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Proprietary Flowmeter Increases Performance
PHOENIX, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trutankless, Inc. (OTCQB: TKLS) today announced that it received approval of its patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), for a "High-Accuracy Response-Curved Flowmeter", U.S. Serial No. 17/592,993 filed on February 5th, 2022.
The patent covers a new capability that solves some of the challenges with accurate performance at lower flow rates, while maintaining the accuracy throughout the range. The onboard memory contains multiple calibration K factors specific to each flowmeter produced, for use in a curve-fitted response by the intelligent controller, which allows for the storage of multiple K factors that are used to calculate a highly accurate K factor curve for the flowmeter.
"Our proprietary tankless flowmeter is based on an all-new design, which provides high accuracy at low cost, translating into improved performance over competitive systems by using a curve-fitting algorithm. We've increased the performance of our modular design using this ground-breaking technology in our next generation tankless, since it provides the ability to be used in any application," said Mike Stebbins, CEO & President. "With unheard of minimum activation and accuracy at all flow rates, we're seeing better responsiveness and new levels of efficiency with recirculation systems, which require heated water at less than one gallon per minute."
About Trutankless, Inc.:
Trutankless, Inc. (OTCQB: TKLS) is a technology-driven developer of accessible, next-generation home automation and efficiency systems. The Company's primary products are a line of electric tankless water heaters surpassing traditional tank water heaters in energy efficiency, output, dependability, and environmental sustainability. The Company sells its products to plumbing wholesale distributors and dealers throughout the United States. Trutankless, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Please visit www.trutankless.com or call 855-TO-BUY-TRU.
Forward-Looking Statement: The statements in this press release regarding any implied or perceived benefits from the release by Trutankless of its line of electric tankless water heaters or added key strategic sales and distribution partners are forward-looking statements. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, risks of the key strategic sales and distribution partners ability to sell our product, and effects of legal and administrative proceedings and governmental regulation, especially in a foreign country, future financial and operational results, competition, general economic conditions, and the ability to manage and continue growth.
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes may vary materially from those indicated. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements we make in this news release include the introduction of new technology, market conditions, and those set forth in reports or documents we file from time to time with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to revise or update such statements to reflect current events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. There is no guarantee that any specific outcome will be achieved. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
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15, June 2022
UK forced to cancel deportation flight to Rwanda after European court ruling 0
A first flight carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda as part of a controversial UK policy was cancelled on Tuesday in an embarrassing blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government.
The number of those due to be put on the flight had dwindled from an original 130 to seven on Tuesday and finally none thanks to a last-minute ruling from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
British Home Secretary Priti Patel said she was disappointed that “legal challenge and last-minute claims” meant the plane did not take off but vowed to pursue the heavily criticised policy.
“We will not be deterred,” she said in a statement.
“Our legal team are reviewing every decision made on this flight and preparation for the next flight begins now.”
The grounding was thanks to an ECHR ruling that at least one of the asylum seekers should stay in Britain as there were no guarantees for his legal future in Rwanda.
Patel called the ECHR intervention “very surprising” and vowed that “many of those removed from this flight will be placed on the next”.
The flight cancellation is an embarrassment for Johnson’s Conservative government, after Foreign Secretary Liz Truss insisted the Kigali-bound plane would leave, no matter how many people were on board.
“There will be people on the flights and if they’re not on this flight, they will be on the next flight,” Truss told Sky News earlier Tuesday.
The ECHR issued an urgent interim measure to prevent the deportation of an Iraqi man booked on the flight as he may have been tortured and his asylum application was not completed.
The Strasbourg-based court said the expulsion should wait until British courts have taken a final decision on the legality of the policy, set for July.
British newspapers from across the political spectrum expressed outrage at the eleventh-hour reversal and the government’s handling of the affair.
The conservative Daily Mail and Daily Express placed the blame in the hands of “meddling judges in Strasbourg”, expressing anger at what they called the “abuse of the legal system”.
The left-leaning Daily Mirror, meanwhile, slammed the government’s “cruel farce” and the “chaos” the policy had provoked.
‘All wrong’
Rights group Care4Calais tweeted that the same measure could be applied to the others set to be transported to Rwanda.
Truss said the policy, which the UN refugee agency has criticised as “all wrong”, was vital to break up human-trafficking gangs exploiting vulnerable migrants.
Record numbers of migrants have made the perilous Channel crossing from northern France, heaping pressure on the government in London to act after it promised to tighten borders after Brexit.
British media said some 260 people attempting the crossing in small boats were brought ashore at the Channel port of Dover by 1200 GMT on Tuesday.
More than 10,000 have crossed since the start of the year.
‘Shames Britain’
Legal challenges in recent days had failed to stop the deportation policy, which the two top clerics in the Church of England and 23 bishops described as “immoral” and “shames Britain”.
“They (migrants) are the vulnerable that the Old Testament calls us to value,” Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell wrote in a letter to The Times.
“We cannot offer asylum to everyone, but we must not outsource our ethical responsibilities, or discard international law—which protects the right to claim asylum.”
It was reported last weekend that Queen Elizabeth II’s heir, Prince Charles, had privately described the government’s plan as “appalling”.
But Truss said: “The people who are immoral in this case are the people traffickers trading on human misery.”
In Kigali, government spokeswoman Yolande Makolo told reporters it was an “innovative programme” to tackle “a broken global asylum system”.
“We don’t think it is immoral to offer a home to people,” she told a news conference.
Johnson has told his senior ministers the policy was “the right thing to do”.
‘Value for money’
Truss said she could not put a figure on the cost of the charter flight, which has been estimated at upwards of £250,000 ($303,000).
But she insisted it was “value for money” to reduce the long-term cost of irregular migration, which the government says costs UK taxpayers £1.5 billion a year, including £5 million a day on accommodation.
In the Channel port of Calais, in northern France, migrants said the risk of deportation to Rwanda would not stop them trying to reach Britain.
Moussa, 21, from the Darfur region of Sudan, said “getting papers” was the attraction. “That’s why we want to go to England,” he said.
Deported asylum seekers who eventually make the 4,000-mile (6,500-kilometre) trip to Kigali will be put up in the Hope Hostel, which was built in 2014 to give refuge to orphans from the 1994 genocide of around 800,000 mainly ethnic Tutsis.
Hostel manager Ismael Bakina said up to 100 migrants can be accommodated at a rate of $65 per person a day and that “this is not a prison.”
The government in Kigali has rejected criticism that Rwanda is not a safe country and that serious human rights abuses were rife.
But Rwandan opposition parties have questioned whether the resettlement scheme will work given high youth unemployment rates.
Source: AFP | https://www.cameroonconcordnews.com/uk-forced-to-cancel-deportation-flight-to-rwanda-after-european-court-ruling/ | 2022-06-15T21:16:37Z | https://www.cameroonconcordnews.com/uk-forced-to-cancel-deportation-flight-to-rwanda-after-european-court-ruling/ | true | 8 |
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Florida teen who staged walkouts over ‘Don’t Say Gay’ introduces Joe Biden at White House Pride event
President signs sweeping executive order to combat discrimination, bolster suicide prevention efforts and block ‘conversion therapy’ programmes from federal funds
President Joe Biden condemned violence against transgender Americans and the wave of legislation targeting LGBT+ people before signing an executive order to bolster anti-discrimination measures and suicide prevention efforts.
During the president’s second annual Pride event at the White House, the president criticised an “ultra MAGA” campaign of discriminatory measures – including more than 300 state-level bills filed by Republican legislators, mostly aimed at eliminating transgender healthcare and prohibiting transgender athletes from school sports – as well as efforts from Texas authorities to prosecute families of transgender children for child abuse and Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education Act,” what opponents have called the “Don’t Say Gay” law.
“In Florida, going after Mickey Mouse, for God’s sake,” said the president, alluding to Republican-led efforts to strip Walt Disney World of its governing authority after the company publicly rebuked the law.
“These attacks are real and consequential for real families,” he said.
The president was introduced by Florida 18-year-old Javier Gomez, who helped stage walkouts at his Florida high school to protest the state’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law, which bans classroom discussion about “sexual orientation or gender identity” in kindergarten through third grade or “in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students” in other grades.
Opponents have warned that the legislation’s broad language – and enforcement through civil actions against teachers and schools for perceived violations – will chill classroom speech and how students learn about LGBT+ people, history and events, or their families, or themselves, and raises questions about how students can discuss any of those issues without potential lawsuits.
He said the acceptance of his openly gay fifth-grade teacher “created a classroom that made me feel welcomed.”
“I fear students in Florida and across the country will not be able to get the same support because of hateful legislation,” he said. “My presence here is testament that we are fighting back … Because our lives are glorious, beautiful and worthy. We deserve respect and love. Until we have that we will continue to fight for liberation. … I’m fighting for the next little Javier so he doesn’t have to cry himself to sleep every night hoping he wakes up normal.”
In his message to young LGBT+ Americans, the president said: “Just be you. You are loved. You are heard. You are understood. You do belong. I want you to know as your president, all of us on this stage have your back.”
He urged members of Congress to pass the Equality Act, which would expand federal anti-discrimination protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, education and other programmes.
The bill passed the Democratically controlled House of Representatives but has languished in the deadlocked Senate.
Mr Biden signed a sweeping executive order that directs the US Department of Health and Human Services to help states expand access to healthcare for LGBT+ Americans and orders the Department of Education to study the impacts of state laws on LGBT+ young people and draft inclusive school policies.
The order also directs the Health Department to clarify that federally funded programmes cannot support “conversion therapy” efforts and ensure that US aid is not used to support the practice elsewhere.
His order also supporters suicide prevention programmes and direct federal agencies to study barriers to federal programmes and benefits, as well as the disparate impacts LGBT+ people face in housing, foster care, the criminal justice system, healthcare and in schools.
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WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday intensified its drive to tame high inflation by raising its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point — its largest hike in nearly three decades — and signaling more large rate increases to come that would raise the risk of another recession.
The move the Fed announced after its latest policy meeting will raise its benchmark short-term rate, which affects many consumer and business loans, to a range of 1.5% to 1.75%. With the additional rate hikes they foresee, the policymakers expect their key rate to reach a range of 3.25% to 3.5% by year's end — the highest level since 2008 — meaning that most forms of borrowing will become sharply more expensive.
The central bank is ramping up its drive to tighten credit and slow growth with inflation having reached a four-decade high of 8.6%, spreading to more areas of the economy and showing no sign of slowing. Americans are also starting to expect high inflation to last longer than they had before. This sentiment could embed an inflationary psychology in the economy that would make it harder to bring inflation back to the Fed's 2% target.
The Fed’s three-quarter-point rate increase exceeds the half-point hike that Chair Jerome Powell had previously suggested was likely to be announced this week. The Fed’s decision to impose a rate hike as large as it did Wednesday was an acknowledgment that it's struggling to curb the pace and persistence of inflation, which has been worsened by Russia’s war against Ukraine and its effects on energy prices.
Asked at a news conference Wednesday why the Fed was announcing a more aggressive rate hike than he had earlier signaled it would, Powell replied that the latest reports had shown inflation to be hotter than expected.
“We thought strong action was warranted at this meeting," he said, “and we delivered that.”
Inflation has shot to the top of voter concerns in the months before Congress’ midterm elections, souring the public’s view of the economy, weakening President Joe Biden’s approval ratings and raising the likelihood of Democratic losses in November. Biden has sought to show he recognizes the pain that inflation is causing American households but has struggled to find policy actions that might make a real difference. The president has stressed his belief that the power to curb inflation rests mainly with the Fed.
Yet the Fed’s rate hikes are blunt tools for trying to lower inflation while also sustaining growth. Shortages of oil, gasoline and food are propelling inflation. The Fed isn’t ideally suited to address many of the roots of inflation, which involve Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, still-clogged global supply chains, labor shortages and surging demand for services from airline tickets to restaurant meals.
Borrowing costs have already risen sharply across much of the U.S. economy in response to the Fed’s moves, with the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate topping 6%, its highest level since before the 2008 financial crisis, up from just 3% at the start of the year. The yield on the 2-year Treasury note, a benchmark for corporate borrowing, has jumped to 3.3%, its highest level since 2007.
Even if a recession can be avoided, economists say it’s almost inevitable that the Fed will have to inflict some pain — most likely in the form of higher unemployment — as the price of defeating chronically high inflation.
In their updated forecasts Wednesday, the Fed's policymakers indicated that after this year's rate increases, they foresee two more rate hikes by the end of 2023, at which point they expect inflation to finally fall below 3%, close to their 2% target. But they expect inflation to still be 5.2% at the end of this year, much higher than they'd estimated in March.
Over the next two years, the officials are forecasting a much weaker economy than was envisioned in March. They expect the unemployment rate to reach 3.7% by year's end and 3.9% by the end of 2023. Those are only slight increases from the current 3.6% jobless rate. But they mark the first time since it began raising rates that the Fed has acknowledged that its actions will weaken the economy.
The central bank has also sharply lowered its projections for economic growth, to 1.7% this year and next. That's below its outlook in March but better than some economists’ expectation for a recession next year.
Expectations for larger Fed hikes have sent a range of interest rates to their highest points in years. The yield on the 2-year Treasury note, a benchmark for corporate bonds, has reached 3.3%, its highest level since 2007. The 10-year Treasury yield, which directly affects mortgage rates, has hit 3.4%, up nearly a half-point since last week and the highest level since 2011.
Investments around the world, from bonds to bitcoin, have tumbled on fears surrounding high inflation and the prospect that the Fed’s aggressive drive to control it will cause a recession. Even if the Fed manages the delicate trick of curbing inflation without causing a recession, higher rates will nevertheless inflict pressure on stock prices. The S&P 500 has already sunk more than 20% this year, meeting the definition of a bear market.
Other central banks are also acting swiftly to try to quell surging inflation, even with their nations at greater risk of recession than the U.S. The European Central Bank is expected to raise rates by a quarter-point in July, its first increase in 11 years. It could announce a larger hike in September if record-high levels of inflation persist. On Wednesday, the ECB vowed to create a market backstop that could buffer member countries against financial turmoil of the kind that erupted during a debt crisis more than a decade ago.
The Bank of England has raised rates four times since December to a 13-year high, despite predictions that economic growth will be unchanged in the second quarter. The BOE will hold an interest rate meeting on Thursday.
Last week, the World Bank warned of the threat of “stagflation” — slow growth accompanied by high inflation — around the world.
A key reason why a recession is now likelier is that economists increasingly believe that for the Fed to slow inflation to its 2% target, it will need to sharply reduce consumer spending, wage gains and economic growth. Ultimately, the unemployment rate will almost certainly have to rise — something the Fed hasn’t yet forecast but could in updated economic projections it will issue Wednesday.
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Jun 14, 2022
Boris Johnson’s Adviser Suggests UK Premier Broke Ministerial Rules
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,(Bloomberg) -- It’s “reasonable” to say Boris Johnson may have breached the ministerial code during the Partygate scandal, the UK prime minister’s own ethics adviser said, as a parliamentary committee probes whether the premier also misled Parliament.
Johnson in April became the first sitting premier found to have broken the law when police fined him for attending a gathering in Downing Street on his birthday in June 2020, in breach of the Covid lockdown rules his own government brought in.
The “ordinary man or woman” might conclude it’s “reasonable to say that perhaps a fixed-penalty notice and the prime minister paying for it may have constituted not meeting the overarching duty of the ministerial code of complying with the law,” Christopher Geidt, Johnson’s independent adviser on ministers’ interests, told a panel of lawmakers on Tuesday.
Geidt’s testimony to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee shows the prime minister still faces pressure over his conduct, 8 days after narrowly surviving a confidence vote among his own lawmakers. The ballot, in which 41% of Conservative MPs opposed the premier, was sparked in large part by the parties scandal in which police issued 126 fines to 83 people for attending rule-breaking gatherings in government buildings.
John Penrose, a Tory MP who led Johnson’s anti-corruption agenda, resigned his position last week, telling Sky News “it’s pretty clear” the premier had broken the country’s ministerial code “in a very material way.”
‘Busy Year’
Johnson is being investigated by the House of Commons Committee of Privileges to determine whether he committed a contempt of parliament by misleading the chamber when answering questions about Partygate.
Geidt’s remarks highlight how the ministerial code is based on an implied notion of honor and integrity which may not be fit for the modern era. Breaking the rules and intentionally misleading Parliament are both regarded as resigning offenses in UK politics, though there is no compulsion to quit. Moreover, the person who has ultimate say over whether the code has been breached is the prime minister himself.
But Johnson appears to defy the laws of political gravity. He declined to resign after being fined over Partygate, so parliamentary censure -- should it come -- may not be enough to prompt him to quit. More likely he would be at the mercy of the opinion of his cabinet and Tory colleagues.
Read more: Tory Rebels Face Battle to Oust Johnson and Next Move Is Tricky
Geidt said that earlier this year he didn’t have sufficient powers to probe Johnson’s potential breach of the ministerial code linked to lockdown-busting parties and so hadn’t requested an investigation. Instead he requested a statement from the prime minister, who cleared himself of any breach of the rules. Geidt’s powers have been enhanced since then.
Geidt has been Johnson’s ethics adviser during a period of multiple public scandals, including Partygate and whether the prime minister broke rules over the funding of the refurbishment of his Downing Street residence. He drew laughter from MPs when he said it had been an “exceptionally busy year.”
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The GOAT is back. Serena Williams teased a return to tennis on Instagram on Tuesday, with a photo of her Nike-clad feet on a grass court – the iconic symbol of Wimbledon. Later, The New York Times reported that the 23-time Grand Slam champion received one of six wild-card entries to the iconic English tournament and will lace up when it kicks off next week. In the run-up to the event, Williams will play doubles with the No. 4 player in the world, Ons Jabeur. This will be Serena’s first competition since last year’s tournament when she suffered a hamstring injury shortly into her first-round match.
Eli Manning Gets the Cartoon Treatment with Upcoming Series
Eli Manning loves a good draw play. Now, the two-time Super Bowl champion is bringing his creative talents to a new animated series that will center on a shy quarterback with a secret superpower – fittingly, a magic arm. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the sneaky QB will lead a team of unlikely players on adventures. Manning will voice a supporting character on the program, which is looking for a streaming home.
Russia Extends Brittney Griner’s Detention
The refrain is simple: Bring BG Home. Russian officials announced that they will extend Brittney Griner’s detention in the country following an incident involving the alleged possession of drug paraphernalia that took place at an airport on February 17 of this year. State Department officials met with BG’s Phoenix Mercury teammates to explain the situation but failed to offer good news as to the immediate status of her return.
Kevin Durant & Rich Kleiman Produced “Swagger” Will Return to Apple TV+ for Season 2
Kevin Durant and his producing partners are returning, this time with a little more Swagger. Apple TV+ confirmed that a second season is in the works on Tuesday. The show is based on Durant’s experiences on the AAU circuit, and highlights the complex stories of the players, coaches, and their families.
Deadmau5 Unmasks the Future of Banking with Zytara
Deadmau5 is no stranger to innovation. The be-masked electronic producer is teaming up with digital banking company Zytara for a branded endeavor, he revealed via Twitter on Tuesday. The partnership will unlock virtual banking experiences for Zytara customers around the world.
Major League Soccer Lands Blockbuster 10-year, $2.5B Deal with Apple TV
The MLS just leveled up its game. The American soccer league upgraded its broadcast deal, netting nearly two times as much annually than its previous deal. Apple TV announced on Tuesday that it inked a 10-year, $2.5 billion deal that includes live coverage of every MLS regular season and postseason match, as well as full coverage of the CONCACAF Leagues Cup. Boardroom has all the details of the historic deal.
Richard Sherman is Taking His Talents to Prime Video
Thursday Night Football is getting a total overhaul in 2022. The weekly game is switching networks, finding its new home on Prime Video. Richard Sherman revealed to the NFL Network’s Steve Wyche that he will join the streaming service as an analyst. The outspoken cornerback will serve up his signature insights on the games, joining Tony Gonzalez, Al Michaels, and Kirk Herbstreit. In the conversation, the 34-year-old did not fully rule out a return to the gridiron.
Will Zalatoris, Harold Varner III Tee Up the PGA Tour with New FanDuel Campaign
The US Open tees off on Thursday in Brookline, and there’s no shortage of storylines in this year’s competition. In advance of the first tee time, FanDuel released a new campaign featuring PGA Tour stars Abraham Ancer, Will Zalatoris, Harold Varner III, and existing FanDuel PGA TOUR partner, Jordan Spieth. The broadcast will air during the US Open and continue through February 2023. Additionally, FanDuel will extend the partnership to social media platforms, with content encircling FanDuel’s Free-to-Play betting features.
Squid Games Sets to Return with New Challenge and Record-setting Prize Pot
Squid Games but make it a reality. The wildly popular Netflix phenomenon announced on Tuesday that it is coming back. The new version of the show is being billed as “the biggest reality competition ever.” Squid Games Challenge, will feature 456 contestants vying for a $4.56 million pot, marking the largest lump-sum cash prize in TV history and the largest competition series cast ever assembled.
Little Caesars Locks In as the Official Pizza of the NFL
It’s the end of an era. The NFL announced that it has found a new pizza king, bringing on Little Caesars as its official pizza sponsor of the league. Football fans can expect a Little Caesars’ takeover of various NFL properties in the upcoming season. The partnerships will bridge social media, revised NFL-themed packaging, and more. The two will also partner on philanthropic efforts focused on bringing food to the hungry. | https://boardroom.tv/headline-to-go/june-15-2022-serena-williams-wimbledon-return/ | 2022-06-15T21:27:05Z | https://boardroom.tv/headline-to-go/june-15-2022-serena-williams-wimbledon-return/ | true | 1 |
“Israeli friends of Ukraine” picketed the solemn event reception in Jerusalem
Activists of the “Israeli friends of Ukraine” movement held a picket of the Sergiyevo Compound building in Jerusalem, where the russian embassy held a solemn event on the occasion of Russia's Day. Activists reported this at social networks.
The action took place on Tuesday evening. About 50 people gathered with posters and State flags of Ukraine and chanted “Shame!” and “Glory to Ukraine!”.
“Participants of the rally are trying to identify the arrivals in order to find out which of the Israeli guests did not hesitate to accept the invitation of the embassy of the country that commits war crimes in Ukraine”, - the activists say.
As reported earlier, pro-Ukrainian activists thwarted the opening of a commemorative plaque on the building of the Sergiyevo Compound. | https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/video/839299.html | 2022-06-15T21:28:52Z | https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/video/839299.html | false | null |
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Governor Pritzker Signs Bill Guaranteeing Insurance Coverage for Glucose Monitors
ILLINOIS, June 15 - Chicago—Today, Governor JB Pritzker signed legislation into law requiring insurance and managed health plans provide coverage for continuous glucose monitors, an essential tool for diabetes care. SB2969 expands safe and affordable treatment options for thousands of Illinoisans. Continuous glucose monitors are essential devices for patients with both Type I and Type II diabetes to maintain safe blood sugar levels and prevent the need for emergency medical care. The bill was signed at Lurie Children's Hospital, a major endocrinology center that treats thousands of diabetic patients each year.
"No one—regardless of their socioeconomic status or insurance coverage—should go without the care they require," said Governor Pritzker. "But for too long, diabetics have had to make the impossible choice between obtaining this necessary medical equipment or putting food on the table. That is an unacceptable burden to ask diabetics to bear, and this legislation will ensure insurance companies support these essential devices and those that use them"
More than 1.3 million Illinoisans suffer from diabetes. Continuous glucose monitors track blood sugar throughout the day, allowing up-to-the-minute data for patients to use when assessing diet or the need for insulin. Although diabetes is a manageable disease, the tools to monitor and control the disease are essential for that management to be successful. Failure to treat elevated or decreased blood sugar levels can result in serious illness for patients, often requiring expensive emergency care and hospitalization.
Diabetes disproportionately affects minority and low-income communities, further exacerbating the equity gap caused by high-cost monitoring devices. CDC data shows Black, Hispanic, and Native American Illinoisans are all at a higher risk of getting diabetes. This legislation ensures the most at-risk Illinoisans cannot be denied coverage that is desperately needed to stay healthy and prevent further medical complications.
Governor Pritzker has codified several other insurance expansions into law during his time in office to expand access to necessary healthcare that has been neglected or gone uncovered by insurance providers in the past. Legislation signed by the Governor has required insurance coverage for prostate cancer and breast cancer screenings, naloxone, prophylactic AIDS medicine, over-the-counter birth control, and more. Governor Pritzker also signed an executive order during the COVID-19 pandemic requiring telehealth be covered at the same rate as in-person care, codifying that protection into law in 2021.
"This is a development in science that should be available to help people better regulate their diabetes," said State Senator Julie Morrison (D-Lake Forest). "Glucose monitoring systems should be covered the same as other medical equipment. Today we are taking a positive toward making these devices more accessible."
"No one should have to worry about how they will access quality healthcare or the medicine they need to be well," said Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton. "By signing this legislation, Illinois honors its promise of putting resources and policies in place that benefit the health and welfare of residents throughout the state."
"No person with diabetes should have to worry about being able to afford monitoring their blood sugar," said State Senator Robert Peters (D-Chicago). "Diabetes patients should not be treated differently than anyone else. We need to be doing all that we can to ensure that we are providing affordable health care to all."
"One of the first doors I knocked on when I first ran for this role was answered by a 20 year old with type 1 diabetes," said State Rep. Suzanne Ness (D-Crystal Lake). "His number one priority was the cost of healthcare as this was going to affect him his whole life. While IL has capped the cost of insulin, it is only right that we include and make more affordable, life changing devices that improve a person's quality of life. SB2969 does just that."
"The signing of SB 2969 is another example of Illinois leading the fight for those in our communities who need it the most," said State Rep. Kambium Buckner (D-Chicago). "Glucose monitors provide users with important information about their blood sugar levels and can literally be the difference between life and death. Removing barriers like this brings us closer to our goal of complete healthcare equity that serves all of the people of Illinois."
"Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago commends Governor Pritzker, Senator Julie Morrison and Representative Suzanne Ness for passing and signing into law legislation that will improve access to Continuous Glucose Monitor devices for Illinois children and families afflicted with diabetes," stated Dr. Naomi Fogel, Medical Director of the Diabetes Program at Lurie Children's. "Children and families with access to Continuous Glucose Monitors have improved health outcomes, reducing their risk for Emergency Room visits, hospitalizations and future complications."
"The American Diabetes Association applauds Senator Julie Morrison for sponsoring SB 2969 and Governor Pritzker for signing it into law today," said Gary Dougherty, Director of State Government Affairs for the Association. "Advances in diabetes technology are changing lives. Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) provides glucose readings every few minutes, allowing for improved monitoring and management of diabetes. By requiring state-regulated health plans to cover CGMs, even more people will have affordable access to this technology which can lower their risk for dangerous complications of diabetes."
"On behalf of the Illinois Association of Area Agencies on Aging, we thank Governor Pritzker for signing Senate Bill 2969. This legislation will help more older adults and their caregivers to access real-time glucose data monitoring to better manage their diabetes and reduce unnecessary hospitalizations. We would also like to thank Senator Morrison and Representative Ness for their leadership on this issue that will improve the health of seniors and all Illinoisans," said Marla Fronczak, President of the Illinois Association of Area Agencies on Aging
"This important new law will help people suffering from diabetes stay healthy. We thank Governor Pritzker for signing this important law and Senator Julie Morrison and Representative Suzanne Ness for getting it through the General Assembly," said Dr. Rodney Alford, President-Elect Illinois State Medical Society. | https://www.einpresswire.com/article/576968504/governor-pritzker-signs-bill-guaranteeing-insurance-coverage-for-glucose-monitors | 2022-06-15T21:33:12Z | https://www.einpresswire.com/article/576968504/governor-pritzker-signs-bill-guaranteeing-insurance-coverage-for-glucose-monitors | true | 1 |
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This is FRESH AIR. Actor Jeff Bridges has had a rough couple of years battling lymphoma, from which he's currently in remission, and contracting COVID-19. But during that same prolonged period, he filmed a new seven-episode miniseries called "The Old Man," which premieres tomorrow on FX and begins streaming on Hulu on Friday. Bridges, 72, plays a former CIA operative who resurfaces after decades off the grid. "The Old Man" co-stars John Lithgow and Amy Brenneman. Our TV critic David Bianculli has this review.
