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Lisa Raye is peeling her foot out her mouth, this morning, after a clip of her making an ignorant comment in response to a question about Blue Ivy’s natural hair, is going viral. In case you missed it, Blue Ivy’s natural hair has been the topic of conversation after resurfaced tweets from Saucy Santana reminded fans he once called her hair “nappy.” Santana refused to apologize and even tweeted, he’d continue to talk about certain celebs in private. Wrong and strong applies to him and now Lisa Raye.
During a segment on Fox Soul, Vivica A. Fox asked LisaRaye how she would react if another celebrity publically called her granddaughter’s hair nappy, to which LisaRay responded, “He couldn’t say that about baby Bella, because she doesn’t have nappy hair.”
Record scratch.
Her co-hosts were clearly not expecting that answer and responded with perplexed facial expressions. “It doesn’t make a difference, it’s a child,” Raye’s co-host Vivica A. Fox quipped. Raye went on to say, she doesn’t think the Carters care about Saucy Santana’s comments.
This isn’t the first time Lisa Raye has been called out for controversial comments when she defended host Rob Lederman, who said ” I will never go to a Serena Williams level, but I’m very comfortable at a Halle Berry level.” She responded, “What I heard was an opinion. I heard that he’s saying that he won’t go as far as a dark-skinned Black woman. He’s comfortable with going with the color of a Halle Berry. What’s wrong with that?”
She also made headlines when she defended Danileigh’s “Yellow Bone” song. “I’m light skin, I’m a redbone, I’m a yellow bone, I’m boney,” she said.
Raye’s co-host Claudia Jordan said what we were all thinking, “saying Blue Ivy has nappy hair is ridiculous.”
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The Surfside Ad Platform now allows cannabis businesses to run ads based on SKU-level inventory data
NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Surfside Solutions Inc. ("Surfside"), an end-to-end marketing technology that aggregates first-party data across all customer touchpoints, today announced the general availability of Retail Intelligence Targeting to enterprise clients, a feature of the Surfside Platform that allows cannabis dispensaries and brands to create dynamic digital advertising campaigns based on product availability.
Made possible by Surfside's best-in-class integrations across point-of-sale systems and ecommerce platforms, Retail Intelligence Targeting offers clients an innovative way to build rule-based ad campaigns triggered by inventory levels and market trends. By setting parameters based on brand, SKU levels, product category, or competitor inventory levels, cannabis businesses can make sure every ad dynamically adjusts in real-time to what's actually in stock.
With the addition of Retail Intelligence Targeting to the Surfside Platform, advertisers can:
- Create rule-based ad campaigns automated by inventory levels. Adjust ad spend, creative, and product promotions based on real-time inventory data to increase marketing when overstocked or decrease spend when inventory is low.
- Build competitive conquesting campaigns. Target shoppers of competing retailers or brands when competitors are out of stock of a customer's favorite product to drive conversions for your store or brand.
- Personalize ads based on SKU-level availability. Match ad creative to custom built audiences tailored to specific products and categories at the store-level, offering highly relevant ads for each location depending on availability and consumer preferences.
"With Surfside's Retail Intelligence Targeting, we're giving brands and retailers a revolutionary new way to create ad campaigns that can dynamically adapt to the latest changes in product inventory, popularity, and market trends, whether at their own retail location, a partner location, or a competitor," says Michael Blanche, co-founder at Surfside. "With this new feature, Surfside continues to lead the way in giving our clients the ability to make every ad as agile and personalized as possible, driving a more engaging shopping experience for consumers and increased sales and efficiencies for clients."
Want to learn more about Retail Intelligence Targeting? Visit surfside.io to register for a free demo.
Surfside is an end-to-end marketing technology that aggregates first-party data across all customer touchpoints, allowing advertisers the ability to better understand, target, and measure how to influence current and future customers. Powered by the only cannabis-focused customer data platform (CDP) with a complete view and opinion on the cannabis consumer, Surfside enables cannabis businesses to find and attract qualified consumers through the monetization of their online and in-store audiences.
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NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for AUVI, F, EDU, GE, and PLUG.
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ATHENA — When Mark Stoicheff called Madison Shell to let her know she’d been selected to play for Germany at the International Challenge, she didn’t take the call.
“I wasn’t the only one who thought it was a spam call,” Shell said. “I didn’t know the caller ID, so I didn’t answer. I looked up the number and called him back. I had signed up in the fall and they didn’t start calling until February. I’d kind of forgotten about it.”
The recent Weston-McEwen High School graduate will join her Germany teammates in Westminster, Colorado, for the 19-team softball tournament June 24-26 at the Christopher Fields Complex.
“We actually have girls from New York, California and Pennsylvania,” Shell said. “It’s crazy, we are from all over the place. We have had a couple of Zoom meetings as a team. We are still trying to figure out who is who. We are all really excited.”
Shell was brought onto the team as a catcher, and her small-town upbringing appealed to Stoicheff, who hails from Pennsylvania.
“We only ended up with one healthy catcher last year,” Stoicheff said. “When Madison applied, we noticed she was from Eastern Oregon. We were looking for some nice small-town folk. Madison is not the only small-town girl. We have some from Louisiana, and we will have several kids from a village of 1,000 (Dauphin, Pennsylvania) that grew up playing together. We look for chemistry. From her tapes and just talking to her, yep, no doubt, we want this girl.”
It doesn’t hurt to apply
It was by happenstance that Shell found out about the softball tournament.
“The funny thing is, I didn’t know it was a thing until my friend’s dad (Robert Sickels) texted my mom and asked if I had any family born in another country,” Shell said. “I researched what it was and filled out a form.”
Shell’s USA Explosion teammate, Tallulah Sickels of Walla Walla High School, is playing for Spain.
According to the event website, players are eligible for teams if they are born in the United States but have ties to another country, such as a grandparent or great grandparent.
For Shell, her great grandfather on her mom’s side, Hans Werner, Sr., who was born in Sachsen (Saxony), a federal state in eastern Germany.
“He passed away before I got to meet him,” Shell said. “My mom said he was a really cool guy.”
Teams are limited to three players from any one travel team, making for a nice assortment of players.
“The beauty of this event, when things don’t go great in a game, no one gets upset,” Stoicheff said. “It doesn’t matter where you come from, it’s nothing like you have ever done before.”
Shell is one of three catchers on the team, but she also can play third base and shortstop.
“I don’t care where I play,” Shell said. “I played a lot of third and short this spring because we had some injuries. This will be an amazing experience.”
In addition to meeting the requirements to play, Shell also has a sterling resumé.
Shell, who has signed to play at Salt Lake Community College in Utah, hit .486 this season for the TigerScots. She had 36 hits, including nine doubles, two triples, four home runs and a team-high 40 RBIs.
Defensively, she had 102 putouts, 31 assists, and had a fielding percentage of .917 in 24 games.
Weston-McEwen (14-10) finished third in Special District 6 with an 8-4 record. The TigerScots won their first state playoff game with a 7-1 win over Lost River. They lost in the second round, 1-0 to Kennedy in eight innings.
Shell and her parents, Rob and Trisha, are going to use the tournament as a mini family vacation, just like they do with her other tournaments.
Germany could play 4-6 games depending on its win-loss record.
“I am super excited,” Shell said. “We get to exchange gifts with the other teams.”
While the exchange gifts are a small token from each country, Shell wants to get her coach something special from Oregon.
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By Krishna Jha
Why the state needs to crush a section of innocent people? Perhaps to set an example to show that any violation, even those imagined, cannot be taken without any reassertion of unbounded power and create fear. Bulldozer, a huge, faceless machine that can run uninterrupted, turning people’s settlements into debris has its own significance that makes everything else insignificant.
Javed Muhammad, a local leader of Welfare Party of India, has been incarcerated. He was an easy prey, had all the merits for that. A propagator of peace, he believed that the Act brought in 1991 by the Parliament, in the backdrop of turmoil caused by Babri masjid-Ram Janmabhumi controversy, that no places of worship should be interfered with, was an apostle for love and homogeneity among the communities. But soon came December 6, 1992, when Babri masjid was turned into debris, not by a bulldozer as its versatile merits were yet to be discovered, it was simple, brutal strength of the power drunk human hands that the beautiful dome was in minutes touching the ground. Guru Golwalkar’s dream project was completed by his followers. Guruji had wished that minorities must be stripped off their citizenship rights. It was the central theme of his book, ‘We or our Nationhood Defined’, in which Golwalkar had come out without any qualms when he compared Sangh’s Hindu Rashtra project with Adolf Hitler’s anti-Semitism that contained total assimilation or ethnic subjugation of minorities.
“To keep up the purity of the Race and its culture, Germany shocked the world by her purging the country of the Semitic Races – the Jews,” Golwalkar wrote in his 1939 book. “Germany has also shown how well-neigh impossible it is for races and cultures, having differences going to the root, to be assimilated into one united whole, a good lesson for us in Hindusthan [India] to learn and profit by.”
With Nazi experiment of cleansing of Jews in mind, Golwalkar – having declared non-Hindus as foreign races – prescribes a similar solution to minority problem in India. “From this standpoint, sanctioned by the experience of shrewd old nations, the foreign races in Hindusthan must either adopt the Hindu culture and language, must learn to respect and hold in reverence Hindu religion, must entertain no idea but those of the glorification of the Hindu race and culture, that is, of the Hindu nation and must lose their existence to merge in the Hindu race, or may stay in the country, wholly subordinated to the Hindu Nation, claiming nothing, deserving no privilege, far less any preferential treatment – not even citizen’s rights,” he wrote.
In later years, Golwalkar and his organisation distanced themselves from the book. But the separation, it seems, had been artificial and the RSS has patiently continued working on the book’s socio-political project.
The developments in Prayagraj were one example. On June 10, after the prayers, there were protests in Prayagraj that were also staged in other parts of the state against former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma over her remarks on prophet Muhammad. On June 12, the double story house of Parween Fatima, the wife of Javed, was bulldozed and she petitioned to the Allahabad high court against Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA). The shop owners in the vicinity started moving their shops away as they were apprehensive of the demolition spree.
But Bulldozer does not stop here. When unveiled, everything turns into a blueprint of horror. Prices are rising. Even the essentials are beyond the reach for the masses. Unemployment is another horror, followed by hunger. Migration has become a general rule which adds further deprivation. The tragedy of being alive in such conditions of penury haunts sections that are getting larger every day. Poverty haunts all communities, that is now our new unity in multiplicity, a gift of saffron rule. But there is another side also of the coin.
Our billionaires continue in an unprecedented way to grow their wealth which is rare even in world economy. Recession has taken over the centre stage at its worst, while billionaires got richer even during COVID-19 lockdown period. All the national resources are taken over by the Finance Capital with the help of government at the centre. Constitution was one restraining authority, but there are attempts to rewrite it. There is no debate in the Parliament. Democratic values are in danger. Disagreement has no space.
There is no recognition to rural issues. The winter session of the Parliament could not take place on the plea of Coronavirus outbreak. There are no agrarian policies, and the reforms suggested are formulated in such a way that farmers are unable to swallow them. Food security stands ruined. The life itself for the rural population stands at a verge of destruction. Small and marginal farmers are perishing. Meanwhile the government is busy in formulating its market policy and corporatisation of agriculture. Large corporations are preparing to take over the agri-section.
The decentralisation process is not unplanned and at every step, it is the reactionary policies that rule the roost. Powers are wrenched out of the hands of state. None of these initiatives are unplanned. The target is to establish Brahminical rule, opening all opportunities for the higher caste to consolidate itself. In fact Hindutva has been coined to serve the monopolies, that is as an economic project to misgovern India and lead it towards a disastrous direction. (IPA Service)
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PatientPoint solutions to bring Komen resources to physician offices in 11 metro areas, 10 with the greatest disparities
CINCINNATI, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PatientPoint® today announced that it will be supporting the Susan G. Komen® Stand for H.E.R—a Health Equity Revolution program by bringing point-of-care breast health resources to patients and healthcare providers in U.S. metropolitan areas where breast cancer mortality gaps are greatest between Black and white women. Now through the end of 2022, PatientPoint will promote Komen content on PatientPoint's Interact Exam Room Platform and Provider Access Platform in primary care, OB/GYN and oncology practices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Virginia Beach and Washington, DC.
Black women are about 40% more likely to die from breast cancer than white women. Black women experience higher rates of death from breast cancer due to a combination of factors, including barriers to early diagnosis, the aggressive nature of certain breast cancers that are more prevalent in Black women, lack of quality care, discrimination and systemic racism.
"Health equity means more than saying everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be healthy, it's about working together to remove obstacles and eliminate disparities so that health equity can become a reality for Black women—and it starts at the point of care," said Susan G. Komen Senior Vice President of Mission Victoria Wolodzko Smart. "We are grateful to PatientPoint for helping us connect with the Black community at the point of care to advance health equity through promotion of our Stand for H.E.R. program."
PatientPoint interactive exam room screens will speak to Black patients directly about the importance of taking charge of their breast health at any point in their breast care journey and how to engage with Komen's evidence-based, educational materials, resources and services that support this community. PatientPoint's provider-focused Access platform will also encourage providers to share Komen resources and materials with their patients to advance health equity. Komen patient resources include the Breast Care Helpline, access to screening and diagnostic mammogram information and its culturally responsive patient navigator program, which is employing and training Black navigators to support Black patients.
"PatientPoint is honored to be chosen by Komen to offer trusted breast health resources and support to patients, families and providers when and where health is top of mind," said PatientPoint EVP of Content & Creative Kate Merz. "By encouraging important breast health conversations at the point of care, we can inspire action that can help close the health gap and ultimately help enable Black women to live longer, healthier lives."
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PatientPoint® is the patient engagement platform more providers trust. Our innovative, tech-enabled solutions create more effective doctor-patient interactions and deliver high value for patients, providers and healthcare sponsors. Through our nearly 140k unique healthcare provider relationships, PatientPoint's solutions impact roughly 750 million patient visits each year, further advancing our mission of making every doctor-patient engagement better®. Learn more at patientpoint.com.
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More than 3 in 4 believe that improvement is needed in emergency response to a mental health or suicide crisis — both nationally and in their state or area
ARLINGTON, Va., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With only 30 days before 988, the new three-digit number for mental health and suicide crises, is available nationwide, a new poll from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) finds that people are still largely unaware that this potentially lifesaving resource is on its way. However, while 988 awareness among the public may be low, Americans overwhelmingly favor policies to help build a robust mental health crisis response system that supports people who dial the new number.
Building on data from NAMI's fall 2021 survey on the same topic, this NAMI-Ipsos poll helps highlight the continued need for widespread education about what 988 will and won't do when it is available on July 16. It also underscores public support for policies that shift from a largely law enforcement response to people in a mental health crisis toward building a system that ensures people in crisis receive a mental health response.
"When 988 is available next month, it will be a tremendous resource for people in crisis and their families. But 988 also provides us with a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reimagine the way our communities respond to mental health and suicide crises," said Daniel H. Gillison Jr., CEO of NAMI. "These findings further strengthen our resolve to raise visibility about the upcoming launch of 988 and advocate for meaningful change to ensure everyone in crisis gets the help they need — not handcuffs."
While the federal government along with community stakeholders have made significant progress in improving crisis services in preparation for 988, the heightened attention has not yet translated into more public awareness. About three-quarters of U.S. adults (77%) still have never heard of 988 — virtually unchanged since October 2021 — and the number who are at least somewhat familiar has not increased over that same period (4% in both polls). The remaining percentage of Americans say that they are not familiar with 988 or that they have heard of it and that's it.
While 988 itself is largely unknown to U.S. adults, people overwhelmingly support focusing on mental health resources for people in crisis. More than 4 in 5 adults (86%) believe that when someone is in a mental health or suicide crisis, they should receive a mental health response — not a police response. Along those lines, 85% of Black Americans say they would be afraid the police may hurt their loved ones or themselves while responding to a mental health crisis, an 11-point increase since 2021, and a number that is 21 percentage points higher than the general population (64%). Accordingly, they support key pieces that make up a robust crisis response system, such as creating 24/7 crisis call centers (91%) and sending mental health professionals to respond in person to crises (87%). They also agree that there must be an alternative to going to an emergency room during a mental health crisis (89%).
This new poll also finds most U.S. adults agree that we need to improve mental health crisis responses for specific communities that have been traditionally marginalized by our mental health system. In particular, respondents agree that crisis responses must be improved for people experiencing homelessness (83%), people with low incomes (82%), young people (79%), people of color (73%) and LGBTQ people (69%). Additionally, 86% of people agree that connecting with peers who have had a similar experience is important for people in crisis.
Improving and building these vital services will require a significant investment by state and federal governments. More than 4 in 5 people support state funding (85%) and federal funding (83%) for 988 call center operations and related crisis response services, with 79% agreeing that more federal funding is needed to support mental health crisis services. Furthermore, 88% of Americans support requiring all health insurers to cover mental health crisis services. Despite months of state-based campaigns against monthly fees on phone bills intended to fund 988 operations and services, nearly three-quarters of respondents are willing to pay some amount on their monthly phone bills to sustainably fund their state's crisis system, similar to how 911 is funded today.
Mental health remains an overwhelmingly agreed-upon issue during an era defined by disagreement. More than three-quarters (77%) of U.S. adults are not content with the status of mental health treatment in this country. About 9 in 10 Americans agree that everyone, regardless of location or income, deserves access to quality mental health care (91%) and mental health crisis response (89%) — support that goes beyond political party, geography, income, race/ethnicity and age – and 88% agree that society would be improved if everyone who needed mental health care was able to access it.
NAMI and its #ReimagineCrisis partner organizations — consisting of more than 40 diverse groups — are continually raising awareness of 988 and the improvements still needed to the larger crisis response system, including today's 988 Day of Visibility. Learn more about how to get involved in your community at ReimagineCrisis.org.
Methodology:
The survey was conducted by Ipsos using their online, probability-based KnowledgePanel®, among the American general population (ages 18+). Interview dates: May 20-22, 2022. Number of interviews: 2,045. Margin of error: +/-2.3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
View the topline results here.
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Biodiversity and Climate Change - why should we worry?
Weather Presenter Philippa Drew explains why biodiversity is essential in supporting life on earth and without it, Earth's ecosystems couldn't survive
The effects of our climate crisis are being felt around the world, including here in the UK. These range from heatwaves and drought, to storms and wildfires. All of these extremes have an impact on wildlife and ecosystems. | https://www.itv.com/news/2022-06-15/biodiversity-and-climate-change-why-should-we-worry | 2022-06-16T14:24:16Z | https://www.itv.com/news/2022-06-15/biodiversity-and-climate-change-why-should-we-worry | true | null |
Rahul Tripathi gets maiden India call-up: Decoding his T20 stats
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Rahul Tripathi has earned his maiden India call-up for the upcoming two-match T20I series against Ireland. The 31-year-old had a sublime run in the Indian Premier League 2022 season. He was one of the most impactful performers with the willow. Even though SRH had a faulty run in the later stages, Tripathi continued to be the talk of the town.
Tripathi looked like a man possessed in IPL 2022. Averaging 37.54, the right-handed batter clobbered 413 runs at an eye-grabbing rate of 158.23. He was the second-highest run-getter for SRH. He smashed three fifties with the best score of 76 against MI.
- A versatile cricketer, Tripathi's call-up was right around the corner post IPL.
- He wasn't considered for the ongoing home series against SA but has finally got a chance to showcase his mettle
- Tripathi is a bankable batter who can switch gears within a few deliveries.
- He would be raring to make a mark on this tour with the T20 World Cup later this year.
Tripathi carved a name for himself in his debut season itself. Playing for Rising Pune Supergiant, he scored 391 runs striking at a stupendous rate of 146.44. He played for Rajasthan Royals between next. He managed 226 runs (SR 135.32) in IPL 2018. Tripathi's performance dipped in 2019 (141 runs). As per ESPNcricinfo, he managed 758 runs across 34 matches between 2017-19 (SR 137.31).
In the 2020 auction, KKR bought Tripathi for Rs. 60 lakh. He fetched 230 runs at 23.00. Tripathi bounced back with commanding numbers in the next edition. He managed 397 runs in 17 games, averaging 28.35. He bossed the season while striking over 140.
As per ESPNcricinfo, Tripathi stacked up 1,385 runs in 62 IPL matches played between 2017-21. He averaged 26.13 and maintained a stellar rate of 136.31. He hammered seven fifties in this duration. He dispatched 48 sixes and 136 fours.
Tripathi has plenty of T20 experience under his belt. In 118 matches, he has clocked 2,628 runs at 27.09. He has struck at a healthy rate of 134.01 He has slammed 16 fifties to date with the best score of 93 (vs KKR, 2017). Tripathi, who has a penchant for boundary-hitting, has pummelled 248 fours and 97 sixes.
As per ESPNcricinfo, Rahul topped the chart for most runs while batting at number three in IPL 2022 (413). RR skipper Sanju Samson (376) clobbered the second-most runs followed by RCB's Rajat Patidar (312) and KKR's Shreyas Iyer (310).
India's T20I squad: Hardik Pandya (captain), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik. The two-match series will take place on June 26 and 28 in Dublin (9:00 PM IST). | https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/sports/decoding-rahul-tripathi-s-performance-in-t20s/story | 2022-06-16T14:25:35Z | https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/sports/decoding-rahul-tripathi-s-performance-in-t20s/story | true | 1 |
Juneteenth: A Descendant's Perspective
When I was 32, I was the father of a 2-year-old girl and commuting to work from Worcester to Boston. I had a job but wanted a career. Growing more and more dissatisfied with my situation, I would often go to bed with dreams filled with restlessness and distraction.
One of these nights, my great-grandfather, William James Moore, came to me. I recognized him instantly. He lived for 100 years, dying when I was 8 years old. In this dream, William (as he was known) and I silently looked up at the sky though I could hear him in a way that only dreams can make possible. We gazed at the planets, bright orbs as large as the sun, glistening before a dark backdrop and demanding our attention. Eventually, we turned to each other, and voicelessly he told me that our family had gotten off the path.
The son of slaves emancipated during the Civil War, William was born in 1872 in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Because his father was a sexton at the First Presbyterian Church, William’s playmates included the white children of the town’s elite families. Like many kids, they enjoyed spending time together in the woods, absent from the heavy eyes of their parents. They played various games, most of which led to discovery and exploration. They also read and William, whose parents were refused a formal education and were considered chattel to be bought and sold, acquired a true passion for the universe around him, large and small. In the late 1800s, even the idea that a Black person had the capacity to master the complexities of the “educated” world was folly. William, however, became a strong student to the surprise of many, both Black and white. This stereotype, so nefariously pervasive, lurked behind him throughout his life and continued to follow his children and his children’s children, generation after generation. It follows me today.
William was the first Black student to graduate high school in West Chester. In 1892, he became a graduate of Howard University, the “Harvard” of traditional Black colleges and universities in our country. Armed with a much greater education than an overwhelming majority of white Americans, he set out to enrich the lives of others, knowing that the task at hand would be arduous and challenging. This man, who would later come to me in a dream, was asked to start a school for Black youth in Cape May, New Jersey, a segregated town that lay on the border that separated the North from the South less than 30 years previously. He was given charge of a one-room schoolhouse with children of all ages since the education of Black youth was inconsistent at best. The school grew and evolved, and he was an educator there for 53 years. He had a truly inspiring record of getting young, Black students to college. Children. Parents. Grandparents. Each generation passed through his welcoming doors.
This was not making William a rich man, so to supplement his income and help support his nine surviving children, he started to work summers cleaning the locker rooms at the Cape May Golf and Tennis Club. Not only a great teacher but also a fine athlete, he picked up the game of tennis in his 30s and eventually became the first Black tennis pro in the country, teaching countless people, most of whom were white, how to play and improve their game using a unique and effective teaching style that is still recognized today. The tennis courts became his home away from home. In his honor, this club was eventually named the William J. Moore Tennis Center.
I had never dreamed of William before that night, and when I awoke, it was with a true sense of direction. I was going to teach as he did before me. I wanted to make sure that I did this in a diverse community that included Black children. I knew that, sadly, too many Black American children go through their whole education without ever having a Black teacher. Within three years, I was standing in front of a group of students in a high school classroom in Worcester.
Some years after becoming a teacher, I had the opportunity to read an autobiography by my great-grandfather titled, "William of Cape May." I discovered that at Howard, he studied Astronomy.
How many Americans have benefited from the cloth of caring that William lovingly wove? This does not only include the myriad of students that walked into his classroom or onto his courts. His spirit of supporting others is the fiber threaded through my family. My grandfather served in the Coast Guard; my father was in the Army and coached youth track; my sister (a Howard graduate) served on a community board for the arts; my two brothers are both retired New Jersey State Troopers; I taught in Worcester for 21 years; my daughter manages a community farm. How many of us will never even know the considerable gifts emancipation has given us?
Of course, the ongoing transition from a slaveholding society to one of true equality has not been smooth, but things of such importance are rarely so. We are still learning. These are lessons in need of thoughtful teaching and continual patience, and with the vitriol of today, too many of us are teaching poorly. I believe William would agree.
As difficult as these lessons are, we need them because we continue to make mistakes that will need to be corrected. In her book "On Juneteenth," Annette Gordon-Reed wrote, “Love does not require taking an uncritical stance toward the object of one’s affections. In truth, it often requires the opposite. We can’t be of real service to the hopes we have for places — and people, ourselves included — without a clear-eyed assessment of their (and our) strengths and weaknesses. That often demands a willingness to be critical, sometimes deeply so. How that is done matters, of course. Striking the right balance can be exceedingly hard.”
