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ROME (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister insists that his country opposes Russia’s war against Ukraine but stayed vague Wednesday about whether Tehran’s military cooperation with Moscow would include sales of drones that could carry missiles.
Earlier in the war, Iran was criticized in the West for not condemning Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of neighboring Ukraine. But Wednesday in the Rome daily La Repubblica, Foreign Minister Hossein-Amir Abdollahian was quoted as saying that “we are against Russia’s military attack in Ukraine.”
Abdollahian arrived in Rome on Monday for a visit including meetings with Italian business officials and industrialists, as well as with the Italian foreign minister and Vatican officials.
The Iranian foreign minister was vague when asked about U.S. contentions that Russia is about to acquire Iranian drones that could transport missiles.
“We have various types of collaboration with Russia, including in the defense sector,” Abdollahian replied. “But we won’t help either of the sides involved in this war because we believe that it (the war) needs to be stopped.”
He went on to slam Western countries, saying their arms manufacturers want to sell weapons, adding: “We will avoid any action that could lead to an escalation, but we will work to stop the war.”
Nuclear talks with Iran have been at a standstill for months. Abdollahian in the interview contended that the negotiators have made progress on a draft agreement but that ” there are other questions to be faced.”
Pressed to elaborate, the minister replied: “We are asking for a strong economic guarantee. If a Western business signs a contract with its Iranian counterpart, it must have the certainty that its project will be realized and will be able to receive compensation.” The comment apparently referring to business deals affected by sanctions against Tehran.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, reported last month that Iran has 43 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60% purity — a short step to 90%. Nonproliferation experts warn that’s enough fissile material for one nuclear weapon if Iran chose to pursue it.
However, Iran still would need to design a bomb and a delivery system for it, which could likely need months. Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.
Tehran’s escalating nuclear work has raised alarms, and transparency is rapidly diminishing over its nuclear program. Last month Iran shut off more than two dozen IAEA monitoring cameras from nuclear-related sites across the country.
Asked about the cameras, Abdollahian denied that the Iranians shut them off, saying instead “we took them off the circuit” and insisting they were voluntarily installed.
“In whatever moment that the negotiations reach some result, we will bring back the 27 video cameras installed by IAEA inside our sites,” the minister said. | https://www.khon2.com/international/iranian-envoy-is-vague-about-possible-drone-sales-to-russia/ | 2022-07-13T22:17:28Z | https://www.khon2.com/international/iranian-envoy-is-vague-about-possible-drone-sales-to-russia/ | true | 45 |
TORONTO, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - SoftwareReviews, a leading source for insights on the software provider landscape, has published its 2022 Customer Relationship Management Data Quadrant. Nine providers in the Enterprise and Midmarket spaces have been identified as Gold Medalists.
The Customer Relationship Management (CRM) market has undergone explosive growth over the past five years as organizations seek to grow their capabilities and deliver a united customer experience across marketing, sales, and customer service.
"Organizations are looking for CRM applications that integrate across the enterprise, are easy to use, provide automation, facilitate workflow management, allow for data-driven insights, and utilize artificial intelligence to capitalize on opportunities," says Lisa Highfield, Research Director, Enterprise Applications, at SoftwareReviews. "CRM software is an increasingly essential tool for product, sales, and marketing leaders in 2022. These platforms are the workhorses that centralize customer data and manage the customer experience."
SoftwareReviews has collected and verified survey data from 2,707 end-user reviews to identify the top Enterprise and Midmarket CRM software providers for 2022. These providers received high scores on SoftwareReviews' Data Quadrant.
Providers are ranked by a composite satisfaction score, called a Composite Score (CS), that averages four different areas of evaluation: Net Emotional Footprint, Vendor Capabilities, Product Features, and Likeliness to Recommend.
The 2022 Enterprise Customer Relationship Management Software Gold Medalists are as follows:
- HubSpot CRM Platform, 8.3 CS, ranked high for activity and workflow management.
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Enterprise, 8.1 CS, ranked high for analytics and reporting.
- Salesforce Sales Cloud Enterprise, 8.1 CS, ranked high for business value creation.
The 2022 Midmarket Customer Relationship Management Software Gold Medalists are as follows:
- ConvergeHub, 9.0 CS, ranked high for ease of customization.
- Zoho CRM, 8.7 CS, ranked high for lead management.
- Pipeliner CRM, 8.6 CS, ranked high for ease of data integration.
- Salesforce Sales Cloud Professional, 8.5 CS, ranked high for sales management.
- SugarCRM, 8.4 CS, ranked high for account and contact management.
- Sage CRM, 8.4 CS, ranked high for ease of implementation.
CRM software enables an organization to manage the complete customer lifecycle, capturing, integrating, and analyzing data across all customer touchpoints. The best CRM software suites allow organizations to increase customer loyalty and improve marketing effectiveness and sales productivity.
"Going forward, as organizations adopt and integrate with other sales tools and capabilities including AI, live chat, and omnichannel service delivery, it is important to choose not just the product, but the partner that can grow with your business needs" adds Highfield.
SoftwareReviews' comprehensive software reviews provide the most accurate and detailed view of a complicated and ever-changing market. The data comes from real end users who use the software day in and day out and IT professionals who have worked with it intimately through procurement, implementation, and maintenance.
To compare and evaluate Customer Relationship Management software providers using the most in-depth and unbiased analyst reports available, visit SoftwareReviews' dedicated CRM category page.
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More than 3,100 Met-Ed customers from Berks County were left without power Wednesday, July 13, authorities said.
A transformer exploded at the Hamburg substation, borough police said on Facebook.
Met-Ed estimated at least 3,128 electric customers were without service in the county as of 5:50 p.m.
Police added that Met-Ed "is working as fast as possible to resolve the issue."
Further details were not immediately known.
Anyone experiencing an emergency has been urged by the department to call 610-655-4911.
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There are many factors that go into planning a wedding, and maintaining a clear complexion is one of them. Although prepping for the big day can sometimes feel overwhelming, your skin shouldn’t have to pay the price. Weddings can be costly, but your skin care regimen doesn’t have to be thanks to this $8 hydrating facial cleanser on Amazon!
In a recent interview, actress and Neutrogena brand ambassador Lana Condor proudly shared her wedding prep go-to’s for maintaining a smooth and youthful look. One of her favorites is Neutrogena’s Hydro Boost Gel Cleanser, proving that you can care for your complexion without breaking the bank.
For just $8, this product can cleanse and hydrate your face for a soft and supple look. One of its main ingredients, hyaluronic acid, is proven to lock in the skin’s moisture to leave it feeling clean and refreshed. This lightweight gel formula instantly wipes out any built-up dirt, oil, and bacteria on your skin to provide a natural glow.
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How Lisa Marie Presley Honored Her Late Son Years After His Death
This article includes references to mental health issues and suicide.
In July 2020, Lisa Marie Presley suffered a tragic loss when her son Benjamin Keough died by suicide. "She is completely heartbroken, inconsolable and beyond devastated, Lisa's manager told TMZ at the time. "She adored that boy. He was the love of her life." Benjamin was 27 years old.
Among those mourning Benjamin was also his grandmother Priscilla Presley, the ex-wife of late rock 'n' roll icon Elvis Presley. She shared a statement on Facebook that read in part, "These are some of the darkest days of my family's life. The shock of losing Ben has been devastating. Trying to put all the pieces together of all the possible whys has penetrated my soul." Priscilla further revealed that she was keeping other heartbroken loved ones in her thoughts, including Benjamin's father, Danny Keough; his older sister, actor Riley Keough; and his younger twin sisters, Finley and Harper, whose father is Lisa Marie's fourth husband, Michael Lockwood.
A year after Benjamin's suicide, an insider gave The Sun an update on Lisa Marie's emotional state. "Ben was her whole world and she's struggling to see sense in what has happened, it's going to be a long time before she feels any better," the source said. Lisa Marie revealed just how strong her bond with Benjamin was on the two-year anniversary of his death by sharing a sweet tribute to her son on social media.
Lisa Marie Presley's lasting reminder of Benjamin Keough
Lisa Marie Presley shared a rare, intimate detail about her late son on Instagram on July 12. "Several years ago, on Mother's Day, my son and I got these matching tattoos on our feet," Lisa Marie wrote. "It's a Celtic eternity knot. Symbolizing that we will be connected eternally. We carefully picked it to represent our eternal love and our eternal bond." Her post included a photo of the intricate, circular designs on their right feet. Per a 2012 tweet, she and Benjamin Keough got the meaningful ink in 2009.
Lisa Marie received an outpouring of love and support from her followers, including Elvis Presley's ex-girlfriend Linda Thompson. After Elvis and Priscilla Presley separated, he dated Thompson for four years. "Your beautiful baby boy is only one heartbeat ... one breath away ... & eternally in your heart & soul," read Thompson's touching response to Lisa Marie's post. "I am always sending you love."
Riley Keough also helped keep her brother's memory alive with her own Instagram tribute. "Not an hour goes by where I don't think of you and miss you," she wrote. "It's been two years today since you left and I still can't believe you're not here. You are so loved my Ben Ben." The photo she chose for her post was taken at her 2015 wedding to Ben Smith-Petersen. According to Hello!, her musically gifted brother actually performed at the event.
Benjamin Keough reportedly struggled with his grandfather's fame
When Lisa Marie Presley shared a family photo with her Instagram followers in June 2019, fans were quick to note Benjamin Keough's uncanny resemblance to Elvis Presley. Keough also seemed to be following in his grandfather's footsteps by recording music. When he was just 17 years old, the Daily Mail reported that Universal had offered him $5 million to record multiple albums. Keough purportedly made it clear he was not interested in becoming an Elvis impersonator, with the outlet quoting him as saying, "The music will be nothing like Elvis, nothing like him at all." However, Universal told People that the reports about a rumored record deal were untrue, and when HuffPost asked Lisa Marie if her son was pursuing a career as a singer in 2013, she replied, "He's doing his own thing right now. I'm going to let him decide when he wants to go out and do what he wants to do."
Brandon Howard, a close friend of Benjamin's, told People that Elvis' legacy loomed large over his grandson. "It's a tough thing when you have a lot of pressure with your family and living up to a name and an image," he said. "It's almost like you're pressured into having to be a musician, having to be an actor." Howard also revealed that Benjamin had experienced bouts of depression and suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic might have had an adverse effect on his friend's mental health.
Lisa Marie Presley believes her son would have enjoyed the Elvis Presley biopic
While Benjamin Keough reportedly struggled with the pressure he felt to be a performer like his grandfather, Lisa Marie Presley is convinced that her late son would have loved watching actor Austin Butler portray Elvis Presley on the silver screen. As reported by the New York Post, Lisa Marie stopped making public appearances for nearly two years after Benjamin died, but she attended the Graceland premiere of the "Elvis" biopic in June 2022. She also got to see a preview of the Baz Luhrmann film, and she gave it her full-throated approval one month prior. "It breaks my heart that my son isn't here to see it. He would have absolutely loved it as well," she wrote on Instagram.
At the time, Benjamin's father, Danny Keough, and Lisa Marie were reportedly residing in the same home and grieving together. However, an insider stressed to the New York Post that the exes were just friends.
Per People, Danny was making a living as a bass guitarist when he met Lisa Marie at the Church of Scientology's Celebrity Center in the '80s. The couple wed in 1988 and divorced in 1994. While speaking of the terrible tragedy that brought them closer together, a source told The Sun, "It's been an extraordinarily difficult time and he's been a rock for Lisa."
If you or anyone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). If you or someone you know needs help with mental health, please contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741, call the National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), or visit the National Institute of Mental Health website. | https://www.nickiswift.com/926612/how-lisa-marie-presley-honored-her-late-son-years-after-his-death/ | 2022-07-13T22:21:11Z | https://www.nickiswift.com/926612/how-lisa-marie-presley-honored-her-late-son-years-after-his-death/ | true | 1 |
NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against IonQ, Inc. ("IonQ" or the "Company") (NYSE: IONQ) and certain of its former officers. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, and docketed under 22-cv-01536, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired IonQ securities between March 30, 2021 and May 2, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). Plaintiff pursues claims against the Defendants under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act").
If you are a shareholder who purchased or otherwise acquired IonQ securities during the Class Period, you have until August 1, 2022 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
IonQ claims to "develop quantum computers designed to solve the world's most complex problems."
On or about September 30, 2021, IonQ became a public entity via business combination with dMY Technology Group, Inc. III, a special purpose acquisition company.
The complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that IonQ had not yet developed a 32-qubit quantum computer; (2) that the Company's 11-qubit quantum computer suffered from significant error rates, rendering it useless; (3) that IonQ's quantum computer is not sufficiently reliable, so it is not accessible despite being available through major cloud providers; (4) that a significant portion of IonQ's revenue was derived from improper round-tripping transactions with related parties; and (5) that, as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
On May 3, 2022, Scorpion Capital released a research report alleging, among other things, that IonQ is a "scam built on phony statements about nearly all key aspects of the technology and business." It further claimed that the Company reported "[f]ictitious 'revenue' via sham transactions and related-party round-tripping."
On this news, the Company's stock fell $0.71, or 9.03%, to close at $7.15 per share on May 3, 2022, on unusually heavy trading volume.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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TORONTO, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - SoftwareReviews, a leading source for insights on the software provider landscape, has published its 2022 Customer Relationship Management Data Quadrant. Nine providers in the Enterprise and Midmarket spaces have been identified as Gold Medalists.
The Customer Relationship Management (CRM) market has undergone explosive growth over the past five years as organizations seek to grow their capabilities and deliver a united customer experience across marketing, sales, and customer service.
"Organizations are looking for CRM applications that integrate across the enterprise, are easy to use, provide automation, facilitate workflow management, allow for data-driven insights, and utilize artificial intelligence to capitalize on opportunities," says Lisa Highfield, Research Director, Enterprise Applications, at SoftwareReviews. "CRM software is an increasingly essential tool for product, sales, and marketing leaders in 2022. These platforms are the workhorses that centralize customer data and manage the customer experience."
SoftwareReviews has collected and verified survey data from 2,707 end-user reviews to identify the top Enterprise and Midmarket CRM software providers for 2022. These providers received high scores on SoftwareReviews' Data Quadrant.
Providers are ranked by a composite satisfaction score, called a Composite Score (CS), that averages four different areas of evaluation: Net Emotional Footprint, Vendor Capabilities, Product Features, and Likeliness to Recommend.
The 2022 Enterprise Customer Relationship Management Software Gold Medalists are as follows:
- HubSpot CRM Platform, 8.3 CS, ranked high for activity and workflow management.
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Enterprise, 8.1 CS, ranked high for analytics and reporting.
- Salesforce Sales Cloud Enterprise, 8.1 CS, ranked high for business value creation.
The 2022 Midmarket Customer Relationship Management Software Gold Medalists are as follows:
- ConvergeHub, 9.0 CS, ranked high for ease of customization.
- Zoho CRM, 8.7 CS, ranked high for lead management.
- Pipeliner CRM, 8.6 CS, ranked high for ease of data integration.
- Salesforce Sales Cloud Professional, 8.5 CS, ranked high for sales management.
- SugarCRM, 8.4 CS, ranked high for account and contact management.
- Sage CRM, 8.4 CS, ranked high for ease of implementation.
CRM software enables an organization to manage the complete customer lifecycle, capturing, integrating, and analyzing data across all customer touchpoints. The best CRM software suites allow organizations to increase customer loyalty and improve marketing effectiveness and sales productivity.
"Going forward, as organizations adopt and integrate with other sales tools and capabilities including AI, live chat, and omnichannel service delivery, it is important to choose not just the product, but the partner that can grow with your business needs" adds Highfield.
SoftwareReviews' comprehensive software reviews provide the most accurate and detailed view of a complicated and ever-changing market. The data comes from real end users who use the software day in and day out and IT professionals who have worked with it intimately through procurement, implementation, and maintenance.
To compare and evaluate Customer Relationship Management software providers using the most in-depth and unbiased analyst reports available, visit SoftwareReviews' dedicated CRM category page.
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Biden admin: Pharmacies can’t discriminate on reproductive health scripts
(AP) - The Biden administration is warning pharmacies not to discriminate against women who may seek reproductive health prescriptions, including some that might be involved in ending a pregnancy.
The Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that pharmacies receiving federal money from programs such as Medicare and Medicaid cannot discriminate in how they supply medications or advise patients on prescriptions.
The agency noted that discrimination against people based on their pregnancy or related conditions would be a form of sex discrimination.
The announcement comes as the administration seeks to ensure reproductive health services for women following last month’s Supreme Court decision that ended a constitutional right to abortion.
On Monday, the administration told hospitals that they “must” provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk. The government said federal law on emergency treatment guidelines preempts state laws in jurisdictions that now ban the procedure without any exceptions. Now, all states provide an exception for the life of the mother.
President Joe Biden also has signed an executive order to try to protect some access to the procedure, but he also has acknowledged that his administration is limited in what it can do. He noted earlier this month that an act of Congress would be required to restore nationwide access to abortion services, and he has urged Americans angered by the Supreme Court’s ruling to vote in November.
Wednesday’s actions, like those outlined Monday, do not reflect new policy. They aim to remind care providers of their existing obligations under federal law.
“We are committed to ensuring that everyone can access health care, free of discrimination,” Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement. “This includes access to prescription medications for reproductive health and other types of care.”
The department’s guidance to pharmacies outlined several hypothetical examples of potential discrimination. They include a pharmacy that refuses to fill a prescription of mifepristone followed by misoprostol to help manage complications from a miscarriage after a pregnancy loss.
That combination of drugs also is commonly used in medication abortions.
A pharmacy that refuses to fill a prescription of misoprostol prescribed to help deal with severe stomach ulcer complications may be discriminating based on disability, HHS said. The agency noted that the pharmacy also may be discriminating if it refuses to stock the drug based on its alternate use.
HHS also cited as another example of potential discrimination: a pharmacy that refuses to fill a prescription for methotrexate to halt an ectopic pregnancy, which grows outside the womb and is not viable.
The federal agency said people who believe their rights have been violated should visit an online portal for the Office for Civil Rights to file a complaint.
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NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Wells Fargo & Company ("Wells Fargo" or the "Company") (NYSE: WFC) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and docketed under 22-cv-03811, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired Wells Fargo common stock between February 24, 2021 and June 9, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants' violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.
If you are a shareholder who purchased or otherwise acquired Wells Fargo common stock during the Class Period, you have until August 29, 2022 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
Wells Fargo is a diversified financial services company that provides banking, investment, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance products and services in the U.S. and internationally.
In 2020, Wells Fargo expanded its so-called "Diverse Search Requirement", also referred to as a diverse slate hiring policy, requiring that at least 50% of interview candidates must represent a historically underrepresented group with respect to at least one diversity dimension (including race/ethnicity, gender, LGBTQ, veterans, and people with disabilities) for most posted roles in the U.S. with total direct compensation greater than $100,000 per year. In addition, at least one interviewer on the hiring panel must represent a historically underrepresented group with respect to at least one diversity dimension.
The complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and compliance policies. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Wells Fargo had misrepresented its commitment to diversity in the Company's workplace; (ii) Wells Fargo conducted fake job interviews in order to meet its Diverse Search Requirement; (iii) the foregoing conduct subjected Wells Fargo to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement action, including criminal charges; (iv) all of the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to negatively impact Wells Fargo's reputation; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On May 19, 2022, the New York Times published an article entitled "At Wells Fargo, a Quest to Increase Diversity Leads to Fake Job Interviews". Citing discussions with "seven current and former Wells Fargo employees", including Joe Bruno, a former executive in the Company's wealth management division, the article reported, in relevant part, that "[f]or many open positions, employees would interview a 'diverse' candidate", but that "often, the so-called diverse candidate would be interviewed for a job that had already been promised to someone else." The article further reported that Mr. Bruno was fired after "complain[ing] to his bosses" about the practice.
On this news, Wells Fargo's common stock price fell $0.44 per share, or 1.04%, over two trading sessions, closing at $41.67 per share on May 20, 2022.
On June 6, 2022, Reuters published an article entitled "Wells Fargo pauses diverse slate hiring policy after reports of fake job interviews." The article reported that "Wells Fargo . . . is pausing a hiring policy that requires recruiters to interview a diverse pool of candidates, after the New York Times reported such interviews were often fake and conducted even though the job had already been promised to someone else." The same article also reported that "[t]he bank also plans to conduct a review of its diverse slate guidelines, Chief Executive Officer Charles Scharf told staff on Monday, according to a memo seen by Reuters."
Then, on June 9, 2022, the New York Times published an article entitled "Federal Prosecutors Open Criminal Inquiry of Wells Fargo's Hiring Practices." The article reported that federal prosecutors are investigating whether Wells Fargo violated federal laws by conducting fake job interviews in order to meet the Company's Diverse Search Requirement. The article also revealed that, since the New York Times' May 19, 2022 article focusing on the bank's wealth management business, "another 10 current and former employees have shared stories about how they were subject to fake interviews, or conducted them, or saw paperwork documenting the practice", and that "sham interviews occurred across multiple business lines, including its mortgage servicing, home lending and retail banking operations."
That same day, Wells Fargo issued a press release entitled "Wells Fargo response to New York Times article", which confirmed that "[e]arlier this week, the [C]ompany temporarily paused the use of its diverse slate guidelines", and that, "[d]uring this pause, the [C]ompany is conducting a review so that hiring managers, senior leaders and recruiters fully understand how the guidelines should be implemented – and so we can have confidence that our guidelines live up to their promise."
Following these disclosures, Wells Fargo's common stock price fell $3.68 per share, or 8.62%, over the following two trading sessions, closing at $38.99 per share on June 13, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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Using a particular Amazon service while you shop could help support your favorite local charity, but you have to know how.
SWFL shoppers can help charities by using an AmazonSmile to give back while shopping every day. No added costs and you find the same prices as shopping on Amazon.com.
Not just on Amazon Prime Day, but every day, your favorite charities can cash in on your purchases. And all it takes is a simple AmazonSmile to make it happen.
Richard LeBer is the CEO of the Harry Chapin Food Bank. “We love Amazon, AmazonSmile,” LeBer said. “Every time I make a purchase on, you know, on Amazon, I can see the little notice that says, you know your purchase today helps the Harry Chapin Food Bank that just, you know, that just touches me.”
The Harry Chapin Food Bank is one of the many charities benefitting from the AmazonSmile program. Since 2016, the nonprofit has earned half a percent from people using Smile.Amazon.com and one percent on Amazon Prime Day. And Harry Chapin uses every penny.
“There’s still a lot of hungry people in Southwest Florida, unfortunately,” LeBer said.
The Multiple Sclerosis Center of Southwest Florida also benefits from AmazonSmile. The extra money raised has helped the agency catch up on missed funding opportunities thanks to the pandemic. Kay Jasso is the Executive Director of Multiple Sclerosis Center of SWFL.
“For us, this is an important funding source, because it’s continuous. And not all, fundraising is continuous, especially like during a pandemic. So, if this is ongoing, people are staying at home, or they’re purchasing shopping online,” Jasso said. “This can continue to benefit our expansion of services in Southwest Florida.” | https://www.winknews.com/2022/07/13/how-amazon-is-helping-local-charities-with-their-smile/ | 2022-07-13T22:29:41Z | https://www.winknews.com/2022/07/13/how-amazon-is-helping-local-charities-with-their-smile/ | true | 1 |
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Pennsylvania election officials are applauding a new law that, for the first time, guarantees state money to counties for running elections.
Senate Bill 982 amends the Pennsylvania Election Code to provide public funding for county boards of election. The state funds will be used to help counties register voters, prepare and administer elections, and audit the results.
Dauphin County will receive about $1 million which they desperately needed with the increase in mail-in voting.
Dauphin County Elections Director Jerry Feaser says their budget went from $1 million to $2.8 million “to get the job done” after needing to buy new equipment to handle the increased mail-in ballots.
“The Dauphin County Commissioners have said elections, failure is not an option,” said Feaser.
Some say the legislature has failed the counties by not giving them the opportunity to open and prepare ballots for scanning prior to election day. Officials say the ability to pre-canvas would save time and money.
“This isn’t a partisan issue,” says State Sen. Lisa Boscola (D-Lehigh/Northampton). “Pre-canvassing, all the counties whether Republican-run or Democrat-run want pre-canvassing.”