DAVID BIANCULLI, BYLINE: Jeff Bridges began his acting career on television in the 1950s, as a young boy playing occasional guest roles on "Sea Hunt," the series starring his dad, Lloyd Bridges. But once he came into his own in the '70s, the younger Bridges set out on a long and stellar film career. He's logged triumphant roles in virtually every decade since, from "The Last Picture Show" and "The Fabulous Baker Boys" to "The Big Lebowski" and the Coen brothers' remake of "True Grit." His most recent film, "Bad Times At The El Royale," was four years ago. But now, after some health issues and a production schedule delayed by the pandemic, Jeff Bridges marks his return in a strong role in yet another new decade. And this time, it's on television, where he began, as the star of a new FX miniseries called "The Old Man."
Based on the novel by Thomas Perry, "The Old Man" is adapted for television by Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine. The first two episodes are directed by Jon Watts, director of "Spider-Man: No Way Home." I've seen the first four of seven, and they've really pulled me in. The mood and feel of "The Old Man" is like a more modern "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy." Everyone has very complicated relationships with each other. Few people can be trusted completely, and almost no one is who they appear to be.
The drama starts out at a deliberately slow pace. Jeff Bridges plays Dan Chase, a widower living in a remote patch of New England with two dogs. Early on, while he's exercising his dogs outside and heading back into the kitchen for breakfast, he gets a concerned phone call from his daughter, Emily.
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UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As Emily) You don't sound like yourself. You're preoccupied when we're talking. You're not sleeping. I'm just asking you, what's the difference now?
JEFF BRIDGES: (As Dan Chase) I don't know. Something, you know, is just off.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As Emily) Listen, if this is about what I think it's about, then I understand why it frightens you. But I think you're fine, unless there's something you're not telling me. Is there something you're not telling me?
BRIDGES: (As Dan Chase) Oh, sorry. No, no, of course not. I got to run, sweetie. I'll call you when I can.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As Emily) OK.
BRIDGES: (As Dan Chase) OK. Bye-bye. Love you.
BIANCULLI: It seems like an ordinary father-daughter moment, but nothing about this drama or its characters is anything close to ordinary. The man using the name of Dan Chase used to be a CIA operative decades ago and has since gone into hiding. He senses that he may finally have been found, and he's right. And after a brutal confrontation, he hits the road with his dogs and calls his daughter.
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UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As Emily) Hello?
BRIDGES: (As Dan Chase) Hey, kid. It's me. Sorry to be calling you at this hour. They found me.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As Emily) What? Are you OK?
BRIDGES: (As Dan Chase) Yeah, I'm fine. The dogs are fine. But if they found me at the house, I can't go back.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As Emily) Are you sure it was them?
BRIDGES: (As Dan Chase) Yeah. Yeah, I'm sure.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As Emily) Just because after all this time, you know, it seems pretty unlikely.
BRIDGES: (As Dan Chase) Emily, Emily, I'm sure. I've been feeling it for a few weeks now. I thought maybe it was my imagination or my head making up ghosts to remind me I'm getting lazy and I still have things to worry about. But, no, this is not a drill. This is happening.
BIANCULLI: Once Dan is on the run, "The Old Man" gets more and more intricate. John Lithgow plays Harold Harper, an FBI agent called in to help track this flushed-out former spy because of their shared past. Alia Shawkat, from "Arrested Development" and "Search Party," plays Harold's very capable protege. And Amy Brenneman from "NYPD Blue" and "Judging Amy," plays Zoe, a divorced mother. She becomes involved in the intrigue when she rents a room to the character played by Jeff Bridges. By Episode 2, she asks him to take her to a restaurant. And to avoid suspicion, he does, and even engages in some uncharacteristically truthful conversation.
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BRIDGES: (As Dan Chase) How long has it been for you since your last first date?
AMY BRENNEMAN: (As Zoe) George Bush. Thereabouts.
BRIDGES: (As Dan Chase) Oh, which one?
BRENNEMAN: (As Zoe) Read my lips.
BRIDGES: (As Dan Chase) Oh, that's a long time ago.
BRENNEMAN: (As Zoe) Yeah, I'm just now realizing just how long. How about you?
BRIDGES: (As Dan Chase) A bit longer than that.
BIANCULLI: This miniseries builds slowly but grippingly. The action sequences are intense and sloppy, less like stylized choreography than anything-goes, hand-to-hand combat. But most of "The Old Man" is slower and quieter. Bridges even conducts a conversation while cooking eggs in real time, like Stanley Tucci in the "Big Night." Both Shawkat and Brenneman give performances that erupt and shift at surprising times with great effectiveness. And Lithgow, opposite Bridges, is as mercurial and mysterious here as he was playing the Trinity Killer opposite Michael C. Hall on "Dexter" and may be just as dangerous. Since I've only seen half of this miniseries, I don't know how dangerous he is or anyone else. I do know that, as in "Homeland," perspectives and sympathies keep shifting. I'm hooked and I worry about these characters, but I'm not quite sure whom to trust or even whom to root for, except for those two dogs. I really like "The Old Man," but I love those dogs.
DAVIES: David Bianculli is a professor of television studies at Rowan University in New Jersey. He reviewed "The Old Man," starring Jeff Bridges. The series premieres tomorrow on FX.
On tomorrow's FRESH AIR - Washington Post tech columnist Geoffrey Fowler. In a new series, he calls "We The Users," he says our phones and apps are allowing private companies to take our data, spy on our kids and limit our choices. He says our internet laws and practices have to change, and he has some ideas. I hope you can join us.
FRESH AIR's executive producer is Danny Miller. Our technical director and engineer is Audrey Bentham. Our interviews and reviews are produced and edited by Amy Salit, Phyllis Myers, Sam Briger, Lauren Krenzel, Heidi Saman, Therese Madden, Ann Marie Baldonado, Thea Chaloner, Seth Kelley and Joel Wolfram. Our digital media producer is Molly Seavy-Nesper. Roberta Shorrock directs the show. For Terry Gross, I'm Dave Davies.
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A LOCAL man has expressed gratitude to a kindly individual for their actions after losing part of his prized vintage car.
Simon Johnston explained: "I was driving through Richhill last week in my vintage 1933 M.G. and didn’t realise that the front panel below the radiator, complete with number plate, had come loose and fallen off between Tandragee Street and Irish Street.
"But some kind soul found the panel and number plate and left them sitting on the bench beside the bus stop where it was spotted by two passing police officers in their patrol car. They gathered it up and took it back to Armagh police station and were able to contact me to let me know they had it.
"The paint was a bit scraped - understandably - but no damage otherwise.
"I hope that the Good Samaritan who rescued it sees this and my grateful thanks to him or her for their thoughtfulness.
"This is a favourite picture of the car with my wife and I and our youngest grandson at a vintage event in England." | https://www.northernconstitution.co.uk/news/2022/06/15/gallery/resident-s-thanks-to-good-samaritan-for-car-actions-25975/ | 2022-06-15T21:35:08Z | https://www.northernconstitution.co.uk/news/2022/06/15/gallery/resident-s-thanks-to-good-samaritan-for-car-actions-25975/ | true | 5 |
Internet Explorer officially retires Thursday. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Margaret O'Mara, professor at the University of Washington, about the embattled web browser's long history.
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Internet Explorer officially retires Thursday. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Margaret O'Mara, professor at the University of Washington, about the embattled web browser's long history.
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Military police have charged retired lieutenant-general Trevor Cadieu with two counts of sexual assault, three months after the longtime army officer hung up his uniform and headed to Ukraine while still under criminal investigation.
The charges were announced on Wednesday by Canada’s military police chief, Provost Marshal Brig.-Gen. Simon Trudeau, and relate to incidents that are alleged to have taken place in 1994 at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ont.
Cadieu, who has previously denied any wrongdoing, was supposed to take over as commander of the Canadian Army last September. A veteran of Bosnia and Afghanistan, he most recently provided analysis and advice to the chief of the defence staff.
But his appointment as army commander was suspended as military police investigated what was described as “historical allegations” against him, which Cadieu in a statement at the time described as false.
He then retired in early April as the investigation went on and sources not authorized to comment on his whereabouts said he headed to Ukraine to help defend against Russia’s invasion.
Cadieu has been confirmed by two sources close to the Vernon Army Camp as a former cadet. He is believed to have gone on to Royal Roads University in Victoria, followed by his brother, before attending the Royal Military College of Canada and beginning his Regiment Force career.
He was a commanding officer at Strathcona’s Canadian Armoured Regiment from 2010 to 2012, according to his records. He has since served the Canadian Armed Forces for more than nine years.
Cadieu is also identified as being from Vernon in Afghanistan: A Canadian History, in a 2006 excerpt where he is quoted.
Cadieu could not be immediately reached for comment on Wednesday, but a CBC report quoted him as saying in a statement: “I have just been advised that I have been charged by the CFNIS.
“I am making arrangements to return to Canada from Ukraine, and I will continue to co-operate with this process, as I have from the start.”
Meanwhile, Trudeau defended the decision to have military police charge Cadieu in light of retired Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour’s call for the transfer of criminal sexual investigations from military to civilian authorities.
The provost marshal noted Arbour left open the door to leaving investigations with military police if they were near completion, adding: “As this investigation was near completion, the civilian police agency of concurrent jurisdiction opted not to accept it.”
A similar decision was made in the case of retired vice-admiral Haydn Edmundson. The military’s former head of human resources was charged in December with one count of sexual assault and one count of indecent acts, and his trial is set for August 2023.
Cadieu’s case will be heard in the civilian court system.
He is one of several senior commanders to be investigated by military police for alleged sexual misconduct in the past two years.
Those allegations have forced a reckoning within the military over its failure to address inappropriate behaviour. They also sparked criticism of the Liberal government’s handling of the issue and calls for more external oversight of the military.
Cadieu strenuously denied any wrongdoing in a statement last fall, saying: “The allegations are false, but they must be investigated thoroughly to expose the truth.” He said he had provided information to investigators to prove his innocence.
The retired officer also said at the time that he had asked Eyre to select someone else to serve as Canadian Army commander, adding: “I know that these false claims will, as intended, create doubts about my ability to lead in this environment.”
Cadieu’s decision to travel to Ukraine followed an order from Eyre banning serving members of the Canadian Armed Forces from joining the thousands of foreigners who have flocked to the country to help fight Russia’s invasion.
Russia has reportedly threatened criminal prosecutions against any foreigners captured fighting in Ukraine while a senior Canadian officer last month raised the spectre of Moscow attempting to use captured foreign fighters for propaganda purposes.
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Michigan GOP gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon on Wednesday told Newsmax that if she's elected, she'll sign legislation that criminalizes allowing children to attend drag shows, in response to the news that in Texas, a Pride Month morning show was made open to families and children last weekend.
"If you look at this, you see that there are kids in this club," the Michigan Republican said on Newsmax's "National Report." "It has a sign on the wall that has a very inappropriate statement on it. They're doing a very sexualized performance in front of these children."
On Saturday, the "Drag Kids to Pride'' show, held at the Mr. Misster bar in Dallas included performers dressed in drag and dancing with children on the stage, reports included performers in drag dancing with attending children on the stage of the bar, reports Dallas ABC affiliate Channel 8.
"This is a problem when you are starting to expose children to this sexual activity at this young age," Dixon told Newsmax. "My child doesn't need to be accepting of people's differences through sexualization. I can teach my child that people are different and we love people, no matter what their differences are without sexualizing my child, and I think that's the concern of many parents."
Dixon also spoke out against the Pride parades that are being held in the nation's cities, because "there's actual nudity."
"We saw one of the people in this these parades rub their body against a police officer and the police officer had to try to walk away from this person," said Dixon. "If I were to take my shirt off and go rub my body up against a police officer, I would be arrested. This is criminal activity. But for some reason, this is being pushed on us.
"It's not just being pushed on us. It's being pushed on our children and we're being told this is how you teach your child to accept people's differences. But I don't believe in that, and I think it's criminal activity."
Dixon further discussed the crowded gubernatorial race for the GOP nomination in Michigan, and said her race is going "very well."
Five candidates were removed from the Republican slate because of issues with petition signatures, but there are still five left, she added.
"Our message of being family friendly is resonating with people in Michigan," she said. "Michigan is a tough state. Right now we're declining in education. The latest reports show that by 2030 will be in the bottom five states in the nation. People are energized around building up education and having hope for our future."
The state's residents are also "energized" about restoring a large workforce and manufacturing, said Dixon, so "that message is resonating for us and we're seeing a big uptick."
Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump has not yet issued an endorsement in the race, but Dixon said she and her campaign have spoken with him, and "he came to Michigan and gave [us] a shout out. We would love to have his endorsement. I know he's watching it closely and we're doing everything we can to make sure we are the front-runner."
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BIG CATCH: Family reels in monster marlin off Hawaii
Published: Jun. 15, 2022 at 5:29 PM EDT|Updated: 15 minutes ago
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow/Gray News) - A Georgia family vacationing in Hawaii made a big catch this week.
Thomas Yonce and his family reeled in a gigantic blue marlin off Kona last Tuesday.
The fish was measured to be 12 feet long, weighing at 870 pounds.
Yonce’s wife Courtney told HawaiiNewsNow that this was their first time visiting Hawaii.
They wanted to give credit to Captain Matt Bowman from Sweet Sadie Charters for helping them land their catch.
Courtney also said the fish was supposed to be released back into the water after being caught but it came up dead.
The family gave the marlin to local families instead.
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During the last few days, we’ve seen occasional periods of hot and humid weather, but also more comfortable air at times. The most aggressive heat and humidity remains centered over the central US with record setting temperatures the last few days. Despite occasional heat heading our way, it appears this pattern will continue going forward.
Being on the eastern periphery of this ridge means a few things:
- Excessive heat will stay away despite occasional days in the lower 90s
- Occasional cooler and less humid spells can be expected, an example being this weekend
- Expect occasional showers and heavier thunderstorms, like what we’ll see Thursday
Being closer to the jet stream means change! As fronts occasionally dip through, we’ll see showers and storms followed by a day or two of more comfortable air. More hot air can be expected by the middle of next week though as the ridge expands east a bit. Our second heat wave of the season may be coming, but any record setting heat will remain far away from us as far as the eye can see.
-Meteorologist Adis Juklo | https://www.abc27.com/weather/core-of-heat-stays-west-what-does-that-mean-for-us/ | 2022-06-15T21:47:05Z | https://www.abc27.com/weather/core-of-heat-stays-west-what-does-that-mean-for-us/ | false | 1 |
Sunnyside Baseball Academy hosted by Sunnyside High School baseball starts Monday, June 20.
The morning sessions are from 9 a.m. to noon. The sessions will include the following dates: June 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, July 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13.
The campers will run, catch and throw balls, and hit in the batting cages during each session. They will need to provide their own baseball bat, glove and helmet if possible.
For more information contact Pete Marquez at 509-840-4412. | https://www.sunnysidesun.com/sports/sunnyside-baseball-camp-starts-monday-june-20/article_90649a10-ecd0-11ec-a8aa-a79f274420f4.html | 2022-06-15T21:49:52Z | https://www.sunnysidesun.com/sports/sunnyside-baseball-camp-starts-monday-june-20/article_90649a10-ecd0-11ec-a8aa-a79f274420f4.html | false | null |
MIAMI, United States. – Pro-democracy activists and members of the Cuban exile community called on the Canadian government and Canadian citizens to stop supporting the Cuban regime as part of the campaign “Unlock Cuba”, an initiative that aims to shed light on repressive practices and human rights violations in the island.
At a press conference held today in Toronto, Canada, activists explained how the regime utilizes dollars generated by several sectors of the economy, like tourism, to maintain its repressive apparatus against the Cuban people.
“Cubans, like Canadians and everyone else in the world, deserve universal rights and freedoms. We are convinced that this is the right moment for Canadians to consider small but concrete actions they can take in order to help the Cuban people find its freedom,” stated Orlando Gutiérrez Boronat, coordinator of the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance (Asamblea de la Resistencia Cubana, ARC by its Spanish acronym).
Gutiérrez Boronat recalled that “year after year, decade after decade, the Cuban regime has ruled over our people and has done so with the financial help of individuals, companies and even governments that are not aware of the realities in the island.”
Canadian tourism represents more than 40% of the total visitors the Cuban regime welcomes annually. Today, trade between Cuban and Canada is at the highest it has been in years, with a flow of more than US$ 1 billion per year.
“We witness how Canadians rise firmly and bravely against injustice everywhere in the world (…) We ask that you recognize how our people are suffering and to do something concrete about it, even if only a little bit,” stated former political prisoner Luis Zúñiga.
Jurist René F. Bolio, president of the Mexican Commission for Human Rights, who traveled to Canada to participate in the launching of the “unlock Cuba” campaign, stated that while the regime summons the international community to promote tourism to the island, it represses and sentences to jail peaceful demonstrators for exercising their rights to protest.
“The regime in Havana has taken advantage of the present crisis in Ukraine -and before that, the COVID-19 crisis- to summarily try and sentence secretly dozens of young Cubans to long prison terms simply for their demands of basic liberties. It is time for us to shed light on what is really happening in Cuba,” stated the attorney.
Gutierrez Boronat highlighted that “most Canadians do not know where their dollars go when they vacation there, or when they invest there.”
“The Cuban military owns almost exclusively all the resorts and the hotels; it’s the military that receives between 80% to 90% of all that money, not the Cuban people.”
“Unlock Cuba” is a long-term public education campaign, also launched in France, Spain and Italy. Its objective is to raise awareness about how citizens of those and other countries can help the Cuban people in their struggle for human rights and basic freedoms.
The first images of the campaign include the prisoners from the July 11, 2021 protests who were sentenced to jail terms and to forced labor for expressing discontent toward the Communist government which does not represent them and is against democracy.
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LASU To Eliminate Delay In Transcript Processing, Others
Students and graduates of the Lagos State University will now be able to self- generate their transcript and Notification of Results, realtime, online, following the commissioning of a self service module for the generation of the documents by the university.
The service module is the product of an internal partnership between the Directorate of ICT and Exams and Records Division of the university.
The move is aimed at eliminating the delay in the processing of notification of results and students copy of the transcript.
It is also a significant step by the university admin. to ensure that delay in the issuance of Transcripts becomes a thing of the past in the univeristy.
Students or graduates willing to obtain the student copy of their transcript are required to take the following steps:
1. Visit http://lasu.edu.ng
2. Click on *STUDENT*
3. Then Transcript Self Module
They are then required to make payment, provide details and generate transcript just on the go.
The platform can also be accessed directly via:
https://community.lidc.lasu.edu.ng/records/
Only graduates of the University that have been certified on the online graduating students’ clearance platform will be able to self generate students copy of their transcripts. In the same vein, Notification of Result will henceforth be available for self generation online for graduates of the University. This will also eradicate delays in arrival of mobilized students at the NYSC orientation camps among other benefits.
Students/Applicants can access the platform by first supplying valid Matriculation Numbers and selecting the programme category (Full time, External System or Applicants whose Year of Entry is before 2001/2002).
Students who do not have CGPA are not eligible to apply and print Student Copy of Academic Transcript. | https://concise.ng/lasu-to-eliminate-delay-in-transcript-processing-others/ | 2022-06-15T21:51:21Z | https://concise.ng/lasu-to-eliminate-delay-in-transcript-processing-others/ | true | 1 |
PUEBLO, Colo. (KDVR) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife is praising the heroes who kept the tragic Memorial Day weekend accident on Lake Pueblo from being “far worse.”
The CPW Marine Evidence Recovery Team recovered the bodies of two people after a boat holding 13 capsized on Memorial Day weekend.
The two people who were killed were husband and wife Joshua and Jessica Prindle.
On Monday, CPW said, “there was far more to this tragic story.”
CPW Ranger Joe Portteus and Seasonal Ranger Seth Herndon are being praised for their heroism and for keeping the tragedy from being far worse.
Both rangers were on duty Sunday night when the call came that 8 children and 5 adults had capsized on the 4500-acre Lake Pueblo.
The conditions for that night were extremely treacherous, howling winds produced dangerous waves.
Portteus and Herndon immediately raced out in choppy conditions to the sinking boat. According to the rangers, the boat was only built to carry six people.
When the rangers approached the chaotic scene, they immediately called for more help. However, when their calls for assistance could not be heard over the roaring wind, the rangers pulled the victims into their rocking patrol boat.
“I’m convinced the death toll would have been far higher without the courageous response of Rangers Portteus and Herndon,” said Joe Stadterman, Lake Pueblo Park manager. “They ignored the danger to themselves posed by the extreme weather and didn’t quit until they had every living soul safely aboard. Then they delivered them to emergency personnel waiting on shore. They are true heroes.”
Portteus and Herndon saved 11 lives on that Memorial Day weekend.
Both the rangers are being nominated for CPW life-saving awards for their heroic efforts. | https://kdvr.com/news/local/tragedy-could-have-been-far-worse-heroes-praised-in-boat-accident/ | 2022-06-15T21:53:15Z | https://kdvr.com/news/local/tragedy-could-have-been-far-worse-heroes-praised-in-boat-accident/ | false | 1 |
Donald Lee Patton, 71, of the Pellyton Community of Adair County died Sunday, June 12, 2022 at Taylor Regional Hospital in Campbellsville, KY. He was born in Dunnville, KY on August 20, 1950 to the late John Welby and Frances Maxine Sallee Patton. He was preceded in death by his wife Etta Elaine Wilkerson Patton.
Mr. Patton was an employee of Tarter Gate Company for over 40 years and he enjoyed collecting all types of model cars. He also enjoyed the outdoors, fishing and spending time with family and friends.
Survivors include three sons Bryan Jacky Taylor (Lisa) of Columbia, KY, Byron Joe Taylor (Valerie) of Russell Springs, KY and Christopher Lee Patton of Pellyton, KY; five grandchildren Ashley, Jaclyn, Brittney, Natalie and Lindsey Taylor; and seven great grandchildren; his special extended family, Stephen, Deidre and Andrew Freitas; three siblings, Johnny Patton (Judy) of Dunnville, KY, Imogene Hiter (Donnie) of Athens, AL and Jim Patton (Faye) of Liberty, KY; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Merlene Coffman and Geraldine Asbury.
Funeral services will be 12 p.m. Friday, June 17, 2022 at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home with burial in the Pellyton Cemetery. Visitation will be on Thursday from 4-8 p.m. and will continue on Friday morning until the service at Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home.
Bro. Paul Patton and Bro. Billy Hewitt will be officiating and pallbearers will be Billy Hewitt, Dennis Wilkerson, Gordon Wilkerson, Stephen Freitas, J D Green, Mose Miller, Jr. and Karter Young. | https://adairvoice.com/donald-lee-patton/ | 2022-06-15T21:53:22Z | https://adairvoice.com/donald-lee-patton/ | false | 1 |
Those affected by ALS will be able to speak with the voice of Batman or JLo
On June 21, the World Day for the fight against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is celebrated, a disease that in Spain alone affects almost 4,000 people, and 700 new cases* are diagnosed every year. Among other serious consequences, ALS slowly steals the ability to speak. The loss of voice can be very painful since, in turn, it implies limitations when it comes to relating socially, which leads to the isolation of these patients.
Precisely for this reason, many affected need the support of new technologies to communicate. And it is that, despite the fact that thanks to eye readers, affected patients can speak through their eyes, the voices that are reproduced in the devices are generally identical generic voices, being absolutely impersonal and generating a lot of frustration for patients.
To contribute to a greater humanization and dignity of these patients who lose their fundamental right to communicate, IRISBOND, a Spanish company at the forefront of eye tracking technologies and a global leader in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), together with AhoLab and some of The main Spanish ELA associations such as adELA, AgaELA, ELA Andalucía and conELA Confederación, ADELA-CV and ANELA, have promoted the #merEgaLAstuvez initiative to contribute to the AhoMyTTS Voice Bank.
Through this initiative, we also want to make a call to those people who already have a diagnosis and still have their ability to speak intact, so that they can make recordings of their voice now and be able to use it on their AAC devices when they lose it.
“We want to raise awareness and publicize the ALS disease and one of its main consequences: the loss of the ability to communicate. And it is that several scientific investigations have shown the importance of the voice in the identity of the people. In fact , some traits of a person’s character can be read in the voice. That is why this project is so important and we are delighted to promote this initiative and that many recognized voices are joining the cause. We are happy to collaborate in improving the life of people and society, because we believe that this is our responsibility”, says Eduardo Jáuregui, CEO and founder of IRISBOND.
Celebrities and famous voices come together for the almost 4,000 people affected by ALS in Spain
Important personalities have already shown their interest in the initiative, such as the presenter Mariló Montero, the Real Sociedad football players, Maddi Torre and Mikel Oyarzabal, the actor Fran Perea, the singer and presenter Roser Murillo, the outstanding Spanish cook Elena Arzak.
Likewise, many dubbing actors and actresses with some of the most famous voices such as María Antonia Rodríguez Baltasar who dubs Kim Basinger, Julianne Moore or Michelle Pfeiffer; the announcer and voice actor José Barreiro; Claudio Serrano, advertising announcer and voice actor for Otto from The Simpsons, Dr. Derek Shepherd from Grey’s Anatomy and, of course, Batman himself from Christopher Nolan’s trilogy.
They have also contributed their voice Iñaki Crespo, voice dubbing actor for Jason Isaacs and Michael Fassbender; José María del Río who doubles as Kevin Spacey, Dennis Quaid, Pocoyo or David Attenborough; Dove Porcelain by Sarah Jessica Parker; Concepción López Rojo, voice of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Nicole Kidman, Salma Hayek, Juliette Binoche or Jennifer López, as well as other actors such as Ana Monleón, Ana González Soler, Ana Monleón, Javier Martínez, Sam Dávila, or Carlos Toral Conde.
In addition to all these celebrities and famous voices, and aware of the communicative power of the voice, numerous radio and television journalists are joining.
How to take part
The process is very simple, all you need is a headset with a microphone and a device with a web browser updated to the latest version. Through a brief registration, on the AhoMyTTS platform, you can access the recording of 100 phrases of the most varied (this step can take about 30 minutes). Subsequently, the recordings will be processed to generate a voice synthesizer equipped with a voice timbre similar to that of the recordings.
At the forefront of eye tracking technologies and global benchmarks in AAC
In the last two years, much research has been accelerated highlighting the fundamental role of technology applied to the health of the population, and how eye tracking technology is a solution to this incurable degenerative disease.
For several years, IRISBOND has been working in collaboration with companies, medical teams and the Ministries of Health to continue promoting the right to communication of any person, being an active part in the process of approval of the subsidy by the National Health System to 100% of eye tracking devices, together with the main ALS associations in Spain.
In fact, only so far this year, they claim that there has been a 470% increase in the demand for supplies (2020 vs 2022).
For its part, Aholab is a university research team that focuses its research on speech technologies. It is a recognized research group of the Basque Research Network that is part of the Basque Center for Language Technology (HiTZ) and the Department of Communications Engineering of the Bilbao School of Engineering (ESI). AhoMyTTS is an initiative of the Aholab Group of the UPV/EHU with the aim of being able to provide personalized Text-to-Speech Conversion Systems to people with oral disabilities or who have completely lost their voice.
