "reality" of trying on summer shorts in the fitting room.
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Russia claimed near-victory Tuesday in its fight for part of an eastern Ukrainian industrial region whose capture is one of Moscow’s main stated war aims, as Ukraine acknowledged that it was waging a tough battle to keep one of its last cities there from falling.
In the fourth month of the Russian invasion, Ukraine redoubled its pleas for more heavy weaponry to parry slow and grinding advances by Moscow’s troops, which are backed by relentless artillery fire, in the contested region known as the Donbas, made up of two eastern provinces, Luhansk and Donetsk.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in remarks by videolink on Tuesday to an event sponsored by Britain’s Financial Times newspaper, said the country needs more “powerful weapons” from the West, as well as political support and stringent sanctions, in order to deny Russia additional battlefield gains.
In response to a question, the Ukrainian leader also offered a sharp retort to French President Emmanuel Macron’s concerns, voiced in recent days, that it was important not to “humiliate” Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukraine took that as implicit pressure to offer Moscow territorial concessions to end the war.
“We are not going to humiliate anyone,” Zelenskyy said. “We are going to respond in kind.”
Moscow’s triumphal claim came from Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who said in televised remarks that 97% of Luhansk had been “liberated” by Russian forces.
Separately on Tuesday, a Defense Ministry spokesman, Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, said some Western-supplied military equipment deployed in the country’s east, including two U.S.-provided artillery systems, had been knocked out by Russian artillery, a claim that could not be independently verified.
Crucial to Moscow’s eastern campaign is control of the industrial city of Severodonetsk, one of only two major population centers in the region that Russia has not yet been able to capture.
Ukraine said its forces were holding on in Severodonetsk — but with difficulty.
“Our armed forces are doing their utmost to defend the city,” Mayor Oleksandr Stryuk told Ukrainian television Tuesday.
Zelenskyy, in his overnight address to the nation, said “fierce street fighting” was underway to keep Severodonetsk in Ukrainian hands.
Ukrainian officials say Russia is throwing more and more military resources into the fight, and Western military officials said Tuesday that Russian forces are apparently trying to isolate the city by cutting off both northern and southern approaches.
“Russia will almost certainly need to achieve a breakthrough” in the area in order to consolidate tactical gains into “operational level success” in the wider region, British military intelligence said in its latest assessment.
Northeast of Severodonetsk, in the Kharkiv region, the regional governor reported that two people had been killed and six injured in a Russian airstrike. The governor, Oleh Sinegubov, said Tuesday on the Telegram messaging app that Russia was targeting civilian homes as well as critical infrastructure.
Zelenskyy told his compatriots that Russia also has set its sights now on Zaporizhzhia, a major southeastern city of nearly three-quarters of a million people that is a gateway to central Ukraine. It is the capital of a province of the same name, and has served as an important way station for Ukrainians fleeing from heavily battered or Russian-occupied areas, such as the fallen city of Mariupol.
“We will do everything for the defense” of Zaporizhzhia and its environs, Zelenskyy said.
Along the eastern front lines, civilian suffering has intensified as bombardment rains down on cities, towns and villages in the path of Russia’s military push.
Over the last 24 hours, Russian forces have fired on more than 20 populated areas in the Donbas provinces of Luhansk and Donetsk, the Ukrainian military said. In an operational report Tuesday, Ukraine’s military General Staff said that, in addition to aiming shellfire at towns and villages, Russia was launching airstrikes on Donetsk.
The Kremlin says it does not deliberately target civilians — which is considered a war crime — but on the ground, mainly elderly residents who have stayed behind face punishing daily barrages that force them to cower in makeshift underground shelters and endure primitive conditions reminiscent of life in pre-industrial times.
“We could never imagine a time where we would have to make fires for cooking,” said Liubov Vedeneeva, a 69-year-old who was chopping wood outside her apartment building in Lysychansk, a city not far from Severodonetsk.
Both lie on the banks of the strategic Seversky Donets River. Zelenskyy described them as “dead cities” after endless waves of Russian bombardment. But in a bid to boost troop morale, he paid an unannounced weekend visit to Ukrainian front lines in Lysychansk.
Control of the Donbas region is now Moscow’s principal declared war aim, after it failed in the war’s early days to seize the capital, Kyiv, and its forces were pushed away from Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city.
On the road toward the eastern front lines, every mile brings signs of the grinding conflict: agricultural fields disfigured by trenches, tow trucks loaded with tanks and rocket launchers, towns with streets emptied of residents save a few pensioners braving the ubiquitous air-raid sirens.
To aid Ukraine in its fight for the region, Britain has said it will supply Ukraine with multiple-launch rocket systems. Ukraine says that is key to knocking out Russian artillery batteries that have been savaging eastern cities and towns.
Russia has warned that it will take unspecified retaliatory measures for delivery of longer-range Western weapons to Ukraine.
More than 100 days in, the war’s impact is felt differently in different parts of the country. In Odesa, the crown jewel of Ukraine’s coastal cities, a normal summer season would see its population swell with tourists. Instead, restaurants were mostly empty, and only a few beachgoers defied warnings of mines.
Other cities, though, are bursting to capacity with those escaping the eastern battle zone. In Dnipro in central Ukraine, a main waypoint for those fleeing the fighting, new arrivals are in constant need of comfort and shelter.
“We’re seeing double the numbers of people we usually have in the city,” said Petro Voytovych, who works at a restaurant that is part of World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit organization that serves meals to crisis-stricken communities.
A major Ukrainian aim is to end a Russian blockade of Ukraine’s ports on the Black Sea — a struggle that has worldwide implications because grain exports have been choked off amid the fighting. Zelenskyy said in his address that he has spoken with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about mediating efforts to ease the blockade.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has cited what he called credible reports of Russian forces pilfering grain stockpiles for attempted sale. The United Nations food agency has repeatedly warned that the Russian invasion could trigger widespread hunger around the world in coming months.
“We need a safety corridor for ships” to enable grain exports, Zelenskyy said in advance of expected talks this week in Ankara, the Turkish capital, to which Moscow, but not Kyiv, will be a party. “Turkey is now finding a format on how to provide us with guarantees.”
Russia sought Tuesday, as it has previously, to put the onus of halted grain supplies on Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ukraine needed to de-mine the waters off Odesa, the country’s main Black Sea port, and said Russia was prepared to escort commercial vessels to international waters.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, appealed to the international community not to turn its eyes away from the country’s lengthening struggle against the Russian invasion. In an interview to air Thursday on ABC, she said “the whole world, and Americans as well,” must refrain from getting “used to this war.”
“Yes, it is far from you, it lasts long and you can get tired of it, but please do not get used to it,” she said in remarks to ABC released Tuesday by her husband’s office. “Because if everyone gets used to it, this war will never end.”
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LOS ANGELES, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cineo Lighting (www.cineolighting.com), an industry leader in innovative production technology lighting, returns to the Cine Gear Expo with the all new, compact-yet-powerful Quantum Studio, the latest in the Cineo QuantumTM series of high power, soft lighting units. With 500W of power, two zones of control, and intuitive touchscreen interface, the Quantum Studio features a CCT range of 2,500k-10,000k, no ballast, and custom effects. The unit is very light weight at less than 30lbs, water resistant, and is made for every studio, big and small. The light will be available for sale and rental starting July 1, 2022.
"The Quantum Studio packs high quality, highly controlled light in a small, portable unit," said Joe Mendoza, Vice President of Sales for Cineo Lighting. "This product is going to be a must-have light for productions around the world."
Cineo's full line features the high power, hard source ReFlex R15 with liquid-cool technology, along with the Quantum II, LB800 and LightBlade, both of which feature zonal and saturated color control. All the company's products use proprietary phosphor-converted white light LEDs, as well as phosphor-converted saturated color LEDs to create a balanced, natural looking spectrum. Digital control and a seamless user experience is provided by the proprietary Cineo Stagelynx software. Optimized for on-location and on-stage production work for features, television, commercials, streaming, and virtual projects, Cineo Lighting solutions are available across the US and the UK through Universal Production Services.
Cineo Lighting is a unit of NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks, and a suite of leading Internet-based businesses. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
CONTACT: Aaron Rogers, aaron.rogers@nbcuni.com
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Ireland legend Robbie Keane marks 14th wedding anniversary with wife Claudine with adorable throwback pics on Instagram
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND legend Robbie Keane has shared a series of adorable throwback photos to Instagram for his wedding anniversary.
Ireland's all-time record goalscorer celebrate the 14th anniversary of his big day with wife Claudine.
The happy couple tied the knot in 2008, in Ballybrack, Co. Dublin.
They have two kids together, Robbie Jr (13) and Hudson (6).
In an Instagram post, complete with throwback photos from their wedding day, Keane said; "Happy 14th wedding anniversary @claudinekeane1 😘 we would all be lost without you love you always ❤️ here’s to many more #dontbelatefordinner 😂"
Claudine, meanwhile, said: "Happy 14th wedding Anniversary. My best friend and soulmate, I will love you forever ❤️ may we continue to laugh and love together..
"It’s been an incredible journey here’s to many more adventures 🍾🥂 @robbiekeane #happyanniversary"
A who's who of football iconography shared their congratulations to the happy couple in Robbie's post.
David Beckham said: "Happy anniversary ❤️❤️ @robbiekeane" while his former England teammate Michael Owen said: "Happy Anniversary both"
Patrick Kluivert offered: "Happy Anniversary to you both mate ❤️" while Real Madrid icon Luis Figo said: "Happy Anniversary bro ❤️"
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Back in March, the Keane's went on a lavish ski holiday, just two months after they travelled to sunny Dubai.
Robbie Keane is Ireland's all-time record goalscorer, with 68 goals to his name from 146 caps.
The next highest scorer who is still playing is Shane Long with 16, although he hasn't played for his country since March 2021, and has not scored since against Moldova in 2016.
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However, one player who believes he has what it takes to fill the Dubliner's shoes is U21 prospect Mipo Odubeko.
The 19-year-old scored a goal and registered one assist in Jim Crawford's boys' 3-0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina.
And the West Ham forward admitted he has his eyes set on Keane's record.
He said: “Of course it’s a target and there is no doubt in my mind that I can beat that once I start playing for the senior team.
“Obviously the main thing is to keep my feet on the ground, keep my head in the game and keep focused.
“Make sure that the 21s qualify for the Euros, score a couple of goals and then I go back to West Ham in the summer. | https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/8917535/robbie-keane-wedding-anniversary-claudine-throwback-pics-instagram/ | 2022-06-08T16:47:39Z | https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/8917535/robbie-keane-wedding-anniversary-claudine-throwback-pics-instagram/ | true | 1 |
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following is a statement from Jen Judson, president of the National Press Club and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute on the settlement in a case brought by photographer Linda Tirado against the City of Minneapolis after Tirado was injured while covering the protests after the murder of George Floyd in May 2020.
"We hope this settlement, in which photographer Linda Tirado received $600,000, brings her some needed closure. We do note that because this was a settlement one of the key questions raised by Ms. Tirado was never tested in court and that is: did the police intentionally target journalists -- for the purpose of stopping or inhibiting news coverage -- when they fired rubber bullets into the crowd. Police actions certainly had that effect on Ms. Tirado who lost the use of one eye from a rubber bullet fired by police. Considering Ms. Tirado makes her living with her eyes, we find the settlement to be insufficient.
"The settlement comes two years after the incident and concludes a long and exhausting period of legal preparation, which appears to be part of a strategy used by authorities to demoralize and outlast journalists seeking legal redress after having been injured by police. At this time, we renew our call for more training of police – in Minneapolis and other cities – on how to interact in a professional manner with working journalists. It should come as no surprise that journalists will cover protests. Police must be prepared to interact in a peaceful and respectful way when they do."
In 2020 Linda Tirado was the Club's John Aubuchon domestic Press Freedom Honoree, the Club's highest honor for press freedom.
Founded in 1908, the National Press Club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists. The Club has 3,000 members representing nearly every major news organization and is a leading voice for press freedom in the U.S. and worldwide.
The National Press Club Journalism Institute promotes an engaged global citizenry through an independent and free press and equips journalists with skills and standards to inform the public in ways that inspire civic engagement.
Contact: Bill McCarren, 202-662-7534 for the National Press Club
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INTRODUCTION
Initial Officer Training Programme (IOTP) provides basic military officer training to Officer Cadets (OCdts) and their equivalents from law enforcement and uniformed services. The programme falls within the tactical level of the Professional Military Education (PME) framework of armed forces and is modelled from the Royal Military Academy Sandhursts’ (RMAS) Commissioning Course. It was designed with the direct support and guidance of RMAS Instructing and Support Staff.
Rationale
Traditionally, the Jamaica Defence Force’s (JDF) longstanding partnerships with militaries across the world has seen its OCdts being trained in academies in the following countries: United States, England, Canada, China and India. Upon the return of OCdts to the JDF, there is a requirement for doctrine and operating procedure standardization due to the varying concepts and differing contents of the training they had undergone. This is normally done at the Unit level and later, through a Young Officers’ Course. The advent of COVID-19 added a new level of complexity to travel, thus negatively affecting the process of sending OCdts overseas. Additionally, the ongoing expansion and restructuring of the Force to cauterize the ballooning threats to national security has caused an increased demand for newly commissioned Second Lieutenants.
Due to the carefully adapted military and academic curricula, IOTP serves as the course to treat with the aforementioned considerations. The methodology used addresses each issue directly and the course, through the delivery of a bespoke training syllabus, is fit for the JDF and is also relevant to the militaries and organizations within the Caribbean region and in other parts of the world.
Concept
Having the RMAS approach to training at its core, IOTP is designed with a syllabus that sees male and female integration throughout training. The course focusses on developing military skills and command with a leadership ‘golden thread’. The course structure allows the Instructing Staff to educate, build, develop and scrutinize an OCdt’s ability to decide and communicate accurately and ethically while under pressure and or stress. The expectation is that on commissioning, an OCdt will be fully cognizant of the responsibilities and personal conditions that being an Officer imposes upon them. The product of the IOTP will be an ethical and robust Officer who has the knowledge, skills, attitudes and intellectual agility to adapt their decision-making process and approach to any environment.
Location
The home of IOTP is the Caribbean Military Academy (CMA) Newcastle, which is located at the Newcastle Hill Station, St Andrew, Jamaica.
Nestled in the cool hills of upper St Andrew and amidst beautiful trees, ferns, ground orchids, delicate wild flowers and a profusion of ginger lilies, is the Newcastle
Training Depot founded in 1841 by Major General Sir William Maynard Gomm (later Field Marshall). Gomm, a veteran of the wars against revolutionary France and Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica from 1840 to 1841, relentlessly badgered the War Office in London to establish a mountain station for British soldiers in Jamaica soon after taking up his post.
The idea of the hill station was first raised by Gomm in a letter dated April 7, 1840 to Governor Sir Charles Metcalfe. Gomm pointed out that while Up Park Camp was an ideal location for a barracks, it was subject to the ravages of yellow fever. In Jamaica the
British garrison was stationed on the plain at Up Park Camp, Stony Hill, Fort Augusta and Port Royal. Here, on the average, 1 soldier died every 2½ days. According to Russell, the year 1838 was considered a ‘good’ year: only 91 men died. In 1839, 110 men perished and in the following year 121. Initially, the British government was conservative in approving a hill station for the troops in Jamaica. They were concerned about the expense of the venture.
In May 1841, London finally sanctioned Gomm’s efforts to build what is thought to be the first permanent mountain station in the British West Indies at Newcastle. The site selected was a coffee plantation protruding from the southern face of the grand ridge of the Blue Mountains. The British government paid £4,230 for the Newcastle site.
At the outbreak of World War II (1939-1945), life at Newcastle changed a little. The British regiment was replaced by Canadian regiments which remained at Newcastle for the duration of the war. With hostilities over in 1945, the Canadians left and once again a British battalion was stationed there.
In 1958, the West Indies Federation was founded and the infantry regiments of the various Caribbean islands were disbanded and reorganized into the West India Regiment. Newcastle became a training depot, training recruits from all over the West Indies as part of the
newly formed West Indies Federation. In 1962 when Federation was disbanded, the West India Regiment was also disbanded. Jamaica simultaneously sought her independence, which was achieved on August 6, 1962. With independence, Newcastle was given to the Jamaican government as part of a general settlement of all military lands in Jamaica. | https://jis.gov.jm/6-000-more-bpo-jobs-since-covid-19/ | 2022-06-08T16:49:07Z | https://jis.gov.jm/6-000-more-bpo-jobs-since-covid-19/ | true | 1001 |
Who is Keilah Kang? Age, boyfriend, diet, workout, nationality, profiles, net worth
The emergence of the new technology has brought forth many opportunities for making a living, especially for the younger generation. Some personalities, such as Keilah Kang, have taken advantage of these platforms to market themselves and make money. But who is she? How has she used social media platforms to gain fame?
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How old is Keilah Kang? The American fashion model was born on June 15, 1996. Kang celebrated her 25th birthday in 2022. She is famous for uploading stunning pictures across her social media platforms. She has worked as a model for top brands such as Oh Polly, Plumeria Swimwear, Bali Body, and other leading clothing labels. Keilah gained worldwide fame at a very young age.
Keilah Kang's profiles
Keilah Kang's age
The American beauty was born in North Carolina, United States of America. Her father is Peter Kang, and her mother is Kathryn Strong. In 2022, Keilah Kang reached the age of 25 years, having been born on the 15th of June 1996.
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What nationality is Keilah Kang?
This social media star has three siblings; sisters named Ashley and Tory and a brother named Kadin. She is a citizen of America but belongs to Korean descent.
Keilah Kang's boyfriend
The social media celebrity is happily married to the love of her life Ben Killian and they were engaged in 2017. Their wedding ceremony was celebrated on May 8, 2018, and was held in North Carolina. Her husband, Ben is a medical doctor by profession.
Keilah Kang's education
She attended Marvin Ridge High School. She later enrolled at the University of North Caroline, Wilmington, to pursue a Bachelor of Science Degree in EXs. After her studies, she started modelling and stepping into the Instagram world.
Keilah Kang's height
Keilah is around 5ft 4inches and her weight is about 57 kg. Her body measurements are 35C-24-36. She is a slim and fit girl who exercises regularly to maintain her beautiful shape.
Millions have been inspired by Keilah Kang's diet to remain fit. According to her posts, she has stated that she is 100% natural and has not undergone any plastic surgery to alter her body appearance as of June 2022.
Career
She has been fascinated with modelling from a tender age. Immediately after she was done with her university studies, she delved into modelling. She created her Instagram account and gained 2.7+ million followers. The profile was disabled around May 2022. Keilah initiated a new Instagram account where she quickly gained almost 10k followers in less than a month.
She landed several modelling opportunities for top clothing brands following her massive following. Some of the notable brands she has worked for include Skate, Bali Body, Freddy USA, Boutine Los Angeles, etc. Photos of these brands are available on Keilah K's website. She has graced the covers of fashion magazines and websites and she promotes these brands on her social media handles which increases her net worth.
Keilah Kang's Instagram and other socials
Keilah's Instagram handle @keilah.k, which she started on November 1, 2012, was disabled in May 2022. She started a new account with the handle, @keilahkang. She posts her workout routine to teach and inspire her followers.
Fast facts about Keilah
- She is an avid animal lover and owns a dog named Crixus.
- Kang loves beachy places and often goes there for photoshoots and vacations.
- She loves outdoor activities such as horse riding, sky diving, scuba, etc.
- Keilah began using Twitter in April 2020.
- In 2017, she visited Disney World with her boyfriend.
- Allegedly, she has not done any surgery on her body to enhance her beauty.
Keilah Kang's net worth
The American social media personality has a net worth estimated at $9.89 million. Her primary source of income is from modelling for leading clothing brands and monetized social media accounts. She has a website where users can access her exclusive content like images and videos by subscribing or purchasing her merchandise.
Above is everything you would love to know about Keilah Kang. She is celebrated as one of the most beautiful and influential social media personalities globally. She has made a mark in the modelling industry and continues to do so.
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Spectrum Asset Management Inc. NB CA cut its stake in iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:AGG – Get Rating) by 1.9% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 27,414 shares of the company’s stock after selling 540 shares during the period. Spectrum Asset Management Inc. NB CA’s holdings in iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF were worth $3,127,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Raymond James & Associates boosted its holdings in iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF by 5.4% in the fourth quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 35,888,631 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,094,175,000 after acquiring an additional 1,849,251 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF by 12.0% in the fourth quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 35,407,324 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,039,268,000 after acquiring an additional 3,797,499 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 26,231,963 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,992,542,000 after acquiring an additional 216,438 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings in iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF by 2.1% in the third quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 14,832,920 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,703,265,000 after acquiring an additional 298,066 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings in iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF by 15.8% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 12,678,990 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,464,000 after acquiring an additional 1,731,859 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.41% of the company’s stock.
AGG stock traded down $0.22 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $102.36. The company had a trading volume of 21,680 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,138,529. iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF has a one year low of $101.47 and a one year high of $116.83. The business has a 50-day moving average of $103.63 and a 200-day moving average of $108.73.
IShares are index funds that are bought and sold like common stocks on national securities exchanges as well as certain foreign exchanges. iShares are attractive because of their relatively low cost, tax efficiency and trading flexibility. Investors can purchase and sell shares through any brokerage firm, financial advisor, or online broker, and hold the funds in any type of brokerage account.
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EasyJet passengers told to bring their OWN food on flights
EASYJET passengers are being warned to bring their own food onto a number of the airline's flights.
The airline has told some travellers that there will be a limited food and drink service.
EasyJet - who has cancelled more than 20 flights today - usually offers snacks and light meals rather than a full dinner service, but this includes toasties, sandwiches and pizza.
However, there is no longer any hot food on some of the routes, although hot drinks remain in place, according to Surrey Live.
Snacks such as crisps, chocolate bars and muffins will still be available along with soft drinks.
Only flights from London Gatwick airport will be affected, and passengers have been told in advance.
However, many families may face having to buy expensive meals from the airport, with many of the shops costing more after security.
Sun Online Travel has contacted easyJet for comment.
Last month, TUI backtracked after telling passengers they wouldn't be serving food on their flights.
If you are prepared enough, you can take food with you through airport security though.
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Blair William & Co. IL cut its holdings in Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:PFG – Get Rating) by 16.6% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 3,639 shares of the company’s stock after selling 725 shares during the period. Blair William & Co. IL’s holdings in Principal Financial Group were worth $263,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in Principal Financial Group by 771.1% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 11,090,467 shares of the company’s stock valued at $802,174,000 after purchasing an additional 9,817,312 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its stake in Principal Financial Group by 23.0% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 4,781,997 shares of the company’s stock valued at $307,960,000 after purchasing an additional 895,728 shares during the period. Alps Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in Principal Financial Group during the 4th quarter valued at about $23,353,000. Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in Principal Financial Group by 38.6% during the 4th quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 773,416 shares of the company’s stock valued at $55,941,000 after purchasing an additional 215,528 shares during the period. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its stake in Principal Financial Group by 143.4% during the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 215,959 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,620,000 after purchasing an additional 127,228 shares during the period. 77.69% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
PFG stock opened at $72.20 on Wednesday. Principal Financial Group, Inc. has a 52-week low of $58.66 and a 52-week high of $80.36. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $71.87 and its 200-day simple moving average is $71.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36, a current ratio of 0.10 and a quick ratio of 0.10. The firm has a market capitalization of $18.24 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.38, a P/E/G ratio of 1.32 and a beta of 1.46.