Boscola says pre-canvassing has become a pawn in a bigger fight regarding voter ID.
Republican State Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill was a prime sponsor of Senate Bill 982 and could have added pre-canvassing to the bill, but says lawmakers “have not found consensus to move that through legislature to get to governor’s desk.”
Phillips-Hill (R-York) conceded there’s no consensus in GOP circles that mail-in ballots are constitutional and that’s still to be decided by the Supreme Court.
“I represent a lot of people who still have significant concerns about the massive expansion of mail-in voting so there’s lots of moving pieces need to address prior to giving counties that option.”
Feaser wishes lawmakers would talk to him about their concerns so he could ease them, and that those who criticize elections would volunteer to help conduct them.
“Be part of the process. Teddy Roosevelt said ‘it’s not the critic who counts it’s the man in the arena.'”
The same Pennsylvania law also banned outside financial support for elections, which was controversial during the 2020 election. Several other states, including South Dakota, Arizona, Alabama, and Mississippi have implemented similar restrictions.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg donated $400 million to election offices in 2020 to help local election offices amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately 2,500 election offices received funding for a wide range of expenses, including new ballot counting equipment, pickup trucks to haul voting machines, and public relations campaigns advertising new ways to cast ballots.
A nonprofit that assisted Zuberberg to distribute the funds said in April that it won’t disburse similar donations this year after backlash from conservatives suspicious that the contributions tilted the outcome of the presidential race toward Joe Biden.
A spokesperson for Zuckerberg and Chan confirmed that the couple is not funding election offices in 2022.
“As Mark and Priscilla made clear previously, their election infrastructure donation to help ensure that Americans could vote during the height of the pandemic was a one-time donation given the unprecedented nature of the crisis,” Ben LaBolt said. “They have no plans to repeat that donation.”
Violating the new Pennsylvania law would mean a second-degree misdemeanor, up to two years in jail, and/or a fine of no more than $5,000.
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LINCOLN, NEB. (July 13, 2022) – From EMT training to a nursing degree and other college credits, non-traditional students are getting the much-needed support to obtain their educational goals with the Nebraska Rural Radio Foundation Scholarship in Honor of Max & Eric Brown.
“Vibrant rural communities are critical to the success of agriculture and all of Nebraska. This scholarship supports individuals who are committed to making a difference in rural Nebraska,” said Megahn Schafer, executive director at the Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation.
The Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation is accepting applications for the 2023 scholarships and will award up to $2,500 to non-traditional students, age 25 or older, living in Nebraska’s rural communities. Applicants must be pursuing an education in Nebraska including, but not limited to, community college, technical school, or training programs.
Past winners have demonstrated their commitment to the future of agriculture and rural towns. Past recipients serve their communities as educators, EMTs, nurses, and more, while contributing to their farm and ranch operations.
“No matter the field of study, we are looking for applicants who will contribute to a higher quality of life in their communities, and we know there are so many qualified candidates out there. What is great about this scholarship is that it is so flexible and can support many kinds of education and training. We urge people to spread the word about this scholarship and encourage people to apply,” said Schafer.
Max and Eric Brown spent their careers serving rural Nebraska, and this scholarship promotes their vision of continued success across the state.
Applications are due August 1. More information and the online application can be found at https://nefbfoundation.org/scholarships/.
The mission of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation is to engage youth, educators, and the general public to promote an understanding of the vital importance of agriculture in the lives of all Nebraskans. The Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. For more information about the Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation, visit www.nefbfoundation.org. | https://www.kibz.com/scholarship-aims-to-help-non-traditional-students-in-rural-nebraska/ | 2022-07-13T22:31:20Z | https://www.kibz.com/scholarship-aims-to-help-non-traditional-students-in-rural-nebraska/ | true | 2 |
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ATMORE, Ala., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- United Bancorporation of Alabama, Inc., parent company of United Bank, Town-Country United Bank and UB Community Development, has received a $123 million investment from the U.S. Department of the Treasury under its Emergency Capital Investment Program, or ECIP.
The new capital is intended to be used by United to further increase lending efforts for borrowers in underserved, low-income and minority communities.
The Emergency Capital Investment Program was created to encourage low- and moderate-income community financial institutions to augment their efforts to support small businesses and consumers in their communities. "ECIP has revolutionized our lending efforts as a CDFI and to the communities and people we serve," United Bank CEO and President Mike Vincent said. "It has provided an unprecedented opportunity for us to expand our services to underserved rural, urban and minority communities."
ECIP will provide up to $9 billion in capital directly to depository institutions that are certified Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) or minority depository institutions (MDIs) for small businesses, minority-owned businesses and consumers, especially in low-income and underserved communities, that may be disproportionately impacted by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
United Bancorporation of Alabama, Inc. (OTCQX: UBAB) is a $1.2 billion financial holding company that primarily serves Southwest Alabama as well as Northwest Florida. United is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), which recognizes its commitment to stimulating economic development in underserved communities. United operates three subsidiaries: United Bank, Town-Country United Bank and UB Community Development. United Bank is also designated as a CDFI and operates 22 branches across five counties. The recently acquired Town-Country United Bank serves Wilcox County and its surrounding counties. UB Community Development focuses on economic and community development through its New Markets Tax Credits, affordable housing and community facilities programs. United Bank has offices in Atmore, Brewton, East Brewton, Flomaton, Monroeville, Frisco City, Bay Minette, Daphne, Foley, Lillian, Loxley, Magnolia Springs, Semmes, Silverhill, Spanish Fort and Summerdale in Alabama. United Bank serves Santa Rosa County, Florida in Jay, Milton and Pace.
Contact:
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Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary
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Many new state laws have gone into effect after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, including a wide range of approaches to abortion ban exceptions.
Some states looking to end abortion still included exceptions from the absolutes. For instance, in some states, a person pregnant due to rape or incest may be allowed to terminate. But proving it may be difficult.
Elizabeth Trebelhorn spoke about her horrifying experience as a rape survivor at an abortion rights rally in Washington, D.C.
"36 days ago, I was raped," Trebelhorn said. "It's hard for me to come out with it. When I was raped, I was so confused... I questioned about how much I wanted to do with this if I wanted to have the rape kit done, if I wanted to have police. I just didn't want any of it to have happened."
Rape survivors like Trebelhorn not only have to deal with the trauma of the assault but also the guilt, blame, and shame that might come along with it. Now in states like Utah and Mississippi, they would also have to report the assault to authorities to obtain an abortion.
In South Carolina, doctors would have to report to the local sheriff the name of anyone receiving an abortion under the rape and incest exemption. However, rape victims commonly avoid talking to the police. The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network says 2 out of 3 sexual assaults go unreported.
John Zug was a former Virginia prosecutor who worked alongside sexual assault survivors.
"Being raped is a humiliating thing to happen to anybody," Zug said. "I've never been raped, but I've worked with enough victims to know how terrible that crime is. And the fact is, is that we are now putting another layer on people who have been victimized by sexual assault to make things more difficult for them."
According to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion rights research organization, here’s what that looks like currently as more states move toward bans:
"So there are 26 states where we were anticipating states to ban abortion, and in those 26 states, they passed 41 separate abortion bans," said Elizabeth Nash, principal policy associate at the Guttmacher Institute. "Out of those 41 separate abortion bans, 10 of them have exceptions for rape and incest."
In addition, the World Health Organization says reporting proof is a burden to victims, stating, “These requirements can result in delays that may push women beyond the legal gestational limit, thereby preventing women from accessing abortion care altogether."
In the U.S., abortions due to rape and incest make up fewer than 1% of those performed in the U.S., but part of that low number could be because of the stigma that comes with being a victim.
"If they are in that situation, they may not reveal that they're still dealing with the experience and coming to terms with it," Nash said. "So, that may not be something they feel comfortable sharing."
Still, Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, doesn’t believe rape or incest are valid exceptions.
"We don't believe that your circumstance of conception should determine your value or that that should determine whether or not you get to live or die," Hawkins said.
But even with exceptions, doctors may not want to risk their medical license to perform the procedure. In North Dakota, the director of Red River Women’s Clinic says her doctors prefer that their patients go to a state where abortion is legal rather than risk the hurdles of obtaining a legal exemption.
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Here's A Persuasive Explanation For Why Inflation Isn't Completely Joe Biden's Fault
Robert Reich explains why corporate greed is contributing to the United States's record inflation.
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This is such a powerful psalm for it speaks about how God will keep His word. The Lord says that He
will not violate any covenant or promise that He makes. He swears by His holiness. There is no lying, or
impurity in the Lord. He is holy, righteous and truthful. The Lord will not lie to David or us.
Here is the promise. David`s line with endure forever. Jesus was to come from this line and He is
now Savior and Lord. This was a promise to Israel and to us. Jesus came the first time as the suffering
Savior but when He returns He will come as the King of Kings and Lord of Lord`s. David’s throne will
endure before the Lord like the Sun. Scientists tell us the Sun has about another billion years left
before it burns out. Long time when you think about it.
Ethan closes off with the fact that as long as the moon and sky endure so will the Lord’s promise to
David. God will keep His promises as well to us. Today whatever you need the Lord will supply. He will
keep you in perfect peace. He is trustworthy so today keep your eyes on Him for as long as creation
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Adam Collard continues to explore a relationship with Paige Thorne after her partner Jacques O’Neill left the Love Island villa to focus on his mental wellbeing.
The return of former personal trainer Adam, who became infamous as a heartbreaker during his time on the show in 2018, had already created tension amongst the couple after he gave his opinion to Paige on Jacques’ behaviour in Casa Amor.
Following Jacques’ shock exit during Tuesday’s episode, Adam was seen pursuing his connection with Paige as he chose her for one of three dates.
At the beginning of Wednesday’s episode, Adam pulled Paige to one side to ask how she was feeling about Jacques leaving, to which she replied: “Yeah, it’s not a great situation but I’m just going to keep smiling, keep doing my thing, just have a good time. Whatever comes come.”
He added: “When Jacques left I think they thought I would be buzzing, that’s not the case because I’ve made it quite clear that I’m in to you and I would like to get to know you.
“I’d rather just let you feel it out and see how you feel about the situation.”
Later in the Beach Hut, Adam admitted he had “hit the jackpot” with Jacques leaving the villa.
He added that if the rugby player was in the villa he believed Paige would still entertain getting to know him after the revelations that Jacques had kissed bombshell Cheyanne Kerr during Casa Amor.
Newcastle-raised Adam was given the opportunity to choose three girls to take on a date in the Hideaway terrace, with Summer, Danica and Paige being chosen.
During his time with Summer they discussed their ideal dates while with Danica she treated him to a quick dance lesson.
Adam got on to deeper topics with Paige during their date as they discussed what they bring to the table in a relationship, with him admitting he likes to do “spontaneous” things for his partner.
In The Beach Hut afterwards, Paige said she thought the date had gone “well” and that she was “looking forward to having some more flirty chit-chat and seeing where it goes”.
She added: “Obviously it doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy and it doesn’t mean I’ve switched my feelings off but am I looking forward to there potentially being more chats with Adam? Yeah, for sure.”
Adam also admitted to the boys later that while he had enjoyed his dates with Summer and Danica, he had “saved the best for last” with Paige.
He added that he was grateful for some alone time with her and described her as “wifey material”.
The episode also saw Brit Award-winning singer Becky Hill provide some light relief for the islanders by surprising them with a performance in the villa garden.
The I Could Get Used To This singer treated them to a selection of her hit songs including Crazy What Love Can Do and My Heart Goes as they danced the night away.
After the performance, Danica Taylor said: “She was absolutely insane, so grateful and blessed to be here right now and to have witnessed that.”
Ekin-Su Culculoglu added that she was a “huge fan of Becky Hill” and described the moment as a “once in a lifetime opportunity”.
Love Island continues at 9pm on ITV2 and ITV Hub. | https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/showbiz/2022/07/13/adam-explores-relationship-with-paige-following-jacques-shock-love-island-exit/ | 2022-07-13T22:56:04Z | https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/showbiz/2022/07/13/adam-explores-relationship-with-paige-following-jacques-shock-love-island-exit/ | false | 6 |
WFO BINGHAMTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 13, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
520 PM EDT Wed Jul 13 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Broome
and northeastern Susquehanna Counties through 600 PM EDT...
At 520 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Great Bend, or 10 miles southeast of Binghamton, moving east at 20
mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Kirkwood, Conklin, Susquehanna, Deposit, Susquehanna Depot,
Hallstead, Windsor, Great Bend, Lanesboro and Starrucca.
This includes the following highway exits...
New York Interstate 81 near 1.
Interstate 86/Route 17 between 79 and 83.
Pennsylvania Interstate 81 near 230.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 4200 7544 4200 7548 4189 7547 4187 7548
4191 7590 4205 7587 4210 7542 4205 7542
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 267DEG 18KT 4198 7578
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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Jazz Vocalist, Jonathan Karrant, performs “In My Life” live on KUSI’s Patio
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Jazz Vocalist, Jonathan Karrant, performed “In My Life” by the Beatles live on KUSI’s Patio on “Good Morning San Diego”.
Jonathan Karrant – Eclectic Taste
The Music Box
1337 India St San Diego CA 92101
Thursday, July 14th, 2022
Doors at 7pm Doors at 8pm
Seated Show
Tickets $35. & $25.
Concert & Ticket Link: https://musicboxsd.com/event/12085135/jonathan-karrant/ | https://www.kusi.com/jazz-vocalist-jonathan-karrant-performs-in-my-life-live-on-kusis-patio/ | 2022-07-13T22:58:09Z | https://www.kusi.com/jazz-vocalist-jonathan-karrant-performs-in-my-life-live-on-kusis-patio/ | true | null |
“WWE NXT” had a drop in overall ratings this week, but the program hit where it counted in the key demographic. Wrestlenomics released the rating numbers for Tuesday evening, and the 7/13 episode received 582,000 viewers on average, down 2% from the Great American Bash episode last week. The 18-49 demographic, however, saw an increase of 17% as it accrued an average viewership of 183,000 to give the episode a 0.14 P18-49 rating.
“NXT” ranked at #21 for cable originals in the key demo and #36 for broadcast primetime. The top draw for Tuesday was “America’s Got Talent” on NBC with a 0.73 P18-49 rating.
From an annual perspective, the numbers for last night’s “NXT” are not positive. The 7/13/2021 episode had an average audience of 705,000, 17.5% higher than this week’s episode, and even though the 18-49 demographic was up from last week, it’s considerably down from 2021. The 7/13/2021 episode had a 0.19 P18-49 rating — 27% higher than this week’s program. Just like yesterday evening, last year’s show had no sports to contend with.
Last night’s episode of “NXT” was a newsworthy one as Roxanne Perez challenged Mandy Rose for the NXT Women’s Championship, but matters went awry for Perez. The 2022 Breakout Champion was seemingly on her way to victory before her partner, Cora Jade, stabbed her in the back — the pair had just defeated Rose’s associates, Toxic Attraction, for the “NXT” Women’s Tag Team Championship on the previous episode. Perez, who had suffered a mysterious attack to open the show and was wrestling wounded, hit her Pop Rox finisher on Rose on the floor outside the ring, but when she sent the champ back onto the canvas, Jade cracked her with her championship belt. This gave Rose the opportunity the recover and hit a bicycle kick for the three count.
The program also saw Apollo Crews lose to Giovanni Vinci and the D’Angelo Family (Tony D’Angelo and Channing Lorenzo) defeat Edris Enofe and Malik Blade. Some hype was also generated for next week, as Damon Kemp is set to face Roderick Strong in singles action and A-Kid is set to debut under a new look and a new alias. NXT Champion Bron Breakker was not featured on the program.
Have a news tip or correction? Send it to [email protected]stlinginc.com | https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2022/07/wwe-nxt-rating-post-great-american-bash/ | 2022-07-13T22:58:25Z | https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2022/07/wwe-nxt-rating-post-great-american-bash/ | false | 1 |
Chester Water Dept. provides update following weekend state of emergency
CHESTER, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - The Chester Water Department held a meeting Wednesday following a water main leak that drained the entire town’s water supply over the weekend, leading to a boil water order which remained in effect.
According to the department, it took about 5 hours Friday to find the leak and an additional 4 hours on Sunday to pinpoint where the leak was.
The source turned out to be a previous leak along Route 20 that had been patched once before.
“The only way to identify it was by physically walking the system once we had water and saw it gushing,” on department official said. “You couldn’t see it from Route 20.”
The next step is to test bacteria levels.
Water has been restored to the town. Residents are able to flush and shower, however, the water is still not safe for drinking.
If you plan on doing dishes but do not have a dishwasher, they suggest you boil the water first.
Copyright 2022. Western Mass News (WGGB/WSHM). All rights reserved. | https://www.westernmassnews.com/2022/07/13/chester-water-dept-provides-update-following-weekend-state-emergency/ | 2022-07-13T22:59:32Z | https://www.westernmassnews.com/2022/07/13/chester-water-dept-provides-update-following-weekend-state-emergency/ | true | 1 |
The latest items getting more expensive at the grocery store
Food prices are still on the rise, but some relief may be on the horizon.
In the past 12 months, overall food prices rose 10.4%, the biggest annual increase since February 1981, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Grocery prices jumped 12.2% in the year ending in June, not adjusted for seasonal swings. In that period, nearly every individual item got more expensive, with some categories seeing dramatic increases. Eggs spiked 33.1%, flour jumped 19.2% and chicken went up 18.6%. Milk got 16.4% more expensive, and fruits and vegetables were 8.1% pricier.
Restaurant menu prices grew 7.7% in that time period.
Prices have been rising across the board this year, and inflation surged to a new pandemic-era peak in June, with U.S. consumer prices jumping by 9.1% year-over-year. The June increase was largely caused by a jump in gasoline prices, which were up nearly 60% from the year before. Americans saw record-high gas prices last month, with the national average topping $5 a gallon.
When it comes to food, an "unfolding avalanche of problems" has led to higher prices, said Rob Fox, director of the knowledge exchange division at CoBank, which provides financial services to agribusinesses.
To name a few: Tight milk supplies contributed to a surge in some dairy prices. Avian flu has been hiking up the cost of eggs. Commodities such as wheat and corn were driven up by bad weather and the war in Ukraine. Add to that higher wages and packaging costs, and you get highly elevated food prices.
What changed in the grocery store in May
From May to June, adjusted for seasonal swings, a number of grocery items got more expensive.
Flour prices jumped 5.3%. Butter got 4.8% pricier and margarine went up 6.8%.
Fresh biscuits, rolls and muffins popped 3.5%, while fresh-baked cakes and cupcakes rose 2.9%. Shoppers looking to satisfy their dessert cravings had to pay more in the frozen aisle, too — ice cream got 4% more expensive and frozen and refrigerated bakery products got 2.9% pricier. Sugar rose 2.1%.
But there was some relief at the checkout counter, especially in the meat department. Beef and veal prices fell 2.3%, pork dropped 1.6% and bacon went down 1.9%. Hot dogs were an outlier, however, getting 4.5% more expensive.
In the fresh produce section, citrus fruits took a 4.5% dip.
What happens next?
But there are signs that prices could start to fall.
"My prediction is that we are right now at peak inflation at the consumer level," Fox said. Partially that's because food producers' input costs, which were trending upward last year, peaked earlier this year and have been falling, he said.
Plus, consumers may start restricting their purchases or choosing lower-priced options when possible, cutting demand and — eventually — leading to lower prices.
Preliminary survey data released by the University of Michigan last month showed that consumer sentiment slumped to a record low between May and June, suggesting that some shoppers may begin to change their spending habits.
If prices do start to fall, it won't happen right away, Fox noted, saying it could take another six to nine months for prices to decline. Even then, he doesn't expect price tags to dip below the levels seen this time last year.
CNN Business's Lucy Bayly and Alicia Wallace contributed to this report. | https://www.kmbc.com/article/the-latest-items-getting-more-expensive-at-the-grocery-store/40606624 | 2022-07-13T23:00:11Z | https://www.kmbc.com/article/the-latest-items-getting-more-expensive-at-the-grocery-store/40606624 | true | 12 |
Military delegations from Russia and Ukraine held their governments' first face-to-face talks in months Wednesday as they tried to reach an agreement on a United Nations plan to export blocked Ukrainian grain to world markets through the Black Sea.
Turkish military officials and U.N. envoys also took part in the meeting in Istanbul. which focused on finding a way to get millions of tons of grain sitting in silos amid the war in Ukraine shipped out of the country's ports toward the Mediterranean.
The war has trapped about 22 million tons of grain inside Ukraine, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. U.N., Turkish and other officials are scrambling for a solution that would empty the silos in time for upcoming harvest in Ukraine. Some grain is being transported through Europe by rail, road and river, but the amount is small compared with sea routes.
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says the war is endangering food supplies for many developing nations and could worsen hunger for up to 181 million people.
The Russian and Ukrainian officials, dressed in civilian clothes, faced each other around a large square table. Turkey's Defense Ministry announced the talks had ended about an hour and a half after it confirmed that they had begun, but did not provide details.
Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat, corn and sunflower oil, but Russia’s invasion and war has disrupted production and halted shipments, endangering food supplies in many developing countries, especially in Africa, and contributing to higher global food prices.
Turkey has offered to provide safe Black Sea corridors and worked with the U.N., Russia and Ukraine to reach an agreement. The U.N. would establish a center in Istanbul to control the shipments, Turkish officials have said.
Speaking before the talks, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told The Associated Press that grain exports from his country’s ports won’t resume without security guarantees to ship owners, cargo owners and Ukraine as an independent nation.
Any agreement needs to ensure that Russia "will respect these corridors, they will not sneak into the harbor and attack ports or that they will not attack ports from the air with their missiles," he said.
Russian and Ukrainian officials have traded accusations over the stuck grain shipments.
Moscow claims Ukraine's heavily mined ports are causing the delay. Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged that Moscow wouldn’t use the corridors to launch an attack, if the sea mines were removed.
Ukrainian officials have blamed a Russian naval blockade for holding up the exports and causing the global food crisis. They remained skeptical of Putin's pledge not to take advantage of cleared Black Sea corridors to mount attacks on Ukrainian ports, noting that he insisted earlier this year he had no plans to invade Ukraine.
Ahead of the talks, a senior Russian diplomat said Moscow was willing to ensure safe navigation for ships to carry grain from Ukrainian ports but would press for its right to check the vessels for weapons.
Pyotr Ilyichev, head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s department for ties with international organizations, said Russia's military had repeatedly declared its willingness to allow safe shipping corridors in the Black Sea.
Seventy vessels from 16 countries have remained stuck in Ukrainian ports, Ilyichev said, alleging that Ukrainian authorities had barred them from departing.
"Our conditions are clear: We need to have a possibility to control and check the ships to prevent any attempts to smuggle weapons in, and Kyiv must refrain from any provocations," Russia's Interfax news agency quoted Ilyichev as saying.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has worked for months to secure a deal that would allow Ukraine to export wheat and other commodities from Odesa, the country's largest port, and also enable Russia to export grain and fertilizer to global markets.
Asked about Wednesday’s talks, Guterres said Tuesday: "We are working hard, indeed, but there is still a way to go."
Russia isn’t able to transport its grain either. Moscow argues that Western sanctions on its banking and shipping industries make it impossible for Russia to export food and fertilizer and are scaring off foreign shipping companies.
Volodymyr Fesenko, head of the Kyiv-based Penta Center think-tank, said a key issue at the talks was what country would offer security guarantees and send warships to escort vessels carrying grain.
Ukraine also wants to set up a control mechanism to ensure that Russia doesn’t ship grain from the territories it seized in Ukraine to global markets, he said.
"Ukraine is demanding to work out a transparent and clear mechanism of international control," he said. "The Ukrainian authorities are using the talks in Turkey to urge international partners not to buy what was stolen or pay to Kyiv for it."
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador last week after Turkish authorities briefly detained a Russian ship suspected of transporting stolen grain but allowed it to leave and return to a Russian port. A Turkish official said authorities were not able to determine that the ship carried stolen grain.
NATO-member Turkey has retained close ties to both Moscow and Ukraine. Since the war started, it has hosted a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers, as well as talks between the two countries’ negotiators.
Additional reporting by The Associated Press. | https://www.newsy.com/stories/russia-ukraine-discuss-u-n-plan-to-free-up-grain-exports/ | 2022-07-13T23:01:07Z | https://www.newsy.com/stories/russia-ukraine-discuss-u-n-plan-to-free-up-grain-exports/ | true | 5 |
ARLINGTON — Baylor coach Dave Aranda has of late been reading “The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves” by Dr. Shawn Ginwright, a professor of Africana Studies at San Francisco State University.