*According to a report prepared by Fundación Luzón in 2019 | https://codelist.biz/2022/06/15/those-affected-by-als-will-be-able-to-speak-with-the-voice-of-batman-or-jlo/ | 2022-06-15T21:55:14Z | https://codelist.biz/2022/06/15/those-affected-by-als-will-be-able-to-speak-with-the-voice-of-batman-or-jlo/ | true | 2 |
- In response to claims made by ePropelled, Exro has filed a petition with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for review of ePropelled's patent.
- Exro asserts that the patent which ePropelled claims it has infringed is invalid.
- Exro also submitted an in-depth independent analysis of the patent by award-winning MIT Professor.
CALGARY, AB, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Exro Technologies Inc. (TSX: EXRO) (OTCQB: EXROF) (the "Company" or "Exro"), a leading clean technology company that has developed a new class of power electronics for electric motors and batteries, is issuing this statement in response to the lawsuit filed by ePropelled against the Company on January 21, 2022.
Exro has filed a petition with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for inter partes review ("IPR") of U.S. Patent No. 7,382,103 ("the '103 patent"), assigned to patent owner ePropelled, Inc. An inter partes review is used to challenge the patentability of claims in a U.S. patent on the basis of prior art, which is evidence that an invention was already known prior to filing for patent protection. The filing follows an in-depth analysis by an independent expert in motors, and concludes that ePropelled's '103 patent, which Exro is alleged to have infringed is itself invalid.
The independent analysis was conducted by a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who is an expert in the field of power electronics. The expert holds Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from MIT, where he has taught since 1993. His work has been published extensively in scholarly journals. The expert has also received numerous awards and accolades for his research and teaching and is the holder of more than 20 patents for energy conversion controls and power systems. The results of this independent review are included in Exro's filed IPR IPR2022-01154.
Based on the results of the independent review, Exro asserts that, unlike the patents held by Exro, there are numerous prior art references that demonstrate ePropelled's '103 patent is invalid. The cancellation of the '103 patent would render ePropelled's infringement claims moot. As such, the Company anticipates that following the completion of the IPR, the '103 patent assigned to ePropelled, Inc. will be cancelled, leading to an immediate resolution of ePropelled's claim and a full vindication of Exro.
In addition to filing the IPR, Exro also filed a separate defamation lawsuit against ePropelled Inc. on February 15, 2022, in Middlesex County Superior Court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This litigation concerns a defamatory statement about Exro in a press release issued on January 24, 2022, and the Company is actively engaged in upholding its reputation, the validity of its technology and the protection of its shareholders.
"We are confident in our ability to defeat the claims made against us and this IPR filing will affirm the fact that ePropelled's patent is invalid, making it impossible for any entity to infringe on it," said Exro CEO Sue Ozdemir. "Our focus remains on our continued successful product development and commercialization with our partners. While we vigorously defend our technology and our reputation against this unmerited patent infringement lawsuit, we are undistracted from the execution of our business strategy and our commitment to deliver innovative next-generation technology to the electric mobility market."
About Exro Technologies Inc.
Exro is a clean technology company pioneering intelligent control solutions in power electronics to help solve the most challenging problems in electrification. Exro has developed a new class of control technology that expands the capabilities of electric motors, generators, and batteries. Exro enables the application to achieve more with less energy consumed.
Exro's advanced motor control technology, the Coil DriverTM, expands the capabilities of electric powertrains by enabling intelligent optimization for efficient energy consumption. Exro is working with many partners from all over the world to bring their technology to the electric mobility industries and beyond.
For more information visit our website at www.exro.com.
To view our Corporate Presentation visit us at www.exro.com/investors
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Will Amber Heard be replaced in ‘Aquaman 2’? This says your representative
After the rumors about the supposed replacement of Amber Heard in ‘Aquaman 2’ gained strength, a representative of the actress came out to deny that Warner Bros. was working with another person for the role of Mera.
The above happens after the Just Jared portal published this week that Amber Heard had not only been left out of the tape; but they had already found a replacement and this would be Nicole Kidman to give it more prominence.
“Warner Bros. decided to reprise the role of Amber Heard after testing the film on screen. They will do new shots with Jason Momoa and Nicole Kidman,” says Just Jared.
In this way, a representative of the actress spoke of the situation for Fox News Digital, where he described the rumors and claims about the replacement of Amber Heard as “slightly crazy“.
Learn more: “I don’t blame the jury”, Amber Heard gives her first interview after losing trial against Johnny Depp
“The rumors continue as they have since day one: inaccurateinsensitive and a little crazy, ”he told Fox News Digital, and since the defamation trial between the actress and Johnny Depp began, fans have asked that his role in ‘Aquaman’ be eliminated.
However, the specialized film portal Tomatazos explains that this rumor gained strength because the president of DC Films, Walter Hamada, declared during the trial that Heard was going to be replaced, but not because of their legal situation.
The above was going to happen because I did not have a good Connection with her partner: “They didn’t really have a lot of chemistry together. I think editorially they were able to make that relationship work in the first movie, but there was a concern that it would take a lot of effort to get there.”
Despite this, he indicated that Warner Bros. decided to continue with the actress as Mera, so that so far Amber Heard continues with her participation in Aquaman 2‘, although this is minimal.
Well, Hamada pointed out that the film was presented as a “buddy comedy” and that the role of Mera was always intended to be minor. | https://codelist.biz/2022/06/15/will-amber-heard-be-replaced-in-aquaman-2-this-says-your-representative/ | 2022-06-15T21:58:17Z | https://codelist.biz/2022/06/15/will-amber-heard-be-replaced-in-aquaman-2-this-says-your-representative/ | false | 4 |
White sox first. AJ Pollock hit by pitch. Andrew Vaughn pops out to shallow center field to Harold Castro. Luis Robert strikes out swinging. Jose Abreu walks. AJ Pollock to second. Yoan Moncada homers to right field. Jose Abreu scores. AJ Pollock scores. Adam Engel strikes out on a foul tip.
3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. White sox 3, Tigers 0.
White sox third. Andrew Vaughn doubles to deep right field. Luis Robert singles to left field. Andrew Vaughn to third. Jose Abreu singles to left field. Luis Robert to second. Andrew Vaughn scores. Yoan Moncada flies out to left center field to Willi Castro. Adam Engel called out on strikes. Josh Harrison singles to shallow center field. Jose Abreu to second. Luis Robert scores. Seby Zavala strikes out swinging.
2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. White sox 5, Tigers 0.
White sox fourth. Danny Mendick homers to left field. AJ Pollock singles to deep left center field. Andrew Vaughn singles to left field. AJ Pollock to second. Luis Robert grounds out to shallow infield. Andrew Vaughn out at second. AJ Pollock to third. Jose Abreu singles to shallow center field. AJ Pollock scores. Yoan Moncada singles to left center field. Jose Abreu to third. Adam Engel grounds out to second base, Jonathan Schoop to Spencer Torkelson.
2 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. White sox 7, Tigers 0.
White sox fifth. Josh Harrison singles to left field. Seby Zavala homers to left field. Josh Harrison scores. Danny Mendick hit by pitch. AJ Pollock walks. Danny Mendick to second. Andrew Vaughn strikes out swinging. Luis Robert strikes out swinging. Jose Abreu strikes out swinging.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. White sox 9, Tigers 0.
White sox sixth. Yoan Moncada doubles to deep left field. Adam Engel triples to left field. Yoan Moncada scores. Josh Harrison strikes out swinging. Seby Zavala grounds out to shortstop, Harold Castro to Spencer Torkelson. Adam Engel scores. Danny Mendick strikes out swinging.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. White sox 11, Tigers 0.
White sox eighth. Jose Abreu doubles to deep center field. Yoan Moncada singles to right field. Jose Abreu scores. Adam Engel pops out to Willi Castro. Josh Harrison singles to center field. Yoan Moncada to second. Seby Zavala flies out to deep left field to Austin Meadows. Danny Mendick walks. Josh Harrison to second. Yoan Moncada to third. AJ Pollock reaches on a fielder's choice to shortstop. Danny Mendick out at second.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 4 left on. White sox 12, Tigers 0.
White sox ninth. Andrew Vaughn singles to right field. Leury Garcia grounds out to shortstop. Andrew Vaughn out at second. Jose Abreu doubles to deep right field. Yoan Moncada singles to shallow center field. Jose Abreu scores. Adam Engel pops out to shallow infield to Willi Castro.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. White sox 13, Tigers 0. | https://www.chron.com/sports/article/Chicago-White-Sox-Detroit-Runs-17244329.php | 2022-06-15T22:00:11Z | https://www.chron.com/sports/article/Chicago-White-Sox-Detroit-Runs-17244329.php | true | 22 |
2 US veterans from Alabama reported missing in Ukraine
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Two U.S. veterans from Alabama who were in Ukraine assisting in the war against Russia haven’t been heard from in days and are missing, members of the state’s congressional delegation said Wednesday.
Relatives of Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh, 27, of Trinity and Alexander Drueke, 39, of Tuscaloosa have been in contact with both Senate and House offices seeking information about the men’s whereabouts, press aides said.
Rep. Robert Aderholt said Huynh had volunteered to go fight with the Ukrainian army against Russia, but relatives haven’t heard from him since June 8, when he was in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine, which is near the Russian border. Huynh and Drueke were together, an aide to Aderholt said.
“As you can imagine, his loved ones are very concerned about him,” Aderholt said in a statement. “My office has placed inquires with both the United States Department of State and the Federal Bureau of Investigation trying to get any information possible.”
Rep. Terri Sewell said Drueke’s mother reached out to her office earlier this week after she lost contact with her son.
The U.S. State Department said it was looking into reports that Russian or Russian-backed separatist forces in Ukraine had captured at least two American citizens. If confirmed, they would be the first Americans fighting for Ukraine known to have been captured since the war began Feb. 24.
“We are closely monitoring the situation and are in contact with Ukrainian authorities,” the department said in a statement emailed to reporters. It declined further comment, citing privacy considerations.
John Kirby, a national security spokesman at the White House, said Wednesday that the administration wasn’t able to confirm the reports about missing Americans.
“We’ll do the best we can to monitor this and see what we can learn about it,” he said.
However, he reiterated his warnings against Americans going to Ukraine.
“Ukraine is not the place for Americans to be traveling,” he said. “If you feel passionate about supporting Ukraine, there’s any number of ways to do that that that are safer and just as effective.”
A court in Donetsk, under separatist control, sentenced two Britons and a Moroccan man to death last week.
Huynh’s fiancee, Joy Black, posted publicly on Facebook that his family was in contact with the Drueke family and government officials, and that nothing had been confirmed other than that the two were missing.
“Please keep Andy, and Alex, and all of their loved ones in prayer. We just want them to come home,” she wrote.
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger tweeted that the Americans “have enlisted in the Ukrainian army, and thus are afforded legal combatant protections. As such, we expect members of the Legion to be treated in accordance with the Geneva convention.” It was unclear whether Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican, had any further information about the men.
He was commenting on a tweet sent earlier Wednesday by Task Force Baguette, a group of former U.S. and French servicemen, saying that two Americans fighting with them were captured a week ago. The group said Ukrainian intelligence confirmed the information.
Early in the war, Ukraine created the International Legion for foreign citizens who wanted to help defend against the Russian invasion.
Huynh spoke to his local newspaper, the Decatur Daily, shortly before flying to Eastern Europe in April.
He explained that he was studying robotics at Calhoun Community College but couldn’t stop thinking about Russia’s invasion.
“I know it wasn’t my problem, but there was that gut feeling that I felt I had to do something,” Huynh told the Decatur Daily. “Two weeks after the war began, it kept eating me up inside and it just felt wrong. I was losing sleep. ... All I could think about was the situation in Ukraine.”
He said he decided to fly out once he learned that young Ukrainians were being drafted into service.
“Right when they turned 18, they were forced to enlist in the military to defend their homeland,” Huynh said. “Honestly, that broke my heart. I would say that is probably the moment where I decided that I have to do something.”
According to the newspaper, Huynh enlisted in the Marines when he was 19 and served for four years, though he did not see active combat.
He was born and raised in Orange County, California, to Vietnamese immigrants and moved to northern Alabama two years ago to be closer to his fiancee, the newspaper reported.
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Associated Press writers Lynn Berry in Washington and Chris Megerian in Washington contributed to this report.
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Theseus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Changes to Beneficial Ownership: Dukes Iain D. (Director, Chairman) (Form4)
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PHILADELPHIA, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) announced today it will release its second quarter 2022 earnings on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, after the stock market close via PR Newswire and the company's website https://investors.fmc.com.
The company will host a webcast conference call on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. ET that is open to the public via internet broadcast and telephone.
Second Quarter Conference Call Details:
Internet broadcast: https://investors.fmc.com
Passcode: FMC
Dial-in telephone numbers:
US Toll Free: 1-844-200-6205
Canada Toll Free: 1-833-950-0062
Other International: 1-929-526-1599
Access code: 328676
A replay of the call will be available via the internet and telephone from 11:00 a.m. ET on August 3, 2022 until August 24, 2022.
Internet replay: https://investors.fmc.com
US Toll Free: 1-866-813-9403
Canada: 1-226-828-7578
Other International: +44-204-525-0658
Replay Access Code: 867032
FMC Corporation is a global agricultural sciences company dedicated to helping growers produce food, feed, fiber and fuel for an expanding world population while adapting to a changing environment. FMC's innovative crop protection solutions – including biologicals, crop nutrition, digital and precision agriculture – enable growers, crop advisers and turf and pest management professionals to address their toughest challenges economically while protecting the environment. With approximately 6,400 employees at more than 100 sites worldwide, FMC is committed to discovering new herbicide, insecticide and fungicide active ingredients, product formulations and pioneering technologies that are consistently better for the planet. Visit fmc.com to learn more and follow us on LinkedIn® and Twitter®.
Statement under the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release contains forward-looking statements, which are based on management's current views and assumptions regarding future events, future business conditions and the outlook for the company based on currently available information. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from any results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by any forward-looking statement. Currently, one of the most significant factors is the potential adverse effect of the current COVID-19 pandemic on the financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and performance of FMC, which is substantially influenced by the potential adverse effect of the pandemic on FMC's customers and suppliers and the global economy and financial markets. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts us will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the scope, severity and duration of the pandemic, the actions taken to contain the pandemic or mitigate its impact, and the direct and indirect economic effects of the pandemic and containment measures, among others. Additional factors include, among other things, the risk factors and other cautionary statements included within FMC's 2021 Form 10-K filed with the SEC as well as other SEC filings and public communications. Moreover, investors are cautioned to interpret many of these factors as being heightened as a result of the ongoing and numerous adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
FMC cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by the above cautionary statement. FMC undertakes no obligation, and specifically disclaims any duty, to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date on which they were made, except as otherwise required by law.
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PHILADELPHIA, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) announced today it will release its second quarter 2022 earnings on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, after the stock market close via PR Newswire and the company's website https://investors.fmc.com.
The company will host a webcast conference call on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. ET that is open to the public via internet broadcast and telephone.
Second Quarter Conference Call Details:
Internet broadcast: https://investors.fmc.com
Passcode: FMC
Dial-in telephone numbers:
US Toll Free: 1-844-200-6205
Canada Toll Free: 1-833-950-0062
Other International: 1-929-526-1599
Access code: 328676
A replay of the call will be available via the internet and telephone from 11:00 a.m. ET on August 3, 2022 until August 24, 2022.
Internet replay: https://investors.fmc.com
US Toll Free: 1-866-813-9403
Canada: 1-226-828-7578
Other International: +44-204-525-0658
Replay Access Code: 867032
FMC Corporation is a global agricultural sciences company dedicated to helping growers produce food, feed, fiber and fuel for an expanding world population while adapting to a changing environment. FMC's innovative crop protection solutions – including biologicals, crop nutrition, digital and precision agriculture – enable growers, crop advisers and turf and pest management professionals to address their toughest challenges economically while protecting the environment. With approximately 6,400 employees at more than 100 sites worldwide, FMC is committed to discovering new herbicide, insecticide and fungicide active ingredients, product formulations and pioneering technologies that are consistently better for the planet. Visit fmc.com to learn more and follow us on LinkedIn® and Twitter®.
Statement under the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release contains forward-looking statements, which are based on management's current views and assumptions regarding future events, future business conditions and the outlook for the company based on currently available information. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from any results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by any forward-looking statement. Currently, one of the most significant factors is the potential adverse effect of the current COVID-19 pandemic on the financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and performance of FMC, which is substantially influenced by the potential adverse effect of the pandemic on FMC's customers and suppliers and the global economy and financial markets. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts us will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the scope, severity and duration of the pandemic, the actions taken to contain the pandemic or mitigate its impact, and the direct and indirect economic effects of the pandemic and containment measures, among others. Additional factors include, among other things, the risk factors and other cautionary statements included within FMC's 2021 Form 10-K filed with the SEC as well as other SEC filings and public communications. Moreover, investors are cautioned to interpret many of these factors as being heightened as a result of the ongoing and numerous adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
FMC cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by the above cautionary statement. FMC undertakes no obligation, and specifically disclaims any duty, to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date on which they were made, except as otherwise required by law.
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WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) — Monmouth University has hired Clive Bentick as an assistant coach.
Coach King Rice announced the hiring Wednesday. Bentick spent the past 15 seasons at St. Francis in New York City.
“Clive is a guy that could be a head coach right now," Rice said. “He’s one of the most respected recruiters on the East Coast. He was a great player at Canisius, he knows the game and had a great run on the staff at St. Francis Brooklyn.”
Bentick has more than 20 seasons of Division I basketball experience, and helped lead the Terriers to two national postseason tournaments. The 2014-15 team won 23 games en route to the NEC regular season crown and a berth in the NIT for the first time since 1963. He also helped the team to the 2019 CIT after a 17-win season.
Bentick joins Brian Reese as new hires on the men’s staff.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bill that would allow incarcerated people to request public records only about themselves or their own cases is making its way through the Pennsylvania Legislature.
Supporters of the bill say it would help stem a tide of frivolous requests that can tie up state resources, while opponents say it's unlikely to cure the problem and probably unconstitutional, to boot.
The bill passed the House with a 112-88 vote Tuesday and now goes to the Senate. It would amend the state’s Right-to-Know Law by restricting the access inmates have to documents held by governments and public agencies.
Agencies would be required to supply public government documents about the inmate only in specified categories, and as long as those records don’t “diminish the safety or security” of anyone or the correctional facility where the inmate is being held.
Incarcerated people are regarded as any other requester through current law, said Liz Wagenseller, executive director of the Office of Open Records.
Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, D-Philadelphia, said the bill would cut off incarcerated people from legitimately requesting information to which they're entitled.
“It is unconscionable to me that we could vote for a bill with that type of language that basically takes a sledgehammer to the civil rights of people who are incarcerated,” he said.
Rep. Louis C. Schmitt Jr., R-Blair, the bill’s primary sponsor, said the legislation is an effort to ease the burden for agencies that have to try to meet a flood of requests.
“Inmate requests under the Right-to-Know Law make up a large percentage of disputes as to what inmates are entitled to. That leads to appeals to the Office of Open Records and sometimes will lead to litigation in the courts,” Schmitt said. “I think at least part of the reason for the inmate requester portion of the bill was to try to take some pressure off the Office of Open Records and maybe even off of the courts, to a certain extent.”
Schmitt said that the legislation makes it clear to the inmate and agency exactly what categories they can access, giving inmates “a guide to what they are entitled to" under the law.
In 2021, of the 2,990 appeals made to the Office of Open Records, 335 were from inmates.
The legislation also takes aim at “vexatious requesters” — those who have an “intent to annoy or harass a local agency.”
Under the bill, requesters couldn't be found as “vexatious” by the amount of requests they’ve filed or the number of requests sought. The agency would have to prove that the requester’s actions seek to annoy or harass. Journalists would be exempt.
Rep. Mark Longietti, D-Mercer, said the bill wouldn't keep local governments and school districts from having to deal with people who habitually submit requests for information “for no legitimate purpose.”
“Unfortunately, the language of this bill doesn’t solve this problem,” he said. “There’s nobody that’s going to thank us for passing this bill.”
The Pennsylvania chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union opposes the proposal for “cherry picking” who the government responds to, calling it “likely unconstitutional.”
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BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Every loudmouth from Yarmouth and Masshole from Athol has descended on The Country Club this week, when 14 golfers in the U.S. Open field will face the American public for the first time since defecting to an upstart, Saudi Arabian-backed tour.
The injection of genuine international intrigue is expected to energize the legendarily obnoxious Boston sports fan and make the staid, secretive enclave look more like a Sam Adams commercial casting call.
Guys named Sully and Fitz lined the fairways and greens at the 140-year-old club during the practice rounds, ready to greet their least favorite golfers with the same reception their ancestors gave the Redcoats at Lexington and Concord.
“It’s going to be loud, and it’s going to be a lot of fun,” said defending U.S. Open champion John Rahm, who has stuck with the PGA Tour and eschewed the bigger, guaranteed paydays offered by LIV Golf.
“There hasn’t been a U.S. Open here in a very long time, so they’re hungry for it, and you can tell,” Rahm said. “It almost feels like with what’s going on in the world of golf, they almost want to show their presence even more. I don’t know exactly what to expect, but I’m really looking forward to it.”
More tentative was Phil Mickleson, a six-time major champion who is the biggest name among the LIV XIV. He said in February that Saudi regime funding the new tour had some “scary (expletive)” but still took a reported $200 million to play on it.
One of the most popular players in the world, Mickelson said on Monday that he was unsure if his supporters would abandon him.
Just in case, he buttered up the locals like a Parker House roll.
“The Boston crowds are some of the best in sports,” Mickelson said during a 25-minute media session after arriving in this Boston suburb from last week’s LIV event outside of London.
“I think that their excitement and energy is what creates such a great atmosphere,” he said. “So whether it’s positive or negative towards me directly, I think it’s going to provide an incredible atmosphere to hold this championship.”
Golf is typically the most genteel of sports, with its hushed greenside whispers and polite, muffled applause. It is rude to talk during a player’s swing; cheering a rival’s miss simply is not done.
Sill, there are exceptions.
The Phoenix Open is a beer-fueled revelry that would not be out of place in the Yankee Stadium bleachers. And here at The Country Club, the 1999 Ryder Cup erupted into a hullaballoo that lives on as “The Battle of Brookline.”
During the biennial competition between golfers from the United States and a team from Europe, doughy Scotsman Colin Montgomerie was relentlessly heckled for his resemblance to the Robin Williams-in-drag movie character Mrs. Doubtfire (as well as former New England Patriots coach Bill Parcells, nicknamed “Tuna”).
Some of the sport’s other niceties were likewise ignored, notably the American celebration after Justin Leonard’s Cup-clinching birdie on the 17th green -- before José María Olazábal had a chance to putt out. The Europeans fumed.
But those antics were mild compared to what other visiting athletes have experienced in Boston.
Yankees shortstop Bucky Dent has acquired a new middle name — it rhymes with “Bucky” — for the crime of hitting a home run against the Red Sox. Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving had a water bottle thrown at him after a postseason game; he had the nerve to leave the Celtics after professing his love for the city.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was hidden from view at the New England Patriots Super Bowl banner-raising in 2017, lest it trigger fans still angry over his decision to suspend quarterback Tom Brady for his role in the Deflategate cheating saga.
And just last week, Celtics fans greeted Golden State Warriors antagonist and NBA Finals opponent Draymond Green with a vulgar chant. (It also, somewhat unimaginatively, rhymed with “Bucky.”)
“Classy. Very classy,” said Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who was heckled by a Duck Boat driver — albeit amiably — while walking around town.
“That’s just Boston being Boston,” The Boston Globe explained on Wednesday in a deep dive into the characteristic cold shoulder of the city’s sports fans. “Rude gestures are simply how we say ‘hi’ around here.”
The U.S. Open crowds were thick but well-behaved early in the week as golfers played their practice rounds. Two graying women discussed their online bridge matches while waiting to cross the 18th fairway. Men wearing golf shirts from their home clubs discussed business, or their latest round.
Mickelson had a handful of police walking with him on Tuesday — not unusual for one of the sport’s biggest names, even if they did seem to be on higher alert than usual. They heard only cheers as their protectee made his way around the course.
“Good stuff, Phil!” shouted Kameron Luthea, a Cumberland, Rhode Island, man who watched Mickelson tee off on No. 6 on Tuesday. “Boston loves you, Phil!”
Luthea said he became a Mickelson fan because they are both left-handed. Asked if he was troubled by the connection to the repressive Saudi regime, Luthea said carefully: “I support Phil and his golf game.”
“I like the way he plays,” Luthea said. “He’s in it to win it. He’s got no fear.”
In fact, Mickelson may have nothing to fear this week other than the punishing Country Club layout. The 51-year-old San Diegan, who turns 52 on Thursday, has won every major tournament except the U.S. Open, which bills itself as “golf’s toughest test,” finishing second a record six times.
“Don’t be killing the Boston fans,” Larry Costello, a resident of the nearby West Roxbury neighborhood, told a reporter after Mickelson came over to the gallery to greet an acquaintance. Fans took selfies and reached out with items for the golfer to sign before he headed off down the fairway to complete his round.
The gallery followed, but not before Luthea offered one last thought:
“Screw Kyrie,” he shouted to a reporter. “You can throw that in there.”
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Yellowstone National Park officials now say some entrances could reopen "as early as this weekend" after historic floods hit Monday.
But, they say, "it is probable that road sections in northern Yellowstone will not re-open this season due to the time required for repairs."
Yellowstone's northern road loop includes the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, popular wildlife viewing areas in the Lamar Valley, and the Mammoth Hot Springs Lodge and park headquarters.
The southern road loop, which sustained less damage, accesses Old Faithful geyser, Yellowstone Lake and a major visitor center. But, Park Superintendent Cam Sholly says, "half the park cannot support all the visitation. So we are exploring a range of options."
Those include possibly a ticketed entry or reservation system. About 4 million people a year visit Yellowstone National Park.
Flood waters around the Park crested late Monday night. Flood warnings or watches remain in effect for several counties downstream on the Yellowstone river and its tributaries.
Just outside the park's north gate, the community of Gardiner saw limited road access restored yesterday after being cut off for around 24 hours after roads washed out Monday. Yellowstone Public Radio reports the main highway out of town is now open to incoming residents and essential goods only, and to outgoing visitors.
Sholly advised people to get out quickly. "Don't wait around and see if another event happens," he said Tuesday. "I would take advantage of getting out of here while you can."
Meanwhile, drinking water in Gardiner remains unsafe, forcing local businesses to adapt.
Stacey Joy, who owns a lodge and cafe in Gardiner, told YPR's Olivia Weitz that they are serving a limited menu and doing the best they can in the midst of a continued boil order.
"We usually have a line out the door for coffee and espresso, something that we cannot do right now," she said. "The water temperature is not at a temperature for long enough to make that water safe."
She said she's, "anxious to see what [the park's] plans are" for reopening the northern road loop and north entrance. It's the park's second most popular and the lifeblood of Gardiner's economy.
Joy marveled at, "just the devastation of the roads and bridges, who knows if the North entrance is going to be a viable option for tourism this year."
About 50 miles downstream, where the Yellowstone river runs through the town of Livingston, Mont., damage is still being surveyed.
"Everything is covered in a layer of mud," Montana Public Radio's Nick Mott reported as he helped a friend and her neighbors in Livingston clean up after water breached a layer of sandbags. "I am just standing in muck and mud right now."