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 24th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 2nd will be issued a dividend of $0.64 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 1st. This represents a $2.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.55%. Principal Financial Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 43.91%.
A number of research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Piper Sandler boosted their target price on shares of Principal Financial Group from $76.00 to $78.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 6th. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their price target on shares of Principal Financial Group from $82.00 to $79.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, March 3rd. Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on shares of Principal Financial Group from $75.00 to $72.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, March 3rd. Citigroup began coverage on shares of Principal Financial Group in a research note on Monday, May 23rd. They issued a “sell” rating and a $63.00 price target for the company. Finally, Barclays upped their price target on shares of Principal Financial Group from $82.00 to $86.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 9th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $73.33.
In other Principal Financial Group news, EVP Wee Yee Cheong sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $71.00, for a total value of $710,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 37,093 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,633,603. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 1.17% of the stock is owned by insiders.
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Principal Financial Group, Inc provides retirement, asset management, and insurance products and services to businesses, individuals, and institutional clients worldwide. The company operates through Retirement and Income Solutions, Principal Global Investors, Principal International, and U.S. Insurance Solutions segments.
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Disney will not release blockbuster animation “Strange World” in French cinemas, it said Wednesday, in protest against the country’s strict streaming rules.
Under French law, the company’s streaming platform, Disney+, would have to wait 17 months to show the movie after its release in cinemas, which had been due in November.
Disney told AFP it would instead send “Strange World” straight to streaming and skip cinemas entirely, confirming reports by movie website Deadline and French paper Les Echos.
Helene Etzi, Disney France president, told Les Echos that France’s rules were “unfair, constraining and poorly adapted to audience demands.”
“Strange World” is one of its most-anticipated releases of the year, with Jake Gyllenhaal voicing the lead character in the English version of the fantasy adventure tale.
France has tried to prevent streaming platforms from undermining its large cinema network and the TV stations — notably Canal Plus — that finance many of its films and get a shorter wait for prime releases.
The National Federation of French Cinemas said it “protested with the greatest vigour against Disney’s desire to deprive the French of its Christmas animated film.”
The debate over how long to wait between cinema and streaming releases has also been fierce in Hollywood — though with much shorter delays being considered.
After trying various strategies at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the US industry has settled on 45 days as the optimum gap.
Scarlett Johansson sued Disney last year for loss of earnings after it released “Black Widow” simultaneously to cinemas and streamers.
Director Denis Villeneuve said the same move by Warner Bros for his sci-fi blockbuster “Dune” showed “absolutely no love for cinema”.
Even a 45-day window was reportedly not enough for Tom Cruise, who is rumoured to have launched legal action against Paramount to get a longer delay for his next “Mission: Impossible” instalment next year.
So far, Disney has no plans to pull “Lightyear” from French cinemas — the “Toy Story” spin-off is due later this month.
But the fate of other massive productions — including sequels to “Black Panther” and “Avatar” — rests in the balance.
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Aidan O'Brien's two-year-olds have been in superb form this season
Timeform analysis | Aidan O'Brien's Royal Ascot two-year-olds
By Tony McFadden
17:35 · WED June 08, 2022
Tony McFadden uses Timeform ratings to highlight the strength of Aidan O'Brien's current crop of two-year-olds heading into Royal Ascot.
A return of one win - and arguably a fortunate one at that for Tuesday - from the nine Group 1s to have taken place in Britain and Ireland this season represents an underwhelming return for Aidan O'Brien, so high is the bar that he has set.
There's good reason to anticipate O'Brien making a big impact when the juvenile Group 1s come around, however, as his two-year-olds have made a sensational start to the season.
No trainer has racked up more wins in two-year-old races this term than the 13 clocked by O'Brien (the Johnstons are next with 11), and those victories have been achieved at a hugely impressive 50% strike-rate.
Those returns are similar to what O'Brien posted prior to Royal Ascot last season, but in stark contrast to how the stable tended to perform in the years prior to the Covid pandemic, indicating there's been a change in strategy at Ballydoyle.
The figures below show how O'Brien has fared in two-year-old races from the start of the season until one week prior to Royal Ascot. The data for 2020 has been omitted due to the Covid pandemic significantly delaying the start to the season.
2022: 13 wins - 26 runs (50% strike-rate)
2021: 11-22 (50%)
2019: 11-46 (24%)
2018: 10-46 (22%)
2017: 6-40 (15%)
2016: 13-46 (28%)
It's also interesting to compare how much better his representatives in 2021 and 2022 fared on debut than they had in previous campaigns.
2022: 7 wins - 17 debutants (41% strike-rate
2021: 9-17 (53%)
2019: 8-33 (24%)
2018: 3-25 (12%)
2017: 1-24 (4%)
2016: 6-28 (21%)
The data shows that across the last couple of seasons O'Brien has been running fewer juveniles before Royal Ascot, but the ones he has been sending out have been hitting the ground running, lacking for little in the way of fitness or knowhow.
One notable contrast to last year, however, is the quality among his two-year-old crop. Heading into Royal Ascot in 2021 not one of O'Brien's juveniles had earned a Timeform rating of 100. Four of O'Brien's have done so this season, with Blackbeard (108p), Little Big Bear (106p), Age of Kings (104p) and Statuette (100p) among the dozen in training to have hit that benchmark. Karl Burke (Dramatised on 101p and Pillow Talk on 100p) has excelled with his fillies this term and is the only other trainer with more than one two-year-old who has hit a rating of 100 or higher, highlighting the strength in depth among O'Brien's current crop.
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We Tried Out Ryan Reynolds' Caesar Recipe So You Don't Have To & It's Honestly So Bad
Neither of us wanted to finish the drink! 👀
This Review article is part of a Narcity Media series. The views expressed are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Narcity Media.
Canadian icon Ryan Reynolds has his own recipe for the classic Canadian cocktail, the Caesar, and we tried it so you don't have to!
Caesar Country is a recipe book by the co-founders of Walter Craft Caesar that was released on June 7, 2022, with contributions from some of Canada's best-known bartenders, chefs and celebrities including Reynolds.
Reynolds shared his very own recipe for what he calls "The Crescent Caesar" and his personal relationship with the iconic drink.
"To me, the taste of a Caesar is the taste of home," the Vancouver-born celeb shared. "It's the quintessential Canadian cocktail and one of the first drinks I ever had. We lived on Crescent Drive, hence the name. My recipe is a Caesar Gin Martini, made dirty."
To make Reynolds' Caesar drink, pour 75 millimetres of Aviation gin, 15 millimetres of dry white vermouth, 15 millimetres of mild Caesar mix, 7.5 millimetres of finely strained lemon juice and one teaspoon of olive brine into a cocktail shaker.
You then fill the shaker with ice, give everything a good stir with a bar spoon, and strain it into a chilled glass to serve once the outside of the shaker is cold.
For garnish, a lemon peel and a few olives complete the cocktail.
Now, here's what the two of us — a Caesar lover and a Caesar hater — think about Reynolds' Caesar Gin Martini!
Sarah's review — a Caesar lover
Sarah's Caesar.Sarah Rohoman | Narcity
I love Caesars, dirty martinis, gin and Ryan Reynolds, so I really thought I was going to enjoy this little taste test, but I was very, very wrong.
After putting it together and taking a sip, I quickly realized "this ain't it," as the kids would say.
It's aggressively alcohol-forward, which is typical for a martini-inspired drink, but it's to the point that you can't really taste any of the other ingredients, which is almost impressive given how strong a flavour both lemon juice and olive brine have.
I couldn't bring myself to finish it, but I hate waste so I doctored it a bit to suit my preferences by adding more Caeser mix, 13 dashes of Tabasco, more olive brine and then transferred everything into a tall glass with some ice. So much better!
I am aware that you're supposed to use green olives in a Caesar and not black but the green kind are weird and I will never change my mind about that.
Lisa's review — a Caesar hater
Lisa's Caesar.Lisa Belmonte | Narcity
As a steadfast Caesar hater, I was pretty certain that I wouldn't like this drink even though it's a version that seems to be less offensive to the taste buds since it's more like a martini with a dash of Caesar flavour than a full-on Caesar.
Once I finished making it and topped it with the lemon peel garnish and olives, I was surprised that it looked quite nice so I thought maybe I wouldn't hate it so much.
However, I was sorely mistaken.
The smell was not good, I blame the Caesar mix and olive brine. Then, the taste was very tangy and very alcohol-y. It also has a really strong aftertaste.
Even though it was a lot of alcohol, I think I would've liked the drink better if it was just the alcohol and no Caesar mix or olive brine. So basically, a martini is better than a Caesar.
While the Canadian celeb tried to make the Caesar nice but there's no saving the cocktail in my opinion — it's just gross.
I couldn't even finish the drink. Sorry, Ryan, please don't come after me!
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The Shiv Sena led Maha Vikas Aghadi on Wednesday heaved a sigh of relief after Samajwadi Party legislators Abu Azmi and Rais Shaikh, who had sought clarification from the ruling partners on its secular credentials, after meeting with the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and a phone call from party chief Akhilesh Yadav, have declared that they will vote for the MVA in the Rajya Sabha election slated for June 10. For MVA and Shiv Sena in particular every vote is crucial for the victory of its second nominee Sanjay Pawar.
There are seven candidates comprising BJP 3, Shiv Sena 2 and NCP and Congress one each in the Rajya Sabha election slated for June 10.
Both Azmi and Shaikh did not attend the meeting of MVA legislators, independents and assembly members of smaller parties held on Tuesday as a show of strength. They had openly expressed serious displeasure over the MVA government’s inability to provide substantial funds to the minority community and especially to the Minority Finance Commission. Azmi and Shaikh were furious over repeated claims over Hindutva by Thackeray and Shiv Sena to checkmate BJP.
However, Azmi after his meeting with Thackeray and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, declared that ‘’Samajwadi Party will vote for MVA. Both CM and DCM have assured to look into varied issues raised by us.’’
Interestingly, a call from Akhilesh Yadav also helped Azmi and Shaikh to assure they will cast a vote in favour of MVA. Akhilesh and Thackeray enjoy good rapport and they are being considered as partners in the much debated alliance of non-BJP parties to take on BJP ahead of next general election.
Further, Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress have been in constant touch with their legislators camping in Trident and Westin hotels and also with independents and members of the smaller parties to avoid poaching from BJP. Senior leaders from Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena on late Wednesday evening met at Trident to review the situation. The Congress legislators will have a meeting on Thursday at Westin where they will be trained on how to cast their votes.
The BJP, which is repeatedly announcing that it is sure of victory of the third nominee, organised meetings of legislators today who are housed in the Taj President hotel. On Thursday, union railway minister Ashwin Vaishnav, who is the RS poll observer, will meet BJP legislators and independents and smaller parties supporting it.
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One of the first things that many of us do when moving to a new town or city is to look for the nearest available GP and get registered. Knowing that you have a GP that is safe and effective at treating any health issues you may have is crucial.
The independent body in charge of reviewing and inspecting GPs, as well as care homes and hospitals is the Care Quality Commission (CQC). After they are inspected, the CQC will publish an in depth report into the service and how it services and treats patients.
The best score a service can get is 'outstanding' with the ratings of 'good', 'requires improvement' then the worst rating of 'inadequate' following in decending order. The following services in Stafford all had their information reviewed by inspectors on May 5, 2022, when it was deemed they need not be re-inspected because of how well they were performing.
Mill Bank Surgery - Address: Water Street, Stafford
Rating: Good
What the report said: "The practice had a clear vision and strategy to deliver high-quality care and promote good outcomes for patients. Staff were clear about the vision and their responsibilities in relation to it.
"There was a clear leadership structure and staff felt supported by the management team. The practice had policies and procedures to govern activity and held regular governance meetings.
"The practice had good facilities and was well equipped to treat patients and meet their needs. Patients said they were treated with compassion, dignity and respect."
Full report published: May 17 2016
Wolverhampton Road Surgery - Address: Wolverhampton Road, Stafford, ST17 4BS
Rating: Good
What the report said: "There was an open and transparent approach to safety and an effective system in place for reporting and recording significant events. Risks to patients were assessed and well managed.
"Staff assessed patients’ needs and delivered care in line with current evidence-based guidance. Staff had been trained to provide them with the skills, knowledge and experience to deliver effective care and treatment.
"Patients said they were treated with compassion, dignity and respect and they were involved in their care and decisions about their treatment. Information about services and how to complain was available and easy to understand. Improvements were made to the quality of care as a result of complaints and concerns."
Full report published: May 18, 2016
Castlefields Surgery - Address: Castle Way,Stafford, ST16 1BS
Rating: Good
What the report said: "Appropriate checks were undertaken to ensure vaccines are always stored in line with manufacturers’ guidelines. The nursing roles were clearly defined.
"Staff assessed patients’ needs and delivered care in line with current evidence-based guidance. Staff had been trained to provide them with the skills, knowledge and experience to deliver effective care and treatment.
"The practice had good facilities and was well equipped to treat patients and meet their needs. There was a clear leadership structure and staff felt supported by management. The practice proactively sought feedback from staff and patients, which it acted on."
Full report published: April 20, 2016
Stafford Health and Wellbeing - Address: Whitgreave Court, Stone Road, Stafford, ST16 3EB
Rating: Good
What the report said: "Patients said they found it easy to make an appointment with a GP and there was continuity of care, with urgent appointments available the same day. Staff worked with other health care professionals to understand and meet the range and complexity of patients’ needs.
"We saw staff treated patients with kindness and respect, and maintained patient and information confidentiality. The provider was aware of and complied with the requirements of the duty of candour. The partners encouraged a culture of openness and honesty.
"The practice had systems in place for notifiable safety incidents and ensured this information was shared with staff to ensure appropriate action was taken The practice proactively sought feedback from staff and patients, which it acted on. The patient participation group was active."
Full report published: September 28, 2016
Rising Brook Surgery - Address: The Health Centre, Merrey Road, Stafford, ST17 9LY
Rating: Good
What the report said: "A safe and effective system had been implemented to manage the GP workflow throughout the practice. There was a formal system in place to share learning from significant events with all staff and an analysis of trends had been completed.
"Patients received care and treatment from an effective skill mix of staff. Staff were well supported with their personal development and had the skills, knowledge and experience to deliver effective care and treatment.
"There was a clear leadership structure and staff felt supported by management who encouraged a culture of openness and honesty. There was a focus on continuous learning and improvement at all levels. Staff were supported with significant opportunities for professional development."
Full report published: August 1, 2016
Weeping Cross - Address: Weeping Cross Health Centre, Bodmin Avenue, Stafford, ST17 0EG
Rating: Good
What the report said: "The practice provided care in a way that kept patients safe and protected them from avoidable harm. Patients received effective care and treatment that met their needs.
"Staff dealt with patients with kindness and respect and involved them in decisions about their care. The practice organized and delivered services to meet patients’ needs. Patients could access care and treatment in a timely way. The way the practice was led and managed promoted the delivery of high-quality, person-centre care."
Report published: October 29, 2019
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Nuclear test veterans demand recognition at first meeting with Prime Minister
Boris Johnson was told about debilitating health issues suffered by servicemen and their descendants as a result of radiation exposure.
People affected by Britain’s atomic experiments have asked for formal recognition for nuclear test veterans in their first ever official meeting with a prime minister.
A group including a nuclear bomb test veteran, a widow and four descendants told Boris Johnson about their experiences of the tests and the debilitating health problems they suffered as a consequence.
Alan Owen, founder of the Labrats International charity for atomic test survivors, told the PA news agency: “We met with him and he looked us in the eye and we told him why these men deserve recognition.
“We’re the only country in the world that has not given formal recognition.
“Everybody else has, including the Isle of Man, Fiji, New Zealand, America, France.
“It’s just 70 years of denial by the MoD (Ministry of Defence) to not recognise what happened; it’s not taught in schools, there’s no education”.
The campaigners are also calling for “research into the descendants who suffer lots of genetic problems and birth defects”, Mr Owen said.
Mr Owen’s own father was at Christmas Island during nuclear testing in 1962 and died from heart conditions at the age of 52.
His sister was born blind in one eye, his elder brother died aged 31, and Mr Owen recently suffered a cardiac arrest.
John Morris, the veteran at the meeting, has previously spoken of how he and other low-ranking personnel were used as “human guinea pigs” during Grapple bomb tests at Christmas Island, leaving him to fight prostate cancer and anaemia later in life and lose a child to sudden infant death syndrome.
Susie Boniface, a journalist who has long reported on the ex-servicemen’s campaign for justice and was at the 40-minute meeting, said the Prime Minister was “really horrified to hear the stories of early death, ill health, Government cover-ups, dead children”.
She said Mr Johnson vowed to investigate possible crimes committed by the state against its own servicemen, to open up archives and to reconsider the campaigners’ demand for a medal to mark the Plutonium Jubilee, the 70-year milestone since the first British nuclear test in October 1952.
She told PA: “We’ve been campaigning for a medal since 2018 and they’ve been turned down three times because the medal committee said there was no risk and rigour to their service.”
“We also discussed … the fact that (US President) Joe Biden is giving a medal to America’s nuclear test veterans, including possibly British servicemen who were at the American tests on the instruction of our Government,” she added.
Approximately 20,000 British soldiers, mostly conscripts, witnessed hundreds of atomic tests and were exposed to radiation.
The most notorious was the Operation Grapple Y in 1958 which was over 100 times more powerful than the bombs which levelled Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
There are an estimated 1,500 surviving ex-servicemen of the experiments.
The meeting in Westminster came following a request from Labour MP Rebecca Long-Bailey, with Conservative MP Sir John Hayes, patron of the BNTVA charity for atomic veterans, also participating.
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DURHAM, N.C., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Creative and media agency McKinney has launched a new practice, McKinney Health, to bring together world class creative, data-driven strategy and long-standing health expertise. The agency tapped Michael McNamara, former President of Havas Life New York, to lead the practice.
Health and wellness is at the forefront of our minds after the last two years and many brands outside of the traditional health vertical now see things through a health and wellness lens. Innovation in preventative care, wearables, tele-health, nutrition and the like have expanded the need for brands to break through the clutter and connect directly with consumers. McKinney Health will serve new health, wellness and life science clients while also lending support to clients across all of McKinney's diverse verticals including Food & Beverage, CPG, Tech, Retail and more.
Michael McNamara will lead McKinney Health as Managing Director, after working as President of Havas Life New York for seven years. McNamara's most recent experience was leading the agency that launched Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine and COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid. He has served clients ranging from high-science brands to wellness brands like ALL Free & Clear laundry detergent, to tech brands like the first Bluetooth-enabled inhaler for asthma.
"We wanted to create a modern offering, combining our culture and social-first creative approach with deep expertise in the health and wellness category. Michael not only has one of the best resumes in healthcare marketing, but he sees the future of health and wellness marketing the same way that we do," said Joe Maglio, CEO, McKinney. "When clients come to McKinney they will receive award winning brand strategy and creative thinking, with access to industry veterans who have been working in health for decades."
McKinney Health will pair the expertise of a health-focused agency with creatives and strategists who understand deeper consumer insights and cultural narratives. Unlike many health agencies, McKinney Health will be completely integrated within McKinney for the best Strategic, Creative and Media thinking. Given that health and wellness is a $1 trillion dollar market and growing, breaking through and gaining attention will be critical. McKinney Health won't yield the same old same old work that is typical of the category.
"After being in the health and wellness space for so long, I've seen that there can be a disconnect on the marketing side that makes health & wellness options less approachable and accessible for some consumers," said McNamara. "McKinney has a stellar reputation strategically and creatively, and lives their values of Smarts and Hearts®. It is an ideal company to launch this new practice. McKinney has a nimble, entrepreneurial spirit that is needed for this type of integrated practice to succeed."
McKinney Health will have top talent across all McKinney offices - Durham, New York, Dallas and Los Angeles - and McNamara will be based in the New York office. As part of the Cheil Worldwide network, McKinney Health will also have access to health and wellness expertise around the world to deliver against client needs on a global scale. McKinney Health has already signed clients in wellness, health & life sciences. Health and wellness advertising veteran Darcy McCarthy has been hired as Group Client Director to help build the practice, and McKinney Health is planning significant A-List hires throughout 2022.
McKinney is a creative and media agency headquartered in Durham, NC, with locations in Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York. Part of the Cheil Worldwide network, McKinney's footprint gives us direct access to Main Street America while being steeped in the latest in entertainment, emerging trends, and innovation. We partner with clients — from the top marketers in the world to nonprofits — to help them realize their untapped potential.
McKinney has been recognized by Cannes Lions, Effies, The One Show, D&AD, ANDY, CLIO, LIA, the Shortys, and The Webby Awards, among others. Our client roster includes Pampers, Little Caesars, Blue Diamond, Stop & Shop, Crocs, ESPN, Samsung, Columbia Sportswear, Sherwin-Williams and Choice Hotels International, as well as pro bono clients Urban Ministries of Durham and the Ad Council. For more information, visit mckinney.com.
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International Business Machines (IBM) is winding down its business in Russia and has started to lay off its employees in the country, according to a memo to staff sent last week and emailed to Reuters on Tuesday.
After Russia invaded Ukraine in February, IBM joined hundreds of other companies in suspending business in the country. Many others had announced a complete exit from Russia.
"As the consequences of the war continue to mount and uncertainty about its long-term ramifications grows, we have now made the decision to carry out an orderly wind-down of IBM's business in Russia," Chief Executive Arvind Krishna wrote to employees.
Krishna told Reuters early last month that he was not sure how much longer the company could pay its employees in Russia in light of escalating sanctions.
An IBM spokesman said there were several hundred employees in Russia.
"Our colleagues in Russia have, through no fault of their own, endured months of stress and uncertainty... I want to assure them that IBM will continue to stand by them and take all reasonable steps to provide support and make their transition as orderly as possible," Krishna wrote.
Last week, Russian subscribers have lost access to streaming giant Netflix in the latest pullout of a Western company over the conflict in Ukraine.
The Netflix site and apps were no longer available from June 3 and a Netflix spokesperson confirmed that subscribers no longer had access.
"This is the fulfilment of the withdrawal from the Russian market" announced in March, a Netflix spokesperson told AFP.
The US-based platform announced in early March that it was withdrawing from Russia after Moscow sent thousands of troops into pro-Western Ukraine. | https://gadgets360.com/internet/news/ibm-wind-down-russian-operation-ukraine-s-invasion-lay-off-employees-3049220 | 2022-06-08T17:18:31Z | https://gadgets360.com/internet/news/ibm-wind-down-russian-operation-ukraine-s-invasion-lay-off-employees-3049220 | true | 1 |
- Hiring eligibility changes are intended to create more career opportunities for more people in Battle Creek
- High school diploma, GED no longer required for production roles; bilingual candidates encouraged to apply; pay increases effective since April
- DENSO is hosting a walk-in career fair for interested candidates on June 15th
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DENSO, a leading mobility supplier, has updated hiring criteria and increased wages at its thermal manufacturing facility in Battle Creek, Michigan. Interested candidates can attend a career fair on June 15, 1-5 p.m. ET, at 1 DENSO Road in Battle Creek to learn how DENSO is creating more opportunities for more people. They also can apply online for positions today at the DENSO careers page.