Juneteenth is a celebration of the final chapter of a tale of sin and sorrow, embellished with ignorance, hatred and greed, punctuated with violence, and concluded with themes of courage, perseverance, hope and love. Ironically, it is a story of freedom from a society that blindly claimed to be free. It is an American story to be celebrated by all Americans because it is filled with the mistakes of our past as well as our ability to grow and become a better nation — more united, more understanding and more loving of each other and our world.
Juneteenth, perhaps above all else, is a celebration of redemption.
It is my hope that we can continue to work towards our collective future together, no matter what “side” we are on, as Americans and as human beings, with the determination that comes with a knowledge that no matter how clumsily we proceed, we really can become a more loving and caring people. It is my hope that we can all learn, embrace and cherish the lessons of Juneteenth.
James Santo Moore taught high school English in Worcester from 1999 to 2021. | https://www.worcestermag.com/story/lifestyle/2022/06/16/juneteenth-descendants-perspective/7569423001/ | 2022-06-16T14:25:57Z | https://www.worcestermag.com/story/lifestyle/2022/06/16/juneteenth-descendants-perspective/7569423001/ | true | 1 |
June 16, 2022
DECLINING PUBLIC TRUST IN NON-PROFITS: Capital Research Center’s Michael Hartmann looks at new data showing a decline in confidence in the non-profit sector. Even among Democrats, significantly less than half, 44 percent, say they have confidence in non-profits, GOPers and the general public 10 points below that.
Among the frequently cited reasons for the declining trust is “inappropriate political agendas.” Since the non-profit sector — defined as tax-exempt foundations and corporate charitable giving units — is and long has been overwhelmingly liberal and Democrat, there’s a message here. | https://instapundit.com/526145/ | 2022-06-16T14:28:07Z | https://instapundit.com/526145/ | true | null |
Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio said Thursday it is easy to be an armchair quarterback, but it was “pretty obvious” there was a mismatch between supply and demand in early 2021 so the Federal Reserve should have acted earlier to corral inflation.
Mr. Portman, a Republican, told CNBC that President Biden and Democrats overstimulated the economy with its $1.9 trillion coronavirus-relief package last year while failing to provide regulatory relief to suppliers or generate enough energy.
“A lot of us said, ‘Look, the economy is already performing well coming out of the pandemic,’” Mr. Portman said. “I think it was pretty obvious what was going on.”
“It was obvious that we were seeing a big mismatch between demand and supply, and that’s when [the Fed] should have acted,” the senator told “Squawk Box.”
The senator spoke one day after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point Wednesday, the highest increase in nearly three decades, in a bid to tackle inflation that continues to rise.
Mr. Portman said the Fed should be transparent about its thinking on monetary policy while being clear that its tools are limited and Congress has a role to play on the policy side.
The senator said oil companies need more certainty as Mr. Biden prods them to produce more gasoline to tame rising prices.
Mr. Portman said Mr. Biden pulled the rug out from under them by canceling the Keystone XL pipeline and moved too quickly in shifting to green energy at a tumultuous time in the economy, resulting in limited supply and high gas prices.
“It’s really rough on people, it’s the most punitive tax of all,” Mr. Portman said. | https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jun/16/sen-rob-portman-fed-should-have-acted-sooner-to-wr/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS | 2022-06-16T14:28:29Z | https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jun/16/sen-rob-portman-fed-should-have-acted-sooner-to-wr/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS | false | 1 |
Doretha Fitzgerald
Published 7:52 am Thursday, June 16, 2022
NATCHEZ — Funeral arrangements for Doretha Fitzgerald, 63, who died Sunday, June 5, 2022, in Natchez, are incomplete at West Gate Funeral Home.
Published 7:52 am Thursday, June 16, 2022
NATCHEZ — Funeral arrangements for Doretha Fitzgerald, 63, who died Sunday, June 5, 2022, in Natchez, are incomplete at West Gate Funeral Home. | https://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2022/06/16/doretha-fitzgerald/ | 2022-06-16T14:31:36Z | https://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2022/06/16/doretha-fitzgerald/ | true | null |
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Central Bank is allowing licensed exchange offices to resume buying and selling foreign currency, days after traders protested over the worsening economic situation and the country's currency dropped to its lowest value ever, state-run media reported Thursday.
Since 2018, when Iran announced a ban on all trading by individuals at private exchanges, these bureaus could only work with government-approved importers or exporters.
On Sunday, dozens of shop owners took to the streets in central Tehran after many shut their businesses in protest against the worsening economy and following a recent hike in business taxes. Police were present in full force but did not intervene during the demonstration. Separately, police arrested 31 currency and gold traders accused of creating “false demand” in the market, state TV reported Sunday, without elaborating.
The new Central Bank directive is aimed at injecting more dollars into the market to continue stabilizing the exchange rate. Iran's rial traded at 319,000 to the dollar on Thursday, a gain from 332,000 on Sunday.
Experts believe the directive may help reduce the 15% gap between the government-set rate and the real exchange rate on the market.
The rial traded at 32,000 to the dollar in 2015, when Iran signed the landmark nuclear deal with world powers that granted Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program. The accord collapsed in 2018, when then-President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the deal and re-imposed crushing sanctions on Iran’s oil and banking sectors.
Those sanctions are still on, straining Iran's economy. Talks in Vienna to renew the agreement have been deadlocked for months. | https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Iran-allows-exchange-stores-to-trade-in-foreign-17245679.php | 2022-06-16T14:32:03Z | https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Iran-allows-exchange-stores-to-trade-in-foreign-17245679.php | true | 14 |
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Benzinga Pro data, ADMA Biologics ADMA reported Q1 sales of $29.10 million. Earnings fell to a loss of $25.01 million, resulting in a 50.2% decrease from last quarter. ADMA Biologics collected $26.38 million in revenue during Q4, but reported earnings showed a $16.65 million loss.
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Earnings data without context is not clear and can be difficult to base trading decisions on. Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) helps to filter signal from noise by measuring yearly pre-tax profit relative to capital employed by a business. Generally, a higher ROCE suggests successful growth of a company and is a sign of higher earnings per share in the future. In Q1, ADMA Biologics posted an ROCE of -0.2%.
It is important to keep in mind that ROCE evaluates past performance and is not used as a predictive tool. It is a good measure of a company's recent performance, but does not account for factors that could affect earnings and sales in the near future.
ROCE is a powerful metric for comparing the effectiveness of capital allocation for similar companies. A relatively high ROCE shows ADMA Biologics is potentially operating at a higher level of efficiency than other companies in its industry. If the company is generating high profits with its current level of capital, some of that money can be reinvested in more capital which will generally lead to higher returns and, ultimately, earnings per share (EPS) growth.
For ADMA Biologics, a negative ROCE ratio of -0.2% suggests that management may not be effectively allocating their capital. Effective capital allocation is a positive indicator that a company will achieve more durable success and favorable long-term returns; poor capital allocation can be a leech on the performance of a company over time.
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There is an explosion of Juneteenth events this year in Monterey County, which proves the excitement and demand is there. Some organizers are returning for the second, even third time, and all say they’ve seen a great community response. Across three different organizing groups and five events, one can choose among events that range from music to art, food, even golf. The celebrations last all weekend long and honor the diversity of Black life in Monterey County.
“We African-Americans live everywhere, from Big Sur to King City and Moss Landing,” says one of the Salinas Juneteenth event organizers, Kendra Cabrera.
Juneteenth marks the day in 1865, June 19, when enslaved people in Texas were finally freed – fully two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, on Jan. 1, 1963. Freedom existed only on paper, not in reality, until a U.S. general announced the Civil War had ended, and read aloud General Orders No. 3: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.”
While celebrating, these events (like Seaside’s “Free-ish since 1865”) also acknowledge that freedom is an ongoing process.
Seaside
Seaside has long been the mecca of the local Black community, and the Seaside “freedom festival,” now returning for its third year, was the first official Juneteenth celebration in Monterey County. It was launched in 2020 by the Monterey County Black Caucus.
“It’s great to see the expansion,” says Tinisha Dunn, one of the founders. “I just wish we could coordinate more. It’s not a lot of us, like back in the day,” she adds, referring to Seaside’s changing demographics, and a time with a more vibrant African American culture.
Those participants who stayed, like Dunn’s mother, Rosalyn Green, deserve to get their flowers while they can still smell them, Dunn says. It’s time for her generation to take over the responsibility of Black activism – in celebration, and in struggle, she says.
That’s why she and colleagues Robert Daniels, Dominique Davis and Da’Ja Robinson started the Monterey County Black Caucus in 2020.
“Usually people see African Americans fighting and protesting against the system in America,” Dunn says. This is a time for a different scenery – a time to rejoice and “embrace ourselves” with love and respect. “It’s a celebration of freedom,” she adds.
There is also an explicit celebration of an older generation of leaders. “My favorite part is the crowning ceremony,” Dunn says, explaining a component of the event where two community elders are crowned as Mr. and Mrs. Juneteenth. “We want to show them in the spotlights.”
Seaside festivities include Black businesses and organizations, but “we are very inclusive,” Dunn says. Expect food vendors, musicians from Oakland, Santa Cruz and more.
Salinas
“We wanted to raise awareness that Black people live in Salinas,” one of the organizers, Asya Guillory, says. “There’s a Black community here. Last year we saw 400 people coming to the event. We had Black leaders, Black vendors and Black business owners taking pride in our culture.”
In addition to soul food and music, Salinas Juneteenth is proud to present a fashion show and promises an African drummer highlighting African heritage.
“Last year was inaugural and we were pleased and overwhelmed,” adds Princess Killens. “We were asked at the event to continue, and people talked about it for weeks after. And we’ve learned a lot.”
This year, the Saturday afternoon event is hosted by Hartnell College. “It’s a positive space for everybody,” Cabrera says, emphasizing that non-Black allies are welcome to participate in the festivities.
Monterey, Pebble Beach, Big Sur
Maddox Haberdasher and his crew from the Juneteenth Coalition, a Monterey nonprofit started in 2021, are all over the map. Last year they caused controversy, trying to celebrate Juneteenth with a “Slave for a Day” project, a farm harvest followed by a meal that was aimed at increasing empathy and was ultimately canceled.
This year the Coalition returns, with ambitious plans. The weekend begins on Friday with visual art, ballet and a discussion in Monterey.
On Saturday, a hike in Big Sur celebrates Harriet Tubman as the ultimate outdoorswoman. Juneteenth Coalition promises not only walking but also talking, exploring Tubman’s powerful history in conversation. Tubman escaped slavery and made 13 trips to rescue about 70 more people.
“We planned the hike for the morning to coordinate with other celebrations,” Haberdasher says. “This way people can take a hike and then come to celebrate in Seaside [or Salinas].”
Finally, there’s the Sunday event – a “cherry on the top” for those who feel fancy. “We will play golf at one of the courses at Pebble Beach,” Haberdasher says, of an event titled Black Drives Matter that will take place at The Hay golf course.
It’s a celebration of how far equality and access have come – even if there’s still a long way to go. “A hundred years ago, even 60 years ago, a Black person like me would not have been allowed to play there,” Haberdasher says.
Juneteenth Festivities
FRIDAY
Premier (Arts + Culture) by the Juneteenth Coalition
6-9pm Friday, June 17 at PaperWing Theater, 711 Cannery Row, Suite i, Monterey. $25. juneteenthcoalition.org.
SATURDAY
The Harriet Tubman Memorial Hike by the Juneteenth Coalition
9am-1pm Saturday, June 18 at Glen Deven Ranch, Big Sur. $20. juneteenthcoalition.org.
A 2.4-mile hike centered on Harriet Tubman’s legacy.
The Second Annual Salinas Juneteenth Celebration
Noon-6pm Saturday, June 18 at the Central Plaza of Hartnell College, 411 Central Ave., Salinas. Free.
Live entertainment including performances by the New Hope Baptist Church youth choir, African drumming and poetry, plus a DJ.
Seaside Juneteenth Celebration
1-4pm Saturday, June 18 at Laguna Grande Park, Seaside. Free.
A celebration of Black history, titled “Celebrate Emancipation: Free-ish since 1865.”
SUNDAY
Black Drives Matter by the Juneteenth Coalition
10am-1pm Sunday, June 19. The Hay, 1700 17-Mile Drive, Pebble Beach. Registration required. $110/two-player team; $55/individual. juneteenthcoalition.org.
An inclusive community golf event. | https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/entertainment/art/celebrating-food-art-history-and-freedom-juneteenth-events-proliferate-across-the-county/article_ae738b36-ed04-11ec-a4e8-779d02860270.html | 2022-06-16T14:36:06Z | https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/entertainment/art/celebrating-food-art-history-and-freedom-juneteenth-events-proliferate-across-the-county/article_ae738b36-ed04-11ec-a4e8-779d02860270.html | true | 1 |
Partnership adds 2,600 displays to Grocery TV's DOOH advertising network, giving brands greater access to their customers in grocery stores across Miami, Jacksonville, and New Orleans.
AUSTIN, Texas, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Grocery TV, the largest digital advertising network in U.S. grocery, today announced it is adding 2,600 point-of-sale displays to its network through a new partnership with one of the largest conventional supermarket companies in the U.S.— which includes prominent regional brands Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket, and Winn-Dixie stores.
"SEG has a reputation for being open to new solutions that enhance the shopping experience for their customers," says Marlow Nickell, co-founder and CEO at Grocery TV. "We're excited to have them join our network and expand Grocery TV's footprint in the Southeast."
The partnership marks another milestone for Grocery TV as it continues to realize its vision of making it easier for brands to reach their audiences through in-store retail media.
"We are always looking for innovative opportunities to reach our customers throughout the Southeast," said Adam Kirk, senior vice president of marketing operations for Southeastern Grocers. "We are committed to providing our customers quality shopping experiences, and our partnership with Grocery TV allows us another opportunity to provide value to our partners and customers throughout our stores."
Grocery TV expects to add 6,000 more displays by the end of 2022. For more information, visit www.grocerytv.com.
With over 16,000 displays, Grocery TV is the largest digital advertising network in U.S. grocery. Brands leverage their premium advertising channel to reach their audience with verified impressions in a brand-safe, high-traffic environment. Integrated with major DSPs such as the Trade Desk and Yahoo DSP, Grocery TV makes it easy for advertisers to add digital out-of-home to their media mix and establish a high-frequency touchpoint with their audience.
Southeastern Grocers Inc. (SEG), parent company and home of Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie grocery stores, is one of the largest conventional supermarket companies in the U.S. SEG grocery stores, liquor stores and in-store pharmacies serve communities throughout the five southeastern states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi. Fresco y Más, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie are well-known and well-respected regional brands with deep heritages, strong neighborhood ties, proud histories of giving back, talented and caring associates and strong commitments to providing the best possible quality and value to customers. For more information, visit www.frescoymas.com, www.harveyssupermarkets.com and www.winndixie.com.
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Hyderabad: The situation turned tense as the Congress’ call for siege of Raj Bhavan on Thursday was marred by violence. With police blocking the routes to Raj Bhavan, Congress party activists set fire to a two-wheeler and smashed windows of TSRTC buses.
Protests saw Congress leaders of Telangana getting into arguments with the police who were trying to pacify them and lead them away. When police tried to detain Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury, she objected and grabbed the collar of a police sub-inspector.
Telangana Congress chief Revanth Reddy, CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Geetha Reddy, and other protesting leaders were arrested and taken to different police stations in the city.
The call for a siege of the Raj Bhavan was given to protest the alleged harassment of party leader Rahul Gandhi by the ED.
Police had tightened security around Raj Bhavan in view of the call given by Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC).
Large number of police personnel were deployed to prevent protesters from gathering around Raj Bhavan.
TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy had announced that a rally would be taken out from Rajiv Gandhi statue at Punjagutta to Raj Bhavan.
However, police had said that there is no permission for a rally or protest at Raj Bhavan. Barricades were set up on roads leading towards Raj Bhavan to prevent protesters from reaching there. | https://www.siasat.com/cong-protest-in-hyderabad-turns-violent-several-arrested-2350234/ | 2022-06-16T14:41:30Z | https://www.siasat.com/cong-protest-in-hyderabad-turns-violent-several-arrested-2350234/ | false | 3 |
Major Vince S. Rice, commander of the Administrative Services Bureau, will retire on July 1, 2022, after 32 years of service.
Rice was appointed to the Patrol on July 1, 1990, as a member of the 63rd Recruit Class. After graduating from the Academy, he was assigned to Troop F, Zone 9, Montgomery, and Gasconade counties. On July 1, 1995, he was promoted to corporal and designated assistant zone supervisor of Zone 8, Callaway County. Rice was promoted to sergeant and designated zone supervisor of Zone 12, Osage, and Gasconade counties on September 1, 1997. On October 15, 2006, he was promoted to lieutenant and assigned to the Professional Standards Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, MO. Rice was promoted to captain on June 1, 2011, and designated director of the Professional Standards Division.
On July 1, 2013, he transferred and was named director of the Training Division. On April 1, 2017, Rice was promoted to the rank of major and designated commander of the Administrative Services Bureau, General Headquarters, Jefferson City. As commander of the Administrative Services Bureau, he had oversight responsibility for Human Resources Division, Recruiting & Community Outreach Division, and Training Division. In addition to commanding the Administrative Services Bureau, Rice served as a member of the Patrol’s command staff. It is from this assignment that he retires.
Rice was born in Jefferson City, MO, and grew up in Hartsburg, MO. He graduated from Southern Boone County R-1 High School in Ashland, MO, in 1987. He attended Columbia College and Lincoln University before his appointment to the Patrol. In 1990, he completed an associate of applied science degree in criminal justice from Mineral Area College in Park Hills, MO. Rice completed IACP’s Leadership In Police Organizations Training in 2013 and became a certified instructor in 2016. He coordinated LPO classes at General Headquarters and, since 2018, continued to oversee the Patrol’s current leadership development program, Police Leadership–the West Point Model. Major Rice and his wife, Andrea, have three children, Cole, Nathaniel, and Trey. | https://www.kttn.com/major-vince-rice-to-retire-after-32-years-of-service-with-the-missouri-state-highway-patrol/ | 2022-06-16T14:43:16Z | https://www.kttn.com/major-vince-rice-to-retire-after-32-years-of-service-with-the-missouri-state-highway-patrol/ | true | 1 |
Deri Protocol (DERI) traded up 2.2% against the dollar during the 1-day period ending at 9:00 AM E.T. on June 16th. Over the last week, Deri Protocol has traded down 10.6% against the dollar. Deri Protocol has a total market capitalization of $3.57 million and $334,097.00 worth of Deri Protocol was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Deri Protocol coin can currently be bought for about $0.0218 or 0.00000103 BTC on exchanges.
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- Bitsubishi (BITSU) traded up 3,879.3% against the dollar and now trades at $8,999.27 or 0.42548541 BTC.
- JUMPN (JST) traded 54% lower against the dollar and now trades at $5.46 or 0.00018651 BTC.
- CV SHOTS (CVSHOT) traded 0.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $89.90 or 0.00425045 BTC.
- Tether (USDT) traded up 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00004723 BTC.
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- Tari World (TARI) traded 31% higher against the dollar and now trades at $17.65 or 0.00083451 BTC.
- Wrapped Cardano (WADA) traded 3.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.49 or 0.00002337 BTC.
- XRP (XRP) traded 1.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.32 or 0.00001502 BTC.
- Lido stETH (STETH) traded 0.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $2,947.45 or 0.07417648 BTC.
- Gateway Protocol (GWP) traded up 1.7% against the dollar and now trades at $2.56 or 0.00012092 BTC.
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A Collinsville man who the FBI said possessed an “unfathomable” amount of pornography and had close ties to another man who was recently convicted of enticing a minor to have sex, pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal firearms and drug charges.
Kevin Lynn Greer, 51, admitted to two counts of a five-count superseding indictment filed Feb. 23 in Tulsa federal court. The charges were illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, as part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.
As part of a plea agreement, prosecutors agreed to drop counts charging him with possession of child pornography in Indian Country, receipt and distribution of child pornography and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
The agreement, which still requires judicial approval, also stipulates that Greer serve five years and six months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.
Greer admitted to the charges just weeks after a judge denied his request to ban prosecutors from mentioning at trial his relationship with Alexander Sweet, 28.
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A federal jury convicted Sweet in April of enticing a minor to have sex and related child porn crimes.
The FBI began investigating Sweet after receiving a tip that he was in an intimate relationship with a then-16-year-old girl.
The FBI said evidence gathered in that case led them to suspect that Sweet and Greer had exchanged child pornography with one another.
The FBI served search warrants Nov. 10 on two buildings associated with Greer in the 500 block of West Broadway in Collinsville.
Agents recovered what they described as an “unfathomable” amount of pornography during the search, some of which investigators believed to be child pornography.
Agents also seized seven guns, nearly 600 rounds of ammunition and about four kilograms of marijuana packaged in 41 plastic bags.
Greer argued in a court filing that his friendship with Sweet was not relevant because it does not “make any fact at issue any more or less likely.”
Prosecutors contended that the friendship is admissible because it goes to Greer’s knowledge and intent to possess and distribute marijuana.
“The Court agrees that evidence of defendant’s association with Sweet is relevant to whether defendant possessed marijuana with the requisite knowledge and intent,” Chief U.S. District Judge John Heil III wrote in a May 9 order and opinion.
Greer has multiple prior felony convictions, according to court records, his most recent of which was a 2001 conviction for misappropriation of personal identification out of Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
Greer was also convicted of second-degree burglary in 1991 in Tulsa County and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and use of an offensive weapon in a felony in 1995.
A then-16-year-old girl who dated and later married Sweet in Arkansas, only to break off the relationship after his arrest, told investigators that Sweet and Greer communicated daily using social media and text messaging applications.
The girl told investigators that Sweet took her to Greer’s residence to trim marijuana plants and that Sweet moved guns and drugs for Greer on multiple occasions.
In support of the plea agreement, both sides agreed that the “amount of digital evidence seized in this case and the difficulties with presenting that evidence and its foundation,” are reasons that factored in reaching the agreement.
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American Virtual Cloud Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:AVCT) went down by -3.11% from its latest closing price compared to the recent 1-year high of $7.39. The company’s stock price has collected -20.00% of loss in the last five trading sessions.
Is It Worth Investing in American Virtual Cloud Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ :AVCT) Right Now?
Plus, the 36-month beta value for AVCT is at 1.32. Opinions of the stock are interesting as 1 analysts out of 1 who provided ratings for American Virtual Cloud Technologies Inc. declared the stock was a “buy,” while 0 rated the stock as “overweight,” 0 rated it as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
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The average price from analysts is $7.00, which is $6.68 above the current price. AVCT currently public float of 44.69M and currently shorts hold a 18.35% ratio of that float. Today, the average trading volume of AVCT was 3.01M shares.
AVCT’s Market Performance
AVCT stocks went down by -20.00% for the week, with a monthly drop of -20.38% and a quarterly performance of -57.37%, while its annual performance rate touched -94.65%. The volatility ratio for the week stands at 7.73% while the volatility levels for the past 30 days are set at 10.24% for American Virtual Cloud Technologies Inc.. The simple moving average for the period of the last 20 days is -18.11% for AVCT stocks with a simple moving average of -79.65% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of AVCT
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for AVCT stocks, with Loop Capital repeating the rating for AVCT by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for AVCT in the upcoming period, according to Loop Capital is $17 based on the research report published on April 14th of the previous year 2021.
AVCT Trading at -44.12% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought AVCT to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -95.70% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 10.24%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 7.73%, as shares sank -17.46% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -69.46% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, AVCT fell by -20.00%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -92.49% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $0.3845. In addition, American Virtual Cloud Technologies Inc. saw -86.93% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at AVCT starting from MOCK LAWRENCE E, JR., who purchase 250,000 shares at the price of $0.40 back on May 20. After this action, MOCK LAWRENCE E, JR. now owns 21,423,995 shares of American Virtual Cloud Technologies Inc., valued at $100,000 using the latest closing price.
LOCKHART DENNIS P, the Director of American Virtual Cloud Technologies Inc., purchase 260,000 shares at $0.39 during a trade that took place back on May 19, which means that LOCKHART DENNIS P is holding 287,015 shares at $101,400 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for AVCT
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -251.65 for the present operating margin
- +19.29 for the gross margin
The net margin for American Virtual Cloud Technologies Inc. stands at -652.67.
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CHICAGO, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MoreCare, an affiliate of Medical Home Network, is proud to announce Scott Sarran, MD, Chief Medical Officer at MoreCare, was appointed to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
Congress established MedPAC in 1997 to analyze access to care, cost and quality of care, and other key issues affecting Medicare. MedPAC advises Congress on payments to providers in Medicare's traditional fee-for-service programs and to health plans participating in the Medicare Advantage program.
Dr. Sarran has vast experience developing and implementing multi-stakeholder models of care, including experience in engaging stakeholders to improve clinical outcomes, service, access, and cost management for certain populations. In addition, he developed and implemented strategies to increase performance at a large county-run health system. A geriatrician, Dr. Sarran earned his medical degree from Northwestern University.
"I am humbled and honored to receive this important appointment," said Dr. Sarran. "I look forward to working with the other esteemed members of MedPAC to provide useful and impactful advice to Congress that enables ongoing improvements to both the Medicare fee-for-service and Medicare Advantage programs."
Dr. Sarran's term with MedPAC began in May 2022 and will expire in April 2025.
MoreCare is a community-based Medicare Advantage plan designed for Cook County, IL residents providing members with more quality, more access and more individualized attention. MoreCare offers something for everyone – from traditional Medicare Advantage plans to special needs plans for people who need the highest level of care such as those with chronic conditions. MoreCare's innovative model of care focuses on whole person health offering members access to medical, behavioral and social support. MoreCare's approach is to make healthcare simple and deliver more coordinated, individualized care where and when members need it. MoreCare is an affiliate of Medical Home Network. Learn more here.