It’s not a book about football. Or athletics, for that matter. It is, at its core, a book about recognizing our blind spots, confronting them and pivoting, and it has gripped Aranda.
“I think there's some points in there where he talks about going from transactional to transformational, and he talks about going from a lens to a mirror, where we're all kind of trained to critique and label and look out, but the hardest look is looking in the mirror,” Aranda said Wednesday during Big 12 media days at AT&T Stadium. “As they say, the mirror doesn't lie. So that’s a really good one.”
When Aranda looks in the mirror these days, he sees a Big 12 champion. And a Sugar Bowl champion. And maybe, though the decorous third-year coach would never think it himself, the new face of a soon-to-be-reshaped conference preparing for a future without marquee members Texas and Oklahoma.
Few outside Waco expected much of Aranda’s Bears in 2021, not after they’d limped through a COVID-shortened 2-7 season that culminated with a 39-point home loss to Oklahoma State in his 2020 head coaching debut.
But Baylor kept defying expectations in Aranda’s second year, dominating both sides of the line of scrimmage and scoring massive regular-season wins over No. 14 Iowa State, No. 19 BYU and No. 4 Oklahoma en route to a 21-16 win over No. 5 Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Championship Game. The Bears closed out the nation’s most surprising Power Five campaign with a Sugar Bowl victory and No. 5 ranking in the final Associated Press poll.
Baylor, the Big 12’s preseason favorite, isn’t sneaking up on anyone after all that success. And Aranda won’t allow his players or staffers to let their collective focus stray while still aglow in last year’s triumphs.
“Let's just say throughout the week they'll be running and lifting,” Aranda said. “Are we bringing a lot energy to that, or are we in it, but we're not bringing any energy — we're actually taking away energy? Or is there more weight I could have put on the bar? Or maybe there's a few reps you didn't take. Or maybe there's a guy sitting at breakfast in the cafeteria that just got here this summer, you don't really know yet, you could have had a chance to go see him and talk to him, and you didn't. I think all of those things are the thing … put the focus where the focus needs to be.”
In 2020, Baylor averaged 310 offensive yards, 90 rushing yards and 29 points allowed per game. Last season, Baylor averaged 422.7 offensive yards, 219.3 rushing yards and 18.3 points allowed per game.
Aranda didn’t sprinkle fairy dust around the locker room to make that happen. That sudden progress was born of savvy recruiting, positive player development and playing to the team’s strengths. And that will be the recipe moving forward as Baylor tries to offset some notable offseason departures.
Baylor lost four starters on defense and five on offense, but its dominant offensive and defensive lines remain almost fully intact. And Aranda has found his quarterback in redshirt sophomore Blake Shapen, who was superb in the Big 12 Championship Game while throwing for 180 yards and three touchdowns with just five incompletions.
“He’s very confident,” redshirt senior tight end Ben Sims said of Shapen. “He’s becoming a very influential teammate. He’s becoming a leader, and you can see his growth day in, day out. He’s a special dude, and we’re excited to play with him next fall.”
Texas has been a sporadic threat to win the Big 12 over the past decade, though it hasn’t claimed a title since 2009. But the looming departure of 14-time conference winner Oklahoma will create a legitimate power vacuum, one that incoming members Houston, BYU, Cincinnati and UCF will all try to fill after they join next summer.
But the most likely heir to Oklahoma’s throne at this moment, it appears, is Baylor. And that’s a testament to what Aranda has been able to build since he left LSU in 2019 as a national championship-winning defensive coordinator.
“Looking back on it in whatever, July of 2020, he was really focused on building something really special,” fifth-year senior linebacker Dillon Doyle said. “And I’m not sure everybody knew exactly what that was at the beginning. But I knew he wanted to have a great focus on who the players are off the field and the relationships. Those were two things I was excited about and really drew me to him.”
It’s not hard to see why Aranda’s approach has worked so well.
He convinced the Bears to look in the mirror, confront what they saw, and evolve. Now Baylor just might be the Big 12’s team to beat for the foreseeable future. | https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/Dave-Aranda-transforms-Baylor-into-Big-12-s-team-17303532.php | 2022-07-13T23:05:24Z | https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/Dave-Aranda-transforms-Baylor-into-Big-12-s-team-17303532.php | true | 2 |
Biden admin: Pharmacies can’t discriminate on reproductive health scripts
(AP) - The Biden administration is warning pharmacies not to discriminate against women who may seek reproductive health prescriptions, including some that might be involved in ending a pregnancy.
The Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that pharmacies receiving federal money from programs such as Medicare and Medicaid cannot discriminate in how they supply medications or advise patients on prescriptions.
The agency noted that discrimination against people based on their pregnancy or related conditions would be a form of sex discrimination.
The announcement comes as the administration seeks to ensure reproductive health services for women following last month’s Supreme Court decision that ended a constitutional right to abortion.
On Monday, the administration told hospitals that they “must” provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk. The government said federal law on emergency treatment guidelines preempts state laws in jurisdictions that now ban the procedure without any exceptions. Now, all states provide an exception for the life of the mother.
President Joe Biden also has signed an executive order to try to protect some access to the procedure, but he also has acknowledged that his administration is limited in what it can do. He noted earlier this month that an act of Congress would be required to restore nationwide access to abortion services, and he has urged Americans angered by the Supreme Court’s ruling to vote in November.
Wednesday’s actions, like those outlined Monday, do not reflect new policy. They aim to remind care providers of their existing obligations under federal law.
“We are committed to ensuring that everyone can access health care, free of discrimination,” Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement. “This includes access to prescription medications for reproductive health and other types of care.”
The department’s guidance to pharmacies outlined several hypothetical examples of potential discrimination. They include a pharmacy that refuses to fill a prescription of mifepristone followed by misoprostol to help manage complications from a miscarriage after a pregnancy loss.
That combination of drugs also is commonly used in medication abortions.
A pharmacy that refuses to fill a prescription of misoprostol prescribed to help deal with severe stomach ulcer complications may be discriminating based on disability, HHS said. The agency noted that the pharmacy also may be discriminating if it refuses to stock the drug based on its alternate use.
HHS also cited as another example of potential discrimination: a pharmacy that refuses to fill a prescription for methotrexate to halt an ectopic pregnancy, which grows outside the womb and is not viable.
The federal agency said people who believe their rights have been violated should visit an online portal for the Office for Civil Rights to file a complaint.
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Fleeing Rajapaksa's cash handed to Sri Lankan police
Millions of rupees in cash left behind by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa when he fled his official residence in the capital will be handed over to court on Monday, police said.
Protesters discovered 17.85 million rupees (about $50,000) in crisp new banknotes but turned it over to police following Saturday's storming of the Presidential palace.
"The cash was taken over by the police and will be produced in court today," a police spokesman said.
Official sources said a suitcase full of documents had also been left behind at the stately mansion.
Rajapaksa took up residence at the two-century-old building after he was driven out of his private home on March 31 when protesters tried to storm it.
The 73-year-old leader escaped through a back door under escort from naval personnel and was taken away by boat, heading to the northeast of the island, official sources told AFP.
His exact whereabouts were not known Monday morning, but Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Rajapaksa had officially informed him of his intention to resign.
The 73-year-old Wickremesinghe will automatically become acting president in the event of Rajapaksa's resignation, but has himself announced his willingness to step down if consensus is reached on forming a unity government.
Rajapaksa had already told parliamentary Speaker Mahinda Abeywardana that he will quit on Wednesday to allow a "peaceful transition", hours after he was forced out of his official residence.
Tens of thousands of protesters captured Rajapaksa's sea-front office shortly after overrunning the palace on Saturday.
Protesters had been camping outside the Presidential Secretariat for over three months demanding his resignation over the country's unprecedented economic crisis.
Rajapaksa is accused of mismanaging the economy to a point where the country has run out of foreign exchange to finance even the most essential imports leading to severe hardships for the 22 million population.
Thousands of men and women on Monday continued to occupy the state buildings they had taken over at the weekend, vowing to remain until Rajapaksa steps down.
The roads leading to the palace were choked with tens of thousands of people on Sunday visiting the mansion that had previously been the country's most tightly-guarded building.
An effigy of Rajapaksa was hung on a clock tower near the palace.
The protesters are also demanding the resignation of Wickremesinghe, an opposition legislator who was made premier in May to try and lead the country out of its economic crisis.
Sri Lanka defaulted on its $51 billion foreign debt in April and is in talks with the IMF for a possible bailout.
Sri Lanka has nearly exhausted its already scarce supplies of petrol. The government has ordered the closure of non-essential offices and schools to reduce commuting and save fuel. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2662955300082/fleeing-rajapaksa-s-cash-handed-to-sri-lankan-police | 2022-07-13T23:11:36Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2662955300082/fleeing-rajapaksa-s-cash-handed-to-sri-lankan-police | true | 18 |
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Doctors compare new COVID variant to last year’s infections
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) -The BA.5 variant is now the most dominant strain of COVID-19 in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Doctors in Meridian are comparing it to last year’s Delta variant. Hospitalizations are increasing in the Queen City due to the variant, but doctors said Wednesday people are recovering faster.
“The new variant, Omicron 5A, we’ve noticed an increased transmissibility of the disease. We’ve seen an increase in admissions, but they’re not as sick as they were back last year with the Delta variant around this time, whereas our ICUs were completely full,” said Dr. Fred Duggan, chief medical officer at Rush Health Systems. “We only have one or two in the ICU and a lot of them are going home very quickly. Which is completely different than what we saw a year ago with the Delta.”
“We have seen a little bit of an increase in our numbers of both positive cases reported and in hospitalizations, but it is nothing like we’ve had in the past two years. What we’re seeing is the patients who do present with COVID don’t seem to be nearly as sick and as ill as they’ve been in the past,” said Dr. Keith Everett, chief medical officer with Anderson Regional Health System. “So I think this is the variant that we’re seeing now tends to be just as infectious or contagious as the previous variant.”
Duggan shared the one thing the hospital has changed with this latest variant.
“When all the cases had really dropped, we’ve gone away from the mask mandate. So now as the transmission is increased and we’re seeing lots more disease, we’ve gone back to wearing masks in clinical areas,” said Duggan.
Doctors said the vaccine is showing signs of being effective against the virus. Medical professionals are reminding people to still practice CDC guidelines.
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RIO DE JANEIRO – For the last two years, Brazilian scientists Patricia Neves and Ana Paula Ano Bom have been working out of an office that's just big enough for their two desks pushed together.
At first, they worried they wouldn't get much done ... because they'd have too much fun!
"She's my best friend!" says Ano Bom, starting to laugh.
"Yeah!" says Neves, laughing too now. Ever since the two met in college more than 20 years ago, she says, they've been inseparable: "Shopping together, having lunch" and most of all just talking. "All afternoon – about anything – husbands, kids, family."
But also, about science. And it's largely because of this friendship that the two women have been able to launch a remarkable partnership that could finally make mRNA vaccines easily available to low- and middle-income countries around the world.
The highly effective mRNA shots against COVID are the most cutting-edge vaccines against the disease. But so far private companies Pfizer and Moderna are the only ones that have succeeded in making them. And both companies have refused to share their patents and their manufacturing know-how. Now Neves and Ano Bom are determined to end the stranglehold.
Let's Go!
The tale of how Neves and Ano Bom came to mount this challenge begins with their diverging paths after graduating from college.
Neves became an immunologist and soon joined Brazil's premier agency for vaccine research and development, called the BioManguinhos Fiocruz Foundation. Shortly before the pandemic, she turned to trying to create a vaccine-like treatment for breast cancer that would use mRNA technology.
Then in October of 2020, early results suggested that the mRNA vaccines that Moderna and Pfizer were developing against COVID were probably going to work. This gave Neves an idea: What if the type of mRNA her team had been working with for the breast cancer project could also be used in a COVID vaccine?
"I started saying, 'Let's do COVID! Let's do COVID!'" recalls Neves. " 'We need to prove that our mRNA works.' "
But to get mRNA into the human body, you need to encapsulate it in a tiny fat particle using complex methods that only a few scientists in the world have figured out.
Neves had a solution: Call up her bestie Ano Bom.
After college, Ano Bom had gone on to become a biochemist and had also joined BioManguinhos Fiocruz.
"I think Ana Paula is brilliant," says Neves.
In fact, Neves had already enlisted Ano Bom to work out a way to do encapsulation of mRNA for the breast cancer project.
When Neves proposed pivoting to a COVID vaccine, Ano Bom says she immediately replied with a classic saying in Rio de Janeiro: "Bora! Vam bora!"
It means, 'Let's go!'
"Yeah," says Ano Bom, cracking up. "Let's go!"
Because it turns out that possibly the most important quality these two friends share is a willingness to go for goals that even many scientists at their own institute consider far-fetched.
"Yeah," says Ano Bom, "We are innovative and – I don't know – maybe crazy."
A new level of crazy
Setting out to invent their own mRNA vaccine against COVID was arguably a whole new level of crazy. Moderna and Pfizer didn't just have a huge head start. They're private U.S. and European companies with hundreds of millions of dollars in funding. So far Neves and Ano Bom have spent about $1 million dollars. Their entire budget is about $15 million. BioManguinhos Fiocruz is a public entity in Brazil.
But Neves says the institute's nature also comes with an advantage. "It's not for profit. We are not interested in money. We are interested in opening this technology. To provide vaccines to whomever most needs them – that's the main driver for us."
So if the team succeeds in making this new mRNA vaccine, they've committed to doing something that Moderna and Pfizer have so far balked at: Share both the patent and the manufacturing process with vaccine makers around the world. They want this coronavirus vaccine – as well as any future vaccines for other diseases using their mRNA technology – to be made as quickly and as widely available as possible to low- and middle-income countries.
These countries are normally at the back of the line when it comes to getting cutting-edge vaccines. Neves says the unequal rollout of vaccines during the pandemic incensed her – and bolstered her commitment to changing things.
"To see people dying because of diseases that already have vaccines," she says. "It's just not acceptable!"
An added bonus
Their particular focus also means that Neves and Ano Bom have made sure to use an approach that's well suited to countries with limited resources.
To explain, Neves takes me into one of her labs, where a team member, Rafaele Loureiro, is using a pipette to drop liquid ingredients into a tiny test tube – including the genetic material of some proteins found on the coronavirus.
"We'll put in two microliters of it," Loureiro says, ratcheting the dial on the pipette. "It's really like magic," she adds, a touch of awe in her voice.
Neves says the process creates mRNA that works very similarly to the ones in the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines ... but with an extra feature: This mRNA is what's called "self-amplifying."
"You have some messages inside the mRNA that make this RNA replicate itself," says Neves. In other words, you only need to put a little bit in the body, and the body takes care of making the rest.
That's a boon for lower- and middle-income countries, says Neves, because it means less raw material is required. "It's cheaper to produce."
Picking up speed
The next stop on the tour is the lab where Ano Bom has already come up with several methods for delivering the mRNA for their COVID vaccine into the body. She's now comparing them against yet another method that she's effectively purchased from an American-based private company.
But the obstacles Ano Bom is facing are also on display at a work station where another team member, Danielle Cunha, is using a syringe to push liquid through a tiny metal sieve. She does this by hand – over and over again.
Cunha grimaces a bit, and notes, "there's actually a machine for doing this."
How long it would take on this task? "Really! Do you want to know!" Cunha answers, with a wry chuckle. "I think two minutes."
Although Ano Bom bought the machine from an American supplier four months ago, she's still waiting for it to reach her lab. Ano Bom gives an exasperated sigh. "I think bureaucracy is the reason!" she says. Brazil's regulatory agencies aren't really set up to approve imports of equipment and supplies for fast track vaccine invention. Altogether, Ano Bom estimates that the resulting delays in getting assorted equipment and materials have set them back at least ten months.
Still, Neves says the team did get a major boost last September, when the World Health Organization and several other partners made the Brazil mRNA project a centerpiece of a new global initiative. The aim is to figure out how to make mRNA vaccines and then set up hubs to teach that knowledge.
"When the WHO gives you that sign that you are very good – the seal of approval – it brings the project to another level inside our institution," says Neves. It also gives them access to technical support from WHO and the other partners, including PATH, a non-profit that provides expertise on key aspects of vaccine development.
And so, for all the delays, the Brazilian team is on track to start phase one clinical trials this year. And they're aiming to have the vaccine ready for release and manufacturing at scale within about a year and a half.
Neves and Ano Bom's effort is not entirely unique. Various researchers in other countries are also trying to develop mRNA vaccines against COVID — including a team in South Africa that's trying to essentially copy Moderna's version then make the recipe completely public. There's also at least one private company – based in the United States – that is working on a vaccine using self-amplifying mRNA.
Still, if Neves and Ano Bom succeed, theirs will likely be the first wholly original new mRNA vaccine that is meant to be shared with the world.
Back in their joint office, the pressures of their timeline are palpable as Neves starts up a video conference with specialists on quality control. "We are trying to see if we could go fast with the study," Neves explains.
Ano Bom is tapping at her computer on another urgent task: "A presentation for tomorrow," she says. "Yeah," Patricia answers, "and I should be preparing one too!"
Neves and Ano Bom like to joke that as it became clear this project was turning into something big, their husbands got excited. "They started saying, 'Ah! Now you're going to receive money — more money,' " recalls Neves. Until the researchers had to tell the husbands, " 'No, no we are not receiving any more money for this. We are just receiving more work!' "
The two friends burst into laughter again. "Yes, only more work!" says Ano Bom.
But her expression gets serious as she quickly adds that they wouldn't have it any other way. "Our motivation," she says, "is our sense of justice."
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(The Hill) – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday authorized Novavax’s COVID-19 shot for emergency use, adding a fourth vaccine to the U.S. arsenal.
The agency cleared the vaccine for adults ages 18 and older. The shot will be administered as a two-dose primary series, three weeks apart.
Novavax’s vaccine could appeal to people who have been reluctant to receive one of the mRNA vaccines, as the protein-based shot was manufactured using a fundamentally different process. But about 77 percent of adults have already received two doses of an mRNA shot, so the potential market is small.
The U.S. is not short on doses from any of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines that have been available for more than a year, and those manufacturers are already working with administration officials to formulate a variant-specific booster shot for the fall.
Still, the vaccine comes as the White House is urging people to get vaccinated and boosted to protect against a wave of severe infection from the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of omicron.
Novavax’s shot “provides another alternative for adults and adds another vaccine to the COVID-19 vaccine supply for the United States. The American public can trust that this vaccine, like all vaccines that are used in the United States, has undergone the FDA’s rigorous and comprehensive scientific and regulatory review,” said Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s vaccine division.
In clinical trials, the vaccine was about 90 percent effective at preventing mild, moderate and severe COVID-19. But, critically, the trials were conducted before the omicron variant became dominant.
The company has since submitted updated data to the FDA, and publicly said the vaccine shows “broad” response to the currently circulating variants.
Novavax relies on more traditional vaccine technology, similar to those used to protect against flu and for routine childhood immunizations against whooping cough and meningitis. The two-dose vaccine can be stored at normal refrigerator temperatures, making it easier to ship and use.
The Maryland-based Novavax secured a $1.8 billion contract from the former Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed early in the pandemic to scale up research and purchase up to 100 million doses.
The Biden administration earlier this week announced it was purchasing 3.2 million doses.
Novavax originally wanted to ask the FDA for authorization by May 2021, but was beset by manufacturing problems and struggled to scale up production. It wasn’t able to file until the end of January 2022.
The vaccine is currently being manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine producer.
An FDA advisory panel voted in favor of recommending authorization last month, but the process dragged out because the agency was conducting a review of the company’s manufacturing process.
The FDA this week said Novavax is expected to finish its quality testing “in the next few weeks.”
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Five days work etching a sprawling sand-sculpture mural into a sand bar on Tofino’s Chesterman Beach all washed away with the tides last weekend.
Yet Jim Denevan was content.
Usually, the internationally known land artist works alone. This time he wanted to try a casually collaborative process and see how many people would join him.
At all came together July 9 with the help of more than 100 rolling volunteers: rings of small circular ‘anti-mounds’ were surrounded by larger circles, resembling a tunnel illusion or a stylized flower-seed pod to the untrained eye. Denevan’s 420 circular sculptures added up to measure roughly 1,700 ft. (518 meters) by 1,300 ft. (396 meters).
The resulting blend of solitary work and community company left Denevan happy with his experiment.
“It was better than I even expected,” he said. “It was kind of nice for me to try something different.”
At some points, volunteers used all 18 of the extra shovels he bought. Families and individuals would come and go, with tourists and locals all working together, he said. Learning about the volunteers’ different walks of life reminded him of meeting people in his home city of Santa-Cruz, California.
During quiet times on the sand bar, Denevan enjoyed working alone with his son who is an artist of many mediums. Denevan is proud of 30-year-old Brighton Denevan’s photography career and enjoyed having him handle all the photos of the Tofino project, he said.
Usually, Denevan’s beach sculptures are washed away after mere hours, but he picked this location knowing he would have days without the tides’ disruption. He knew the weekend would wash away the drawing, but did not know the exact day or time.
He originally hoped for Sunday, but on Friday, as the waves were beginning to “nibble” at the edges of the sculpture, Denevan realized he was running out of time.
“That is when I knew I only had the one chance on Saturday,” he said.
He and his volunteers pulled through. At around 4 p.m., the project was complete. During the late evening, the tides crossed through the center of the sculpture as a crowd watched. Kids often reacted with delight while adults were more contemplative, Denevan said.
The worldly artist created land-art in various countries such as Argentina, Australia, Spain, Russia and Saudi Arabia. In 2010, Vancouver Biennale exhibited a freehand sculpture Denevan designed on Vancouver’s Spanish Banks Beach.
He also holds the Guinness World Record for the largest artwork created from sand, which he completed in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert during 2009.
The record-breaking land-sculpture was an Apollonian gasket with a circumference of nine miles (roughly 14.5 kilometers) and 1000 nested circles, according to Guinness. The term Apollonian gasket refers to a geometric process of repeatedly nesting smaller circles in the negative space around three larger ones, within one large ring.
Although he does not use measurement tools for his work, mathematics informs many of his geometric etchings. His mother, Dorothy Denevan, was a mathematician known for her expertise as a Fibonacci theorist and died in 2000.
Denevan believes working with the geometric shapes gives him the same feeling she had while working with numbers on a chalk board. His strengths are patterns and improvisation, so he has a different relationship to math than his mother had — but he feels connected to the same feeling she had while solving problems.
“Maybe I’m solving problems, walking among the sand, in a different way. She solved math problems, and for me maybe it is the walking, and the motion, and the moving around the shapes and sizes that gives me a different kind of ‘math high,’” he said. “She seemed to be truly filled with this powerful personal and universal energy that came from working on math.”
When he is not creating land-art, Denevan travels to host events where people eat at the location of their food’s production, called Outstanding in the Field.
More information about Denevan’s sculptures can be viewed on his website: www.jimdenevan.com.
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NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Harvard Business School Club of New York (HBSCNY), the largest alumni organization of Harvard Business School (HBS), is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has elected Deborah Farrington and Zameer Kassam to the roles of Board Chair and Director respectively, effective July 1, 2022. Ms. Farrington succeeds outgoing Chair Mark Tatum.
Both leaders illustrate the Club's ongoing commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to driving lasting social and economic change in the Greater New York City community. With Ms. Farrington's appointment, the Club has, for the first time, a woman in the Board Chair role and, with the election of Clare Peeters as President in 2021, women in both the Board Chair and President positions.
Deborah Farrington is Co-founder and Managing Partner of StarVest Partners LP, a New York City based venture capital firm investing in technology-enabled business services with a focus on software-as-a-service, data & analytics, and internet marketing. Founded in 1998, it is one of the largest women majority-owned venture capital firms in the US. Ms. Farrington has been named multiple times to the Forbes Midas 100 list of top venture capitalists, twice as the top woman on the list, and received the Foreign Policy Association Medal for Achievement in Financial Services in 2018. She is a graduate of Smith College where she served as a Trustee and chaired its Investment Committee.