The new hiring changes in Battle Creek include:
- High school diplomas or GEDs are no longer required for production roles. DENSO will continue to offer GED preparation training.
- Increased pay and placement for candidates with 4 years of experience. Experienced manufacturing candidates who have worked the last four years in manufacturing for no more than two employers are eligible to be hired at the Associate III level.
- High school to technical career program. Recent graduates can now apply to Associate I positions, or if they pass DENSO's mechanical assessment, to Lead Associate positions. This change creates new manufacturing career paths for young professionals.
- Career growth opportunities for bilingual skills. Bilingual candidates with Burmese, Spanish and French speaking skills are encouraged to apply for Lead Associate, Subleader and Team Leader positions.
- Pay Increases, effective since April, for the following roles:
o Production Employees: up to $25.75 per hour
o Advanced Machine Operators: up to $25.75 per hour
o Machine Maintenance Employees: up to $40.12 per hour
"We made these updates with a clear goal in mind: to create more opportunities for more people in Battle Creek to start and build their manufacturing careers," said April O'Neal, a director of North America Human Resources at DENSO and based in Battle Creek. "We want people to know that if they have work ethic and a desire to learn, we'll provide resources and support that will help them grow their skills and advance."
In addition to these changes, employees receive competitive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision care, and a matching 401(k) program. They also get top-notch training in safe and clean environments and have access to onsite amenities like technical training and health centers, a pharmacy, credit union, cafeteria and more. New hires will not just find jobs – they will have the opportunity to build careers.
Additional walk-in career fairs will be held every Tuesday from 9-11 a.m. and 2-4 p.m. ET.
DENSO is a $45.1 billion global mobility supplier that develops advanced technology and components for nearly every vehicle make and model on the road today. With manufacturing at its core, DENSO invests in its 198 facilities to produce electrification, powertrain and thermal systems, mobility electronics & advanced devices to create jobs that directly change how the world moves. The company's 167,000+ employees are paving the way to a mobility future that improves lives, eliminates traffic accidents, and preserves the environment. Globally headquartered in Kariya, Japan, DENSO spent 9.0 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and development in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. For more information about global DENSO, visit https://www.denso.com/global/en/.
In North America, DENSO is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, and employs 27,000+ engineers, researchers, and skilled workers across 51 sites in the U.S, Canada, and Mexico. In the United States alone, DENSO employs 17,700+ employees across 14 states (and the District of Columbia) and 41 sites. In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, DENSO in North America generated $9.5 billion in consolidated sales. DENSO is committed to advancing diversity and inclusion inside the company and beyond – a principle that brings unique perspectives together, bolsters innovation, and pushes DENSO forward. Join us, and craft not only how the world moves, but also your career: densocareers.com. For more information, go to https://www.denso.com/us-ca/en/
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Mercury's new web-based application enables policyholders to digitally submit a claim through an easy-to-use portal on their devices
LOS ANGELES, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mercury Insurance (NYSE: MCY) has just announced a new web-based application to help policyholders file a claim digitally immediately following an accident with ease and security. Through a series of recognizable prompts, the software allows drivers to submit their claim with the help of maps and emoji-driven questions about the accident and its surrounding circumstances.
"This new application provides a faster, easier way for customers to file an insurance claim," said Brian Hudson, Senior Divisional Manager, Claims Transformation. "The software is user-friendly, allowing drivers to describe what led up to the incident and where it took place through a series of images and maps."
Policyholders will be able to step through every part of the accident with a series of easily understood questions without being asked for repetitive information. Drivers can indicate precisely where their vehicle was damaged by dropping a pin on a map highlighting their location and even the weather at the time of the incident, along with photos submitted from their smartphones.
While filing a claim, policyholders will be given access to connect either through the app, web portal, an integrated URL link, or by telephone that will match their information. Policyholders who call in will be given a link via text to their cell phone as the first option for filing a report. Those who do not want that option will be directed to speak a customer service representative. This will improve speed and accuracy by allowing drivers to file under four minutes without having to fill out any lengthy forms.
Drivers will also have the option to be connected to a Mercury authorized repair shop through the Direct Repair Program or access a local body shop, tow, or car rental service while speaking directly with an adjuster should they have any questions.
"The user interface software was as simple and aesthetic as possible making it so easy to use," said policyholder Elise Razmi. "While going through the steps I didn't have any question about what to do next and I liked that. I especially liked the inclusion of emojis with each step to decrease the possibility of me making any careless errors."
When developing this new claims filing application, Mercury wanted to be cognizant of what the process would be like for the customer.
"Policyholders are usually filing claims after a stressful experience," said Hudson. "We want to provide them with the digital technology and personal expertise to help ensure their claims are filed quickly and accurately."
Mercury Insurance (NYSE: MCY) is a multiple-line insurance carrier predominantly offering personal auto, homeowners, renters and commercial insurance through a network of independent agents in Arizona, California, Illinois, Georgia, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia, as well as auto insurance in Florida. Mercury writes other lines of insurance in various states, including business owners and business auto, landlord, home-sharing, ride-hailing and mechanical protection insurance.
Since 1962, Mercury has provided customers with tremendous value for their insurance dollar by pairing ultracompetitive rates with excellent customer service. Mercury has earned "A" ratings from A.M. Best and Fitch, as well as ranking highest in the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Insurance Digital Experience StudySM and four consecutive "Best Auto Insurance Company" awards from Insure.com. For more information visit https://www.mercuryinsurance.com/ or follow the company on Twitter or Facebook.
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BJP announces 16 candidates for MLC biennial polls from UP, Maha & Bihar
New Delhi: BJP on Wednesday announced 16 candidates for the biennial election to the Legislative Council from Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bihar.
In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has fielded Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and other ministers of Yogi Adityanath government.
BJP national general secretary Arun Singh, in a statement, said: “The BJP Central election Committee has approved the following names for the biennial election to the Legislative Council from Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bihar.”
The BJP has fielded nine candidates for Legislative Council of Uttar Pradesh which includes seven ministers — Maurya, Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh, JPS Rathore, Narendra Kashyap, Dayashankar Mishra Dayalu, Jaswant Saini and Danish Azad Ansari. The list also includes names of Mukesh Sharma and Banvarilal Dohre.
Besides, Pravin Yashwant Darekar, Ram Shankar Shinde, Shrikant Bharatiya, Uma Girish Khapre and Prasad Minesh Lad have been picked up for Maharashtra Legislative Council.
Hari Sahni and Anil Sharma are two BJP candidates for Bihar Legislative Council. | https://indileak.com/2022/06/bjp-announces-16-candidates-for-mlc-biennial-polls-from-up-maha-bihar/ | 2022-06-08T17:21:10Z | https://indileak.com/2022/06/bjp-announces-16-candidates-for-mlc-biennial-polls-from-up-maha-bihar/ | false | 3 |
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LONDON (Reuters) -British prosecutors said on Wednesday they had authorised charges to be brought against former Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein on two counts of indecent assault against a woman 26 years ago.
"Charges have been authorised against Harvey Weinstein, 70, following a review of the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police in its investigation," said Rosemary Ainslie, head of the Crown Prosecution Service's (CPS) Special Crime Division.
A spokesman for Weinstein had no immediate comment.
The CPS said the alleged assault took place in August 1996 in London. London's Metropolitan Police said the accusation involved a woman, now aged in her 50s.
Weinstein is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence in the United States after being convicted in 2020 of assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi and raping former aspiring actor Jessica Mann.
That conviction was upheld by a New York appeals court last week.
The verdict was considered a landmark in the #MeToo movement where women came forward to accuse dozens of powerful men of sexual misconduct. Many view the accusations against Weinstein, which surfaced in 2017, as the key spark for that movement.
"The Crown Prosecution Service reminds all concerned that criminal proceedings against the defendant are active and that he has the right to a fair trial," Ainslie said.
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America’s heartbreak: Here are some of the victims and stories of recent shootings that Congress may spotlight
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN
Parents of victims and a survivor of the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, will speak at a hearing held by the US House Oversight Committee on Wednesday about the gun violence epidemic.
“This hearing is ultimately about saving lives, and I hope it will galvanize my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to pass legislation to do just that,” Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York, the committee’s chairwoman, said in a statement.
Ahead of the 10 a.m. ET hearing, here is CNN’s past coverage of the shootings at a grocery store in Buffalo and an elementary school in Uvalde.
What we know about the victims at Robb Elementary School
Nineteen children ages 10 and 11 were killed after a gunman opened fire inside a classroom at Robb Elementary School. Fourth grade teachers Irma Garcia and Eva Mireles were also killed in the shooting on May 24.
Here’s what friends and relatives want everyone to remember about the people they lost.
What we know about the Buffalo shooting victims
Ten people were killed in a shooting at a Buffalo supermarket last month — a massacre authorities believe was racially motivated. Thirteen people, ages 20 to 86, were shot. Eleven were Black and two were White, according to Buffalo police.
Zeneta Everhart, the mother of one of the survivors, Zaire Goodman, is expected to address the House panel on Wednesday. Goodman, 21, worked at the supermarket and is the only Black person who was shot and survived.
Here’s how loved ones are remembering those who lost their lives in Buffalo.
An 11-year-old survivor of the Uvalde shooting says she smeared blood on herself and played dead
Miah Cerrillo, an 11-year-old survivor of the Uvalde shooting, also is expected to testify before the House committee on Wednesday.
She had previously spoken exclusively to CNN about her horrific experience that day inside the classroom where the mass shooting took place.
Cerrillo had feared the gunman would come back for her, so she smeared herself with her friend’s blood and played dead.
She said it felt like three hours that she had lain there, covered in her classmate’s blood, with her friends.
Lexi Rubio, 10-year-old victim of Uvalde shooting, named to honor roll before gunman took her life
Ten-year-old Lexi Rubio had attended an honor roll ceremony with her parents minutes before the gunman opened fire in her classroom and took her life.
Her parents, Felix and Kimberly Rubio, are scheduled to appear at Wednesday’s congressional hearing.
Felix Rubio spoke to CNN’s Jason Carroll. Watch the full interview.
Buffalo residents mourn loved ones and a community’s haven
CNN’s Alaa Elassar spoke to residents of Buffalo’s Masten Park neighborhood about the massacre that shattered their community’s haven.
“The beloved Tops is the only supermarket in a 4-mile radius within this largely Black neighborhood and one that took more than a decade to get. It has now been scarred by a deadly rampage whose remnants are evident in the stretches of police tape that now guard the store,” Elassar writes.
“Tops market was a place of community, a safe space for us to meet, to talk, to be together,” Phylicia Dove told CNN. “There’s no one here who hasn’t visited this Tops. It was ours. Even if it wasn’t the best, it was ours, and now our safe space has been infiltrated and taken from us and that is something we are mourning.”
Read the full story.
13 mass shootings over the weekend
More than a dozen people were killed and more than 70 wounded in at least 13 mass shootings this past weekend in the US.
That included a shooting on Philadelphia’s South Street, where at least two people were killed and 11 others hit by gunfire.
The country is on pace to match or surpass last year’s total of mass shootings, which is the worst on record, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
Latest on gun negotiations
The two leading Republican senators involved in congressional talks on federal gun legislation said Monday that they are looking at changing the criminal background check system to access juvenile records before gun sales are complete.
But they also signaled Monday that it’s unlikely Congress will raise the age requirement for purchasing semi-automatic firearms to 21.
Negotiators are considering a handful of ideas such as incentivizing states to enact so-called “red flag” laws, which allow guns to be temporarily taken away from individuals deemed a danger to themselves or others.
Read more about the bipartisan negotiations.
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BROOKVILLE, N.Y., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Roosevelt School and the Society of Presidential Descendants today announced they will host an inaugural gala, honoring Doris Kearns Goodwin, a leading presidential historian, Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times #1 best-selling author, for her career achievements.
The inaugural event will be held on June 11 at the LIU Post campus in Brookville. The schedule of events includes:
- Panel discussions led by the Society of Presidential Descendants entitled "Living in the White House," featuring personal stories of the Descendants' ancestors and reflections on their leadership.
- Symposium titled "What You Don't Know About Theodore Roosevelt" on the personal life and legacy of President Theodore Roosevelt hosted by his great-grandson Tweed Roosevelt, president and co-founder of The Society of Presidential Descendants, and chairman and professor at The Roosevelt School.
"Long Island University is a national leader in presidential studies, service learning, and civic education," said University President Kimberly R. Cline. "Our ambitious academic and research agenda provides opportunities for students to grow as thought leaders and innovators who will serve and inspire their communities."
The Gala will take place inside the "White House Experience" at The Roosevelt School, featuring replicas of the executive mansion's most famous rooms.
"The gala will be a unique opportunity for participants to hear personal stories direct from family members about their presidential ancestors," said Tweed Roosevelt. "We are proud to honor Doris Kearns Goodwin and bring together such renowned leaders to educate and encourage students to shape the future of our country."
For more information about the event, visit https://community.liu.edu/sopd_gala_2022.
The Society of Presidential Descendants includes direct descendants of one or more United States presidents who support the study of the presidency and advocate for civic engagement. The partnership between The Roosevelt School and Society of Presidential Descendants has garnered national recognition for:
- Founding National Civics Day, celebrated each year on October 27
- Awarding the prestigious Biennial Presidential Leadership Book Award in October 2021 to Ted Widmer, author of Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington
- Hosting members of the Society as distinguished lecturers during the Roosevelt Conference on Leadership and Service
The Roosevelt School includes the Theodore Roosevelt Institute, a nexus for public seminars, research, and educational programs to develop leaders and advance policy while promoting the legacy of President Roosevelt; the Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling, and Analysis, which conducts independent polling, empirical research, and analysis on a wide range of public issues; and the Global Service Institute, which brings together world leaders, dynamic thinkers and top analysts to empower service innovation and education for a sustainable world.
About Long Island University (LIU)
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Ever since the massacre of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, two weeks ago, the GOP has been hard at work identifying the causes of mass school shootings, an affliction unique to the United States.
But rather than addressing the common factor in each of these tragedies–readily available firearms—they’ve been trying to outdo each other with increasingly extreme and absurd explanations for why school shootings take place with such horrifying regularity.
VICE News has compiled a list of everything GOP lawmakers and right-wing talking heads have come up with to deflect attention from the real problem (again, it’s guns) since the Uvalde shooting.
Cannabis
Fox News host Laura Ingraham is adamant that the problem is weed, and she wants to know why more people aren’t talking about this. Citing unsubstantiated news reports claiming the Uvalde shooter used cannabis, Ingraham suggested the link between weed and mass shootings is being covered up as part of a “pro-marijuana” conspiracy.
“The American people are hearing a lot about AR-15s and background checks, but they also deserve to hear about this,” she said.
Her Fox News colleague Tucker Carlson also focused on the use of drugs as the main contributor to gun deaths. He criticized Canada’s decision to tighten already strict laws on purchasing handguns while simultaneously decriminalizing small amounts of fentanyl.
“Why, if you were concerned about public health, would you ban firearms but legalize fentanyl? Fentanyl is what people are dying from, not guns. How does that make sense? It only makes sense if your goal is to keep the population weak and vulnerable, even if it kills them.”
It should be pointed out that pharmaceutical fentanyl, which is used in hospitals every day, is already legal in Canada—and the U.S.—and the Canadian government’s move does not legalize anything; it decriminalizes amounts under 2.5 grams.
Absent fathers
Speaking on an episode of his own podcast, entitled “Nature of Evil,” Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz recounted his speech to the National Rifle Association the previous weekend, and claimed numerous mass murderers are “raised with absent fathers.”
“It was interesting seeing some of the reactions of the left, because it’s almost pathological where they come back and attack me and said, ‘Well, Cruz is attacking single moms.’ No, I’m not. I’m saying that kids do better with dads,” Cruz said, adding that he has single-parent homes in his family and that single mothers are “heroic and extraordinary people.”
The Uvalde shooter had been living with his grandparents after he had a falling-out with his mother.
But absent fathers weren’t the only factor, Cruz said. He pointed to “broken families, declining church attendance, and social media bullying,” saying they’re altering the “psyche of young Americans.”
Single moms
While Cruz may have claimed he wasn’t blaming single moms, Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks seems to have had no such reservations.
“Those single-parent households end up resulting in children who are more likely to be on welfare, who are less likely to get the kind of grades you expect to get in school, who are more likely to be involved in drugs, and who are, unfortunately, more likely to be involved in criminal conduct,” Brooks told Fox News last weekend.
This comment wasn’t an outlier. Last month, Brooks said the Texas massacre “reflects poorly on liberal policies that encourage out-of-wedlock childbirth, divorce, single-parent households, and amoral values that undermine respect for life.”
Doors
Cruz clearly has a lot of time to think about what was to blame for the Uvalde shooting, because he also came up with another not-guns place to lay the blame.
“Have one door into and out of the school and have that one door, armed police officers at that door,” Cruz said on May 25 in an interview with Fox News’ Jesse Watters. “If that had happened… when that psychopath arrived, the armed police officers could have taken him out and we would have 19 children and two teachers still alive.”
Cruz went further, saying schools should be effectively militarized, by making doors and windows bulletproof. Other Republicans joined Cruz in blaming doors for the massacre, including Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and former President Donald Trump, who said in his speech at the NRA convention days after the attack that “schools should be the single hardest target in our country.”
Loss of faith
For many on the right, the declining numbers of people attending church and a broader “loss of faith” is to blame for school shootings.
Among those espousing this theory was Cruz (yes, him again) and his Republican colleague Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson. Speaking on a right-wing radio show called the Conservative Circus, Johnson blamed the “secularization of society” and “loss of faith” for the shooting.
“I think the solution is renewed faith,” Johnson added.
CRT and “wokeness”
Like Cruz, Sen. Johnson found multiple causes for the epidemic of school shootings, none of which was “guns.”
Speaking on Fox News a few days later, Johnson said he believed that there was a “sickness” in American society and that the root causes of this were the twin boogeymen of critical race theory and “wokeness.”
“We stopped teaching values in so many of our schools. Now we’re teaching wokeness,” the senator told Fox News. “We’re indoctrinating our children with things like CRT, telling, you know, some children they’re not equal to others and they’re the cause of other people’s problems.”
When the Fox News host pointed out that school shootings have been happening since long before CRT became an issue, Johnson was undeterred.
“CRT’s been going on under the radar for quite some time as well,” he said, declaring that “wokeness” and “liberal indoctrination” have also been happening for a long time. “This is a much larger issue than what a simple new gun law’s going to—it’s not going to solve it, it’s not going to solve it,” he said.
Abortion
A week after the shooting, Rep. Billy Long of Missouri reminisced about growing up at a time when there were very few shootings, and pinpointed what has changed since his childhood.
“When I was growing up in Springfield, you had one or two murders a year,” Long told local radio station 93.9 The Eagle. “Now, we have two, three, four a week. So, something has happened to our society. I go back to abortion–when we decided it was OK to murder kids in their mothers’ wombs. Life has no value to a lot of these folks.”
Mental illness
In the immediate aftermath of the Uvalde shooting, the right fell back on the catchall cause it typically rolls out after a mass shooting: mental illness.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said “we need to do a better job with mental health… Anybody who shoots somebody else has a mental health challenge, period.” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell echoed these views: “It seems to me there are two broad categories that underscore the problem, mental illness and school safety.”
Of course what Abbott didn’t mention during those remarks was that just a month before the Uvalde shooting, his government diverted $211 million from the department that oversees mental health services in Texas and allocated it to border security.
Video games
It’s now almost inevitable that after every mass shooting, someone will blame video games. This time it was Cruz–who blamed “desensitizing the act of murder in video games”–and the director of the Texas Department of Public Security Steven McGraw, who when asked about a motive for the shooting, said, “We know the individual was also into cyber gaming in that regard and group gaming.”
This demonization of video games in the wake of mass shootings dates back to the 1999 Columbine shooting, when then-Sen. Jeff Sessions described how the shooters were “able to hook into the internet and play video games that are extraordinarily violent, cause the blood pressure to rise, and the adrenaline level to go up. Games that cause people to be killed and the players to die themselves.”
But several decades of research into video games and violent behavior has found no concrete causal link between the two.
Rap music
Texas Congressman Ronny Jackson also jumped on the video game theory, but he also pulled out another old trope to blame for violent behavior in America: rap music.
“I just think that kids are exposed to all kinds of horrible stuff nowadays, too,” he told Fox News. “I look back and I think about the horrible stuff that they hear when they listen to rap music, the video games that they watch from a really early age with all of this horrible violence and stuff, and I just think that...they have this access to the internet on a regular basis, which is just not good for kids, I don’t think.”
Pornography
“Let’s stop all the porn that our kids are absorbing every day,” West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice concluded in the aftermath of the Uvalde shooting, before dismissing a call to ban assault rifles.
This argument has gained popularity among right-wing figures in recent years, like JD Vance. “I think the combination of porn, abortion, have basically created a really lonely, isolated generation that isn’t getting married, they’re not having families, and they’re actually not even totally sure how to interact with each other,” Hillbilly Elegy author and Trump-backed candidate for Ohio Senate, said last year.
Social media, or something?
When CNN’s Manu Raju approached Georgia GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker at an event in Atlanta, he asked Walker if there should be new gun laws in the wake of the Uvalde shooting. “What I like to do is see it, and everything and stuff,” Walker said. When asked what he meant, Walker didn’t respond.
A few days later, Walker got the chance to clear things up when he appeared on Fox & Friends to talk about the shooting and what could be done to solve the epidemic of gun violence in the United States.
“You know they talked about doing a disinformation, what about getting a department that can look at young men, that’s looking at women, that’s looking at social media. What about doing that, looking into things like that, we can stop that that way,” Walker said.
No, we don’t know what that means either.
The public school system
For Fox News hosts, it can be difficult to stand out from the crowd after a mass shooting,
With Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham already blaming drugs and Canadians, host Jesse Watters was forced to go even further to find a cause for the gun violence epidemic that wasn’t guns.
So, last week he told his viewers that, in addition to blaming mental illness, drugs, and “fatherlessness,” their anger should be directed at the schools themselves.
“We saw it with Uvalde, Parkland, Sandy Hook, all these cases where the public school system, the government failed,” Watters said. “They missed major red flags. They ignored all the signs of kids who were threats and were mentally ill and their fatherless lives, drugs in the homes, all alone. Other times the police chief failed, like in Uvalde. Other times the FBI failed, like in Parkland. And what was the left’s reaction every damn time? Blame law-abiding gun owners.”
Ukraine
In an article in the right-wing Federalist magazine, Tristan Justice argues that the blame for the mass shootings was not the easy availability of assault rifles to someone who had just turned 18. No, the blame was on the Biden administration for its decision to send weapons to Ukraine.
Justice’s argument is that after the Sandy Hook shooting, successive governments have failed to “protect” American schools and have been more focused on sending humanitarian aid and military assistance to Ukraine.
Of course, Justice doesn’t address the fact that former President Donald Trump was in power for four of the years he references, but such details are simply an inconvenience when you’re trying to use a school massacre to make a point about foreign aid policy.