CONTACT: Susie Gibson, sgibson@mhnchicago.org
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Researchers found that treating high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions is a safe and effective way to reduce the risk of anal cancer. Photo by DarkoStojanovic/
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Treating precancerous anal growths in people with HIV slashes their risk of anal cancer by more than half, according to a new study.
Researchers found that treating these growths -- called high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) -- is a safe and effective way to reduce the risk of anal cancer.
"We've now shown for the first time that treating anal HSIL is effective at reducing the incidence of anal cancer in a very high-risk group of people -- people living with HIV," study leader Dr. Joel Palefsky said in a U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) news release. Palefsky is with the University of California, San Francisco.
The trial included nearly 4,500 people with HIV across the United States who were diagnosed with these precancerous lesions during an anoscopy, a procedure to examine the inner lining of the anus and rectum. Participants, who were 35 and older, were randomly assigned to receive treatment or active monitoring with no treatment.
Most of those who received treatment underwent electrocautery, in which heat from an electric current is used to destroy abnormal tissue.
After a median follow-up of just over two years, anal cancer had been diagnosed in 21 patients in the active monitoring group, compared with nine patients in the treatment group -- a 57% difference.
Most side effects in the treatment group were mild and included pain and bleeding, according to the cancer institute-funded study. The findings were published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
"By showing that treatment for HSIL reduces the risk of anal cancer, this study also provides a rationale for screening for anal HSIL in people with HIV," said Dr. Robert Yarchoan, director of NCI's Office of HIV and AIDS Malignancy.
Anal cancer is relatively rare in the general population, but is the fourth most common cancer among people living with HIV, according to the NCI.
Nearly all cases of anal cancer are caused by infection from human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV vaccination can prevent anal HPV infections, but there are no evidence-based recommendations on screening for and treatment of anal HSIL.
The study findings highlight the need for additional training of healthcare providers, as well as more research on effective methods for screening and treating HSIL, Palefsky said.
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WASHINGTON, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The CFP Board Center for Financial Planning ("Center") announced today that it has reached a major milestone this month, awarding more than $1 million in scholarships since the launch of its first scholarship program in 2016. Supported by the generous donations of sponsors and donors, the Center's scholarship programs assist individuals with completing the education and exam requirements for CFP® certification.
"I'd like to thank the individuals and corporations that are helping fund the development of a new generation of CFP® professionals," said CFP Board CEO Kevin R. Keller, CAE. "These scholarships have become an essential component in helping us realize our goal of creating a more diverse and sustainable financial planning profession."
The $1 million milestone brings the Center to a total of 225 scholarships awarded, with most awards focused on students from populations underrepresented in the financial planning profession. As part of its recently concluded spring 2022 scholarship cycle, the Center issued 45 new scholarships, valued at more than $200,000, among seven different scholarship programs. The Center currently administers 13 different scholarship programs, launched jointly with sponsors and donors. Three new scholarship programs were launched in 2022:
- Dowling and Yahnke Wealth Advisors Scholarship
- Edelman Financial Engines CFP® Certification Diversity Scholarship
- Financial Alliance for Racial Equity CFP® Certification Diversity Scholarship
"Helping to fund the continuing financial education of those aspiring to become CFP® professionals is a key part of the Center's mission," said Center Managing Director D.A. Abrams, CAE. "The Center's scholarships play a critical role in building the profession's talent pipeline and advancing workforce diversity."
In 2021, the Center presented 80 new scholarship awards in 2021 (an increase of 67% from 48 awards in 2020) — a new single-year record — by awarding more than $300,000 to recipients (an increase of 50% from more than $200,000 awarded in 2020).
For more information on the Center's scholarships, eligibility and submission requirements, and how to apply — visit CFP.net/Scholarships. The need for scholarships is much greater than the number of available awards. Organizations and individuals interested in establishing a named scholarship program through the Center can contact Eddy Demirovic, CFP Board's Director of Talent Pipeline, at edemirovic@cfpboard.org.
ABOUT THE CFP BOARD CENTER FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING
The CFP Board Center for Financial Planning seeks to create a more diverse and sustainable financial planning profession so that every American has access to competent and ethical financial planning advice. The Center brings together CFP® professionals, firms, educators, researchers and experts to address profession-wide challenges in the areas of diversity and workforce development, and to build an academic home that offers opportunities for conducting and publishing new research that adds to the financial planning body of knowledge.
ABOUT CFP BOARD
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. is a professional body for personal financial planners in the U.S. CFP Board sets standards for financial planning and administers the prestigious CFP® certification – one of the most respected certifications in financial services – so that the public has access to and benefits from competent and ethical financial planning. CFP Board, along with its Center for Financial Planning, is committed to increasing the public's awareness of CFP® certification and access to a diverse, ethical and competent financial planning workforce. Widely recognized by firms as the standard for financial planning, CFP® certification is held by more than 93,000 people in the United States.
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Junior Andre, 17, is supported by his 'proud' dad Peter and sister Princess, 14, as he performs his new single Slide for the first time at launch party (but Katie Price is noticeably absent!)
Junior Andre celebrated the release of his new single Slide on Wednesday by taking to the stage to perform it for the first time.
The budding hitmaker, 17, marked the launch of the song with a celebratory party attended by his family, though his mother Katie Price was noticeably absent.
Taking to Instagram Stories to share a glimpse of the party, his sister Princess gushed that she was 'so proud' of her sibling for finally launching his new song, while Junior's dad Peter also shared a clip proudly embracing his son at the party.
Rising star! Junior Andre celebrated the release of his new single Slide on Wednesday by taking to the stage to perform it for the first time
Princess posted a clip of Junior taking to the stage to perform Slide, along with the gushing caption: 'So proud @officialjunior_andre.'
Donning a matching red tracksuit, the teen was surrounded by thrilled fans as he performed the energetic track.
Meanwhile Junior's proud father Peter also shared a glimpse of the launch party, reminiscing on his own pop star past as his son signed posters for his fans.
Over the moon: The budding hitmaker marked the launch of the song with a celebratory party attended by his family, though his mother Katie Price was noticeably absent
Showstopping! Princess posted a clip of Junior taking to the stage to perform Slide, along with the gushing caption: 'So proud @officialjunior_andre'
Casual: Donning a matching red tracksuit, the teen was surrounded by thrilled fans as he performed the energetic track
Sharing a clip of the signing on his grid, he wrote: '30 years ago I was doing my first signings of posters.
'And now my son is hard at work. As for the girls... @officialjunior_andre @officialprincess_andre @dr_emily_official.'
Peter then shared a series of videos from Junior's launch party including a clip posing for selfies with thrilled fans.
Reflecting: Meanwhile Junior's proud father Peter also shared a glimpse of the launch party, reminiscing on his own pop star past as his son signed posters for his fans
Say cheese! Peter then shared a series of videos from Junior's launch party including a clip posing for selfies with thrilled fans
Amazing! Both Peter and Princess shared clips of Junior taking to the stage during his launch party
Another video showed Junior embracing his proud dad, which was captioned: 'You have no idea how proud I am of you tonight son.'
Alongside a video of Junior performing his song, he added: 'Born to do it.'
As well as launching his music career, Junior became a global sensation after he visited Binley Mega Chippy and filmed a TikTok video outside.
The chip shop in Coventry has been inundated with tourists pouring in from as far afield as Portugal and Australia after a catchy music video was posted on TikTok.
Where is she? While the teen performer was supported by multiple members of his family, mum Katie was noticeably absent
Family connections: Junior is following in his father's footsteps as he is starting a career in the music industry and Peter recently revealed he was managing his son
And Junior was caught up in the fanfare after he filmed himself outside showing a line of customers queuing out of the shop.
Binley Mega Chippy attracts thousands of customers from around Britain and the world after a fan raved about it on social media.
Owner Kamal Gandhi, 70, has now seen profits rocket by a whopping 30 per cent, with queues of fans regularly seen outside.
Junior was seen performing his new song Slide outside the now-famous chippy.
The video then changed to Junior standing outside the fish and chip vendor as the words 'Binley Mega Chippy' played over some plinky-plonk music.
It's gone viral! As well as launching his music career, Junior became a global sensation after he visited Binley Mega Chippy and filmed a TikTok video outside
Junior is following in his father's footsteps as he is starting a career in the music industry and Peter recently revealed he was managing his son.
In April, he appeared virtually on Wednesday's Lorraine and told host Christine Lampard that he is 'proud but also scared' for his budding musician son.
During the chat, Peter explained: 'I took him to the studio and he got in the booth and everyone was like "oh!". And I said "look, lets focus on him for right now."'
Peter revealed that he is his manager in a way, but wants to make sure he has freedom to do his own thing, saying: 'I am managing him in the sense I am there with him all the way. We want to give him some artistic freedom.'
The dad-of-four appeared on Australian singing contest New Faces at aged 16, rising to fame with his singles Mysterious Girl and Flava.
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Match Group Inc. (NASDAQ:MTCH) went up by 5.46% from its latest closing price compared to the recent 1-year high of $182.00. The company’s stock price has collected -8.96% of loss in the last five trading sessions. The Wall Street Journal reported on 05/20/22 that Tinder Owner Match Group, Google Reach Deal on App Store Payment Rules
Is It Worth Investing in Match Group Inc. (NASDAQ :MTCH) Right Now?
Match Group Inc. (NASDAQ:MTCH) scored a price-to-earnings ratio above its average ratio, recording 85.24 x from its present earnings ratio. Plus, the 36-month beta value for MTCH is at 0.74. Opinions of the stock are interesting as 19 analysts out of 22 who provided ratings for Match Group Inc. declared the stock was a “buy,” while 1 rated the stock as “overweight,” 1 rated it as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
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The average price from analysts is $118.67, which is $40.94 above the current price. MTCH currently public float of 277.29M and currently shorts hold a 3.17% ratio of that float. Today, the average trading volume of MTCH was 3.32M shares.
MTCH’s Market Performance
MTCH stocks went down by -8.96% for the week, with a monthly jump of 1.73% and a quarterly performance of -16.57%, while its annual performance rate touched -46.12%. The volatility ratio for the week stands at 5.04% while the volatility levels for the past 30 days are set at 4.98% for Match Group Inc.. The simple moving average for the period of the last 20 days is -0.95% for MTCH stocks with a simple moving average of -35.50% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of MTCH
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for MTCH stocks, with Wells Fargo repeating the rating for MTCH by listing it as a “Overweight.” The predicted price for MTCH in the upcoming period, according to Wells Fargo is $115 based on the research report published on May 09th of the current year 2022.
Loop Capital, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see MTCH reach a price target of $140. The rating they have provided for MTCH stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on April 11th, 2022.
Deutsche Bank gave a rating of “Buy” to MTCH, setting the target price at $135 in the report published on March 11th of the current year.
MTCH Trading at -6.47% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought MTCH to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -57.66% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 4.98%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 5.04%, as shares surge +2.01% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -32.01% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, MTCH fell by -8.96%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -44.77% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $77.88. In addition, Match Group Inc. saw -41.73% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at MTCH starting from LEVIN JOSEPH, who sale 163,220 shares at the price of $174.73 back on Oct 21. After this action, LEVIN JOSEPH now owns 35,475 shares of Match Group Inc., valued at $28,519,665 using the latest closing price.
LEVIN JOSEPH, the Director of Match Group Inc., sale 5,976 shares at $165.22 during a trade that took place back on Sep 27, which means that LEVIN JOSEPH is holding 35,396 shares at $987,376 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for MTCH
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- +28.55 for the present operating margin
- +69.52 for the gross margin
The net margin for Match Group Inc. stands at +9.29. Equity return is now at value -211.60, with 5.80 for asset returns.
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Eight-time honoree of The Civic 50
CHICAGO, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) today was named a 2022 honoree of The Civic 50 by the global nonprofit organization Points of Light. The Civic 50 recognizes the 50 most community-minded companies in the United States. This is the eighth time HCSC has been named to The Civic 50, becoming one of only 20 organizations to receive the designation eight or more times.
Since 2012, The Civic 50 has provided a national standard for corporate citizenship and showcases how companies can use their time, skills, and resources to drive social impact in their communities and company.
"At HCSC, we are committed to elevating how we support our members and the communities we serve through community engagement and ongoing investments," said Maurice Smith, HCSC, president and CEO. "We continue to find ways to act as a force multiplier across our states, building on our strong foundation. We are especially proud to receive The Civic 50 because its focus on social impact, civic engagement, and economic development is embedded within our company culture."
"Corporate leadership and commitment to civic engagement is critical for strengthening communities," said Natalye Paquin, president and CEO of Points of Light. "Our most recent global research shows 86 percent of people say they expect companies to take action on a social issue. Companies like Health Care Service Corporation are leading the way and setting an example of how you can leverage your employee talent, business models and assets to create deep impact that drives transformational change."
HCSC, which operates health insurance plans in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, has a long history of supporting communities where its members live and work through volunteerism, civic partnerships and direct funding to amplify the work of nonprofit organizations.
In 2021, HCSC employees volunteered nearly 94,000 hours, giving back even during a time of social distancing and the company sought to quickly address needs that arose from the COVID-19 pandemic.
HCSC's invested $1.3 million to enhance the COVID-19 vaccine education and distribution efforts of its Care Van mobile health program. In 2021, the Care Van fleet expanded to 28 vehicles and the program administered more than 54,000 immunizations, including more than 29,000 COVID-19 vaccinations. The Care Van fleet also provided more than 40,000 other health services including screenings for dental, blood pressure, glucose, HIV/STI, hearing, and vision.
HCSC also created a COVID-19 Community Collaborative Grant Fund to provide additional ongoing support for communities. In 2021, the fund provided more than $4.1 million in grants to 207 organizations to amplify their impact by addressing hunger relief, childcare, provider support, senior care and access to care on a hyperlocal level.
Learn more about HCSC's overall community impact in the 2021 Corporate Social Responsibility Report.
Health Care Service Corporation is the country's largest customer-owned health insurer, with nearly 17.5 million members in its health plans in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. A Mutual Legal Reserve Company, HCSC is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
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LG's Newly Designed Monitor Offers a Unique User Experience and Productivity Boost for Modern Home-Office Workers and Creators
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics USA announced pricing and availability of the new 28-inch LG DualUp Monitor (28MQ780), a first-of-its-kind display within the monitor market. It features a Nano IPS display with a unique 16:18 aspect ratio that frees up one's desk without giving up the screen space of a double monitor. LG's DualUp monitor is available for purchase now at LG.com and select LG-authorized dealers for a retail price of $699.
A CES 2022 Innovation Award winner, the LG DualUp Monitor is a product that revolutionizes the way creators and developers work, combining stacked dual monitors to create a single one. The innovative Square Double QHD (2,560 x 2,880) resolution monitor offers the same screen real estate as two 21.5-inch displays and has a vertical split view function that lets users see more in one glance, making it a multitasking powerhouse. It offers peerless picture quality, powerful performance, customizability, and most of all convenience.
The monitor's Nano IPS panel also enhances the visual experience for work and entertainment by making color expressions more accurate and richer. Users can enjoy HDR content on this monitor with the DCI-P3 98% color gamut that delivers detailed, accurate, and vibrant color expression. HDR delivers a more dramatic, dynamic, and immersive visual experience.
Boosting productivity, the LG DualUp Monitor elevates user comfort with the ultra-adjustable LG Ergo stand, which saves space as it clamps securely to most desks and tables. The Ergo Stand has evolved from the previous stand and includes enhanced tilting, swiveling, and extracting features. The wide range of positions it provides allows users to customize the height, angle, and depth of the monitor to the most ergonomic position for their body.
The DualUp supports USB Type-C™ with up to 90W power delivery, allowing users to seamlessly connect to external devices, charge a laptop and more. Additionally, through its multiport for HDMI, DisplayPort and USB 3.0, users can connect multiple devices at once. The DualUp monitor supports 7Wx2ch stereo speakers with Waves MaxxAudio®, delivering realistic sound effects and powerful audio. The speaker delivers massive bass that can boost the quality of what users watch, play, and create, and can maximize space usability for creators and developers.
For more information on LG's latest monitors, please visit https://www.lg.com/us/monitors.
About LG Electronics USA
LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $63 billion global innovator in technology and manufacturing. In the United States, LG sells a wide range of innovative home appliances, home entertainment products, commercial displays, air conditioning systems, solar energy solutions and vehicle components. LG is a seven-time ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year. The company's commitment to environmental sustainability and its "Life's Good" marketing theme encompass how LG is dedicated to people's happiness by exceeding expectations today and tomorrow. www.LG.com.
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Buffalo supermarket gunman due in court on hate crime counts
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white man who opened fire on Black people at a Buffalo supermarket, killing 10, is due in federal court Thursday, a day after Attorney General Merrick Garland met with the victims’ families and announced hate crime charges that could bring the death penalty.
Payton Gendron, 18, has been held without bail since his arrest shortly after the May 14 attack at a Tops Friendly Supermarket, which also left three people wounded.
He is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court on a criminal complaint charging him with 10 counts each of hate crime resulting in death and using a firearm to commit murder. The complaint also includes three counts each of hate crime involving bodily injury and attempt to kill, and using a firearm in a violent crime.
The federal hate crimes case is based partly on documents in which Gendron detailed his plans for the attack, including the semi-automatic rifle he would use, clothing and body armor he would wear and the portable camera that would allow him to stream the massacre live on the internet.
The writings included “statements that his motivation for the attack was to prevent Black people from replacing white people and eliminating the white race, and to inspire others to commit similar racially-motivated attacks,” according to the complaint.
Garland, who halted federal executions last year, has not ruled out seeking the death penalty against Gendron.
Gendron was already facing a mandatory life sentence without parole if convicted on previously filed state charges, including hate-motivated domestic terrorism and murder. He has pleaded not guilty.
Gendron’s attorney, Brian Parker, declined to comment on the new charges, citing a judge’s gag order.
Gendron drove more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) from his home in Conklin to a predominantly Black part of Buffalo. There, authorities say, he fired approximately 60 shots at shoppers and workers.
The complaint details his path through the store’s aisles in search of victims as customers and employees ran to take cover in a stock room, conference room, freezer and dairy cooler.
Gendron surrendered to police as he exited the supermarket.
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Audio Streaming Service Grows Its Audience and Catalog
PARK CITY, Utah, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dramafy, a one-stop source for the best in Audio Fiction, which launched in July 2021, now features more than 1500 episodes from 135 different audio shows.
Dramafy is seeking submissions of completed audio dramas from independent content creators to add to its ever-growing catalog! The platform is unique in its commitment to revenue share with its producers. Creators of audio dramas streamed on the platform earn a percentage of all gross revenue generated through subscriptions and advertising, based on total minutes listened, on a quarterly basis.
The streaming service utilizes the latest mobile technology to stream hundreds of hours of contemporary audio dramas in multiple genres, including SciFi, westerns, adventure, comedy, mystery and children's. The service is curated for "all ears" (no harder than a PG-13 rating).
Stories are streamed from Dramafy.com, or with the free Dramafy mobile apps available for Apple devices from the App Store, or for Android devices on Google Play.
Dramafy is presently undertaking an aggressive marketing campaign using social media and advertising to promote shows presently on the platform. A semi-monthly newsletter features new content streamed and spotlights creators on the platform.
Dramafy streams audio dramas from independent producers and features such popular contemporary audio favorites as "Brass," "Powder River," and "Tower 4."
In addition, are new original productions exclusive to Dramafy including the romantic/adventure "Undercover Engagement", and the WWII comedy/drama, "A String of Pearls", the drama, "Coming Home" and the children's series "The Absolutely, Positively, True Adventures of Babe the Dog."
Listenership levels grew dramatically after April 1, when Dramafy launched its "Listen free with ads" service. Ad-free listening is also available at two subscription levels: $3.99 per month, or for $3.49 per month with an annual subscription. The service is designed to provide easy, one-stop access to the best in audio fiction, cutting through a sea of podcasts and music on other streaming services.
Producers interested in submitting an audio drama Dramafy should go to the Dramafy.com website and click on the "Submit Your Show" button under the "Have an Audio Drama?" portion at the bottom of the website. It will walk creators through the submission process and more fully describe the Dramafy revenue sharing model. And submission guidelines.
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Should Black Americans trust the Bible over African history? That was the subject of an intense five-hour-plus debate on April 5 debate between two cultural powerhouses, Malik Zulu Shabazz and Captain Tazaryach.
Malik Zulu Shabazz is an attorney who previously served as chairman of the New Black Panther Party. As of 2013, he has been the national president of Black Lawyers for Justice, an organization he co-founded in 1996 to advocate for victims of constitutional rights violations and other injustices specific to Black people.
Captain Tazaryach is part of the Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge (ISUPK) — a nonprofit organization based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. The group is part of the Black Hebrew Israelite movement, which regards Black Americans as descendants of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
The Twelve Tribes of Israel refer to the sons of the Jewish patriarch Jacob and they provide the tribal lineages of those who established the nation of Israel.
The debate was live-streamed by BlackNews102 on the YouTube channel Sa Neter Studios.
Here is Part 2 of the highlights from the debate. (Part 1 can be read here.)
When Malik Zulu Shabazz returned to the stage he continued his argument that African civilization preceded the Bible and thus offered true knowledge.
He doubled down on the argument for Africa.
“Let me get back to what I intend to prove here,” said Shabazz. “I intend to prove that we should trust Africa above the Bible. We should trust Africa because trusting in Africa is trusting in ourselves, trusting in our traditions, trusting in our morals, our values, our ways, our customs. It’s trusting in our people – all 2 billion of our people, not one small sect from one small religion.” (time code: 19:22)
He went on to say that proponents of the Bible or organized Western religions use the same arguments used by whites to colonize Africa.
“Religion is divisive. Religion makes us act like the white man. Many of their arguments today from the Bible and from their doctrine…are all the exact same arguments that the white slave master who came to Africa with the Bible used. The arguments they are using today are the exact same arguments used by the white crocodile missionaries who came to Africa.”
But, more importantly, Shabazz said, all religions originated in Africa. Their missions later got diluted.
“I will prove today that we must trust Africa because Africa is the mother of all civilization, and when you compare the contributions of Africa, when you compare all that Africa has given to the world, nothing compares to the greatness of African history,” he stressed. (time code: 20:46).
Shabazz went on to talk about Jesus.
“Jesus,” he said, “and we’re not talking about the blue-eyed, pale-skin, buttermilk complexion, white cracker Christ. We’re talking about Black Lord Savior and a Black master. He teaches us in the Book, ‘Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free in your own history written on the walls of the hieroglyphics or…in sacred writings.'”
He added, “Man must know that when you talk about the Bible and you limit yourself to the Bible, and you confine yourself to the Bible, you are limiting yourself to a small scope, even a pebble of the broad universality and awesomeness of African history. Now let’s see how divisive religion is and how it pits one brother against another, and it makes no sense whatsoever.” (time code: 22:25)
According to Shabazz, one of the main reasons not to trust the Bible is because of its authors.
“Religion will make you go against your mama. Religion will make you go against your cousin, your brother, and your grandmama all because of an interpretation in the book which has been given to us by the white man,” argued Shabazz. (time code: 24:02)
He continued his argument against the Bible.
“The ‘baby’ Bible will tell you that Adam and Eve were the first man and woman–that’s kindergarten religion. My sisters and brothers, Africa has thousands of years of history before the history the Bible tells us,” he said. (time code: 27:18)
According to Shabazz, the history of Africa predates the Bible, which says that man began about “6,000 years” ago. But, he added, the first homosapien is “3.5 million years old.” Since archaeologists have proved this, Shabaz said, how could Adam and Eve be the first?
Four species of human ancestors roamed earth 3 million years ago, according to one study of African fossils.
“Biblical history has given us a child’s history when it comes to the infinite history of the original Black man,” he stressed. “The 10 commandments came from Africa, so how can we not trust Africa?”
Shabazz moved on to the subject of slavery on the African continent — a subject Captain Tazaryach brought up during his introduction. Captain Tazaryach questioned why Black Americans should trust the history of Africa when there were Africans who sold off other Africans in the TransAtlantic slave trade.
But Shabazz shot back at this argument, saying, “They will tell you Africa is bad, Egypt is bad, Kemet is bad, because Egypt had slaves. They will tell you Egypt is bad because they enslaved other Africans. After all, Egypt enslaved African Jews. And they will tell you Africa is bad. They are teaching anti-African teaching,” he said.
Kemet is a name for ancient Egypt.
Shabazz went on to show an argument from a Jewish publication that claimed that there was never any evidence that the Jews were enslaved in Egypt. (time code: 37:11).
He added there is no archaeological evidence of Jews being enslaved in Egypt – “no pottery, no shred of evidence, Ramses was not drowned in the Red Sea, the Passover story was made up. There is no evidence,” Shabazz claimed.
Shabazz doubled down on his argument that civilization began in Africa, which preexisted the Bible.
“Africa is the origin of civilization…you must trust because if you compare the contributions of Africa to the contributions of the Israelites–ain’t no comparison,” he said. “No comparison. You’re talking about the greatest civilization ever known to man. Africa has some of the eight wonders of the world still standing. (Compare this) against a few piles of rubble (in Israel). There ain’t no comparison.” (time code: 39:22)
Shabazz also presented evidence that Egyptian hieroglyphs, the formal writing system used in ancient Egypt, preceded the Bible.
Africans were the original man and woman, he said. So we “must trust the original source, not some secondary source.”
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Captain Tazaryach then returned to the mic.