Flood damage is "relatively isolated to areas near the river," Mott said. "But that's not an insignificant amount of space in Livingston - the city is oriented around the river."
The town's only hospital reopened Wednesday morning after being evacuated Tuesday. A post on the hospital's website says flood waters did not reach the building, though the system's phone lines remain down.
Further downstream, the water treatment plant in Montana's biggest city, Billings was knocked offline by floodwaters Tuesday night. The city of 117,000 has "between a day to a day-and-a-half of water supply for Billings."
Officials expect water levels to peak today, they need them to drop by about a foot for the plant to be able to operate again, but, "the plant still has the task of cleaning filters to properly operate." Residents are being asked to conserve water in the meantime.
Only one park gateway town remains cut off due to washed out roads–that's Cook City at the northeast entrance to Yellowstone.
"We can't provide law enforcement services out there right now, public health services," Bill Berg, commissioner for Park County, Montana, told Jackson Hole Community Radio Tuesday. "We can't get out there to pick up the garbage. Some of this stuff is pretty basic."
At the bottom of the mountains in which Cook City sits is the town of Red Lodge, much of which flooded and remains cut off from drinking water or under a boil order.
"What we're trying to focus on currently, right now, is travel routes at bridges and access. That's our number one concern," Carbon County Incident Commander Tom Kuntz said. "Our number two, [and] equally up there is water and sewer."
Kuntz was briefing Montana Lieutenant Governor Kristan Juras yesterday. Governor Greg Gianforte is currently out of the country and being criticized for not rushing home as the state struggled with historic flooding. His office now says he is returning "as quickly as possible."
Yellowstone Public Radio reports Kuntz said river levels continue to rise downstream of Red Lodge in Bridger and Fromberg. He added that snow melt remaining on the mountains combined with warm weather and more rain could lead to another flooding event. He said both conditions are forecasted for Saturday, but possibly to a lesser degree.
Since June 13th, Montana Army National Guard helicopters have rescued 87 people and flown more than 41 hours in support of search and rescue operations in south central Montana.
Among them, Katie Wise, a musician visiting from Colorado, who was rescued from East Rosebud and brought to an evacuee center in Red Lodge.
"I'm pretty adrenalized right now. My heart is pounding," she said. "The most stressful part was that we didn't know the helicopters were coming, so we were just talking about how we were going to do the whole water and rationing food, and we were going to do a food inventory and gather back as a community.
Across Montana at least a dozen counties are are under flood warnings or watches today and tomorrow, primarily along the Yellowstone River. But far to the north, the flood warning for areas around Glacier National Park is in effect "until further notice."
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ASU OL LaDarius Henderson: We Believe in Ourselves
Arizona State Sun Devils offensive lineman LaDarius Henderson is ready to play football.
"Summer's going great," said Henderson to media members on a Zoom call Wednesday.
Preseason camp for ASU is set to be held in August, but in the time before players can actually be coached by the staff, they're restricted to the weight room and player-only activities.
Henderson said, "I feel like every summer with (strength) coach Joe (Connolly) is good. I like to stay in Tempe, especially when it gets closer to the season. I feel like everything I really need is here.
"I feel like I'm in great shape. My body composition is probably the best it's been."
During Henderson's call with media, his energy flashed through the screen. Henderson has stepped up as a leader at Arizona State, and his guidance as a senior this upcoming year will be crucial for a Sun Devils team that has seen significant losses through recruiting, the transfer portal and guys hitting the next level.
Henderson says he isn't worried, as part of the process is losing talented guys and seeing who will step up in their place.
"The thing about every team that is consistent no matter what school you go to is you're gonna lose who you lose. (My) freshman year we lose Brandon Aiyuk. We lose Eno Benjamin. We lose Cohl Cabral. After that we have (more) guys we lose," said Henderson.
"After this past season we had Rachaad White, Dohnovan West, Kellen Diesch, every year you lose these players. The thing that's remained on the incline since I got here is the mesh of the team. How we come together. How we love each other. How we just fit together. Our culture here has been on the incline no matter what outside noise we've ever had. The culture and mindset we've had, since I've been here, I've seen on the incline."
That outside noise has been strong surrounding Arizona State, from starters such as Eric Gentry, Jayden Daniels, Ricky Pearsall and Jermayne Lole departing to the ongoing NCAA investigation.
"The thing is if you're a really big media guy, really into following all that stuff, the consistent word that you see or hear is lost. You hardly ever hear gained. So it's almost as if we've just lost a bunch of players and haven't gotten any. And if that's the case, we don't have enough people to play a game at all," said Henderson.
"I've focused a lot on the people that want to be here, the people that are here now and the people we've gained. To be quite honest, every loss isn't a bad loss. I'm not saying every gain is a great gain, but we sure do have some good ones when I look around this locker room.
"That makes me optimistic for this team. It makes my teammates optimistic for this team. We're most optimistic, we believe in each other and I feel like that's a dangerous team: a team that believes in themselves."
A few days ago, one anonymous Pac-12 coach ripped the Sun Devils in Athlon Sports' 2022 preview. When asked about how Arizona State would keep up within the conference, Henderson made his (and ASU's) intentions clear:
"I feel like they should be worried about us, but they're not, lets be honest. They're not, according to the media. So we're just going to use that to our advantage and we're just going to do what we do and play our game."
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Emerging technology trends are always evident in the topics of Mentor-Connect teams’ proposals.
This summer, 21 faculty-led teams from two-year colleges are continuing to receive Mentor-Connect mentoring to sharpen their ideas for innovations in technician education fields ranging from hydroponic agriculture to autonomous vehicles. (See sidebar at end of this article for Mentor-Link resources and information.)
Electric vehicle (EV) technologies are the very hottest topic among this year’s Mentor-Connect cohort with five mentee colleges working on proposals with distinct approaches for starting EV maintenance technician programs.
“I’m encouraging people to make stand-alone degrees for electric vehicles however they name it … I think a dedicated degree that addresses electric vehicles is where it ought to be,” said Ken Mays, a Mentor-Connect mentor to two colleges and a resource for the other colleges.
Related article: Electric vehicle industry needs a workforce charge
Vicki S. Jeppesen, director of resource development at Northcentral Technical College (NTC) in Wisconsin, is mentoring one college on the development of a sustainable transportation services program and another on the creation of an unmanned aerial systems (UAS) program.
Jeppesen, who is also executive director of the NTC Foundation and NTC Property Foundation, is encouraging both of her mentee teams to make their programs adaptable for other educational institutions and to use what they are learning during the proposal-writing process to assist other programs at their colleges.
Jeppesen’s specific advice for the transportation program team is “to strengthen their collaboration with industry, to provide laddered credentials that strengthen the skill sets, and to identify credentials that can also train the current workforce (their alumni in particular) for this increasing need.”
A growing national interest in EV
As EV manufacturing ramps up, Mays said demand for EV maintenance technicians is expected to double annually. This particular STEM workforce demand has the potential to drive enrollment growth at community colleges because EVs require technicians who “understand a whole different way of testing and repairing” vehicles. Mays is a professor of automotive technologies and director of the program at Central Oregon Community College.
Since receiving Mentor-Connect mentoring in 2014 to prepare the proposal for the Northwest Engineering and Vehicle Technology Exchange project – his first Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grant from the National Science Foundation – Mays has become a national leader in the development of EV maintenance technology programs.
Related article: Florida college to establish National Electric Vehicle Consortium
The success of his first ATE grant led to another ATE grant for the Northwest Engineering and Vehicle Technology Exchange (NEVTEX), a collaboration with John Frala, another 2014 Mentor-Connect alumnus. Frala is a professor and coordinator of alternative fuel and EV programs at Rio Hondo College in California. NEVTEX’s development of credentials for West Coast community colleges expanded with industry partnerships and has resulted in the creation of national EV technician skill standards and certifications.
Based on what he has learned as the principal investigator of those two ATE grants, Mays advises the automotive technology faculty he is mentoring to learn new technical skills and attain EV certifications, and to build their programs by reaching populations historically underrepresented in STEM fields.
“You can’t just say ‘We’re going to introduce the technology’ … without trying to introduce diversity into your region. You’ve got to do both together,” he said. It’s a challenge he’s tackled with his ATE grants, and he proudly reports that 25% of Central Oregon’s EV students are women.
Myriad applications
For her mentees working on the UAS proposal, Jeppesen is urging them to think broadly about how UASs, or drones, could be used in their community. UAS use in agriculture is the focus of the team’s small project in the program track for institutions that are new to ATE.
Related article: Tapping into drone technology
“Due to the vastness of their region, UASs will expand the work the workforce can do with more efficiencies. I have been encouraging this team to showcase the multiple technician positions that can adapt and apply the skill sets their new program will offer. By exposing people to the technology and aligning the learning with the work, they will be able to grow the awareness and use of this expanding technology from hobbyists to users who can have a positive environmental and workforce impact,” she explained.
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Mentor-Connect offers free grant-writing resources
Mentor-Connect is a National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education project hosted by Florence-Darlington Technical College in partnership with the American Association of Community Colleges.
The application for the 2023 cohort of Mentor-Connect colleges will be available in July at https://www.mentor-connect.org
Mentor-Connect’s next free webinar ‒ Writing Effective Recruitment and Retention Plans for your NSF ATE Proposal ‒ is at 2 p.m. ET on June 22.
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Researchers warn mercury found in fish can lead to melanoma.
Eating seafood, particularly certain types of fish, and including fish oil in one’s diet, is generally considered healthy and a good source of vitamins and protein. There is a wealth of information supporting the ingestion of fish as part of a healthy diet. There is far less information available, however, on the potentially negative impact of doing so. Now, a new Brown University study published in the journal Cancer Causes and Control suggests that a diet consisting of a high consumption of fish could be linked to the development of melanoma (skin cancer). Researchers believe the the cause could be the amount of mercury that tends to be in seafood.
“This study is important because it’s very large and it’s prospective by design, meaning that fish intake was assessed before the development of cancer,” said author Eunyoung Cho, an associate professor of dermatology and epidemiology at Brown University. “Mercury consumption in the U.S. is mostly from fish. So, if mercury is related to skin cancer, then it stands to reason that fish intake may be related, too.”
The team discovered that “compared to those whose median daily fish intake was 3.2 grams (.11 ounces), those whose median daily intake was 42.8 grams (1.5 ounces) had a 22% higher risk of malignant melanoma and a 28% increased risk of developing abnormal cells in the outer layer of the skin only – known as stage 0 cancer or melanoma in situ. A serving size of cooked fish is approximately 140-170 grams (5-6 ounces); a can of tuna is 142 grams (5 ounces).”
In order to look at the potential for a causal relationship between eating fish and developing skin cancer, the authors reviewed data collected from “491,367 adults who were recruited from across the U.S. to the National Cancer Institute’s NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study between 1995 and 1996. Participants, who were 62 years old on average, reported how frequently they ate fried fish, non-fried fish and tuna during the previous year, as well as their portion sizes,” according to the paper.
During the study period,” 5,034 participants (1%) developed malignant melanoma and 3,284 (0.7%) developed stage 0 melanoma” they reported. Furthermore, eating high amounts of non-fried fish was particularly associated with incidents of malignant (cancerous) melanoma.
There were certain limitations to the study that warrant further examination in order to pinpoint the cause in patients with melanoma. For one, the research did not account for another risk factors including “mole count, hair color or history of severe sunburn and sun-related behaviors,” the team disclosed.
“We speculate that our findings could possibly be attributed to contaminants in fish, such as polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins, arsenic and mercury,” Cho said. “Previous research has found that higher fish intake is associated with higher levels of these contaminants within the body and has identified associations between these contaminants and a higher risk of skin cancer. However, we note that our study did not investigate the concentrations of these contaminants in participants’ bodies and so further research is needed to confirm this relationship. Although fish intake has increased in the U.S. and Europe in recent decades, the results of previous studies investigating associations between fish intake and melanoma risk have been inconsistent – our findings have identified an association that requires further investigation.”
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Higher fish consumption associated with increased melanoma risk, study suggests
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Patriots sign kicker Tristan Vizcaino; Release kicker Quinn Nordin
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Patriots announced today that they have signed K Tristan Vizcaino (pronounced - vizz-KANE-oh). Terms of the contract were not announced. In addition, the Patriots released K Quinn Nordin. Vizcaino, 25, has spent time in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota...
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CHARLESTON — A new West Virginia law going into effect last week prevents patients from getting abortions because they believe their child will be born with a disability.
The ban, which was signed by Republican Gov. Jim Justice in March, provides exceptions in the case of a medical emergency or in cases where a fetus is “nonmedically viable.”
It was one of the more controversial bills passed during the 2022 legislative session. Its supporters said it would help protect people with disabilities. Justice posted about his signature of the “Unborn Child with a Disability Protection and Education Act” on Twitter to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day.
He said then that the bill gives “deserved respect to our Down Syndrome community.”
Others say the proposal was just another tool to further limit abortion in West Virginia, which is currently barred after 20 weeks.
West Virginia has only one clinic that provides abortion services, the Women’s Health Center of West Virginia in Charleston.
In a statement, the clinic’s executive director, Katie Quinonez, called the ban “yet another example of politicians interfering with personal reproductive health decisions.”
Quinonez said the clinic was waiting on the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health to provide guidance on reporting and certification requirements for the law.
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CHARLESTON — Some recipients of West Virginia’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families will receive a special payment of $465 as part of the COVID-19 response, the state said.
The funds will go to recipients who were active in the WV Works program in May and are eligible to continue with the program in June, the Department of Health and Human Resources said. The temporary assistance program’s Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund is providing the payments.
Payments will be credited to Electronic Benefits Transfer cards. Contact the local DHHR office for additional information. | https://www.hampshirereview.com/news/article_3a59d74e-ecac-11ec-ab03-a7eb1b20589c.html | 2022-06-15T22:39:30Z | https://www.hampshirereview.com/news/article_3a59d74e-ecac-11ec-ab03-a7eb1b20589c.html | false | 1 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The $1 billion package of military assistance the U.S. announced for Ukraine on Wednesday is aimed at bolstering the country’s ability to push back Russian advances in the eastern Donbas region. Several European nations added their own contributions, as U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin wrapped up a meeting of more then 45 nations in Brussels to discuss Ukraine’s security needs.
The aid reflects Ukraine’s needs for longer-range rocket and missile systems that will allow it to target Russian troops and locations from farther away, thus making strikes less likely for Ukrainian forces.
The $1 billion package is the largest single tranche of aid provided by the U.S. since the war began on Feb. 24. It includes $350 million in rapid, off-the-shelf deliveries by the Pentagon and $650 million in other longer-term purchases. All combined, the U.S. has now committed about $6.3 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden Administration, including approximately $5.6 billion since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.
The U.S. military aid announced on Wednesday includes:
— 18 howitzers and 36,000 rounds of ammunition for them.
— 18 tactical vehicles to tow the howitzers.
— Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) that the U.S. previously agreed to send,
— Four tactical vehicles to recover equipment.
— Spare parts and other equipment.
— Two Harpoon coastal defense systems.
— Thousands of secure radios, night vision devices, thermal sights and other optics.
— Funding for training, maintenance, sustainment, transportation, and administrative costs.
Austin said other countries also agreed to send more aid:
— Germany will send three Multiple Launch Rocket Systems, which are very similar to the HIMARS. and guided munitions for the systems.
— Slovakia will send helicopters and urgently needed rocket ammunition.
— Canada and Poland will send artillery. | https://www.klfy.com/politics/details-of-new-military-aid-for-ukraine-from-us-allies/ | 2022-06-15T22:40:00Z | https://www.klfy.com/politics/details-of-new-military-aid-for-ukraine-from-us-allies/ | true | 31 |
Large Scale Emergency Response Confuses Southern Ohio Police and Sends Social Media in Frenzy
by Cyn Mackley - SCDN Crime & Justice Correspondent
Confusion over a report of a woman thrown from a vehicle caused a bit of frenzy in Southern Ohio on Thursday Night.
At 8:41 pm, an obviously distressed caller contacted 9-1-1 to report a woman had been thrown for a car in the 1600 block of Mabert Rd and was not unconscious in the street.
Fire and medical personnel, as well as four police officers, responded to the scene. First responders blocked off Mabert Road with emergency vehicles while they assessed the scene. That ignited a social media frenzy of speculation about what was happening on the street.
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Officers immediately detained and questioned a male suspect and interviewed witnesses. That's when things took a turn for the weird. According to the officers’ reports, none of the stories matched. After nearly 30 minutes of trying to get a piece together what was happening, officers decided that the call was “completely unfounded. We had no victim or suspect”.
They discovered the actual medical emergency was a woman who had overdosed prior to their arrival. However, she refused medical treatment.
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The man they questioned did have an open warrant in another county but that police department there didn’t want to come and pick him up.
Emergency responders cleared the call, and the duo was left to continue living their best lives. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2633565035167/large-scale-emergency-response-confuses-southern-ohio-police-and-sends-social-media-in-frenzy | 2022-06-15T22:40:37Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2633565035167/large-scale-emergency-response-confuses-southern-ohio-police-and-sends-social-media-in-frenzy | true | 1 |
Maybe I’m biased, but Telugu films never get the recognition they deserve. Only recently have Telugu films become more readily available in their original language via streaming platforms and screened in theaters worldwide, increasing accessibility. Out of the top 87 highest grossing Indian films to date, the Telugu films that are ranked are “Rangasthalam” (2018) at number 74, “Sarileru Neekevvaru” (2020) at number 60, “Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy” (2019) at number 55, “Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo” (2020) at number 49, “Pushpa: The Rise – Part 1” (2021) at number 23, “Baahubali: The Beginning” (2015) at number 10, “RRR” (2022) at number four and “Baahubali 2: The Conclusion” (2017) sits at number two.
Although Telugu films are slowly starting to make their marks on the charts, the Hindi film industry has always dominated popular notions of Indian cinema. Hindi actors and directors are the ones that have wax figures made of them at Madame Tussauds. They’re the ones that get to walk the red carpets, represent film festival panels and strike Hollywood deals.
Time after time we’ve witnessed the Hindi film industry take screenplays from the Telugu industry and other South Indian industries, and while the original Telugu screenplays have higher ratings, they’re still not as popular as their Hindi remakes. For example, many Hindi-film fans will know the iconic film “Rowdy Rathore” (2012) and its soundtrack, but many of those same fans would be shocked to find out that it is a remake of the Telugu movie “Vikramarkudu” (2006). The film even uses some of the same songs, just translated into Hindi! While “Vikramarkdu” has a 3.4 out of 5.0 rating on Letterboxd, “Rowdy Rathore” has a 2.3 rating. If you take a peek at that same list of the top 87 highest-grossing Indian movies, you’ll see “Rowdy Rathore” at 87, while the original “Vikramarkudu” is nowhere to be found.
Not only are some of the highest-grossing Indian films just Hindi remakes of Telugu screenplays, some of these films go as far as to make fun of South Indian culture altogether. Films like “Ra.One” (2011) and “Chennai Express” (2013) are prime examples of films that stereotype South Indian culture, yet they’re some of the highest-grossing Indian films to date, ranking at number 80 and 19 respectively.
So how can I convince you to pay more attention to the Telugu film industry? It’s not a task I can do alone, so I decided to sit down with the hosts of ThyGap Telugu Podcast. The hosts, using the pseudonyms BeingBrut and BogusNoog, review popular Telugu films, using sarcastic and witty humor to make anyone that can understand Telugu laugh until they have tears streaming down their faces. And luckily for you, if you don’t understand Telugu or have Telugu friends willing to translate, they also have an English podcast under the same name, ThyGap, which is just as entertaining.
Brut, Bogus and I all feel that the Telugu film industry has the potential of showcasing stories on the same caliber as the Western and Hindi film industries.
“Today, the fourth wall of movie-making has been broken,” Brut explained. “You are no (longer) bound by your regional concepts, you’re no (longer) bound by the regional talent. We have the potential of being as good storytellers as the Western (and/or Hindi) movie industry, but we somehow don’t seem to be going in that direction. And the reason that was told before was that the audiences don’t want it.”
But did audiences truly not want it? Before streaming services became mainstream, that may have been the case. “There’s a lot more exposure of the Hindi-speaking audience to the Tamil content and Kannada content and Telugu content,” Brut said. Before streaming platforms, it was difficult to find films with subtitles, so unless you understood Telugu, you wouldn’t be able to watch a Telugu movie. But now that subtitles and closed captions are the default on streaming platforms and in theaters, that’s no longer a concern. “We feel like the audiences are ready,” Brut said.
We’ve seen Telugu screenwriters reuse Hindi scripts in the past. However, Brut, Bogus and I don’t think that will continue to be the case. We feel that Telugu storytellers are pioneering original content, especially with recent films like “RRR,” sparking conversation about whether this could be a potential Oscar submission from India for “Best Foreign Language Film.”
“(The Telugu film industry) just started off, but the road map looks really exciting, is what we can say,” Brut said. “Storytelling is obviously the core of any content making, so a better question to ask is: are there good storytellers now?”
Storytelling is an art and a skill in and of itself. We are all storytellers, or at least consume stories via one medium or another. Storytelling allows the Telugu film industry to share cultural experiences, and through those experiences we’re able to learn from and teach each other more about ourselves and the world. Because of this, it’s also important to tell new stories so that new experiences can be shared and more can be learned from others.
To answer Brut’s question regarding storytellers, I wholeheartedly think there are (and have been) good Telugu storytellers and Telugu content to pave the path to recognition.
Personally speaking, Telugu comedy films have been able to make me laugh the most. Telugu horror films are some of the only horror movies that still scare me to this day (which is saying a lot considering I’m an avid horror movie fan and proudly claim that I can count on one hand how many horror movies have actually scared me). And although I hate romance movies, Telugu romance movies and their soundtracks are the sole reason my standards for love are set so unrealistically high. You may catch me taking a break from the dance floor when a Hindi item song plays, but you can bet to see me bouncing off the walls the second a Telugu item song plays. Even watching a Telugu movie in theaters is an experience in and of itself. Those of you who have seen a Telugu movie in a theater in India know how hype the crowds get. Everyone starts to cheer and whistle so loudly that you can’t even hear the movie anymore when the main protagonist makes his dramatic reveal on the screen. They sing along to the songs and get up out of their seats to start dancing. Even here in the U.S., depending on the movie and the crowd, you could have the same experience in your local theater. My older brother watched director S.S. Rajamouli’s latest film, “RRR,” in theaters. Part of his Letterboxd review reads: “Watching a Telugu movie in theaters with a hyped crowd just hits different.”
Not only do they allow me to feel such a wide array of emotions, Telugu movies mostly provide me a sense of comfort, mainly due to the cultural factors showcased in these films. There’s an immense sense of solace I feel when I see the characters celebrating Telugu holidays, eating Telugu food and wearing Telugu clothes. Seeing my culture on screen reminds me that I’m not alone in my experiences growing up as a Telugu girl and helps make the world feel a lot smaller. Not to say that film is the best way to learn more about another culture, but for viewers who may not identify with the Telugu community, Brut believes that Telugu films are a great starting point.
“Any culture has art as its core of its value system,” Brut said. “It can be classical music, it can be dance forms, it can be simple movie franchises — that forms our culture. Movies definitely add a hook to identify what culture you belong to, per se, but our culture is probably about (10,000) to 15,000 years older than what the movie industry is. So, it’s more of a contemporary ‘color code’ in which we can be identified.”
Reflecting on all of these emotions that the Telugu film industry can make people like me feel and given the collective love of storytelling, it’s evident why people like me are pushing for the Telugu industry to gain the attention it deserves. Watching Telugu movies and speaking about them, either via a podcast like ThyGap’s Telugu Podcast or just leaving reviews on Letterboxd, not only awards creativity and originality, but also pushes the medium forward. Telugu movies can provide a sense of cultural comfort and introduce new aspects of culture to other communities who aren’t familiar.
If you want to learn more about Telugu films, you can always head over and listen to the ThyGap Telugu Podcast (if you understand Telugu or have a Telugu friend willing to translate) or stream ThyGap’s English podcast afterward (my recommendation: their episode on storytelling!).
MiC Columnist Smarani Komanduri can be reached at smaranik@umich.edu.
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‘Our country can’t go on like this’: The Chinese entrepreneur not afraid to speak out
By Li Yuan
China’s entrepreneur class is grappling with the worst economic slump in decades as the government’s “zero COVID” policy has shut down cities and kept would-be customers at home. Yet they can’t seem to agree how loudly they should complain — or even whether they should at all.
A tech entrepreneur wrote in a big group chat in May that many members were too critical. “What people here do every day is criticising the government and the system,” she wrote. “I can’t see any entrepreneurship in this.”
A top venture capitalist told his nearly 9 million social media followers that as much as everyone had suffered from the pandemic, they should try to stay away from negative news and information.
Their approach, the equivalent of an ostrich sticking its head in the sand, doesn’t make sense to Zhou Hang. Zhou, a tech entrepreneur and a venture capitalist, has questioned how his peers can pretend it’s business as usual, given the political and economic upheaval. Stop putting up with the ridiculous reality, he urged. It’s time to speak up and seek change.
Zhou is rare in China’s business community for being openly critical of the government’s zero COVID policy, which has put hundreds of millions of people under some kind of lockdown in the past few months, costing jobs and revenues. He’s saying what many others are whispering in private but fear to say in public.
“The questions we should ask ourselves are,” he wrote in an article that was censored within an hour of posting but shared widely in other formats, “what caused such widespread negative sentiment across the society? Who should be responsible for this? And how can we change it?”
He said that the lockdowns in Shanghai and other cities made it clear that wealth and social status mean little to a government determined to pursue its zero COVID policy. “We’re all nobodies who could be sent to the quarantine camps and our homes could be broken into,” he wrote. “If we still choose to adapt to and put up with this, all of us will face the same destiny: trapped.”
For Zhou, staying out of politics is no longer an option for China’s business leaders. But some of his peers are reluctant, given the potential penalties.
The Chinese Communist Party has always been wary of the influence of the business class, even as it tried to co-opt its members to help strengthen the country’s economy. Under China’s current top leader, Xi Jinping, the party’s attitudes toward the private sector took a more hostile turn and made the entrepreneur class the boogeyman for social ills.
In the past few years, the government has steered away from the market economy and cracked down on some industries. It demonised entrepreneurs and went after some of the most prominent of them. Then when the mild, albeit contagious, Omicron variant of the coronavirus emerged in China this year, the government meddled with free enterprise as it hadn’t in decades.
The lockdowns and restrictions have done so much damage to the economy that Premier Li Keqiang summoned about 100,000 cadres to an emergency meeting in late May. He called the situation “severe” and “urgent,” citing sharp drops in employment, industrial production, electricity consumption and freight traffic.
Many business leaders believe that it will be hard to reverse the damage if the government doesn’t stop the zero COVID policy. Yet they feel that there’s nothing they can do to make Beijing change course.
There are good reasons to fear speaking out. Zhou’s post was censored, as were a couple of others by entrepreneurs who argued for a more balanced approach between pandemic control and economic activities. James Liang, chairman of travel site Trip.com as well as a trained economist, wrote a few articles that compared the pros and cons of different pandemic policies. Then, in mid-May, his social media Weibo account was suspended.
Stakes could be much higher than a few censored articles and suspended social media accounts.
Jack Ma, founder of the e-commerce behemoth Alibaba, largely disappeared from the public view after he criticised banking regulators in late 2019. The regulators quashed the initial public offering of Ant Group, the tech and financial company controlled by Ma, and fined Alibaba a record $US2.8 billion ($4 billion) last year.
Ren Zhiqiang, a retired real estate developer, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on charges of committing graft, taking bribes, misusing public funds and abusing his power. His real crime, his supporters say, was criticising Xi’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak in early 2020.