But, they also have solutions
But it’s not all about the blame game for the GOP and the conservative media apparatus. They also have solutions… lots of them. Left-wing media monitoring group Media Matters assembled this compilation of 50 solutions to school shootings offered by GOP lawmakers and right-wing commentators who appeared on Fox News shows in the days after the Uvalde shooting.
The list includes: arming teachers, a tripwire that “traps the shooter like a rat,” declaring martial law, a “ring of steel,” and more snitches. It does not, of course, include gun control.
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Nisa Carter and Freddie Carter, food trailer operators
Nisa, 51, and Freddie, “mid-50s,” own and operate Sista’s Chicken & Fish, a food trailer serving in Madison since the spring of 2020. They were married in 1999 and have four children. Nisa exudes an easygoing warmth that is not at all surprising from someone who has worked as a child care provider for nearly 30 years. Freddie has a gentle disarming laugh.They both are passionate about cooking, and the enthusiasm that they project when talking about menu development is infectious. Family is central to both their personal and professional lives — Sista’s Chicken and Fish is staffed entirely by family members. They set up at various places around town, and are reliable fixtures on Fridays in the Labor Temple parking lot on South Park Street.
What did it feel like opening up in the middle of the pandemic? Were you afraid?
Freddie: We were afraid. Because it only takes a couple of bad reviews or comments or something to go wrong with a new business. That's all we needed — somebody to say “I was infected or I came in contact [with the virus]. So that was kind of scary. We had to toss that around back and forth. “Do we really want to do this?” It was a learning curve. It kind of put us in a situation that had us on our toes. We didn't miss a lot of stuff that we may have missed during regular times. It was our first time out, [and] it probably was helter-skelter.
Nisa: I was ready to go. Freddie was a little apprehensive. But I'm like, come on. All we can do is try. If it doesn't work, it is what it is. You know, we won't know if it will work if we don't try. So let's go. We got out. And it was crazy. There weren't very many restaurants you could go into. Everything was shut down. So that first week, we were swamped. It was ridiculous. It was me, Freddie, my son and my daughter — once we got the flow of it, it was OK.
I don't know how to cook small. Because we have a family of six — me, four kids, and then my husband — and then extended family members. I'm a certified childcare provider as well. So during this time, between four and six p.m., I probably have about eleven mouths to feed. So I don't know how to cook small.
Freddie’s been in the food service business. I've never worked in food service. I've always been the home cook. And I've always had people asking me, “Can you make me some of this? Can you make me some of that?” So that's how it started, I would cater things for people who didn't know how to make macaroni and cheese or who didn't know how to make etouffe or jambalaya.
What is your favorite dish that you’ve cooked?
Freddie: Alligator. The guy that we ordered from was a nice dude. My nephew ordered it, and the guy gave him a recipe. We soaked it in seasoned buttermilk for about a day, then we rubbed it down, soaked it in whiskey and ice and seasoning for another day, rinsed it off, and put a dry rub on it, wrapped it in bacon and we smoked it. And that was probably the wildest thing we’ve done so far.
What is your favorite part about service?
Nisa: I like the conversations. Every day is something different. You know, people will come to the truck so excited to get something. It's those conversations like, you know, we're not strangers. Just seeing their faces smiling, laughing. That’s the best part for me. I walk away, my ankles hurt. My back is cracking. But it's rewarding to see we actually made somebody's day.
What do you want people to know about what you do?
Freddie: We don't do it because we have to. We do it because we enjoy it, and it’s something we want to do. We really enjoy the opportunity to cook.
Nisa: At the end of the day, you gotta care about what you're doing. And care about the food. And the love that I put into those little cakes, and the catfish batter. I want people to know what I'm giving them. I'm giving them a lot of love and a little piece of me. Because the same things they get from the truck, that's what I cook for my kids, my family. | https://isthmus.com/food-drink/i-dont-know-how-to-cook-small/ | 2022-06-08T17:35:30Z | https://isthmus.com/food-drink/i-dont-know-how-to-cook-small/ | true | 1 |
Judy Murray has encouraged Emma Raducanu to hire more females as she continues to wrestle with her fitness.
Raducanu burst onto the scene by winning last year's US Open, but has since struggled with fitness and injuries.
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And former Fed Cup captain Murray said that the teenager's body will need time to develop in order to cope with top-level professional tennis.
"What’s becoming increasingly clear is that Raducanu’s body needs time to mature," Murray wrote in the Daily Telegraph.
"If you strip away the fact she was catapulted into this amazing success following her US Open triumph last September, she is no different to any other young player in the sense that her body needs time to fill out, become more robust and resilient. It’s a process that simply doesn’t happen overnight, especially when the physical demands on her body are at an all-time high.
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"The further you get up the tree, the tougher it is on both the mind and body. But on the physical side, you have to start to look at the other factors that can influence performance – sleep, nutrition and psychology are all part of that package."
Murray, mother of three-time Grand Slam winner and former British number one Andy, also reflected on her son's adaptation to the demands of the tour.
And she promoted the use of a physio in understanding how to best manage the hectic calendar.
"I remember when Andy (Murray) was making the step up from the juniors to the ATP tour," she wrote. "He had a number of recurring physical problems. In particular, he suffered from a lot of cramping. His body was perfectly ready for the demands of the lower rungs of the circuit but not necessarily for the heavier hitting, the longer, more rigorous rallies and stronger opponents he came up against on the tour.
"Players often have shared access to physios at WTA and ATP events but I cannot understate how crucial it is to have someone who knows a player’s body, style of play and understands the physical demands of tennis."
Murray also shed light on the unique issues faced by female tennis players, just a week after Chinese 19-year-old Qinwen Zen opened up about how menstrual cramps had stifled her performance in her French Open defeat against Iga Swiatek.
And Murray added the presence of females in one's entourage could help Raducanu better manage her time on tour, her health and development.
"I think there’s a particular point to be made here about female players such as Raducanu having access to a specialist who understands the female body," she added.
"The menstrual cycle and its impact on athletic performance is an area of sports science that has been woefully neglected and only now are we beginning to understand its impact on an athlete, both psychologically and physically.
"How many of today’s top female players, I wonder, are harnessing the peaks and troughs of their cycle and tailoring it to their training and performance? How many could feel more empowered by investing in a women’s health physio or specialist and making their entourage that bit more female-centric?"
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MANISTEE — The Manistee Elks Lodge No. 250 is planning to host its annual Flag Day Ceremony next week.
The vent will begin at 6 p.m. June 14 at the Elks Lodge, located at 432 River St. in Manistee. Everyone is welcome to attend.
There ceremony is planned to be outside, but will be moved inside to the upper level of the lodge in the event of rain.
The American Legion and its auxiliary, the VFW and American Legion Flag Folding Ritual Team, Disabled American Veterans, Catholic War Veterans/Knights of Columbus 4th Degree, United States Coast Guard Manistee Station, Scouts of America Troop 167 and Rolling Thunder Michigan Chapter No. 1 will also be in attendance. | https://www.manisteenews.com/news/article/Manistee-Elks-to-host-Flag-Day-event-17225748.php | 2022-06-08T17:39:55Z | https://www.manisteenews.com/news/article/Manistee-Elks-to-host-Flag-Day-event-17225748.php | true | null |
Maritzburg United officially fire ex-Kaizer Chiefs coach Middendorp as Tembo joins Sekhukhune United
Maritzburg United have officially parted ways with former Kaizer Chiefs head coach Ernst Middendorp.
Reports indicating that the German tactician had been dismissed by the Team of Choice emerged on Tuesday evening despite having guided the team to safety in the PSL in the recent 2021-22 campaign.
The Pietermaritzburg-based side has now issued the following statement confirming Middendorp's dismissal.
"Maritzburg United Football Club can confirm that the club have parted ways with head coach Ernst Middendorp with immediate effect," a club statement read.
"Middendorp, who re-joined the club in November 2020, had most recently guided the Team of Choice to an underwhelming 12th place position in the 2021/2022PSL season which saw the Team of Choice battled relegation for much of the season."
The 63-year-old mentor, who guided Chiefs to a second-place finish in the PSL during the 2019/20 season, was in his fourth stint as Maritzburg coach.
Meanwhile, Sekhukhune United have announced the appointment of Kaitano Tembo as the club's new head coach.
The Zimbabwean tactician has been jobless since he was dismissed by SuperSport United two months ago due to a poor run of results.
Sekhukhune confirmed that Tembo will take over from McDonald Makhubedu as head coach from next season in the following statement.
"Sekhukhune United Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr. Kaitano Tembo to the Technical Team of Sekhukhune United FC," a club statement read.
"The former Supersport United FC Head Coach will be working as a Head Coach for Babina Noko. Mr Tembo takes over the Head Coach position of the team following the appointment of Mr. McDonald Makhubedu as the senior coach."
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Which Step2 toy boxes are best?
Children grow up so fast, and the only thing that grows quicker than them is their toy collection. The amount of toys in your home can quickly become overwhelming, especially if you don’t have an efficient way to store them.
This is why toy boxes have become an indisputable necessity in any home with children. They keep toys all in one place while maintaining a sense of organization. One of the most trusted brands for kid’s furniture and toys, Step2 offers some excellent options, like the Step2 Lift and Hide Bookcase Storage Chest.
What to know before you buy a Step2 toy box
Toy box styles
Step2 offers toy storage in two different styles.
Toy box: This is the standard design that most people think of when they hear toy box. These are typically larger and have lids on them, intended for long-term use. Some models have lids that are removable.
Toy organizers: These typically feature a set of bins that sit on a rack. They can be great for keeping small toys organized while keeping them in plain sight. Small children who haven’t developed a sense of organization yet will typically leave these pretty messy, so you’ll be tasked with keeping it organized for a while.
Size
The best size for your toy box depends on how much space you have and how many toys you are looking to store. Keep in mind that any toy collection typically grows quickly. You can never have too much storage space.
Colors and patterns
Most models of Step2 toy boxes offer several different color options. This is helpful if you are looking to match the color of the toy box with other furniture. Getting your child’s favorite color will add a personalized touch and make it seem extra appealing to them.
What to look for in a quality Step2 toy box
Additional features
One convenient feature of some Step2 toy boxes is the addition of a connected shelf. This makes it easy to keep your child’s favorite toys and books all together in one location. Step2 offers a toy box with a lid that snaps on and off the box, doubling as a surface where your child can clip on paper and create a piece of art.
Safety features
A toy box should be easy for a child to use on their own while maintaining safety measures. Step2 toy boxes that have lids include small gaps on the sides that serve as finger cutouts. It prevents fingers from getting crushed if the lid falls shut unexpectedly and makes it easy to get out for any child who enjoys climbing inside things and finds themselves stuck. Each toy box details its safety measures in the product description.
Longevity
Young children acquire many toys in a small amount of time, and the collection will only continue to grow as they get older. It is important to find a toy box that will grow alongside your child and their changing interests.
How much you can expect to spend on a Step2 toy box
All Step2 toy boxes are made from a sturdy and durable plastic and range in price from $70-$150. Factors influencing the price are size and added features, such as a shelf for books and art supply storage.
Step2 toy box FAQ
Can I anchor my Step2 toy box to the wall?
A. It is always a good idea to anchor your toy box to the wall, especially if your particular model happens to be tall. Some Step2 toy boxes and toy storage include anchors for securing it to the wall, but others will require you to purchase them separately.
Can my Step2 toy box be used outside?
A. It depends on what kind of toys will be stored inside. Most Step2 toy boxes are made of a durable plastic, which will hold up in outdoor weather. However, the lids don’t have air-tight seals and water could get inside easily.
Do any Step2 toy boxes come with locks?
A. Complying with the U.S. Product Safety Commission recommendation, Step2 toy boxes do not come with locks as a safety measure, intended to help prevent the chance of suffocation.
What’s the best Step2 toy box to buy?
Top Step2 toy box
Step2 Lift and Hide Bookcase Storage Chest
What you need to know: Including both a deep storage chest and a shelf, this toy box from Step2 is perfect for keeping your child’s favorite toys and books all in one place.
What you’ll love: The book shelf includes a back cover that prevents books from falling out and can fit books up to 10 inches tall. The display shelf on the top is great for special toys meant to be displayed rather than played with.
What you should consider: Some reviewers say that the lid does not securely attach to the toy box and falls off easily.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Wayfair
Top Step2 toy box for the money
Step2 2-in-1 Toy Box & Art Lid
What you need to know: This toy box comes in several different colors and has an art board lid, so your little one can clip down a piece of paper and use it as an art table, too.
What you’ll love: Two small storage bins on the lid are perfect for small toys or art supplies. The art board lid is removable, so that your child can take any work of art and complete it on-the-go. The toy chest is deep and can hold lots of toys.
What you should consider: Some reviewers said the lid falls off easily.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Kohl’s
Worth checking out
Step2 Fun Time Room Organizer and Toy Storage
What you need to know: With storage for books and toys alike, this organizer will keep your child’s belongings together in one convenient location.
What you’ll love: Included are 11 storage bins that can be removed and rearranged, perfect for keeping toys organized while still having them be fully visible. The included blank stickers can be put onto the bins and used as labels.
What you should consider: Some reviewers said the storage bins were much smaller than expected.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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The Portage City Council is back home again after about a half-dozen years away from City Hall.
Council members took their seats Tuesday behind a curved dais flanked by an American flag on the west side and an Indiana flag on the east. Two widescreen monitors above the dais will enable the audience to review information along with the council.
Prior to the meeting, city officials offered tours off the project.
“Our meetings should be at City Hall,” said council president Collin Czilli, D-5th.
He said because the city has been cash-strapped, the $1.8 million remodeling project of the 55-year-old building moved slowly so the city wouldn’t overspend the funding from the Redevelopment Commission. It also received revenue from a $650,000 general obligation bond and $250,000 from another bond.
“I love it,” said Councilman Brian Gulley, D-4th. “This has been long overdue.” He said the council hasn’t met in a City Hall chamber during his entire term.
The council, plan commission, BZA, redevelopment and other city boards and commissions have all been meeting at Willowcreek Park during the lengthy renovation period.
“Now, it frees up Willowcreek Park,” said Councilman Scott Williams, D-3rd.
Besides, the first floor council chambers, there’s also a new elevator, a renovated clerk-treasurer’s office, a new lobby, a conference room, break room, and an area for a receptionist who can monitor cameras posted by doorways. She can also lock the building down, if necessary.
Previously, the council met on the second floor and audience members sat in converted church pews. An old elevator repeatedly malfunctioned, officials said.
Czilli said Mayor Sue Lynch’s office wasn’t renovated but did get a paint job. He said the only areas renovated were public spaces.
Lynch said she’s proud of the exterior black railings that were fabricated and installed by apprentices from a Portage Ironworkers union.
A.J. Monroe, director of planning and community development, said once the soft costs of furniture and technology are added into the project, it would total about $2 million.
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Shares of Doma Holdings Inc. (NYSE:DOMA – Get Rating) have been given a consensus recommendation of “Hold” by the seven research firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $8.25.
A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the company. DA Davidson decreased their price objective on Doma from $7.00 to $6.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 12th. Compass Point assumed coverage on Doma in a report on Wednesday, May 25th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $2.00 price target for the company. Oppenheimer cut Doma from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Monday, May 16th. Finally, Zacks Investment Research raised Doma from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, May 30th.
Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Arizona State Retirement System purchased a new stake in shares of Doma in the fourth quarter worth $154,000. Advisor Group Holdings Inc. boosted its position in Doma by 6,364.0% during the 4th quarter. Advisor Group Holdings Inc. now owns 16,160 shares of the company’s stock valued at $82,000 after acquiring an additional 15,910 shares in the last quarter. Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Doma during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $727,000. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company purchased a new position in shares of Doma during the third quarter valued at approximately $106,000. Finally, Penserra Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Doma during the third quarter valued at approximately $59,000. 55.82% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Doma (NYSE:DOMA – Get Rating) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May 10th. The company reported ($0.18) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.13) by ($0.05). The business had revenue of $112.21 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $119.10 million. Doma had a negative return on equity of 66.99% and a negative net margin of 27.90%. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Doma will post -0.11 earnings per share for the current year.
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Doma Holdings Inc originates, underwrites, and provides title, escrow, and settlement services to homeowners, lenders, title agents, and real estate professionals. It operates through two segments, Distribution and Underwriting. The company also engages in title insurance underwriting business, including policies referred through its direct agents and third-party agents' channels; and provides services in the areas of purchase and refinance transactions in the residential real estate market.
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The chief executive of National Grid has been criticised after he saw his pay packet swell by more than £1m while Britons battle rising energy bills.
John Pettigrew landed a £6.5m payday for the year to the end of March 2022, a year which saw the country plunged into an energy crisis.
His package was up £1.1m on a year earlier and was boosted by nearly £4m handed out as part of a three-year plan to incentivise executives. Pettigrew will see his £1m salary increase by 3.75% from July.
His total remuneration far outstrips the £3.6m average pay packet recorded for FTSE 100 chief executives in 2021.
National Grid is a FTSE 100 company charged with transporting the nation’s energy and receives about £20 a year each from consumers through bills as part of an electricity transmission charge.
National Grid last month posted an 11% rise in operating profits to nearly £4bn in the 12 months to the end of March, boosted in part by an increase in revenues from subsea cables connecting electricity supply with Europe. The company has seen revenues from the cables improve because of volatility in the energy market and paid back £200m in revenues from the cables early last month.
Pay campaigners said that the company’s end consumers had little choice over where to receive their energy from, meaning the bumper pay packet was not justified. Households are wrestling with soaring energy bills, with the industry price cap expected to rise to about £2,800 this autumn.
High Pay Centre executive director Luke Hildyard said: “This is a management role essentially carrying out a public service. The National Grid chief executive didn’t invent electricity and most so-called customers don’t need much persuading to use it instead of candle light.
“Maintaining and developing their networks isn’t something that merits a gargantuan bonus, it should be seen as part of the job. The moral and business case for a payment this size, when many people can barely afford to cover the cost of the electricity that National Grid delivers, is very weak.”
The company said that “fair and equitable reward is at the heart of National Grid’s values” and noted the share price had risen more than 30% since the incentive plan was initiated.
Pettigrew joined the group in 1991 as a graduate and worked his way up through the ranks, becoming chief executive in April 2016. He also holds roles at the CBI business lobby group, pest control firm Rentokil and as a member of the government’s “inclusive economy partnership”.
National Grid is not expected to be hit by the government’s windfall tax on energy firms, but Pettigrew warned last month that the levy could hit investment in renewable energy.
Separately on Wednesday energy bosses giving evidence to MPs on the state of the sector warned that consumers and businesses are struggling with bills even before another hike later this year.
E.ON chief executive Michael Lewis said: “We are already seeing more customers falling into late payment.”
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On Wednesday, DC released the two-minute clip, which stars the Hollywood titan and wrestling legend as the titular antihero, who is morally ambiguous with godlike abilities.
In the promo, the 5,000-year-old warrior is reborn in the modern world with superhuman strength and the ability to fly. The trailer for the DC Extended Universe film shows Black Adam punching a plane and even holding a rocket as it explodes.
The moral dilemma that Black Adam will face is established in the video as Pierce Brosnan's Dr. Fate says in a voiceover: "You have two choices. You can be the destroyer of this world, or you can be its savior."
The trailer gives fans a glimpse of Black Adam's backstory, revealing he was once a slave and has broken out of the tomb in which he has been imprisoned for 5,000 years.
In addition to seeing Johnson as Black Adam, viewers also get a first look at other characters in the film, including Aldis Hodge's Hawkman, Noah Centineo's Atom Smasher, and Quintessa Swindell's Cyclone.
Johnson took to Instagram Tuesday to thank fans for their support as he prepared to make his debut as the DC character, who is the enemy of Shazam -- played by Zachary Levi in the DC Extended Universe.
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Sharing some behind-the-scenes photos, he wrote: "Your unwavering support and relentless excitement for this passion project of mine has meant the world to me. Now it's my turn to deliver for you. The hierarchy of power in the DC Universe is changing."
Revealing the project in 2019, Johnson said the role of Black Adam was "unlike any other I've ever played in my career."
"As a kid, Superman was the hero I always wanted to be. But, a few years into my fantasy, I realized that Superman was the hero, I could never be. I was too rebellious. Too rambunctious. Too resistant to convention and authority," he wrote in an Instagram post.
He added that Black Adam is "blessed by magic with the powers equal to SUPERMAN, but the difference is he doesn't toe the mark or walk the line. He's a rebellious, one of a kind superhero, who'll always do what's right for the people -- but he does it his way."
"Black Adam," directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Jungle Cruise), is in cinemas from October 21.
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You may not realize it, but marriage is a life-changing decision.
Your partner will affect your mental health, routine, and finances. They’ll also raise your children (the people you love the most). Your partner can make your life a dream or a nightmare.
Still, people make this life-changing decision without a second thought.
You go to Vegas and marry by impulse (or by love). Years later, your relationship is a wreck. You fight all the time, can never agree on minor things like dinner, and your children don’t respect you.
And you wonder what you did wrong.
Don’t be this person. Don’t make impulsive decisions only to ask what went wrong. You have to make sure you marry for the right reasons. It doesn’t take much: when you know what not to do, you can act with intention.
These are terrible reasons to get married:
1. You’ve been together for a long time.
When you’re in a committed relationship for ten years, it makes sense to think of the next step. Maybe it’s finally time to get married.
Except time doesn’t measure the success of a relationship.
Just because you’re together for a long time, it doesn’t mean you’re happy. You can stay in a job you don’t love for a long time simply because it’s comfortable. Relationships are the same.
Change is uncomfortable. So you stay where you are, even when it’s not ideal.
But you can’t marry someone because it’s comfortable. It might feel good in the short term, but in the long term, you’ll have a dull relationship. You won’t have a genuine connection with your partner.
What’s comfortable at first becomes a nightmare with time.
What to do:
Don’t think of how long you’re together; think of how you feel. It’s best to spend one year in a happy relationship than 50 years in a loveless marriage.
There are many reasons to be in a relationship: comfort, status, money, and love. But people go on automatic mode and never question why they start (or stay in) relationships.
Before you take the next step, ask yourself: why are you in this relationship? This will give you the clarity to move on (or not).
2. You’re too young.
Humans and inherently changing organisms. The person you were five years ago isn’t the same person you’re now. Your experiences shape who you are with time.
Marriages fail because people change.
But here’s the catch: when you’re younger, you’ll change even more. You change more from 20 to 25 than from 40 to 45. Your early twenties are a time when you define who you are. You change jobs, go to University, and travel the world. You still change in your forties, but not as much.
When you marry young, you make a huge commitment without knowing who you’ll be in the next ten years.
What to do:
You can’t stop the change, so it’s best to embrace it. Accept the fact that you and your partner will change.
This change doesn’t mean you shouldn’t commit. But it means you should be more careful.
When you’re young, you still have a lot to experience. And your marriage will limit this experience. You’ll have to give explanations, make long-term plans, and include your partner in your decisions.
Marriage limits your freedom. And young people need the freedom to grow.
3. You don’t admire your partner.
There’s a simple exercise to know if you should get married.
First, have an honest look at your partner. You have to be impartial and see them for who they are (not their potential). Don’t let your feelings get in the way. Next, imagine you have a child who is exactly like that.