Black Americans should stop romanticizing Africa, Tazaryach said: “Go back to Africa? Where you going to go?”
Africa cannot be trusted today because there are still countries where people are enslaved, he said.
“We have African countries involved in the slave trade. When you terrorized my people, I would hate you too,” he said. “You had 40 to 50 African countries involved in the (trans-Atlantic) slave trade, so where are you going to return to? Also, how do you know they won’t enslave you today? There is slavery still in Africa today!” (time code: 54:00)
Captain Tazaryach also mentioned the tribal wars that still plague some African countries today.
“Africa is still fighting each other. They are not united,” he said, pointing out that the opposite could be said for Israel. He said there is unitt to be found in Israel.
“There is one language in Israel: Hebrew. In Africa, there are 2,000 native languages–this even further divides us.”
Captain Tazaryach strengthened his argument that there are too many divisions in Africa to trust any of them.
“If you have one culture and another culture, there is going to be conflict. There are over 3,000 ethnic groups in Africa, so who do Black people in America belong to?” he asked.
According to Captain Tazaryach, there is a permanent disconnect between Black Americans and Africans.
“Africans don’t want to connect with African Americans,” he said. “Malcolm X was not welcomed on a trip to Africa … Africans think they’re better than you then and now.” (time code: 1:00:41)
Captain Tazaryach went on to question why Africans never tried to aid Black Americans going through the civil rights struggle in the U.S. “We have a love for Africa, but where is the love for us?” he asked. “When is Africa going to love us back?”
Photo: Dr. Malik Zulu Shabazz, national chairman of the New Black Panther Party, center, and Rev. Hasim Inzinga, right, lead a protest about reparations for slavery in front of the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, Sept. 1, 2001. Security guard at left is unidentified. (AP Photo/Hillery Smith Garrison) | https://moguldom.com/410304/recap-and-highlights-of-the-malik-zulu-shabazz-debate-vs-isupk-hebrew-israelite-captain-tazaryach-part-2/ | 2022-06-16T14:58:02Z | https://moguldom.com/410304/recap-and-highlights-of-the-malik-zulu-shabazz-debate-vs-isupk-hebrew-israelite-captain-tazaryach-part-2/ | true | 1 |
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NEW YORK (AP) — Beyoncé has revealed the title and release date for her next studio album, with the 16-track “Renaissance” set to drop July 29.
The superstar began listing the music and products on her website Thursday and several streaming services, including Tidal and Spotify, also announced the Beyoncé release.
Beyoncé tipped off fans that something important was coming when she removed her profile photos across all her social media platforms last week.
“Renaissance” would be the follow-up to 2016’s “Lemonade,” but the artist has been hard at work of late, featured on rapper Megan Thee Stallion’s remix of “Savage” and opening the 2022 Academy Awards with a performance of her song “Be Alive,” from the film "King Richard."
In 2019, she curated and produced the soundtrack album “The Lion King: The Gift,” for the remake of “The Lion King.” The song “Black Parade” from the soundtrack won a Grammy in 2021 for best R&B performance, Beyoncé's 28th Grammy. | https://www.darientimes.com/news/article/Beyonce-announces-new-album-Renaissance-to-17245753.php | 2022-06-16T15:03:30Z | https://www.darientimes.com/news/article/Beyonce-announces-new-album-Renaissance-to-17245753.php | false | 49 |
McDonald's France and related companies have agreed to pay over 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) to the French state to settle a case in which the fast-food giant was accused of years of tax evasion.
A Paris court approved the settlement Thursday, the French national financial prosecutor's office said.
McDonald's said the settlement was the result of “productive discussions” with French tax authorities.
The decision means a tax fraud investigation targeting the company, opened after a legal complaint by unions in 2016, will be closed.
The prosecutor's office said McDonald's France, McDonald's System of France, MCD Luxembourg Real Estate and other related companies agreed to pay a total of 1.24 billion euros ($1.29 billion) in fines, penalties and back taxes to settle the case after years of negotiations.
The company was accused of hiding French profits in lower-tax Luxembourg from 2009-2020, and reporting artificially low profits in France.
McDonald's Corp. said in a statement that it had already paid 2.2 billion euros in taxes over that period.
It did not comment on the accusations.
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Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Indian star Sonam Kapoor, who is expecting her first child with husband Anand Ahuja, flaunted her pregnancy glow in stunning pictures.
Taking to Instagram, Anand, dropped some “no-filter" pictures of his wife Sonam on Thursday.
In the pictures, the Khoobsurat actress can be seen chilling on a couch. Sonam's OOTD was a white shirt and a pair of pants.
Sharing the pictures, Anand wrote in his caption: "Love every moment." He accompanied the post with the hashtags #nofilter and #portraitmode.
In the comments section wrote: "I'm a whale."
The couple are currently staying in London. On Wednesday, the Veere Di Wedding actress' baby shower took place in the presence of friends and family members.
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Sonam Kapoor, and Anand Ahuja, after dating for a couple of years, got married in May 2018 in Mumbai. They had a star-studded wedding and reception. Anand runs the fashion label Bhane and the sneaker boutique VegNonVeg.
In terms of work, Sonam Kapoor had a cameo in Netflix's thriller AK vs AK, starring her dad Anil Kapoor and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap.
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Beyoncé Knowles-Carter will grace the cover of British Vogue next month, with photos from the July issue of the magazine having been released ahead of it launching.
It comes following the recent announcement that the singer, 40, will release her next album on July 29, with it's title having been unveiled this week as Renaissance.
Ahead of its release, the Grammy Award winner will front the next issue of British Vogue, with her having posed for a photoshoot with photographer Rafael Pavarotti for it.
She was interviewed by editor-in-chief Edward Enninful, who has teased that "new music is coming," with her further commenting that there's a "thrilling abundance of it."
The photoshoot for the issue has been described as "fashion fantasia" by Edward, who suggested inspiration came from "club life" towards the end of the 20th century.
He recalled that there was a "magical mood" on the set, add that Beyoncé was "feeling easy and free to be herself" - with her family said to have surprised her during the photoshoot.
And the collaboration saw Edward invited to have dinner with the the singer and her family, with him saying about the experience: "I'm a little stunned at how relaxed it all is."
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He said that he enjoyed a "scrumptious dinner" - including ribs, creamed corn, peas and mashed potatoes - and further wrote: "I'm not sure the mood could be any cosier."
Edward said that although she's devoted to "professionalism and privacy," she had her "hair loose, not a stitch of make-up on, [was] wearing a hoodie, just being herself."
And further providing an insight over the singer-songwriter, he said: "This is a precious time in her life. Now 40, she's feeling so good as a mother, an artist and a woman."
Photos from the issue come following news of her seventh studio album, Renaissance, which is set to be released on July 29 - with fans eagerly awaiting the new music.
The reveal of the album's title and release date prompted much excitement among her fans on social media, who have waiting for a solo studio album since Lemonade in 2016.
See the full feature in the July issue of British Vogue available via digital download and on newsstands from Tuesday 21st June.
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ARY Digital drama serial Kaisi Teri Khudgharzi is now down with 6 episodes, it seems that the story is going round and round. It is a vicious circle of Shamsher hounding Mahek’s family his obsession for her seems never-ending. In the previous episode, we have seen that Mahek’s family flees from their home hiding from Shamsher. In this episode, Shamsher finds out about Mahek and reaches her new place scaring the hell out of her.
Mahek and her family have left with no choice but to leave their place and hide somewhere. They have come to live with their khala in their house. Well, it is great of Mahek’s khala to let them stay at their place after knowing what the family is going through. They have hidden for a few days successfully and we have seen them celebrating Mahek’s birthday.
Shamsher’s world turn upside down when he comes to know that Mahek is missing. He tries to investigate through her chacha but to our surprise, he has not inquired from him in a strict way he just casually asked in an aggressive tone and leaves him when he says he does not know where they have gone. It was expected that Shamsher will pressurize or threaten her chacha to get his answer but he do not commit any such thing.
Mahek’s absence is disturbing Shamsher, his obsession seems never-ending. The way Shamsher is pursuing Mahek, going to her university, bribing the principal to get any information about Mahek. The scene where Shamsher goes in front of the examination center of Mahek’s sister is so bone-chilling. Mahek’s sister is so naive that she gets shocked and freezes when he sees her and this is her expression that has caught Shamsher’s attention. Well, she still somehow manages to dodge Shamsher as she is wearing a burka.
The way Shamsher gets his way to Mahek is quite far-fetched. Mahek’s khala does online food delivery business. Mahek helps her aunt and writes a few lines on the pack of the sandwiches. Shamsher recognizes her handwriting immediately and telly it with her handwritten application. Well, one wonders why he has kept her handwritten application with him? Shamsher is damn sure that it is Mahek who has written this and he tracks the rider to get their address. Mahek and her family are already upset about Shamsher’s hounding little they know that the knock at the door is by him. Shamsher’s entry scares the hell out of Mahek. It seems that Mahek’s family will have no choice but to marry her off to Shamsher.
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- Investors need to watch the oil price as closely as the S&P 500, Nasdaq or jobs data.
- Wealth management giant UBS has updated its forecast and it's not good news for the economy.
- UBS has laid out the reasons why it sees crude prices going beyond $120 a barrel and staying there.
The stock market is perhaps the first thing that people think of in terms of taking the pulse of the global economy, but not far behind is the oil market.
Notwithstanding the fact the world needs to wean itself off fossil fuels if climate targets are to be met, oil still dominates the world's energy consumption, and therefore economic activity.
People are feeling the squeeze on their wallets when they fill up their car with gas like never before, and this has knock-on effects across the economy and financial markets.
Investors therefore need to watch the oil price as carefully as they do the S&P 500, Nasdaq or jobs numbers. That is exactly what money managers and analysts at major firms like UBS are doing.
The stormy outlook shows no sign of clearing anytime soon, according the the UBS chief investment office, lead by Mark Haefele.
"Crude prices have continued to rise in June, reaching close to the highest levels of the year despite growing concerns of a recession and weaker demand from China," he said in a note this week.
UBS pointed to the world's most populous country as the source of fresh upward pressure on crude prices.
"Demand for crude from China, the world's largest importer, looks set to slowly recover. While investors have been kept on edge by China's zero-Covid policies, including the recent mass testing in Shanghai during which residents were told to stay indoors, we believe China's reopening is intact," he said.
Most of Shanghai's residents have resumed normal activities and the bank's base-case scenario for China assumes there will be rolling mini lockdowns for the rest of the year, he said.
"As long as these curbs do not reach the scale of the citywide protracted lockdowns that we saw in April and May, we think the situation will be less disruptive to economic activity especially for production and supply chains, thus paving the way for an economic recovery in the second half of 2022 when more policy support materializes. Hence, we are anticipating a gradual, but slow, recovery in Chinese oil demand as mobility restrictions are lifted and stimulus policies are rolled out."
People returning to air travel with great enthusiasm is an ongoing problem from the perspective of fuel price rises, UBS noted.
"Tourist travel has already picked up following an end to pandemic restrictions in much of the world, according to UN World Tourism Organization data, which pointed to an 182% rise in international travel in the first quarter over the same period last year," Haefele said.
The International Energy Agency, which advises Western governments on energy policy, has said fuel demand will rise further when the main holiday season begins in the US and Europe, he noted.
US government data showed Americans alone consumed 9.2 million barrels per day of gasoline, even as prices at the pump hit record highs above $5 a gallon, while warmer weather in the Middle East is likely boost consumption of oil and gas to power air conditioning.
Haefele also noted that oil supplies are likely to remain tight due to to "limited spare capacity" among producers, while the sanctions on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine will continue to push prices up.
Even a recent pledge by a group of major exporters to increase crude production by 650,000 barrels per day in July and August won't change the overall picture much, Haefele added.
"The EU's ban on Russian oil imports, though staggered, will also worsen the long-term structural imbalance in global oil supply. As for the strategic oil reserve releases of OECD countries, this tap is only a short-term fix as the reserves need to be restocked at some stage. Indeed, EIA data on 13 June showed that crude stocks in the US strategic petroleum reserve fell by a record 7.7 million barrels last week," he said.
Against such a complicated backdrop, UBS said it has lifted its forecast for crude to $130 a barrel by then end of September, and the firm expects it to remain at around $125 a barrel for the subsequent three quarters. This is up from the previous forecast of $115 over this period.
Its $130 target is just 13% below crude's record $147.50 a barrel struck in July 2008, right before the global financial crisis exploded.
A stubbornly high oil price is always a headwind for the economy and the stock market, but investors still have options and can take advantage of the situation, UBS noted.
While most people cannot buy oil directly, it is relative easy to get exposure to 'black gold' and energy stocks via ETFs available from the usual online brokers.
"We continue to advise risk- taking investors to add long positions in longer-dated oil contracts in Brent or to sell Brent's downside price risks. We also continue to keep energy equities as most preferred in our global strategy," the bank's strategists said. | https://www.businessinsider.com/oil-price-why-crude-could-rise-further-and-stay-high-ubs-2022-6 | 2022-06-16T15:08:41Z | https://www.businessinsider.com/oil-price-why-crude-could-rise-further-and-stay-high-ubs-2022-6 | true | 1 |
Obituary for Evelyn Freeman
Our dear mother was called to Heaven on June 10, 2022, just past her 85th birthday. Many knew her as Mrs. Freeman from Pinecrest High School where she taught English and French for 42 years, beginning in 1977. Others knew her as a colleague and a friend. No matter how you...
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Toronto Marlies Re-Sign Defencemen Noel Hoefenmayer and Matteo Pietroniro
June 16, 2022 - American Hockey League (AHL) - Toronto Marlies News Release
The Toronto Marlies announced today that the hockey club has re-signed defencemen Noel Hoefenmayer and Matteo Pietroniro to one-year AHL contracts.
Hoefenmayer, 23, recorded 40 points (13 goals, 27 assists) through 46 games with the Newfoundland Growlers (ECHL) this past season. He also picked up four goals and 12 assists in 19 playoff games. The Toronto native appeared in eight games with the Marlies, collecting three assists. He was originally drafted 108th overall in the fourth round of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft by the Arizona Coyotes.
Pietroniro, 23, played in 59 games with the Growlers in the 2021-22 season, registering five goals and 22 assists. The Boise, Idaho native had three assists in 19 games in the Kelly Cup Playoffs. Pietroniro also appeared in three games with the Marlies this past season.
The Toronto Marlies are the primary development program for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Since 2005, 142 players have appeared in regular season games at both the NHL and AHL levels. The 2021-22 Maple Leafs roster featured 18 players who have dressed for both the Maple Leafs and Marlies - Joey Anderson, Kyle Clifford, Carl Dahlström, Pierre Engvall, Justin Holl, Michael Hutchinson, Erik Källgren, Timothy Liljegren, Petr Mrázek, Jake Muzzin, William Nylander, Morgan Rielly, Nick Robertson, Kristiāns Rubīns, Rasmus Sandin, Brett Seney, Alex Steeves and Joseph Woll.
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Deputies warn of fake money in Baxter County
Published: Jun. 15, 2022 at 8:16 PM CDT|Updated: 14 hours ago
BAXTER COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) – Deputies are warning Baxter County residents about a round of fake money being passed around at local businesses.
According to the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office, there have been several reports of fake money being passed around, specifically fake $10 and $100 bills.
They warn some of the bills to have Chinese writing on them, while others will say “For Motion Picture Use” on the face, and several of them do not have serial numbers on them.
Deputies said the fake bills have been passed and accepted at various businesses in the county, mainly along Cannie Baker Road.
If you come across these fake bills, you are urged to call the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office at 870-425-7000.
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Top Gear’s Chris Harris says he’d rather ‘kick a wall’ than spend time with Paddy McGuinness & Freddie Flintoff off-air
TOP GEAR hosts Paddy McGuinness, Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris may appear best pals on screen.
But Chris isn’t so keen to see their friendship blossom off-screen.
Indeed, the racing driver’s approach to his co-stars is similar to MasterChef judges Gregg Wallace and John Torode, who have never been to each others’ houses despite working together for years.
In an exclusive interview, Chris said: “I don’t find what Greg and John do odd at all.
“I count Paddy and Freddie as friends but I don’t want to go their houses. If I’m driving up north, I don’t think I’ll pop in and see Paddy for a cup of tea. I’d rather kick a wall with my bare foot.”
Chris says he barely speaks to Paddy and Freddie once they have finished filming a series, saying there’s “a couple of weeks of decompression” until he gets “a random offensive message from one of them”.
Chris’s relationship with his co-stars contrasts heavily with the one shared by fellow Northerners Paddy and Freddie. Former Take Me Out host Paddy told The Sun earlier this month he’s a regular at Freddie’s house – and there’s one major reason why.
He said: “I took my kids around Freddie’s the other day because he’s got a swimming pool. It’s cheaper than the council baths for me. I can’t afford that level of luxury but luckily I have a friend who does. It was lovely.”
The Top Gear hosts have turned around the fortunes of the long-running car series since they first appeared on screen together in 2019.
The current series, which airs on BBC1 on Sunday nights, is their sixth as a trio and they’re keen to extend their run for as a long as possible.
Their on-screen camaraderie is there for all to see and the teasing is relentless, with “Southern posh boy” Chris often the butt of jokes.
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But Paddy insists they never take the friendly banter too far.
He says: “We always know when enough’s enough with each other.
“We’ve got a good radar for that, but most of the time it’s anything goes.”
May's knight to remember
IT’S not quite the way he would have wanted but James May has finally been knighted.
The Grand Tour star dons the armour in his latest Amazon’s series, James May: Our Man In Italy, which kicks off on July 15.
Following on from his adventures in Japan, the former Top Gear star’s series sees him travel the length and breadth of Italy to discover its history, landscapes, industry and traditions.
He meets some interesting characters along the way, not least former Italy football captain Giorgio Chiellini in Turin during a visit to the Juventus training ground.
James, who also put the finishing touches on traditional stringed instruments, started his journey in the Sicilian capital of Palermo before finishing in the northern peaks of the Dolomites.
And he admits he sampled so much pasta during his trip it’s a wonder he ever managed to squeeze into that metal fighting gear.
Len's no foreign food fan
LEN Goodman faced a backlash for saying his gran branded curry powder “foreign muck” during the BBC’s Jubilee coverage.
And his former Strictly co-judge Craig Revel Horwood has revealed Len wouldn’t eat any East Asian food on the BBC1 dance show’s UK tour. Craig explains: “He used to say ‘I am not eating that muck’.”
Craig added he “knows for a fact” Len disliked every non-British dish he tried while making his Big Food Adventure TV show with chef Ainsley Harriott, who tried to broaden his tastes.
Speaking during his recent Leicester Square theatre show, Craig said: “He came across as if he liked it on TV but I know for a fact he didn’t.”
Remote working for Ant
ANT Middleton has landed a new TV show and thankfully for the contestants involved, he won’t be shouting at them.
The former SAS: Who Dares Wins star is the new host of Million Dollar Island, a series based in Australia but screened globally.
Ant says: “Million Dollar Island is must-see event television. Think The Hunger Games meets Lost . . . but not quite as brutal.
“This is a high-stakes challenge for regular, everyday Aussies. You don’t have to be the fittest or the strongest person to win big. Emotional intelligence and self-belief are key here.”
The show will see 100 ordinary people try to stay on a remote island for a chance to win around £600,000.
They start with a wristband worth £6k – but that figure will rise or decrease depending on how they perform in various challenges.
Bob's OK on troll
TOWIE’s Bobby Norris says he’s thankful for the vile abuse he’s received online as it’s made him “find self-worth”.
Bobby told the new Dear Deidre Podcast that trolling will never change him, adding: “There’s isn’t a gay slur I haven’t heard. But you find self-worth, thinking ‘well I deserve better than that’.”
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Audio Streaming Service Grows Its Audience and Catalog
PARK CITY, Utah, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dramafy, a one-stop source for the best in Audio Fiction, which launched in July 2021, now features more than 1500 episodes from 135 different audio shows.
Dramafy is seeking submissions of completed audio dramas from independent content creators to add to its ever-growing catalog! The platform is unique in its commitment to revenue share with its producers. Creators of audio dramas streamed on the platform earn a percentage of all gross revenue generated through subscriptions and advertising, based on total minutes listened, on a quarterly basis.
The streaming service utilizes the latest mobile technology to stream hundreds of hours of contemporary audio dramas in multiple genres, including SciFi, westerns, adventure, comedy, mystery and children's. The service is curated for "all ears" (no harder than a PG-13 rating).
Stories are streamed from Dramafy.com, or with the free Dramafy mobile apps available for Apple devices from the App Store, or for Android devices on Google Play.
Dramafy is presently undertaking an aggressive marketing campaign using social media and advertising to promote shows presently on the platform. A semi-monthly newsletter features new content streamed and spotlights creators on the platform.
Dramafy streams audio dramas from independent producers and features such popular contemporary audio favorites as "Brass," "Powder River," and "Tower 4."
In addition, are new original productions exclusive to Dramafy including the romantic/adventure "Undercover Engagement", and the WWII comedy/drama, "A String of Pearls", the drama, "Coming Home" and the children's series "The Absolutely, Positively, True Adventures of Babe the Dog."
Listenership levels grew dramatically after April 1, when Dramafy launched its "Listen free with ads" service. Ad-free listening is also available at two subscription levels: $3.99 per month, or for $3.49 per month with an annual subscription. The service is designed to provide easy, one-stop access to the best in audio fiction, cutting through a sea of podcasts and music on other streaming services.
Producers interested in submitting an audio drama Dramafy should go to the Dramafy.com website and click on the "Submit Your Show" button under the "Have an Audio Drama?" portion at the bottom of the website. It will walk creators through the submission process and more fully describe the Dramafy revenue sharing model. And submission guidelines.
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SEATTLE, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Geneva Financial (Geneva), a direct mortgage lender operating in 46 states, has announced the opening of a new branch in Seattle, Washington led by Branch Manager Brittany Van Brunt. The opening of this new branch provides opportunities for local borrowers and buyers looking to navigate the current housing market.
"This move to Geneva Financial has created an opportunity for me and my branch to cater to the human element of the mortgage process while still providing the best possible service." Washington Branch Manager Brittany Van Brunt stated. "The people are why we are in this industry, and Geneva Financial has been right there with us with the technology and support we need to serve our market."
Based out of Seattle, WA, Van Brunt and her new branch proudly serve homebuyers throughout the state. The new branch will continue Geneva's exceptional service and extensive product offering through countless homebuyer and homeowner-focused products including Conventional, FHA, VA, USDA, Refinance, Reverse, Jumbo Loans, Condo Financing, and so much more.
From the start of her career in the mortgage industry 20 years ago, Van Brunt has always prioritized her clients and the personalization and humanization of their homebuying journey. To her, turning the plans and dreams of her borrowers into reality is the key to success.
Geneva Financial Home Loans is currently expanding in all markets and seeking branch managers and loan originators across the United States looking to advance their mortgage careers. For information on opportunities, visit www.GenevaFi.com/opportunity
Founded in 2007 by Aaron VanTrojen, Geneva Financial (NMLS 42056) is a direct mortgage lender headquartered in Chandler, Arizona with more than 130 branch locations in 46 states. Our mission at Geneva Financial is to approach every aspect of our business from the "inside-out". With a culture-forward mindset, we focus on our loan originators and support staff first to ensure an unbeatable experience for our customers.
Our Core Values were created as a daily reminder to operate with the inside-out approach in mind. Core Value #1 is the backbone of all our Core Values, our mission, and our brand vision: Home Loans Powered by Humans®. Learn more about Geneva Financial Home Loans at www.GenevaFi.com
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FDA approves 1st drug treatment for alopecia hair loss
A treatment for those with severe alopecia areata, an immune disorder that often results in hair loss, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the first time.
Alopecia areata, commonly referred to as just alopecia, is an autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks its own hair follicles, causing hair to fall out and often in clumps.
The drug, called Olumiant (baricitinib), is the first FDA approval of a full-body drug for the condition, according to an agency statement.
The drug was originally approved in 2018 as a treatment for those suffering from moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis and was developed by the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly. Until now, no FDA-approved treatment for the disease existed.
Olumiant as a treatment for alopecia was studied in two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials with patients who had at least 50% scalp hair loss for more than six months. The trial participants received either a placebo, 2 milligrams of Olumiant, or 4 milligrams of Olumiant every day for 36 weeks.
In the first trial, 22% of the 184 patients who received 2 milligrams of Olumiant and 35% of the 281 patients who received 4 milligrams of Olumiant achieved "adequate scalp hair coverage," compared to 5% of the 189 patients who received a placebo, the FDA noted.
In the second trial, 17% of the 156 patients who received 2 milligrams of Olumiant and 32% of the 234 patients who received 4 milligrams of Olumiant achieved adequate hair coverage, compared to 3% of the 156 patients who received a placebo.
The results were published this year in the New England Journal of Medicine.
"This is so exciting, because the data clearly show how effective baricitinib is," Dr. Brett King, an associate professor of dermatology at the Yale School of Medicine and on the team who conducted the trials, said in a previous statement.
"These large, controlled trials tell us that we can alleviate some of the suffering from this awful disease," King added.
What is alopecia areata?
Alopecia areata affects more than 300,000 people in the U.S. each year, the FDA said in its statement.
It usually affects the head and face, in which hair typically falls out in small, round patches about the size of a quarter, according to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), part of the National Institutes of Health. In some cases, hair loss can be more extensive.
Most people with the disease are healthy and have no other symptoms — and the course of the disease can vary from person to person, NIAMS says.