She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School where she has endowed a "Fellowship for Women Entrepreneurs" and served on the Visiting Committee and as a Vice President of the Alumni Board. She has served on the Club board since 2008 and chaired its Leadership Dinner in 2016 and the HBS New York Women's Leadership Accelerator conference in 2019. She is a board member of the American Friends of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Business Committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ms. Farrington stated, "The HBS Club of New York has built a remarkably vibrant community. I'm proud to be associated with an organization that enables our alumni to use their leadership and business skills to make such a meaningful difference."
Zameer Kassam is a jewelry designer, entrepreneur, and storyteller who has emerged as one of the global jewelry industry's most innovative thinkers and artists. He is the Founder and CEO of Zameer Kassam Fine Jewelry, which he launched in 2011. While the business began as a passion project, it tapped into a growing demand for personal design and thoughtful experiences, gaining substantial press and industry accolades. In the fall of 2020, Harvard Business School published "Zameer Kassam Fine Jewelry: Engaging Clients," a case study profiling his unique business model and how it was modified during the worldwide pandemic. The case is currently being taught to MBA students, Executive Education participants, and members of the YPO (Young Presidents Organization), among others. Mr. Kassam has been featured in publications including the New York Times, VOGUE and CNBC. He is a Friend of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and currently the subject of a BBC documentary.
Mr. Kassam commented, "The HBS Club of New York is a unique and powerful platform. I look forward to building on the existing foundation, with a special focus on creative entrepreneurship and deepening relationships with LGBTQ+ and other historically underrepresented alumni groups."
The Harvard Business School Club of New York is HBS' largest alumni organization globally. Founded in 1920, the Club's mission is to make a difference and to support Harvard Business School by engaging alumni, impacting community, and fostering leadership and lifelong learning.
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A Northland cop acted improperly in convincing a prosecutor to withdraw a charge against his business partner's son, the police watchdog has found.
In a ruling released on Thursday morning, the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) found the senior officer breached the police conflict of interest policy because of his business relationship with the charged man's father.
"He actively involved himself in the prosecution process, influencing the prosecutor to withdraw the charge," the IPCA said in a statement.
IPCA acting char Judge Colin Doherty said the senior officer should never have been involved with prosecuting the man, charged with assault in Northland on June 14.
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Kiribati Quits Key Pacific Island Bloc
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NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Unilever PLC ("Unilever" or the "Company") (NYSE: UL). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Unilever and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
Unilever is a British multinational consumer goods company which sells more than 400 products in over 190 countries, including Ben & Jerry's ice cream, which they acquired in 2000. In an attempt to preserve Ben & Jerry's longstanding "Social Mission," Unilever's acquisition of Ben & Jerry's included allowing for an independent board of directors, which was given primary responsibility for preserving and enhancing the objectives of the company's Social Mission (the "B&J Board").
More than 20 years after the acquisition, Ben & Jerry's remains a wholly owned subsidiary of Unilever with an independent board addressing the company's Social Mission. Since the acquisition, the B&J Board continued its Social Mission by engaging in promotions and advocacy across a host of issues concerning the environment, voter turnout, fair trade, and genetically modified organisms. Today, the B&J Board, chaired by Anuradha Mittal ("Mittal"), consists primarily of social activists who joined long after Unilever's acquisition.
The B&J Board passed a resolution in July 2020 to end sales of Ben & Jerry's products in areas that the B&J Board considers to be Palestinian territories illegally occupied by Israel. According to Mittal, Ben & Jerry's CEO Matthew McCarthy ("McCarthy") chose not to "operationalize" the resolution immediately, thus temporarily thwarting the B&J Board's decision. During the morning of July 19, 2021, Unilever and its hand-picked CEO McCarthy "operationalized" the B&J Board's resolution to boycott Israel. Ben & Jerry's announced on its website and through its Twitter account that, upon the expiration of the current licensing agreement by which its products had been distributed in Israel for decades, Ben & Jerry's would end sales of its ice cream in "Occupied Palestinian Territory", but Ben & Jerry's would purportedly continue to sell its products in Israel.
The decision by the B&J Board appeared to arise out of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions ("BDS") movement. The BDS movement is a pro-Palestinian movement promoting boycotts, divestments, and economic sanctions against Israel. The BDS movement's objective is to coerce Israel into making concessions to the Palestinians by using boycotts and the like to exert economic and political pressure. Additionally, and of particular significance here, 35 U.S. states have adopted laws, executive orders, or resolutions aimed at discouraging boycotts, divestment, and sanctions of Israel ("Anti-BDS Legislation").
During the morning of July 22, 2021, CNBC reported that the states of Texas and Florida were examining Ben & Jerry's actions in connection with the states' Anti-BDS Legislation. In addition to condemnation of Ben & Jerry's boycott by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, CNBC reported that Texas State Comptroller Glenn Hegar, who controls billions of dollars in assets for Texas' public pension funds, had already told his office to take action. Similarly, the state of Florida's CFO Jimmy Patronis ("Patronis"), who controls Florida's public pension funds, told CNBC that his office was already discussing the issue. In a letter reportedly sent to Ben & Jerry's CEO, Patronis wrote: "It is my belief that Ben & Jerry's brazen refusal to do business in Israel will result in your placement on the Scrutinized Companies that Boycott Israel List." The letter also stated that Florida would then "be prohibited from investing in Ben & Jerry's or its parent company, Unilever." Being added to the list also meant that Unilever would not be able to enter or renew contracts with the state or any municipality in Florida.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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Best cities for renters? Study ranks Detroit last followed by Cleveland and New Orleans
(Gray News) - We’ve all been dealing with increasing prices over the last few years, including our housing and rental costs.
WalletHub, a personal finance website, reports that last year’s rental prices in the U.S. nearly doubled the previous year’s rate. It also shared a recent study that ranked the best and worst places to rent this year.
To help prospective renters get the most bang for their buck, WalletHub said it compared more than 180 U.S. cities based on 22 key indicators of rental attractiveness and quality of life. The data set ranges from historical rental price changes to the cost of living to job availability.
Representatives with WalletHub said Columbia, Maryland, came in as the best city for renters overall based on the rental market, affordability and quality of life.
The No. 2 spot went to Overland Park, Kansas, followed by Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Bismarck, North Dakota, and Lincoln, Nebraska.
Meanwhile, Detroit was ranked last as far as the best city for renters, followed by Memphis, Tennessee. San Bernardino, California, Cleveland and New Orleans ranked in the study’s bottom five.
WalletHub also shared the following key findings from its 2022 study:
- Cheyenne, Wyoming, had the highest rental affordability, with the lowest median annual gross rent divided by median annual household income at 15.43%, which was 2.4 times lower than in Hialeah, Florida, the city with the lowest at 37.74%.
- Little Rock, Arkansas, had the highest rental vacancy rate, 12%, which was 7.5 times higher than Nashua, New Hampshire, and South Burlington, Vermont, the city with the lowest at 1.6%.
- Newark, New Jersey, had the highest share of renter-occupied housing units, 76.5%, which was 3.6 times higher than Port St. Lucie, Florida, the city with the lowest at 21.2%.
- Brownsville, Texas, had the lowest cost-of-living index, 73, which was 2.7 times lower than in New York, the city with the highest at 195.
- Irvine, California, had the fewest violent crimes (per 1,000 residents), .51, which was 46.1 times fewer than Memphis, the city with the most at 23.52.
The entire study can be viewed here.
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How Portsmouth councilors voted after comments against Mount Hope Bridge license plate readers
PORTSMOUTH – The Town Council voted unanimously Monday night to rescind its approval for a one-year pilot program which would have entailed the installation of automated license plate reading cameras at the southern end of the Mount Hope Bridge on Boyd’s Lane and Bristol Ferry road.
While the Town Council initially approved in a 6-1 vote on June 13 the Portsmouth Police Department’s request to collaborate with the Bristol Police Department on a suicide prevention program utilizing Flock Safety ALPR cameras, Councilmember Len Katzman opened Monday’s discussion of the issue with a motion to rescind that approval based on concerns about surveillance, civil liberties and data security expressed to him by numerous town residents in the wake of the June vote.
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Katzman, who voted in favor of the program the first time around, followed his motion with some remarks elucidating his change of heart: “Good government means changing one’s opinion when one learns further information…at present, I feel that the privacy concerns outweigh the purported safety advantages to these [cameras] if there are any – and I actually question whether there are at this point.”
Katzman also made a point to thank Portsmouth Police Chief Brian Peters for proactively seeking solutions to keep Portsmouth safe, saying, “I place no fault on Chief Peters or our police department or Bristol police or any of the organizations that stepped up to fund it. I think they all came from a place of suicide prevention and doing good deeds as did we when we voted on June 13.”
Several residents, including Jack McDaid, Larry Fitzmorris, of Portsmouth Concerned Citizens, Faye Dion (who is also an RI ACLU board member), and others spoke against the program for various reasons, including concerns about the potential for data to be misused and the erosion of civil liberties in the absence of a town ordinance controlling the use of the cameras.
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Many of them also took time to express support for suicide prevention efforts, and several including McDaid specifically named the solution of physical barriers on the bridges, long championed by a local advocacy group called Bridging the Gap, as a more effective solution because it prevents people from jumping off the bridge without putting other citizens’ privacy at risk.
Sal Carceller, whose family escaped to the United States from Spain’s Franco dictatorship when he was a child in the 1960s, built a life for himself in Portsmouth through a career working in data collection and security. In his testimony opposing the cameras, Carceller voiced his concern about data stored and controlled by Flock rather than by the town, and said, “The bottom line is, as a law-abiding citizen, as an American citizen – which I am proud to be – I do not like the idea of any system tracking my whereabouts.”
In response to the Council’s 7-0 vote to rescind its approval for the program, RI ACLU Policy Associate Hannah Stern issued a statement to “sincerely thank the members of the Council for reopening the issue, for recognizing the harmful implications of this expansive surveillance technology, and for putting the civil liberties of their residents at the forefront of their decision.”
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The ACLU, which had previously written a letter to the Cranston City Council in 2021 expressing opposition to the installation of Flock cameras in that city for crime prevention purposes, wrote a new letter to the Portsmouth Town Council for Monday’s meeting.
The letter voiced specific opposition to the proposed use of the cameras in Portsmouth and expressed, over the course of nearly eight pages, a litany of concerns about both the broad surveillance capabilities of the technology and the lack of codified oversight at either the municipal or state level to tightly control its use. While the ACLU is principally opposed to the use of ALPR cameras, it did advise some specific legal safeguards should the town choose to move forward with the program:
“If the Town is serious in wanting to implement a surveillance technology like this while protecting the rights of its residents, it should adopt an ordinance that codifies the protections and remedies that are deficient in, and missing from, this policy, many of which we have outlined in this detailed testimony. An ordinance could include specific protections similar to those contained within 22 – H 7507 and 22 – S 2650, legislation that was introduced in the Rhode Island legislature this year to address this technology.”
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Peters, like many of the council members and other meeting attendees, did not have a chance to review the new letter prior to the meeting. However, pointed out that the RI ACLU had previously praised the Portsmouth Police Department’s efforts at transparency in designing its ALPR program and policy, and he offered some possible revisions to the program, such as deleting data captured by the cameras after only 10 days, rather than 30. Peters said, “I still believe this pilot program has merits. This is a program that I believe can use technology to help us help other people.”
John Patton, co-founder, treasurer and secretary of The Matthew Patton Foundation, also spoke in favor of the pilot program. The Patton Foundation, which focuses on mental health needs and suicide prevention for veterans and active servicemembers, had offered to donate funding for the suicide prevention pilot program alongside the East Bay Community Action Program after being approached by the Bristol Police Department through the Bristol Health Equity Zone, where all three organizations regularly meet to discuss mental health and suicide prevention efforts in the East Bay.
Patton acknowledged that barriers would most effectively prevent suicide attempts off the Mount Hope Bridge, but expressed his strong support for the pilot program within the context of his strong support for any sort of preventative measure which could save lives in the interim as the campaign for barriers wends its way through the slow and difficult legislative process.
Their testimony was supported by Laura Ann Holland, a “community engagement manager” for Flock Safety who has been with the company for about three months. Holland clarified that the company stores its data using a double-encryption system on the AWS cloud service. She also mentioned that “assuming best intentions” was one of Flock’s company values, and asked Portsmouth to extend the generosity of that assumption to Flock.
Council Vice President Linda Ujifusa keyed in on that phrase, thanking the residents of Portsmouth for their “impressive testimony” against the cameras and stating that the testimony from Flock Safety was much less impressive specifically because of its lack of evidence-based argument and reliance on a request of the town to make an assumption about a vendor’s intentions.
Councilmen Keith Hamilton, J. Mark Ryan and Kevin Aguiar also spoke in favor of rescinding approval, although all expressed openness to reconsidering a pilot program with considerably tightened controls on some of the privacy and data concerns, possibly by means of a town ordinance written in consultation with the town of Bristol. Councilwoman Daniela Abbot, the only member of the council who opposed the program from the outset, thanked her colleagues for reconsidering the issue with open minds before joining them in a unanimous vote rescinding approval for the program. | https://www.newportri.com/story/news/local/2022/07/13/portsmouth-town-council-rescinds-vote-cameras-mount-hope-bridge/10042682002/ | 2022-07-13T23:34:40Z | https://www.newportri.com/story/news/local/2022/07/13/portsmouth-town-council-rescinds-vote-cameras-mount-hope-bridge/10042682002/ | true | 1 |
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What is Amazon Prime Day?
Amazon Prime Day is an annual two-day shopping event for Amazon Prime members. Each year the sale is met with doorbuster deals on some of our favorite products—think huge savings on headphones, robot vacuums, air fryers and so much more. The exclusive two-day sale is available to both new and existing Prime members. Not an Amazon Prime subscriber yet? Don't worry, there's still plenty of time to sign up.
Do you need to have an Amazon Prime membership to shop Prime Day deals?
Yes. Amazon Prime Day is exclusive to Prime members, hence the event offering the best deals for those with a Prime subscription. If you're not a Prime member, you can shop stellar Amazon Prime Day deals by signing up for an Amazon Prime free trial or a Prime membership today. A standard Amazon Prime membership will run you $14.99 per month, or $139 for a one-year subscription. Meanwhile, students and qualifying government assistance recipients can sign up for Prime for up to 50% off.
When is Amazon Prime Day 2022?
Amazon Prime Day started yesterday, July 12 and runs through tonight, July 13. We saw tons of price drops leading up to Prime Day with even deeper discounts available today. If you're not an Amazon Prime member yet, we even found a few ways for you to sign up for up to 50% off right now.
What should I buy during Amazon Prime Day?
If you've been waiting for deep discounts on TVs, laptops, countertop appliances or robot vacuums, no need to hold off until Black Friday 2022—Amazon Prime Day markdowns offer rare discounts on hundreds of best-selling brands. In years past, Amazon Prime Day has boasted impressive savings on big-ticket items, making it the perfect time to invest in new gadgets and home essentials. If you're looking to elevate your at-home entertainment set up, we suggest shopping deals on top-rated smart TVs. Meanwhile, if you want to cook up restaurant-quality dishes at home look to markdowns on customer-favorite air fryers and pressure cookers.
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How long is Amazon Prime Day?
Amazon Prime Day is a 48-hour shopping event. Although the deals will only be available for two days, the sitewide sale is one of the best opportunities to score must-have gadgets and home goods for well under retail value. To help make shopping the sale even easier, we're saving you time by leading you directly to the best deals—be sure to bookmark this page to be the first to know about new markdowns.
When does Amazon Prime Day end?
Amazon Prime Day runs through tonight, July 13 at 11:59 p.m. PST. While some of the most eye-catching deals with the biggest discounts will expire by the event's end, some will continue past the event's official end. Even better news for savvy shoppers: Other competing sale events—including Nordstrom's legendary Anniversary Sale—run well past the end of Prime Day.
What deals can we expect during Amazon Prime Day?
Whatever it is you're shopping for, there are tons of Amazon Prime Day discounts you can scoop during Prime Day 2022—including several already-live deals you can shop today. The retailer is offering category-wide discounts including price cuts on smart tech, kitchen tools, home products, beauty essentials, fashion staples, fitness gadgets, parenting must-haves and more for Amazon Prime Day 2022. If you have a Fire TV, Kindle, Echo speaker or any other Amazon device on your wishlist, Prime Day will have plenty of deep discounts available.
What competing stores are offering Amazon Prime Day discounts?
Although Amazon Prime Day is exclusive to Amazon, plenty of other popular retailers typically offer similar sales. We're seeing sales on top-rated products at Walmart, Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, The Home Depot, Wayfair and Best Buy. If you don't have an Amazon Prime account it may be a good idea to shop alternate retailers that offer price matching services.
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LACONIA — For two months the Planning Board had been holding off on a decision regarding the Paugus-Elm project on Elm Street. They board hoped the developer and an abutter could come to terms over damage one phase of the construction had allegedly caused to the abutter's property. But on Tuesday the board decided to stay out of dispute.
The board unanimously voted to approve an amended site plan for the project being developed at 49-63 Elm St. by Scott Everett. At its meetings in May and June the board tabled the matter, hoping it would give Everett and abutter Peter Brunette time to come to an arrangement.
The move to confine the decision only to the request to add the location of a metal retaining wall to the site plan came at the urging of the city’s attorney, Walter Mitchell, who called the disagreement between Everett and Brunette “a fascinating soap opera.”
“There is nothing more the board can do to bring about a resolution between the parties,” Mitchell told the board.
Everett and Brunette aired their competing arguments on whether the construction of a sheet metal retaining wall driven into the ground just feet from the boundary line separating the Paugus-Elm property from Brunette’s had any detrimental effect.
Brunette contends that using the vibrating pile driver to push the 35-feet metal panels into the ground created cracks in parts of his foundation and caused heaving in the pavement of his driveway.
But on Tuesday Everett, backed by construction and engineering experts, disagreed with Brunette’s assertions.
“We have every confidence we haven’t done any damage to his foundation,” said Tim Burke, the site superintendent for the project. He said the determination was based on photographs and on-site inspections of the foundation of the buildings on Brunette’s property before the retaining wall was installed and afterward.
“We are trying to be attentive to Mr. Brunette’s property,” Everett told the board. “I hope you can see the efforts that we have made,” he added, pointing out that 12 construction and engineering experts had looked into Brunette’s claims, and concluded that work on the site was not to blame. “I don’t know what else we can do.”
Brunette told the board that while he could not provide any hard evidence that the work had caused damage to his property, he believed that it stood to reason that it had.
“There were no cracks in my driveway in 2020 [a year before the retaining way was installed]. There are cracks now,” Brunette said.
He also told the board that though seismological analysis of readings taken during the wall's installation appear to show that vibrations on Brunette’s property did not reach a dangerous level, he said that was not irrefutable proof that the vibrations had no effect.
Brunette said that he turned down offers from Everett and his representatives to sell his property at 19 Park St. because of his sentimental attachment to the home, which he had inherited from his parents, and that he intends to pass on to his son.
He noted that Planning Director Dean Trefethen’s incorrect conclusion that the retaining wall was not a structure, and therefore not subject to setback restrictions, was the root of the problem.
“It was staff error that led to this predicament,” he told the board.
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This photo by NYC-born, Georgia-based photographer Mark Steinmetz is part of the 32nd Anniversary Exhibition of Nazraeli Press’ books and images presented by The Center for Photographic Art (San Carlos and 9th, Carmel). Featured in the gallery are an assortment of One Picture Books, artist books, and monographs that Nazraeli has published over the past three decades. It’s on display until July 31. | https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/entertainment/local_inspiration/look-out/article_093885d4-02cd-11ed-b649-d3f2b2a34f79.html | 2022-07-13T23:39:45Z | https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/entertainment/local_inspiration/look-out/article_093885d4-02cd-11ed-b649-d3f2b2a34f79.html | true | null |
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Japan’s Panasonic Corp. selected Kansas as the location for a multibillion-dollar mega-factory to produce electric vehicle batteries for Tesla and other carmakers, Gov. Laura Kelly announced Wednesday.
The decision comes five months after the Democratic governor and Republican-controlled Legislature rushed to approve a taxpayer-funded incentive package of as much as $1 billion, the state’s largest ever, to attract the company and the promised “thousands of jobs,” even though most of them didn’t know what company was in play. Kelly said Wednesday that the actual incentives will total $829 million over 10 years.
The plant will be located in De Soto, Kansas, a town with about 6,000 people and 30 miles (48.28 kilometers) southwest of Kansas City, Missouri.
“People across the country are looking at Kansas as a leader in economic development,” Kelly told a gathering of about 250 state officials and business leaders in downtown Topeka Wednesday.
Japanese broadcaster NHK reported this year that the company was looking to build the factory in Kansas or Oklahoma, close to Texas, where Tesla is building an electric-vehicle plant. The two companies jointly operate a battery plant in Nevada.
Kelly’s administration said the facility it was pursuing would be the largest economic development project in Kansas history. They said the company would employ 4,000 people and that other businesses supplying or supporting it would add several thousand more jobs. They said the company would pay an average of $50,000, which would far exceed Kansas’ median income for individuals of less than $32,000.
Kelly pushed for the permission to offer tax credits, payroll subsidies and training funds to lure what her administration said was a $4 billion project that at least one other state was also pursuing.
The measure requires the state to cut its corporate tax rates by half a percentage point for every big deal closed so that all businesses benefit. That would save companies roughly $100 million a year and drop the state’s top rate to 6% from 7% if two deals close.
Backers of the measure argued that Kansas has lost out on other large projects because it couldn’t offer generous enough incentives.
Oklahoma’s Republican-controlled Legislature approved an incentive package this year to offer rebates of up to nearly $700 million in state funds if Panasonic reached specific benchmarks, including at least a $4.5 billion capital expenditure and the creation of at least 4,000 jobs during the project’s first four years. State officials say that money could be returned to the general fund or used to lure another major project.
Ohio recently offered Intel Corp. incentives worth roughly $2 billion to secure a new $20 billion chipmaking factory. Michigan lawmakers in December approved $1 billion in incentives, two-thirds of it for General Motors for plants to assemble batteries for electric vehicles.
Electric vehicle maker Canoo has announced plans to open a factory in northeastern Oklahoma next year that is expected to create 2,000 jobs.
But Wisconsin scaled back incentives for electronics giant Foxconn. It was supposed to invest $10 billion there and create 13,000 jobs but the deal now is for about 1,450 jobs with an investment of $672 million by 2026.
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UN Report: Global Hunger
The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, an increase of about 46 million since 2020 and 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic (1), according to a United Nations report that provides fresh evidence that the world is moving further away from its goal of ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030.
The 2022 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report presents updates on the food security and nutrition situation around the world, including the latest estimates of the cost and affordability of a healthy diet. The report also looks at ways in which governments can repurpose their current support to agriculture to reduce the cost of healthy diets, mindful of the limited public resources available in many parts of the world.
The report was jointly published today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
The numbers paint a grim picture:
As many as 828 million people were affected by hunger in 2021 – 46 million people more from a year earlier and 150 million more from 2019.
After remaining relatively unchanged since 2015, the proportion of people affected by hunger jumped in 2020 and continued to rise in 2021, to 9.8% of the world population. This compares with 8% in 2019 and 9.3% in 2020.
Around 2.3 billion people in the world (29.3%) were moderately or severely food insecure in 2021 – 350 million more compared to before the outbreak of the COVID‑19 pandemic. Nearly 924 million people (11.7% of the global population) faced food insecurity at severe levels, an increase of 207 million in two years.
The gender gap in food insecurity continued to rise in 2021 – 31.9% of women in the world were moderately or severely food insecure, compared to 27.6% of men – a gap of more than 4 percentage points, compared with 3 percentage points in 2020.
Almost 3.1 billion people could not afford a healthy diet in 2020, up 112 million from 2019, reflecting the effects of inflation in consumer food prices stemming from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures put in place to contain it.
An estimated 45 million children under the age of five were suffering from wasting, the deadliest form of malnutrition, which increases children’s risk of death by up to 12 times. Furthermore, 149 million children under the age of five had stunted growth and development due to a chronic lack of essential nutrients in their diets, while 39 million were overweight.
Progress is being made on exclusive breastfeeding, with nearly 44% of infants under 6 months of age being exclusively breastfed worldwide in 2020. This is still short of the 50% target by 2030. Of great concern, 2 in 3 children are not fed the minimum diverse diet they need to grow and develop to their full potential.