Now, ask yourself: are you proud of your child?
This exercise tells you how much you admire your partner, if you want the same things, and if you think the same. All these things are important for a marriage.
Your relationship happens right now, not in the future. You’ll marry your partner for who they are now, not their potential. So have an honest look before you make a lifetime commitment.
It’s not about love. It’s about the other things that make a relationship work.
What to do:
Love is not enough. If you don’t admire your partner, it won’t work. Here’s what it means when you admire your partner:
- You have the same values.
- You want the same things.
- You will teach the same things to your children.
You have to know what you expect from your relationship. When you believe love is enough, you’ll overlook the practical things that make a relationship work.
Yes, love matters. But it’s not enough.
4. You have children.
You’ve heard the cliché of the couple who wants to have a baby to save their marriage (or any variation of that story). That’s not completely wrong: children change a relationship.
But a child isn’t a good reason to start (or stay in) a marriage.
Your marriage isn’t about your children; it’s about you and your partner. The wrong partner can make you miserable. And you can’t care for your kids when you’re not well.
Imagine you’re the child. Would you rather have two separate and happy parents or two married and unhappy parents?
What to do:
Yes, a couple should work together for the well-being of their kids. But your children can’t save your relationship. That’s too much responsibility for your child.
Whether you’re together or not, you have to be well. That’s not selfish: it’s the best way to care for your kids.
However, it’s not so black or white. With kids, there’s more into play, like money, logistics, and the house. But if your partner makes you miserable, children won’t make that better.
The fastest way to get a divorce is to marry for the wrong reasons.
But here’s the catch: you won’t know that your reasons are wrong. When you make a decision, it makes sense to you (especially if they’re life-changing). Nobody makes stupid decisions on purpose.
Still, the only person who can say what’s right or wrong is you. The same thing can be right or wrong for different people. The secret is to learn what works for you.
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Inside the womb, fetuses can begin to hear some sounds around 20 weeks of gestation. However, the input they are exposed to is limited to low-frequency sounds because of the muffling effect of the amniotic fluid and surrounding tissues.
A new MIT-led study suggests that this degraded sensory input is beneficial, and perhaps necessary, for auditory development. Using simple computer models of the human auditory processing, the researchers showed that initially limiting input to low-frequency sounds as the models learned to perform certain tasks actually improved their performance.
Along with an earlier study from the same team, which showed that early exposure to blurry faces improves computer models’ subsequent generalization ability to recognize faces, the findings suggest that receiving low-quality sensory input may be key to some aspects of brain development.
“Instead of thinking of the poor quality of the input as a limitation that biology is imposing on us, this work takes the standpoint that perhaps nature is being clever and giving us the right kind of impetus to develop the mechanisms that later prove to be very beneficial when we are asked to deal with challenging recognition tasks,” says Pawan Sinha, a professor of vision and computational neuroscience in MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, who led the research team.
In the new study, the researchers showed that exposing a computational model of the human auditory system to a full range of frequencies from the beginning led to worse generalization performance on tasks that require absorbing information over longer periods of time — for example, identifying emotions from a voice clip. From the applied perspective, the findings suggest that babies born prematurely may benefit from being exposed to lower-frequency sounds rather than the full spectrum of frequencies that they now hear in neonatal intensive care units, the researchers say.
Marin Vogelsang and Lukas Vogelsang, currently both students at EPFL Lausanne, are the lead authors of the study, which appears in the journal Developmental Science. Sidney Diamond, a retired neurologist and now an MIT research affiliate, is also an author of the paper.
Low-quality input
Several years ago, Sinha and his colleagues became interested in studying how low-quality sensory input affects the brain’s subsequent development. This question arose in part after the researchers had the opportunity to meet and study a young boy who had been born with cataracts that were not removed until he was four years old.
This boy, who was born in China, was later adopted by an American family and referred to Sinha’s lab at the age of 10. Studies revealed that his vision was nearly normal, with one notable exception: He performed very poorly in recognizing faces. Other studies of children born blind have also revealed deficits in face recognition after their sight was restored.
The researchers hypothesized that this impairment might be a result of missing out on some of the low-quality visual input that babies and young children normally receive. When babies are born, their visual acuity is very poor — around 20/800, 1/40 the strength of normal 20/20 vision. This is in part because of the lower packing density of photoreceptors in the newborn retina. As the baby grows, the receptors become more densely packed and visual acuity improves.
“The theory we proposed was that this initial period of blurry or degraded vision was very important. Because everything is so blurry, the brain needs to integrate over larger areas of the visual field,” Sinha says.
To explore this theory, the researchers used a type of computational model of vision known as a convolutional neural network. They trained the model to recognize faces, giving it either blurry input followed later by clear input, or clear input from the beginning. They found that the models that received fuzzy input early on showed superior generalization performance on facial recognition tasks. Additionally, the neural networks’ receptive fields — the size of the visual area that they cover — were larger than the receptive fields in models trained on the clear input from the beginning.
After that study was published in 2018, the researchers wanted to explore whether this phenomenon could also be seen in other types of sensory systems. For audition, the timeline of development is slightly different, as full-term babies are born with nearly normal hearing across the sound spectrum. However, during the prenatal period, while the auditory system is still developing, babies are exposed to degraded sound quality in the womb.
To examine the effects of that degraded input, the researchers trained a computational model of human audition to perform a task that requires integrating information over long time periods — identifying emotion from a voice clip. As the models learned the task, the researchers fed them one of four different types of auditory input: low frequency only, full frequency only, low frequency followed by full frequency, and full frequency followed by low frequency.
Low frequency followed by full frequency most closely mimics what developing infants are exposed to, and the researchers found that the computer models exposed to that scenario exhibited the most generalized performance profile on the emotion recognition task. Those models also generated larger temporal receptive fields, meaning that they were able to analyze sounds occurring over a longer time period.
This suggests, just like the vision study, that degraded input early in development actually promotes better sensory integration abilities later in life.
“It supports the idea that starting with very limited information, and then getting better and better over time might actually be a feature of the system rather than being a bug,” Lukas Vogelsang says.
Effects of premature birth
Previous research done by other labs has found that babies born prematurely do show impairments in processing low-frequency sounds. They perform worse than full-term babies on tests of emotion classification, later in life. The MIT team’s computational findings suggest that these impairments may be the result of missing out on some of the low-quality sensory input they would normally receive in the womb.
“If you provide full-frequency input right from the get-go, then you are taking away the impetus on the part of the brain to try to discover long range or extended temporal structure. It can get by with just local temporal structure,” Sinha says. “Presumably that is what immediate immersion in full-frequency soundscapes does to the brain of a prematurely born child.”
The researchers suggest that for babies born prematurely, it could be beneficial to expose them to primarily low-frequency sounds after birth, to mimic the womb-like conditions they’re missing out on.
The research team is now exploring other areas in which this kind of degraded input may be beneficial to brain development. These include aspects of vision, such as color perception, as well as qualitatively different domains such as linguistic development.
“We have been surprised by how consistent the narrative and the hypothesis of the experimental results are, to this idea of initial degradations being adaptive for developmental purposes,” Sinha says. “I feel that this work illustrates the gratifying surprises science offers us. We did not expect that the ideas which germinated from our work with congenitally blind children would have much bearing on our thinking about audition. But, in fact, there appears to be a beautiful conceptual commonality between the two domains. And, maybe that common thread goes even beyond these two sensory modalities. There are clearly a host of exciting research questions ahead of us.”
The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally fell everywhere last week except the Middle East and Southeast Asia, according to the World Health Organization.
In its latest weekly update on the pandemic, the U.N. health agency said Wednesday that confirmed cases dropped 12% to more than 3 million and reported deaths declined 22% to about 7,600.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the continuing decline of COVID-19, which...
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GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally fell everywhere last week except the Middle East and Southeast Asia, according to the World Health Organization.
In its latest weekly update on the pandemic, the U.N. health agency said Wednesday that confirmed cases dropped 12% to more than 3 million and reported deaths declined 22% to about 7,600.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the continuing decline of COVID-19, which peaked in January, as “a very encouraging trend.”
Still, he warned that the pandemic was not yet over and urged caution, even as many countries have dropped their coronavirus protocols and shifted into trying to live with the virus.
Tedros noted that 18 months after the first mass coronavirus immunization programs began in rich countries, 68 countries around the world have yet to protect 40% of their people. While enough vaccines are now available, demand has fallen, he said.
“The perception that the pandemic is over is understandable, but misguided,” the WHO chief said. “A new and even more dangerous variant could emerge at any time, and vast numbers of people remain unprotected.”
WHO’s pandemic report noted that new weekly cases rose 19% in the Middle East and inched up 1% in Southeast Asia, while falling everywhere else. The number of deaths increased 7% in the Western Pacific and dropped elsewhere in the world last week.
WHO has previously noted that the numbers are likely to be an underestimate and are dependent on countries’ testing and reporting strategies. Last week, WHO’s emergencies chief Dr. Michael Ryan said the COVID-19 outbreak in North Korea was getting worse, not better.
Despite multiple offers of help, including vaccines, North Korea has not accepted any offers of aid from WHO and has yet to share more detailed information about how the outbreak is evolving there.
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OPELOUSAS, La., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kick off your summer with a cool and refreshing twist on the classic gin and tonic. Made with Tony's BOLD Creole Seasoning, this Cajun Grapefruit Gin & Tonic by Michelle Sips & Savors has a kick of flavor you'll want to sip all season long.
CAJUN GRAPEFRUIT GIN & TONIC
INGREDIENTS
1 Cup Sugar
1-2 Tablespoons Tony's BOLD Creole Seasoning
1 Cup Water
½ Ounce BOLD Creole Simple Syrup (Directions Below)
Sprig of Fresh Thyme
½ Ounce Gin
½ Ounce Fresh Grapefruit Juice
Tonic Water
Fresh Thyme and Grapefruit Slices for Garnish
PREPARATION
Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 0 Minutes
Serves: 1-2
Making the BOLD Creole Simple Syrup:
- Heat sugar, Tony's BOLD Seasoning and water in a pan
- Simmer until sugar and seasoning are dissolved, though seasoning will not entirely dissolve.
- Strain into glass container. Refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.
Making the Cajun Grapefruit Gin & Tonic
- In a mixing glass, muddle the BOLD Creole Simple Syrup and fresh thyme.
- Add in the gin and grapefruit juice.
- Fill a glass with ice. Pour the grapefruit mixture over the ice – about 2/3 full. Top off with tonic water.
- Garnish with a sprig of thyme and grapefruit slice. Enjoy!
Tony Chachere's® Famous Creole Cuisine is celebrating its 50th Anniversary! Founded in 1972 by Tony Chachere, the "Ole Master" of Creole cooking, Tony's continues to be family-owned and operated in Opelousas, Louisiana. Employing more than 100 people, the family maintains a tradition of Creole authenticity in its comprehensive line of seasonings, dinner mixes, marinades, and sauces for both pantry and table.
As part of Tony's 50th Anniversary Celebration, pick up your commemorative can of Tony's Original Creole Seasoning. Order it now at tonychachere.com.
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HOUSTON, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MyHouseDeals (www.myhousedeals.com), a leading digital platform for real estate investors, announced the launch of a new home inspections service.
MyHouseDeals just introduced this new feature this month to users of the popular platform, fulfilling the growing demand for a one-stop shop for dealmaking. Inspections are a useful tool in the dealmaking process because they allow investors to assess the condition of a property, inside and out. If any hidden issues are present that could impact property value and whether or not an offer should be made, the inspection will bring all of this to light. For any property on the platform, members can select from one of three inspection packages (based on the level of thoroughness desired). After providing some information about the property, and scheduling a convenient date and time, the member will be matched with a vetted inspector that serves their area and delivers a completed inspection report within five business days.
"We wanted to make this nationwide inspection service available to our investors as part of our mission to empower them to get more deals done, faster. With so many of our investors transacting virtually, buying houses in different parts of the country sight unseen, we wanted a quick, reliable way for them to assess the conditions of a property," said Alex Soares, President of the platform. "So now, whether they order a drive-by inspection with photos of the outside and surroundings of a house for sale, or a thorough photographic inspection documenting interior conditions and repairs needed, our investor buyers will now have tools to feel more confident closing deals and negotiating offers. This is also a useful tool for landlords who want to perform property condition checks and verify any issues reported by tenants."
The service employs a nationwide network of inspectors to perform the inspections and promises a quick turnaround for completed reports. "Real estate is all about timing, so it was important to us that this service was fast. Now you can feel like you have eyes on a house anywhere in the country, even if you've never set foot in that area," said Soares. MyHouseDeals is thrilled to offer this new capability so that investors nationwide can feel more confident branching out to buy houses beyond their immediate market.
Founded in 2005, MyHouseDeals is the premier online community for residential real estate investors, providing networking tools, on-demand training, and property lead generation, including access to wholesale real estate deals, motivated seller leads, and investor-ready foreclosures nationwide.
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WASHINGTON, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, American Trucking Associations urged the Senate Commerce Committee to swiftly confirm Robin Hutcheson as Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Administrator.
In a letter to the Committee, ATA President and CEO Chris Spear cited Hutcheson's experience and her work as FMCSA Acting Administrator as reasons for ATA's support of her nomination.
"Since her appointment as Acting Administrator in January, Ms. Hutcheson has worked closely with the trucking industry to confront supply chain, workforce, and safety challenges, while pressing forward with the implementation of vital programs included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act," Spear wrote. "Ms. Hutcheson's response to the challenges facing our industry has been timely and effective, and we are confident she will bring that same focus to her role as the Administrator of the FMCSA.
"Throughout Ms. Hutcheson's tenure as Acting and Deputy Administrator of FMCSA, we have been particularly impressed by her candid, collaborative, and valuable engagement with motor carriers, drivers, and stakeholders throughout the industry," he said.
To read Spear's full letter, click here.
American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight. Follow ATA on Twitter or Facebook. Trucking Moves America Forward
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Liverpool confident in £75m Nunez transfer from Benfica with Man Utd also interested
Liverpool are increasingly confident of signing Darwin Nunez from Benfica as Sadio Mane’s move to Bayern Munich edges closer, GOAL can confirm.
The Reds are prepared to pay a club-record fee of more than £75 million ($94m) to land the Uruguayan striker, who is also wanted by Manchester United.
And though they have now rejected two bids from Bayern for Mane, the second worth around £30m ($38m), there is an acceptance at Anfield that a deal will eventually be struck, and that the Senegalese star will join the Bundesliga champions.
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What’s the latest with Liverpool’s move for Darwin Nunez?
Nunez has emerged as Liverpool’s top attacking transfer target this summer, as Jurgen Klopp continues his overhaul of the Reds’ famous front three.
Mane’s expected departure, plus the drop-off in Roberto Firmino’s form over the past two seasons, has meant additions are crucial. Liverpool brought in Diogo Jota from Wolves in 2020, and added Luis Diaz from Porto in January, but are now prepared to spend big to land one of Europe’s up-and-coming centre-forwards.
Nunez, 22, impressed against the Reds for Benfica in the Champions League quarter-final earlier this year, scoring home and away. Klopp was particularly taken with the former Almeria man’s physicality and work-ethic, and has received glowing reports from his recruitment team about the forward’s professionalism and desire for self-improvement.
Benfica, GOAL understands, are willing to do business this summer, but Liverpool would have to break their transfer record, set in 2018 when they signed Virgil van Dijk from Southampton, if they are to land Nunez.
What about Sadio Mane and Bayern Munich?
In terms of Mane, the expectation now is that the 30-year-old will get his wish and join Bayern in this transfer window.
The German giants have received encouragement from the player and his representative, Bjorn Bezemer, that he is ready to move to the Bundesliga, though Liverpool sources insist that their valuation of around £40m ($50m) must be met, and that the club will have a replacement lined up, if not already signed, before they let him go.
Bayern’s first two offers have been knocked back, with the second described as “laughable” by club sources. It consisted of just £23.5m ($29.5m) guaranteed, with the rest of the £30m ($38m) fee made up of ambitious add-ons, such as one payable if Mane was to win the Ballon d’Or in each of the next three seasons.
Mane, like Firmino and Mohamed Salah, is about to enter the final 12 months of his contract, and Liverpool had intended to re-open negotiations about an extension once this season was finished.
Now, though, they are resigned to losing a player who has scored 120 goals across six years with the club. They remain keen to discuss a new contract with Salah, who has already stated publicly that he will not be leaving this summer, while Firmino is expected to be allowed to run his deal down.
Any other Liverpool transfer business going on?
Liverpool also hope to seal the £4m ($5m) signing of Aberdeen teenager Calvin Ramsay in the next few days.
The Scotland U21 right-back will join as back-up to Trent Alexander-Arnold, with Neco Williams attracting interest from a host of Premier League clubs, including Fulham, where he spent the second half of the season on loan.
Williams is valued at more than £10m ($12.5m) while Liverpool also expect bids for Japanese international forward Takumi Minamino, with Leeds and Wolves currently leading the race. Minamino, who scored 10 goals last season despite limited playing time, is rated at around £15m ($19m).
Divock Origi is set to join AC Milan on a free transfer, James Milner has signed a new one-year contract, while Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is likely to leave, with West Ham among those keen.
Nat Phillips should also have offers, though may be allowed to go on loan again, along with the likes of Sepp Van den Berg, Rhys Williams, Leighton Clarkson and Owen Beck. | https://www.goal.com/en-qa/news/liverpool-confident-nunez-transfer-benfica-man-utd/blt0678bb117acbeba9 | 2022-06-08T18:12:00Z | https://www.goal.com/en-qa/news/liverpool-confident-nunez-transfer-benfica-man-utd/blt0678bb117acbeba9 | false | 10 |
The central government on Wednesday submitted an affidavit to the Supreme Court saying that another round of counselling for the 2021 National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET PG) super specialty courses is not possible. The affidavit was submitted hours after a Supreme Court bench reprimanded the government over vacant seats on the course.
The affidavit filed by the Directorate General of Health Services(DGHS) stated that the qualifying percentage cut off for NEET PG admissions had already been reduced from 50 percentile to 35 percentile, but the seats remained vacant.
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In addition, the affidavit stated that over 76 per cent of the vacant seats are for "pre-paramedical courses", which did not find any takers among the students. It also said that the 2020-21 admissions also included seats for the Diplomate of National Board (DNB) courses, which added to the number of vacancies.
Further, the affidavit said the plea for an additional round of counselling that was filed before the court came late. The DGHS said the software for NEET PG 2021 counselling has now been closed and the refund process for the security deposit of unsuccessful candidates has been initiated.
It also said holding another round of counselling will disrupt the 2022 admission process which has already started.
The vacation bench of justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose reprimanded the DGHS on Wednesday for the vacancies that remained even after the May rounds of counselling.
The matter is now expected to be taken up again on Thursday. | https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/another-round-of-neet-pg-21-counselling-not-possible-says-centre-1960120-2022-06-08?utm_source=rss | 2022-06-08T18:12:00Z | https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/another-round-of-neet-pg-21-counselling-not-possible-says-centre-1960120-2022-06-08?utm_source=rss | true | 2 |
There was a hot streak in the mid-2000s of penguin movies. Starting with the one-two punch of Madagascar and March of the Penguins in the summer of 2005, people were suddenly enamored with those black-and-white birds living at the South Pole. Of course, like so many cinematic trends, it was over in a relatively quick period of time, with audiences soon moving on to new fads like talking chipmunks and digital 3D. But before the modern resurgence of penguins came to a close, Surf’s Up, a movie about surfing penguins, graced movie theaters. Though it came in under expectations at the box office, Surf’s Up is a movie deserving of more recognition than just being a footnote in the history of 21st-century penguin cinema.
For the uninitiated wondering if Surf’s Up is just a Happy Feet clone, the film immediately puts those concerns to rest by establishing itself as a mockumentary. As per usual for 2000s kid’s movies, Surf’s Up is taking a cue from This is Spinal Tap and Drop Dead Gorgeous by acting like everything unfolding on-screen is being captured by a documentary crew. This method of filming is used to tell the story of Cody Maverick (Shia LeBeouf), a teenage penguin with hopes and dreams of being a great surfer. However, living in a frozen wasteland, he doesn’t have much of a shot at making those ambitions a reality.
But an opportunity to participate in a surfing competition on the sunny tropical shores of Pen-Gu Island means that Maverick has his shot. Plus, he’s managed to stumble onto a potential coach in the form of Big Z (Jeff Bridges), a penguin surfing legend that went missing years earlier. The plot for Surf’s Up is nothing extraordinarily unique. Certain characters, like Chicken Joe (Jon Heder), fit right into the archetypes you’d expect to find in any American animated kid's movie. But those familiar tendencies are used as a template for more daring storytelling and filmmaking choices, including the mockumentary filming style.
Though it gets dropped for a handful of larger set pieces, Surf’s Up largely commits to emulating a documentary style of shooting within this penguin-populated world. This affords lots of fun opportunities for unique bursts of comedy that you couldn’t do in a traditional animated feature, including cameras getting knocked over, mics slipping into the frame, or direct interviews with the fictional characters. The latter element proves especially amusing in a standout scene where adversarial surfer Tank (Diedrich Bader) shows off his various trophies and their names to the camera crew.
The decision to capture Surf’s Up like it’s an organic story unfolding before the eyes of both audiences and a camera crew also informs the film’s memorable collection of voice work. The actors assembled here imbue talking penguins, otters, and chickens with a more naturalistic way of speaking that maintain little hiccups and imperfections in their dialogue deliveries. Even better, the performers chosen for the various roles both fit this unique style of dialogue and are fun in their own right. Bader especially lends a unique layer of confident machismo to make sure that Tank doesn’t just become a generic iteration of a sports movie rival.
The actor to really thrive within these confines, though, is Jeff Bridges, who puts on a lackadaisical demeanor to portray a penguin surfer whose best days are far behind him. His experience in comedies like The Big Lebowski means that it’s a walk in the park for Bridges to wring humor out of comedic lines through the incidental nature of his line deliveries. More supporting but no less enjoyable examples of actors delivering strong voice work while channeling realistic vocal tics in Surf’s Up include an enjoyable Mario Cantone as a motormouth shorebird.
Surf’s Up also managed to stand out thanks to one critical detail that cemented its unique identity compared to other penguin-centric films. By setting the story in a tropical environment, it was impossible to confuse Surf’s Up with the likes of Happy Feet or March of the Penguins. Plus, despite being told through the “grounded” means of a mockumentary format, putting these critters in a sunny environment makes Surf’s Up the kind of story that could only be accomplished through animation. Whereas Happy Feet strove for realism in its character designs, Surf’s Up embraced cartoony designs and a juxtaposition of sandy beaches and penguins, both of which leave reality far behind.
Speaking of visuals, Surf’s Up especially deserves more recognition for its groundbreaking animation and filming techniques. To properly realize handheld camerawork within the confines of an entirely animated world, Surf’s Up was often filmed through a means that the directors described as “motion-capture for the camera.” Animators and a layout team had to create a whole 360-degree digital world for the penguin characters to inhabit, rather than just the items that would be in a given shot. Once this expansive terrain had been established, the crew of Surf’s Up could grab a camcorder or any other type of camera and capture these computer-generated entities in real-time. Wherever they pointed their camera, you would see the fictional worlds the animation team had conjured up.