Zhou, 49, is known as a maverick in Chinese business circles. He founded his first business in stereo systems with his brother in the mid-1990s when he was still in college. In 2010, he started Yongche, one of the first ride-hailing companies.
Unlike most Chinese bosses, he didn’t demand his employees work overtime, and he didn’t like liquor-filled business meals. He turned down hundreds of millions of dollars in funding and refused to participate in subsidy wars because doing so didn’t make economic sense. He ended up losing out to his more aggressive competitor Didi.
“Our country can’t go on like this. We can’t allow it to deteriorate like this.”
Zhou Hang says China’s zero-COVID strategy is throttling its economic prospects.
He later wrote a bestseller about his failure and became a partner at a venture capital firm in Beijing. In April, he was named chairman of ride-sharing company Caocao, a subsidiary of auto manufacturing giant Geely Auto Group.
A Chinese citizen with his family in Canada, Zhou said in an interview that in the past many wealthy Chinese people like him would move their families and some of their assets abroad but work in China because there were more opportunities.
Now, some of the top talent are trying to move their businesses out of the country, too. It doesn’t bode well for China’s future, he said.
“Entrepreneurs have good survivor’s instinct,” he said. “Now they’re forced to look beyond China.” He coined a term — “passive globalisation” — based on his discussions with other entrepreneurs. “Many of us are starting to take such actions,” he said.
The prospect depressed him. China used to be the best market in the world: big, vibrant, full of ambitious entrepreneurs and hungry workers, he said, but the senseless and destructive zero COVID policy and the business crackdowns have forced many of them to think twice.
“Even if your company is a so-called ‘giant,’ we’re all nobodies in front of the bigger force,” he said. “A whiff of wind could crush us.”
All the business leaders I spoke to said they were reluctant to make long-term investment in China and fearful that they and their companies could become the next victim of the government’s iron fist. They’re focusing on their international operations if they have them or seeking opportunities abroad.
Zhou left for Vancouver, British Columbia, in a hurry in late April when Beijing was locking down many neighbourhoods. Then he wrote the article, urging his peers to try to speak up and change their powerless status.
He said that he understood the fear and the pressure they faced. “Honestly speaking, I’m scared, too.” But he would probably regret it more if he did nothing. “Our country can’t go on like this,” he said. “We can’t allow it to deteriorate like this.”
In recent years, a few of Zhou’s articles and social media accounts have been deleted. His outspokenness has caused uneasiness among his friends, he said. Some have told him to shut up because it didn’t change anything and was creating unnecessary risks for himself, his family, his companies and the stakeholders in his businesses.
But Zhou can’t help himself. He’s worried that China could become more like it was under Mao Zedong: impoverished and repressive. His generation of entrepreneurs owes much of their success to China’s reform and opening up policies, he said. They have the responsibilities to initiate change instead of waiting for a free ride.
Maybe they can start by speaking up, even if just a little bit.
“Any change starts with disagreement and disobedience,” he said.
This article originally appeared in The New York Times.
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WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) — Monmouth University has hired Clive Bentick as an assistant coach.
Coach King Rice announced the hiring Wednesday. Bentick spent the past 15 seasons at St. Francis in New York City.
“Clive is a guy that could be a head coach right now," Rice said. “He’s one of the most respected recruiters on the East Coast. He was a great player at Canisius, he knows the game and had a great run on the staff at St. Francis Brooklyn.”
Bentick has more than 20 seasons of Division I basketball experience, and helped lead the Terriers to two national postseason tournaments. The 2014-15 team won 23 games en route to the NEC regular season crown and a berth in the NIT for the first time since 1963. He also helped the team to the 2019 CIT after a 17-win season.
Bentick joins Brian Reese as new hires on the men’s staff.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 16
Thursday Evening Sunset Series with The Boomerangs: 6-9 p.m., Blue Ridge Pizza and Sweet Jane’s Kitchen food trucks will be there, Carter Mountain Orchard, (434) 977-1833, $10.
Tailgate Thursdays with HOBOJAC: 6-9 p.m., Stinson Vineyards, (434) 823-7300, no cover. Bring foods to grill.
FRIDAY, JUNE 17
Friday Night Out at DuCard with Matt Johnson: 5:30-8:30 p.m., DuCard Vineyards in Etlan, (540) 923-4206, no cover, reservations recommended.
G.G.R.H. (Gilliam, Green, Riggs and Hall: 6-8:30 p.m., food truck will be there, Glass House Winery, (434) 975-0094, no cover.
Ix Flix: Family-friendly events begin at 6 p.m., screening of “Labyrinth” begins at sunset, Ix Art Park, free.
Fae Festival: Inaugural urban Renaissance faire, noon-10 p.m., Ix Art Park, $25 weekend pass, $15 admission to festival and The Looking Glass indoor immersive art museum, $10 festival admission only.
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Charlottesville Reading Series with writer Cade Wiberg and musicians Brady Earnhart and Luke Kibler: 7 p.m., New Dominion Bookshop, (434) 295-2552, free, arrive early for best seating,
Fridays After Five with Ebony Groove with Musical Suspects: 5:30 p.m., Ting Pavilion, (877) 272-8849, free.
SATURDAY, JUNE 18
Music on the Patio with The Weedeaters: 2:30-5:30 p.m., DuCard Vineyards in Etlan, (540) 923-4206, no cover, reservations recommended.
The Michael Elswick Gathering: 2-5 p.m., Glass House Winery, (434) 975-0094, no cover.
Fae Festival: Inaugural urban Renaissance faire, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Ix Art Park, $25 weekend pass, $15 admission to festival and The Looking Glass indoor immersive art museum, $10 festival admission only.
Father’s Day Weekend with Bomar & Ritter: Noon-4 p.m., Just a Bite food truck will be there, Elite Stixx Cigar Tent available, Keswick Vineyards, (434) 244-3341.
The Skip Castro Band: 7:30 p.m., gates open at 6 p.m., presented by Louisa Arts Center at Louisa County Firemen’s Fairgrounds, (540) 967-5200, rain-or-shine event; bring lawn chairs or blankets for comfort, $26.
The Paramount and Compass Creative Dramatics Present: “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”: 11 a.m., Paramount Theater, (434) 979-1333, $10.50, $5.50 youths.
Kate Bollinger with Lael Neale: 8:30 p.m., The Southern Café and Music Hall, (434) 977-5590, $17, $15 advance.
SUNDAY, JUNE 19
Live Music in the Orchard: Jackson, Pendergrass and Townsend: 2:30-4:30 p.m., Albemarle CiderWorks, (434) 297-2326, no cover, reservations encouraged.
Late-Night Comedy in the Orchard: Herron Comedy: 6:30-8 p.m., Albemarle CiderWorks, (434) 297-2326, no cover, reservations encouraged.
Sunday Salsa: Charlottesville Salsa Club’s weekly Latin social dance, 7 p.m., IX Art Park, $8, $6 students.
Father’s Day Cigar & Wine Pairing: Noon-6 p.m., music by Local Vocals from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m., DuCard Vineyards in Etlan, (540) 923-4206, no cover, reservations recommended.
Beleza Duo featuring Madeline and Berto Sales: 2-5 p.m., Glass House Winery, (434) 975-0094, no cover.
Paramount Presents: Andy Grammer — The Art of Joy Tour: 7:30 p.m., Paramount Theater, (434) 979-1333, $69.75 gold circle, $54.75, $44.75, $34.75.
Trombone Shorty’s Voodoo Threauxdown with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Tank and The Bangas, Big Freedia, Cyril Neville: The Uptown Ruler, George Porter Jr. and Dumpstaphunk performing the music of The Meters, and The Soul Rebels: 6 p.m., Ting Pavilion, (877) 272-8849, $50 general admission.
MONDAY, JUNE 20
Trivia Night with Brandon “The Trivia Guy” Hamilton: 6 p.m., Prince Michel Vineyard and Winery and Tap 29 Brewery in Leon, (800) 800-WINE, no cover.
L.Y.A.O. Comedy Open Mic hosted by Chris Alan: 8 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m. and signups begin at 7:30 p.m., The Southern Café and Music Hall, (434) 977-5590, free.
TUESDAY, JUNE 21
c*mgirl8 with Lobby Boy and Emily Rose: 8 p.m., The Southern Café and Music Hall, (434) 977-5590, $15, $12 advance..
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a California man who was found with a gun, knife and pepper spray near the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after telling police he was planning to kill the justice, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Nicholas John Roske, 26, of Simi Valley, Calif., was charged in a single-count indictment with attempting to murder a Justice of the United States.
Prosecutors say Roske traveled from California to the justice's home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with the intent of killing Kavanaugh. Roske pulled up near the home in a taxi shortly after 1 a.m. on June 8 carrying a suitcase with a gun and ammunition, a tactical chest rig with pepper spray and a knife, and a flashlight, a laser, a thermal monocular and other burglary tools, according to court papers.
Federal officials have said Roske said he purchased the gun to kill Kavanaugh and also planned to kill himself. He was arrested by police in Montgomery County, Maryland, after he called 911 and told a police dispatcher he was near Kavanaugh's home and wanted to take his own life.
Roske told police he was upset by a leaked draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court is about to overrule Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion case. He also said he was upset over the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, and believed Kavanaugh would vote to loosen gun control laws, according to prosecutors.
When he got out of the taxi, Roske was spotted by two U.S. Marshals who are part of round-the-clock security provided to the justices following the leak of the draft opinion last month. But Roske was only apprehended after he called 911 and said he was having suicidal thoughts and planned to kill Kavanaugh, having found the justice’s address online. Roske was still on the phone when Montgomery County police arrived on the scene.
Andrew Szekely, a federal public defender who is representing Roske, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on the indictment. He previously declined to comment on the case after Roske's first court appearance, the day of his arrest.
The indictment comes one day after the House gave final approval to legislation that would allow around-the-clock security protection for families of Supreme Court justices.
The Senate passed the bill unanimously last month, but it languished in the House as Democrats sought to broaden the measure to include protection for families of court employees. Republicans ramped up pressure to pass the bill after Roske's arrest at Kavanaugh’s house. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Feds-indict-Calif-man-found-with-gun-near-17244488.php | 2022-06-15T22:45:44Z | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Feds-indict-Calif-man-found-with-gun-near-17244488.php | true | 32 |
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BUFFALO, N.Y., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Effective Thursday, June 16, 2022, M&T (NYSE:MTB) will increase its prime lending rate from 4.00% to 4.75%
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M&T Bank Corporation is a financial holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. M&T's principal banking subsidiary, M&T Bank, provides banking products and services in 12 states across the eastern U.S. from Maine to Virginia and Washington, D.C. Trust-related services are provided in select markets in the U.S. and abroad by M&T's Wilmington Trust-affiliated companies and by M&T Bank. For more information on M&T Bank, visit www.mtb.com.
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Singer songwriter Lizzo has rereleased her new single "Grrrls" with a lyric change after it sparked heated discussions online about ableist language.
The song, which is set to appear on her upcoming album Special, received praise and excitement from many fans upon its release last Friday. Others, especially those within the disability community, expressed concern about her use of the word "spaz," which many consider an ableist slur.
It originates from the term "spastic," which has historically been used to describe people with spastic paralysis and cerebral palsy. Often used in a derogatory way to describe people in the disability community, "spaz" or "spaz out" has also been used to refer to someone losing physical control or simply acting "weird" or "uncool." Webster's New World College Dictionary defines it as "someone regarded as being clumsy, awkward, stupid, odd, etc."
Lizzo released a statement on Monday acknowledging the "harmful word" in her song and announcing a rerecorded version of the song without the slur in it. "I never want to promote derogatory language. As a fat black woman in America, I've had many hurtful words used against me so I overstand the power words can have (whether intentionally or in my case, unintentionally)," she wrote in her statement.
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A federal jury has awarded Columbus Police Lt. Melissa McFadden $2 in a civil rights lawsuit she filed against the city of Columbus in 2018.
The Columbus Dispatch reported that McFadden, a Black woman, filed a civil lawsuit in 2018 against the city. The trial finally began on June 6 and lasted four days before the jury awarded McFadden an amount less than the cost to take the New York City subway.
However, one of her attorneys, John Marshall, said the lieutenant was happy with the verdict.
“It was more about the principle than money,” MARSHALL told “The Dispatch.” McFadden is pleased with the verdict, he said, adding, “She feels like really she won.”
McFadden’s lawsuit stems from her being reassigned in 2017 to the division’s property room after a federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaint was filed against McFadden. The complaint accused her of creating a hostile workplace and giving a sergeant a higher performance evaluation than he deserved because he was Black.
In her suit, McFadden claimed other officers investigated on the same grounds were not reassigned. If they were, they were not subjected to the property room, which is physically demanding. McFadden added that she suffered an injury there, which forced her to take extended leave.
An internal investigation by the division found McFadden had fostered a “Black Militancy Mindset” and an “us versus them” attitude when it came to Black and white officers. Kim Jacobs, the police chief at the time, recommended McFadden be fired. But Ned Pettis, the city’s public safety director, decided in August 2018 that the division had failed to meet its burden of proof and did not fire McFadden.
Marshall added that McFadden wants to ask U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus to order the city to pay her legal fees as well as having her division personnel file expunged and having prior disciplinary measures not used against her in the future.
Additionally, she plans to ask the court to order the Division of Police to issue “a communication to all CDP officers that the discrimination and retaliation are regretted and CDP looks forward to many more years of Lt. McFadden’s contribution to its mission.” | https://www.blackenterprise.com/federal-jury-awards-columbus-police-lt-2-in-racial-discrimination/ | 2022-06-15T22:51:45Z | https://www.blackenterprise.com/federal-jury-awards-columbus-police-lt-2-in-racial-discrimination/ | true | 1 |
Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE:ZTR – Get Rating) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 109,700 shares, an increase of 43.4% from the May 15th total of 76,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 94,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.2 days.
Shares of NYSE ZTR traded up $0.10 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $7.97. The company had a trading volume of 175 shares, compared to its average volume of 116,527. The business’s 50-day moving average is $9.18 and its 200-day moving average is $9.32. Virtus Total Return Fund has a 52 week low of $7.87 and a 52 week high of $10.14.
The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, August 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 11th will be issued a dividend of $0.08 per share. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 12.05%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 10th.
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COVID-19 shots for U.S. infants, toddlers and preschoolers moved a step closer Wednesday.
The Food and Drug Administration's vaccine advisers gave a thumbs-up to vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer for the littlest kids.
The outside experts voted unanimously that the benefits of the shots outweigh any risks for children under 5 — that's roughly 18 million youngsters. They are the last age group in the U.S. without access to COVID-19 vaccines and many parents have been anxious to protect their little children.
If all the regulatory steps are cleared, shots should be available next week.
"This is a long-awaited vaccine," said one panel member, Dr. Jay Portnoy of Children's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. "There are so many parents who are absolutely desperate to get this vaccine and I think we owe it to them to give them a choice to have the vaccine if they want to."
Dr. Peter Marks, FDA's vaccine chief, opened the meeting with data showing a "quite troubling surge'' in young children's hospitalizations during the Omicron wave, and noted 442 children under 4 have died during the pandemic. That's far fewer than adult deaths, but should not be dismissed in considering the need for vaccinating the youngest kids, he said.
"Each child that's lost essentially fractures a family,'' Marks said.
FDA reviewers said both brands appear to be safe and effective for children as young as 6 months old in analyses posted ahead of the all-day meeting. Side effects, including fever and fatigue, were generally minor in both, and less common than seen in adults.
The two vaccines use the same technology but there are differences. In a call with reporters earlier this week, vaccine experts noted that the shots haven't been tested against each other, so there's no way to tell parents if one is superior.
"That is a really important point,"' said Dr. Jesse Goodman of Georgetown University, a former FDA vaccine chief. "You can't compare the vaccines directly.''
If the FDA agrees with its advisers and authorizes the shots, there's one more step. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will decide on a formal recommendation after its own advisers meet Saturday. If the CDC signs off, shots could be available as soon as Monday or Tuesday at doctor's offices, hospitals and pharmacies..
Pfizer's vaccine is for children 6 months through 4 years; Moderna's vaccine is for 6 months through 5 years.
Moderna's shots are one-quarter the dose of the company's adult shots. Two doses appeared strong enough to prevent severe illness but only about 40% to 50% effective at preventing milder infections. Moderna has added a booster to its study and expects to eventually offer one.
Pfizer's shots are just one-tenth its adult dose. Pfizer and partner BioNTech found that two shots didn't provide enough protection in testing, so a third was added during the Omicron wave.
Pfizer's submitted data found no safety concerns and suggested that three shots were 80% effective in preventing symptomatic coronavirus infections. But that was based on just 10 COVID-19 cases; the calculation could change as more cases occur in the company's ongoing studies.
The same FDA panel on Tuesday backed Moderna's half-sized shots for ages 6 to 11 and full-sized doses for teens. If authorized by the FDA, it would be the second option for those age groups. Currently Pfizer vaccine is their only choice.
The nation's vaccination campaign started in December 2020 with the rollout of adult vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, with health care workers and nursing home residents first in line. Teens and school-age children were added last year.
Moderna said in April that it is also seeking regulatory approval outside the U.S. for its little kid shots. According to the World Health Organization, 12 other countries already vaccinate kids under 5, with other brands.
In the U.S., it remains uncertain how many parents want their youngest vaccinated. While COVID-19 is generally less dangerous for young children than older kids and adults, there have been serious cases and some deaths. Many parents trying to keep unvaccinated tots safe have put off family trips or enrolling children in daycare or preschool.
Still, by some estimates, three-quarters of all children have already been infected. Only about 29% of children aged 5 to 11 have been vaccinated since Pfizer's shots opened to them last November, a rate far lower than public health authorities consider ideal.
Dr. Nimmi Rajagopal, a family medicine physician at Cook County Health in Chicago, said she's been preparing parents for months.
"We have some that are hesitant, and some that are just raring to go,'' she said.
Additional reporting by The Associated Press. | https://www.newsy.com/stories/fda-advisers-move-covid-19-shots-closer-for-kids-under-5/ | 2022-06-15T22:55:00Z | https://www.newsy.com/stories/fda-advisers-move-covid-19-shots-closer-for-kids-under-5/ | true | 40 |
KELOWNA, BC, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Valens Company Inc. (TSX: VLNS) (Nasdaq: VLNS) (the "Company" "The Valens Company" or "Valens"), a leading manufacturer of branded cannabis products, announced today that on June 13, 2022, it received a written notice (the "Notice") from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") indicating that the Company is not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement ("Minimum Bid Requirement") of US$1.00 per share under the Nasdaq Listing Rules (the "Listing Rules"). Based on the closing bid price of the Company's common shares for the last 30 consecutive business days, the Company has failed to meet the Minimum Bid Requirement set forth in Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) during that period. The Notice is only a notification of deficiency, it is not a notice of imminent delisting, and it has no current immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company's common shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has 180 calendar days from the date of the Notice, or December 12, 2022, to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Requirement, during which time the common shares will continue to trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market. If at any time before December 12, 2022, the bid price of the common shares closes at or above US$1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days, the Company will regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Requirement. If the Company does not regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Requirement by December 12, 2022, the Company may be eligible for an additional period of 180 calendar days to regain compliance or may be subject to delisting of the common shares from the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Company's common shares are also listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Notice does not affect the Company's compliance status with such listing.
At Valens, it's Personal.
About The Valens Company
The Valens Company is a leading manufacturer of cannabis products with a mission to bring the benefits of cannabis to the world. The Company provides proprietary cannabis processing services, in addition to best-in-class product development, manufacturing, and commercialization of cannabis consumer packaged goods. The Valens Company's high-quality products are formulated for the medical, health and wellness, and recreational consumer segments, and are offered across all cannabis product categories with a focus on quality and innovation. The Company also manufactures, distributes, and sells a wide range of CBD products in the United States through its subsidiary Green Roads, and distributes medicinal cannabis products to Australia through its subsidiary Valens Australia. In partnership with brand houses, consumer packaged goods companies and licensed cannabis producers around the globe, the Company continues to grow its diverse product portfolio in alignment with evolving cannabis consumer preferences in key markets. Through Valens Labs, the Company is setting the standard in cannabis testing and research and development with Canada's only ISO17025 accredited analytical services lab, named The Centre of Excellence in Plant-Based Science by partner and scientific world leader Thermo Fisher Scientific. Discover more on The Valens Company at http://www.thevalenscompany.com.
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As inflation ravages the U.S. economy, Americans are quickly discovering that the modern monetary theory (MMT) fad is over.
MMT economists and advocates argued that deficits didn’t matter: since the U.S. dollar functions as the principal global reserve currency (a currency they assumed everyone, everywhere just wanted to hold forever), the U.S. government could borrow without limit, since it borrows in its own currency.
Need more money? Print it.
Need another $5 trillion to fund Biden’s “Build Back Better” program? Print it.
Deficits don’t matter when there are no constraints on borrowing. The sky’s the limit.
Most teenagers without a Ph.D. in economics, however, can readily appreciate a different economic and financial reality when they get their first credit card.
Worried about a faltering housing market after the Great Recession, the Fed accommodated the housing and equity markets through several rounds of quantitative easing, which it stopped and then resumed during the COVID pandemic. The result is a bloated Fed balance sheet exceeding $8 trillion – a balance sheet that will, gradually, have to be unwound.
Fortunately, wiser heads like Republican senators as well as Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema prevailed and stopped the MMT nonsense before it brought even more inflationary harm to everyday Americans. Now we’re assessing the damage from the last decade of monetary- and fiscal-policy excesses and how reversing those excesses will affect all Americans and the global economy.
The principal actor, of course, will be the Federal Reserve, which has begun to raise interest rates in earnest. But even with the Federal Funds rate now at 1.50-1.75%, interest rates, when offset by inflation exceeding eight percent, are still significantly negative.
Interest rates represent the price of money, and when that price is negative (meaning that your bank effectively pays you to borrow, and you pay your bank to hold your savings) massive asset-price distortions in equities, housing and cryptocurrencies arise. Investors assume greater risks seeking higher yields.
These distorted monetary and fiscal policies have brought us to where we are today: the highest inflation rate in 40 years, the possibility of a near-term recession and the likelihood of longer-run stagflation.
While both political parties share the blame for this situation, the Biden administration’s fiscal policies created the tipping point.
Months before Russian president Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, former Clinton economic adviser and Obama Treasury Secretary Larry Summers warned the Biden economic team that passing its $5 trillion “Build Back Better” legislation on top of earlier massive pandemic-relief spending and the American Rescue Plan would unleash serious inflationary pressures.
Summers was correct. What no one knows today is just how high the Fed will have to raise interest rates to tame today’s inflation beast.
Optimists (those observers who once labelled today’s inflation “transitory”) believe (or hope) that a couple of months of Fed rate hikes will temper inflationary expectations. Pessimists (those observers who for years have cautioned against monetary- and fiscal-policy excess) fear the battle will be longer.
Americans now see daily – when they purchase milk or fill their gas tanks – how inflation touches them directly. The real wage gains of the past few years have been eliminated, and no amount of White House spin or damage control can change this picture.
MMT was a siren that lured the Fed and others into complacency. There’s no question that the Fed has been behind the curve for years. Its credibility will now be tested as Chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues try to engineer an economic “soft landing.”
The recent market sell-offs are signaling turbulent economic times ahead. Moreover, political and economic uncertainties show few signs of abating: war in Ukraine, aggressive Chinese foreign policies, supply-chain restructuring, ongoing Middle East tensions and an overall reassessment of globalization.
Our economic future will not be determined by abstract academic theories like MMT. Moreover, the Fed by itself cannot engineer a future soft landing out of today’s mess. We will need to watch carefully the trends emerging from the billions of spending and hiring decisions made daily by individuals and corporations.
When automobile companies like Tesla and real-estate firms like Compass and Redfin announce major layoffs, it would be wise to pay close attention to these, and perhaps other, canaries in the coalmine.
Charles Kolb served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy from 1990-1992 in the George H.W. Bush White House | https://dailycaller.com/2022/06/15/kolb-the-demise-of-modern-monetary-theory/ | 2022-06-15T22:57:57Z | https://dailycaller.com/2022/06/15/kolb-the-demise-of-modern-monetary-theory/ | false | 1 |
It is a different season for the Atlanta Braves but once again the reigning World Series champs are provided a gut check midway through the year.
It is almost like deja vu for the Braves with regards to one of their star players being lost to a significant injury. Only this time, the Braves are in a much better position to withstand a loss to one of their star players.
Last year, it was Ronald Acuna Jr. who tore his ACL and missed the second half of the season. It was a devastating injury to one of the game's most electric players and started a ripple effect of mid-season acquisitions that the Braves had to make in the outfield.
This year, it is second baseman Ozzie Albies. The All-Star fractured his foot on Monday when he swung the bat in the batter's box. The Braves placed Albies on the 60-day injured list.
While another Braves star will be lost for an extended period of time, it is not the same scenario that the Braves encountered a year ago. They were struggling when Acuna Jr. injured himself against the Miami Marlins. Only after multiple mid-season trades did the Braves surge ahead of the other National League East rivals en route to the World Series championship.
This year's team captured its 13th straight win on Tuesday when it throttled the Washington Nationals 10-4. New second baseman Orlando Arcia made the most of his opportunity by homering and driving in two runs. The Braves are in a much better position to handle this injury than they were this time last year.
The Braves' winning streak propelled Atlanta to 36-27 and only five games back of the first-place New York Mets. The Braves conquered the easy part of their early schedule against the likes of the Washington Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland A's and Colorado Rockies.
It was inevitable wasn't it? This team was too talented, too experienced and too good to be sputtering for as long as it did through the first quarter of the season. Even with Albies gone for two months, the Braves figure to contend for another postseason spot.
But it soon won't get easy. Not with the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers coming to Truist Park before the Braves play three at the Philadelphia Phillies.
This was the kind of play expected from a defending world champion. It took about a third of the season to get there but the Braves have the Mets in their sights. Even with Albies sidelined, the Braves are primed to soon retake what's theirs: first place in the division.
Clint Thompson is a special contributor to the Valdosta Daily Times. | https://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/braves-will-be-fine-without-albies/article_755c6e50-2918-5c63-80f5-c0dec0b3d1ad.html | 2022-06-15T23:00:36Z | https://www.valdostadailytimes.com/sports/braves-will-be-fine-without-albies/article_755c6e50-2918-5c63-80f5-c0dec0b3d1ad.html | true | 1 |
SEATTLE (AP) — Three misconduct complaints against former Seattle police Chief Carmen Best from the summer of 2020 went unaddressed and are still pending.
Mayor Bruce Harrell’s office this year sent the cases to an investigator outside the city, The Seattle Times reported.
Police watchdogs and Harrell’s office say the cases sat because former Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office didn’t agree to send them to an outside investigator, though she disputes that characterization.
The complaints involve Best’s handling of tear gas during protests and statements about the “occupied” protest zone known as CHOP that happened amid nationwide unrest over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Thousands of complaints were filed against the Police Department during the summer of 2020. The Office of Police Accountability (OPA) consolidated those into 145 investigations, most of which have been completed.
“I was alarmed to find out in the beginning of 2022 that there were three un-investigated complaints,” City Councilmember Lisa Herbold told the newspaper, arguing the issue has exposed “a gap in our accountability system.”
Two agencies were involved: OPA, which investigates misconduct complaints against Police Department employees, and the Office of Inspector General (OIG), which provides systemic oversight for the department and OPA.
When the complaints against Best were filed, OPA’s operations manual didn’t allow the agency to investigate the chief, according to Harrell’s office.