Looking forward, projections are that nearly 670 million people (8% of the world population) will still be facing hunger in 2030 – even if a global economic recovery is taken into consideration. This is a similar number to 2015, when the goal of ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition by the end of this decade was launched under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
As this report is being published, the ongoing war in Ukraine, involving two of the biggest global producers of staple cereals, oilseeds and fertilizer, is disrupting international supply chains and pushing up the prices of grain, fertilizer, energy, as well as ready-to-use therapeutic food for children with severe malnutrition. This comes as supply chains are already being adversely affected by increasingly frequent extreme climate events, especially in low-income countries, and has potentially sobering implications for global food security and nutrition.
“This report repeatedly highlights the intensification of these major drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition: conflict, climate extremes and economic shocks, combined with growing inequalities,” the heads of the five UN agencies (2) wrote in this year’s Foreword. “The issue at stake is not whether adversities will continue to occur or not, but how we must take bolder action to build resilience against future shocks.”
Repurposing agricultural policies
The report notes as striking that worldwide support for the food and agricultural sector averaged almost US$ 630 billion a year between 2013 and 2018. The lion’s share of it goes to individual farmers, through trade and market policies and fiscal subsidies. However, not only is much of this support market-distorting, but it is not reaching many farmers, hurts the environment and does not promote the production of nutritious foods that make up a healthy diet. That’s in part because subsidies often target the production of staple foods, dairy and other animal source foods, especially in high- and upper-middle-income countries. Rice, sugar and meats of various types are most incentivized food items worldwide, while fruits and vegetables are relatively less supported, particularly in some low-income countries.
With the threats of a global recession looming, and the implications this has on public revenues and expenditures, a way to support economic recovery involves the repurposing of food and agricultural support to target nutritious foods where per capita consumption does not yet match the recommended levels for healthy diets.
The evidence suggests that if governments repurpose the resources they are using to incentivize the production, supply and consumption of nutritious foods, they will contribute to making healthy diets less costly, more affordable and equitably for all.
Finally, the report also points out that governments could do more to reduce trade barriers for nutritious foods, such as fruits, vegetables and pulses.
(1) It is estimated that between 702 and 828 million people were affected by hunger in 2021. The estimate is presented as a range to reflect the added uncertainty in data collection due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions. The increases are measured with reference to the middle of the projected range (768 million).
(2) For FAO – QU Dongyu, Director-General; for IFAD – Gilbert F. Houngbo, President; for UNICEF – Catherine Russell, Executive Director; for WFP – David Beasley, Executive Director; for WHO – Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General.
What they said
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu: “Low-income countries, where agriculture is key to the economy, jobs and rural livelihoods, have little public resources to repurpose. FAO is committed to continue working together with these countries to explore opportunities for increasing the provision of public services for all actors across agrifood systems.”
IFAD President Gilbert F. Houngbo: “These are depressing figures for humanity. We continue to move away from our goal of ending hunger by 2030. The ripple effects of the global food crisis will most likely worsen the outcome again next year. We need a more intense approach to end hunger and IFAD stands ready to do its part by scaling up its operations and impact. We look forward to having everyone’s support.”
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell: “The unprecedented scale of the malnutrition crisis demands an unprecedented response. We must double our efforts to ensure that the most vulnerable children have access to nutritious, safe, and affordable diets — and services for the early prevention, detection and treatment of malnutrition. With so many children’s lives and futures at stake, this is the time to step up our ambition for child nutrition – and we have no time to waste.”
WFP Executive Director David Beasley: “There is a real danger these numbers will climb even higher in the months ahead. The global price spikes in food, fuel and fertilizers that we are seeing as a result of the crisis in Ukraine threaten to push countries around the world into famine. The result will be global destabilization, starvation, and mass migration on an unprecedented scale. We have to act today to avert this looming catastrophe.”
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: “Every year, 11 million people die due to unhealthy diets. Rising food prices mean this will only get worse. WHO supports countries’ efforts to improve food systems through taxing unhealthy foods and subsidising healthy options, protecting children from harmful marketing, and ensuring clear nutrition labels. We must work together to achieve the 2030 global nutrition targets, to fight hunger and malnutrition, and to ensure that food is a source of health for all.”
GLOSSARY
Acute food insecurity: food insecurity found in a specified area at a specific point in time and of a severity that threatens lives or livelihoods, or both, regardless of the causes, context or duration. Has relevance in providing strategic guidance to actions that focus on short-term objectives to prevent, mitigate or decrease severe food insecurity.
Hunger: an uncomfortable or painful sensation caused by insufficient energy from diet. Food deprivation. In this report, the term hunger is synonymous with chronic undernourishment and is measured by the prevalence of undernourishment (PoU).
Malnutrition: an abnormal physiological condition caused by inadequate, unbalanced or excessive intake of macronutrients and/or micronutrients. Malnutrition includes undernutrition (child stunting and wasting, and vitamin and mineral deficiencies) as well as overweight and obesity.
Moderate food insecurity: a level of severity of food insecurity at which people face uncertainties about their ability to obtain food and have been forced to reduce, at times during the year, the quality and/or quantity of food they consume due to lack of money or other resources. It refers to a lack of consistent access to food, which diminishes dietary quality and disrupts normal eating patterns. Measured based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale.
Severe food insecurity: a level of severity of food insecurity at which, at some time during the year, people have run out of food, experienced hunger and at the most extreme, gone without food for a day or more. Measured based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale.
Undernourishment: a condition in which an individual’s habitual food consumption is insufficient to provide the amount of dietary energy required to maintain a normal, active, healthy life. The prevalence of undernourishment is used to measure hunger (SDG indicator 2.1.1).
Source: World Health Organization
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One of the biggest investors in actions at the Brazil, Luiz Barsi said that he is not excited about the expressive dividends recently distributed by OK (VALE3) and Petrobras (PETR4).
He evaluated to Reuters that the level of earnings should not be repeated, among other reasons, due to the cooling of discussions around the taxation of dividends.
Barsi stated that the possibility of taxing earnings corroborated the “spectacular” year in terms of dividends that was 2021.
For him, the cooling of this pressure is a less cash availability in companies can soften the numbers this year.
“2022 will be milder, more restrained, but it will still be good,” said Barsi, known for accumulating billionaire wealth with a strategy of investing in companies that are good dividend payers.
Biggest dividend payers
Vale and Petrobras appear among the biggest payers of earnings in the first half of this year, according to a survey by the Real Valor platform.
The oil company had a dividend yield of 34%, while for the mining company the indicator reached 15% – they were, respectively, R$9.69 and R$11.92 per share.
Both remain among the top choices in recommended monthly dividend portfolios, according to a survey by the Money Times.
*With information from Reuters
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals will be without 10 of the 26 players on their active roster for their upcoming trip to Toronto due to Canadian restrictions on travelers who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19. Manager Mike Matheny said Wednesday the club will be without hitters Andrew Benintendi, Hunder Dozier, Cam Gallagher, Kyle Isbel, MJ Melendez, Whit Merrifield and Michael A. Taylor along with pitchers Dylan Coleman, Brad Keller and Brady Singer. The team is set to play four games in Toronto. The 10 players will be placed on the restricted list and forfeit four days of pay and major league service time in accordance with the terms of MLB’s collective bargaining agreement. “It’s an individual choice,” Matheny said. “The organization’s done a real good job bringing in professionals and experts to talk guys through tough conversations and then put it in their hands to make the decisions they believe is best for them and their families.”
Cincinnati Reds infielder Donovan Solano is not in the starting lineup for Tuesday's series opener against right-hander Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees. Solano is snagging a seat after starting the last seven games. Joey Votto (back) is back in the lineup Tuesday to play first base and bat cleanup. Mike Moustakas will work as the Reds' designated hitter and No. 8 batter. Solano may be limited to starts versus left-handed pitchers while the Reds' regulars are all healthy.
The Miami Marlins listed Avisail Garcia as their starting right fielder for Monday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Garcia will rejoin the lineup in right field and bat cleanup against Pirates righty Mitch Keller, while Bryan De La Cruz moves to left field and Jon Berti catches a breather. Garcia...
Detroit Tigers (36-49) vs. Kansas City Royals (32-52)
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Where: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.
TV: Bally Sports Detroit.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Albert Pujols and rookie Nolan Gorman hit solo home runs and St. Louis Cardinals ended Los Angeles’ seven-game winning, beating the Dodgers 7-6 Tuesday night. The teams squared off for the first time this season. Their last matchup came in last season’s NL wild-card...
San Francisco Giants outfielder Joc Pederson is sitting Tuesday in the team's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Pederson is being replaced in left field by Yermin Mercedes versus Diamondbacks starter Dallas Keuchel. In 253 plate appearances this season, Pederson has a .256 batting average with an .861 OPS, 17 home... | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2663019231447/cincinnati-team-stax | 2022-07-13T23:46:04Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2663019231447/cincinnati-team-stax | false | 1 |
Two men have been indicted in unrelated cases for transporting more than 70 migrants, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
On Tuesday, a grand jury returned two separate indictments charging Menietto Lateet Crawford, of Memphis, Tennessee, and Denny Fuentes, of Miami, Florida, with transport and conspiracy to transport the migrants.
Both men are expected to be arraigned next week. If convicted, each man faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a maximum fine of $250,000.
On June 14, Crawford, 41, approached the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 35. A K-9 allegedly alerted to Crawford’s trailer. Further inspection resulted in the discovery of 80 migrants.
Fuentes, 41, arrived at the same checkpoint the following day. Agents allegedly found 71 migrants in a refrigerated trailer. Fuentes claimed he was transporting “pig meat,” authorities said.
Homeland Security Investigations special agents conducted both investigations with the assistance of Border Patrol. Assistant U.S. Attorney Homero Ramirez is prosecuting the cases. | https://www.lmtonline.com/local/article/Pair-indicted-in-unrelated-trailer-smuggling-cases-17303290.php | 2022-07-13T23:47:40Z | https://www.lmtonline.com/local/article/Pair-indicted-in-unrelated-trailer-smuggling-cases-17303290.php | true | 1 |
District of St. Mary’s Warden Greg Wier said he was pleased with council’s recent change of scenery.
St. Mary’s council held its regular monthly meeting in Goshen on July 11, as part of council’s
promise to visit each of the municipality’s districts. Monday’s meeting took place at the Goshen Community Centre. Weir said about 12 people from the district came out to attend the meeting, adding public attendance is what he and the rest of council were hoping for.
Following the meeting, Weir said council stayed around a bit to hear from residents about the area, the activities held in the district, and the importance of local volunteers. He said they learned a fair amount about the district, noting he is looking forward to next Month’s meeting taking place in Indian Harbour lake. At that point, said Weir, they should have a full schedule of when council will hit the other districts. | https://www.989xfm.ca/district-of-st-marys-warden-greg-wier-pleased-with-first-meeting-in-municipal-districts/ | 2022-07-13T23:53:09Z | https://www.989xfm.ca/district-of-st-marys-warden-greg-wier-pleased-with-first-meeting-in-municipal-districts/ | true | null |
COLUMBIA, S.C. — There's a program in Columbia looking to help minority-owned small businesses jumpstart their e-commerce.
This week, business owners can apply to be a part of the Sokoni Launchpad E-commerce Development Program.
The USC Columbia Technology Incubator, Sokoni and Wells Fargo have partnered to create the program. Sokoni is a platform by 37 Oaks, which has an online university based out of Chicago.
Kate Stewart, program and communications director at the USC Columbia Technology Incubator, and her team have opened applications for the second cohort of program.
According to the 37 Oaks website, the six month program "offers small, product-based business owners the opportunity to sell products on our e-commerce marketplace; seven 37 Oaks University courses; monthly 1:1 coaching sessions and back-end administrative, marketing, operations, warehouse & logistic support."
The program is open specifically for minority-owned businesses in the Columbia area.
"We saw that need that was out there and it wasn’t being served, so we stepped in to serve to make sure we’re approaching everything from a diverse and inclusive standpoint," Stewart said about the mission behind focusing on minority-owned businesses.
Stewart said highlighting diverse businesses in the Columbia area is important, because sometimes they go unnoticed.
"These businesses are here in Columbia and no one knows about them," she said.
Teresa Tidwell-Smith owns the candle-company Meaningful Embraces. She participated in the program last year and successfully graduated.
Tidwell-Smith started her candle business after spending 30 years in the travel industry. First as a flight attendant, she eventually became a travel agent. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and her clients weren’t able to travel, she captured the scents of their favorite places in candles.
"Launching a product, I had no idea what I was doing initially," Tidwell-Smith said. "So when I found Sokoni and realized it was linked to USC, it was a win -win."
Tidwell-Smith was able to break into e-commerce thanks to the program. She says this helped teach her what she wouldn’t have known how to do on her own. For minority-owned businesses, she says this program is particularly helpful.
"It’s very important because it helps the city. It helps everyone, our residents, our cities really see the vast array of talent we have here in Columbia," Tidwell-Smith said.
So, why e-commerce?
"As everyone knows, it is 2022 and online and e-commerce and everything with your phone or computers or digital media is thriving," Stewart said.
This has certainly proven true for Meaningful Escapes. Tidwell-Smith has expanded her business in the past year. It is now a distribution center, supplying her product to other businesses.
Whether you make candles, food, hair products, or anything in between, all minority-owned small businesses in Columbia can apply on the Technology Incubator’s website.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Kansas City Royals will be without 10 of the 26 players on their active roster for their upcoming trip to Toronto due to Canadian restrictions on travelers who aren't vaccinated against COVID-19.
Manager Mike Matheny said Wednesday the club will be without hitters Andrew Benintendi, Hunter Dozier, Cam Gallagher, Kyle Isbel, MJ Melendez, Whit Merrifield and Michael A. Taylor along with pitchers Dylan Coleman, Brad Keller and Brady Singer.
The team is set to play four games in Toronto. The 10 players will be placed on the restricted list and forfeit four days of pay and major league service time in accordance with the terms of MLB’s collective bargaining agreement.
“It’s an individual choice,” Matheny said. “The organization’s done a real good job bringing in professionals and experts to talk guys through tough conversations and then put it in their hands to make the decisions they believe is best for them and their families.”
Benintendi will lose $186,813, Merrifield $153,846, Keller $106,044 and Dozier and Taylor $98,901 each. Among the others, the lost pay for Gallagher will be $19,451, Singer $15,962, Isbel $15,426, Coleman $15,399 and Melendez $15,385.
The club will name their replacements Thursday, along with an announcement about other staff who won’t be traveling with the club.
“Now what it presents is an opportunity for some young guys to step in who wouldn’t normally be here,” Matheny said. “It will affect what we’re doing rotation-wise and that will be another question that we’ll have to answer later. I’m excited about some guys coming in and getting a chance.”
Players cited personal decisions for themselves and their families behind their reasoning to not be vaccinated.
“It was a choice I made talking with my family, talking with my wife,” Merrifield said. “I didn’t think that the risk was worth it, honestly.
“I don’t feel like COVID is a threat to me,” he added.
The unvaccinated players said they felt teammates supported their decisions.
“We’ve talked to these guys, they’re not judging us at all,” Dozier said. “They have our backs. I don’t think we’ve ever dealt with something like this, where we’re being forced to take a vaccine just to go play over in Toronto. It’s just a weird situation. It’s unfortunate.”
“(The) staff, owner, GM, everybody, it’s been really cool to see how they’re handling it,” Coleman said. “Not like forcing it. I feel like we all have our own opinion, so it’s been really good that the higher-ups respect that.”
Merrifield had the majors' longest active games played streak at 553 before a foot injury kept him out of action Sunday. He said he might change his mind if a similar circumstance presented itself later in the year.
“That might change down the road,” he said. “If something happens and I happen to get on a team that has a chance to go play in Canada in the postseason, maybe that changes. As we sit here right now, I’m comfortable with my decision.”
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NYBC Blood Drive at East Orange
When:
Wed. Aug 3, 2022, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm ET
Where:
Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Cost:
Free
Appointments recommended:
https://donate.nybc.org/.../schedules/drive_schedule/305168
Or by text at: (917) 699-9073
Donors will receive a $10 gift card from tango.com as thank you for donating.
Appointments are recommended, walk-ins welcome if drive capacity permits. Masks must be worn at all times in the medical center.
Please remember to eat before donating blood. Please bring your NYBC donor card or ID with name and photo.
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NEW JERSEY (Ivanhoe Newswire) – When someone suffers a severe spinal cord injury, most of us think of the impact on their arms and legs. But spinal cord injuries often affect breathing. In fact, breathing issues are the number one cause of death for a person with spinal cord injury. A New Jersey surgeon has pioneered a specialized procedure that restores the ability for some injured patients to breathe on their own again.
At age 29, William “Buddy” Marshall was living his childhood dream. After eight years as a naval aviator, he had just become a Top Gun instructor. His call sign was “Hipster.”
But six months into his new position, a driver fleeing police slammed into Buddy’s car at 100 miles an hour. He doesn’t even remember the accident.
“My day-to-day memory didn’t come back for about a month,” Buddy recalls.
The damage was done. He was paralyzed from the neck down and needed a ventilator to breathe. Dr. Matthew Kaufman, MD, FACS, a reconstructive surgeon at the Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center, is a pioneer in a specialized surgery that helps injured people breathe more easily by repairing the delicate phrenic nerves that run on either side of the diaphragm.
“The phrenic nerve’s job is to transmit the electrical impulse from our brain to cause the diaphragm to contract and to allow the lung to fill with air.,” Dr. Kaufman explains.
Using microscopic sutures, Dr. Kaufman reconstructed the nerves, which are the size of a strand of spaghetti.
Dr. Kaufman says, “Basically, we can get nerves to work again, similar to doing electrical rewiring in your house.”
In Buddy’s case, surgeons also implanted a stimulator to treat the diaphragm muscle and help it contract. While Buddy hasn’t regained mobility in the seven years since the accident, the phrenic nerve graft has improved his quality of life.
“Just the ease of living with spinal cord injury and being able to be off the vent when I need to is huge. You just have to take it day by day and aim for the good days,” Buddy emphasizes.
Buddy says he is not completely off the ventilator but has peace of mind knowing he can breathe without machinery. By the way, Buddy says his squadron gave him his call sign “Hipster” because he loved alternative music and good coffee.
Contributors to this news report include: Cyndy McGrath, Producer; Kirk Manson, Videographer; Roque Correa, Editor.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 7-Eleven convenience store chain offered $100,000 Wednesday leading to the arrest and conviction of a masked gunman suspected of robbing six Southern California stores, killing two people and wounding three others.
A clerk, Matthew Hirsch, 40, was shot and killed at a Brea store and Matthew Rule, 24, was gunned down in the parking lot of a Santa Ana store during a five-hour string of holdups Monday morning.
Police in Ontario, Upland, Riverside and La Habra have said they believe 7-Eleven robberies there also are linked.
A customer was shot in the head and gravely wounded at a Riverside store and two people were shot in La Habra but were expected to survive, authorities said.
The Riverside shooting victim was identified by his family as Jason Harrell, 46. He was breathing on his own and was no longer in a coma, his brother David Makin told KNBC-TV.
“He has to keep fighting. Jason is a fighter and so we fully expect him to fight through his whole thing and win this battle,” Makin said.
One of the La Habra victims, Russell Browning, 60, lost most of his teeth when the gunman shot him in the mouth as he sat in his car, KNBC-TV reported. The bullet came out through his cheek.
Browning had picked up milk and doughnuts at the store and was heading to his job as a truck driver, his family said.
Authorities have shared images of a masked man wearing what appeared to be the same black sweatshirt with a hood over his head. The sweatshirt had white lettering with green leaves on the front.
“We are currently working with the local police to spread the news in the community” about the reward, 7-Eleven officials said in a statement. It said tipsters can anonymously contact Orange County Crime Stoppers at 855-TIP-OCCS.
All the attacks took place on July 11 — or 7/11, the day when the company celebrates its anniversary.
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10 unvaccinated Royals players to miss trip to Toronto for series against Blue Jays
Kansas City set to play 4 games in Toronto, players will be placed on restricted list
The Kansas City Royals will be without 10 of the 26 players on their active roster for their upcoming trip to Toronto due to Canadian restrictions on travellers who aren't vaccinated against COVID-19.
Manager Mike Matheny said Wednesday the club will be without hitters Andrew Benintendi, Hunter Dozier, Cam Gallagher, Kyle Isbel, MJ Melendez, Whit Merrifield and Michael A. Taylor along with pitchers Dylan Coleman, Brad Keller and Brady Singer.
The team is set to play four games in Toronto. The 10 players will be placed on the restricted list and forfeit four days of pay and major league service time in accordance with the terms of MLB's collective bargaining agreement.
Benintendi will lose $186,813 US, Merrifield $153,846, Keller $106,044 and Dozier and Taylor $98,901 each. Among the others, the lost pay for Gallagher will be $19,451, Singer $15,962, Isbel $15,426, Coleman $15,399 and Melendez $15,385.
The club will name their replacements Thursday, along with an announcement about other staff who won't be travelling with the club.
"Now what it presents is an opportunity for some young guys to step in who wouldn't normally be here," Matheny said. "It will affect what we're doing rotation-wise and that will be another question that we'll have to answer later. I'm excited about some guys coming in and getting a chance."
"It was a choice I made talking with my family, talking with my wife," Merrifield said. "I didn't think that the risk was worth it, honestly.
"I don't feel like COVID is a threat to me," he added.
The unvaccinated players said they felt teammates supported their decisions.
"We've talked to these guys, they're not judging us at all," Dozier said. "They have our backs. I don't think we've ever dealt with something like this, where we're being forced to take a vaccine just to go play over in Toronto. It's just a weird situation. It's unfortunate."
"[The] staff, owner, GM, everybody, it's been really cool to see how they're handling it," Coleman said. "Not like forcing it. I feel like we all have our own opinion, so it's been really good that the higher-ups respect that."
Merrifield had the majors' longest active games played streak at 553 before a foot injury kept him out of action Sunday. He said he might change his mind if a similar circumstance presented itself later in the year.
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SC corrections officers experience 'historic' pay increase
Some employees see pay increase by more than 30%, leaders hope it helps with recruitment and retention
Some employees see pay increase by more than 30%, leaders hope it helps with recruitment and retention
Some employees see pay increase by more than 30%, leaders hope it helps with recruitment and retention
Corrections officers in South Carolina are now making more than they ever have after a 'historic' pay increase.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and lawmakers signed off on about $30 million for pay increases.
"Our state law enforcement agencies continue to lose valuable and experienced personnel because they are unable to remain competitive with pay and benefits," said McMaster during his annual State of the State address back in January.
The move pleased the Department of Corrections Officials and Wardens across the state.
"We’re very excited about the historic increases that Gov. McMaster proposed and the state legislators voted on and approved," said Bryan Stirling, Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections.
The pay scale varies by rank and facility between minimum, medium and maximum institutions. At a minimum, every corrections officer now makes more than $39,000, which is a more than $4,000 increase in minimum pay from last year.
Officers who work in close or maximum security institutions now make $48,925, about $10,000 more than they did last year.
A Captain in a maximum security facility saw about a 37% increase in pay and now makes more than $66,000. Last year, the pay was $48,820.
"We just didn’t make these numbers up," Stirling said. "I called around the country. I spoke to Nebraska, the director out there (and) asked him how they were able to recruit and retain people and he basically gave me this formula that we’re using here."
Stirling has made it a priority to increase pay since he took the helm nearly 10 years ago.
At the time, he said, the average pay for corrections officers was in the high $20,000 range. Now, on average, it is in the $50,000 range.
Stirling hopes the increase will help employees make a career out of their work at SCDC.
"What we really have here is career scale where they can start off at a maximum security prison just under $50,000 and they can work their way up to Warden and be just under $100,000," Stirling said.
He said applications have already doubled from this time last year.
There is also a $7,500 signing bonus for correctional officers. Stirling said the department is also expanding overtime opportunities. | https://www.wyff4.com/article/sc-corrections-officers-historic-pay-increase/40606199 | 2022-07-14T00:17:53Z | https://www.wyff4.com/article/sc-corrections-officers-historic-pay-increase/40606199 | false | 1 |
Ukraine tensions underscore air combat training in Oregon
The training is meant to teach pilots from different branches of the U.S. military how to work together in combat situations.
Hornets and Eagles will battle for control of the skies over Oregon the next two weeks.