As put by co-director Ash Brannon, “You look through the viewfinder and when you’re on a beach with penguins.” Through this, camera operators in the real world could capture wacky birds and surfing competitions with all the imperfections that often define documentary filmmaking. This style of filming isn’t uncommon today, what with shows like The Mandalorian filmed against fully visible and alive computer-generated backgrounds, or movies like The Lion King filmed entirely in virtual spaces. But for a computer-animated title from 2007, this was a groundbreaking step forward for what kind of camerawork could be accomplished in mainstream American animation. The future of digital filmmaking was vibrantly alive in Surf’s Up, an achievement that all on its own means the feature deserves more recognition.
Back in the mid-2000s, it would be understandable for average moviegoers who only saw Surf’s Up through billboards or 15-second commercials to dismiss the movie as just another attempt to wring some more money out of the penguin craze sweeping pop culture. However, 15 years after its release, it’s more apparent than ever why Surf’s Up is something special that deserves greater recognition for what it accomplished, especially from a technological perspective. Grab your surfboard and catch a great wave of entertaining cinema with Surf’s Up. | https://collider.com/surfs-up-why-its-good/ | 2022-06-08T18:17:04Z | https://collider.com/surfs-up-why-its-good/ | true | 1 |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be available on Steam, and pre-orders are live right now.
The Modern Warfare 2 Steam page (opens in new tab) is live right now, with pre-orders available for $69.99 / £59.99 / €69.99. If you want to spend more than that, you can opt for the Vault Edition, which offers the Red Team 141 operator pack, the Season 1 battle pass with 50 tier skips, four additional operators, and FJX Cinder, described as the "first-ever weapon vault."
Valve itself teased the return of Modern Warfare 2 to Steam in a tweet a week ago. Modern Warfare 2 will be the first Call of Duty released on Steam in five years. The last series entry on Valve's platform was Call of Duty: WWII, released in 2017.
Activision Blizzard had been keeping its PC releases mostly exclusive to its own Battle.net platform, though there were exceptions, like the remade Crash Bandicoot and Spyro games. Still, Call of Duty is one of the biggest game franchises in the world, and its return to Steam is a big deal.
This puts the Call of Duty maker in the company of EA and Xbox in supporting their own proprietary launchers while bringing some of their biggest games to Steam. It seems big publishers are not keen to give up the PC gaming market share that Steam can provide.
The trailer may have leaked before the official announcement, but there's plenty more to know - check out our Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer preview for loads of info on what to expect. | https://www.gamesradar.com/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-pc/ | 2022-06-08T18:17:31Z | https://www.gamesradar.com/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-pc/ | false | 3 |
TerraUSD (UST) traded down 26% against the dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 14:00 PM Eastern on June 8th. TerraUSD has a market capitalization of $723.03 million and $129.58 million worth of TerraUSD was traded on exchanges in the last day. One TerraUSD coin can now be purchased for $0.0641 or 0.00000217 BTC on major exchanges. During the last seven days, TerraUSD has traded down 26.9% against the dollar.
Here is how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day:
- DeFiChain (DFI) traded up 1.6% against the dollar and now trades at $2.10 or 0.00006920 BTC.
- Elastos (ELA) traded down 2.6% against the dollar and now trades at $2.04 or 0.00006723 BTC.
- MATH (MATH) traded 1.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.15 or 0.00000509 BTC.
- ILCOIN (ILC) traded 29.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0093 or 0.00000030 BTC.
- BitCanna (BCNA) traded up 0.2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0197 or 0.00000067 BTC.
- NerveNetwork (NVT) traded 0.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0148 or 0.00000049 BTC.
- OTOCASH (OTO) traded up 0% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0899 or 0.00000296 BTC.
- ZYX (ZYX) traded up 24.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0252 or 0.00000083 BTC.
- ASYAGRO (ASY) traded down 5.8% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0499 or 0.00000164 BTC.
- Props Token (PROPS) traded 1.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0025 or 0.00000008 BTC.
About TerraUSD
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hashing algorithm. It launched on September 12th, 2020. TerraUSD’s total supply is 11,278,951,456 coins. TerraUSD’s official Twitter account is @terra_money and its Facebook page is accessible here. TerraUSD’s official message board is medium.com/terra-money. The official website for TerraUSD is terra.money.
According to CryptoCompare, “Terra aims to build a new financial infrastructure that works better for everyone. The network is powered by a family of stablecoins, each pegged to major fiat currencies all algorithmically stabilized by Terra’s native token, Luna. Terra’s mission is to set money free by building open financial infrastructure. Luna, as the native staking asset from which the family of Terra stablecoins derives their stability, utility, and value, acts both as collateral for the entire Terra economy and as a staking token that secures the PoS network. Luna can be held and traded like a normal crypto asset, but can also be staked to accrue rewards in the network generated from transaction fees. Luna can also be used to make and vote on governance proposals. The family of Terra stablecoins is designed to achieve stability through consistent mining rewards with a contracting and expanding money supply. For example, if the system has detected that the price of a Terra currency has deviated from its peg, it applies pressure to normalize the price. Currently, the family of Terra stablecoins includes: KRT (Terra stablecoin pegged to Korean Won), UST (Terra stablecoin pegged to US Dollar), MNT (Terra stablecoin pegged to Mongolian Togrog), SDR (Terra stablecoin pegged to IMF SDR), with more being added in the future. “
Buying and Selling TerraUSD
It is usually not possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as TerraUSD directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to acquire TerraUSD should first purchase Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as GDAX, Changelly or Coinbase. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to purchase TerraUSD using one of the aforementioned exchanges.
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Top Justice Department officials – including Attorney General Merrick Garland – announced on Wednesday they had launched an incident review of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas
The goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses during the shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers. It is not a criminal probe and will not result in any penalties for police in Uvalde.
"Nothing can undo the pain that has been inflicted on the loved ones of the victims, the survivors and the entire community of Uvalde," Attorney General Merrick Garland said. "But the Justice Department can and will use its expertise and independence to assess what happened and provide guidance moving forward."
Since the May 24 shooting, locals in Uvalde and people around the country have criticized law enforcement's response, which many cast as too slow.
Law enforcement experts are already on the ground in Texas. They plan to review documents, interview law enforcement officers, and consult with families of victims and survivors. Along with looking into policies, training, communications, deployment and incident command issues the reviewers will also go over survivor and victim family support and resources.
The Justice Department said the review will be used to identify lessons learned, help develop best practices for first responders and lay out measures for community safety and engagement before, during and after shootings.
There's no set timetable for the process but the department said it will move "as expeditiously as possible" in the development of a report that will be published at the completion.
The experts tapped to conduct the review include retired public safety officials from places that experienced mass shootings, such as Virginia Tech and Orange County, Florida, as well as an FBI unit chief.
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That Was Gnarly
On Friday, his 36th birthday, Rafael Nadal found himself in familiar territory: the semifinals of Roland Garros for the 15th time. Generations of players have met him there and been flattened. This time around, the prospective roadkill was No. 3 seed Sascha Zverev, but for once, the odds didn’t look too...
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The South African National Defence Force has lauded the Engineer Corps’ first female paratrooper, Sapper Nomonde Nomtsheke.
She is, reports Second Lieutenant Pududu Phillimon Mafemo and Second Lieutenant Palathan, the first woman to qualify as a paratrooper in the South African Engineer Corps.
The 28-year-old was born and bred in Mangaung in Bloemfontein and joined the South African Army in 2020. Earlier this year, she went for the paratrooper selection process at 44 Parachute Regiment in Bloemfontein where she was found competent and was afforded the opportunity to undergo the Paratrooper Course (Jump Course).
“Her exceptional level of fitness both mentally and physical paid off handsomely for the iron lady who underwent her Basic Military Training at the Infantry School, in Oudtshoorn,” Mafemo and Palathan report. Aterwards, she proceeded to 2 Field Engineer Regiment in Bethlehem where she underwent her SA Army Engineer Corps Training at Junior Training Branch.
The Paratrooper Course comprises two phases: the Basic Static Line Course, a first jumping course that qualifies one to become a paratrooper. The second phase is the Advanced Static Line course, which qualifies one to be a fully-fledged paratrooper.
The General Officer Commanding SA Army Engineer Formation, Brigadier General C Buyse, congratulated Nomtsheke following her achievement, which raised the Engineer Formation flag very high. | https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence/sa-defence-sa-defence/sandf-celebrates-female-paratrooper/ | 2022-06-08T18:25:47Z | https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence/sa-defence-sa-defence/sandf-celebrates-female-paratrooper/ | true | 1 |
Recent data released by the city Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated that the agency failed to facilitate 39,728 medical appointments for incarcerated New Yorkers from Jan. 1 to April 30, 2022, with 11,789 appointments in April alone.
The Legal Aid Society said in its report about the data that it was another sign that the city’s correctional facilities are facing a humanitarian crisis, with several inmates dying in custody within the past year.
“This is more proof that the Department of Correction is wholly unwilling to care for New Yorkers in its custody, and in the process, continues to defy a court order and its basic moral and legal obligations,” said civil rights watchdog organizations The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn Defender Services and Milbank LLP in a statement June 7. “This failure results in daily suffering, sickness, and pain. DOC has admitted that they would be better able to serve a smaller jail population. We once again call on [the] DOC, the courts, prosecutors, and elected officials to use every avenue to reduce the population of New York’s life-threatening jails.”
The conditions in city jails have been described as “deplorable and nothing short of a humanitarian crisis.” in recent months, with some accusing the DOC of violating well-established laws protecting those who are in custody, leading to general suffering of inmates and 22 deaths of incarcerated individuals since the beginning of 2021.
Former DOC Commissioner Vincent Shiraldi admitted himself that jails are currently in a state of crisis saying, “the level of disorder here is deeply, deeply troubling” and “the risks to the human beings in our custody are at a crisis level.”
On Dec 3, 2021, the Supreme Court of the State of New York County of the Bronx found that the DOC had and continues to fail to provide adequate medical care to incarcerated New Yorkers in city jails.
The DOC was ordered to immediately remedy these conditions and provide people in custody with access to medical treatment within a week of the order.
However, the DOC’s Bureau Chief of Facility Operations submitted an admission stating the department was not complying with the December order, saying “in my opinion, I believe this rate of production does not constitute substantial compliance with the pertinent directives to provide timely access to the clinics.”
Following this admission, Legal Aid, Brooklyn Defender Services and Milbank LLP filed a motion for contempt to rectify the situation and provide medical care to incarcerated people.
In May, the Court issued an order finding the DOC in contempt of its December order. The Court provided DOC 30 days to demonstrate that it is no longer violating the Court’s order or face a $100 fine for each medical appointment missed from December 11, 2021 through January 2022.
However, a representative from the DOC attributed these missed appointments to incarcerated individuals who refused to attend medical appointments or were unable to attend.
“We are committed to ensuring that everyone in our custody has access to quality medical care,” the DOC spokesperson told amNew York on June 8. “Non-production of clinic appointments varies from month to month, depending in large part on individuals in custody who have the right to refuse treatment and appointments.”
The DOC spokesperson also indicated that a large percentage of missed appointments were due to refusal to attend from the patient in custody.
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The Gupta trio deny wrongdoing, but their business record points to murky dealings in South Africa. Allegations of their web of graft may even add up to a case of ‘state capture’. No wonder they’re in the global glare right now
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India’s diasporic link with South Africa has long been one of romance, of passion stirred in an off-boarded train passenger who would later lead us to freedom from foreign rule. With this week’s arrest in Dubai of Atul and Rajesh Gupta, an unedifying chapter could get added to that fabled story of ties. Along with their brother Ajay, the two business magnates of Indian origin are accused of crony capitalism that enriched them by billions of dollars. In collusion with a South African administration led by Jacob Zuma for nine years till 2018, the Gupta brothers are alleged to have swindled the state via pelf-greased contracts. Owners of an empire that spanned dairy farms and coal mines, they moved from Johannesburg to Dubai when Zuma lost power. A new regime in Pretoria under Cyril Ramaphosa has sought their extradition. Political vendetta? Or corruption exposed?
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India’s diasporic link with South Africa has long been one of romance, of passion stirred in an off-boarded train passenger who would later lead us to freedom from foreign rule. With this week’s arrest in Dubai of Atul and Rajesh Gupta, an unedifying chapter could get added to that fabled story of ties. Along with their brother Ajay, the two business magnates of Indian origin are accused of crony capitalism that enriched them by billions of dollars. In collusion with a South African administration led by Jacob Zuma for nine years till 2018, the Gupta brothers are alleged to have swindled the state via pelf-greased contracts. Owners of an empire that spanned dairy farms and coal mines, they moved from Johannesburg to Dubai when Zuma lost power. A new regime in Pretoria under Cyril Ramaphosa has sought their extradition. Political vendetta? Or corruption exposed?
The Gupta trio deny wrongdoing, but their business record points to murky dealings in South Africa. Allegations of their web of graft may even add up to a case of “state capture". No wonder they’re in the global glare right now. We can only sigh and hope no country ever succumbs so badly to greed.
The Gupta trio deny wrongdoing, but their business record points to murky dealings in South Africa. Allegations of their web of graft may even add up to a case of “state capture". No wonder they’re in the global glare right now. We can only sigh and hope no country ever succumbs so badly to greed. | https://www.livemint.com/opinion/quick-edit/cronyism-in-focus/amp-11654709824748.html | 2022-06-08T18:30:24Z | https://www.livemint.com/opinion/quick-edit/cronyism-in-focus/amp-11654709824748.html | true | 1 |
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LaLiga: Gareth Bale to join Real Madrid’s rivals
Getafe president, Angel Torres, has claimed they have been offered the chance to sign Gareth Bale on a free transfer.
Bale, 32, will leave Real Madrid when his contract expires at the end of June.
During his nine years with Los Blancos, the Welshman won five Champions League titles.
Bale has been linked with a return to Wales to join Cardiff, but it appears he is keen on playing on in LaLiga.
“I spoke with the player’s agent this morning. He has been offered to us.
We will consider it. I am going to have to speak to the technical staff,” Torres said according to Sky Sports. | https://dailypost.ng/2022/06/08/laliga-gareth-bale-to-join-real-madrids-rivals/ | 2022-06-08T18:31:21Z | https://dailypost.ng/2022/06/08/laliga-gareth-bale-to-join-real-madrids-rivals/ | true | null |
Alberta Health Services says it has completed an investigation into why it took 30 minutes for an ambulance to respond after dogs attacked an 86-year-old woman in Calgary.
Police and paramedics who were called Sunday to the Capitol Hill neighbourhood in the city’s northwest found the injured woman.
She was taken to hospital and later died.
Alberta Health Services, which runs emergency medical services, says in a statementthat the initial 911 call was sent to police based on the information provided from the scene.
Spokesman James Wood says the call was initially triaged as non-life-threatening, but police notified EMS when they arrived on scene that the patient’s injuries were serious.
Wood says EMS then dispatched an ambulance, which arrived nine minutes later.
“This tragic incident occurred at a time of very high EMS call volumes,” he said. “However, once the call was deemed high priority, an ambulance was dispatched immediately.
“AHS is discussing these findings further within EMS and will reach out to (Calgary police) to identify any further learnings from this tragic incident.”
A police investigation into the fatal dog attack is ongoing.
Police have said the three dogs, which were seized by the city, are believed to be a North American pit bull-terrier mix, a North American Staffordshire mix and an American pit bull.
Criminal charges or fines could be laid and the dogs could be put down.
—The Canadian Press
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Brazil police questioning suspect over disappearance of British journalist in Amazon
Brazilian police are questioning a suspect in the disappearance of a British journalist and an indigenous affairs official who went missing in a remote part of the Amazon rainforest more than three days ago.
Civil police in Amazonas state identified the suspect as 41-year-old Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, also known as Pelado, who was arrested for allegedly carrying a firearm without a permit, which is common practice in the region.
Police did not clarify why he was being treated as a suspect.
Authorities have questioned four other people since the investigation started, according to a separate statement from the state’s public security secretariat. It said no arrest related to the disappearances had yet been made.
Dom Phillips, who has been a regular contributor to The Guardian newspaper, and Bruno Araujo Pereira, an employee of the Brazilian indigenous affairs agency with extensive experience in the region, were last seen early on Sunday in the Sao Rafael community, according to the Univaja association of people in the Vale do Javari indigenous territory.
The two had been threatened on Saturday when a small group of men travelled by river to the indigenous territory’s boundary and brandished firearms at a Univaja patrol, the association’s president, Paulo Marubo, previously told The Associated Press.
Mr Phillips photographed the men at the time and the man known as Pelado was one of them, Mr Marubo said.
The two men were returning by boat to the nearby city of Atalaia do Norte on Sunday morning, but never arrived.
The Brazilian state says it has deployed a great task force in the region. This is not true. They promised that, today, they would send a helicopter to fly over the area and it also didn't happen
Indigenous leaders on the ground, family members and peers of Mr Pereira and Mr Phillips have expressed concern that authorities’ search efforts were slow to start, and remain insufficient.
“The Brazilian state says it has deployed a great task force in the region. This is not true,” Eliesio Marubo, Univaja’s legal advisor, said on Tuesday.
“They promised that, today, they would send a helicopter to fly over the area and it also didn’t happen. Now it is 4pm, it was supposed to arrive at 2pm, and until now nothing. The fact is that we continue the search alone.”
A federal court on Wednesday ordered that authorities provide helicopters and more boats, after Univaja and the federal public defender’s office filed a request.
The army’s Amazon division said in a statement on Tuesday evening that it had launched its first search and rescue operations on Monday afternoon — a day-and-a-half after the pair went missing — and that 150 members of the military had since joined the operations. A helicopter was also on its way, but had not yet reached the area.
Mr Phillips, 57, has reported from Brazil for more than a decade and has been working on a book about preservation of the Amazon with support from the Alicia Patterson Foundation.
His wife, Alessandra Sampaio, recorded a video pleading with the government and authorities to intensify search efforts.
“We still have some hope of finding them. Even if I don’t find the love of my life alive, they must be found,” she said in the video posted on Twitter.
Mr Pereira has long operated in Javari Valley for the Brazilian indigenous affairs agency. He oversaw their regional office and the co-ordination of isolated indigenous groups before going on leave. For years, he received threats from illegal fishermen and poachers.
The Javari Valley region has experienced repeated shootouts between hunters, fishermen and official security agents in the area, which has the world’s largest concentration of uncontacted indigenous people. It is also a major route for cocaine produced on the Peruvian side of the border, then smuggled into Brazil to supply local cities or to be shipped to Europe.
In September 2019, an employee of the indigenous affairs agency was shot dead in Tabatinga, the largest city in the region. The crime was never solved.
On Tuesday, President Jair Bolsonaro drew criticism when describing the two men’s work as an “adventure”.
“Really, just two people in a boat in a completely wild region like that is not a recommended adventure. Anything could happen. It could be an accident, it could be that they have been killed,” he said in an interview with television network SBT.
“We hope and ask God that they’re found soon. The armed forces are working hard.”
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Survivor of Uvalde shooting ‘grabbed’ friend’s blood to stay alive
Washington: She was the 11-year-old girl who smeared the blood of a dying friend over her own body in a bid to stay alive.
Now, two weeks after surviving the Uvalde mass shooting, Miah Cerrillo has recounted the terror of that day as the US Congress comes under growing pressure to act on gun violence.
In a pre-recorded message to a bipartisan committee looking into America’s controversial gun laws, the fourth grade student at Robb Elementary School explained how she and her classmates hid in terror from gunman Salvador Ramos, only to watch as he opened fire in a horrific attack that ended up killing 19 children and two teachers.
“We went to go hide behind the teacher’s desk, behind the backpacks,” Miah told the House Oversight and Reform Committee, adding that she no longer felt safe at school.
“Then he shot a little window and then he went to other classrooms. There’s a door between our classrooms. He went there, followed my teacher and told my teacher ‘goodnight’ and then shot her in the head. Then he shot some of my classmates and the whiteboard, and then he shot my friend.
“I thought he was going to come back so I grabbed her blood and put it all over me and stayed quiet. Then I grabbed my teacher’s phone and called 911. I told them that we need help and to send the police.”
Miah’s harrowing testimony came as the House prepared to vote today on a bill to establish so-called “red flag” laws that would allow police and individuals to seek extreme risk protection orders in the federal court.
The House is also set to debate a bill later that would raise the minimum age from 18 to 21 on purchases of certain firearms and toughen prohibitions on untraceable guns.
The proposals are among several being pushed by House Democrats, but their success is ultimately going to come down to the evenly-split Senate, where the Democrats - who have 50 votes out of 100- will need to find at least 10 Republicans to support a bill in order for it to pass.
Senate negotiations are also separately taking place, looking at measures such as upgrades to school security, strengthening mental health services, and doing more to keep guns out of the hands of people who are legally barred from owning them.
While momentum has been building for change across the country, most Republicans strongly support the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, and many have made it clear they do not want broad-ranging restrictions on the sale of guns - even the assault-style rifles that were used in the Uvalde massacre.
The shooting by an 18-year-old gunman at Robb Elementary took place merely 10 days after another 18-year-old opened fire at a supermarket in a predominantly black neighbourhood in Buffalo, New York. The racially motivated attack killed 10 people, and wounded three others.
Last week, another mass shooting also occurred at a medical facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when a man gunned down his doctor and three others before killing himself.
Other people affected by the recent shootings also appeared at today’s committee hearing. Among them was Miah Cerrillo’s father, Miguel, who told the committee how his daughter had not been the same ever since the massacre.
“I’ve lost my baby girl,” he said, choking back tears. “She is not the same girl that I used to play with and do everything with … I thank y’all for letting me be here to speak out but I wish something would change, not only for our kids, but every single kid in the world because it’s not safe.”
Other witnesses included Felix and Kimberly Rubio, the parents of Lexi Rubio, who was one of the 19 children killed in Uvalde; Zeneta Everhart, the mother of Buffalo shooting survivor Zaire Goodman; and Roy Guerrero, a pediatrician who treated many of the victims in Uvalde.
In chilling detail, Dr Guerrero recalled the sight of the first two dead children who arrived at the hospital, “whose bodies had been pulverised by bullets fired at them. Decapitated, their flesh had been ripped apart.”
“Innocent children all over the country today are dead because laws and policy allows people to buy weapons before they’re legally old enough to even buy a pack of beer,” he told the politicians in Washington.
“I do my job ... please, please do yours.”
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“Wazzup?! Wazzzup?! Wazzzzzup?!” Martin Lawrence is back in the house 30 years late,r joining his dynamic and comedic group of castmates in a highly anticipated Martin reunion special. The trailer is out now!
BET Networks dropped a minute-long video June 6 featuring the original cast members of the iconic ’90s sitcom. The trailer opens up as the cast is seated together on the infamous green couch in Martin Payne’s Detroit apartment. In unison, they all say “This one’s for you Tommy.”
Thomas Mikal Ford, who played the charming Tommy from 1992 to 1997, was the subject of many jokes that often played out with other characters reminding him that he was unemployed. For his performance, he earned a nomination for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series at the 1996 N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards.
In 2016, Ford died at 52.