The now-infamous moment at the Oscars when Will Smith marched on stage and smacked Chris Rock over a joke about wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head inadvertently also shined a light on alopecia areata. Pinkett Smith revealed in 2018 that she was diagnosed with the condition and has often discussed the challenges of hair loss on Instagram and other social media platforms.
Google search data shows searches for the autoimmune condition soared following the Oscars confrontation.
Causes of alopecia areata
For those who have alopecia areata, the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks hair follicles — causing inflammation.
"Researchers do not fully understand what causes the immune attack on hair follicles, but they believe that both genetic and environmental (non-genetic) factors play a role," the NIAMS says.
While anyone can get alopecia areata, some have a greater risk of developing it — including those with a close blood relative with the disease, as well as those who have asthma, hay fever, atopic dermatitis, thyroid disease, vitiligo, or Down syndrome.
The American Academy of Dermatology Association notes on its website how a few cancer patients who received a drug called nivolumab to treat lung cancer and melanoma have also developed alopecia areata, but the link still remains unclear.
"The drug is used to treat lung cancer and melanoma that has spread. Hair loss usually begins a few months after they start treatment. It’s called nivolumab-induced alopecia areata, and the hair loss is considered a good sign," the AAD notes. "This type of hair loss usually means that the drug is working."
FDA approves alopecia drug
Olumiant (baricitinib) is an oral tablet to treat adult patients with severe alopecia areata, the FDA said.
Specifically, the treatment is a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, which blocks the activity of a specific family of enzymes, interfering with the pathway that leads to inflammation, according to the agency.
The FDA said Olumiant is not recommended for use "in combination with other JAK inhibitors, biologic immunomodulators, cyclosporine or other potent immunosuppressants."
The most common side effects associated with Olumiant included upper respiratory tract infections, headache, acne, high cholesterol, urinary tract infection, liver enzyme elevations, inflammation of hair follicles, fatigue, lower respiratory tract infections, nausea, genital yeast infections, anemia, low number of certain types of white blood cells, abdominal pain, shingles, and weight increase.
"Access to safe and effective treatment options is crucial for the significant number of Americans affected by severe alopecia," Dr. Kendall Marcus, director of the Division of Dermatology and Dentistry in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in a statement. "Today’s approval will help fulfill a significant unmet need for patients with severe alopecia areata."
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Global Stern High Score Tournament Starts Now!
CHICAGO, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stern Pinball, Inc., expands its Insider Connected service with the worldwide launch of leaderboards. By connecting the universe of Stern pinball machines, the award-winning Insider Connected platform continues to enhance and extend player engagement with games across both home and commercial environments. Through Leaderboards, players can compete against each other across connected Stern pinball machines.
Do you have what it takes to be the worldwide King of the Monsters? Test yourself by competing in the first ever global Stern Leaderboard on any connected Godzilla pinball machine! Starting now through June 30th, log in with your Insider Connected account to any Godzilla pinball machine at your home or at a location near you https://insider.sternpinball.com/insider/locations (must be logged in to Insider Connected account to view). Climb up the ranks, follow the action throughout the month here https://insider.sternpinball.com/insider/events/DGGe-bctto-XBTE to see who will emerge victorious, earn ultimate bragging rights, and receive global Stern social media adoration. Make sure to follow Stern Pinball at https://sternpinball.com/, on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sternpinball/, Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sternpinball/, Twitter https://twitter.com/sternpinballinc, YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/sternpinballinc, and TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sternpinball to stay up to date on this and future global Leaderboard contests.
For those looking for an in-person challenge, local leaderboards will be available at an entertainment location near you https://insider.sternpinball.com/insider/locations. Insider Connected Location Leaderboard functionality is now available to all Insider Connected Professional https://insider.sternpinball.com/pro accounts. Location Leaderboard competitive play will drive increased gameplay and new player participation. This will extend any Insider Connected Pro operator's location entertainment experience which will drive revenue and excitement. For more information on how to set up your own custom Leaderboard, visit https://sternpinball.com/support/faq/ where you will find:
- Leaderboard Set-up Video
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Registration for Insider Connected is available at insider.sternpinball.com/. Players can register at a connected game by scanning a QR code or at the Stern Pinball website. Once a player registers, they are issued a unique QR Code that can be used to identify that player at any connected Stern pinball machine anywhere in the world. When a player logs into the machine, they can track progress, earn new game specific achievements, engage with the player community, and participate in promotions and Challenge Quests.
Insider Connected is a comprehensive technology initiative to connect the universe of Stern pinball machines. The platform is designed to enhance and extend player engagement with the games across both home and commercial environments. It also presents professional operators of the pinball machines a robust set of tools to drive location play, build player loyalty, analyze performance, make adjustments remotely and maintain the machines.
"Insider Connected is transforming how players interact with pinball machines. Operators are benefiting from new tools that drive repeat play and help maintain games," said Seth Davis, President of Stern Pinball, Inc.
Stern Pinball, Inc. is a global lifestyle brand based on the iconic and outrageously fun modern American game of pinball. Headquartered minutes from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in the heart of North America, the company creates, designs, engineers, manufactures, markets, and distributes a full line of technologically advanced terrestrial and digital pinball games, parts, accessories, and merchandise. Stern Pinball serves digital, consumer, commercial, and corporate markets around the globe.
Recent Stern Pinball titles include Rush, Godzilla, The Mandalorian, Led Zeppelin, Avengers: Infinity Quest, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Stranger Things, Elvira's House of Horrors, Jurassic Park, Black Knight: Sword of Rage, The Munsters, The Beatles, Deadpool, Iron Maiden, Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Wars, Aerosmith, Ghostbusters, KISS, Metallica, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, Star Trek, AC/DC, Batman, and Spider-Man. A broad range of players enjoy Stern Pinball's games from professional pinball players who compete in high-stakes competitions around the globe to novice players who are discovering the allure of the silver ball for the first time. To join the fun and learn more, please visit www.sternpinball.com.
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CLEVELAND, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The sizable stock of substandard housing units in the Asia/Pacific and Africa/Mideast regions – which together account for over 75% of the world's population – presents a significant growth opportunity for the foamed plastic insulation industry, according to a new Freedonia Group analysis.
Governments in a number of developing countries in these areas – particularly India – are working to improve housing quality, including through the adoption of minimum insulation requirements. Additionally, foamed plastic insulation sales in these countries will be driven by:
- improving income levels and standards of living in developing countries
- rural-to-urban migration, leading to increased construction in urban areas, where buildings generally use more insulation than those in rural areas
- rapidly expanding nonresidential building construction markets
Demand for foamed plastic insulation in India is expected to rise at the fastest rate of increase of any major country through 2025, finds the Freedonia Group analysis. Market expansion will be bolstered by:
- rising standards of living and improving construction practices
- the strongest anticipated growth in both residential and nonresidential building construction activity of any major country through 2025
- robust gains in the production of appliances, transportation, and industrial and plant equipment
In particular, rigid PUR and PIR are projected to post robust demand increases through 2025, bolstered by strong gains in appliance production.
Global Foamed Plastic Insulation, now available from the Freedonia Group, provides historical data (2010, 2015, and 2020) and forecasts for 2025 and 2030 for foamed plastic insulation demand by product (in dollars and metric tons) and market (metric tons and square meters R-1). Demand in value terms is shown at the manufacturers' level and excludes distributor and retailer markups.
Products:
- expanded polystyrene (EPS), including graphite polystyrene
- polyurethane (PUR) and polyisocyanurate (PIR), including rigid board and spray polyurethane foam (SPF) types
- extruded polystyrene (XPS)
- small volume products (including, elastomeric, phenolic, polyolefin, melamine)
Markets:
- residential buildings
- nonresidential buildings
- industrial and plant equipment (e.g., machinery boilers, pipes, tanks)
- appliances (e.g., refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, clothes washers and dryers)
- HVAC/air distribution equipment
- transportation equipment (e.g., motor vehicles, aerospace equipment, ships and boats, railroad equipment
- other insulation markets (including insulated coolers and thermoses, insulated packaging, furniture, bedding, nonbuilding/infrastructure construction, and heavy machinery)
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) – Reigning ‘The Basketball Tournament’ (TBT) champions Boeheim’s Army released their initial roster on Tuesday, June 15th, with Syracuse basketball alumni at the forefront of the team.
After leading Boeheim’s Army to a championship win in the million-dollar winner-take-all tournament last year, 5-time champion DJ Kennedy and 4-time champion DeAndre Kane return as two of the most important pieces of the roster assembled by team chairman Adam Weitsman. Joining those two are Syracuse alumni Andrew White and CJ Fair, both of whom have played on the team in years past, and some fresh ‘Cuse faces, Marek Dolezaj, Rakeem Christmas, and Tyler Ennis all signing on to play for the first time.
Absent from the roster is long-time participant Eric Devendorf, now the head coach of Liverpool High School JV girls’ basketball, who seems to be retiring from TBT after the team won in last year’s bracket.
There is still time to edit rosters before the tournament begins, and Boeheim’s Army still has two open spots to fill, but there is no word yet on who the players who will fill those positions will be.
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A Yorkville man is charged with killing an Aurora woman who went missing nearly two-decades ago. A Kane County grand jury indicted Prince Cunningham on two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Tyesha Bell. Prosecutors say Bell left her Aurora apartment in May 2003 to meet Cunningham, who was in a relationship with her and was the father of her young daughter. Bell never returned to the apartment and wasn’t seen or heard from again. In December 2020, a surveyor found a skull on a property in the Village of Montgomery. An autopsy determined the remains belonged to Bell and authorities arrested Cunningham, who is being held on five-million-dollars bail. | https://www.wjol.com/yorkville-man-charged-with-killing-aurora-woman-who-went-missing-in-2003/ | 2022-06-16T15:21:42Z | https://www.wjol.com/yorkville-man-charged-with-killing-aurora-woman-who-went-missing-in-2003/ | true | null |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is expected to approve on Thursday a large expansion of health care and disability benefits for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan in response to concerns about their exposure to toxic burn pits.
Passage of the bill will cap years of advocacy work by veterans groups and others who liken burn pits to the Agent Orange herbicide that Vietnam era veterans were exposed to in Southeast Asia.
The bill would expand the window of eligibility for free medical care through the Department of Veterans Affairs. That window would double for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans from five years after discharge to 10.
The legislation would also presume that certain respiratory illnesses and cancers were related to burn pit exposure, allowing the veterans to obtain disability payments to compensate for their injury without having to prove the illness was a result of their service. Currently, more than 70% of disability claims related to burn pit exposure are denied by the VA due to lack of evidence, scientific data and information from the Defense Department.
The legislation would also benefit many Vietnam War-era veterans by including high blood pressure in the list of conditions presumed to have been caused by exposure to Agent Orange. And, it would extend Agent Orange presumptions to veterans who served in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Guam and American Samoa.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said scores of America’s veterans went off to serve their country in perfect health only to come back and get sick from toxic exposure, and when they applied for disability benefits, oftentimes found out they didn’t qualify.
“It’s a confounding indignity for our nation’s heroes to sacrifice everything for our country only to come home, get sick and discover the VA is not there for them,” Schumer said. “They have to fend for themselves.”
The bill will increase federal spending by about $283 billion over 10 years and does not include offsetting spending cuts or tax increases to help pay for it. The House in March approved similar legislation that would have cost more than $320 billion over 10 years. The House will have to approve the Senate measure also to get it to President Joe Biden to be signed into law, and it is expected to do so.
The military routinely used open burn pits set ablaze with jet fuel to dispose of tires, batteries, medical waste and other materials during operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A 2020 study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine found that health studies provided insufficient evidence to determine whether exposure to burn pit emissions is linked to 27 adverse respiratory conditions such as asthma, chronic bronchitis and lung cancer. The authors of the study said the uncertainty doesn’t mean that there is no association — only that there was insufficient data to draw definitive conclusions.
But lawmakers said that stories from constituents tell a different and more definitive tale, and they are reluctant to wait for an irrefutable link between veterans’ maladies and their exposure to toxic burn pits.
“Whenever you have to make that connection airtight, that’s difficult on many things,” said Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind. “In this case, I think the evidence is such that there’s some causal relationship. I hear from so many that were over there and got the symptoms fairly close after their service was over. That’s not now and then. You hear it fairly often.”
Most Republicans are expected to vote for the bill. About half of the GOP senators voted no on a procedural vote to advance the legislation, miffed about the inability to vote on amendments to the bill, but some indicated they will support final passage. Some also are expected to oppose the bill because of fiscal concerns.
“That’s way too much money,” said Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., of the projected $283 billion price tag.
An expansion of health care and disability benefits could tax an already stressed VA system, which lawmakers sought to address by authorizing 31 new medical clinics in 19 states and boosting investments in computer systems for the processing of disability claims.
Most Republicans in the House voted against that chamber’s version of the legislation. The Senate version trimmed some of the costs early on by phasing in certain benefit enhancements. Sen. Jon Tester, the chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, said the bill was “about righting a wrong that has been ignored too damn long.”
“There’s always cost of war,” Tester said, “and that cost is never fully paid when the war ends.” | https://www.abc27.com/news/health/senate-set-to-enhance-benefits-for-vets-exposed-to-burn-pits/ | 2022-06-16T15:22:09Z | https://www.abc27.com/news/health/senate-set-to-enhance-benefits-for-vets-exposed-to-burn-pits/ | true | 57 |
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Beyoncé announces new album ‘Renaissance’ to drop July 29
NEW YORK (AP) — Beyoncé has revealed the title and release date for her next studio album, with the 16-track “Renaissance” set to drop July 29.
The superstar began listing the music and products on her website Thursday and several streaming services, including Tidal and Spotify, also announced the Beyoncé release.
Beyoncé tipped off fans that something important was coming when she removed her profile photos across all her social media platforms last week.
“Renaissance” would be the follow-up to 2016′s “Lemonade,” but the artist has been hard at work of late, featured on rapper Megan Thee Stallion’s remix of “Savage” and opening the 2022 Academy Awards with a performance of her song “Be Alive,” from the film “King Richard.”
In 2019, she curated and produced the soundtrack album “The Lion King: The Gift,” for the remake of “The Lion King.” The song “Black Parade” from the soundtrack won a Grammy in 2021 for best R&B performance, Beyoncé's 28th Grammy.
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While splashing around in the pool during the summer may seem like good, clean fun, the reality is that all of the extra water time that we get during these months can lead to ear problems. It may not shock you to know that ear infections increase in the summertime, especially among kids.
But before you reach for your Q-tips and start cleaning your ears after taking a dip, here is something important to know: Cleaning your ears or your children’s ears can actually be quite risky. More importantly, it’s not even necessary. No, really: Our ears are self-cleaning, meaning that we really shouldn’t be sticking foreign objects in there to “clean” them. Ear wax (or cerumen, which is the medical term) is generally not a problem unless we make it one.
“Cerumen naturally gets extruded out from the ear canal over time, so putting anything in your ear interferes with this natural process,” Dr. Cher (Xue) Zhao, a pediatric ear, nose and throat specialist at Mass Eye and Ear, tells the hospital’s blog, Focus. “It migrates from an inside-out direction and on its way out it traps hair, dust and debris.”
In fact, using cotton swabs is not how to clean your ears, according to experts, and will actually increase your chances of getting infections like the dreaded swimmer’s ear. This is because when you push a swab into your ear canal, you’re actually just pushing some bacteria farther into your ear.
Otolaryngologist Dr. Craig Jones tells Cape Cod Healthcare that instead of trying to dry your ears manually with a Q-tip or tissue, it’s better to just let the water drain out on its own.
“There’s a bacteria called pseudomonas, which is a normal bacteria in the ear canal, but if it gets trapped under the skin in the ear canal, it can cause this infection. It’s one of the most painful types of ear infection you can get,” says Jones. “The best way to avoid swimmer’s ear is to let the water in your ears evaporate. Simply tilting your head will help get some of the water out. Avoid using Q-tips to dry out your ear.”
Experts say that cleaning your ears can also become a vicious cycle: Irritated ears will produce more wax, so, ironically, the more you clean inside of your ears, the more wax your ears are going to make.
How To Clean Your Ears
But what can you do if you feel like you have a lot of ear wax? A buildup of ear wax can be uncomfortable, not to mention embarrassing. If you have pressure or pain inside of your ears, or if you are suddenly having trouble hearing, it’s a good idea to see your doctor, as they can use healthier methods to dissolve earwax and clean the ear canal by flushing it. You should also see a doctor if you have persistent ringing in your ears, also known as tinnitus.
If you feel like your ears are plugged up and need some immediate relief, try a product that helps to break down earwax rather than reaching straight for a cotton swab. Products like Debrox Earwax Removal may be safer than traditional ear cleaning, because instead of pushing an object inside of your ear, you simply put a few drops in each ear canal. These drops help to dissolve and release ear wax, helping it drain out easier when you then flush the ear canal with water.
If you really feel it’s important to do something and are wondering how to clean your ears safely at home, the best thing to do is just use a clean, damp washcloth to gently wipe around the outside of the ear canal (as opposed to sticking a cotton swab or rolled-up tissue paper inside).
“If you want to try to remove the wax at home, you can gently clean the outer ear with a damp washcloth and then pat dry with a towel, but never try to clean your ears by sticking anything in the ear canal.” Zhao tells Mass Eye & Ear’s blog, Focus.
What About Ear Candles?
Medical experts caution that you should not try spa services like ear candling, because studies have shown it is not only ineffective at removing earwax, but it can also be downright dangerous. If you have impacted wax in your ear canal or you really feel like you need your ears professionally cleaned, you should go to your doctor and not the spa — even if they have an amazing Groupon deal for ear candling.
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If you're struggling indoors in the heat here are top tips to keep your house cool
We Brits love the sun - whether it's basking in the heat on a beach or larking about in a cool river.
These beautiful isles seem so rarely blessed with high temperatures that we almost fall over ourselves in the stampede to embrace them.
But let's face it - our homes are not necessarily geared up for such weather.
With summer upon us and the mercury rising, comparethemarket.com has shared its top tips on how to keep your house cool in the heat:
Cook outside
As if you didn’t already need an excuse for a barbecue, cooking outside is a great way of reducing trapped heat in the home.
Appliances such as hobs, ovens, and kettles produce a lot of heat. Try to cook outdoors on a barbecue or camping stove if you have one to reduce the need for excess heat indoors.
Indoor plants
Certain indoor plants can help to keep your home cool.
Plants keep themselves cool via transpiration, releasing water vapour when the surrounding atmosphere heats up to cool themselves and the air around them.
The best examples of plants most effective for this are aloe vera and snake plants, both of which have high water content.
Close off rooms
To keep the cool air in the rooms you use most, close the doors and windows.
If you have doors with gaps, especially those that lead outside, you could invest in insulation such as weather strips/seals which are an inexpensive option and, in most cases, you can put them on yourself.
During the evening reopen your windows in your bedroom for a breeze whilst you sleep.
Keep curtains and blinds closed
Try to get into the habit of closing your curtains and blinds during the day when the sun is at its hottest.
If windows in certain rooms catch a lot of direct sunlight, use dark or blackout curtains or blinds to prevent the rays from overheating your room.
If you’re handy with DIY, you could also opt for bubble wrap insulation which will help to temporarily block out the sunlight, increasing your windows' insulating properties by creating a layer of still, trapped air.
LED bulbs
LED bulbs use less electricity and, because they are highly efficient, less energy is transformed into heat so they’re a cooler option for the home.
External window shading
Another good tactic is to create shade outside of your windows, especially in your living room if you sit in there during the day.
If you love gardening, planting trees or high plants outside of the windows helps create shade and keep the space directly outside of the area cooler.
When plants lose water vapour, they often cool the air around them.
Turning off tech
Lots of electrical appliances such as televisions and chargers can produce a lot of wasted energy in the form of heat so, to tackle this, turn off unnecessary appliances.
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Forum Financial Management LP acquired a new stake in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN – Get Rating) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 3,562 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock, valued at approximately $11,877,000. Amazon.com comprises about 0.6% of Forum Financial Management LP’s holdings, making the stock its 11th largest position.
Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Stuart Chaussee & Associates Inc. bought a new position in Amazon.com during the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Econ Financial Services Corp bought a new position in Amazon.com during the 4th quarter worth $33,000. Gibson Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Amazon.com in the 4th quarter valued at $33,000. Leverty Financial Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Amazon.com in the 4th quarter valued at $36,000. Finally, MBM Wealth Consultants LLC increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 57.1% in the 4th quarter. MBM Wealth Consultants LLC now owns 11 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock valued at $37,000 after purchasing an additional 4 shares during the last quarter. 72.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price target on Amazon.com from $185.00 to $170.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, June 9th. Susquehanna decreased their price target on Amazon.com from $250.00 to $190.00 in a research note on Friday, April 29th. Jefferies Financial Group cut their price objective on Amazon.com from $185.00 to $162.50 in a report on Tuesday, May 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $200.00 price objective on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Tuesday. Finally, MKM Partners cut their price objective on Amazon.com from $205.00 to $200.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 20th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating and thirty-seven have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $187.67.
AMZN stock opened at $107.67 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $1.10 trillion, a PE ratio of 51.98, a P/E/G ratio of 3.34 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a quick ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 0.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35. The business has a 50 day moving average of $125.56 and a 200-day moving average of $147.72. Amazon.com, Inc. has a 12-month low of $101.26 and a 12-month high of $188.65.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN – Get Rating) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 28th. The e-commerce giant reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.44 by ($0.23). Amazon.com had a net margin of 4.48% and a return on equity of 21.60%. The firm had revenue of $116.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $116.52 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.79 EPS. Amazon.com’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 1.23 earnings per share for the current year.
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Amazon.com, Inc engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It sells merchandise and content purchased for resale from third-party sellers through physical and online stores.
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Crestwood Equity Partners LP (NYSE:CEQP – Get Rating) shares saw an uptick in trading volume on Tuesday . 68,626 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 83% from the previous session’s volume of 400,352 shares.The stock last traded at $27.09 and had previously closed at $26.74.
Several analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Raymond James boosted their price objective on shares of Crestwood Equity Partners from $34.00 to $35.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 20th. US Capital Advisors upgraded shares of Crestwood Equity Partners from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, April 25th. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price objective on shares of Crestwood Equity Partners from $35.00 to $38.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, April 4th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on shares of Crestwood Equity Partners from $32.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 3rd. Finally, StockNews.com lowered shares of Crestwood Equity Partners from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 7th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Crestwood Equity Partners presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $34.40.
The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.57, a current ratio of 0.89 and a quick ratio of 0.76. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $29.48 and a 200 day moving average price of $28.82. The firm has a market cap of $2.50 billion, a PE ratio of -20.39 and a beta of 2.96.
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 13th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 6th were given a $0.655 dividend. This is a boost from Crestwood Equity Partners’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.63. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, May 5th. This represents a $2.62 annualized dividend and a yield of 10.28%. Crestwood Equity Partners’s dividend payout ratio is presently -204.69%.
Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Spirit of America Management Corp NY purchased a new position in Crestwood Equity Partners in the fourth quarter worth $193,000. Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY boosted its stake in Crestwood Equity Partners by 20.6% in the 4th quarter. Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY now owns 259,186 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $7,151,000 after buying an additional 44,331 shares during the last quarter. Tortoise Index Solutions LLC boosted its stake in Crestwood Equity Partners by 5.8% in the 4th quarter. Tortoise Index Solutions LLC now owns 46,174 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $1,274,000 after buying an additional 2,536 shares during the last quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Crestwood Equity Partners by 29.6% in the 4th quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 44,440 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $1,226,000 after buying an additional 10,140 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cushing Asset Management LP lifted its stake in shares of Crestwood Equity Partners by 3.4% in the 4th quarter. Cushing Asset Management LP now owns 413,000 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $11,395,000 after purchasing an additional 13,446 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 52.25% of the company’s stock.
Crestwood Equity Partners Company Profile (NYSE:CEQP)
Crestwood Equity Partners LP develops, acquires, owns, controls, and operates assets and operations in the energy midstream sector in the United States. It operates through three segments: Gathering and Processing North; Gathering and Processing South; and Storage and Logistics. The Gathering and Processing North segment offers natural gas, crude oil, and produced water gathering, compression, treating, processing, and disposal services to producers in the Williston Basin and Powder River Basin.
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NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for ELMS, AAL, DVN, BP, and AKRO.
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Police searching for a missing woman in 1982 walked within yards of the septic tank where her body was found 37 years later, a murder trial has heard.
Retired pig farmer David Venables, 89, is said by prosecutors to have “got away with murder” for nearly 40 years by allegedly disposing of his wife Brenda Venables, shortly after rekindling a “long-standing affair”.
The remains of “prim and proper” Mrs Venables were found in the underground cesspit at the former marital home, Quaking House Farm, in Kempsey, Worcestershire, in 2019.
Venables later suggested to officers that Fred West may have had something to do with the disappearance.
Jurors at Worcester Crown Court have already heard details of Venables’ “on-off” 14-year affair with now-dead mother-of-three Lorraine Styles, including how he visited his mistress to have sex just days after his wife vanished.
Police officers involved in the “high-profile” search for Mrs Venables after she disappeared in May 1982 described how dogs, boats and a helicopter were used to scour local waterways, fields, woodland and farm outbuildings.
Retired West Mercia Police constable Peter Sharrock was among the search teams but told how the septic tank was apparently overlooked by those looking for 48-year-old Mrs Venables.
Mr Sharrock said he was not aware any officers searched the underground chamber, adding: “I certainly never took part in searching the septic tank.
“I walked past it to get to the river area for searches.”
He added: “Nobody mentioned searching the tank.”
He described how 2019 media coverage about the discovery of human remains triggered a memory of what he now knew to have been the cesspit.