An Oregon National Guard statement issued Monday said air-to-air mock dogfights to train pilots will feature the F-15C Eagle interceptors of the Oregon Air National Guard's 123rd Fighter Squadron and the F/A-18E Super Hornets of Navy's Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-192.
The "dissimilar air combat training" exercises began Monday and will run through Friday before taking a weekend break and resuming next week.
The previously scheduled training comes amid heightened tensions over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In coordination with allies in NATO, the Air Force and Navy jets are among the military options to respond to an expansion of the conflict into neighboring countries or simultaneous incidents in Asia.
The Oregon training is meant to train pilots from different branches of the U.S. military on how to work together in a combat situation. The simulations also underscore how pilots would both fight with and against aircraft with different capabilities and pilots with different training.
VFA-192, nicknamed "Golden Dragons," is one of the west coast squadrons assigned to five nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, each of which can carry more than 64 planes and helicopters.
The squadron was most recently attached to the Nimitz-class carrier USS Carl Vinson, homeported in San Diego.
When not at sea, the squadrons are based at Naval Air Station Lemoore in central California. Straddling portions of Kings and Fresno counties, it is the Navy's largest Master Jet base in the world.
The Navy and Marine Corps are the only branches to fly variants of the F/A-18E Super Hornet, a two-seat version of the original single-seat Hornet, which entered service in 1978.
The Air National Guard squadron, nicknamed "Redhawks," flies F-15Cs whose primary role is to knock out enemy aircraft to establish "air superiority" over a battlefield on land or at sea.
The Air Force is the only branch of the American military that flies the F-15C. The 123rd Fighter Squadron is part of the Oregon National Guard's 142nd Wing, a reserve component of the Air Force.
Lt. Col. Joshua Hovanas, the 123rd Fighter Squadron commander, said in a statement that the training provides realistic combat scenarios for pilots to hone advanced aerial tactics that may be used against potential adversaries.
"This training with the Golden Dragons is a unique opportunity for the Redhawks to refine and reinforce joint air-superiority tactics," Hovanas said.
The Air National Guard jets have the "F" designation for an air-to-air fighter. The Navy jets are designated F/A, meaning they are designed for the dual roles of air-to-air fighters and ground attacks.
The squadrons will take off and land from the Portland Air National Guard base at Portland International Airport. The jets will fly out over the Pacific Ocean for the actual high-speed maneuvering. Other sessions would be over designated airspace in Eastern Oregon.
In order to avoid noise disruption in the Portland area, the aircraft will wait until after 8 a.m. to launch and return by 4 p.m.
The Air National Guard F-15C Eagle would also be used to intercept enemy bombers approaching a target. It has a top speed of Mach 2.5 — two and one-half times the speed of sound, or just under 1,900 mph.
The F/A-18 Hornet have been used in combat to support ground attacks and make bomb or missile strikes against troops or other targets. It also was used to shoot down Russian-built MiG aircraft flown by enemy forces. The Hornet has a top speed of Mach 1.6, just over one-and-one-half times the speed of sound, or nearly 1,200 mph.
The 142nd Wing is slated to be the first American squadron — active duty or reserve — to receive the new F-15EX model. The jets have significantly upgraded avionics and materials compared to the original F-15s that entered service with the Air Force in 1974.
The new Lockheed Martin F/A-35 Lightning II is entering service with the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps.
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Brazil Congress approves major spending bill, lifting Bolsonaro re-election hopes
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BRASILIA, July 13 (Reuters) - Brazil's Congress on Wednesday approved a major spending package that President Jair Bolsonaro is banking on to lift his flagging re-election hopes, despite expectations it will fan double-digit inflation and hurt Brazil's exchange rate.
Brazil's lower house approved the measure, which amends the constitution to bypass the country's spending cap and boost social benefits. It now must be formally enacted by both houses in a joint session of Congress.
The package includes a 1,000 reais ($185) payout for self-employed truckers, benefits for taxi drivers, and 50% increases in social welfare payments.
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The bill has caused alarm among investors, who say it shows a lack of fiscal discipline by the government. The government argues that it needs to act urgently to help Brazilians hurt by high inflation.
But the new legislation is likely to further fan inflation now at around 12% and may result in fresh monetary tightening, analysts told Reuters. The dollar has already gained 13.95% against the real since the beginning of June.
Bolsonaro trails leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in opinion polls ahead of the October vote. The popularity of the far-right former army captain has been hurt by the high inflation, a weak economy, and his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Big 12 notebook: Gundy says `Bedlam’s history’ when OU moves
By STEPHEN HAWKINS
AP Sports Writer
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Oklahoma will keep one of its big rivalry games when it moves to the Southeastern Conference. But the Sooners might not play their instate rival any more. Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy says Bedlam is history when Oklahoma completes its move from the Big 12 to the SEC. The Sooners and Texas Longhorns are set to continue playing their Red River rivalry game wen they go to the SEC together no later than the 2025 season. Gundy says he doesn’t see it being feasible to playing the Sooners if the teams are in different leagues with already loaded schedules. | https://ktvz.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/07/13/big-12-notebook-gundy-says-bedlams-history-when-ou-moves/ | 2022-07-14T00:24:15Z | https://ktvz.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/07/13/big-12-notebook-gundy-says-bedlams-history-when-ou-moves/ | true | null |
FOUR freshly-minted police officers have been personally welcomed to the region by Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall, as they reported for their induction at the Inverell Police Station recently.
The Probationary Constables have been posted to Moree, Inverell and Armidale stations within the New England Police District following their graduation from the NSW Police Academy in Goulburn last month.
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The officers are part of the NSW Police Academy's Class 353. Following yesterday's induction, Probationary Constable Ryan Gregoric will join the Moree Police Station, Probationary Constables Leonardo Malisano and Damian Redcliffe will be stationed at Inverell and Probationary Constable Jasmin Fryer will be based at Armidale.
The arrival of these new recruits takes the number of new police officers the Northern Tablelands has secured in the past three years to 75.
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Mr Marshall was pleased for the chance to meet the four new officers in person, especially on the first day of their new careers in law enforcement.
"It's an exciting day for our four new officers as they take their first steps into their chosen career and I commend the great tenacity and commitment they have shown to reach this point," Mr Marshall said.
"The NSW Police Academy certainly puts new recruits through their paces and I take my hat off to all the recruits who successfully complete such intense training and preparation.
"They will be wonderful additions to our regions, and, as always, they will have a warm welcome from their colleagues and the community."
These officers join a NSW Police Force that has been strengthened by investment from the NSW Government, including the delivery of 1,500 additional officers over four years.
"I congratulate and thank all the hardworking police officers and the support staff in all our stations across the Northern Tablelands," Mr Marshall said.
"Every officer provides important support and the past few years through drought, fire, pandemic and now floods, have been particularly challenging - I commend them all."
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A political group, Youths In Politics (YIP), Nigeria on Wednesday staged a peaceful walk to INEC headquarters in Lagos to demand more Voter Enrollment Machines.
The group, which arrived at the INEC office at Sabo-Yaba around noon, complained that the ongoing Continuos Voter Registration (CVR) was taking a lot to time from applicants at various local government areas of the state due to long queues.
Addressing newsmen, the President/Convener of the group, Mr Micheal Nwabufo said the exercise was strenuous and time consuming in most areas, hence the need for the electoral umpire to ease the process by taking the machines closer to the people.
“We are here to ask for more voter enrollment machines in the state. So many youths who want to register are discouraged because the process is time consuming. This is why many are not turning up.
“Youths don’t have time to waste, so INEC must allocate more machines to Lagos state to ease the process at various local government.areas. Infact, INEC should put a machine each in the 245 wards in the state.
“The current number of machines in the state cannot cope with the density in some areas. Some areas need additional mobile registration centres.
“The exercise is taking too much time and days. We have long queues in some areas like Lagos Island, Oshodi Isolo, Alimosho, Eti-Osa and so on,” Nwabufor said.
The convener said the group was ready to volunteer in anyway to assist INEC in organising and mobilising youths to register if the commission provided more machines.
According to him, one of the leaders of group recently picked number 1000 while trying to register at Ajao Estate in Oshodi-Isolo local government area and on the second day, the same applicant picked number 700.
Nwabufo said: “We have gone round and we are not satisfied with the number of machines we saw.
“Sometimes, if you go to INEC office in a local government area, you will see only two machines, and you see over 1000 people seeking to register. It doesn’t make sense.
“There isn’t enough machines. We are not pleased. INEC should take necessary steps to make sure that people get registered and get PVCs.”
According to him, the group has about 1.6 million membership to help INEC in pushing out information and mobilising if machines are available.
Also speaking, Mr Nelson Enwerem, one of the National Executive officers of the group, advised INEC to adequately publicise the timetable for the rotation of enrollment machines in each of the local government areas to help the people.
“We need the youth to get their PVCs because the next election in 2023 is very important for the growth of this country, where we are is not where we ought to be,” Enwerem said.
Responding, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos State said the state had the highest number of enrollment machines in the country.
“There is no local government area in the state that we do not have at least seven machines. In Alimosho, we have 12, in Eti Osa , we have 10 and so on depending on the population of the local government.
“We have about 170 machines in the entire Lagos state. So, we have sufficient machines to capture people that are ready to get captured. The machines we have in Lagos is the largest we have in Nigeria.
“We will continue to do what we can do to ensure that we are able to register as many Nigerians as possible before the end of the exercise,” Agbaje said.
The INEC boss, who noted that the crowd had reduced because of extension, explained that the youth group were also surprised to get to INEC headquarters office and see empty seats.
“Before June 30, we used to record about 450 or 480 and at times 500 here but since extension, the number has reduced to 120 and at most 170.
“I am sure people will start rushing again if the commission put deadline at the end of July.
“We are ready to do the work and we want them to come so that we can finish the registration as early as possible.”
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Agbaje obliged all the youth leaders opportunity to register at the INEC office before they left. (NAN)
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ETF Leaders Powered by the NYSE: WisdomTree’s Jeremy Schwartz
WisdomTree has “been telling people that inflation was going to be a problem and it was going to be higher than people expected for longer than people expected,” according to the firm’s global chief investment officer Jeremy Schwartz.
Speaking with NYSE's Judy Shaw for "ETF Leaders, Powered by the New York Stock Exchange," Schwartz said that this higher-for-longer inflation “is having implications across… all portfolios,” noting that even the bond space, which has been “the traditional, safe haven asset” and “anchor of 60-40 portfolios” is “having its largest drawdown in 40 to 50 years.”
So, WisdomTree has been counseling its clients “to be in floating-rate Treasuries,” particularly the WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund (USFR), which has a one-week duration, the rates of which the issuer sets every week tied to T-bill auctions.
“So, in a year when bonds are down 9%, 10%, it’s flat,” Schwartz said during the interview, which was conducted at Exchange: An ETF Experience 2022.
Growth vs. Value
So, as inflation has been rising, so too have interest rates. This, according to Schwartz, “is causing duration within stocks.”
“So, the most expensive high multiple growth stocks have been what’s under the most pressure,” Schwartz said.
By contrast, value high-dividend stocks like the WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund (NYSE Arca: DHS) have fared better. Schwartz noted that as of April 12, the morning the interview took place, DHS was “up double digits” while the Nasdaq was “down double digits.”
So, Schwartz said that as inflation continues to be an issue, he believed “low-duration stocks, which is high-dividend stocks, are going to be in favor for some time.”
Direct Cryptocurrency Exposure
In discussing cryptocurrency, Schwartz told Shaw that while “regulators have not approved a spot bitcoin ETF,” WisdomTree is still working to provide investors with direct exposure to crypto.
Among such efforts is “working on direct indexes to get holdings through a custodian like a Gemini, where you could get an index, [or] an SMA opportunity tied to a broad diversified crypto index,” he said, pointing to the RWM WisdomTree Crypto Index, or RTREE Index, representing the crypto economy.
“You need to get the direct exposure and that’s what we’re working on with Gemini, the RTREE, and other platforms,” Schwartz said.
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Joe Biden and the Democrats are in deep trouble. The president’s approval ratings are in the sewer and all signs continue to indicate that his party will be pulverized this fall.
It’s not surprising. Biden enjoyed public support at the beginning of his presidency when he was actually doing things for the public (like economic stimulus and child tax credits). All of that’s a distant memory now. The president and his spokespeople barely even talk about the ambitious legislative proposals they introduced with so much fanfare in 2021. And gas and food keep getting more expensive.
Under these circumstances, you would think that the administration would be leaping for any action they could possibly take that lies in the overlap area of the Venn Diagram of (a) promises that Biden made during the 2020 campaign that (b) can be carried out by executive action (no need to get the often recalcitrant Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin or Kyrsten Sinema on board), and crucially (c), are extremely popular.
And yet.
Descheduling cannabis from Schedule I—the DEA’s classification for drugs with the highest risk of abuse and no medical benefits—and pardoning every federal prisoner serving time for non-violent weed offenses would check all three boxes. Amazingly, Biden hasn’t done it.
Promises, Promises
In a campaign ad that hit YouTube seven days before the 2020 election, Biden said, “As president, I’ll work to reform the criminal justice system, improve community policing, decriminalize marijuana, and automatically expunge all prior marijuana convictions.”
He didn’t leave himself a lot of wiggle room there. And while those first two elements could have legislative components for which the standard excuses would apply—Manchin! Sinema! The Republicans! The parliamentarian!—no one doubts that the last two could be done by Biden alone. Any day that he decided to swing into action on this, it wouldn’t even have to take up his whole afternoon.
And yet.
When then-White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked about this in a press briefing on (ahem) April 20, the best she could say was that Biden was “continuing to review his clemency powers.” Oh, and did she mention that the DEA expanded the list of authorized manufacturers of cannabis for research purposes? Don’t forget that part!
Not only has no one had their criminal record expunged but Daniel Muessig, for example, just started a five-year sentence in federal prison for non-violent marijuana offenses. Biden promised that he would release everyone in his situation, but Daniel’s wife, parents, and all the other people who love him won’t get to see him for five years. Morally, that’s outrageous. Politically, it’s jaw-droppingly stupid.
According to a Gallup poll last fall, 68 percent of Americans said that they wanted to go beyond Biden’s promise. They want full federal legalization of the recreational use of marijuana by adults. The kinds of big dramatic steps in that direction that Biden promised would be attention-grabbing and base-mobilizing (it has 83 percent support among Democrats)—but best of all it wouldn’t even be a potent issue for mobilizing conservative voters.
That poll showed slightly more Republicans were for it (50 percent) than against it (49 percent). Other polls in the last few years have put the Republican “for” number even higher. A Pew poll in November 2019 found that 55 percent of Republican-leaning voters were pro-legalization.
Hell, there's even a case for it from a pro-business Republican perspective. Legal weed businesses would finally be allowed to accept credit card payments.
Ignoring an Open Goal
There are a lot of popular things Biden and the Democratic leadership might have been able to do by this point in the president’s term with just a little bit more political will. They absolutely could have ignored the Senate parliamentarian, for example, when that staffer—who issues non-binding opinions and who could simply be fired at any time—told them they couldn’t use the reconciliation process to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour a year and a half ago. About 62 percent of Americans support that one. Moreover, many low-income Americans would know they owed the raise that brought them out of poverty to Democratic action—which might have helped the party avoid the coming electoral apocalypse.
But changing the administration’s weed policy would be even more popular and the fucking parliamentarian wouldn’t even have to be consulted. It’s a no-brainer. A wide open goal.
And yet.
Back in April he was “reviewing” powers that no one anywhere doubts that he has. (Seriously, if anyone has a novel legal theory according to which the president can’t deschedule marijuana by executive action and pardon any federal prisoner he chooses to pardon, I’d love to hear it.) What’s happened in the last three months?
Has Biden just forgotten? Unlikely. Just last week, three of the most high-profile senators in the Democratic Caucus (2020 presidential candidates Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Cory Booker) sent Biden a letter urging the administration to “use its existing authority to (i) deschedule cannabis and (ii) issue pardons to all individuals convicted of non-violent cannabis-related offenses.”
Y’know, folks, it’s just like Biden promised—explicitly, more than once, and in so many words—he would do when he was running for president. It’s also just like the overwhelming majority of Americans want him to do.
Biden was a hardcore War on Drugs hawk for most of his Senate career. He’s one of the villains of Radley Balko’s excellent 2014 book Rise of the Warrior Cop. Maybe in his heart of hearts he wants federal weed-smokers to rot in jail. If so, though, why did he promise to deschedule cannabis, pardon the federal prisoners, and expunge the ex-cons’ records when he was running for president?
It's hard to see an answer to that question other than “he knew it would be good politics.” It would be even better politics for him to actually do it now.
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HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.
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Suspected DUI driver in U-Haul van leads high-speed chase on I-5 in Washington state
A woman driving a U-Haul van reportedly led law enforcement on a high-speed chase early Wednesday along more than 70 miles of Interstate 5 across Whatcom, Skagit and Snohomish counties that didn’t end until she ran out of gas in Everett.
“The highest speed was 100 mph, but it 90 to 100 mph through most of the pursuit,” Washington State Patrol Trooper Jacob Kennett told The Bellingham Herald. “That’s moving for a U-Haul van. Most of them have stickers that say not to drive faster than 55.”
The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office booked Anastasia Gerasimos Marriage, 43, into Whatcom County Jail at 11:02 a.m. Wednesday, July 13, on suspicion of DUI, attempting to elude police vehicles, driving with a suspended license and operating a vehicle without an ignition interlocking device.
The incident began shortly after 12:30 a.m. when the Lummi Nation Police Department attempted to pull over the driver, later identified as Marriage, for suspected DUI after the U-Haul was seen swerving and driving into oncoming traffic, Kennett reported.
“At some point, they reported seeing someone in the U-Haul throw a bong out the window,” Kennett said.
The U-Haul got on southbound I-5, where the sheriff’s office and Bellingham Police Department picked up the chase, according to the Bellingham incident log. At around the Bow Hill scales, the State Patrol took over the pursuit, Kennett said.
The U-Haul continued to speed south through Skagit County and into Snohomish, according to Kennett.
At the Smokey Point exit, Marriage got off the freeway, crossed over the bridge and entered the northbound lanes still heading south, Kennett said.
“Amazingly, it didn’t hit anyone, though I understand there were a few near misses when it was going the wrong way,” Kennett said.
Four miles later at 116th Street Northeast, Marriage again exited the freeway and got back on, this time in the southbound lanes, where she continued to Everett, according to Kennett.
“I talked to the Troopers who were following it at that point, and they said it was just like the U-Haul ran out of gas, Kennett said.
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Two cultural organizations which have been at the vanguard of cultural development and preservation, the Monsignor Patrick Anthony Folk Research Centre(FRC) and the Silver Shadow Dance Academy, have been the victims of two attempted break-ins within the span of two weeks.
The two organizations which are housed in the Intramacs building, formerly home of the Monroe College, are engaged in documentation, research education and training.
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The 8.00 Update for Vampire Survivors is here, and it provides one of the most powerful new features you’ll just have to unlock — Limit Break. Limit Break lets you blow past your limitations and continue to unlock upgrades for your favorite weapons. Yes, you can enhance your weapons past Level 10 — but only if you’ve unlocked the new major relic. Great Gospel is waiting for you at the end of Stage 5.
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How to Unlock Every Character | How to Upgrade Every Weapon | How to Farm Coins | How to Unlock Every Map | Best Items to Pick First | Vampire Survivors: All Achievements | Suor Clerici Achievement Guide | Tiragisu Achievement Guide | How to Survive Hyper Mode | How to Unlock Poppea Pecorina | How to Use the Map | How to Unlock The Bone Zone | How to Unlock O’Sole Meeo
How To Get The Great Gospel Relic | Ender Guide
The Limit Break feature is unlocked after acquiring the Great Gospel Relic. The Great Gospel Relic is dropped by Ender, a unique boss that spawns at the end of Stage 5: Cappella Magna. Ender only appears once and will not respawn after collecting the Great Gospel Relic.
After collecting Great Gospel, you can enable / disable Limit Break in the stage select menu. Learn how to reach Stage 5: Cappella Magna here.
- To Get Great Gospel: Survive until 31+ minutes for the first time on Stage 5: Cappella Magna. Ender will spawn.
- Ender is a combination of all 5 Reapers. It spawns swarms of Reaper Trainees and the background will change. It unleashes a flurry of scythes and other projectiles.
- Ender is resistant to all status effects.
Defeat Ender and it will drop the Great Gospel. There are more 8.00 Update unlocks to find too — Game Killer (0) Arcana & Ars Gouda Relic.
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- Great Gospel (Relic): Defeat Ender, the boss that spawns after 30+ Minutes in Stage 5. Unlocks Limit Break, allowing you to upgrade weapons past Level 10.
- Ars Gouda (Relic): Found directly south of spawn in Stage 3. Unlocks a Bestiary where you can view enemies you’ve defeated.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Oklahoma will still get to play its Red River rivalry game against Texas when the two teams go to the Southeastern Conference together, but there may be no more Bedlam for the Sooners against Oklahoma State.
“Bedlam’s history. Bedlam’s not going to be Bedlam after they leave the conference,” Cowboys coach Mike Gundy said at the Big 12′s football media days Wednesday. “I don’t make that decision. I’m just telling you in my opinion, I think it’s history.”
Gundy said the future of Bedlam is based on “somebody else's decision,” a clear reference to the Sooners and their switch to the SEC no later than the 2025 season.
While Gundy knows most fans would love for the game to continue, he said doesn't see that as feasible if the teams are in different conferences.
“When you look at, we’re scheduled out through 2032 or '33, something like that. And most conferences, once all this settles down, you’re going to have a minimum of nine conference games in my opinion,” Gundy said. “You’re talking about contract buyouts and you’re talking about convincing head coaches to play another game, which would be like playing another conference game.”
The Sooners have a 90-19-7 series lead, but Oklahoma State won 37-33 at home last year in a game that sent the winner to the Big 12 championship game.
NEBRASKA IN THE REARVIEW
Adrian Martinez left Nebraska after 39 games at quarterback over four seasons and is set to replace Skylar Thompson as the starter at Kansas State.
The once-proud Cornhuskers were 14-29 in games Martinez played and haven’t had a winning season since 2016. He’s joining a team that has gone 8-5 in both full seasons under coach Chris Klieman (4-6 in pandemic-shortened 2020).
“I made a lot of experiences, a lot of moments at Nebraska, and stuff I’ll cherish for the rest of my life,” Martinez said. “I think it was time for me to move on from that, kind of put that in the rearview mirror and make the most out of this year. For me, it’s all about this year and what we can do with this squad.”
Martinez will be paired with dual-threat running back Deuce Vaughn, the 5-foot-6 speedster who averaged 108 yards rushing per game and added 468 yards receiving. Vaughn is going into his third season.
“That’s part of the reason why I came to K-State,” Martinez said. “He’s just been a tremendous help more learning the offense. I’m excited for something new, having him as an asset and just a different feel to the offense and maybe a little bit more balance I think will be mutually beneficial.”
MOVING TO MOUNTAINEERS
Graham Harrell was a big-passing quarterback who set NCAA records in his playing days at Texas Tech. Now he’s back in the Big 12 as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at West Virginia.
“He’s brought a different energy about him. He’s confident without being arrogant. He’s extremely humble,” Mountaineers coach Neal Brown said. ‘“It helps that he was a great player in this league, and I think that gets the players’ attention on your current roster, but also in recruiting.”
Harrell threw for more than 400 yards in a game 11 times, and had two 5,000-yard passing seasons at Texas Tech from 2005-08. He was the OC and quarterbacks coach at Southern Cal the past three seasons, after having that same role at North Texas for three years.
West Virginia also has a new quarterback in transfer JT Daniels, who was the backup for national champion Georgia last season. Before joining the Bulldogs in 2020, Daniels started as a true freshman for Southern Cal in 2018 before he was hit by injuries, and played only one game in 2019 with the Trojans in Harrell’s first season there.
LAWRENCE TO LONE STAR
Kansas won only one Big 12 game in coach Lance Leipold's first season, and that 57-56 victory at Texas is still a proud topic for the Jayhawks.
“We've been starving for some wins, so any of them we're going to talk about,” Leipold said. “When you beat a program with the tradition and past success of the University of Texas and resources, all in all it's something that we're going to be proud of. ... We probably hit them at a time when they were in a struggle and were able to take advantage of it.”
The Jayhawks won in Austin last November on a scrambling pass for a 2-point conversion in overtime to snap a 56-game losing streak in conference road games that stretched back to 2008.