Durkan asked OIG to take the complaints, according to Andrew Myerberg, who was then OPA's director and is now Harrel's public safety adviser, Inspector General Lisa Judge, and Harrell’s office. OIG declined, citing jurisdictional concerns and potential conflicts. OPA conducted preliminary investigations only, with no findings.
Harrell agreed to send the cases out after becoming mayor in January, and an outside investigator began work in April, according to Harrell’s office.
“OPA is not releasing the investigator’s name or associated company to facilitate the investigative process fairly” and to “prevent undue influence,” Harrell spokesperson Jamie Housen said.
Durkan wasn’t responsible for the cases sitting in limbo, said Chelsea Kellogg, a spokesperson for the ex-mayor. Though Durkan’s office initially supported in-house options, OPA was an independent agency and could have subsequently outsourced the cases, Kellogg said.
At the time the OPA complaints were filed, the agency’s manual said the OPA director should, for complaints against the chief, consult with the mayor’s office “to identify an appropriate city authority outside OPA or an independent investigator who will conduct any investigation necessary.”
In January, the agency’s manual was changed, allowing OPA to investigate complaints against a chief, hand them off to another city agency or outsource them.
According to Harrell’s office, the complaints were filed before Best retired in September 2020. Neither Harrell’s office nor OPA nor Durkan has provided a detailed timeline for what happened next.
Best didn’t return emails requesting comment. OPA declined to comment on the cases. | https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Complaints-against-former-Seattle-police-chief-17244433.php | 2022-06-15T23:01:55Z | https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Complaints-against-former-Seattle-police-chief-17244433.php | false | 12 |
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man acquitted in the shooting death of the son of a high-ranking police official during a brawl at a south Philadelphia park three years ago has been sentenced to probation in another case.
Tyquan Atkinson, 23, was acquitted in April of fatally shooting 20-year-old Nicholas Flacco, son of Chief Inspector Christopher Flacco, at a Phillies tailgate gathering in March 2019 in FDR park. The month before the verdict, he was convicted of having a knife in his jail cell while awaiting trial.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that he was expected to be released after a judge sentenced him Wednesday to 12 months probation.
Prosecutors sought a sentence of one to three years, citing pictures of him holding guns on two phones found in the cell. But defense attorney Evan Hughes suggested that prosecutors were seeking unduly harsh punishment following the loss in the murder case.
Hughes also noted that Atkinson had already been jailed for three years without bail while awaiting the murder trial and had served 90 days of solitary confinement for the knife infraction. Asked if he had anything to say before sentencing, Atkinson said “I’m ready to go home. I miss my family.” | https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Man-acquitted-in-2019-park-death-gets-probation-17244460.php | 2022-06-15T23:02:13Z | https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Man-acquitted-in-2019-park-death-gets-probation-17244460.php | true | 12 |
Day One (DAWN) Falls 5.37% on June 15
Equities Staff Follow |Shares of Day One Biopharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: DAWN) moved 5.37% Wednesday.
As of 11:52:57 est, Day One sits at $14.86 and has moved $0.85 so far today.
Day One has moved 106.93% over the last 30 days and has moved YTD 6.05% based on the prior day’s close.
The company is set to release earnings on 2022-08-09.
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Electric vehicles getting charged at lightning-fast speeds? As incredible as that sounds, that is the purpose of the ultra-rapid DC charging station – the first and only one of its kind in Pakistan – launched by Audi and Siemens at the Libra Charging Hub in Saddar, Karachi.
As reported by Dawn, the technology is the result of collaboration between two German titans, Audi and Siemens, and is set to have a significant impact on the country’s EV future. Equipped with Siemens’ SICHARGE D series chargers, the super-fast EV charging station will be capable of charging at speeds of up to 160kW.
In his welcome address, Abdul Haseeb Khan, CEO of Libra Energy Solutions, requested the government for a subsidy to reduce the cost of charging electric vehicles. He also called for electric pole-mounted transformers (PMTs) along highways to make it possible for them install more such charging stations there.
“That way you will be able to easily drive your EV from here to Murree,” he pointed out.
Siemens-Pakistan chief Markus Strohmeier explained that the technology represents the first rapid charger in Pakistan that will be capable of charging bigger electric cars such as the Audi e-tron in just 15 mins. For smaller cars, it will take a mere four or five minutes.
The executive highlighted the need for equipping highways with charging stations in order to facilitate the EV revolution in Pakistan.
“Your highways really need to be equipped with such charging stations. It will be a small investment to see the cars move from city to city,” he said, while pointing out that there is plenty of vacant land alongside our highways, which can be turned into solar farms.
Meanwhile, Germany’s Ambassador to Pakistan Hon Bernhard Schlagheck expressed his pleasure at being present at the inauguration of a development that represented German innovation.
“The future is electric,” the envoy declared. “We are learning that more and more today in times of climate change and global warming. However, electro-based mobility also requires a corresponding infrastructure. I am pleased that another step in this direction is being taken here.” | https://www.techjuice.pk/audi-siemens-launch-pakistans-first-ever-ultra-rapid-charging-station-for-evs/ | 2022-06-15T23:04:54Z | https://www.techjuice.pk/audi-siemens-launch-pakistans-first-ever-ultra-rapid-charging-station-for-evs/ | false | 1 |
DNA retest concludes acquitted man likely committed murder
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A man acquitted at retrial after his conviction and death sentence for raping and murdering a woman was overturned was almost certainly the actual killer according to new DNA tests, a Florida prosecutor announced Wednesday.
Retesting shows DNA found in Pamela Albertson’s vagina came from Robert Earl Hayes, who was convicted but then acquitted of her 1990 strangulation and rape, Broward County State Attorney Harold Pryor said in a statement.
The attorney who won his acquittal disputed Pryor's conclusion, saying Wednesday the evidence is not that clear cut.
Prosecutors used DNA evidence 30 years ago to originally convict Hayes of murdering Albertson at a horse track near Fort Lauderdale where they both worked as groomers and he was sentenced to die. She had also expressed fear of Hayes to others before the killing, he had a history of violence and was seen with her shortly before her slaying, prosecutors said.
But DNA testing was then new technology and his conviction was overturned a few years later by the Florida Supreme Court, which said the method then used was scientifically unreliable.
Hayes, now 58, was acquitted at a 1997 retrial in the death of Albertson, 32. The court ruling limited how prosecutors could link DNA evidence to Hayes and experts said tests showed that hairs Albertson was clutching came from an unidentified white person. Hayes is Black. His attorney, Barbara Heyer, pointed to a white track worker as the killer and told jurors that any DNA test linking Hayes to the slaying was flawed.
“They were getting ready to execute an innocent man,” Hayes told reporters immediately after the not guilty verdict. His case was subsequently featured in a 2002 play, “The Exonerated,” which was made into a Court TV movie.
The evidence lay dormant until late 2020, when the Innocence Project of New York requested its retesting to possibly help exonerate Hayes in another case. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in that state in 2004 for the 1987 death of Leslie Dickenson, a woman he worked with at Vernon Downs racetrack — an investigation that was reopened after his Florida charges were brought. He is serving a 15- to 45-year sentence and is up again for parole in 2025, but supporters questioned his guilt in that case.
Hayes claimed to have found Dickenson hanging from a rope in her burning dorm room. Her death was originally ruled a suicide despite her body having multiple stab wounds.
The retest of the Broward evidence was conducted by a California lab picked by the Innocence Project. It concluded that not only did the DNA found on Albertson’s body come from Hayes but at least some of that hair in her hands was her own. None of it came from the man that Heyer, his attorney, had accused.
Heyer in an email Wednesday said there remains untested hair and that Hayes admitted to having sex with Albertson that night, so of course his DNA was found on her body. She said other DNA was inconclusive.
Because of the U.S. Constitution bar on double jeopardy, Pryor’s office cannot retry Hayes for Albertson’s murder. Pryor recently wrote to the New York parole board and prosecutors to advise them of the findings in hopes it will prevent his parole.
“We believe it is just as relevant to speak the truth about what happened in this case and try to hold Mr. Hayes accountable – to the extent possible,” Pryor said.
The Innocence Project did not return a phone call Wednesday seeking comment. Heyer did not immediately respond to a phone message left at her office or to an email.
David Weinstein, a Miami defense attorney and former prosecutor not involved in the case, called the new result “unusual.”
“More often than not current DNA testing exonerates individuals who had been convicted in the past,” he said. Still, he said today’s testing is more reliable than it was in the past.
“If (the jury) had the test results from today, the chance of an acquittal would have been less likely,” he said. | https://news.yahoo.com/dna-retest-concludes-acquitted-man-220051763.html | 2022-06-15T23:07:57Z | https://news.yahoo.com/dna-retest-concludes-acquitted-man-220051763.html | true | 27 |
Qualigen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLGN – Get Rating) insider Amy S. Broidrick bought 30,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 14th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $0.62 per share, with a total value of $18,600.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the insider now owns 34,500 shares in the company, valued at approximately $21,390. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website.
Shares of QLGN traded up $0.03 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $0.61. The company had a trading volume of 418,673 shares, compared to its average volume of 849,542. The company has a market capitalization of $21.38 million, a P/E ratio of -0.97 and a beta of -0.45. Qualigen Therapeutics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $0.45 and a twelve month high of $3.12. The company’s 50-day moving average is $0.58 and its 200-day moving average is $0.78.
Qualigen Therapeutics (NASDAQ:QLGN – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May 13th. The company reported ($0.14) EPS for the quarter. The business had revenue of $0.72 million for the quarter. Qualigen Therapeutics had a negative return on equity of 134.68% and a negative net margin of 414.32%. On average, equities analysts predict that Qualigen Therapeutics, Inc. will post -0.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Qualigen Therapeutics Company Profile (Get Rating)
Qualigen Therapeutics, Inc, a biotechnology company, develops novel therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. It offers FastPack, a rapid diagnostic testing system. The company is developing QN-302 for the treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; QN-247, a DNA coated gold nanoparticle cancer drug candidate that targets various cancers; RAS-F, a small-molecule RAS oncogene protein-protein inhibitor that blocks RAS mutations and inhibits tumor formation; and STARS blood cleansing system, a DNA/RNA-based treatment device that removes tumor-produced compounds and viruses from a patient's blood.
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As a veteran of the United States Marines and a Purple Heart recipient, I know that veterans are a proud and righteous group.
We fought together as countrymen, ignoring our differences and understanding that our actions were for the greater good and preserving democracy in our country.
Veterans sincerely appreciate the traditions and values of our country, and many hesitate to do anything that divides us as Americans, even if that means registering with a political party.
Unsurprisingly, veterans register as independents more than just about every other demographic. Pew research from 2017 suggests that nationally 49% of veterans identify as independents. In Pennsylvania, that means that closed primaries shut out veterans at a higher rate. After fighting for our values and traditions, closed primaries block many veterans from exercising their fundamental rights because they do not want to identify with a party.
This is wrong! We must allow all voters to participate in our primary elections, especially those who have risked their lives to keep us safe and protect our values.
When I served in Vietnam, many of those fighting could not yet vote because the voting age was still 21. Our leaders acknowledged and fixed this inequity. It’s time for our leaders in Pennsylvania to acknowledge that our closed primary election system implicitly shuts out our veterans in the same way.
I’m asking you to call your legislator and ask them to support SB 690.
It’s time to repeal closed primaries in Pennsylvania. The status quo will only continue to shut out veterans, doing a significant disservice to the very people who risked their lives to preserve our democracy.
Jack Wagner honorably served his country as a Veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He is a Vietnam Veteran and a recipient of the Purple Heart. Jack devoted 28 years to public service: eight years as Pennsylvania’s Auditor General, 10 years as a Pennsylvania State Senator and 10 years on Pittsburgh City Council before founding Pittsburgh Hires Veterans. Currently, Mr. Wagner is the Regional Development Director for Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs and he is the Chairman of the Sharing and Caring Golf Outing that raises revenue for hospitalized veterans. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Safety Management with a minor in Business Administration from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. | https://www.dailylocal.com/2022/06/15/guest-column-repeal-closed-primaries-in-pennsylvania/ | 2022-06-15T23:15:47Z | https://www.dailylocal.com/2022/06/15/guest-column-repeal-closed-primaries-in-pennsylvania/ | false | 5 |
The WA Police riot squad has been deployed to the Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre on Thursday morning following unconfirmed reports of a stabbing and fire inside the facility overnight.
Nine News Perth reporter Kelly Haywood, who was at the scene in Northam, said detainees within the centre had sent videos to her showing a man being detained while another was receiving CPR.
“People inside have been sending us videos and telling us what’s happening, we’ve seen some pretty horrific things that we’re obviously not showing on TV,” she said.
“We’ve had detectives, forensics and police coming and going all morning, the riot squad is currently inside ready to go.”
An ambulance left the centre in the early hours of Thursday however the condition of the injured detainee is unknown.
WA Police is yet to confirm any details of the incident.
The centre holds people awaiting or fighting deportation from Australia. In 2020, there were around 260 people staying at the facility.
Riots have previously broken out at the centre, including in 2018 after a detainee self-harmed.
More to come. | https://www.smh.com.au/national/western-australia/riot-squad-rush-to-wa-detention-centre-after-detainee-stabbed-fire-lit-20220616-p5au42.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national | 2022-06-15T23:16:06Z | https://www.smh.com.au/national/western-australia/riot-squad-rush-to-wa-detention-centre-after-detainee-stabbed-fire-lit-20220616-p5au42.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_national | true | 9 |
A Massachusetts woman has been arrested in connection with the 1985 death of a newborn baby in Frenchville, Maine.
A dog found the abandoned newborn in a gravel pit on December 7, 1985, and carried her less than 700 feet to its owner's home, according to a news release from Maine State Police (MSP).
Detectives were later able to track the dog's path to the location where their investigation showed the baby was born and left abandoned in below-zero temperatures, according to the release.
The case went cold for nearly 40 years.
But on Monday, police arrested 58-year-old Lee Ann Daigle, formerly Lee Ann Guerette, of Lowell, Massachusetts, at her home and charged her with murder. Authorities were able to identify her due to advancements in technology, such as DNA and genetic genealogy, the release said.
"This case was the culmination of decades worth of investigative work from dozens of now retired and current detectives who never gave up finding answers and justice for Baby Jane Doe," the MSP release said.
Daigle was extradited to Maine, the release said, and is being held at the Aroostook County Jail in Houlton, near the Canadian border.
Daigle made her first court appearance Tuesday and a judge ordered that she be held without bond, the court clerk told CNN Wednesday.
CNN has reached out to the public defender for comment on behalf of Daigle.
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One reform listed in the proposal is to help states include and implement "red-flag" laws. These are aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of those who pose a threat to themselves or others and the legislation would provide significant funding to help states create these laws.
The second measure is mental health and telehealth investment. The proposal includes "major investments to increase access to mental health and suicide prevention programs; and other support services available in the community, including crisis and trauma intervention and recovery."
The next measure would deal with closing the boyfriend loophole which deals with whether unmarried partners could keep guns if they were found guilty of violence against a dating partner.
Another major change in the legislation is issuing a more thorough review process for people between ages 18 and 21 who go to buy a gun like an AR-15.
Next, the bill would clarify the definition of a Federally Licensed Firearm Dealer. It would require these dealers to conduct background checks under federal law.
Lastly, the legislation would address school safety. The proposal provides money "to help institute safety measures in and around primary and secondary schools," while also supporting "school violence prevention efforts"
This poll is not scientific and only reflects that opinions of those voting. | https://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/a-newborn-baby-was-abandoned-in-a-gravel-pit-36-years-ago-now-her-mother/article_8eef4538-e1ea-5e69-9a21-d1b85e56016a.html | 2022-06-15T23:16:19Z | https://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/a-newborn-baby-was-abandoned-in-a-gravel-pit-36-years-ago-now-her-mother/article_8eef4538-e1ea-5e69-9a21-d1b85e56016a.html | true | 1 |
TWO female security guards on duty at the Persto Praesto Youth Camp in Freeport fell victim to armed criminals during a midnight attack on Monday.
One of the women was shot four times in her left leg, and the other was grazed on her buttocks.
A police report stated that the women were on duty at the youth camp at La Cuesa Road when they observed two people clad in dark clothing and ski masks walking along the roadway.
As they approached the compound of the youth camp, the two people called out to the victims.
Moments later, gunshots rang out, then the shooters ran off.
The women were taken to the Couva District Health Facility.
Crime Scene Investigators processed the scene and recovered several spent ammunition casings.
PCs Nathoo, Morgan and Dass visited the scene, persons interviewed and obtained certain information.
They also visited both victims at the Couva Health Facility.
The victim who was shot multiple times was transferred for further treatment at the San Fernando General Hospital.
The other victim was treated and discharged.
Police have not yet established a motive for the incident.
Officers of the Couva CID are continuing investigations. | https://trinidadexpress.com/newsextra/2-female-guards-shot-at-persto-praesto-youth-camp/article_098e70f4-ecf5-11ec-a2cb-0fb042cd70cb.html | 2022-06-15T23:18:33Z | https://trinidadexpress.com/newsextra/2-female-guards-shot-at-persto-praesto-youth-camp/article_098e70f4-ecf5-11ec-a2cb-0fb042cd70cb.html | false | 1 |
The more they celebrate themselves, the more they ignore the unsung heroes of June 12. We, who made the struggle tick and thick. We were and still at the receiving end.
Those maximum rulers don’t want to hear us out. They occupy every space. And they are reaping with utmost impunity and recklessness where they never sowed. The actual sowers are left in the cold. To rot!
We sowed painfully with every pint of our blood. We put our lives on the line. But these latter-day democrats did not care a hoot. They are strangers to democracy.
Sad! They still dwell in their old, wild and weird ways. They continue doing things their queer manners. They flaunt their dubious character arrogantly.
No matter how hard they pretend. One day a Daniel would come to judgement. And a Pharaoh would certainly emerge who would not know Joseph.
They labour strenuously to curtail we, the unsung heroes of June 12 to the dustbin of our ugly history. That is the reason for this piece back. First published in my column, Daily Sun, Thursday, June 14, 2018, exactly 20 years after our release from detention.
It was in response to the recognition of some personalities as the heroes of June 12 by President Muhammadu Buhari on June 12, 2018. None of us, 40 in all, was recognised or remotely mentioned. That has not been remedied till date. We remain the “Unsung Heroes of June 12.” The piece:
Prisoners of War (PoWs), remember them? Sure, you must. If not, let us risk a quick flashback.
The story runs like this: On May 1, 1998, Ibadan, Oyo State capital, was shaken to its foundation. Protesters from three different locations invaded the city. It was a bloody Friday.
They were up in arms against the dictatorial government of the despot, General Sani Abacha. He had planned to rule us forever. The rioters vehemently disagreed and displayed their anger.
This was one of the violent spill-overs from the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. It was presumed, Chief Moshood Kshimawo Olawale Abiola won the election. It was a struggle of life and death.
The Ibadan 1998 May Day riots consumed lives and properties. The targets were Abacha’s cronies and everything associated with them. The city was literally turned upside down and inside out.
The following Sunday, I practically paved the way for my detention. The Sunday Tribune, which I edited, went to town screaming. Its banner headline was fearful. It roared, “Genesis of Ibadan bloodbath: The Untold Story.” Nobody could ignore it, not even Abacha’s security sycophants!
When the dust settled, 40 of us lost our freedom at different times and locations. We were framed up, clamped into detention.
We were strangely accused of planning to overthrow a military junta of Abacha mode. Our chief accuser and tormentor was the late Col. Ahmed Usman (retd), ex-military administrator, Oyo State. To his greatest delight, we were captured in the warfront. So, he came out publicly to recklessly pronounce us PoWs. And it sticks till today.
Sadly enough, none of our members made the list of honours for June 12 Pro-Democracy Heroes. To the compilers and masterminds of that list, we never for once existed. That is the weird thinking of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF).
Our team was by no means formidable. We had Chief Bola Ige as our undisputed leader. The last public office he held was Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation in the Olusegun Obasanjo civilian administration. He was initially his Minister of Power. Ige was before this, governor of the old Oyo State in the Second Republic. That was between October 1, 1979 and September 30, 1983. He was murdered in cold blood on December 21, 2001, in his Bodija, Ibadan residence.
Other members included: Alhaji Lam Adesina (late) former state governor; Comrade Ola Oni (late), the legendary rights activist; my humble self; Alhaji Lateef Akinsola, a.k.a Tokyo, former chairman, state National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW); Alhaji Billy Akanji, a.k.a Baba 70 (late), Kehinde Adesina and Sunday Morenikeji, aka, Baba Blessing (late).
None of us spent fewer than 32 days in detention while Abacha had his way. We regained freedom through bail the second day he lost his life. His gross loss was our bountiful gain. Such is life.
But President Muhammadu Buhari ignored the whole pack of us. He left us in the cold; all alone to lick our wounds, all by ourselves. What an unfriendly deal! Is it because we are not government-connected?
We are not alone in the cold. Prominent National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) chieftains were equally and embarrassingly left out. NADECO was one of the major platforms used to fight for June 12.
The affected NADECO chieftains included Chief Abraham Adesanya, SAN (late). Abacha’s foot soldiers were always on his trail. We were grateful to God we did not lose him to the struggle. Others were Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Sir Olanihun Ajayi (late) and Air Commodore Dan Suleiman (retd). There are several others of the like minds.
None of us could make the list in the reasoning of the compilers. Pity! We are not APC-compliant! Only Chief Bisi Akande in that category made it. He was the first and only interim chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC). He also ruled Osun State between 1999 and 2003.
Undoubtedly, the pillar of the struggle was Chief Alfred Rewane (also late). As a matter of fact, he lost his precious life in the thick of the agitation. He was the silent and main financier of NADECO.
To be sure, no dispute about those “lucky” to be so honoured now. And certainly, no grudges against them not even one. If it took 25 years to recognise MKO; then there is still hope for the PoWs and others. We have clocked 24 years having been detained in May 1998.
We, the PoWs never ran away. Some of us had ample opportunities to do so. But we refused the urge and the pressure. Yet, we are alive today with those who bolted away.
Nevertheless, what is sauce for the goose is equally sauce for the gander. There is no half way to it. No half measure either. What is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
We’re spurred to shout, “Egbe kini yi wa, awa lokan.” We insist: “Awa lokan.” | https://www.sunnewsonline.com/unsung-heroes-of-june-12/ | 2022-06-15T23:18:56Z | https://www.sunnewsonline.com/unsung-heroes-of-june-12/ | true | 1 |
Mom Arranges Helicopter Evacuation for Pregnant Daughter Stranded by Yellowstone Flooding
All roads leading out of town were blocked by falling boulders and raging rivers that saw houses lift off their foundations and float away.
Yellowstone National Park remains closed after massive flooding forced the evacuation of at least 10,000 tourists.
But no evacuation was more dramatic than this one: a pregnant woman there on vacation, whose mother went to great lengths to get her to safety.
Cassie and Brandon Tyson found themselves trapped in the national park on their “babymoon,” celebrating the impending birth of their first baby in eight weeks.
All roads leading out of town were blocked by falling boulders and raging rivers that saw houses lift off their foundations and float away.
“[Someone] said out loud to the entire cafe, he was like, ‘Whoever is in here, I just want y’all to know, both of the exits out of this town are completely covered in water or they’re just not there. So you’re not going to be able to get out for days, weeks or months,” Cassie told Inside Edition.
It was Cassie’s mom, Carole Martin, who came to the rescue. She arranged for a helicopter to lift her daughter and son-in-law out of harm’s way.
“They always call me when they have problems. We always figure it out together,” Martin said.
Seeing all the news reports coming out of Yellowstone spurred the concerned mom and soon-to-be grandma to action.
“When I looked at that, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is serious,’” Martin said.
Video shows the helicopter arriving to pick the couple up.
“I was honestly just in survival mode. I was just like, I have to get out of here,” Cassie said.
The helicopter picked them up in Gardiner, Montana, and flew them to the town of Bozeman. From there, they caught a regular flight home to Virginia.
It was not cheap — the chopper cost $1,200.
The couple was staying across the river from a home that fell into the raging river in a now-viral video.
The Park Service says the northern part of Yellowstone is likely to remain closed for a substantial amount of time due to the extent of the damage.
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A former Box Elder police officer is heading to federal prison for 13 years after pleading guilty to aggravated sexual abuse of a minor at Ellsworth Air Force Base.
Judge Jeffery Viken sentenced Ricardo Olandez, 35, on May 27 to serve the 13 years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release after he entered a guilty plea to forcing a minor girl to engage in sexual acts with him over the course of six weeks in April and May 2021.
A grand jury originally charged Olandez with three counts of aggravated sexual abuse and one count of abusive sexual contact. On Nov. 5 he pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated sexual abuse as part of a plea deal.
The acts took place on Ellsworth Air Force Base, where Olandez's wife was stationed, according to court documents.
The victim was 16 years old at the time and living with Olandez and his wife. She moved in with the couple in 2017 for reasons not listed in court documents.
According to a factual basis statement, which Olandez signed, he began making inappropriate, sexually-suggestive comments to the victim on April 6, 2021. That evening, he called her from her bedroom to the living room under the guise of asking her to massage his back. The rest of the family was asleep at the time.
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"The defendant started touching her underneath her shirt. (She) froze and did not grasp what was happening," the document states.
Within a matter of days, Olandez raped the girl. Over the next six weeks he assaulted her "repeatedly." After the assaults, Olandez would tell the victim he loved her and require her to tell him that she loved him.
On May 14, 2021, the victim told Olandez's wife. She confronted him, he apologized repeatedly before fleeing to Montana. Law enforcement arrested him in Georgia on June 7, 2021. The Box Elder Police Department ended his employment there on May 18, 2021.
Viken credited Olandez with 355 days time served towards his sentence. He will also have to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
According to a United States Attorney's office press release, the Department of the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Heather Sazama prosecuted the case.
Olandez had five retained attorneys listed on his case from two different law firms. Two public defenders were assigned to the case and then removed when a retained attorney appeared in court to represent Olandez.
— Contact Shalom Baer Gee at sgee@rapidcityjournal.com — | https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/former-box-elder-police-officer-sentenced-for-aggravated-sexual-abuse/article_3683ae3b-25f3-5ab7-8543-78683574a94f.html | 2022-06-15T23:24:39Z | https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/former-box-elder-police-officer-sentenced-for-aggravated-sexual-abuse/article_3683ae3b-25f3-5ab7-8543-78683574a94f.html | true | 1 |
EC residents called to observe water restrictions
The Department of Water and Sanitation in the Eastern Cape has called on residents to adhere to water restrictions imposed by local municipalities to ensure water security.
The call comes as dam levels in Nelson Mandela Bay Metro continue to decline on a weekly basis.
The department said the metro, which has been hit by drought since 2015, is seeing most of its dams lowering at concerning percentages, with 12.1% dam levels recorded this week from last week’s 12.3%.
“I want to emphasise to residents that as things stand, the best way out of this situation is for all of us to reduce our water usage immediately and substantially. Overall, water use must be reduced by 50 million litres per day from the current level of 280 million litres per day down to 230 million litres per day,” Department’s spokesperson, Sputnik Ratau said.
According to a weekly report on the status of dam levels issued by the department early this week, Kouga Dam is at 12.8% from last week’s 13.1%, with Impofu Dam on the Krom River also decreased to 10.1%.
The dam level at Groendal Dam has decreased from last week’s 22.0% to 21.1% recorded this week, while Loerie Dam stands slightly below average at 43.6% from 43.0%.
“One of the reasons we can attribute the low dam levels to is that there have only been six months of rainfall above the average monthly rainfall since 2018.
“Weather experts are predicting that the marginal rainfall received will persist for the remainder of the year, whereas, what is needed is rainfall of 50mm in 24 hours to get run-off to the dams,” Ratau said.