In his statement, read to court on Thursday, he said: “I am aware from recent newspaper reports a body has been found in a septic tank.
“As soon as I saw an aerial view of the site, I remembered that I’d seen then, what I saw now.”
He added: “I recall seeing a lump of concrete in the yard of the farmhouse.
“The picture in the news showed the area now surrounded by trees and bushes.”
Other witnesses have described how the septic tank was, in 1982, in a “wild” area of the yard, overgrown with grass and strewn with rubble.
Giving evidence in the witness box, Mr Sharrock was asked by Venables’ QC Timothy Hannam about more details of the concrete-topped tank.
Mr Sharrock said: “When I saw it in the newspaper it set off a recollection in my mind.”
“How far were you from it in 1982, when you saw it?” asked Mr Hannam.
“Probably about 20 to 30 metres away,” said the retired officer.
“I was walking across grass, I can’t recall if it was in the (farmhouse) garden or in the (neighbouring) field.”
Asked why he did not go over to the septic tank, he said having grown up in “city areas”, a non-mains sewage system “wasn’t something I knew about”.
He added: “We had been directed to the woodland, and we were just on our way to that area.
“At the time, it just looked like a pad (area) of concrete and I didn’t pay it any attention.
“The word is hindsight, really.”
Venables, of Elgar Drive, Kempsey, denies murdering his wife between May 2 and May 5 1982, and the trial, scheduled to last six weeks, continues. | https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2022/06/16/septic-tank-where-body-found-not-searched-in-1982-murder-trial-told/ | 2022-06-16T15:29:16Z | https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2022/06/16/septic-tank-where-body-found-not-searched-in-1982-murder-trial-told/ | false | 8 |
LOS ANGELES, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Natera, Inc. ("Natera" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: NTRA).
Class Period: February 26, 2020 – April 19, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: June 27, 2022
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The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Panorama was not reliable and resulted in high rates of false positives; (2) Prospera did not have superior precision compared to competing tests; (3) as a result of Defendants' false and misleading claims about Natera's technology, the Company was exposed to substantial legal and regulatory risks; (4) Natera relied upon deceptive sales and billing practices to drive its revenue growth; and (5) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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PHOENIX, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WorldHotels announced today that it expects a surge in international travel in the coming weeks due to the decision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to lift Covid-19 testing requirements for inbound travelers to the United States. Not only will this result in a boost in summer travel to the United States, but it will also enable U.S. citizens to travel abroad without needing to show proof of a negative test upon re-entry. According to the U.S. Travel Association, the repeal of this restriction will bring nearly than 5.4 million visitors to the U.S. and an additional $9 billion in travel spending in the remainder of 2022. With nearly 200 upper upscale and luxury properties in key destinations around the world, WorldHotels is well-positioned to welcome travelers to their properties.
"We are already experiencing a strong summer at our hotels with occupancy surpassing 2019 levels in many parts of the world," said Ron Pohl, President, WorldHotels. "The decision by the CDC to repeal the unnecessary restriction for travelers to show a negative Covid test upon entering the United States will certainly make it easier for travelers this summer. WorldHotels looks forward to welcoming guests at our exquisite properties in iconic destinations across the world and providing the unforgettable experiences that are at the heart of our brand."
Envisioned by hoteliers dedicated to unique luxury and lifestyle, WorldHotels has curated a collection of the finest independent hotels and resorts in popular destinations like Miami, New York City, Chicago, Bangkok, Rome and Madrid. To welcome visitors back and cater to the unique needs and preferences of guests, WorldHotels and its collection of curated hotels are ramping up operations across these destinations.
Below is selection of a few of WorldHotels properties in key cities:
Eden Roc (Miami Beach)
Hotel Bijou (San Francisco)
The Kimberly Hotel (New York City)
The ACME Hotel (Chicago)
Royal Garden Hotel (London)
The Marmara Hotel Taksim (Istanbul)
Hotel Quirinale (Rome)
Hotel Villa Real (Madrid)
Hotel Kung Carl (Stockholm)
Goodwood Park Hotel (Singapore)
SereS Springs Resort & Spa (Ubud)
Carlton Hotel Bangkok Sukhumvit (Bangkok)
Caravelle Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)
Sir Stamford at Circular Quay (Sydney)
For more information on these hotels and other distinguished WorldHotels properties, visit www.worldhotels.com.
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WorldHotels Collection is a privately held hotel soft brand within the BWH Hotel Group® global network. Founded by independent hoteliers dedicated to the art of hospitality, and celebrating its 50th year anniversary in 2021, WorldHotels offers one of the finest portfolios of independent hotels and resorts around the globe, expertly curated to inspire unique, life enriching experiences that connect people and places. WorldHotels is comprised of four unique collections, each with its own personality and style to appeal to the needs of today's traveler. The collections include: WorldHotels Luxury, WorldHotels Elite, WorldHotels Distinctive and WorldHotels Crafted.
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Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: Family speak of heartbreak over killings
By Gareth Evans & Katy Watson
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The family of Dom Phillips say they are "heartbroken" after a suspect confessed to burying the bodies of the missing British journalist and the indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in Brazil.
In a statement, they thanked those who helped search for the men in a remote and dangerous region of the Amazon.
They also praised "the courageous lives and important work" of the pair who covered the lives of indigenous groups.
Mr Phillips, 57, and Mr Pereira, 41, were first reported missing on 5 June.
Mr Pereira had been introducing the journalist - who was writing a book on the Amazon - to contacts and acting as his guide when their boat failed to arrive at an expected point near the border with Peru.
The search was initially criticised by relatives and campaign groups, who called on officials to act more quickly and broaden its scope. As global outrage grew at the disappearance, the 10-day search expanded until it involved the army, navy and police.
At a news conference late on Wednesday, police said a suspect named as Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira had explained in detail how both men were killed before leading officers to the place where their bodies were buried.
Human remains were then dug up. Police have said they will work with Interpol to confirm their identities.
"The entire reconstruction of the crime was carried out... and then we went to the place where he announced that he had buried the bodies," Detective Eduardo Fontes told reporters gathered in the city of Manaus.
He said the suspect had also admitted to sinking the pair's boat. The two men had taken a short trip down the Itaquai river in the far west of Brazil shortly before they were killed.
Mr Fontes showed a map to the media - explaining that the bodies were found 3.1km (1.9 miles) from the river, in the middle of the jungle, and that it involved a huge amount of work to get to the location.
The police also failed to praise the work of the indigenous communities who searched for the men and helped lead authorities to some of their belongings. When asked by the BBC why there was no mention of the local communities helping, they admitted it was an error and conceded that their support had been crucial.
The suspect's brother, Oseney da Costa de Oliveira, has also been arrested in connection with the killings, but denies any involvement.
Mr Phillips' family said in a statement on Wednesday: "We are heartbroken at the confirmation that Dom and Bruno were murdered and extend our deepest sympathies to Alessandra, Beatriz and the other Brazilian family members of both men.
"We are grateful to all those who have taken part in the search, especially the indigenous groups who worked tirelessly to find evidence of the attack," they said.
"We thank the many people who have joined us in urging the authorities to intensify the search and those who have reached out with words of comfort and sympathy," they added.
Mr Phillips' wife, Alessandra Sampaio, said in a separate statement: "Now we can bring them home and say goodbye with love." She added that the confession marked the beginning of a "quest for justice".
Briton Mr Phillips, from Merseyside, had been living in Brazil for more than a decade and was a long-time contributor to the Guardian newspaper. Mr Pereira, a Brazilian who was on leave from his post with the government's indigenous affairs agency Funai, was an expert on isolated tribes.
The pair went missing in the Javari valley, in Brazil's far west, a remote region home to thousands of indigenous people from more than 20 groups. It is a refuge for these indigenous groups, who live in isolation from the outside world.
But experts say the area has become a hotbed for crime because of its remoteness and a lack of government oversight. "What happened to Bruno and Dom is the result of an increase in organised crime, which is in turn explained by the absence of the state," a former Funai official told the AFP news agency.
As well as clashes with poachers catching protected fish, it has also seen incursions by illegal gold-miners, loggers and drug-traffickers who smuggle cocaine from nearby Peru and Colombia.
Violence has also grown as drug-trafficking gangs battle for control of the area's waterways to smuggle cocaine.
The region - which is about the size of Portugal - is known for violent conflicts between these various criminal groups, government agents and indigenous people. It was these conflicts that Mr Phillips and Mr Pereira were documenting.
And days before they pair went missing, indigenous groups say Mr Pereira was threatened for campaigning against illegal fishing. He had repeatedly reported being threatened by loggers, miners and illegal fishermen in the past.
Pat Venditti, the executive director of Greenpeace UK, praised the men as "brave, passionate and determined".
"[They] were murdered while doing their vital work of shining a light on the daily threats indigenous people in Brazil face as they defend their land and their rights," he said in a statement. "The greatest tribute we can pay Bruno and Dom now is to continue their vital work."
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Updated June 16, 2022 at 10:48 AM ET
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will be joining the Biden administration, the White House announced Wednesday, after previously being considered to be President Biden's running mate in the 2020 presidential election.
Bottoms will serve as the senior adviser for public engagement, "which works at the local, state, and national levels to ensure community leaders, diverse perspectives, and new voices have the opportunity to inform the work of the President in an inclusive, transparent and responsible way," the White House said.
Bottoms was considered for the role of vice president during Biden's 2020 presidential campaign, along with Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and others.
Bottoms, who was the mayor of Atlanta from 2018 to 2022, did not run for reelection and has been a political commentator for CNN.
"Mayor Bottoms understands that democracy is about making government work for working families, for the people who are the backbone of this country," Biden said. "She led the city of Atlanta with strength through the pandemic, through a summer of protests and pain, and through the mass shooting that left Atlanta's Asian American community in fear. Keisha is bright, honorable, tough and has the integrity required to represent our Administration to the American public."
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RealTract (RET) traded 1.4% lower against the dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 11:00 AM ET on June 16th. One RealTract coin can now be purchased for approximately $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. During the last seven days, RealTract has traded up 145.1% against the dollar. RealTract has a market capitalization of $464,982.01 and approximately $1,041.00 worth of RealTract was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.
Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours:
- Binance USD (BUSD) traded 0.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00004788 BTC.
- BITCOIN ADDITIONAL (BTCA) traded down 1.7% against the dollar and now trades at $20,905.44 or 0.99858318 BTC.
- Crypto.com Coin (CRO) traded 5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001075 BTC.
- Parkgene (GENE) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $25.59 or 0.00045023 BTC.
- Dai (DAI) traded up 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00004776 BTC.
- DREP (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003398 BTC.
- DREP [old] (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003399 BTC.
- THETA (THETA) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $5.25 or 0.00010640 BTC.
- yOUcash (YOUC) traded up 0% against the dollar and now trades at $0.50 or 0.00002389 BTC.
- FTX Token (FTT) traded 1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $23.44 or 0.00111968 BTC.
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According to CryptoCompare, “RealTract is going to launch Smart Contract 2.0 on Blockchain 4.0. RealTract aims to create a truly democratic and decentralized blockchain enabling common users to get the benefits from the blockchain technology and digital currencies. RealTract aims to implement a real practical and powerful support mechanism for blockchain and provide the infrastructure for all kinds of blockchain-based applications, and an underlying development platform for all kinds of DApps and practical and feasible solutions for constructing the global blockchain of future. “
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NASHIK: A construction worker fell off the seventh floor of a building in Wadala village and died due to the absence of safety gear at the site. As per the information received, Kisku aka Bablu Murmu Thakur (54, resident of Baganwari, North Midnapore, West Bengal), was working at a construction site; located behind I.N.D. Developers’ Significant Building Society, Garib Nawaz Colony, Wadala village, Nashik. He fell off the seventh floor of the building on May 26. He sustained grave injuries and later succumbed to his injuries.
A case has been registered against Ishwar Raghunath Shinde (32, resident of Gurujyot Society, Datta Mandir Road, near Surana Hospital, Nashik Road) at Indiranagar Police Station. | https://www.deshdoot.com/deshdoot-times/labour-falls-from-7th-floor-dies | 2022-06-16T15:36:52Z | https://www.deshdoot.com/deshdoot-times/labour-falls-from-7th-floor-dies | false | null |
Mike Tindall reportedly called Prince Harry a "b***end" during the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. A source claims to have overheard the former rugby player referring to Harry's behaviour as that of a "b***end".
According to the Daily Express, Zara Tindall's husband made the comment to a fellow guest at a reception held after the Platinum concert at Buckingham Palace on June 4.
Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle were absent from the celebrations on June 4 but did join the family for the thanksgiving service held the day before on June 3. Televised footage from the event showed cousins Zara and Harry chatting outside.
READ MORE: Kate Middleton and Prince William's soon-to-be-neighbours just as famous as they are
Mike appeared to avoid speaking to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex by staring into the distance and then speaking to other royals. Speaking about the clip, body language expert Judi James told the Express : “With Mike’s closeness to William in mind it also appeared to have created a bit of a dilemma as Harry stepped out into Zara’s group as they waited for their transport.
"Zara looks happy to chat and even turns fully to talk to Harry here, who is looking anxious and keen to get into his own car. Mike though remains facing forward, looking about and holding his order of service up with a look of awkwardness.
"In the end he talks to Viscount Lindley, who turns his own back on Harry, cutting the two men off from Zara’s conversation with Harry. This doesn’t appear to be Mike’s normal style of behaviour as he usually looks too easy-going and too tough to get involved in politics and it could be that his attention was taken arranging the right cars, but there are no signs of any farewell from him, either.”
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Place to Work and Fortune magazine have honored AKASA as one of this year's Best Workplaces in the Bay Area. This is AKASA's first time being named to this prestigious list, coming in at #66. Earning a spot means that AKASA is one of the best companies to work for headquartered in the Bay Area.
This year's Best Workplaces in the Bay Area award is based on employee feedback collected through America's largest ongoing annual workforce study of over 1 million employee survey responses and data from companies representing more than 6.1 million U.S. employees. In that survey, 94% of AKASA's employees said AKASA is a great place to work. This number is 37% higher than the average U.S. company.
"We're thrilled to be recognized with this distinction," said Malinka Walaliyadde, CEO and co-founder of AKASA. "At AKASA, we strive to be a customer-first organization and our employees make that happen. We're recruiting the best and brightest across healthcare and technology industries, and we're so thankful for their commitment to enable human health. Our culture attracts individuals who want to make a positive impact on society by helping health systems improve the healthcare experience for all."
The Best Workplaces in the Bay Area list is highly competitive. Great Place to Work, the global authority on workplace culture, selected the list using rigorous analytics and confidential employee feedback. Companies were only considered if they are a Great Place to Work-Certified™ organization and headquartered in the Bay Area.
Great Place to Work is the only company culture award in America that selects winners based on how fairly employees are treated. Companies are assessed on how well they are creating a great employee experience that cuts across race, gender, age, disability status, or any aspect of who employees are or what their role is.
"As employee demands and expectations have dramatically changed over the past year, these companies have risen to the occasion—and it's not been easy," says Kim Peters, executive vice president of global recognition, research & strategic partnerships at Great Place to Work. "Their hard work and dedication to listen to and care for the well-being of every employee, and support them in a way that's meaningful to all, is the standard all organizations will be held to."
AKASA is the leading developer of AI for healthcare operations. AKASA scales human intelligence with leading-edge AI and ML securely trained on customer data to learn unique systems, continuously adapt to changing environments, and deliver comprehensive automation and analytics for complex workflows. The result is a seamlessly integrated, customized solution that reduces operating costs, frees up staff to do the work they love, and helps health systems allocate resources to where they matter most.
AKASA is a remote-first company and we are hiring. Step into the future of healthcare with AKASA. Learn more at www.AKASA.com/careers.
Great Place to Work selected the Best Workplaces in the Bay Area by gathering and analyzing confidential survey responses from its study of thousands of companies representing more than 6.1 million U.S. employees at Great Place to Work-Certified™ organizations. Companies must be headquartered in the Bay Area to be eligible. Company rankings are derived from 60 employee experience questions within the Great Place to Work Trust Index™ survey. Read the full methodology.
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WASHINGTON, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Actifai, an AI software-as-a-service provider to customer-facing organizations, has announced the appointment of Sudhanshu Luthra as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Sudhanshu will serve as Actifai's first CTO, responsible for software engineering, machine learning, and data science operations. Working closely with other members of the management team, Sudhanshu will lead Actifai's day-to-day technical operations, support new product development efforts, and collaborate with sales and client services teams to drive business success.
Previously, Sudhanshu was CTO at Nexus Systems, a leading fintech provider of integrated accounts payable (AP) and procure-to-pay (P2P) applications. He has over 20 years of experience in leading and scaling global software development and support teams to develop stable, secure, and innovative technology solutions.
"We are thrilled to have Sudhanshu lead our engineering teams during this period of rapid growth for Actifai," said Ned Brody, acting CEO at Actifai. "Sudhanshu's technical and mentoring experience, combined with his business acumen, provide a powerful set of skills to help our customers improve their bottom line results. We look forward to growing our business with him!"
Actifai's AI platform is used by thousands of customer service, sales, and support agents across North America. Customers have seen an average 25x ROI, driven by Actifai's real time data analytics platform. Actifai leads the market for operators seeking practical applications for AI that increase ARPU, lifetime value, and conversions while avoiding the need for internal development.
"Actifai's platform is at a really crucial point in its development," said Luthra. "The software has demonstrated value and viability with several major clients, but now Actifai needs to rapidly scale and make the right product development decisions to grow its user base across industries. That's a really exciting challenge to take on, and I'm looking forward to meeting it."
Actifai is a software-as-a-service provider to customer-facing organizations including cable, media, and telecommunications operators. Actifai's platform reduces the complexity of choice for sales agents and consumers, eliminating information barriers to maximize the value of a customer interaction. With tailored, AI-powered recommendations, operators can customize consumer interactions and optimize outcomes in real time across their live and digital sales channels. For more information, please visit www.actifai.com.
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The foreign ministers of Ireland, Norway and Turkey say aid deliveries from Turkey to rebel-held northwest Syria must continue, warning Wednesday of a humanitarian crisis if the only remaining border gate is closed.
Russia’s deputy U.N. ambassador has told the U.N. Security Council that Moscow sees no reason to continue humanitarian aid deliveries through the Bab al-Hawa border gate. He accused the West and the United Nations of insufficient efforts to deliver such aid from Damascus, the Syrian capital. The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to vote July 10 on whether to continue authorizing cross-border aid from Turkey.
Ireland and Norway, two non-permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, have been working together to keep the Bab al-Hawa crossing open. Their foreign ministers visited the border area on Wednesday before holding talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara.
Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt told reporters during a joint news conference that 4 million Syrians were in need of the humanitarian aid that passes through the border, warning that the situation in Syria was going from “bad to worse.”
Cavusoglu said he discussed the aid deliveries with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their talks in Ankara last week.
“We will continue our efforts to persuade the Russian side in the coming period,” he said.
In early July 2020, China and Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have maintained two border crossing points from Turkey to deliver humanitarian aid to Syria’s Idlib province. Days later, the council authorized the delivery of aid through just one of those crossings, Bab al-Hawa. That one-year mandate was extended for a year on July 9, 2021. | https://www.ktsm.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ireland-norway-turkey-want-un-to-extend-aid-to-syria/ | 2022-06-16T15:41:33Z | https://www.ktsm.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ireland-norway-turkey-want-un-to-extend-aid-to-syria/ | false | 32 |
ANDERSON — The Anderson Community Schools board’s decision to end the high school basketball pregame routine involving the school’s Indian mascot and maiden opens a new front in the district’s efforts to navigate an issue that has been at the center of a larger nationwide discussion about the use of Native American imagery and ceremony.
“Traditions are a continuum,” Superintendent Dr. Joe Cronk said after Tuesday’s meeting. “They never have a beginning, and they never have an end. They started sometime back in the 1870s, and they continue through today. They change over time.”
Judging from reaction throughout the community to Cronk’s recommendations and the board’s adoption of them, some may find it more difficult than others to see those traditions evolve.
“I absolutely believe they went too far,” said Meghann Ancil, a 2007 Anderson High School graduate. “This has been tradition for as long as I can remember, and it really saddens me to see it taken away.”
Others who believe the board’s action — which includes continuing conversations with Chief Brad KillsCrow of the Delaware Tribe of Indians — falls short of what is needed and said a key issue is what, exactly, represents a misappropriation of tribal culture.
“Anderson High School’s mascot, maiden, pipe ceremony and tribal dance playing a part in the basketball team’s pregame warmup perpetuates stereotypes of Native Americans and appropriates holy objects and rituals that are sacred to the Delaware tribe,” Angie Strickler, representing Madison County Standing Up for Racial Equity (SURE), told the board.
“These objects and rituals do not belong to us, and we have no right to use them for our athletic or school-related endeavors.”
ACS officials expressed optimism that work toward a formal partnership with the Delaware tribe would result in opportunities to provide updated material for course work in classes throughout the district, as well as an updated educational display at the high school.
Cronk has in the past also mentioned possibly welcoming Delaware tribe members to visit schools throughout the district in the fall, when the Andersontown Powwow is normally scheduled.
“Our partnership that we’re working towards with the Delaware Tribe of Indians is unique, I think, because we are aware of what our history was, and we seek to honor that,” Cronk said. “We always seek to honor it, and if what we do isn’t honoring, we change it.”
When those changes happen, however, some wonder what might get lost.
“Anderson has always been known for the Wigwam basketball games,” Ancil said. “Now they no longer have any of that. Those games won’t be the same without the mascot or the pregame dance to get the crowd hyped up.”
For some former Anderson High School athletes, the decision brings varied feelings.
“There are some mixed emotions, just because of how much of a tradition it was, how it got the fans excited,” said Troy Lewis, a former Indiana Mr. Basketball who played at Anderson from 1981 to 1984. “It was part of our history, part of the fabric of Anderson High School basketball. But I also understand what’s going on now, the sensitivity of it.”
Other groups are vowing to continue holding ACS accountable when it comes to making what they see as meaningful, constructive changes and continuing to have positive dialogue with the Delaware tribe and other Native American groups.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Colette Peters, the director of Oregon’s prison system, has now emerged as the leading contender to run the federal prison system, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Peters, who has run the state’s corrections department since 2012, is at the top of the list of candidates to replace Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal, who submitted his resignation in January but said he would stay on until a successor was named, the person said.
She would be the 11th person to lead the Bureau of Prisons since its founding more than 90 years ago, and only the second director with no prior experience at the agency, the Justice Department’s largest. While many officials from inside the Bureau of Prisons applied for the post, the Biden administration was looking for someone who was focused on reforming an agency that has had cultural issues for decades.
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco has been leading the search for Carvajal’s replacement. The leadership change comes in the wake of AP reporting that has uncovered widespread problems at the agency, including sexual abuse by correctional officers and critically low staffing levels that have hampered responses to emergencies.
The person was not authorized to discuss details of the job search and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.
Peters did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. The development was first reported by the Oregon Capital Chronicle.
As director of Oregon’s prison system, Peters is responsible for about 4,700 employees in an agency with a $2 billion budget. There are about 14,700 inmates in the state’s 14 prisons. The state corrections department has also touted her role in the state’s efforts to reduce the prison population and reduce recidivism.
Peters has a master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Colorado in Denver and a bachelor’s degree in psychology.
Oregon’s prison system, like many in the U.S., had a wave of COVID-19 cases and deaths, and Peters’ agency has been criticized for not doing enough to respond to the pandemic behind bars. In Oregon, 46 people in the Department of Corrections’ custody have so far died after testing positive for COVID-19, and more than 5,400 people have tested positive for the virus while in custody.
In 2020, Peters publicly apologized for an inmate’s death as the state prison system agreed to pay a record $2.75 million to the family of the man who died from the flu. The settlement came nine months after Michael Barton’s family filed a $15 million wrongful death lawsuit accusing prison staff of failing to treat the 54-year-old man for the flu and then covering up his flu-related death.
The Bureau of Prisons similarly faced criticism over the explosion of COVID-19 in the nation’s 122 federal prisons. Carvajal, 54, was appointed director of the federal Bureau of Prisons in February 2020 by then-Attorney General William Barr, just before the COVID-19 pandemic began raging in federal prisons nationwide, leaving tens of thousands of inmates infected with the virus and resulting in 295 deaths.
An agency insider who started as a correctional officer and worked his way up the ranks, Carvajal’s tumultuous tenure as director included a failed response to the pandemic, widespread criminal activity among employees, inmate deaths and dozens of escapes.
Carvajal also oversaw an unprecedented run of federal executions in the waning months of the Trump presidency that were so poorly managed they became virus superspreader events.
The AP’s reporting exposing those problems compelled Congress to investigate and prompted increased calls from lawmakers for Carvajal to resign or be fired by Attorney General Merrick Garland.
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Carvajal “failed to address the mounting crises in our nation’s federal prison system, including failing to fully implement the landmark First Step Act,” a bipartisan criminal justice measure passed during the Trump administration that was meant to improve prison programs and reduce sentencing disparities.
Biden administration officials had discussions about whether to remove Carvajal in spring 2021, after the AP reported that widespread correctional officer vacancies were forcing prisons to expand the use of cooks, teachers, nurses and other workers to guard inmates.
The Bureau of Prisons is the only Justice Department agency whose director isn’t subject to Senate confirmation. Currently, the attorney general can just appoint someone to the position.
A bill introduced in Congress days after Carvajal’s resignation would require Senate confirmation for future bureau directors — putting them under the same level of scrutiny as leaders of the FBI and other federal agencies — but, so far, the measure hasn’t come up for a vote.