“Guys just found out that we could compete at the highest level and we can beat one of the teams that’s been like one of the bluebloods of the conference,” safety Kenny Logan said Wednesday. “That momentum booster going into the rest of the season was definitely key for us. ... Even though we didn’t have the wins to show it, we definitely improved.”
Kansas had lost its previous eight games by an average margin of 34 points. The Jayhawks then finished the season with two more losses, but by only a combined nine points.
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AP Sports Writer Schuyler Dixon contributed to this report.
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Severino was removed from Wednesday's start against the Reds with an apparent injury, Lindsey Adler of The Athletic reports.
Severino surrendered back-to-back-to-back home runs during the second inning, and he was lifted before the third frame after throwing a couple warmup pitches. The specifics of the situation remain unclear, but the Yankees figures to update his status in the near future. | https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/yankees-luis-severino-leaves-with-apparent-injury/ | 2022-07-14T00:56:49Z | https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/yankees-luis-severino-leaves-with-apparent-injury/ | true | null |
Kourtney Kardashian showcases her edgy fashion sense with metallic shades as she grabs lunch in LA
She has an edgy fashion sense.
And Kourtney Kardashian put it on display as she grabbed a sushi lunch with stepdaughter Atiana de la Hoya, 23, in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
The beauty, 43, wore a futuristic pair of silver shades and a navy blue Enfants Riches Deprimes jacket.
Working it! Kourtney Kardashian was looking stylish as she grabbed a sushi lunch with stepdaughter Atiana de la Hoya, 23, in Los Angeles on Wednesday
While the outfit wasn't overtly flashy, Kourtney was still putting on a head-turning display as she strutted down the path with Atiana by her side.
She paired the stylish jacket with a glossy pair of matching midnight blue trousers and chunky combat boots.
Her hair was slicked back into a no-fuss bun with a few loose wisps hanging free on other side of her face.
She also carried her belongings about in a dainty black purse.
Style icon: While the outfit wasn't overtly flashy, Kourtney was still putting on a head-turning display as she strutted down the path with Atiana by her side
Kourtney shared a glimpse of her lunch in a photo she posted to her Instagram Stories.
The post comes as Kourtney's husband Travis Barker continues recovering from a bout of life-threatening pancreatitis. Barker was hospitalized for a week as a result of the scare, but was recently discharged.
The condition, characterized by an inflammation of the pancreas, was brought on by an endoscopic procedure.
Throwing shade! Atiana rocked a pair of edgy white sunglasses
'I went in for an endoscopy Monday feeling great. But After dinner, I developed excruciating pain and have been hospitalized ever since,' he wrote in an Instagram post the following Saturday.
He continued, 'During the endoscopy, I had a very small polyp removed right in a very sensitive area, usually handled by specialists, which unfortunately damaged a critical pancreatic drainage tube.
'This resulted in severe life threatening pancreatitis.'
Throughout the ordeal Barker's daughter Alabama, 16, repeatedly took to social media to ask for prayers for her dad.
In addition to Alabama, Travis shares a son, Landon, 18, with his ex-wife Shanna Moakler.
Once her dad's health improved, Alabama appeared online again to thank fans for their support.
Sharing an image of her pink-manicured hand next to her father's tattooed hand, she wrote: 'Thank you for all of the prayers and love, I appreciate you & love all of you.'
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OKLAHOMA CITY, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kacey Butcher, the Chief Financial Officer for Adaptation Financial Advisors, Inc has been accepted into Forbes Finance Council, an invitation-only community for executives in accounting, financial planning, wealth and asset management, and investment firms.
Kacey was vetted and selected by a review committee based on the depth and diversity of his experience. Criteria for acceptance include a track record of successfully impacting business growth metrics, as well as personal and professional achievements and honors.
"We are honored to welcome Kacey into the community," said Scott Gerber, founder of Forbes Councils, the collective that includes Forbes Finance Council. "Our mission with Forbes Councils is to bring together proven leaders from every industry, creating a curated, social capital-driven network that helps every member grow professionally and make an even greater impact on the business world."
As an accepted member of the Council, Kacey has access to a variety of exclusive opportunities designed to help him reach peak professional influence. He will connect and collaborate with other respected local leaders in a private forum. Kacey will also be invited to work with a professional editorial team to share his expert insights in original business articles on Forbes.com, and to contribute to published Q&A panels alongside other experts.
Finally, Kacey will benefit from exclusive access to vetted business service partners, membership-branded marketing collateral, and the high-touch support of the Forbes Councils member concierge team.
"I am excited to have been selected as a Forbes Finance Council member and look forward to connecting with other industry professionals," says Kacey Butcher. "As we continue to expand through mergers and acquisitions, as well as through recruiting efforts targeted towards next gen talent, this forum will be a great asset for future growth opportunities within the financial services and wealth planning industry."
Forbes Councils is a collective of invitation-only communities created in partnership with Forbes and the expert community builders who founded Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC). In Forbes Councils, exceptional business owners and leaders come together with the people and resources that can help them thrive.
For more information about Forbes Finance Council, visit forbesfinancecouncil.com. To learn more about Forbes Councils, visit forbescouncils.com.
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Drax has applied to the Planning Inspectorate for a development consent order (DCO) for a pair of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) units at its North Yorkshire power station.
The company plans to invest £2bn in its plans during the 2020s and hopes to start construction in 2024.
Once operational, Drax’s two BECCS units would remove at least eight million tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere every year, it is claimed.
Chief executive Will Gardiner said: “Drax’s BECCS project provides the UK with a once in a generation opportunity to kickstart a whole new sector of the economy and lead the world in a vital green technology needed to address the climate crisis. Drax aims to invest billions of pounds and create thousands of jobs developing BECCS in the UK, provided that the UK government has in place policies to support the feasibility and delivery of negative emissions technologies.
“BECCS at Drax will not only permanently remove millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year, but it will also generate the reliable, renewable power this country needs. No other technology can do both.”
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Ever since her exit from The Real Housewives of New York City in 2011, fans and castmates alike have believed Jill Zarin was desperate to get back on the show she helped launch. While that might've been true at one point, Jill says it's not the case now.
"I'm not thirsty," she proclaims to ET over video chat, hitting back at the label placed on her by some of her The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Ex-Wives Club co-stars.
"Let me set the record straight: I am not thirsty, I am hungry," she says. "I am hungry for success; I am ambitious and I am driven. I think thirsty is a mean word to say about somebody that they're jealous of, as wanting something that they want, too. So, I think someone calls someone thirsty when they themselves are thirsty and throwing it on someone else."
The first person to call Jill "thirsty" on RHUGT was her fellow RHONY alum, Dorinda Medley, who hosted the trip at her Berkshires estate, Blue Stone Manor. The two women never overlapped as apple-holders at the same time, but have a friendship dating back 20 years -- a friendship that seemingly weakened over the course of filming the spinoff series last fall. On the two most recent episodes, Jill and Dorinda faced off over Jill being "thirsty" for airtime (both on TV and on co-star Eva Marcille's radio show) and Dorinda believing Jill tried to take credit for getting her on RHONY.
"I didn't help her get on the show. I never said I did," Jill fires off. "What I said was, is I brought her on the show, hoping that maybe something would happen for her and it didn't while I was there. Later on, another friend of mine brought her on, OK?"
Dorinda lasted six years as a Housewife (seasons 7-12) before being put "on pause" by the network, a longer tenure than Jill -- a fact from which Dorinda seems to take pleasure.
"I left the show -- I mean, it's like rehashed so many times it's not worth rehashing!" Jill says. "I left the show and then the show fired me. It's a semantics thing. Just like, Dorinda likes to say that she was put on pause and we were all fired, as if she's in a better place than we are. Well, sweetie, when you're on pause, you're not getting a paycheck. So, I don't know. Are you in a better position? Are you?"
Dorinda and Jill got into it over that turn of phrase -- "on pause" -- during a cast dinner on RHUGT. It was the crescendo of a battle that began brewing when Dorinda shut down Jill's attempts to learn about Eva's radio show, which she was recording from Blue Stone Manor. Dorinda thought Jill was pitching herself as a guest, while Jill says she just wanted to watch Eva do her thing.
"I just wanted to support her," Jill claims. "And she was very nice, very nice. She wasn't b***hy at all. She said exactly what you saw, 'Jill, it's a national show, I'd have to clear you. I love you; I'm going to bed. I'll see you tomorrow.' I'm like, 'OK no problem.' And then Dorinda's like, 'You're so thirsty.' And like... I'm like, that's good. But we just had a conversation, Eva, and I, and she told me no. And I said, 'OK,' and we're good. But she just couldn't shut the F up. She just wouldn't stop! And she kept going and going and she's getting worse, and spits coming out of her mouth and her eyes are rolling. I don't even know how to describe it."
Jill removed herself from the situation, but made the mistake of heading into the house's confessional room rather than back to her own bedroom. As she attempted to sort through her feelings to the camera, castmates -- Dorinda included -- barged in, only making matters worse. Jill cried as Dorinda berated her over everything from the RHONY casting misperception to the fact that Jill found love with a new man, Gary Brody, soon after her husband, Bobby Zarin, died in 2018.
"I probably should have gone in my room and done a selfie video," Jill says in hindsight. "It was much worse than you can ever imagine in there. Watching it on TV, people are-- imagine if you're standing in front of someone, just absolutely tearing you apart while you're crying, and doesn't give up!"
Jill says she was shocked by Dorinda's behavior during the week they spent together, and remains a bit perplexed by her as press continues to come out about the show.
"I'm still looking for the old Dorinda," she laments. "Am I ever gonna find her? I don't know."
Jill squashed her beef with Dorinda on camera by issuing a blanket apology, one that may not have been so genuine. Jill still feels as if she did nothing wrong, but wanted to clear the air in the moment so they could finish filming in a somewhat positive place. As the episodes have aired and viewers have lambasted Dorinda's behavior online, Jill began to anticipate an "I'm sorry" from her co-star. She's yet to receive one.
"I was hoping she'd call me," she shares. "Hopefully, when Dorinda decides that it's just not working for her anymore -- and I mean the drinking and drinking too much. Drinking's fine, but when you drink too much and you become a mean drunk -- when that stops working and she decides that she's not going to do it anymore, I think maybe I'll find her."
"But I also thought it was funny that she said that she thought that fame went to her boyfriend's head, John," she adds, referencing a comment Dorinda made about needing to break things off with her longtime love, John Mahdessian, near the end of her run on RHONY.
"I think the fame went to her head!" Jill proclaims. "I watch her interviews and I watch her demeanor and everything and I'm like, I'm trying to find the Dorinda I knew 10 years ago. She doesn't even look the same. I mean, a lot of us don't look the same, but when you look back at the episode, she was on season 4, she looks so different, but I could say the same thing about myself."
Even with that slight dig in, Jill admits she's "rooting for Dorinda." There's a good change the two will share the screen again as Bravo readies a The Real Housewives of New York City spinoff centered around the "legacy" cast members as part of a franchise reboot, which will see new women inhabit the original show. Jill says it could turn out to be "very ugly."
"It could be very ugly," she repeats. "What did you just see for a week? Could you imagine that for four months?"
Bravo has yet to announce any details about the RHONY spinoff, and Jill's at peace with whatever the network decides. Doubling down against that "thirsty" label, Jill says she really doesn't care if she's asked to be a part of it.
"Honestly, it doesn't matter what I think," she declares. "I think a 'Legacy' show will be great to show where all the girls are, so many years later and who's evolved and who hasn't and fights are the same, girls are the same. I always say nothing happens that didn't happen in kindergarten. It's all the same."
Jill says running multiple brands and philanthropical endeavors, including her 7th Annual Luxury Luncheon this weekend in the Hamptons, benefiting the Bobby Zarin Memorial Trust, keeps her busy enough. She won't even dream cast a potential lineup for the "throwback" series, but does say there's "no show" without Ramona Singer, the only OG 'Wife to retain her full-time position on the show over the course of its 12 seasons. Jill and Ramona were some of the first "frenemies" on Housewives; Jill still can't believe Ramona never apologized for tanking a sponsorship deal she had with Kodak back in the early seasons of the show.
"I think I'm in a better place than I was with Ramona what years ago, but it's the same relationship," she says. "I never know where we stand. It's always like we're [up] here, but if I say one more word, we're back [down]. If things go well, we're forward. I walk into a room, 'Are we going to say hello, or are we going to do a miss?'"
One person who's likely not to come back for another iteration of RHONY, however, is Bethenny Frankel. Jill's one-time bestie has made it clear she's not exactly on board with returning to Housewives, but has conceded that she'd be more interested if Bravo could reunite the original five women -- herself, Jill, Ramona, Luann de Lesseps and Alex McCord. It's something the pair may have discussed during a recent run-in on a flight, but it's a conversation Jill says she'll never share.
"I do, a hundred percent think it's possible," Jill admits of bringing together the original lineup, though. "Of course it's possible, because money talks. So, that's it. I think the Van Kempens [Alex and her husband, Simon] would totally be on board for the right amount of money. No question. Everybody wants to help their families to any way they can. It's not personal. And that's one thing I've learned -- I used to think, I took things personally. I don't have to take it personally anymore."
Jill compares Alex returning for more RHONY to Kim Cattrall coming back as Samantha Jones in the Sex and the City sequel series, And Just Like That... so, unlikely. Alex and Simon relocated to his home country of Australia after departing the show at the end of season 4.
"That would be great, do a trip there," Jill suggests. "That would be amazing, and go visit her."
Until that's all sorted, though, Jill's happy to focus on RHUGT. Some fans have called for this group of women -- Jill, Dorinda, Eva, Phaedra Parks, Brandi Glanville, Tamra Judge, Vicki Gunvalson and Taylor Armstrong -- to reunite once a year for a trip after witnessing their chemistry. Jill's into the idea, so long as they don't film at Blue Stone Manor.
"I'm not going back to Blue Stone Manor!" she exclaims. "I loved these girls trips. I could do, I could film with anyone for eight days, no problem. No problem."
And as Jill notes, there's some unfinished business between multiple women and Dorinda, so plenty of drama could unfold.
"What I love about Dorinda is, and she said this I think on her [radio] show, she said ... that the Housewives is like being on a football field: You beat each other up, and then you get off the field, and it's over," Jill notes. "So I hope everybody really enjoyed the season of the Ultimate Girls Trip, and you never know, you might see us back together one day."
The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Ex-Wives Club streams on Peacock, with new episodes debuting on Thursdays.
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Families visiting loved ones in NSW aged care homes will no longer have to be vaccinated for COVID-19, under changes approved by the state's chief health officer.
The relaxation of visiting rules comes into effect from Monday, after Kerry Chant signed off on changes to the public health order.
However, individual aged care facilities can choose to keep vaccination requirements for visitors, while staff will still be required to be fully jabbed.
Visitor limits, which were set at two adults and two children a day, are also being scrapped, with that requirement downgraded to a recommendation.
Facilities will have to consider guidance from Dr Chant in managing visitors, including screening and rapid antigen tests, as well as making use of outdoor spaces for visits.
The changes bring vaccination requirements into line with rules in place in Queensland and Victoria, NSW Health said in a statement on Thursday.
"However, NSW Health continues to urge all visitors to stay up to date with their vaccinations, as this will give them the greatest protection against severe illness," the statement said.
Vaccination rates among staff and residents of aged care facilities remain high, NSW Health said.
The change in aged care regulations follows Dr Chant's warning last week the state was headed for a third wave of COVID-19 infections, with cases expected to surge to levels last seen in January.
She urged everyone to keep up to date with vaccinations.
"The virus has changed ... we need three, or in some cases four, doses to provide the best protection against getting very sick," Dr Chant said last week.
On Thursday, 36 COVID-related deaths were reported in NSW, along with 14,235 cases.
More than 2000 people are in hospital with the virus, with 56 of those in intensive care. | https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/coronavirus/nsw-shifts-aged-care-covid-vaccine-rules-c-7516585 | 2022-07-14T01:10:17Z | https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/coronavirus/nsw-shifts-aged-care-covid-vaccine-rules-c-7516585 | false | 4 |
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — New Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark declared the league “open for business,” saying that while nothing is imminent all options will be considered as he takes over with conference realignment again shaking college sports.
Yormark made his introductory remarks Wednesday at the start of the conference’s football media days at AT&T Stadium. He was named Bob Bowlsby’s successor two weeks ago. The next day it was announced Southern California and UCLA would be leaving the Pac-12 to join the Big Ten in 2024, setting off all kinds of speculation about what moves might follow.
“We are exploring all options and we are open for business,” Yormark said, when immediately asked if the Big 12 was actively engaged in talks with any Pac-12 schools.
“Optionality is good, and we’re vetting through all of them,” he said, without being specific about schools. “I think it’s fair to say I’ve received a lot of phone calls, a lot of interest. People understand the direction of the Big 12, and we’re exploring those levels of interest.”
With the Pac-12 down to 10 teams, any further significant loss of members could deal a fatal blow to a conference that was officially founded in 1959.
The former Roc Nation executive and CEO of the Brooklyn Nets officially begins work Aug. 1, but he has already been plenty busy with Big 12 business.
“What excites me most about joining the Big 12 is the transformative moment in front of all of us today,” he said. “We have an opportunity to grow and then build the Big 12 brand and business. … Moments like these do not happen often, and we must seize them and make the most of them.”
Along with realignment, Yormark emphasized adding revenue streams and the opportunity to nationalize the Big 12 brand, be more aspirational and appeal to youth culture “to get younger and hipper.”
He also mentioned “seeing the true professionalization of college sports” at a time when name, image and likeness compensation for athletes is going into its second year.
The Big Ten’s move West was another seismic shift in conference realignment, much like when it was revealed a week after Big 12 media days last summer that Texas and Oklahoma were moving to the Southeastern Conference no later than the 2025 season.
“I’m certain that Brett is just deeply appreciative of the way he was welcomed into the Big 12 Conference with, once again, conference realignment at the top of the list of things to deal with,” said Baylor president Linda Livingstone, part of the Big 12 board’s three-person executive committee that headed the search.
Livingstone spoke to Yormark by phone a couple of days after he was named, which was after the news about UCLA and USC.
“Well, welcome to college athletics, and you thought working for Jay-Z was really exciting,” she told him.
Yormark described himself as actively engaged in realignment, with input from throughout the conference.
The Big 12 is going into its 12th and final season as a 10-school league. BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF all join next summer after being approved for membership last September.
The pending departures of two of the Pac-12′s biggest brands came as a huge surprise, just like a year ago with the Big 12′s only national champions in football deciding to bail on the conference.
Yormark said the possible addition of more teams to the Big 12 wouldn’t necessarily have an impact on any decision involving the Longhorns or Sooners leaving before the expiration of the league’s media rights deal that has three more football seasons.
“I’m sure there’s going to be a moment in time where we’re going to sit down, discuss the future,” Yormark said about Texas and Oklahoma. “But any situation like this, I always look for a win-win scenario. That being said, it’s important that whatever happens is in the best interest of this conference.”
Yormark plans in August and September to visit the current Big 12 schools and the four coming on board next summer.
Livingstone said Yormark rose to the top of a strong pool of candidates during the search process.
“We could tell that with his experience in professional sports and sponsorships, and in media, in entertainment, given where college athletics is going, and all the changes taking place, with our media rights negotiation coming up, that Brett, in combination with the really strong athletic directors we have across the conference, would be a great combination to position us really well for the future,” she said.
This is will be Yormark’s first job in college athletics, though he said it is a career path he often thought about taking.
The 55-year-old was an executive on the commercial side of Jay-Z’s Roc Nation after previously working with the Nets and running Barclay Center, their home arena, for more than a decade. He was NASCAR’s vice president for corporate sponsorships before that.
“I always had a vision to be in college sports. Candidly, I thought it might have been an AD, I wasn’t sure,” Yormark said. “But I was enamored with the space. It was fueled during my time at Barclays Center. When this opportunity presented itself, I said, let’s give it a great shot, and thankfully it all worked out.”
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While medical care has rapidly changed at Winona Health in the past 53 years, a familiar face has been there throughout: Dr. Andrew Edin.
Edin, 84, who recently retired, remembers being inspired to go into health care after a doctor spoke to his father at the local hardware store in his small Minnesota hometown.
The doctor suggested Edin go into medicine, based on the skills and interests Edin’s father told the doctor Edin already had.
Before this, Edin had never considered going into the field, as he always assumed he would go into business like his own father had in Hinckley.
But Edin did grow up around people in the medical field; his neighbor was also his doctor.
“(Medicine) sounded appealing to me,” Edin remembered.
When he applied for medical schools, Edin was accepted into a university in Minnesota, but decided against it, realizing college might be his only chance to spend some extended time outside of the state.
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Edin’s father was supportive of this, even selling his American Tobacco Co. stock to afford to send Edin to Yale University.
Many people during that time were talking a lot about lung cancer, he recalled, and he remembered his father saying, “It’d be a good joke to sell that stock to pay for medical school.”
While attending Yale and starting his career at Winona Health in 1969, medicine was very different than it is today, he said.
Edin recalls back then that when people were diagnosed with lung cancer, patients could expect to live about 13 weeks. Now, many of Edin’s patients have been able to live with lung cancer — thanks to the help of options such as early detection, chemotherapy and radiation — up to seven years.
At Winona Health, Edin helped change how treatment was done locally, leading the way for equipment to be brought in for pulmonary function and bone density tests to be completed on site. Edin was able to read the results of both of tests, advancing the organization’s ability to treat patients locally.
Edin, who is a general medicine doctor for adults, has held a variety of roles at Winona Health over the years, including working in the coronary care unit.
When he became older, Edin worked at the clinic as a general internist.
One of his specialities was pacemakers — which Edin shared was revolutionized to be more efficient when he was in training.
Edin, who continued to do pacemakers up until his retirement, placed his first one in a patient in 1967.
Since beginning, Edin has placed anywhere from about 12 to 30 pacemakers every year — totalling about 750 to 800 pacemakers through his career, he said.
Edin has enjoyed his time at Winona Health, especially caring for and tracking patients’ health throughout the years — not just doing a single procedure or consultation and then saying goodbye like at some other bigger facilities.
“I really wanted to be a long-term person and that’s exactly what I got here,” he said.
Winona Health president and CEO Rachelle Schultz, in a statement about Edin’s retirement, said, “Winona Health is 128 years old, and Dr. Edin has been a caregiver here for 53 of those years. The impact he has made on families in our community is unparalleled. Winona Health and the Winona community are very fortunate to have had Dr. Edin delivering stellar care to patients. His retirement is certainly bittersweet.”
When talking about ending his work, Edin shared a perspective he once read, “The truth is, at least in a town like Winona that’s fairly small, your patients become your friends and my friends have become my patients.”
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to federal charges in a 2013 armored car robbery that left a guard dead was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in prison.
Curtis Johnson Jr., 30, of New Orleans, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lance Africk for his role in the December 2013 robbery at a Chase Bank branch in New Orleans’ Carrollton neighborhood, according to court records and a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Loomis armored car guard Hector Trochez died in an exchange of gunfire with the robbers.
Johnson pleaded guilty to robbery, conspiracy and firearm charges in March. He’s the last of six people sentenced in connection with the case.
Prosecutors said Johnson, Lilbear George, Chukwudi Ofomata and Jeremy Esteves, robbed a Loomis armored vehicle as it was making a delivery of approximately $265,000. A witness saw them drive away in one vehicle, then enter another driven by Robert Brumfield III.
Esteves and Brumfield were convicted and sentenced to 50 years, according to the release from U.S. Attorney Duane Evans. George and Ofomata pleaded guilty and received 40-year sentences. A former girlfriend of George received probation for obstructing justice in the case. | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/50-year-sentence-in-robbery-that-left-armored-car-17303657.php | 2022-07-14T01:19:09Z | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/50-year-sentence-in-robbery-that-left-armored-car-17303657.php | false | 11 |
The Transfer Token (TTT) traded up 5.5% against the dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 20:00 PM E.T. on July 13th. One The Transfer Token coin can currently be bought for $2.29 or 0.00011347 BTC on major exchanges. In the last seven days, The Transfer Token has traded 2.4% lower against the dollar. The Transfer Token has a market cap of $250.14 million and approximately $216,591.00 worth of The Transfer Token was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.
Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours:
- Pax Dollar (USDP) traded 0.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00004951 BTC.