Ratau said the department has since recommended to the metro that severe restrictions of 40% should be implemented in order to maintain the supply of water to affected communities.
“What we then did to assist the metro was to fast-tract the completion of the Nooitgedacht water scheme, which supplies water from the Orange-Fish River system and currently supplies 210ML/day to the metro,” Ratau said.
He said the scheme intends to supply water to the eastern side of Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, but through collaborative efforts aimed at ensuring that the western side of the metro does not dry out. Currently, 90ML/day is being pumped through to the western side, with the aim of increasing to 120ML/day.
Ratau expressed optimism as the Amathole and Butterworth Water Supply Systems remain at above average percentages at 75.8% and 99.0%, respectively.
“We acknowledge that the situation is quite dire on the western side of the province and urge everyone - business, civil society and institutions - to play their role. We need to use water sparingly and with the outmost care,” he said.
The department reiterated its call to community members to refrain from vandalising water infrastructure, warning that this has adverse impact on reliable water supply. – SAnews.gov.za | https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/ec-residents-called-observe-water-restrictions | 2022-06-15T23:25:19Z | https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/ec-residents-called-observe-water-restrictions | false | 1 |
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November’s floods in British Columbia that swamped homes and farms, swept away roads and bridges and killed five people are now the most costly weather event in provincial history.
The Insurance Bureau of Canada made the statement as it released the latest cost estimate of $675 million, and that’s only for damage that was insured.
The previous estimate was $515 million in losses, but the bureau says in a statement that much of the increase is due to business claims in places where commercial insurance is more available.
In contrast, it says many residents were located in high-risk flood areas where insurance coverage isn’t available, which could cost all levels of government “well into the billions of dollars.”
So-called atmospheric rivers flowed over southwestern B.C. for days in November, bringing record rainfall and quickly swelling waterways.
Mudslides swept people away in their cars, rivers carved new routes and washed out highways and bridges, cutting off major highways into the Interior, which stopped the supply chain from the coast to the rest of the country.
“While the insured losses from the November flood events are increasing, it is clear that the overwhelming majority of costs for this disaster will be borne by government,” said Aaron Sutherland, a vice-president with the Insurance Bureau of Canada.
The bureau is a member of the federal, provincial and territorial task force on flood insurance and says it has put forward options to create a residential flood insurance program that includes a public-private partnership model.
It says that idea would help make affordable insurance available to residents in high-risk areas.
—The Canadian Press
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Planning Commission to review conditions for Town Park revamp Wednesday
Resolution would recommend “approval with conditions” for special review application
The Snowmass Village Planning Commission will consider a resolution Wednesday afternoon that would recommend to Town Council “approval with conditions” for a special review application that contains criteria for the revamp of Town Park.
A draft Town Council agenda schedule from early June indicates the council could then conduct an “owner review” of the plans for upgraded multi-use space at the entrance to the town on June 20, with a public hearing tentatively scheduled July 5.
The town submitted a special review application for Town Park on Jan. 26, and the plans went through a “completeness review” on Feb. 15, according to this week’s Planning Commission meeting packet. After that, the applicant resubmitted updates and responded to comments on April 12, and the Community Development Department deemed it complete on April 22.
Then, the application was “referred to town departments, districts, and other referral agencies on April 25,” the packet states.
Comments were due May 23, and the packet includes applicant responses dated June 7.
During the special review application process, both the town and the applicant (which, in this case, is also the town of Snowmass Village) need to follow several review standards.
Those standards ensure that the plans are consistent with the comprehensive plan, meet the standards of the town’s development code and are “compatible with the character of surrounding land uses in the area, and shall not adversely affect the future development of the surrounding area.”
The standards also include provisions to ensure adequate access to the site, minimal adverse impacts, adequate public facilities and sufficient off-street parking.
A draft resolution in the Planning Commission suggests the applicant has met those standards. Town staff are recommending that the Planning Commission approve the resolution and make their recommendation to the Town Council, but it’s up to the commission to make the decision at the meeting.
Some of the comments from outside agencies and other town departments indicated some concerns about safety, parking and other impacts.
John Mele, the fire marshal for the Roaring Fork Fire Rescue Authority, wrote in a May 27 email to Town Park planners that safety officials didn’t agree about the proposed location for emergency medical services and ambulances in the parking lot that was shown in the landscaping plans, “as we have indicated several times before.”
“This equipment and personnel need to be located in a position to respond appropriately to rodeo emergencies,” Mele wrote in the email included in the Town Council packet.
The Planning Commission packet indicates that “the applicant has removed reference to EMS parking locations on the plans, and recommends that the rodeo operator coordinate directly with emergency services for staging during their event,” according to applicant responses to comments dated June 7.
Mele wrote in a June 14 email that the concern had not been “specifically addressed” yet, but that “we (have) a great working relationship with all concerned and I know we will eventually come to (a) place where emergency services can be provided in a quick and efficient manner.”
Transportation Director Sam Guarino noted in two emails to town planners on May 20 and May 24 that the proposed number of paved parking spaces (about 430) is less than the dirt lot can currently accommodate and day-skier parking will fill up more often.
“This will lead to a greater demand for the skier bus service from the intercept and possibly increase abuse of the numbered lots,” Guarino wrote. “Understanding that these parking numbers have been approved by council I want to make sure that the transportation system is properly set up and (the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority) and/or (Aspen Skiing Co.) are prepared to take on the demand that is currently handled by the Village Shuttle on those biggest days.”
There is potential for about 90 more unpaved spaces in the rodeo arena and other parts of the rodeo grounds but “there is on-going discussion regarding whether parking in the rodeo arena is the best use, and we did not want to over-estimate our parking counts if that arena parking goes away,” the applicant wrote in response.
Plans have also been revised to improve access to Snowmass Water and Sanitation District infrastructure, and a construction management plan will be submitted at the time of permit submission, according to the packet. There aren’t any anticipated negative impacts to the wetlands or waterway, according to the packet.
The Roaring Fork Valley Horse Council has also submitted an updated rodeo safety report on May 25. Members of the Horse Council have on several occasions expressed concerns about the impact of paved parking and lack of a warm-up area on horses, the layout of the rodeo and parking, equestrian access to trails and about the size of the rodeo arena and the footprint of the grounds, which they believe should be bigger. They have asked that the Planning Commission doesn’t “rubber stamp” the application without line-item review.
The group is not affiliated with the Snowmass Western Heritage Association that organizes the rodeo. The association has indicated that they’re OK with the current plans, board member Markey Butler told the Snowmass Sun in May.
According to square footage stats provided by Andy Worline, the current rodeo grounds (not including parking) are about 82,000 square feet currently and will be about 90,000 square feet with the new plans.
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The Snowmass Village Planning Commission will consider a resolution Wednesday afternoon that would recommend to Town Council “approval with conditions” for a special review application that contains criteria for the revamp of Town Park. | https://www.aspentimes.com/news/planning-commission-to-review-conditions-for-town-park-revamp-wednesday/ | 2022-06-15T23:33:26Z | https://www.aspentimes.com/news/planning-commission-to-review-conditions-for-town-park-revamp-wednesday/ | true | 2 |
The forest watched patiently as I struggled to reach the overlook.
The hike started with a steady incline and didn’t level out until a bench and view of the town below offered a temporary reprieve from the trek.
Cartilage kindling popping and crackling inside my knees fueled smokeless fires. Without water my mouthful of mucus needed emptied. Spitting over the ledge, I took the chance to sit down and ponder how small Telluride is, all alone out here, nestled into the mansion of the mountains.
This would be good high ground for putting out wildfires with a hail of hockers, I imagined. Townspeople uniting to fight the flames that destroy their homes by coughing up loogies sounds like a medieval fable. But that’s why they call it Phlegm Falls, so the local legend would go.
A group of hikers joined me at the rest stop before I could completely cover the town in spit. I made the awkward decision to pass them on the uphill after they were visibly struggling to keep a consistent pace ahead of me.
Their faces betrayed their mountain chic outfits. Stopping every 100 feet or so, I could sense the regret. They wanted me to pass them, as if I would stop my own death march and pull them from their misery. Don’t they know the trees see everything?
Panting and panicky, I became entrapped in this wilderness of mirrors. The closer the group came the more apprehension I could read from their body language. Tackling what they initially thought would be an easy stroll, they were now quickly falling down the food chain. The forest feasts on the weak and weary.
I had no desire to help the poor souls, so every time they stopped to huddle under the shade of an overhanging branch or suckle on their water bottles, I stopped. But the distance eventually lessened. I made my move during one of their breaks, right before a series of switchbacks that would surely crush their spirits started, and nodded so hard in a friendly manner that my neck popped.
Wearing headphones and sunglasses, I’ve always operated under the assumption that if my senses are satisfied, then I only exist within my own head and can hike with some sort of invisibility, forgoing the formalities of enthusiastically greeting every passerby with congenial words. But it’s impossible to ignore another human, no matter how aloof, in the wild.
I always feel like a fool talking to sweaty strangers, reaching into my bank of canned greetings and smiling until my lips start to split.
“How’s it going! Nice day!”
“Almost to the top!”
“Please, spit in my mouth! I’m parched!”
Avoiding a tail of newbies trudging along behind you like out-of-shape shadows seemed impossible on this particular day, so after fleeing the overlook I quickened my gait.
The aspens’ eyes watched, a freshly fallen tree resting across the trail an attempt to trip me up. Twigs cracked like bones nearby.
The story of a Colorado trail runner killing a mountain lion with his bare hands sounded impressive until it came out that the cat he choked had been a kitten. Any bigger and it would have surely slit his throat and made spaghetti of his innards.
I turned around, but didn’t see anything other than more bipedal beasts dressed in tight, sweat-wicking fabrics.
The hush of the breeze rustling through the leaves made the trees snicker. They’re laughing at us. The woods have always been alive.
In outrunning the maniacal copse, I took a hard right onto a trail I’d never been on before. The sound of rushing water told me I couldn’t be far from the waterfall where my cousin and I spread her mother’s ashes a little over a year ago. I knew I had to keep moving, so with her as my guide, I followed it.
Losing my footing on a ridge near the falls, I sprawled onto all fours to avoid slipping down the gulley, the forest’s eager gullet below perpetually wide open. Scrambling to my feet, bewildered and dehydrated, I slowly made my way to the base of the falls. The cool breeze welcoming my warm and worn-out body, I took off my headphones and sunglasses, before dipping my head under the freezing snowmelt.
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The air quality alert is expected to expire Wednesday night. Thursday, scattered rain showers and thunderstorms will increase mixing. However, generally light winds will limit dispersion, and Saharan dust will continue to linger over the region, leading to high-Moderate AQI levels for particles. Friday, easterly to east-northeasterly winds will develop, which will aid dispersion. However, carryover of Saharan dust will remain over the state, and partly sunny skies and warm temperatures will support ozone formation. Therefore, AQI levels will be Moderate.
Next 24 Hours: Any rogue showers that formed during the late afternoon hours will quickly subside into the evening hours. Look for another muggy night as low temperatures struggle to reach the mid 70s. Mostly sunny skies will guide high temperatures right back into the mid 90s by early Thursday afternoon. A weak, upper level disturbance may help to produce isolated, afternoon showers and thunderstorms to the tune of about 30 percent coverage in measurable rain. The brief downpour for some may be welcome relief from the heat and a good douse for lawns and gardens.
Up Next: Friday and Saturday, there may be an opening for stray afternoon showers and thunderstorms to form, but we are not currently expecting anything organized like at the end of last week. Heat will be the big story right on through next week. Unfortunately, there are some early signs of even hotter temperatures—upper 90s—Sunday through at least Wednesday. In fact, it is not out of the question that one or two reporting stations can find an air temperature of 100 degrees, a mark not met in the Capital City since August 2015. On the other hand, feels-like temperatures, or heat indices, will have no problem reaching well into the 100s and any day with enough humidity to allow those readings to eclipse 108 degrees could warrant a heat advisory. CLICK HERE for your detailed 7-Day Forecast.
Sun and Heat Safety: Some friendly reminders for your summer of fun events—sunburn can occur in less than 15 minutes with the extreme U.V. Index typical of this time of year. In addition to that, heat exhaustion and heat stroke can set in just as quickly. Seek medical attention if you or somebody you know is affected. While we all enjoy a list of cool beverages, be sure water is at least a part of that list! Finally, look before you lock. DO NOT leave people or pets in an unattended car.
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The Tropics: A broad area of disturbed weather is located over the southwestern Caribbean Sea, associated with a surface trough of low pressure. Some slow development is possible, and a tropical depression could form by late this week if the system remains over water. There is a 40 percent chance of formation as the disturbance moves northwestward near the coasts of Nicaragua and Honduras later this week.
The Explanation: A dominant upper level ridge of high pressure will shift westward into the end of the week as a trough digs into the Northeast U.S. A weak disturbance wheeling around the rim of the ridge from east to west will help to kick out isolated showers and thunderstorms on Thursday afternoon as atmospheric moisture reaches its highest for the week. Triggers for convection will be much more limited on Friday and Saturday resulting in areal coverage of around 20 percent each afternoon. Through the weekend, and especially into next week, the ridge will broaden and center over the Gulf Coast. With this, high temperatures will easily reach the mid 90s and the upper 90s look well within reach. In fact, one or two spots could even sneak up to 100 degrees. With dew point temperatures in the mid 70s, feels like temperatures could eclipse 108 agrees prompting the need for heat advisories. When the heat index is expected to move over 113 degrees, heat warnings are issued. With the ridge causing warming, sinking air, it will also be very difficult for showers and thunderstorms to develop with daily coverage at 10 to 20 percent, at most.
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BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Every loudmouth from Yarmouth and Masshole from Athol has descended on The Country Club this week, when 14 golfers in the U.S. Open field will face the American public for the first time since defecting to an upstart, Saudi Arabian-backed tour.
The injection of genuine international intrigue is expected to energize the legendarily obnoxious Boston sports fan and make the staid, secretive enclave look more like a Sam Adams commercial casting call.
Guys named Sully and Fitz lined the fairways and greens at the 140-year-old club during the practice rounds, ready to greet their least favorite golfers with the same reception their ancestors gave the Redcoats at Lexington and Concord.
“It’s going to be loud, and it’s going to be a lot of fun,” said defending U.S. Open champion John Rahm, who has stuck with the PGA Tour and eschewed the bigger, guaranteed paydays offered by LIV Golf.
“There hasn’t been a U.S. Open here in a very long time, so they’re hungry for it, and you can tell,” Rahm said. “It almost feels like with what’s going on in the world of golf, they almost want to show their presence even more. I don’t know exactly what to expect, but I’m really looking forward to it.”
More tentative was Phil Mickleson, a six-time major champion who is the biggest name among the LIV XIV. He said in February that Saudi regime funding the new tour had some “scary (expletive)” but still took a reported $200 million to play on it.
One of the most popular players in the world, Mickelson said on Monday that he was unsure if his supporters would abandon him.
Just in case, he buttered up the locals like a Parker House roll.
“The Boston crowds are some of the best in sports,” Mickelson said during a 25-minute media session after arriving in this Boston suburb from last week’s LIV event outside of London.
“I think that their excitement and energy is what creates such a great atmosphere,” he said. “So whether it’s positive or negative towards me directly, I think it’s going to provide an incredible atmosphere to hold this championship.”
Golf is typically the most genteel of sports, with its hushed greenside whispers and polite, muffled applause. It is rude to talk during a player’s swing; cheering a rival’s miss simply is not done.
Sill, there are exceptions.
The Phoenix Open is a beer-fueled revelry that would not be out of place in the Yankee Stadium bleachers. And here at The Country Club, the 1999 Ryder Cup erupted into a hullaballoo that lives on as “The Battle of Brookline.”
During the biennial competition between golfers from the United States and a team from Europe, doughy Scotsman Colin Montgomerie was relentlessly heckled for his resemblance to the Robin Williams-in-drag movie character Mrs. Doubtfire (as well as former New England Patriots coach Bill Parcells, nicknamed “Tuna”).
Some of the sport’s other niceties were likewise ignored, notably the American celebration after Justin Leonard’s Cup-clinching birdie on the 17th green -- before José María Olazábal had a chance to putt out. The Europeans fumed.
But those antics were mild compared to what other visiting athletes have experienced in Boston.
Yankees shortstop Bucky Dent has acquired a new middle name — it rhymes with “Bucky” — for the crime of hitting a home run against the Red Sox. Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving had a water bottle thrown at him after a postseason game; he had the nerve to leave the Celtics after professing his love for the city.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was hidden from view at the New England Patriots Super Bowl banner-raising in 2017, lest it trigger fans still angry over his decision to suspend quarterback Tom Brady for his role in the Deflategate cheating saga.
And just last week, Celtics fans greeted Golden State Warriors antagonist and NBA Finals opponent Draymond Green with a vulgar chant. (It also, somewhat unimaginatively, rhymed with “Bucky.”)
“Classy. Very classy,” said Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who was heckled by a Duck Boat driver — albeit amiably — while walking around town.
“That’s just Boston being Boston,” The Boston Globe explained on Wednesday in a deep dive into the characteristic cold shoulder of the city’s sports fans. “Rude gestures are simply how we say ‘hi’ around here.”
The U.S. Open crowds were thick but well-behaved early in the week as golfers played their practice rounds. Two graying women discussed their online bridge matches while waiting to cross the 18th fairway. Men wearing golf shirts from their home clubs discussed business, or their latest round.
Mickelson had a handful of police walking with him on Tuesday — not unusual for one of the sport’s biggest names, even if they did seem to be on higher alert than usual. They heard only cheers as their protectee made his way around the course.
“Good stuff, Phil!” shouted Kameron Luthea, a Cumberland, Rhode Island, man who watched Mickelson tee off on No. 6 on Tuesday. “Boston loves you, Phil!”
Luthea said he became a Mickelson fan because they are both left-handed. Asked if he was troubled by the connection to the repressive Saudi regime, Luthea said carefully: “I support Phil and his golf game.”
“I like the way he plays,” Luthea said. “He’s in it to win it. He’s got no fear.”
In fact, Mickelson may have nothing to fear this week other than the punishing Country Club layout. The 51-year-old San Diegan, who turns 52 on Thursday, has won every major tournament except the U.S. Open, which bills itself as “golf’s toughest test,” finishing second a record six times.
“Don’t be killing the Boston fans,” Larry Costello, a resident of the nearby West Roxbury neighborhood, told a reporter after Mickelson came over to the gallery to greet an acquaintance. Fans took selfies and reached out with items for the golfer to sign before he headed off down the fairway to complete his round.
The gallery followed, but not before Luthea offered one last thought:
“Screw Kyrie,” he shouted to a reporter. “You can throw that in there.”
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Green Valley, you are seeing with your own eyes how “justice” sometimes works in this country.
By now, most everyone has seen the disturbing video of an incident at a public event here (“A study in extremes,” June 8, Page A1). (Apparently, others outside our community have seen it also - I received notes from three friends in other states: “Is this the Green Valley where you live? Wow.”)
Is it surprising to you that the account by the deputies at this event didn’t jibe with the video? Are you surprised that other accounts discount what was in the video? Surprised that the Sheriff’s office didn’t even view the video at first? Are you surprised at the charges against Mr. Jackson? Surprised that the two people who actually did the assaulting weren’t charged?
Did it surprise you that the Republican U.S. Senate candidate lied about what happened, is now bragging about physically assaulting a man, and is using this in his campaign speeches (to cheers, of course)?
You shouldn’t be surprised — maybe disgusted, perhaps angry. Unless, of course, you subscribe to the Trump admonition, “Don’t believe what you see.” Perhaps, although Mr. Jackson had every right to attend an event open to the public, he should have considered the type of people who would be there. You know, the type who don’t believe in the constitutional right to free speech, and who think it’s OK to assault someone and then lie about it. Had they just ignored him, or even talked to him, everything might have been OK.
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Devastating floodwaters that wiped out miles of roads and hundreds of bridges in Yellowstone National Park and swamped scores of homes in surrounding communities moved downstream Wednesday and threatened to cut off fresh drinking water to residents of Montana’s largest city.
Heavy weekend rains and melting mountain snow had the Yellowstone River flowing at a historically high level of 16 feet (4.9 meters) as it raced past Billings. The city gets its water from the river and was forced to shut down its treatment plant at about 9:30 a.m. because it can't operate effectively with water levels that high.
Billings had a just a 24- to 36-hour supply of water and officials asked its 110,000 residents to conserve while expressing optimism that the river would drop quickly enough for the plant to resume operations before the supply ran out.
“None of us planned a 500-year flood event on the Yellowstone when we designed these facilities,” said Debi Meling, the city’s public works director.
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The unprecedented and sudden flooding that raged through Yellowstone earlier this week drove all of the more than 10,000 visitors out of the nation's oldest park, which remains closed. It damaged hundreds of homes in nearby communities, though remarkably no one was reported hurt or killed.
It also pushed a popular fishing river off course — possibly permanently — and may force roadways torn away by torrents of water to be rebuilt a safer distance away.
On Wednesday residents in Red Lodge, Montana, a gateway town to the park's northern end, used shovels, wheelbarrows and a pump to clear thick mud and debris from a flooded home along the banks of Rock Creek.
“We thought we had it, and then a bridge went out. And it diverted the creek, and the water started rolling in the back, broke out a basement window and started filling up my basement,” Pat Ruzich said. “And then I quit. It was like, the water won.”
Park officials say the northern half of the park is likely to remain closed all summer, a devastating blow to the local economies that rely on tourism.
In Gardiner, Montana, businesses had just started really recovering from the tourism contraction wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, and were hoping for a good year as Yellowstone celebrates its 150th anniversary, said Bill Berg, a commissioner in Park County.
“It’s a Yellowstone town, and it lives and dies by tourism, and this is going to be a pretty big hit,” he said. “They’re looking to try to figure out how to hold things together.”
Meantime, as the waters recede, parks officials are turning their attention to the massive effort of rebuilding many miles of ruined roads and hundreds of washed-out bridges, many of them built for backcountry hikers. Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly said assessment teams won't be able to tally the damage until next week.
Kelly Goonan, an associate professor at Southern Utah University and an expert in national parks and recreation management, said rebuilding will be a long process.
“This is something we’re definitely going to feel the impacts of for the next several years,” Goonan said.
As the Yellowstone rebuild efforts get underway, rangers will have to consider the reality of the park’s altered landscape as well as potential future natural disasters.
“We certainly know that climate change is causing more natural disasters, more fires, bigger fires and more floods and bigger floods. These things are going to happen, and they’re going to happen probably a lot more intensely,” said Robert Manning, a retired University of Vermont professor of environment and natural resources. Officials may also be able to rebuild in a way that’s more ecologically sound than the roads and bridges built a decade or century ago, he said.
The rains hit just as area hotels filled up in recent weeks with summer tourists. More than 4 million visitors were tallied by the park last year. The wave of tourists doesn’t abate until fall, and June is typically one of Yellowstone’s busiest months.
Yellowstone officials are hopeful that next week they can reopen the southern half of the park, which includes Old Faithful geyser. Closure of the northern part of the park will keep visitors from features that include Tower Fall, Mammoth Hot Springs and the Lamar Valley, which is known for viewing wildlife such as bears and wolves
Still unresolved is how it will handle all the tourists when only half the park is open.
“One thing that we definitely know is that half the park cannot support all of the visitation,” Sholly said Tuesday. The park will likely implement some kind of reservation or timed-entry system to let people in without sending crowd sizes sky-high.
Whitehurst reported from Salt Lake City. Associated Press writers Amy Beth Hanson in Helena, Becky Bohrer in Juneau, Alaska, R.J. Rico in Atlanta, and Brian Melley in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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This is how a higher Fed rate could affect your finances
WASHINGTON — Record-low mortgages are long gone. Credit card rates will likely rise. So will the cost of an auto loan. Savers may finally see a noticeable return.
The unusually large three-quarter point hike in its benchmark short-term rate that the Federal Reserve announced Wednesday won't, by itself, have a huge effect on most Americans’ finances. But combined with earlier rate hikes and additional large increases to come, economists and investors foresee the fastest pace of rate increases since 1989.
The result is increasingly higher borrowing costs as the Fed fights the most painfully high inflation in four decades and ends a decades-long era of historically low rates.
Chair Jerome Powell hopes that by making borrowing more expensive, the Fed will succeed in cooling demand for homes, cars and other goods and services and slow inflation.
Yet the risks are high. With inflation likely to stay elevated, the Fed may have to drive borrowing costs even higher than it now expects. A series of higher rates could tip the U.S. economy into recession. That would mean higher unemployment, rising layoffs and continued pressure on stock prices.
How will it affect your finances? These are some of the most common questions being asked about the impacts of the rate hike.
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I’M CONSIDERING BUYING A HOUSE. WILL MORTGAGE RATES KEEP GOING UP?
Rates on home loans have soared in the past few months, mostly in anticipation of the Fed’s moves, and will probably keep rising.
Mortgage rates don’t necessarily move up in tandem with the Fed’s rate increases. Sometimes, they even move in the opposite direction. Long-term mortgages tend to track the yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which, in turn, is influenced by a variety of factors. These include investors’ expectations for future inflation and global demand for U.S. Treasurys.
For now, though, faster inflation and strong U.S. economic growth are sending the 10-year Treasury rate up sharply. As a consequence, the national average for a 30-year fixed mortgage has jumped from 3% at the start of the year to well above 5% now.
In part, the jump in mortgage rates reflects expectations that the Fed will keep raising its key rate. But its forthcoming hikes aren't likely fully priced in yet. If the Fed jacks up its key rate even higher, as expected, the 10-year Treasury yield will go much higher, too, and mortgages will become more expensive.
WILL IT STILL BE TOUGH TO FIND A HOUSE?
If you’re looking to buy a home and are frustrated by the lack of available houses, which has triggered bidding wars and eye-watering prices, that may get a little easier soon.
Economists say that higher mortgage rates will discourage some would-be purchasers. And average home prices, which have been soaring at about a 20% annual rate, could at least rise at a slower pace.
Sales of existing homes have fallen for six straight months. New home sales have also slumped. Those trends are modestly boosting the supply of available properties.
I NEED A NEW CAR. SHOULD I BUY ONE NOW?
Fed rate hikes can make auto loans more expensive. But other factors also affect these rates, including competition among car makers that can sometimes lower borrowing costs.
Rates for buyers with lower credit ratings are most likely to rise as a result of the Fed’s hikes. Because used vehicle prices, on average, are rising, monthly payments will rise too.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MY CREDIT CARD?
For users of credit cards, home equity lines of credit and other variable-interest debt, rates would rise by roughly the same amount as the Fed hike, usually within one or two billing cycles. That’s because those rates are based in part on banks’ prime rate, which moves in tandem with the Fed.
Those who don’t qualify for low-rate credit cards might be stuck paying higher interest on their balances. The rates on their cards would rise as the prime rate does.
The Fed's rate increases have already sent credit card borrowing rates above 20% for the first time in at least four years, according to LendingTree, which has tracked the data since 2018.
HOW WILL THIS AFFECT MY SAVINGS?
You may earn a bit more, though not likely by very much. And it depends on where your savings, if you have any, are parked.
Savings, certificates of deposit and money market accounts don’t typically track the Fed’s changes. Instead, banks tend to capitalize on a higher-rate environment to try to increase their profits. They do so by imposing higher rates on borrowers, without necessarily offering any juicer rates to savers.
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Commanders’ Snyder won’t testify before US House committee
A lawyer representing Dan Snyder told Congress the Washington Commanders owner will not testify at a hearing next week as part of an investigation into the team’s workplace conduct.