The reunion began filming for BET+ on February 20, 2022, BLACK ENTERPRISE previously reported. The special aims to not only pay tribute to a beloved actor and friend, but to commemorate the show’s 30-year anniversary. Martin made its debut on Fox in August 1992.
Participating original cast members include Martin Lawrence, who returns as the title character, Tisha Campbell as his wife, Gina; Tichina Arnold as Gina’s best friend, Pam, and anti-hero to Martin; and Carl Anthony Payne II who plays Martin’s not-so-smart friend Cole.
The special will be hosted by comedian Affion Crockett and feature appearances from comedian Tommy Davidson and R&B singer/songwriter Brian McKnight.
Snoop Dogg also appears in the newly released trailer, noting just how impactful Martin was to pop culture. The West Coast rapper said, “We would watch the show more than we would make music.”
The trailer ends with a cliffhanger after Crockett asks: “Can there be a Martin reboot?” Tune in to find out the answer.
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Ever since motion pictures have been around, queer stories have been told on screen. You can trace cinema’s presentation of gender fluidity and same-sex relationships back to the 1910s, more than a century before marriage between people of the same sex would be legal across the entire country.
As the movie business became more tightly controlled by large studios and the government exerted more pressure on Hollywood, representation of characters who weren’t heterosexual was reduced to stereotypes — if they were presented on screen at all (see 1995’s “The Celluloid Closet” for a lesson on that long, dark period). When Hollywood finally came around to telling meaningful stories about LGBTQ+ characters, it was usually done with cisgender, heterosexual artists doing the writing, directing and (often) acting, to great acclaim.
But the business has come a long way in the past few decades, and now the stories in LGBTQ+ movies are often being told by people who actually identify with the characters on screen.
“It really is an opportunity to see the world through a slightly different lens,” S.E. Fleenor, a journalist and member of The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (aka GALECA), recently told “The List,” a daily TV show that covers pop culture and lifestyle topics. (Check “The List”‘s website to find out when the show airs in your area.)
Watch the video below for commentary from “The List” on the new film “Everything, Everywhere All at Once,” HBO series “Gentleman Jack” and Hulu original “Love, Victor.” And keep reading below for other LGBTQ+ films to add to your watchlist this month.
Here are some acclaimed LGBTQ+ movies that are worth celebrating for the authenticity and sheer craftwork behind them.
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ (2022)
Trying to describe this mind-blowing action-comedy has become one of the toughest things for movie lovers to do in 2022. In a nutshell, it follows a Chinese-American laundromat owner whose relationship with her adult daughter, who is openly lesbian, is frayed as the mother takes steps to hide that part of her daughter’s identity from others that she worries won’t accept her.
“It’s gotten a lot of buzz lately from people who maybe have had hard conversations with their parents about their queerness or any of their other identities,” Fleenor said of the film. “It is a good time for sure but also for that deep heartfelt component that is all throughout.”
‘Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen’ (2020)
Like the aforementioned “Celluloid Closet,” Netflix’s 2020 film “Disclosure” is a documentary that looks at how members of the LGBTQ+ community have been treated terribly by Hollywood. In this case, it’s specifically about the representation of trans people and every person interviewed on screen is trans, including icons like Laverne Cox and Chaz Bono. It won the prizes for best documentary from both the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and GALECA in 2021.
‘Moonlight’ (2016)
An instant classic in not just the subgenre of LGBTQ+ movies but cinema in general, “Moonlight” made history as the first LGBTQ+ movie to win best picture at the Academy Awards. It follows the life of a gay Black man in three distinct periods, as a child, a teen and a young man. While it was written and directed by Barry Jenkins, a straight Black man, the film’s refusal to adhere to stereotype and its deeply human portrayal of the lead character has been praised across LGBTQ+ media, including by GLAAD, GALECA and Out Magazine.
‘Love, Simon’ (2018)
Teen comedies are a lynchpin of modern Hollywood but one centered on a gay love story had never been done by a big studio until “Love, Simon.” This GLAAD Media Award winner for outstanding film follows a closeted boy who chats anonymously online with another closeted boy at his high school while trying to figure out his identity to take the next step in their relationship. It was followed up with a Hulu series called “Love, Victor,” which Fleenor also recommends, as it dives even deeper into the battle between a family’s religious views and having someone they love who is gay.
“[Victor’s] parents really grapple with, what does their faith mean? How does that connect to the child they see before them?” Fleenor told “The List.”
‘A Fantastic Woman’ (2017)
This Chilean drama won the prestigious Oscar for best foreign language film and won a top prize from the GLAAD Media Awards in 2018 for its intense focus on a trans woman who is repeatedly denied dignity and closure in the wake of her boyfriend’s sudden death. Daniela Vega earned a spot on the Time 100 list after becoming the first openly trans person to appear in an Oscar-winning movie with her searing lead performance that carries the film.
What Vega’s character goes through is similar to what was faced by Shane Bitney Crone in the wake of his longtime partner’s death in the 2013 GLAAD Media Award-winning documentary, “Bridegroom,” which is also an LGBTQ+ movie well worth your time.
‘Flee’ (2021)
Speaking of great LGBTQ+ documentaries, “Flee” was a big winner at GALECA’s 2022 Dorian Awards. This unique nonfiction film is animated and tells the story of a gay Afghan refugee named Amin, who is revealing closely-held secrets about his life to the audience. Media representations of LGBTQ+ people from the Middle East are still far too rare but the success of “Flee” hopefully means these stories will start to be told more often.
‘Rafiki’ (2018)
While we’re on the topic of rare stories, how many films about openly lesbian African women can you name? “Rafiki” broke ground as the first Kenyan film to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival but it also told a story many moviegoers had never seen on screen. It’s a lively romance about two teenage girls from Nairobi who fall in love. Given that Kenya is a nation that still criminalizes sex between gay people, the mere existence of “Rafiki” is unlikely — but the fact that it’s so full of light makes it closer to a miracle.
‘A Secret Love’ (2020)
Holding a rare 100% rating at Rotten Tomatoes, this Dorian Award-nominated Netflix documentary tells a heartbreaking tale about a great love story that almost nobody was allowed to know about. At its center are two women, Pat and Terry, who kept their relationship a secret from their families for almost 70 years while pretending to simply be good friends. At less than 90 minutes, it’s one you can easily stream in a sitting.
‘We Were Here’ (2011)
If you’re in the mood for a heavier look into a major struggle faced by the LGBTQ+ community, check out this 2011 documentary about the HIV/AIDS epidemic that ravaged San Francisco in the 1980s. “We Were Here” also boasts a 100% rating at Rotten Tomatoes and much of its power comes from the firsthand accounts provided by five different people who were directly involved in the crisis.
‘The Times of Harvey Milk’ (1984)
A true classic in the history of LGBTQ+ movies, this 1984 documentary about legendary San Francisco politician Harvey Milk still packs a major dramatic punch for modern viewers who may take gay rights for granted. It won the Oscar for best documentary upon release and was deemed significant enough to be preserved by the Library of Congress in 2012, making one of the first LGBTQ+ movies to earn that elite distinction.
‘The Watermelon Woman’ (1996)
While filmmakers like Dee Rees, Angela Robinson and Lena Waithe are telling authentic stories as openly lesbian women of color today, those opportunities simply weren’t available as recently as the early 1990s. Director Cheryl Dunye torched that barrier in 1996 with “The Watermelon Woman,” which became the first narrative feature film directed by an openly lesbian Black woman. Dunye also stars in it, playing a filmmaker struggling to produce a movie about a fictional Black actor from the 1930s who was forced into stereotypical roles.
In 2021, “The Watermelon Woman” was added to the list of films preserved by the Library of Congress, further cementing its legacy as an iconic LGBTQ+ movie.
‘Pride’ (2014)
By and large, movies about LGBTQ+ characters, especially real-life figures, have tended to be dour and depressing affairs that focus on the most awful parts of their lives. This Oscar-nominated 2014 British film flips that idea on its head, giving audiences a story that is feel-good despite being based on a true story. It tells the tale of a group of gay and lesbian activists who helped raise money to support British miners who went on strike in 1984. “Pride” won top honors at the Dorian Awards and took home the Queer Palm Award at Cannes.
Do you have any favorite LGBTQ+ movies we didn’t mention? Here’s hoping we’re only at the start of a new wave of great cinema from artists who can tell their own authentic stories for massive audiences worldwide.
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(NEXSTAR) – Harrison Wagner, the son of “General Hospital” stars Jack Wagner and Kristina Wagner, died in Los Angeles on Monday, according to records from the Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner.
Harrison Wagner, 27, was found dead in a parking lot, online records show. His cause of death was not disclosed.
Jack and Kristina Wagner, who divorced in 2006, are also parents to his older brother, Peter Wagner, 31. In recent months, Harrison Wagner had shared posts on Instagram with both parents, including one in which he’s pictured alongside his dad, with a caption reading, “Like father like son.”
His mother had also shared a photo alongside their two sons two weeks ago, lamenting the family’s move from a property they called “Wagner Ranch.”
Online records show Harrison Wagner’s cause of death is under investigation, though a spokesperson for the medical examiner-coroner’s officer told E! News that no foul play is suspected. Jack Wagner, in a previous Twitter post from 2016, had revealed that his younger son had “struggled w drugs & alcohol just as I did.”
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Orion Energy Systems (NASDAQ: OESX)
Q4 2022 Earnings Call
Jun 07, 2022, 10:00 a.m. ET
Contents:
- Prepared Remarks
- Questions and Answers
- Call Participants
Prepared Remarks:
Operator
Good day, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Orion Energy Systems fiscal 2022 conference call. [Operator instructions] As a reminder, today's conference is being recorded. I would like to turn the call over to Bill Jones. Sir, you may begin.
Bill Jones -- Investor Relations
Thank you, and good morning. Mike Altschaefl, Orion's CEO and board chair will open today's call to review the company's 2022 performance and business outlook. Orion's COO, Mike Jenkins will then review business operations. Finally, Per Brodin, Orion's CFO will review additional financial items and then we will open the call to your questions.
An archived replay of the call will be available after today in the Investor Relations section of Orion's website. This call is taking place Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Remarks that follow and answers to questions, include statements that the company believes to be forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements generally include words such as anticipate, believe, expect, or words.
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Additional statements that describe future plans, objectives, or goals are also forward-looking. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks that could cause actual results to be materially different than expected. These risks include among others matters that the company has described in its press release issued this morning and in the filings with the SEC. Except as described in these filings, the company disclaims any obligation to update forward-looking statements, which are made as of today's date.
Reconciliations of certain non-GAAP financial metrics to the corresponding GAAP measures are provided in today's press release as well and this is available at www.orionlighting.com. Now, I will turn the call over to Mike Altschaefl. Mike?
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Thanks, Bill. Good morning and thank you for joining today's call. A few weeks ago we announced our expected fiscal '22 results and today we reported our actual results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2022. Despite a variety of external business and economic challenges, Orion was able to grow fiscal '22 revenue by 6.5% over last year to $124.4 million.
We performed well from a profitability and a cash flow standpoint, particularly in terms of gross margin and adjusted EBITDA compared to last year and our cash and financial liquidity position remains strong. Orion was successful in growing our business base outside of our largest customer by nearly 25% in fiscal '22 versus last year. That growth was driven by a mix of new and existing customer projects by progress in our ESCO partner and electrical contractor distribution channels, and our acquisition of Stay-Lite Lighting. Our efforts to diversify our customer base and revenue sources are progressing well, even amid a challenging business environment in which some of our customers are having to focus resources, responding to challenges posted by supply chain and other economic and global issues.
I will now turn it over to Mike Jenkins, our COO, to provide some additional commentary on our operations and then I'll return to comment on our business outlook and other matters. Mike?
Mike Jenkins -- Chief Operating Officer
Thanks, Mike. During fiscal '22, we expanded our major national account base by adding or reactivating customers, particularly in the technology and specialty retail verticals. Our go-to-market strategy is to highlight Orion's unique ability to deliver high-quality products, innovative design, custom engineering, industry-leading energy efficiency, domestic manufacturing, and our turnkey design-build install capabilities, all of which we work to deliver with the highest levels of customer service. We target customers who can best benefit from our unique focus and capabilities and we have the benefit of a growing base of reference accounts to validate our performance.
We are particularly encouraged by our traction in the Energy Service Company or ESCO partner channel, where in fiscal '22 we grew revenue by 71% to $19.6 million. We believe this channel offers a significant growth opportunity for us going forward, because our ESCO partners are focused on delivering energy efficiency improvements to their customers. ESCO compensation is generally tied to the cost reductions they deliver through energy efficiency upgrades to their customers. Because Orion utilizes the highest quality design, components, and manufacturing methods, we continue to lead our industry in energy efficiency performance measured as lumens per watt, as well as quality and reliability.
Orion fixtures provide savings to end customers through lower energy usage, dependable performance, and limited maintenance, a value proposition that ESCO has appreciated about our products. Also as a U.S. manufacturer, we can produce and deliver products in just a few weeks, which is typically a fraction of the delivery turnaround of competitors sourcing fixtures from overseas. Orion's strengths put our ESCO partners in a strong position to win business and to deliver excellent ROI to their customers.
As an example, we had good success this year supporting in ESCO to supply LED fixtures for several large East Coast school districts. We are working to build upon this success in other regions and believe that federal program funding may create additional opportunities to upgrade educational facilities. Our distributor and contractor channel also achieved growth in fiscal '22 with revenue of $22.2 million, up from $21.1 year prior. This channel, which focuses on broad line electrical distributors continues to be an important path to the market for us.
We have developed LED lighting products specifically designed for this channel, which tends to supply new build, agricultural and smaller projects. We continue to build on our base of electrical contractor relationships and expect this channel to contribute growth in fiscal '23 and future periods. Despite the many challenges created by supply chain and pandemic-related issues, the Orion team has been quite successful in mitigating any impact within our own operations. Proactive measures and smart inventory bets have enabled us to meet our customer requirements with very minimal business impact.
We are still delivering manufactured product in two weeks or less and this ability to meet short lead times combined with our complete turnkey project and maintenance service solutions puts us in a strong position. I will now pass it back over to Mike.
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Thanks, Mike. I'll turn now to an exciting new area of long-term growth potential, which is Orion Maintenance Services. We made significant strides formulating and building out the team and systems for our greenfield maintenance services business over the past two years after launching this service with our major national retail customer and our national specialty retail customer. Lighting and electrical maintenance services provides an ideal compliment to our existing business as it allows us to extend our expertise and customer value proposition to address the entire lighting product life cycle, while building a growing base of recurring services revenue.
Maintenance services provide us with more regular ongoing customer contact points that should provide additional LED lighting solution sales opportunities. Similarly, LED lighting systems sales, particularly our turnkey solutions should provide opportunities to demonstrate our service excellence in open channels to introduce our maintenance service offerings. To expand our geographic reach, in January we purchased Stay-Lite Lighting, a national provider of lighting and electrical maintenance services heavily focused on the retail industry, one of Orion's strong market sectors. Stay-Lite has a national reach with particular strength in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, including their two largest national retail accounts that are new customers for Orion.
We also see good opportunities between our service capabilities in building our relationships with many of our ESCO and electrical contractor distribution partners as we are able to partner with them in some contractors to execute Orion installation or maintenance services for certain customers in regions of the country. Growth in lighting and electrical maintenance services should provide a growing base of steady recurring revenue that compliments and balances our LED lighting solutions and turnkey project business. This maintenance business is on track to generate meaningful growth in fiscal '23 with at least $20 million of revenue, up from $5.8 million in fiscal '22 and we expect this business can deliver a gross profit percentage roughly in line with our existing business. Overall, there are a number of positive growth dynamics and trends that give us great optimism for continued growth and expansion over the long term.
However, current supply chain and other economic challenges continue to create near-term visibility challenges in customer decision making regarding projects and their timing. Some customer delays impacted our fiscal '22 second half results and continued to create near-term visibility challenges on certain larger projects. Looking ahead, we have a realistic path to matching or exceeding our fiscal '22 revenue performance in fiscal '23, though uncertainties principally around project timing, make it difficult to provide specific revenue guidance at this time. We expect revenue from our largest customer to decline to approximately $25 million in fiscal '23, following the completion of the turnkey LED lighting and control retrofit of the bulk of the U.S.
store footprint. We are optimistic regarding the potential for strong growth in our business outside of this customer to offset this revenue decline. Our path to matching or exceeding fiscal '22 revenue would result in organic revenue growth of approximately 50% outside of our largest customer. We reviewed key factors expected to influence Orion's fiscal '23 performance in today's press release.
Orion's management and board remained committed to a long-term strategic plan to grow the business via organic and external growth to a $500 million annual revenue business over approximately five years. We envisioned the achievement of this goal with a combination of double-digit organic growth plus growth through acquisitions, partnerships, and other initiatives. Our confidence in achieving our growth goal is rooted in the strength of Orion's expanding product and service portfolio, our growing base of customers and distribution partners, our unique turnkey service capabilities, and our team's commitment to delivering customers the highest quality solutions and service with a compelling return on investment and environmental benefits to our planet. We are also confident in our ability to accelerate our growth through strategic transactions or partnerships such as our recent Stay-Lite acquisition.
Our ongoing research and analysis have created a growing pipeline of potential opportunities. We believe we have the financial strength to execute on the right opportunities in a manner that is accretive to our financial performance and shareholder value. I wanted to highlight a few of Orion's recent industry recognition. We were one of four winners in the Concept Category, of the American-Made challenge L-Prize competition sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Energy NREL and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Orion was recognized for a sustainable and connected LED trough of retrofit fixture. This highly efficient networked LED luminaire with advanced controls, including WiFi technology can retrofit in existing fluorescent luminaire in less than two minutes. Orion was also a finalist for the Wisconsin Manufacturer of The Year Awards.
We are very proud to be in the company of such high-quality businesses in our state. And earlier this year, our ISON PureMotion UV-C and ISON PureMotion light products each won four 2021 Spaces4Learning New Product Awards. Spaces4Learning is a leading publication for education, institutions, service providers, and others interested in creating high-quality educational facilities. Our PureMotion product line sanitizes air and eliminates airborne viruses, including COVID-19 in shared spaces, such as schools, medical facilities, offices, and other public spaces. And finally, Orion's American-made ISON LED High Bay light fixture was ranked number one for energy efficiency in our Harris High Bay Star Line was ranked number two in the Ultrahigh Lumen Category by Inside Lighting, an online industry resource for lighting professionals.
I want to talk about ESG for a minute. With our history rooted in delivering improved workplace environments, safety, and reduced energy conception, we have long been committed to fundamental ESG concepts. This year, in response to the growing interest in enhanced ESG reporting, we will be providing stakeholders with our initial sustainability report, which will be updated annually. Core values that drive our ESG thinking include a one-team mentality, meaning Orion is nothing but the sum of our employees as a collective team.
We also embrace technology and innovation, and also see the benefits of new technology to meet our customers changing needs with enhanced efficiency, safety, and a lower environmental impact. And finally, we embrace a customers for life philosophy in which we view our customer and partner relationships as ongoing and perpetual as a core value. We are committed to meeting the evolving needs of these key relationships to deliver improved operating performance, sustainability, energy savings, and carbon footprint reduction. I hope you spend some time with our sustainability report and we welcome and encourage your feedback that we may continue to evolve in a productive stakeholder friendly manner.
Now I'd like to turn the call over to Per Brodin, to discuss financial highlights and additional insights. Per?
Per Brodin -- Chief Financial Officer
Thank you, Mike. I'll quickly review some highlights and then we can open the call for Q&A. As Mike mentioned, Orion grew fiscal '22 revenue 6.5% to $124.4 million, driven by growth outside our largest customer relationship, including our ESCO channel, which increased by $8.1 million and a $5.7 million increase in maintenance services. Fourth-quarter fiscal '22 revenue decreased to $22.1 million from $35.5 million in Q4 21, which had benefited from strong national account project activity, enabled by the easing of work and travel restrictions following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our gross profit grew 12.6% to $33.9 million in fiscal '22 as our gross profit percentage improved to 27.3% from 25.8% in fiscal 2021. The recent year benefited from higher revenue, pricing increases, and ongoing supply chain product and cost management. Gross profit percentage declined to 23.8% in Q4 versus Q4 2021 due primarily to lower fixed cost absorption on reduced revenue. Fourth-quarter fiscal 2022 operating expenses were $6.6 million slightly below the Q4 2021 level of $6.7 million.
Fiscal 2022 operating expenses increased to $25.5 million from $23.3 million the prior year. The increase principally reflects higher sales and marketing expense, as well as a $0.5 million in acquisition expense. Fiscal 2021 expenses were also suppressed based on reductions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Orion reported fourth-quarter fiscal '22 net loss of $1.2 million versus net income of $22.1 million in Q4 fiscal '21, which included a $20.9 million noncash tax benefit from the release of valuation allowance against Orion's deferred tax assets.
Fiscal '22 net income was $6.1 million or $0.19 per diluted share versus $26.1 million or $0.83 per diluted share in fiscal year '21, which also included the $20.9 million tax benefit. Orion's effective tax rate was 26.2% in fiscal '22, although we do not expect to pay meaningful cash taxes for several years because of net operating loss carry forwards of more than $60 million for federal tax purposes as of March 2022. Orion generated adjusted EBITDA of $9.7 million in fiscal '22, including negative $0.4 million in Q4, which compares to $9.1 million for fiscal '21, including $3.1 million in Q4 '21. Looking beyond fiscal '22, we remain very confident in the company's long-term strategic growth plan and potential despite near-term customer supply chain and economic uncertainties.
Supporting our outlook, Orion remains in a strong financial position. We ended fiscal '22 with over $35 million in liquidity, including $14.5 million of cash and $21 million available on our credit facility with no material debt outstanding. Net working capital improved to $32.9 million at March 31, 2022, compared to $26.2 million on March 31, 2021. Given our financial strength, we are well-positioned to pursue other potential accretive acquisition opportunities in this environment and we will remain prudently opportunistic.
And with that, we'll turn the call back over to the operator for the Q&A session.
Questions & Answers:
Operator
Certainly. [Operator instructions] And our first question comes from Eric Stine of Craig-Hallum. Your line is open.
Eric Stine -- Craig-Hallum Capital Group -- Analyst
Hi, everyone. Thanks for taking the questions.
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Yes. Good morning, Eric.
Eric Stine -- Craig-Hallum Capital Group -- Analyst
Good morning. So maybe just starting with Home Depot, do appreciate the detail you're giving for the contribution in fiscal '23. You know, just curious what kind of visibility you have into additional work here, whether it's fiscal '23 and going forward, should we think about that $25 million as kind of a sustainable run rate or should we expect a direction one way or the other longer term?
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Yes. We felt since we were now substantially through the retrofit of the U.S. retail locations yet continuing with the other business within which we've mentioned in the past, which consists of new construction of locations of special projects in the store locations of maintenance services that we wanted to give a little more visibility going forward. So we do expect the $25 million to be somewhat of a baseline with this customer, and we expect that to continue for a number of years going forward.
So we feel that we've managed through the concentration reality that we had with Home Depot for fiscal '22 and the $61 million was 49% of revenues at $25 million. And assuming we stay flat in revenues in '23, we'd be at 20% concentration, which we think is a much healthier situation. So overall, Eric, yes we do expect that level of revenue combination of the items I mentioned, plus the service revenues to be around that $25 million range.