Others being considered for the job included Gary Mohr, the former director of Ohio’s prison system. While many had pushed Mohr for the position, he never formally applied for the job and is no longer in the running.
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INFOVOTE KICK OFF TO COMMEMORATE JUNETEENTH
ROYAL OAK, Mich., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InfoVote is proud to announce their partnership with Rap Snacks "The Official Snack Brand of Hip Hop", which is a premium collection of snack products sold throughout the United States that feature and celebrate the hottest rap superstars such as Snoop Dog, Rick Ross, and Cardi B. The Info-Vote-App is a 100% free and non- partisan tool designed to help increase civic engagement and prepare Gen Z and millennials for the general and midterm elections. Juneteenth celebrates the liberation for black people in America. In honor of this celebration, we'd like to continue to move our country forward by improving voter awareness and civic engagement through the InfoVote app.
The app's founder, entrepreneur Myron Ragsdale, has been on a mission to increase voter awareness by giving people the tools and information they need to make an informed vote, whether it be for local, state, or national political races.
By joining forces with Rap Snacks, it is a perfect vehicle for InfoVote to reach their desired demographic and they are thrilled to be part of this brand.
Wise Intelligence, President of the Rap Snacks Foundation recently said, "The Rap Snacks Foundation and the InfoVote app have come together to give citizens a platform where representatives can be encouraged to move important issues like financial empowerment, economic justice and equality from the realm of an American 'dream' to a tangible reality for all."
As a free, civic information tool, InfoVote provides comprehensive nonpartisan information along with a safe environment for voter research. The app also allows users to receive regular news updates from the industry's top publications and access key polling and campaign data.
"InfoVote App is all you need to become completely informed about the entire voting process," adds Ragsdale. "Given the current sociopolitical climate, there has never been a more important time for you to use your right to vote!"
Additionally Rap Snacks is proud to present Vote 4 Victory, a 3-day Voter Drive on August 12-13-14 which is powered by InfoVote. The Vote 4 Victory voter drive will be hosted by recording superstar artist 'Trina," and will feature R & B performers as well as other Miami public figures.
The app is available in the Google Play and Apple App store. For more information, visit the website at https://infovoteapp.com.
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Funding Will Support New Utility-Scale Solar Projects Across Southeast, PJM and MISO
DURHAM, N.C. , June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leyline Renewable Capital (Leyline), a leading provider of capital solutions for renewable energy developers, is pleased to announce a partnership with Solterra Energy (Solterra), formerly Solterra Partners LLC, to provide $10 million in early-stage growth and development capital to support up to 1GW of distributed generation (DG) and utility-scale solar energy projects across the eastern United States.
While a variety of solar financing options exist for large companies and de-risked project portfolios, early-stage developers have lacked a route to funding without the cost of losing equity in their company. Leyline takes an innovative approach with unique, non-dilutive financing solutions so founders keep control of their company.
"Leyline's funding was really attractive because it gives us autonomy," said Dennis Richter, President of Solterra. "This allows us to grow a core team of experienced people to deliver quality projects."
Solterra plans to use the funding from Leyline for both project-related expenses and working capital costs for the company. Their portfolio is expected to include utility-scale solar projects within Southeastern US, PJM and MISO service territories that should be operational prior to 2030.
"Solar energy is critical to our green energy future, but developers often can't get the funding needed cover their growth needs, and project expenses like site control, interconnection fees, and other development costs," said Erik Lensch, CEO of Leyline. "By partnering with Solterra, we can support a new venture and ensure their portfolio moves forward to eventually deliver carbon-free power."
In addition to the funding commitment, Leyline brings project development expertise in the form of on-call development support for Solterra. The leadership team will contribute more than 30 years of hands-on development experience to the investment.
"Leyline has expertise that we would not necessarily hire in house. They can help bridge the gap before hiring a consultant," added Richter. "By working with Leyline for our capital needs we get an experienced and seasoned partner who will provide expertise throughout the development process beyond what we could bring in house."
About Leyline Renewable Capital
Leyline Renewable Capital invests in the development, construction, and financing of sophisticated renewable energy projects. Backed by a team of seasoned investors with deep experience in the renewable industry, Leyline provides financing that bridges the gap between development and construction. By investing in the pre-construction phase of renewable energy projects, Leyline can accelerate the development process and help developers scale their business. Leyline leverages a broad base of experience in greenfield project development, design, construction and finance with an extensive network of relationships with industry leaders to provide support and capital for projects from concept to commercial operation.
About Solterra
Founded in 2014 by Dennis Richter, Solterra has extensive experience in the development of solar projects with more than 450 MW of projects either completed or under development. Solterra works closely with landowners and government agencies on the siting, permitting and successful construction of solar farms with the goal of bringing their expertise together for the benefit of the environment. Solterra has been a major contributor to the solar capacity that has made North Carolina one of the leading producers of solar power production in the country.
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Marsielle and Lyon have emerged as potential suitors for Eric Bailly.
Sports journalist Ignazio Genuardi, former chief editor of Football 365, has reported the news on his Twitter feed.
Lie jusqu’en 2024 avec Man Utd, #Bailly est officiellement disponible pour 10-12 M€. Alors que les Red Devils ne comptent plus sur lui, l’international ivoirien a notamment été évoqué du côté de #Marseille et de #Lyon au cours des dernières semaines. #Mercato #OM #OL
— Ignazio Genuardi (@IgnazioGenuardi) June 15, 2022
The reported fee of 10-12 million Euros would see United recoup a third of the 30 million pounds Jose Mourinho paid for Bailly, in 2016.
The Ivory Coast international has been somewhat of an enigma since his arrival from Villarreal.
Injures have plagued his United career, which occasionally showed signs of bursting into life.
Bailly has only managed seventy appearances in his eight year stay at the club, netting a solitary goal away at Swansea.
If this is to be the end of the centre back’s time at the club, it does somewhat mirror the overall performance of the side since his arrival; in and out of form, flashes of real quality but unable to find any consistency.
There’s no doubt Bailly possess the attributes need to play at the top level; quick, strong, brave but lapses in concentration and inability to stay fit looks like it may cost him his place at United.
His unique, somewhat wild style will leave fans with some fond memories but also some scars.
The sight of him haplessly swinging a leg, early in last seasons Manchester derby culminating an own goal to give City the lead, will unfortunately live long in the memory.
With the arrival of Erik ten Hag, United’s rebuild is underway and if it is to be the end of the Bailly’s time at the club, it will be remembered as a bit of what if? story, not unlike others that have come and gone through this period. | https://thepeoplesperson.com/2022/06/16/eric-bailly-nears-manchester-united-exit-door-as-french-clubs-do-battle-for-his-signature-247387/ | 2022-06-16T15:45:29Z | https://thepeoplesperson.com/2022/06/16/eric-bailly-nears-manchester-united-exit-door-as-french-clubs-do-battle-for-his-signature-247387/ | true | 1 |
Elise Malary update: Manner of death remains 'undetermined' after trans activist found in Lake Michigan
EVANSTON, Ill. - Elise Malary, an activist for transgender rights found in Lake Michigan, died from drowning but her manner of death could not be determined, according to new autopsy results.
Malary’s disappearance on March 11 sparked a massive search for the 31-year-old, who was hailed as a pillar of Chicago’s transgender and queer communities.
She was found six days later in the lake near Garden Park in Evanston, bringing a tragic end to a week of searching by friends and neighbors.
Autopsy results released on Sunday ruled her death a drowning, but the Cook County medical examiner’s office was unable to rule if her death was accidental or not.
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Investigators with the medical examiner’s office did not find trauma on her body, and a police investigation did not reveal any foul play, police said in a statement Thursday.
Police said they would continue investigating leads to determine Malary’s manner of death.
Malary, born and raised in Andersonville, had worked in the Civil Rights Bureau of Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office. She had also worked with Chicago Therapy Collective, a group that addresses social factors impacting mental health in the trans community.
She had recently moved to Evanston.
Elise Malary | Evanston police
Malary’s death — and the murder of another Black trans woman, Tatiana "Tee Tee" Whetstone, in Chatham — highlighted the burden on the transgender community during the Trans Day of Visibility in late March.
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Is YOUR home at risk? The 10 areas in Australia that are likely to become IMPOSSIBLE to insure by 2030 - with up to 90 per cent of properties unable to be protected in one flood-prone city alone
- Climate Council has named 10 areas of Australia likely to be uninsurable by 2030
- On that shortlist, by federal electorate, five are in south-east Queensland
- They include two areas in inner-city Brisbane that now have a federal Greens MP
- But Nicholls electorate in northern Victoria deemed to have highest flood risk
- Shepparton could see 90 per cent of homes uninsurable within eight years
Up to 90 per cent of homes in some parts of Australia are set to become uninsurable because of catastrophic flooding, an environmental group fears.
The Climate Council has named the 10 areas across the nation most at risk of natural disasters including floods and bushfires, with five of them in Queensland.
A section of northern Victoria that is part of the Murray-Darling Basin was deemed the most vulnerable part of the country for flooding.
The Climate Council predicted 26.5 per cent, or more than one in four homes in the electorate of Nicholls - which covers the major regional centres of Shepparton and Echuca - would be uninsurable by 2030.
Most worryingly, a huge 90 per cent of homes in Shepparton, which sits on the Goulburn River, were expected to be impossible to insure within eight years because of the flood risk.
Shepparton hasn't had recurring floods such as those in Lismore and Brisbane, with its last major inundation in 2010.
But Nicki Hutley, an economist with the Climate Council who co-authored the report, said it was Australia's most at-risk place for flooding based on forecasts for heavy rainfall in the area which is flat.
'It's all about where we've built,' she told Daily Mail Australia.
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The Climate Council has named 10 areas of Australia, by federal electorates, most at risk of natural disasters. Shepparton hasn't had recurring floods recently like Lismore and Brisbane, with its last major inundation in 2010 (pictured) but up to 90 per cent of homes could be uninsurable by 2030
'Shepparton has yet to have the types of floods that we have seen elsewhere but this is all about risk.
'This all comes down to the level of increased rainfall that is forecast that will affect those river systems.'
Nicki Hutley, an economist with the Climate Council who co-authored the report, said Shepparton was Australia's most at-risk place for flooding based on forecasts for heavy rainfall in an area that is flat
The Nicholls electorate, previously known as Murray, had 25,801 properties regarded as high risk, putting it well ahead of the northern NSW electorate of Richmond, covering Ballina and Byron Bay, where 22,274 homes are predicted to be in danger.
Should rising global temperatures bring more frequent and devastating floods, potential home buyers would baulk at paying $30,000 a year in flood insurance, which Ms Hutley said would significantly reduce the value of homes.
'Whether they are worth nothing, it becomes a question of what the increase in the insurance premium is going to be,' Ms Hutley said.
'In some areas, the risk is much higher.
'There's a big difference if you're going to pay $3,000 a year in insurance versus $30,000 - if it's $30,000 then somebody who's going to buy that property is either going to expect to buy it for almost nothing - to take account of the fact that they can't insure the property.
'If it's a much lower rate of insurance, it might bring down the price of the property.
'If someone buys a house, if it's going to cost them an extra $5,000 a year for 10 years, does it knock it off by $50,000?'
The Southern Down region southwest of Brisbane was one of the five federal electorates in Queensland most at risk of natural disasters
Ms Hutley said the properties most at risk were those located near large river systems.
'Right across Australia the number is one in 25 but in individual areas it might be as high as nine in 10, 90 per cent of properties at risk of being uninsurable,' she told the ABC.
'Naturally, if you are very close to a large river system, and even the downstream smaller rivulets, creeks, that's where the biggest risks are except of course, now these floods are getting higher and more frequent.'
Southeast Queensland had five spots in the shortlist of the 10 worst-affected federal electorates, with two of them in Brisbane, one on the Gold Coast and two further inland.
Northern NSW had two spots, and Adelaide had one place on the danger list.
The northern Victorian electorate of Indi, which covers Wangaratta, had 10.7 per cent of homes regarded as possibly uninsurable because of flooding.
Recurring flooding in Brisbane this year helped the Greens win the seats of Brisbane and Griffith for the first time ever at the May 21 election, with both those electorates considered most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
In Brisbane, 12.5 per cent of homes were considered likely to be uninsurable by 2030, with the electorate covering the northern side of the Brisbane River.
The Climate Council predicted 26.5 per cent, or more than one in four homes, Nationals electorate of Nicholls would be uninsurable by 2030 in an area which covers Shepparton, Puckapunyal and Echuca
In the city's south side, 11.4 per cent of homes were considered to be high risk because of riverine flooding.
Tony Faulks, who lives at Rocklea in Brisbane's south with his wife Diane, pays $7,000 a year for flood insurance with Suncorp.
'The insurance policy is just over $7,000 per year and I'm 73 years old,' he told the ABC.
'We live from week to week; we don't have savings in the bank and we'd like to retire but now we've got a house that's unliveable.'
A similar proportion, or 11.9 per cent of homes in the Moncrieff electorate on the Gold Coast, which covers Surfers Paradise, were also regarded as being potentially uninsurable.
On the other side of the Queensland border, the Richmond electorate covering Ballina and Byron Bay was particularly at risk, with 14.5 per cent of homes deemed uninsurable by 2030 because of regular flooding.
On the other side of the Queensland border, the Labor-held seat of Richmond covering Ballina and Byron Bay (pictured) was particularly vulnerable, with 14.5 per cent of homes deemed uninsurable by 2030 because of the flood risk
This was significantly higher than the neighbouring Page electorate where 5.4 per cent of homes were deemed insurable by 2030 even though it is home to the badly flood-hit city of Lismore.
To the north, back in Queensland, the Maronoa electorate covering the Southern Downs area and the city of Warwick had 13.9 per cent of homes considered uninsurable due to flooding.
The Wright electorate was also the list with nine per cent of homes potentially impossible to insure because of bushfire risk.
Adelaide rounded out the top 10 list with the Labor seat of Hindmarsh deemed to have 9.5 per cent of homes with a high flood risk.
Ms Hutley said while bushfires destroyed homes, flooding was typically more devastating to more properties.
'Ultimately, what you can see is the most expensive risk comes from flooding - it tends to be closer, unlike fire which tends to happen often in areas that are uninhabited as devastating as it is,' she said.
Should rising global temperatures bring about heavier rainfall, potential home buyers would baulk at paying $30,000 a year in flood insurance, which Ms Hutley said would significantly reduce the value of homes (pictured is flooding at Shepparton)
'We have built on floodplains and we have built around those river systems.
'Anywhere that's exposed to a particularly large river system, flooding is the most expensive for damages and it tends to affect more properties so if you're close by to a large river system of any sort, then you're likely to be heavily exposed unless you're building at the top of a hill.'
Australia is now committed to reducing carbon emissions by 2030, to honour the Paris Agreement.
But Ms Hutley said flood mitigation measures, like the building of levees, was most likely in the short term to make homes more insurable.
'If we increased our spending on that adaptation, then some of those properties that won't be insurable - that should improve the position,' she said.
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INFOVOTE KICK OFF TO COMMEMORATE JUNETEENTH
ROYAL OAK, Mich., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InfoVote is proud to announce their partnership with Rap Snacks "The Official Snack Brand of Hip Hop", which is a premium collection of snack products sold throughout the United States that feature and celebrate the hottest rap superstars such as Snoop Dog, Rick Ross, and Cardi B. The Info-Vote-App is a 100% free and non- partisan tool designed to help increase civic engagement and prepare Gen Z and millennials for the general and midterm elections. Juneteenth celebrates the liberation for black people in America. In honor of this celebration, we'd like to continue to move our country forward by improving voter awareness and civic engagement through the InfoVote app.
The app's founder, entrepreneur Myron Ragsdale, has been on a mission to increase voter awareness by giving people the tools and information they need to make an informed vote, whether it be for local, state, or national political races.
By joining forces with Rap Snacks, it is a perfect vehicle for InfoVote to reach their desired demographic and they are thrilled to be part of this brand.
Wise Intelligence, President of the Rap Snacks Foundation recently said, "The Rap Snacks Foundation and the InfoVote app have come together to give citizens a platform where representatives can be encouraged to move important issues like financial empowerment, economic justice and equality from the realm of an American 'dream' to a tangible reality for all."
As a free, civic information tool, InfoVote provides comprehensive nonpartisan information along with a safe environment for voter research. The app also allows users to receive regular news updates from the industry's top publications and access key polling and campaign data.
"InfoVote App is all you need to become completely informed about the entire voting process," adds Ragsdale. "Given the current sociopolitical climate, there has never been a more important time for you to use your right to vote!"
Additionally Rap Snacks is proud to present Vote 4 Victory, a 3-day Voter Drive on August 12-13-14 which is powered by InfoVote. The Vote 4 Victory voter drive will be hosted by recording superstar artist 'Trina," and will feature R & B performers as well as other Miami public figures.
The app is available in the Google Play and Apple App store. For more information, visit the website at https://infovoteapp.com.
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Samina Ahmed makes her Hollywood debut in Ms Marvel
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Marvel's newest superhero TV series is making waves while fans are ecstatic as more characters are unveiled.
Seasoned Pakistani actor Samina Ahmed was the latest one to be featured in the much-anticipated web series portraying the first Muslim and Pakistani superhero.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy took to social media where she shared a clip featuring Samina Ahmed as Iman’s grandmother.
Introducing Nani, Samina Ahmed in Ms. Marvel, she wrote, adding that Episode 2 is out on Disneyplus and will hit Pakistani cinemas on June 17th.
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Iman can be seen having a video calling her maternal grandmother. The duo discussed the gifts they exchanged. On Kamala’s curiosity, her grandmother revealed the origin of the bangle, saying It belonged to her mother.
Before the two continue the late-night conversation, Kamala’s father knocked on the door after he heard voices from her room. Later, Kamala slammed the door using special powers as his father attempted to enter the room.
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Starts With Us Founding Partners Leon Ford, Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, and Tony McAleer Share Personal Stories That Reframe the Meaning of 'Radical'
NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Starts With Us, a growing non-partisan movement to overcome cultural extremism in America by fostering curiosity, compassion, and courage — the 3 Cs — as daily habits, today launched a video series titled "Radical Heroes." The videos spotlight extraordinary leaders, from a former white supremacist to a black man mistakenly shot by police to a religious leader with a unique ability to unite communities, who are driving change through the challenging work of showing radical compassion, curiosity and courage across lines of difference.
Along with 150+ Founding Partners of the Starts With Us movement, these leaders have committed to practice the 3 Cs every day. The videos, which were produced in partnership with Freethink, feature:
- Tony McAleer, a former white supremacist, who now helps others leave hate groups. In his video, which launched today, Tony discusses the transformative power of compassion. McAleer, author of The Cure For Hate: A Former White Supremacist's Journey from Violent Extremism to Radical Compassion, says, "If my counselor hadn't treated me with kindness, despite the fact that I had once advocated for the annihilation of him and his people, I wouldn't be who I am today. I came back to my heart — and humanity — with compassion, and now, through my work with Starts With Us and Life After Hate, I hope to help others do the same."
- Leon Ford, who was shot by police and paralyzed in 2012 when mistaken for another man, now works to improve relations between public safety officials and local communities. In his video, launching later this month, Leon shares how courage helped him move past a debilitating act of violence to create a safer, more understanding world for himself, his son, and his neighbors. He says, "My ability to have compassion and grace for myself extends outward to other people. No matter what you've been through, you can make your pain purposeful. You can collaborate, even with someone who has caused you harm. If we want to create the world that we want to live in, it has to start with us."
- Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, the first female and first African American minister at the Collegiate Church in New York City, published the acclaimed book Fierce Love in 2021 as a spiritual, practical antidote to our divisive culture. Rev. Dr. Lewis defines how to love someone who hates you through curiosity in her video coming at the end of June; she says, "Instead of starting with hate, I try to start with curiosity. In doing so, I quickly realize that the people I disagree with care about their kids too, and they've been wounded like I have. Through compassion and love, I believe we can find a way to talk to each other as opposed to each other's positions."
The series aims to re-frame how Americans think about the word "radical." Tom Fishman, CEO of Starts With Us, says, "Radical tends to have a negative connotation in today's polarized political environment, but when you see radical curiosity, radical compassion, and radical courage in action, it takes on a new and empowering meaning. This series showcases people who are connecting across lines of difference in ways that seem unimaginable in the 'us vs. them' atmosphere pervading today's culture. We believe if enough of us strive to practice the 3 Cs every single day, we collectively have the power to overcome today's culture wars."
Chandler Tuttle, CEO of Freethink and Starts With Us Founding Partner, shares Fishman's sentiment, saying, "On the news, we often see stories that stoke fear and emphasize what divides us. These stories do the opposite. They remind us that there are Americans actively working to overcome the tides of tribalism and dehumanization every day with curiosity, compassion, and courage. We're proud to be part of the Starts With Us movement in bringing these very important stories to the masses."
To watch the first video visit Starts With Us on YouTube. The remaining videos will launch later this month. To learn more about Starts With Us, visit www.startswith.us.
About Starts With Us
Founded in 2021, Starts With Us is a non-partisan movement working to overcome cultural extremism by fostering curiosity, compassion, and courage (the 3 Cs) as daily habits. Founded by Daniel Lubetzky alongside 150+ foremost leaders and cultural icons, including Adam Grant, Jason Alexander, will.i.am, Mark Cuban, and Dr. Bernice King, the Starts With Us community pledges to practice the 3 Cs every day while strengthening skills such as critical thinking, active listening, and nuanced communication. Learn more at www.startswith.us.
About Freethink
Freethink Media is a digital publisher on a mission to move the world. While most media is fueled by toxic politics and negativity, Freethink covers solutions: the smartest people, the biggest ideas, and the most ground breaking technology shaping our future. Across its two flagship sites, Freethink and Big Think, Freethink Media publishes over 50 new articles and short documentaries every week to a community of more than 10 million followers and subscribers. Watch the Freethink trailer to learn more.
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Spondyloarthrosis: what it is, symptoms and treatment
Spondyloarthrosis is a type of arthrosis that causes a series of changes in the lumbar, cervical or dorsal spine, affecting bones, ligaments, intervertebral disc and nerves, which causes pain and is often disabling.
In spondyloarthrosis, the intervertebral disc can become deformed causing a herniated disc and, in addition, the ligaments of the spine become loose, generating typical symptoms of the disease that include pain that worsens with movement.
The treatment of spondyloarthrosis must be guided by the orthopedist, who may indicate the use of anti-inflammatory drugs in the form of pills, injections or ointments. In addition, physiotherapy is usually indicated to relieve symptoms and improve the person’s quality of life.
Symptoms of Spondyloarthrosis
The symptoms of spondyloarthrosis are related to where it is located, cervical, dorsal or lumbar. Some of these symptoms are:
- Back pain, which is worse with movement and tends to improve with rest;
- Back pain that radiates to the legs or arms if the peripheral nervous system is compromised;
- Decreased muscle strength;
- Lack of flexibility.
The diagnosis is made with tests such as x-ray, magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography.
how is the treatment
Treatment for spondyloarthrosis can be done with medication to relieve pain and discomfort, but physical therapy is essential. If the pain is disabling or does not resolve with physical therapy, surgery may be required.
Other treatments such as acupuncture, relaxing massages and osteopathy are also excellent options to complement the treatment, but it is best to adopt several treatments at the same time because they complement each other.
Physiotherapy
In physiotherapy for spondyloarthrosis, you can do exercises to improve posture, use devices to relieve pain and discomfort, and do stretching, which will improve blood supply and improve range of motion.
To complement the treatment, one should lose weight, avoid lifting weights and making great efforts, so as not to harm the spine even more. Therapeutic and relaxation massages can also be helpful, as can painkillers and anti-inflammatories on days of greater pain.
Physiotherapy work is capable of relieving the symptoms of spondyloarthrosis, but it is a progressive and degenerative disease and the person will probably have to undergo several physiotherapy sessions during their lifetime.
Here are some home remedies for back pain relief:
How to live with spondyloarthrosis
To live better with spondyloarthrosis, well-oriented physical activity is the best way to accept and learn to live with spondyloarthrosis, which is an orthopedic disease that, despite having no cure, has treatment to control its symptoms.
It is important to find the best way to get around the pain and limitations that this disease causes and some useful tips are relaxation massages, muscle stretching exercises and walking, although sometimes surgery may be indicated to reduce discomfort and stop your speed of disease progression.
Spondyloarthrosis can be controlled and it is possible to go days without feeling pain, but for this it is necessary to follow the instructions of the doctor and the physical therapist. Not making efforts, losing weight and avoiding bad posture are guidelines that must be followed daily.
Exercises such as Pilates on the floor or in the pool help reduce pain and improve range of motion. But it is important that these exercises are performed under the guidance of a specialized physical therapist to avoid further damage to the spine. Hydrotherapy is also a great ally as it associates stretching with breathing movements, and warm water facilitates movements and promotes muscle relaxation.
Always consult a doctor.
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3 new routes (5 in total), and over 25 flights weekly
Ryanair on June 15 announced the largest winter flight schedule in history from ?ód?, including 3 new routes to Alicante, Brussels Charleroi and Milan Bergamo. Ryanair is increasing travel options for its customers by offering more than 25 flights a week during the winter season 2022/2023. Ryanair will also increase the level of inbound and outbound traffic to/from Poland and Lódz.
Ryanair is rebuilding air traffic from the Covid-19 pandemic on its route network, primarily by offering cheap flights, which is undoubtedly influenced by competitive airport charges. While traditional high-cost airlines continue to cut their offerings despite receiving billions of euros in public aid, Ryanair is expanding its fleet with 210 new, most environmentally-efficient Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 aircraft (4% more seats, 16% less fuel consumption, noise emissions lower by 40%).