Attorney Karen Patton Seymour sent a letter to the leaders of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Wednesday explaining the reasons why Snyder was declining the invitation to appear at the June 22 hearing. Among the reasons given were a lack of assurance about the scope of questioning given the existence of multiple ongoing investigations and a scheduling conflict preventing Snyder from appearing in person.
Seymour wrote Snyder “is unable to accept the Committee’s invitation to testify” at the hearing, which the committee called the next step in the investigation and said it will examine how the NFL handles allegations of workplace misconduct and how it sets and enforces standards for all teams.
“Mr. Snyder remains fully willing to assist the committee in its investigation,” Seymour wrote in the letter addressed to Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Chairman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.).
A spokeswoman for the committee said it intends to move forward with the hearing as scheduled and plans to respond to the letter from Snyder’s camp.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has accepted the invitation to testify and informed the committee on Wednesday that he will appear virtually, league spokesman Brian McCarthy said.
Semyour said the committee failed to assuage concerns about what topics would be broached to Snyder, citing the investigations being done by former Securities and Exchange Commission chair Mary Jo White on behalf of the NFL and the attorneys general of Virginia and the District of Columbia.
“Although the committee indicated that the hearing would be ‘focused on’ the historical workplace culture issues, I was informed that the committee would not provide any assurance that the questions directed to Mr. Snyder would be limited to those issues, given the wide latitude granted to members to ask questions beyond the topics identified by the committee,” she wrote.
Congress launched an investigation into the team’s workplace culture after an independent review overseen by the league prompted a $10 million fine, but did not include a written report to be released to the public.
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Green Bay Packers schedule Family Night at Lambeau Field a week after training camp opens
GREEN BAY – Green Bay Packers training camp will begin July 27, with the annual Family Night event following on Aug. 5.
The Packers said Wednesday that Family Night will be at 7 p.m. Aug. 5, a Friday, and Packers coach Matt LaFleur said earlier this week that training camp would begin July 27, a Wednesday, although the team has not released details, such as about public practices.
Those two dates put into place the last pieces of a packed preseason, which will begin with a professional soccer game at Lambeau Field on July 23, followed by the team's annual shareholders meeting on July 25, training camp, Family Night, and, on Aug. 12, the first preseason game.
Family Night is a full-blown Packers practice. It allows the team to practice on Lambeau Field with a game-like atmosphere: crowds cheering, gameday music, scoreboards in use and the like. Fireworks will end the event.
The preseason game schedule includes:
- Aug. 12, 7:30 p.m., San Francisco 49ers, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif.
- Aug. 19, 7 p.m., New Orleans Saints, Lambeau Field.
- Aug. 25, 7 p.m., Kansas City Chiefs, Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City.
The first regular-season game is at 3:25 p.m. Sept. 11, against the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
Family Night tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. June 29 at Ticketmaster.com. Tickets are $10, with a limit of 10 tickets per purchase during the first day of the sale. Everyone, regardless of age, must have a ticket.
The Packers also offer a group ticket program, with a minimum of 50 tickets than cannot be resold. An application form is available at https://pckrs.com/fn2022.
Parking at Lambeau Field will be $5, with net proceeds benefiting Simply Give, Meijer's hunger-relief program.
A statewide telecast will be available on Packers TV Network stations, including WGBA in Green Bay, WTMJ in Milwaukee, WAOW in Wausau, WKOW in Madison, WXOW in La Crosse, WQOW in Eau Claire, KQDS in Duluth-Superior and WLUC in Escanaba-Marquette. Also, on KWWL and WHBF in Iowa, KATN, KYUR and KJUD in Alaska and KDLT in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
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SAN DIEGO — One of the most simplest hangout ideas can be the most effective when it comes to relaxing and having a good time outdoors with family, friends or even a date. That is the art of picnicking.
And in sunny San Diego, residents or tourists can go pretty much whenever they want.
Soak up that vitamin D, socialize with companions, people-watch, catch a tan or grab a bite at these unique picnic spots in the area.
Kate Sessions Park
5115 Soledad Road, San Diego
Make your way up the steep, grassy slope on Mount Soledad to catch a view overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Mission Bay and downtown San Diego. The 79-acre park in Pacific Beach has parking areas, barbecues, restrooms, drinking fountains and two playground structures.
Glorietta Bay Park
1975 Strand Way, Coronado
Glorietta Bay Park is located on the beautiful island of Coronado, offering breathtaking views of the San Diego Bay and skyline. With lots of grassy space for activities, the park also has a small beach.
Ellen Browning Scripps Park
1100 Coast Boulevard, La Jolla
Listen to the waves crash against the jagged rocks and the barking sounds of seals and sea lions at Ellen Browning Scripps Park in La Jolla, which offers expansive green lawns, picnic tables and stunning views of the Pacific Ocean.
Waterfront Park
1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego
The best of both worlds can be seen at Waterfront Park in downtown San Diego’s Embarcadero, with one side facing an 830-foot-long interactive fountain and the skyline of America’s Finest City while the other direction offers views of the Maritime Museum of San Diego’s historic tall ships.
Balboa Park
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Price Alert: Shares of Lightpath (LPTH) Trade 7.87% Higher at Midday June 15
Equities Staff Follow |Today Lightpath Technologies, Inc. - Class A (NASDAQ: LPTH) is trading 7.87% higher.
The latest price, as of 11:57:06 est, was $1.37. Lightpath has climbed $0.1 over the previous day’s close.
54,013 shares have been traded today.
As of the previous close, Lightpath has moved YTD 47.95%. The company is set to release earnings on 2022-09-08.
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About Lightpath Technologies, Inc. - Class A
LightPath Technologies, Inc. is a leading global, vertically integrated provider of optics, photonics and infrared solutions for the industrial, commercial, defense, telecommunications, and medical industries. LightPath designs and manufactures proprietary optical and infrared components including molded glass aspheric lenses and assemblies, infrared lenses and thermal imaging assemblies, fused fiber collimators, and proprietary Black DiamondTM ("BD6") chalcogenide-based glass lenses. LightPath also offers custom optical assemblies, including full engineering design support. The Company is headquartered in Orlando, Florida, with manufacturing and sales offices in Latvia and China.
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The Philadelphia 76ers are in the midst of trying to retool their roster around the star duo of Joel Embiid and James Harden and in order to do that, there needs to be some tough decisions to be made.
The Sixers currently hold a team option on 4-year guard Shake Milton and as they look to improve their bench and make some changes, there is some belief around the league that the Sixers won’t pick up that option.
Per Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The Sixers have a club option of $1.9 million on Milton for next season. However, there’s a belief around the league that the team won’t pick it up.
If that’s the case, it would make sense to try to package him in a trade in order to get something back in return. The problem is, teams don’t want to trade for a player if they believe he could be scooped up as an unrestricted free agent on July 1.
The Sixers could use an upgrade at the backup point guard spot. Milton has been solid at times, but he has also been down at others. Therefore his time in Philadelphia has been a bit of a roller coaster and the Sixers are looking for more stability to lead the bench unit.
Milton averaged 8.2 points and shot 32.3% from deep in an injury riddled 2021-22 season. He can still be a double-digit scorer, but he hasn’t been on the court long enough to really get himself into a rhythm in recent years.
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Your typical arm day session likely includes at least one exercise that targets your biceps and one exercise that targets your triceps. That's part of this workout.
What your standard pump session likely neglects, however, is any type of focus on the eccentric portion of whatever exercises you've settled on for your training. The eccentric part of a lift, sometimes called the negative, is when the muscle lengthens—which is often the lowering portion of the movement, like when you lower the weight back down after contracting your muscles to curl a dumbbell. Lifters often rush through this phase (especially on isolation movements like curls), which is short-sighted. Not only are you quitting on half the lift, but there are gains to be had that you're leaving on the table, according to research.
Eccentrics are also helpful once you run out of gas with concentric parts of your workout, according to expert trainer Mat Forzaglia. They're useful to implement "at the end of your workout, when we've completely burned out the concentric, or push or up part of our movement." To empty your proverbial tank, you'll work on controlling the weight or movement down.
This quick sequence from Forzaglia's 20-Minute Muscle series, a new program from Men's Health MVP Premium, gives you a biceps and triceps finisher that doesn't skimp on the eccentrics. You'll emphasize this underappreciated portion of the exercises instead, giving your arms a new type of challenge. Try 3 to 5 sets of the pair, with no rest in between.
20-Minute Muscle: The Eccentric Arms Burnout Session
- Tall Kneeling Curl
3 to 5 slow reps
●Get into a tall-kneeling position, squeezing your glutes and core to create tension. Grab a pair of dumbbells.
●Raise the weights up to the top position of a biceps curl.
●Lower the weights down slowly, up to 3 to 5 seconds.
- Plank to Triceps Extension
3 to 5 slow reps
●Get on the ground in a strong high plank position. Keep your glutes and core engaged to create tension. Extend your arms forward so that your palms are flat on the ground, just beyond your head.
●Slowly bend at the elbows to descend down to the ground. Don't slam down at the bottom.
●Straighen your elbows to explode up.
Want more workouts like this? Check out Forzaglia's entire 20-Minute Muscle program (and tons of other programs like it) on Men's Health MVP Premium. | https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a40299974/eccentric-arm-workout/ | 2022-06-15T23:57:09Z | https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a40299974/eccentric-arm-workout/ | true | 1 |
Bank OZK Lends $65M to Finish Boutique Condo in Bay Harbor Islands
By Julia Echikson June 15, 2022 3:55 pm
reprintsCMC Group and Morabito Properties nabbed $64.5 million from Bank OZK to complete a residential development in Bay Harbor Islands, north of Miami Beach, property records show.
The pair broke ground on their eight-story luxury condominium, Onda Residences, last November, expecting it to open next year. Located at 1135 103rd Street, the project, designed by Arquitectonica, boasts more than 300 feet of bay frontage at the northern tip of the island, just west of Bal Harbour.
The 41-unit development is already 85 percent sold, primarily from domestic buyers, according to the joint venture. Asking prices for condominiums have ranged from $1.8 million to over $9.5 million.
CMC and Morabito bought the 1.2-acre site for $20.5 million in 2017, for which it got a $12.3 million mortgage from Apollo Bank, per records.
Terra, the developer that recently settled a lawsuit over the deadly Champlain condo collapse, is also building a mixed-used development in the Bay Harbor Islands, after scoring $141 million in construction financing last year.
CMC, led by Ugo Colombo, is developing a similar boutique condominium with 65 apartments at the southern end of Miami in Grove Isle, but a group of residents seeking to halt the project is suing the City, The Real Deal reported.
Morabito Properties is led by Valerio Morabito, a Miami-based developer whose portfolio primarily includes luxury single-family homes and boutique condo properties.
Law firm Bilzin Sumberg represented the development team for the latest Bay Harbor Island mortgage transaction.
Julia Echikson can be reached at juliaechikson@commercialobserver.com. | https://commercialobserver.com/2022/06/bank-ozk-lends-morabito-properties-cmc-group-onda-residences/ | 2022-06-16T00:02:38Z | https://commercialobserver.com/2022/06/bank-ozk-lends-morabito-properties-cmc-group-onda-residences/ | true | 1 |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Classic Lotto 47" game were:
01-25-38-43-46-47
(one, twenty-five, thirty-eight, forty-three, forty-six, forty-seven)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Classic Lotto 47" game were:
01-25-38-43-46-47
(one, twenty-five, thirty-eight, forty-three, forty-six, forty-seven) | https://www.middletownpress.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Classic-Lotto-47-game-17244770.php | 2022-06-16T00:08:10Z | https://www.middletownpress.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Classic-Lotto-47-game-17244770.php | false | null |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Keno" game were:
12-14-15-16-19-20-22-24-30-32-33-34-35-42-46-54-55-57-60-71-72-80
(twelve, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-two, twenty-four, thirty, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, forty-two, forty-six, fifty-four, fifty-five, fifty-seven, sixty, seventy-one, seventy-two, eighty) | https://www.middletownpress.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Keno-game-17244768.php | 2022-06-16T00:08:47Z | https://www.middletownpress.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Keno-game-17244768.php | true | null |
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. and TULSA, Okla., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WHI Global, LLC ("WHI"), an integrated manufacturer of metal and composite structures for the aerospace & defense industry, has been selected by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company to produce the Cockpit Escape Hatches, Transition to Cabin Joining Kit and Transition to Tail Rotor Pylon Joining Kit for the CH-53K© Heavy Lift Helicopter. The contract is valued at over $60 million, and the assemblies will be produced at WHI's Springfield and Tulsa facilities.
WHI's relationship with Sikorsky dates back decades as a long-term supplier on the UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter, among other commercial and military rotorcraft platforms. Al Altieri, Chief Executive Officer of WHI, commented "We are very excited and honored by the trust Sikorsky has placed in our relationship, and our ability to execute on this critical statement of work. We are honored to have the opportunity to serve our military as a key supplier on this remarkable aircraft".
The Marine Corps' CH-53K© King Stallion helicopter replaces the legacy CH-53E using proven and mature technologies and will deliver more than three times the capability of its predecessor. The CH-53K© is designed to improve aircraft, aircrew, and passenger survivability, reduce pilot workload, increase pilot situational awareness, and significantly reduce operating and support costs. The CH-53K© is the most capable heavy lift helicopter in the world.
About WHI
WHI is a vertically integrated manufacturer of precision components, composite structures and assemblies for the aerospace and defense markets. With industry-leading closed-die forging, composite fabrication, 3-, 4- and 5-axis CNC machining, assembly and NADCAP heat treat / NDT capabilities, WHI serves a global customer base. WHI's operating history dates back to 1951 with over 250,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing footprint that includes four ITAR registered facilities carrying AS9100 Rev. D and ISO 9001 certifications. For more information, please visit www.whiglobal.com.
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Kaweah Health Partnership Brings Youth in Crisis Stabilization Unit to Central California
VISALIA, Calif., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) has been awarded a grant for $4,909,775.60 to partner with Kaweah Health for the creation of a child and adolescent crisis stabilization unit (CSU). The grant from California Health Facilities Financing Authority will allow Kaweah Health, an integrated health system serving Central California, to build the first 24-hour site for youth in crisis in Tulare County.
The CSU will provide crisis intervention services for children and youth under age 21, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It will be a 12-bed unit with four private rooms for acutely agitated children and youth, severely mentally ill children and youth, or very young children to separate them for safety. Services will include crisis evaluation, intervention, and stabilization, as well as psychiatric services and discharge care. Care will be given regardless of insurance status or ability to pay. Kaweah Health is establishing a temporary Visalia location and finalizing a permanent comprehensive child and adolescent behavioral health campus with multiple services.
"Mental health and wellness is a major issue in Tulare County. Children are among the most impacted portions of our population, especially as a result of the COVID pandemic," said Marc Mertz, Kaweah Health's Chief Strategy Officer, noting that today, these children are seen in local emergency departments or must leave the community for mental health services, while far too many go untreated. "Without this grant funding, the development of this facility would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible."
Kaweah Health will staff this new venture thanks in part to its Graduate Medical Education Psychiatry Residency program, added in 2013, and a new Child and Adolescent fellowship added to the program in 2021. The fellowship trains child and adolescent psychiatrists who will positively impact the health of youth and their families in the Central Valley with an emphasis on the underserved in rural communities," said Program Director Dr. Cory Jaques.
The Psychiatry residency is successful, with about half of its graduates remaining in the area to practice or get further training. Kaweah Health also has a 60-bed mental health hospital in Visalia, along with behavioral health treatment options at its Lindsay and Exeter clinics.
Kaweah Health is a publicly-owned community healthcare organization that provides comprehensive health services to the greater Visalia region and Tulare County. Visit www.kaweahhealth.org.
CONTACT: Laura Florez-McCusker, 1 (559) 624-5985, [email protected]
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Ozzy Osbourne is back home after going through a surgery that his wife Sharon said was “really going to determine the rest of his life.” On Wednesday, the rock legend shared a health update for fans saying he was recovering from the surgery at home.
“I am now home from the hospital recuperating comfortably,” he wrote on Instagram. “I am definitely feeling the love and support from all my fans and send everyone a big thank you for their thoughts, prayers, and well wishes during my recovery.”
The update straight from Ozzy comes a day after his wife Sharon wrote that the singer — who hosts Ozzy’s Boneyard on SiriusXM — was “doing well and on the road to recovery.”
“Your love means the world to him,” she wrote. Sharon also posted a throwback photo of Ozzy, writing, “He’s feeling good!”
During an episode of The Talk last week, Sharon had said she would be returning to Los Angeles to be by her husband’s side as he recovered from his surgery.
“He has a very major operation on Monday, and I have to be there,” she told the audience. “It’s really going to determine the rest of his life.”
It is unclear what specific surgery the rocker has undergone, but a source told Page Six that the singer was going to be “having the pins in his neck and back realigned from when he had a fall back in 2019 … He’s been in a lot of pain.”
The Black Sabbath frontman has battled Parkinson’s disease for several years now and has opened up in the past about his trouble with mobility, partly due to a 2003 ATV accident.
“I’m just waiting on some more surgery on my neck. I can’t walk properly these days. I have physical therapy every morning,” he told Classic Rock Magazine last month. “I am somewhat better, but nowhere near as much as I want to be to go back on the road.”
Sharon had said on The Talk that she would be staying in L.A. for some time since their son Jack is anticipated to welcome a baby in the coming weeks, and July marks Sharon and Ozzy’s 40th wedding anniversary. | https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ozzy-osbourne-recovering-major-surgery-1369168/ | 2022-06-16T00:19:40Z | https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ozzy-osbourne-recovering-major-surgery-1369168/ | true | 1 |
Weeds, clay, and undercurrent make Morris County lake dangerous where two men drowned
MINE HILL — On Wednesday, the morning after two young men drowned in Sunset Lake, traffic cones and a "Road Closed" sign on Green Road blocked the entrance to Mine Hill Beach.
Beyond the barricades was a gate that fully closed the beach area to vehicle access.
Authorities confirmed that two young men had drowned Tuesday, but have not yet released their names.
The Morris County Prosecutor's Office announced Wednesday that the bodies of the two Hispanic males, 17 and 22 years old, were recovered hours after they entered the water late Tuesday afternoon.
The drownings did not take place at Mine Hill Beach, Mine Hill Mayor Sam Morris posted on Facebook. Instead, the post reads, the victims entered the water "at an entry point at the back side of the lake" near a spillway where the lake crosses into Roxbury.
Caitlyn Kramaritsch, 15, who lives in the neighborhood adjacent to the beach entrance, said she saw lots of emergency responders and vehicles in the area Tuesday night. She could also hear machinery and workers "pumping something" by the water, but she could not see what the source of the noise was because the street was closed off.
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Morris County EMS officials were in the Mine Hill Beach parking lot when a group approached them at 5:23 p.m. Tuesday, said the Morris County Prosecutor's Office. The group told the first responders two men "went into the water at the sand pits and never came out."
The EMS workers immediately contacted the Morris County Communications Center to alert police and fire departments along with other emergency responders. They then conducted a search of the area but could not find the missing swimmers.
Kramaritsch said there are several aspects to Sunset Lake that can make swimming hazardous, including a strong undercurrent, thick weeds and clay instead of sand at the bottom in some areas.
"If your feet do get stuck there, it'll be really hard to get unstuck," she said. "Especially if there's clay and vegetation, your feet will just get wrapped up in there, your feet will get stuck, and it will be a really bad situation."
The Prosecutor's Office also cited the lake's plant life in a statement, saying the search effort "was complicated due to tangled vegetation below the water surface."
Kramaritsch said she heard about a child who drowned in the lake "35, 40-plus years ago" but did not know of any other incidents. Still, she said, she has not gone swimming there in at least two to three years due to safety concerns.
"I heard the stories. I heard what could be going on if you do get stuck," Kramaritsch said. "I just didn't want that to happen to me, so I stopped."
Signs that read "No Swimming," above the black-and-red universal symbol for no swimming allowed, are posted throughout the Mine Hill Beach area, but they have not stopped those who want to go for a swim in the more hidden areas of the woods, Kramaritsch said.
Near one walking trail, there is a rope swing tied to a tree branch hanging over the water.
The water near much of the shoreline is shallow, Kramaritsch said, "but there will be areas where it will just drop, and that's where it can get unsafe."
In addition to the Morris County Prosecutor's Office, agencies responding to Tuesday's drownings included the Wharton Police Department, Mine Hill Fire Department, Morris County Office of Emergency Management, Roxbury Police Department and Randolph Police Department.
Numerous local fire departments and rescue squads assisted in the search, including dive teams from Lyndhurst, Wallington, Ringwood, Mahwah, Wyckoff and Oradell. | https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/local/2022/06/15/sunset-lake-mine-hill-nj-drowning-hazards-morris-county/7632909001/ | 2022-06-16T00:20:43Z | https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/local/2022/06/15/sunset-lake-mine-hill-nj-drowning-hazards-morris-county/7632909001/ | true | 1 |
MEXICO CITY, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Controladora Mabe, S.A. de C.V. (the "Company" or "we") announced today that it commenced a tender offer to purchase for cash any and all 5.600% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2028 (CUSIP Nos. 21240B AD3/P3100S AC8; ISINs: US21240BAD38/USP3100SAC81) (the "Notes") issued by the Company (the "Offer"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the offer to purchase and consent solicitation statement dated June 15, 2022 (the "Statement").
The Offer and the Consent Solicitation (as defined below) have an early deadline for tenders of Notes and delivery of the Consents (as defined below) of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 29, 2022 (unless extended) (the "Consent Payment and Withdrawal Deadline") and Notes validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) and accepted for tender by that deadline are expected, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Statement, to be purchased by the Company on July 5, 2022 (the "Initial Settlement Date"). Notes may also be tendered after the Consent Payment and Withdrawal Deadline and up until 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on July 14, 2022 (unless extended) (the "Offer Expiration Time") and any Notes so tendered are expected, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Statement, to be purchased by the Company on July 19, 2022. Tendered Notes and delivery of the related Consents may not be withdrawn subsequent to the Consent Payment and Withdrawal Deadline.
The total consideration ("Total Consideration") will be determined in accordance with the procedures described in the Statement on the 11:00 a.m., New York City Time, on June 29, 2022 ("Price Determination Date"). The Total Consideration includes a consent payment (the "Consent Payment") of $50.00 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes payable in respect of Notes validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) and accepted for purchase pursuant to the terms of the Offer and as to which Consents to the Proposed Amendments (as defined below) to the Indenture are validly delivered (and not revoked) on or prior to Consent Payment and Withdrawal Deadline. Holders must validly tender their Notes on or prior to the Consent Payment and Withdrawal Deadline and not validly withdraw their Notes in order to be eligible to receive the Total Consideration for Notes purchased in the Offer. Holders who validly tender their Notes after the Consent Payment and Withdrawal Deadline and on or prior to the Offer Expiration Time will be eligible to receive an amount, paid in cash, equal to the Total Consideration minus the Consent Payment (such amount referred to as the "Purchase Price"). Holders who validly tender their Notes will be eligible to receive in addition to the Total Consideration or Purchase Price, as applicable, accrued and unpaid interest from, and including, the last interest payment date up to, but not including, the applicable settlement date, and Additional Amounts, if any.
The following table summarizes the material terms of the Offer:
(1) Inclusive of Consent Payment.
In conjunction with the Offer, the Company is soliciting with respect to the Notes (such solicitation, the "Consent Solicitation"), consents (the "Consents") of holders of the Notes to the Proposed Amendments to the Indenture (as defined below) and the Notes. The indenture dated October 23, 2018 (the "Indenture"), among the Company, Mabe, S.A. de C.V. and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the "Trustee"), registrar, paying agent and transfer agent, sets forth the relevant terms applicable to the Notes. The Proposed Amendments would amend the Indenture and the Notes to reduce the minimum notice periods required for an optional redemption of the Notes and eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default (as defined in the Indenture) applicable to the Notes (the "Proposed Amendments"). In order for the Proposed Amendments to be effective, such Proposed Amendments must be consented to by the holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount outstanding of the Notes (the "Requisite Consents"). The Offer is not conditioned upon the receipt of the Requisite Consents. Therefore, the Company may close on the Offer even if the Requisite Consents are not obtained. The Consent Payment will still be payable on Notes validly tendered prior to the Consent Payment and Withdrawal Deadline even if the Requisite Consents are not obtained. Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Offer shall be deemed to deliver their Consents to the Proposed Amendments. Holders may not deliver Consents in the Consent Solicitation without tendering their Notes in the Offer and may not revoke Consents without withdrawing the previously tendered Notes to which such Consents relate.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Offer or the Consent Solicitation set forth in the Statement, the Company's obligation to accept for purchase, and to purchase, Notes validly tendered pursuant to the Offer (including the Company's obligation to make Consent Payments as part of the Total Consideration with respect to Consents delivered pursuant to the Consent Solicitation) is conditioned upon the satisfaction or waiver of: (i) the New Debt Condition (as defined in the Statement); and (ii) the General Conditions (as defined in the Statement). See "Conditions to the Offer and the Consent Solicitation" in the Statement.
Global Bondholder Services Corporation has been retained to act as tender agent and information agent for the Offer and Consent Solicitation (the "Tender Agent and Information Agent"). Copies of the Statement are available to holders of Notes from the Tender Agent and Information Agent at +1 (855) 654-2015.
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. are acting as dealer managers for the Offer and solicitation agents for the Consent Solicitation. Questions regarding the Offer may be directed to BNP Paribas Securities Corp. at +1 (888) 210-4358 and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at +1 (212) 723-6106 or +1 (800) 558-3745 (toll-free).
Disclaimer
This press release must be read in conjunction with the Statement. This press release and the Statement contain important information which must be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the Offer and the Consent Solicitation. If any holder of Notes is in any doubt as to the action it should take, it is recommended to seek its own legal, tax, accounting and financial advice, including as to any tax consequences, immediately from its stockbroker, bank manager, attorney, accountant or other independent financial or legal adviser. Any individual or company whose Notes are held on its behalf by a broker, dealer, bank, custodian, trust company or other nominee or intermediary must contact such entity if it wishes to participate in the Offer and the Consent Solicitation. None of the Company, the dealer manager, the information and tender agent and any person who controls, or is a director, officer, employee or agent of such persons, or any affiliate of such persons, makes any recommendation as to whether holders of Notes should participate in the Offer and the Consent Solicitation.
Neither the Statement nor any related documents have been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, nor have any such documents been filed with or reviewed by any federal or state securities commission or regulatory authority of any country. No authority has passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the Statement or any related documents, and it is unlawful and may be a criminal offense to make any representation to the contrary.
In addition, neither the Statement nor any related documents have been filed with or been reviewed or authorized by the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission (Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores, the "CNBV"). The Company has not filed with the CNBV a request for authorization of the Offer and the Consent Solicitation. The Offer and the Consent Solicitation does not constitute a public offering in Mexico and it may not be publicly distributed in Mexico. The Offer and the Consent Solicitation may only be made available in Mexico to investors that qualify as institutional or accredited investors (inversionistas institucionales or inversionistas calificados), solely pursuant to the private offering exemption set forth in article 8 of the Mexican Securities Market Law (Ley del Mercado de Valores) and regulations thereunder. Neither the Statement nor any related documents may be publicly advertised, marketed, distributed in Mexico. Furthermore, the CNBV has not confirmed the accuracy or determined the adequacy of this Offer.
The Offer and the Consent Solicitation is being made solely on the terms and conditions set forth in the Statement. Under no circumstances shall this press release constitute an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell the Notes or any other securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. The Offer and the Consent Solicitation is not being made to, nor will the Company accept tenders of Notes from, holders in any jurisdiction in which the Offer and the Consent Solicitation or the acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdiction.
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