Eric Stine -- Craig-Hallum Capital Group -- Analyst
OK. That's great. I appreciate that. And maybe for my second one, just on maintenance services, obviously you've got high hopes there, but as you think about that longer term, I mean, what part of your five-year targets do you think maintenance services is? And is that an area where you think you will add to it through inorganic sources? Is it something that you think is organic, maybe just some details there?
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Absolutely. So starting with the Stay-Lite acquisition in January, that company is giving us a run rate going into fiscal '23 of around $10 million of revenue and we're expecting roughly $10 million of revenue from a couple of our other retail customers at this point in time. So as we've mentioned, we think we will exceed $20 million in revenue. So it's becoming a certainly greater proportion of our total revenues and we expect that to grow.
How we do that going forward is likely to be a combination of organic and inorganic. We now have a really strong presence, particularly in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states, but we have the ability to provide those services on a nationwide basis. And so we may expand that through additional acquisitions. We may do it by adding people in different locations to be able to do that.
And we also have not at this point taken full advantage of rolling that out to our existing customer base, which we expect to provide growth also. So we think it's a great opportunity for recurring revenues and we see opportunities both in the lighting industry for that as well as some other sectors that we may get into in the future.
Eric Stine -- Craig-Hallum Capital Group -- Analyst
OK. That's great. Thank you.
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Thank you, Eric.
Operator
And our next question comes from Alex Rygiel of B. Riley. Your line is open.
Alex Rygiel -- B. Riley Financial -- Analyst
Thank you. Good morning, gentlemen.
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Good morning, Alex.
Alex Rygiel -- B. Riley Financial -- Analyst
A couple of random questions here. First, if you achieve your fiscal '23 sort of revenue guidance here of around flattish, I guess year over year, can you talk a bit about EBITDA margins and directionally how should we think about them expanding or compressing? There is obviously various shifts in business, so away from a large customer toward the ESCOs and maintenance. So if you could just sort of give us some thoughts there on directionally where margins should go?
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Sure. Let me start and I may have Per ask a little bit on just longer-term. So first, even with obviously a second half of fiscal '22, not as strong as we had originally anticipated, we were pleased to end up with full year adjust the EBITDA of the $9.7 million. We've said consistently that we feel that we are a company at current levels that can be in those high single-digit EBITDA range.
And, and as revenues get a little stronger and grow somewhat to get into double digits, and then longer term, we feel this company as it grows and we get additional margin improvements from having the additional flow through of manufacturing in our facility, that getting to the mid-teens is certainly a viable objective for us. And it's an area that we've hit in the past as we've had very high volume coming through our manufacturing facility. So I think short-term, I think high single digits is a reasonable expectation for us and more midterm the lower double digits moving up to mid-double digits over time.
Alex Rygiel -- B. Riley Financial -- Analyst
Thank you. And then any chance you could quantify the value of projects that were delayed in fiscal 2022?
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Well, I will give some high-level comments to that, and it goes back to the last couple of combination of calls we've had and press releases we've had. And first of all, what we attempted to do back in January was to provide some information as to why, as we entered into fiscal 2022, we did feel that the revenue guidance we'd given at that time was based on our existing customer base, expectations of future sales and particularly some significant projects that we had and we walked through a couple of times now, some of those projects being delayed. So I think it's fair to say that a lot of that revenue shortfall from what we originally expected the year to be going back a year ago to today is due to projects being pushed back. We do not feel that we've lost a significant amount of business through either the supply chain aspects of us internally or from our customers.
Things have just been pushed back and delayed, and that has continued through the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022. So with all of that kind of said, you probably would put a box around that of somewhere between $20 million and $25 million of business that we had expected that has been, was pushed back due to largely customer situations and decisions, and sometimes their own supply chain challenges and somewhat of a COVID mix in some situations in terms of access.
Alex Rygiel -- B. Riley Financial -- Analyst
And of that $20 million to $25 million, how much of that is in your kind of baseline assumption here of flattish revenue? Is a portion of that in that baseline assumption or is none of that? And therefore, if it were to all come back, could there be $20 million to $25 million of upside to your commentary of flattish revenues in 2023?
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
I would say that today, Alex, most of that business that we expected in 2022 that we hope it may occur in 2023, is part of what we are talking when we say we see visibility to being flat in 2023. So I think it would not be -- I would not say that if all of that happens, it would suddenly be a big upside potential. There's always upside potential and some of our customers are doing more than, what we had expected going into this fiscal year and certainly we're always looking for new projects that will happen during fiscal 2023, and we may make other acquisitions. So I certainly feel optimistic there could be some upside, but I think it would not be correct to simply assume if all of that happens that suddenly 2023 would be significantly higher.
Alex Rygiel -- B. Riley Financial -- Analyst
Very helpful. Thank you very much.
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Thank you, Alex.
Operator
And our next question comes from Amit Dayal of H.C. Wainwright. Your line is open.
Amit Dayal -- H.C. Wainwright -- Analyst
Thank you. Good morning, everyone.
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Good morning, Amit.
Amit Dayal -- H.C. Wainwright -- Analyst
Yes. Hi, Mike. Just with respect to sort of the macro environment, Mike, I know you're guiding for sort of flattish to maybe some improvements year over year, but what's the risk of any of these projects being canceled? I mean, we saw targets result or announcement today. Some of these customers sort of fall in -- are these companies fall as part of your customer base, how should we think about any projects continuing to get pushed out, etc.? Have you seen any of that happen already or any color on that side would be helpful? Thank you.
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Absolutely. I think that the reason we felt it necessary in some of our prepared remarks today to say that there are things that we are watching is, it starts probably at the macro level, just in terms of what's going on globally right now with some uncertainties. And so, we do think that if the economy would change significantly, it's possible that customers might decide to slow things down in terms of what they're planning to do. And yet, on the other hand, we have seen situations where when the economy slows down, companies are looking for cost savings, and migrating to LED lighting usually provides a 50% or greater energy reduction.
So at times, those capital projects can move forward. So there could be some pros and cons in terms of economic changes or economic changes in the impacts on our business. I think the supply chain side of things I would say, have gotten modestly better than they were three months ago and certainly six months ago and some of the logistics have been better, but there continue to be some uncertainties in that area. But I probably would put the overall concern we would have right now or caution I would say just on the economy itself and what they might do to some of our customer decisions.
But again, fortunately, we have seen in the past and even back when COVID first hit and certain projects had to stop at companies that the LED lighting side of things, projects sometimes prevailed because of the great energy savings and improvement in safety and environment for their people. So those are the things that we are watching right now. And I'd say going into the first quarter, we're seeing continued caution by our customers saying how fast they want to move on projects and where some of their supply chain challenges might be.
Amit Dayal -- H.C. Wainwright -- Analyst
I appreciate that. Thank you. Just one last one, I guess, how much was ESCO in fiscal 2022 for you guys in terms of percentage of revenues?
Per Brodin -- Chief Financial Officer
I'm sorry. I didn't hear that full question.
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Yes. Could you start over, the first part cut out on us Amit, please?
Amit Dayal -- H.C. Wainwright -- Analyst
Yes, the ESCO channel. I was just wondering how much, what percentage of revenues was ESCO in 2022?
Per Brodin -- Chief Financial Officer
For the full year, it was 18%.
Amit Dayal -- H.C. Wainwright -- Analyst
OK. OK. Thank you. That's all I have.
Per Brodin -- Chief Financial Officer
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It -- yes. It was flat year over year, 18%.
Amit Dayal -- H.C. Wainwright -- Analyst
18% growth.
Operator
Our next question comes from Jeffrey Campbell of Alliance Global Partners. Your line is open.
Jeffrey Campbell -- Alliance Global Partners -- Analyst
Good morning, and thanks for all the color at this point.
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Yes. Good morning.
Jeffrey Campbell -- Alliance Global Partners -- Analyst
I wanted to ask regarding maintenance services, is your work exclusively on your own installations or can you perform work on installations from others? What I'm really wondering is, if over time can the service businesses create relationships that lead to installations, as well as the installations obviously leading to services work?
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Yes. Great question. We absolutely believe that to be the case. So there is no significant connection between us being able to provide lighting in miscellaneous electrical services based on whose product is in the facilities.
And that happens currently in our -- the business that we acquired back in January, Stay-Lite, where we are doing maintenance services on a variety of product. Often the manufacturer of the fixtures is quite different from who provides the maintenance services. And then secondly, to your point, we do think that ability to cross-sell both the maintenance services to our existing LED turnkey project solution customers, as well as the other direction is possible for us on the services side. So we are not limited by our own install base.
Jeffrey Campbell -- Alliance Global Partners -- Analyst
OK. Great. Thank you. And I wondered if you could just provide a little bit further color on the ESCO channel.
I mean, I understand the ESCOs emphasis on performance. I just wondered about relationships there, their importance, do you see some ESCOs as more important than others, just strategically how are you approach, how do you go about approaching the ESCOs that you want to work with?
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Sure. We have a really long history of working with ESCOs and we've been selling two ESCOs these energy service companies that, manage a number of energy projects for their customers, going back to when we first started in business 26 years ago. And strategically we've talked in the past that about five years ago, we kind of made some strategic shifts in our sales, adding distribution, and we lost a little focus on the ESCOs and we've been very heavily going back and focusing on them the last few years. And we are starting to see really good results from having a heavier focus on the ESCO market.
So we see a lot of potential there with them. ESCOs we believe in many cases like to buy and want to buy directly from the manufacturer, which we can do, because they typically may not need the services of the distribution market channels. And in addition, we're able to provide product today that sometimes some of our competitors can't because we do have the U.S.-based manufacturing, and we think we've got our inventory of components in a good position for us. So we actually see a really bright future for us with ESCOs and there are, we believe a number of them that we've not touched in the past.
And so we have some very active marketing and sales activities focused heavily on the ESCO channel.
Jeffrey Campbell -- Alliance Global Partners -- Analyst
And if I could just follow that up since, you just said a few minutes ago that the ESCO sales were flat year over year. Do you attribute that to the same sort of forces that you've discussed other projects that have been pushed out and that you're keeping an eye on for 2023, or do you think it's been more this business of having maybe gotten away from really pushing those sales and now that you're making a more concerted effort in the area that you might see some growth there respective of anything else?
Per Brodin -- Chief Financial Officer
Jeff, it's Per. Let me correct that, I misquoted the penetration on that. For the current, for fiscal 2022 U.S. markets was actually at about 16% penetration and 10% the prior year.
So, sorry for that.
Jeffrey Campbell -- Alliance Global Partners -- Analyst
Oh, so that's good growth.
Per Brodin -- Chief Financial Officer
That's significant growth, both dollars and penetration --
Jeffrey Campbell -- Alliance Global Partners -- Analyst
Great. Then you can scratch my last question.
Per Brodin -- Chief Financial Officer
Yes. And actually, if I could maybe I'll add one more to it, because I apologize for earlier, we got that a little bit mixed up. So when we issue our K later this week, we do break out the ESCO business as one of our segments in our K, it's called the U.S. markets.
And so for on a year-over-year basis, we actually grew the ESCO business by over 70% in fiscal 2023, I'm sorry, 2022. So I apologize for not making that clear earlier, but we saw extremely good growth in the ESCO market in 2022, and we see it as potential growth in the future. So thanks a lot your questions, Jeffrey.
Jeffrey Campbell -- Alliance Global Partners -- Analyst
Oh, great. Well, thanks for the clarity.
Per Brodin -- Chief Financial Officer
Thanks.
Operator
[Operator instructions] Our next question will come from Bill Dezellem of Tieton Capital. Your line is open.
Bill Dezellem -- Tieton Capital -- Analyst
Thank you. Let me start with supply chain. You had mentioned that yours is likely a little bit better than it was three months ago, but do you have a sense of the impact on your competitors supply chain specifically from the lockdowns in China and what that either has or could impact them in future months?
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
My comments would be, need to be somewhat high level, because I certainly don't have specific knowledge of our competitors supply chain situations Bill. But when we think about the fact that our view is that we import a substantially less amount of complete fixtures from Asia and particularly China that we believe our competitors do and the fact that we have our component situation in good shape, that we're continuing to deliver product as we mentioned earlier on the call, often in two weeks or less, we feel we're in a better position and we can tell anecdotally through the sales channel that we've been given opportunities over the last few months where a competitor has not been able to deliver product on a timely basis to the site either whether it's new construction or retrofit. So we think the early efforts, that we took of building up some inventory, both in certain finished goods that come from Asia, as well as components and working really hard with our suppliers and finding alternatives and substitutions that we have fared fairly well. And so we think we are in a better position than most of our larger competitors from a supply chain standpoint.
Bill Dezellem -- Tieton Capital -- Analyst
Right. And so the essence of the question was, do you think that that advantage may widen in coming months, I suppose, I should have asked it that way, is that, what's your sense there?
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
I think it's hard to tell at this point in time. I'm not sure we've seen the full extent yet of the lockdowns because it takes some time kind of both situations and they -- it hasn't gotten significantly better at this point in time. So I would have to say school is still a little bit out on that one, but there could still be some advantages we think over the next few months from a supply chain standpoint to us versus our competitors.
Bill Dezellem -- Tieton Capital -- Analyst
Great. Thank you. And then my second question has to do with pricing. How much, if at all, does your pricing need to catch up with costs that have come about as a result of inflation?
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
We feel that we've taken the right moves from our price increases in the marketplace, and it's always a balance between wanting to remain competitive and making sure that we protect gross margin. And our philosophy as a management team has been that when you go through an inflationary period, you need to focus heavily on protecting your gross margin. And the fact that we grew our gross margins on a year-over-year basis is a reflection that we have been able to do that. We have had three general price increases over the last 18 months and we feel that as we did those, we watched with the information that we could obtain of what our competitors were doing and we felt that we were either in line or below what we saw some of our competitors doing.
And we also worked very hard with our suppliers to manage some of the inflationary pressures that we were seeing. So our feel so far is that we've managed with it and feel we remain in a competitive position right now and have certainly protected our gross margin through this period of inflation, Bill.
Bill Dezellem -- Tieton Capital -- Analyst
Great. Thank you for the time.
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Yes. Thanks. Bill.
Operator
And our last question will come from Tony [Inaudible] key equities investment. Your line is open.
Unknown speaker
Good morning, everyone. Thank you for taking my question.
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Sure.
Unknown speaker
I'm a new investor and I'm looking at the revenue trend obviously from quarter to quarter, and it's obviously been declining, and the fourth quarter looks especially lull relative to what you've been doing over the last several quarters. Can you break down the components of what growth -- I know we've talked about supply chain and customer delays, etc., but what are the components of the delays or the shortfall in revenue for the fourth quarter and how do you expect those to be resolved over the next several quarters?
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Sure. I think one, thank you for being a shareholder. I Appreciate your question, Tony. I think that as we discussed in our February call and somewhat today that certainly the second half of fiscal 2022 was not up to what our original expectations were.
And we attempted in as much detail as we could back in February to describe some of the things that caused that to happen. And so, the impacts of those in Q3 and Q4 were a combination of a global online retailer, where we were doing new construction fixtures for their fulfillment centers, where they needed to take a slowdown and pause on their expected business in the, I'll call it, the first calendar quarter of 2022, and continuing due to their supply chain issues of their new construction materials, such as steel for their fulfillment centers. We had situations where we had customers that were planning projects, but they had some other supply chain issues with their facilities and therefore had to pull back somewhat. We had some federal government business that was expected to go more quickly.
So those handful of things that we saw had been delayed. Those delays for the most part continued through the fourth quarter. And which is why, as you said, the fourth quarter was somewhat softer than what we had expected back in the January and February timeframe. I think today, we feel very optimistic.
Again, we feel that most of that business has not been lost, although, I will say that the first quarter has continued to be somewhat sluggish in terms of companies fully turning back onto the projects that they have been planning on in the past. And so when we think about our fiscal 2023, it's likely to be somewhat backend loaded from our revenue and expectations, but again, we feel good about the customer base that we have, and the projects that are in place. And at this point, we're not seeing a lot of things canceled. It's just been a slowdown for the reasons that we have mentioned.
So it's probably as specific as I can get at this time, Tony.
Unknown speaker
That's very helpful. And the -- my second question is, how would you consider your competitive position as your revenues have dropped? Have you -- do you feel you've maintained your market share or you've raised it, or is that a bit lowered?
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Well, a couple of things and first I'll tie it a little bit back to your earlier question. And one thing, I should have mentioned also is that one impact we had in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 is, we did get to largely the end of the rollout of the U.S. retail locations for our largest customers. There was a known situation that was coming, and you finally get there where you get through most of those locations.
So that was part of the fall off and that happened in that fourth quarter. I think that -- I think going forward, we still feel very optimistic about where things stand today and I think from a competitive standpoint, I've never been one to really talk a lot about market share because it's a massive industry. And when we have talked in the past about just the fact that commercial and industrial lighting we think is somewhere around 30% implemented in the U.S. through the Department of Energy Studies and that the market is going to be massively growing over the next five years.
We just have to be better than our competitors and take more business away from them and get more than our share. So I think at our size and the size of this industry to me the market share is not important. It's just taking business that we win through better product, better service and better execution than our competitors.
Unknown speaker
Understood. Thank you very much, and the best of luck.
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Thank you very much, Tony.
Operator
That concludes the Q&A session. I would now like to turn the call back over to Mike Altschaefl for closing remarks.
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Thank you, Latonya, and thanks again to everyone who joined us today for your interest in Orion. Today, we are participating in-person at the LD Micro Conference in California, which is a hybrid conference and for any Investors, who may want to see our presentation, please contact LD Micro. We participated in several virtual conferences over the past year, many of which were recorded and are available on the IR section of our website. So if you have any questions or if you would like to schedule a call with management, please contact our IR team.
Their contact information is included in today's press release, and we really welcome your interest. So thanks again for joining us on today's call, and we look forward to talking to you after the next quarter. Have a great day. Thanks a lot.
Operator
[Operator signoff]
Duration: 48 minutes
Call participants:
Bill Jones -- Investor Relations
Mike Altschaefl -- Chief Executive Officer
Mike Jenkins -- Chief Operating Officer
Per Brodin -- Chief Financial Officer
Eric Stine -- Craig-Hallum Capital Group -- Analyst
Alex Rygiel -- B. Riley Financial -- Analyst
Amit Dayal -- H.C. Wainwright -- Analyst
Jeffrey Campbell -- Alliance Global Partners -- Analyst
Bill Dezellem -- Tieton Capital -- Analyst
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A Texas lawmaker wants to make it a crime for a child to attend a drag show.
State Rep. Bryan Slaton believes drag shows offer "inappropriate sexual content" for children.
"I would never take my children to a drag show," Slaton said in a statement.
Slaton, who represents a district east of Dallas, said he will introduce a bill during the next legislative session to ban children from attending drag shows.
He said he decided to draft the legislation after a video surfaced over the weekend of children attending a drag show at a bar in Dallas. According to KTVT, the CBS affiliate in Dallas, the bar, "Mr. Misster," promoted the event as a family-friendly show, where kids could interact with the performers.
The event reportedly was meant to promote inclusiveness and raise funds for an LGBTQ youth support group. | https://www.wcpo.com/news/national/texas-lawmaker-pushing-to-ban-children-from-attending-drag-shows | 2022-06-08T18:39:02Z | https://www.wcpo.com/news/national/texas-lawmaker-pushing-to-ban-children-from-attending-drag-shows | false | null |
The companies plan to transform the NEMT industry as a joint organization
Transforming NEMT, Together
LAKE SAINT LOUIS, Mo., June 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alaina Macia, President and CEO of MTM, Inc. headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, has announced the acquisition of Veyo, a non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) company based out of San Diego, California.
For more than 25 years, MTM has secured its place as an industry leader, working to develop innovative solutions that help people easily and reliably access NEMT options within their communities. MTM is one of the largest NEMT brokers in the nation, scheduling more than 13 million trips for Medicaid and Medicare members nationwide. As a result of the acquisition, MTM’s total annual revenue will be approximately $1 billion. The organization will now provide 20 million trips each year to 16 million people in 31 states and the District of Columbia.
Macia said the partnership will transform the medical transport industry by bringing together two talented organizations that share the goal of making it easier for people to quickly and conveniently access care. MTM’s experience partnering with traditional networks of transportation providers and public transit resources, paired with Veyo’s innovative Independent Driver Provider (IDP) shared ride model, will deliver the industry’s most robust NEMT experience.
“The union of the MTM and Veyo teams will allow us to achieve our vision of communities without barriers more comprehensively than ever before,” Macia said. “By joining our talented tech and customer service teams, we’ll accelerate our road map while bringing greater transparency, service improvements, and self-service tools to our clients and their members—each of which are incredibly important factors as we strive to achieve our goal of zero missed trips. Ultimately, we’re going to improve our members’ quality of life by ensuring they can always get to necessary medical appointments when they need to.”
Veyo, established seven years ago, sought to reinvent the traditional NEMT model by utilizing data, technology, and their IDP model to improve access to care. Josh Komenda, Veyo CEO and co-founder, will stay on board with MTM in a leadership role. Komenda said this partnership will merge both companies’ strengths.
“While technology and innovation are incredibly important, so is the human touch, and that’s where our vision for the future lies,” said Komenda. “With this fusion of our companies, we’re bringing together the best of both worlds: MTM’s customer service focus and Veyo’s technology prowess and IDP model. It is going to allow us to do all the things we set out to do—improve patient lives as well as the overall healthcare system—at a large scale and faster.”
About MTM
MTM is the nation’s most trusted and qualified partner for healthcare, transportation, and logistics solutions. Since 1995, MTM has managed NEMT for state and county governments, managed care organizations, health systems, and other programs involving transportation for the disabled, underserved, and elderly. Leveraging technology to streamline processes and improve the user experience for all stakeholders, MTM’s wide spectrum of services helps clients improve health outcomes, promote independence, reduce costs, and increase satisfaction. In 2009, MTM’s leadership established MTM Transit, an affiliate that provides direct paratransit and fixed-route transit services. Every year, MTM and MTM Transit collectively remove community barriers for 10 million people by providing more than 13 million trips in 29 states and the District of Columbia. MTM and MTM Transit are privately held, woman-owned business enterprises.
This is a proposed transaction and has not yet closed. It is subject to the receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals. JP Morgan is acting as financial advisor to MTM and Dentons US LLP is acting as legal advisor. Wells Fargo Securities LLC is acting as financial advisor to Veyo and Greenburg Taurig, LLP is acting as legal advisor.
For inquiries, contact: Jessica Williams, 618-772-2349
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Kohl’s puts up a for sale sign
(CNN) - Kohl’s is negotiating with a potential new owner.
The department store has announced it was in a three-week negotiation period with Franchise Group – a holding company that manages several retail chains.
Franchise Group has proposed to buy Kohl’s for $60 a share – putting Kohl’s value at around $8 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The retailer has more than 1,100 stores with around $19 billion in annual sales.
As the largest department store chain in the United States, Kohl’s has faced tough competition over the years from Amazon and big-box chains like Walmart and Target.
The company has tried different strategies to stave off competitors, but so far none have led to big improvements.
Other department stores, including Sears, JC Penny, Neiman Marcus and Barney’s, have filed for bankruptcy in recent years.
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