In Lodz, Ray Kelliher, Ryanair’s Network Development Director, said:
“Ryanair, the # 1 airline in Poland and Europe, is pleased to announce the largest ever flight schedule to Lódz this winter, offering more than 25 flights a week on 5 routes, including 3 new ones to major European cities like Alicante, Brussels and Milan.
This summer, Ryanair will also operate charter flights to Antalya and Heraklion twice a week via the Polish airline Buzz. We appreciate the hard work of the Airport in Lódz and the City of Lódz in creating this exciting network of connections, which we would like to look forward to developing in the coming seasons.
In order to encourage people to travel to/from Lódz at the lowest possible prices this winter, we are launching a special promotion for flights starting from PLN 89 for travel from October 2022 to January 2023. Reservations at promotional prices must be made by Friday, June 17, at midnight.”
Micha? Kaczmarzyk, CEO of Buzz, an airline within the Ryanair Group, said:
“The Ryanair Group is increasing its presence in Lódz, not only thanks to the huge increase in flight schedules this summer and the coming winter, but also through recruiting and training pilots through the Ryanair Mentoring Program, implemented in cooperation with Bartolini Air. It is the only such pilot program of Ryanair in Central and Eastern Europe and the fastest way to obtain a pilot license in Poland and start a career in this profession”.
Dr Anna Midera, President of the Airport in Lódz: “Each signal showing that we are returning to the development path, especially after the pandemic and changes resulting from the conflict in Ukraine, is particularly important. I am glad that Ryanair’s development in Poland includes Lódz and Central Poland.
I have been managing the Lódz airport for 5 years. The good climate of cooperation with the city and the business environment meant that we are taken into account in the traffic development plans. The more so that in less than a year, Lódz will become the aviation capital of Poland and Europe – the site of the largest European forum for the development of air traffic – Routes Europe 2023.”
SCHEDULE OF FLIGHTS FROM LODZ FOR WINTER 2022/2023
Alicante – NEW ROUTE twice weekly
Brussels Charleroi – NEW ROUTE twice weekly
Dublin twice weekly
London Stansted 5 times weekly
Milan Bergamo – NEW ROUTE 3 times weekly | https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/ryanair/ryanair-announces-largest-ever-flight-schedule-from-lodz-for-winter-2022-2023-inclusing-new-route-to-brussels-south-charleroi/ | 2022-06-16T15:58:52Z | https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/ryanair/ryanair-announces-largest-ever-flight-schedule-from-lodz-for-winter-2022-2023-inclusing-new-route-to-brussels-south-charleroi/ | true | 2 |
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Variety: Astro Boy Gets 3DCG Reboot Series by Miraculous Ladybug Creator
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Entertainment news website Variety reported on Thursday that Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy is getting a reboot 3DCG series directed by Thomas Astruc (creator of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir) and produced by Monaco-based Shibuya Productions and Mediawan's Method Animation. The two companies jointly acquired the rights to Astro Boy from Tezuka Productions.
The series is slated for 52 half-hour episodes. The episodes will cover modern topics such as Internet, social media, and damage to the environment.
The reboot is planned to have a pool of animators from around the world, including Japan and France.
Tezuka's Astro Boy manga inspired Japan's first full-fledged half-hour television anime series in 1963, followed by a color television series in 1980 and a remake (pictured right) in 2003.
In 1963, the late Fred Ladd re-edited and re-dubbed the Tetsuwan Atom anime, based on Tezuka's manga, into Astro Boy. This was the first anime to air in North America.
The French-Japanese animated spin-off series Go Astro Boy Go! launched in October 2019. A joint production between Tezuka Productions and Nigerian television station Chanel TV created a television animation project in 2014.
Source: Variety (Elsa Keslassy) | https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-06-16/variety-astro-boy-gets-3dcg-reboot-series-by-miraculous-ladybug-creator/.186721 | 2022-06-16T15:58:54Z | https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-06-16/variety-astro-boy-gets-3dcg-reboot-series-by-miraculous-ladybug-creator/.186721 | true | 1 |
By Miftaudeen Raji
The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has announced Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election.
Okowa, a silent fighter emerged as Atiku’s favourite despite speculations had earlier favoured his counterpart in Rivers, Governor, Nyesom Wike who pulled all his political weights hoping to secure the party’s ticket.
Okowa’s style of politics dictates that he works silently in the background – most of the time, no one sees him coming. Okowa doesn’t talk, but he wields remarkable political influence that yields results as manifest in the previous role he has played within and outside the party, particularly in Delta lately.
For readers delight, here are five critical reasons that could be considered as what informed the choice of Okowa for Atiku and why the Delta State governor merited the PDP’s vice presidential candidate slot.
Okowa’s Igbo brand and electoral value
The name ‘Ifeanyi’ and ‘red cap’ is not only a fine sell for the Atiku-Okowa presidential ticket in the South-East region of the Country, it is also the credence of his cultural ties with Igbos.
Governor Okowa’s geo-political and ethnic group positions him as the best running mate for the Turaki of Adamawa.
Aside from the fact that the name, Ifeanyi appeals to the Igbo, his personality will bridge the gap between the communities in the South-East region and the federal government. He has some level of acceptability from the people.
Okowa is a Delta Igbo man. The implication this would have on South-East and South-South votes for Atiku can not be overstated.
Although Peter Obi is also from that region, Okowa is practically more on ground politically to reach out to different categories of people that will translate to real votes and he has opened a new path for Atiku in South East.
Key role played in PDP
Over the years, Okowa has demonstrated capacity as far as internal party politics is concerned. He has integrity and organizational ability.
Okowa has an unwavering loyalty and commitment to the PDP, and is considered as the personality with the best comportment, temperament and electoral value to swing votes to the side of the PDP.
His role was noticeable at the PDP Convention that produced Iyorchia Ayu as the Chairman of the PDP. Okowa was on ground and played a crucial role in the PDP Special Convention and Presidential Primary that produced Atiku and Aminu Tambuwal as the runner-up in 2019.
Okowa has excelled in all PDP national and regional assignments particularly the 2019 presidential primary in Port Harcourt, largely acknowledged as the best well-organized party presidential primary in the history of internal party politics in Nigeria.
His intellectual and political acumen has earned him some control, in the past two decades, as well as helped him sustain unity and progress within the party at state and national levels, with contributions to the nation’s democracy.
Influence in South-South
With his alliance with powers that be in the South-South, Okowa was able to deliver good number of delegates which largely contributed to the emergence of Atiku at the keenly-contested PDP primary.
Okowa should be able to bring on board his high-ranking political networks to support the Atiku presidential ambition, particularly his counterpart governors such as Governor Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom.
He would carry South-South, South-East, Delta, Itsekiri, Urhobo and people of other extractions along.
It is, therefore, safe to assert that Atiku will enjoy measurable votes from the region and gain substantial patronage, with governor Okowa as the incumbent Chairman of South-South Governors Forum.
Recall Okowa’s role in Edo politics, he was on ground to give Obaseki all the strengths, which consequently helped him defeat the duo of Adams Oshiomole and his choice governorship candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the ruling All Progressives Congress in 2019.
Contribution to Atiku’s PDP presidential ticket
Okowa helped Atiku beat a total of 13 other aspirants from the six geo-political zones in the PDP presidential race, reflecting the party’s decision to jettison zoning and throw the primary open.
While Wike was the man, who was most visible and pulling political gimmicks openly, Okawa was wielding his power silently with the party and winning the support of delegates from the South-South for Atiku ahead of the primary.
With his support, Okowa was able to manage the PDP South-South governors through out the period of the PDP primary, ensuring that the governors work and rally the optimum support for Atiku to will measurable votes that earned him victory.
Wike and Atiku’s incompatibility
Okowa as a vice president to an Atiku will not struggle for power with Atiku in government if they eventually make it to the presidency in 2023. There’s a relative fear for Atiku over Govenor Nyesom Wike, just as analyts have said they are not compatible. However, Wike had pledged to support whoever emerges as flag bears of the party.
As a former Secretary to the State Government of Delta, Okowa’s corporate and conservative personality also matches Atiku, who is also considered as a corporate politician. Unadulterated Igbo brand, could complement for Atiku on various grounds.
With Okawa, there’s almost no likelihood of political bickering between him and Atiku, who has a towering political portfolio that spans nation-wide, with a formidable party structure. Okowa is a good match for Atiku, because he is loyal, reserved and more mature.
Atiku’s criteria for running mate
Atiku, while speaking during the announcement of his running mate, noted his Vice President must fulfill the qualities to be president and one that could complement him as a President.
He added that he should symbolize the quality to unite Nigeria, who is not afraid to speak and give advice on governance in the country.
The PDP presidential candidate also added that his running mate must understand what he described as the depth of rots in the Nigerian system, with understanding of critical needs of economic growth.
Atiku has a noticeable appeal for the youths, which may have informed his choice of Okowa, who also appeals to the youths and has been carrying youths along in Delta, a potential which Atiku also ticked as part of his criteria for his running mate. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/06/political-reasons-that-made-okowa-best-fit-as-atikus-running-mate/ | 2022-06-16T15:59:09Z | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/06/political-reasons-that-made-okowa-best-fit-as-atikus-running-mate/ | false | 1 |
The former Papworth Community Fire Station is expected to be put up for auction later this year. How much the site could be sold for has not been set out, but bosses at the fire service say they are hoping for a “positive outcome”.
Approval was given to move forward to sell the station at a meeting of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority earlier today (Thursday, June 16).
The meeting heard that all of the staff who were based at the Papworth station have now relocated to the Cambourne Community Fire Station, with the move taking place on May 3.
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The Area Commander Stuart Smith told the meeting that staff had settled in well, and at the time of preparing the report had attended nine incidents - four in their local response area and five supporting other incidents.
He also explained that the service has been speaking with vulnerable people in Papworth area to reassure them following the station’s move.
A report prepared for the meeting said a valuation for the site had been sought, and the current plan was to put it up for auction in September.
It explained that this date would allow for time to produce a marketing plan and to include a planning appraisal looking at what could be achieved on the site.
Matthew Warren, Deputy Chief Executive, of the fire authority, said: “We have sought advice in terms of the site and its potential and what we are being recommended is that in September we go through an auction process on the site, [where] we invite offers over and above a certain figure. I don’t want to give a figure here for obvious reasons, but nevertheless we have had interest in the site.
“The company recommended [Cheffins] has sold the police site in Papworth as well, so they have got some experience of doing so and they maximised the value of that site. Hopefully we will get a positive outcome that exceeds what we wish.” | https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/ex-papworth-community-fire-station-24246670 | 2022-06-16T16:02:14Z | https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/ex-papworth-community-fire-station-24246670 | true | 1 |
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Beyhive is buzzing because new music from Beyoncé is on the way.
Beyoncé announced the new project Thursday on social media, revealing its title — “Renaissance” — and release date of July 29. Her last solo album, “Lemonade,” was released six years ago.
The new project will include 16 tracks, according to its Apple Music listing. The announcements posted to social media further suggest the album might merely be “act i” in a series of other projects. Box sets were also made available for pre-order, along with the chance for fans to pre-save the album before its release.
Fans were tipped off last week that Beyoncé might be releasing new music after her social media profile pictures went blank. But she confirmed last year that she had been working on another album in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar.
“I feel a Renaissance emerging, and I want to be part of nurturing that escape in any way possible. I’ve been in the studio for a year and a half,” she told the outlet. ” Sometimes it takes a year for me to personally search through thousands of sounds to find just the right kick or snare.”
Following her last solo release in 2016, Beyoncé teamed up with husband Jay-Z in 2018 on a record titled “Everything Is Love.” The music star has also curated an album for Disney’s live-action reimagining of “The Lion King” and managed to stay in the spotlight as the new face of Tiffany & Co. while launching new drops through her fashion line, IVY PARK. | https://www.abc4.com/news/top-stories/renaissance-beyonce-announces-first-new-solo-album-in-6-years/ | 2022-06-16T16:03:50Z | https://www.abc4.com/news/top-stories/renaissance-beyonce-announces-first-new-solo-album-in-6-years/ | true | 22 |
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], June 16 (ANI): People of Himachal Pradesh extended a grand welcome to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his road show from the KCCB Chowk to State Martyrs Memorial in Dharamshala.
The artists from the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) performed the traditional Tashi Shopa dance to welcome PM Modi.
PM Modi, who arrived in Dharmshala on Thursday, will chair the first national conference of chief secretaries being held at HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala from today.
Prior to PM Modi's arrival, Tibetans in exile were very excited to welcome PM Narendra Modi to Dharamshala. Hundreds of Tibetans have gathered to welcome PM Modi and to also participate in the roadshow.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday reviewed the preparations for the two-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Chief Minister presided over the review meeting and directed the concerned authorities to ensure proper arrangements as per protocol.
Earlier, Chief Minister also visited the venue of the All-India Chief Secretaries' conclave.
Speaker Vidhan Sabha Vipin Singh Parmar, MP and State BJP president Suresh Kashyap, MP Kishan Kapoor, Chairman Wool Federation Trilok Kapoor, MLA Dharamshala Vishal Nehria, Chief Secretary Ram Subhag Singh, Director General of Police Sanjay Kundu, Principal Secretary GAD Bharat Khera, Deputy Commissioner Nipun Jindal, Superintendent of Police Khushal Sharma and other senior officers were also present in the meeting. (ANI)
Tibetan artists welcome PM Modi with Tashi Shopa dance on his arrival in Dharamshala
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TUNNLETON, W.Va. – A Fairmont musician is spending the next few days in June to make his new music video “Muddin’.”
Thirty-year-old Robby Comas grew up in Fairmont, where he learned his love for music through his father, Chuck Comas. Chuck Comas started playing music after he served in Vietnam. Sometimes while performing, he would bring Robby Comas up on stage at only six months old. When Robby Comas was eight years old, he began writing songs. His first song was titled “Twinkle Twinkle, my Shining Star.” The first instrument he learned to play were the drums.
The music video for “Muddin'” is about how country guys and girls get to go out and have a blast. Riding on backroads and spitting up some dirt. Comas said, “There’s nothing better, especially when surrounded by nature in God’s country.”
James Sandy Pinkard sitting behind the scenes of the “Muddin'” music video (WBOY Image)
James Sandy Pinkard will also be featured in the music video to come. Pinkard is known for his music but mostly the two songs, “You’re the Reason God made Oklahoma” and “Coca-Cola Cowboy.”
Inspiration for the song came when Toby Keith wrote the song “Red Solo Cup.” Comas did not like the song and told his dad he could write a song better than it in five minutes. He wrote his song “Muddin'” in five minutes; he said he will leave it up for others to judge, but that is how the song came to be.
When talking about how he feels to be representing West Virginia in his music, Comas stated, “If it influenced great people like John Denver to sing songs, even do covers of it, but I can’t think of all of the great songs. But it’s a beautiful state, it makes me happy to be able to represent this state, and hopefully I can go all the way like Mr. Brad Paisley.”
Robby Comas at America’s Got Talent
(Courtesy: Robby Comas)Comas playing at the Mon River Games and Bluegrass Feast
(Courtesy: Robby Comas)
Comas has been a part of multiple local performances. He has sung and played guitar at the Mon River Games and Bluegrass Feast, performed for the WV Flood Relief Concert, and even went on to “America’s Got Talent” during his second trip to Nashville in 2012.
Comas’ wife, friends, dad and family inspired him and made him want to do more with his musical career. He wants to send his thanks to all of the good people he has been surrounded by throughout his journey.
He said he would also like to thank his video director and videographer, Heidi Moran and Ryan Helmert, who helped produce his last music video, “Wild and Wonderful.” If interested in Moran and Helmert’s work, you can check them out on their Instagram and Youtube:
They are hoping that by the end of the year, the “Muddin'” music video will be launching. Keep a lookout on Robby Coma’s Facebook, Youtube, and iHeart Radio for future projects and videos. | https://www.wboy.com/news/preston/fairmont-musician-makes-music-video-in-north-central-west-virginia/ | 2022-06-16T16:11:16Z | https://www.wboy.com/news/preston/fairmont-musician-makes-music-video-in-north-central-west-virginia/ | false | 2 |
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50-Year Firm Features 245 Professionals
NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global business advisory firm EisnerAmper announced that the partners and staff of New York City-based accounting and advisory firm Raich Ende Malter & Co. LLP ("REM") will be joining EisnerAmper in a transaction anticipated to close in the summer of 2022.
Founded in 1972, REM has 200 professionals and 45 partners/principals serving clients from offices in New York City, Long Island, New Jersey, Florida and the Cayman Islands. The firm has been ranked by leading accounting and business media as a top 25 accounting firm in New York; top 20 accounting firm in the mid-Atlantic region; and a top 100 accounting firm in the country.
REM provides forward-thinking audit, attest, tax, family office and business advisory services to organizations from multi-generational family-run enterprises to publicly traded companies to not-for-profits. The firm services real estate, financial services, manufacturing, professional services, technology, hospitality, franchising, media and other business sectors.
"In EisnerAmper, we've found a partner that amplifies our efforts to create the highest level of value for our clients while providing our family of accounting professionals an innovative culture in which they can thrive and prosper," said REM Managing Partner Ellis Ende. "We look forward to continuing these efforts with our new colleagues at EisnerAmper."
"This exciting combination greatly enhances EisnerAmper's key services areas as well as adds some new interesting industry groups," said Christopher Loiacono, EisnerAmper Vice Chair of Services. "Adding 245 experienced professionals adds a tremendous amount of brainpower to the firm that will add real and immediate value to our clients. We warmly welcome REM to the EisnerAmper family."
EisnerAmper, one of the largest business consulting firms in the world, is comprised of EisnerAmper LLP, a licensed independent CPA firm that provides client attest services; and Eisner Advisory Group LLC, an alternative practice structure that provides business advisory and non-attest services in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, standards, and codes of conduct. Clients are in all business sectors and leverage a complete menu of service offerings. Our combined entities include more than 200 partners and 2,500-plus employees. For more information, please visit eisneramper.com, and be sure to follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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It is common for a car insurance company to make low offers early on in the negotiation process to try to end the case quickly and save money.
Tampa, FL – When there is a lawsuit related to a car accident, the case will almost always end with a settlement instead of a trial. This tends to help everyone involved save time and money, and the victim can still receive most or all of the money they will need to pay for their losses from the settlement agreement. Tampa car accident lawyers represent clients during settlement negotiations to try to get as much compensation as they need to cover their losses.
Because the settlement amount can vary greatly based on a number of different factors, it is important for an accident victim to get help from a lawyer with extensive experience in negotiation. There are attorneys near me who can provide more information about car accident lawsuits in the Tampa area.
Using the evidence
An attorney for the victim will have to utilize the evidence and information available to try to make a strong case regarding why the defendant driver is responsible. This can include showing things like traffic offenses, distractions from phones and other electronic devices, and information from the accident report. In some cases the defendant is clearly at fault which makes negotiations easier, but Florida’s comparative negligence laws allow even plaintiffs who are partially at fault to collect compensation.
Timing concerns
It is common for a car insurance company to make low offers early on in the negotiation process to try to end the case quickly and save money. When the first or second offer is accepted, it is possible that the plaintiff can lose large amounts of money by acting too quickly. Experienced Tampa car accident lawyers can have a sense for the strength of their case and they know how to wait for an offer that is favorable and fair.
Getting the amount necessary to help the client
The plaintiff’s lawyer should be serious about pushing for an amount that will cover most or all of their client’s losses. The victim can ultimately be put in a difficult situation if their lawyer is not aggressive enough in trying to get the defense to agree to this number or at least a comparable amount.
Car accident lawyers in Florida
The Law Office of Edward J. Reyes is an accident firm that helps people who were injured in car accidents in Tampa. People who need to speak with a licensed attorney can schedule a meeting with the firm.
USAttorneys.com is a service that lists lawyers all over the country and gets potential clients connected with them. Anyone who is looking for a legal professional can call 800-672-3103 for help. | https://www.legalreader.com/things-car-accident-lawyers-can-do-in-tampa-to-negotiate-a-settlement/ | 2022-06-16T16:14:37Z | https://www.legalreader.com/things-car-accident-lawyers-can-do-in-tampa-to-negotiate-a-settlement/ | true | 2 |
Indian Super League heavyweights ATK Mohun Bagan’s coach Juan Ferrando has been given the additional responsibility of picking the youth team of the side, the club said on Thursday.
The 41-year-old Spaniard, accompanied by his deputy Bastab Roy, will begin the scouting for three age groups — under-18, under-15 and under-13 — in the preliminary phase from June 20 at the Salt Lake Stadium.
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The selected footballers will get a chance to don the green-and-maroon jersey in the AIFF’s age-group competition before making the cut to the senior side.
The likes of Kian Nasiri, Arsh Anwar, Sumit Rathi and Fardeen Ali Mollah have earlier emerged from their youth team.
The U-18 trials will be held on June 20-22, while the U-15 selection will take place on June 24-26. It will conclude with the trial for U-13 on June 28-30.
According to the club, those interested in the trial must bring an Aadhaar card or an age-proof certificate.
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ENGLEWOOD, Fla. (WFLA) — A small alligator put up a big fight on Wednesday when a deputy showed up to wrangle it away from a Sarasota County home.
Neighbors in the Pine Lake area of Englewood say deputies were called to a home for an “intruder” at the front door. Video taken by Kristy Rumpf shows the small gator outside the home tangling with a deputy who tried to shoo it away with a stick.
Other deputies and neighbors watched as the woman prodded at the alligator to get it away from the residence. One of the deputies at the scene is heard on video joking that, “they’re hard to get handcuffs on.”
Video shows the deputy was able to get the gator away from the home, but the animal then decided to stop in the grass again. It put up another fight, biting down on the stick and rolling over several times.
“It’s feisty!” one witness said in the background.
Once the gator had bitten down on the stick, the deputy was able to drag it farther from the home before it stopped and had to be guided away again.
“They got it successfully back to the lake but [it] sure put up a fight!” Rumpf told WFLA. “It was a riot to watch.”
Alligator mating season is currently in full swing in Florida, which can lead to an increase in alligator activity. | https://www.fourstateshomepage.com/news/national/watch-feisty-alligator-puts-up-fight-against-cop-outside-florida-home/ | 2022-06-16T16:16:52Z | https://www.fourstateshomepage.com/news/national/watch-feisty-alligator-puts-up-fight-against-cop-outside-florida-home/ | false | 25 |
Former “The Voice” contestant Kata Hay was reportedly arrested Tuesday in Sumner County, Tennessee, for allegedly having sexual contact with a friend’s 16-year- old son.
The 35-year-old was staying with the friend and the friend’s family in their home for a short period of time when her behavior towards the boy allegedly became questionable, according to TMZ. Hay allegedly began by making inappropriate comments about the teen while in the company of his parents, and the situation eventually allegedly escalated to unwanted physical contact, the outlet reported.
Hay has been accused of making out with the boy and forcing him to touch her in inappropriate ways a number of times, according to TMZ. The boy reportedly said it all transpired against his wishes.
Kata Hay, a former contestant on “The Voice,” was arrested for sexual contact with a minor. https://t.co/G9S9ALnQg5
— TMZ (@TMZ) June 16, 2022
The mother of the boy in question reportedly told police she had confronted Hay about the allegations her son brought forward. A conversation unfolded, during which time the mother claimed Hay acknowledged an incident, according to TMZ. Legal documents indicated the mother recorded the conversation and captured Hay’s alleged admission, the outlet reported.
The mother also claimed Hay appeared under the influence during their interaction, TMZ reported. (RELATED: ‘All I Want Is To Continue To Be Your Child Molestor’: 33-Year-Old Arrested For Sex With Minor)
“As you know a charge is not a conviction,” Hay said to TMZ regarding the allegations. She reportedly declined to provide further comment.
In addition to her arrest for allegedly having sexual contact with a minor, authorities processed Hay for an purported probation violation pertaining to a DUI case, according to TMZ.
Hay shot to fame when she made it to the top 20 on the 2016 season of “The Voice.”
The Daily Caller reached out to Hay for further comment but did not receive a response by the time of publication. | https://dailycaller.com/2022/06/16/female-contestant-the-voice-kata-hay-arrested-sexual-contact-minor/ | 2022-06-16T16:18:56Z | https://dailycaller.com/2022/06/16/female-contestant-the-voice-kata-hay-arrested-sexual-contact-minor/ | false | 1 |
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UVALDE, Texas (AP) — She adored Koala bears and loved the NFL's Dallas Cowboys and dancing to TikTok videos. She wanted her grandparents to pick her up as often as possible from school because they would treat her to tacos, her family said.
A funeral was being held Thursday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Uvalde, Texas, for Layla Marie Salazar, a swift-footed and quick-witted 11-year-old. She was among the last of the 21 victims of the May 24 mass school shooting in the southern Texas town to be laid to rest.
Layla's family described her as rambunctious in an obituary published on a funeral home's website, and her father told The Associated Press that she was a lot of fun and “super-energetic.”
She took pride in winning races at Robb Elementary School 's annual field days — six of them.
“I knew right away that she was fast when she was beating older kids,” Vincent Salazar said. “When she realized how fast she was, she just — you know, she gravitated to that.”
Layla's father said she was looking forward to a trip to the zoo and seeing the new Marvel superhero movie, “Thor: Love and Thunder.” The movie's trailer used a rock song they both loved, “Sweet Child O' Mine” by Guns N' Roses.
“Me and Layla would jam to this on the way to school and it’s the only thing that’s bringing me peace right now,” he said in a Facebook post the day after her death.
Later, he posted that Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash had offered his condolences.
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