- Pax Dollar (USDP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00001644 BTC.
- Arweave (AR) traded 19.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $12.68 or 0.00062779 BTC.
- Carry (CRE) traded 2.3% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0042 or 0.00000021 BTC.
- SOLVE (SOLVE) traded down 3.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0321 or 0.00000159 BTC.
- Gamestarter (GAME) traded 3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.14 or 0.00000683 BTC.
- HoryouToken (HYT) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.0052 or 0.00000013 BTC.
- Witnet (WIT) traded down 0.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0038 or 0.00000019 BTC.
- HalalChain (HLC) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $0.0074 or 0.00000018 BTC.
- Project Pai (PAI) traded 8.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0010 or 0.00000005 BTC.
About The Transfer Token
According to CryptoCompare, “The Transfer Token (TTT), brainstormed and developed by Atom Solutions Co., Ltd, is a token native to Eternal Wallet, set to change the current landscape of currency exchange and overseas remittance. Intended to assist in the conducting of currency exchange. TTT aims to minimize the costs and fees of exchange compared with the current environment, and has a noteworthy feature in the form of Dividend Distribution. Put simply, users are entitled to receive a portion of the fees incurred from other users trading and exchanging on the Eternal Wallet platform, on a weekly basis, in accordance with the amount of TTT they hold in their Eternal Wallet account. Though native to Eternal Wallet, TTT can also be traded on a number of outside exchanges. “
The Transfer Token Coin Trading
It is usually not currently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as The Transfer Token directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to trade The Transfer Token should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Changelly, Gemini or Coinbase. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to buy The Transfer Token using one of the exchanges listed above.
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TORONTO (AP)Canada will prepare for its first World Cup since 1986 with exhibitions against host Qatar and Uruguay.
The 43rd-ranked Canadians said Wednesday they will play No. 49 Qatar on Sept. 23 and No. 13 Uruguay on Sept. 27, both at Vienna.
Canada opens the World Cup Group F against second-ranked Belgium on Nov. 23, plays No. 15 Croatia four days later and No. 24 Morocco on Dec. 1.
Canada has faced Uruguay just once, losing 3-1 at Miami in a February 1986 warmup for that year’s World Cup. The Canadian men have never faced Qatar.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. — Names of students who have made the Scholastic Honor Roll Spring 2022 have been announced by Oregon State University. Among those on the honor roll include Grangeville High School graduate Emma R. Edwards, a sophomore majoring in anthropology. She is the daughter of Kelcey Edwards and Angie Edwards. | https://www.idahocountyfreepress.com/community/local-student-makes-honor-roll-at-osu/article_00b992c2-0232-11ed-9c27-eb4084d0b471.html | 2022-07-14T01:24:58Z | https://www.idahocountyfreepress.com/community/local-student-makes-honor-roll-at-osu/article_00b992c2-0232-11ed-9c27-eb4084d0b471.html | false | null |
Mangatoon, an online comic book reading platform, has suffered a massive data breach. Information regarding 23 million user accounts, stolen from an unsecured Elasticsearch database, has been revealed.
The Bomborin data breach occurred
BomborineA hacker known to hack the FBI in November 2021 claimed responsibility for stealing Mangatoon data from Elasticsearch. He claims he was able to. Accessing an insecure database An open source search and analysis engine.
According to the hacker, Elasticsearch server credentials were too weak. This allowed him to access the data before it was stolen. Pomporin shared a sample of the stolen data with a technology-focused reference electronic journal.
Media analysts have attested to the veracity of the information. This is the Mangatoon user account information. The hacker claimed that he wanted to publish all the stolen data.
Is my information exposed?
Data breach date from May. For the 23 million users affected by this hack, names, email addresses, genders or credentials of social media accounts were disclosed.
For Mangatoon users, there is a way to find out if they have been affected by this data breach. You have to go to I’ve been Pwned (HIBP). This is a website to check if their personal data, email and passwords have been compromised through a data breach.
To this end, HIPB collects and analyzes database dumps and splices that contain the leaked account information. All you have to do is enter your email address for verification.
Precautions to be taken
For those whose personal data has been hacked, it is necessary to do so Change passwords for all online accounts Email, social networking and other services that require identifiers. To enhance security, experts recommend using Long and strong passwords.
The use of three unrelated random words of at least five characters each makes it possible, for example, to generate this type of password. Use Password manager It can also help.
And since you can never be too careful, feel free to. Enable multi-factor authentication If the option is available. Finally, installing security tools on their devices and machines provides an extra layer of protection in the event of a phishing attempt, for example.
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Today is Wednesday, July 13, the 194th day of 2022. There are 171 days left in the year.
ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY
On July 13, 2013, a jury in Sanford, Florida, cleared neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman of all charges in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the Black teenager whose killing unleashed furious debate over racial profiling, self-defense and equal justice.
1863 — Deadly rioting against the Civil War military draft erupted in New York City. (The insurrection was put down three days later.)
1923 — A sign consisting of 50-foot-tall letters spelling out “HOLLYWOODLAND” was dedicated in the Hollywood Hills to promote a subdivision. (The last four letters were removed in 1949.)
1960 — John F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot at his party’s convention in Los Angeles.
1965 — President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to be US Solicitor General; Marshall became the first Black jurist appointed to the post. (Two years later, Johnson nominated Marshall to the US Supreme Court.)
1974 — The Senate Watergate Committee proposed sweeping reforms in an effort to prevent another Watergate scandal.
1985 — “Live Aid,” an international rock concert in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney, took place to raise money for Africa’s starving people.
1999 — Angel Maturino Resendiz, suspected of being the “Railroad Killer,” surrendered in El Paso, Texas. (Resendiz was executed in 2006.)
2006 — Israel imposed a naval blockade against Lebanon and blasted the Beirut airport and army air bases; Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets into Israel.
2011 — California became the first state in the nation to add lessons about gays and lesbians to social studies classes in public schools under a measure signed by Gov. Jerry Brown.
2020 — Washington’s NFL franchise dropped the “Redskins” name and Indian head logo amid pressure from sponsors; the move followed decades of criticism that the name and logo were offensive to Native Americans. (As new names were considered, the team would be known as the Washington Football Team; the team was eventually renamed the Commanders.)
Ten years ago — His credibility under attack, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney insisted he had “no role whatsoever in the management” of Bain Capital, a private equity firm, after early 1999, and demanded that President Barack Obama apologize for campaign aides who persisted in alleging otherwise. Movie producer Richard Zanuck, 77, died in Beverly Hills.
Five years ago — A federal judge in Hawaii weakened President Donald Trump’s travel ban by vastly expanding the list of US family relationships that visitors from six Muslim-majority countries could use to get into the country. Trump defended his son’s meeting with a Russian lawyer during the presidential campaign, characterizing it as standard campaign practice. China’s most prominent political prisoner, Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights campaigner Liu Xiaobo died in prison of liver cancer at the age of 61.
One year ago — The government reported that prices paid by US consumers, in June, had posted the sharpest 12-month spike in 13 years, as a swift rebound in spending ran up against widespread supply shortages. “The Crown” tied with “The Mandalorian” for the most Emmy nominations, 24 each, but the Marvel universe also got bragging rights with runner-up “WandaVision”; the nominations reinforced the rapid rise of streaming, as the top-nominated scripted shows were on services that had largely emerged in the preceding two years.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Game show announcer Johnny Gilbert (TV: “Jeopardy!”) is 94. Actor Patrick Stewart is 82. Actor Harrison Ford is 80. Singer-guitarist Roger McGuinn (The Byrds) is 80. Actor-comedian Cheech Marin is 76. Actor Daphne Maxwell Reid is 74. Actor Didi Conn is 71. Actor Gil Birmingham is 69. Singer Louise Mandrell is 68. Rock musician Mark “The Animal” Mendoza (Twisted Sister) is 66. Actor-director Cameron Crowe is 65. Former tennis player Anders Jarryd is 61. Comedian Tom Kenny is 60. Country singer-songwriter Victoria Shaw is 60. Bluegrass singer Rhonda Vincent is 60. Actor Kenny Johnson is 59. Roots singer/songwriter Paul Thorn is 58. Country singer Neil Thrasher is 57. Actor Ken Jeong is 53. Singer Deborah Cox is 49. Actor Ashley Scott is 45. Rock musician Will Champion (Coldplay) is 44. Actor Fran Kranz is 41. Actor Aya Cash is 40. St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is 40. Actor Colton Haynes is 34. Actor Steven R. McQueen is 34. Soul singer Leon Bridges is 33. Actor Hayley Erin (“General Hospital”) is 28. Actor Kyle Harrison Breitkopf is 17.
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LEADING OFF: Royals down 10 unvaccinated players in Toronto
A look at what's happening around baseball Thursday:
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10 DOWN FOR TORONTO
The Royals will be without 10 of the 26 players on their active roster for their upcoming trip to Toronto due to Canadian restrictions on travelers who aren't vaccinated against COVID-19.
Manager Mike Matheny said Wednesday the club will be without hitters Andrew Benintendi, Hunter Dozier, Cam Gallagher, Kyle Isbel, MJ Melendez, Whit Merrifield and Michael A. Taylor along with pitchers Dylan Coleman, Brad Keller and Brady Singer.
The team is set to play four games in Toronto. The 10 players will be placed on the restricted list and forfeit four days of pay and major league service time in accordance with the terms of MLB's collective bargaining agreement.
'It's an individual choice,' Matheny said. 'The organization's done a real good job bringing in professionals and experts to talk guys through tough conversations and then put it in their hands to make the decisions they believe is best for them and their families.'
Kansas City will face the Blue Jays a day after fourth-place Toronto fired manager Charlie Montoyo and promoted bench coach John Schneider to interim manager for the rest of the season.
ALL-STAR SHOWDOWN
Brewers right-hander Corbin Burnes (7-4, 2.20) will face Giants lefty Carlos Rodón (8-5, 2.70) in San Francisco before the pair team up on the NL All-Star roster next week.
It'll be the last start for both pitchers before the Midsummer Classic. Burnes leads the NL with 134 strikeouts and Rodón is third with 124. Both are All-Stars for the second straight season.
Giants third baseman Evan Longoria is expected to begin a rehab assignment as early as Thursday as he works back from a left oblique strain. There is a chance he could return before the All-Star break.
'I think there's a possibility for the weekend,' manager Gabe Kapler said. 'I think we want to make sure that door stays open.'
FOR ALL TO SEE
Reds right-hander Luis Castillo (3-4, 2.92) makes a potentially important audition for contending teams in a matchup against Nestor Cortes (7-3, 2.74) at Yankee Stadium.
Cincinnati figures to be a sellar at the trade deadline, and Castillo is a prime target for teams in need of starting pitching. He's coming off seven innings of one-run ball against Tampa Bay.
ANIBAL'S BACK
Nationals right-hander Anibal Sanchez will make his season debut in a home start against Atlanta and right-hander Kyle Wright (10-4, 2.97).
Wright is hoping to turn around his luck against Washington in the opener of a four-game set between the NL East foes. Wright is 2-1 with a 6.27 ERA in five career games, including three starts, against the Nats.
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Panasonic chooses Kansas for electric vehicle battery mega-factory
TOPEKA, Kan. - Japan’s Panasonic Corp. selected Kansas as the location for a multibillion-dollar mega-factory to produce electric vehicle batteries for Tesla and other carmakers, Gov. Laura Kelly announced Wednesday.
The decision comes five months after the Democratic governor and Republican-controlled Legislature rushed to approve a taxpayer-funded incentive package of as much as $1 billion, the state’s largest ever, to attract the company and the promised "thousands of jobs," even though most of them didn’t know what company was in play. Kelly said Wednesday that the actual incentives will total $829 million over 10 years.
The plant will be located in De Soto, Kansas, a town with about 6,000 people and 30 miles (48.28 kilometers) southwest of Kansas City, Missouri.
"People across the country are looking at Kansas as a leader in economic development," Kelly told a gathering of about 250 state officials and business leaders in downtown Topeka Wednesday.
Japanese broadcaster NHK reported this year that the company was looking to build the factory in Kansas or Oklahoma, close to Texas, where Tesla is building an electric-vehicle plant. The two companies jointly operate a battery plant in Nevada.
FILE - A worker is busy at a battery assembly workshop at Panasonic Energy Wuxi Co. Ltd. in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 5, 2022. (Li Bo/Xinhua via Getty Images)
Kelly’s administration said the facility it was pursuing would be the largest economic development project in Kansas history. They said the company would employ 4,000 people and that other businesses supplying or supporting it would add several thousand more jobs. They said the company would pay an average of $50,000, which would far exceed Kansas’ median income for individuals of less than $32,000.
Kelly pushed for the permission to offer tax credits, payroll subsidies and training funds to lure what her administration said was a $4 billion project that at least one other state was also pursuing.
The measure requires the state to cut its corporate tax rates by half a percentage point for every big deal closed so that all businesses benefit. That would save companies roughly $100 million a year and drop the state’s top rate to 6% from 7% if two deals close.
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Backers of the measure argued that Kansas has lost out on other large projects because it couldn’t offer generous enough incentives.
Oklahoma’s Republican-controlled Legislature approved an incentive package this year to offer rebates of up to nearly $700 million in state funds if Panasonic reached specific benchmarks, including at least a $4.5 billion capital expenditure and the creation of at least 4,000 jobs during the project’s first four years. State officials say that money could be returned to the general fund or used to lure another major project.
Ohio recently offered Intel Corp. incentives worth roughly $2 billion to secure a new $20 billion chipmaking factory. Michigan lawmakers in December approved $1 billion in incentives, two-thirds of it for General Motors for plants to assemble batteries for electric vehicles.
Electric vehicle maker Canoo has announced plans to open a factory in northeastern Oklahoma next year that is expected to create 2,000 jobs.
But Wisconsin scaled back incentives for electronics giant Foxconn. It was supposed to invest $10 billion there and create 13,000 jobs but the deal now is for about 1,450 jobs with an investment of $672 million by 2026.
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Latest SD biotech layoff: Heron Therapeutics restructures and cuts 34% of its workforce July 13, 2022 Mary Canady News Comments Off on Latest SD biotech layoff: Heron Therapeutics restructures and cuts 34% of its workforce The local company is among a recent trend of layoffs in the biotech industry as they face market challenges. Click here to view original post | https://sdbn.org/san-diego-biotech-news/2022/07/13/latest-sd-biotech-layoff-heron-therapeutics-restructures-and-cuts-34-of-its-workforce/ | 2022-07-14T01:34:05Z | https://sdbn.org/san-diego-biotech-news/2022/07/13/latest-sd-biotech-layoff-heron-therapeutics-restructures-and-cuts-34-of-its-workforce/ | false | null |
China reports 366 new COVID cases for July 13 vs 338 a day earlier
Shanghai reported five new local symptomatic cases, compared with five a day earlier, and 42 local asymptomatic cases versus 50 the previous day, local government data showed. All Shanghai cases were reported in quarantined areas.
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China reported 366 new COVID-19 infections on July 13, of which 121 were symptomatic and 245 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Thursday. That compared with 338 new cases a day earlier, 98 symptomatic and 240 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately.
There were no new deaths, same as a day earlier, keeping the nation's fatalities at 5,226. As of Wednesday, mainland China had confirmed 227,030 cases with symptoms.
China's capital Beijing reported no new local symptomatic cases, compared with none a day earlier, and zero local asymptomatic cases versus zero the previous day, the local government said. Shanghai reported five new local symptomatic cases, compared with five a day earlier, and 42 local asymptomatic cases versus 50 the previous day, local government data showed.
All Shanghai cases were reported in quarantined areas.
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Australia's Telstra completes Digicel Pacific buyout
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SYDNEY, July 14 (Reuters) - Telstra Corp Ltd (TLS.AX) on Thursday said it had completed the acquisition of Digicel Pacific, backed by funding from the Australian government, after a tax dispute between Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Digicel threatened to stall the sale process.
Digicel in April said it was considering legal options after PNG imposed a tax of almost $100 million that the Jamaica-headquartered telecom firm said could affect the planned $1.6 billion sale of its Pacific operations to Telstra. read more
"With respect to the Papua New Guinea additional company tax, (Digicel) has made arrangements to resolve the matter with the PNG tax authorities," Telstra said in a statement. "Telstra is not part of this process, and the outcomes of this process are a matter for (Digicel)."
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Digicel and the office of PNG Prime Minister James Marape did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment.
Telstra in October 2021 agreed to buy the Pacific operations of Digicel, with the Australian government providing $1.33 billion and Telstra contributing $270 million.
Digicel, founded by Irish billionaire Denis O'Brien, is the largest mobile phone carrier in the Pacific, with about 2.8 million subscribers and has operations in countries including Fiji, Samoa and Vanuatu - the most lucrative being those in PNG.
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said her government's support for the deal "reflects our commitment to help build a stronger Pacific family through investment in high-quality infrastructure."
Before the deal was announced, there were market and media speculation of Chinese companies interested in making a bid, which would have been a cause of concern for Australia amid rising competition between ally the United States and China in the Pacific.
The announcement by Telstra comes as leaders of the Pacific countries meet in Fiji for a four-day summit where climate change and tensions between Washington and Beijing have dominated meetings. read more
China is looking to forge greater ties across the region, proposing a broader trade and security deal with 10 Pacific nations that recognise Beijing, but which is opposed by some nations.
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Kaleidoscope Redrocks, the young sister duo of Gracie and Tivona Moskoff, will perform at Vino di Sedona on Friday, July 15, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. to benefit the Coalition Against Human-Trafficking-Northern Arizona.
You’re invited to come out to listen classic rock, country, folk, pop and punk songs played by these young women aged 16 and 13, who are graciously supporting this local Arizona nonprofit. Vino di Sedona is located at 2575 W. 89A, on the corner of Andante and 89A, in Sedona. Along with the music, fun donated gifts will be raffled by the Coalition.
The mission of the Coalition Against Human Trafficking-Northern Arizona, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is to educate, provide a networking platform and partner with diverse groups to help eradicate human trafficking. More information on its website at CAHT-naz.org/. | https://www.verdenews.com/news/2022/jul/13/kaleidoscope-redrocks-performs-july-15-benefit-coa/ | 2022-07-14T01:57:17Z | https://www.verdenews.com/news/2022/jul/13/kaleidoscope-redrocks-performs-july-15-benefit-coa/ | false | null |
With the next legislative session still six months away, Montana Democrats are eyeing a surplus in the state budget of upwards of a billion dollars. They’re proposing investments in affordable housing, child care and mental health care.
State finance experts at the Legislative Fiscal Division are projecting tax revenues to pull in an estimated $1.7 billion surplus. They attribute the windfall to a variety of factors including a strong stock market and a national economy stimulated by federal dollars.
Montana Democratic lawmakers say they have a plan for that money.
House Minority Leader Kim Abbott and other legislators presented their proposal outside the state capitol Wednesday.
“We’re hearing over and over again that it’s hard to live in the community where you work, businesses are having trouble hiring,” Abbott said. “It’s hard for folks who want to re-enter the workforce who got hit incredibly hard over the last two years to find child care that’s affordable.”
Democrats want to direct $500 million to affordable housing initiatives, $250 million to property tax relief, $125 million to aid child care providers and parents who need it, and $125 million to expand access to mental health care.
In a statement, Republican Senate Majority Leader Cary Smith said the state’s strong economy is due to Republican-backed policies, like tax cuts. Smith says Republicans “look forward to continuing to be good stewards of Montana’s economy and providing further tax relief for Montanans."
Gov. Greg Gianforte said in a response to the proposal that he invites Montana Democrats to join in calling for President Joe Biden to “stop the reckless spending and get inflation under control.”
The Legislative Fiscal Division says the growth in revenue is volatile and bound to change given the factors they attribute to creating the surplus, like one-time only federal stimulus funds. The analysis projects the revenue increase to spike and then fall off by at about 10% in coming years. | https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2022-07-13/state-democrats-are-hoping-to-utilize-1-billion-budget-surplus-in-new-proposal | 2022-07-14T01:58:31Z | https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2022-07-13/state-democrats-are-hoping-to-utilize-1-billion-budget-surplus-in-new-proposal | true | 2 |
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WASHINGTON: US consumer prices surged 9.1 percent in June, the largest annual increase in more than four decades amid stubbornly high costs for gasoline, food and rent, cementing the case for another 75-basis-point interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve this month.
The larger-than-expected increase in the year-on-year consumer price index reported by the Labor Department on Wednesday also reflected higher prices for healthcare, motor vehicles, apparel as well as household furniture. The CPI increased by the most in nearly 17 years on a monthly basis.
The inflation data followed on the heels of stronger-than-expected job growth in June and suggested that the Fed's aggressive monetary policy stance had made little progress so far in cooling domestic demand and bringing inflation down to its 2 percent target.
Inflation numbers are heaping pressure on President Joe Biden, whose approval ratings have taken a battering from the relentless rise in prices.
While acknowledging the inflation rate was "unacceptably high," Biden argued that it was also "out of date" as it did not reflect a clear drop in energy prices since mid-June.
The recent price drop had provided "important breathing room for American families. And, other commodities like wheat have fallen sharply since this report," the president said in a statement.
Insisting that tackling inflation was the top priority, Biden admitted his administration needed "to make more progress, more quickly, in getting price increases under control."
"Despite the Fed's best intentions, the economy looks to be moving into a higher inflation regime," said Christopher Rupkey, chief economist at FWDBONDS in New York. "The Fed is even further behind the curve after today's sizzling report."
The consumer price index increased 1.3 percent last month, the biggest monthly gain since September 2005, after advancing 1.0 percent in May. A 7.5 percent surge in energy prices accounted for nearly half of the increase in the CPI. Gasoline prices jumped 11.2 percent after rebounding by 4.1 percent in May.
Natural gas prices rose 8.2 percent, the most since October 2005, while the cost of electricity increased 1.7 percent. Food prices gained 1.0 percent. The cost of food consumed at home rose 1.0 percent, posting the sixth straight monthly increase of at least 1.0 percent.
The US central bank last month implemented the biggest rate hike in nearly 30 years, and economists say another three-quarter-point increase is likely later this month.
Ian Shepherdson of Pantheon Macroeconomics summed up the data in one word: "Ouch."
"This report will make for very uncomfortable reading at the Fed," he said. "It rules out the chance of the Fed hiking by only 50bp this month."
But Shepherdson noted some signs of cooling prices in the data and predicted "this will be the last big increase."
In the 12 months through June, the CPI jumped 9.1 percent. That was the biggest gain since November 1981 and followed an 8.6 percent rise in May. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the CPI would rise 1.1 percent and accelerating 8.8 percent year-on-year. Consumer prices are surging, driven by snarled global supply chains and massive fiscal stimulus from governments early in the Covid-19 pandemic.
The ongoing war in Ukraine, which has caused a spike in global food and fuel prices, has worsened the situation.
The Bank of Canada on Wednesday announced a full-percentage-point increase in its policy rate, a super-sized hike last seen in 1998.
U.S. gasoline prices hit record highs in June, averaging above $5 per gallon, according to data from motorist advocacy group AAA. They have since declined from last month's peak and were averaging $4.631 per gallon on Wednesday, which could ease some of the pressure on consumers.
U.S. stocks opened lower. The dollar rose against a basket of currencies. U.S. Treasury prices fell.
The government reported last Friday that the economy created 372,000 jobs in June, with a broader measure of unemployment falling to a record low.
Labor market tightness is also underscored by the fact that there were nearly two jobs for every unemployed person at the end of May. Financial markets overwhelmingly expect the U.S. central bank to raise its policy rate by 75 basis points at its July 26-27 meeting. The Fed has hiked its overnight interest rate by 150 basis points since March.
Annual food prices are rising at their fastest pace since February 1981, with energy prices posting their largest jump in more than 42 years.
There had been hope that a shift in spending from goods to services would help cool inflation. But the very tight labor market is boosting wages, contributing to higher prices for services.
Underlying inflation pressures remained strong last month. Excluding the volatile food and energy components, the CPI gained 0.7 percent in June after climbing 0.6 percent in May. The so-called core CPI was boosted by the cost of rent, which shot up 0.8 percent, the largest monthly increase since April 1986.
New vehicle prices maintained their upward trend as did those for used cars and trucks. The cost of motor vehicle maintenance and repairs surged 2.0 percent, the most since September 1974. Healthcare costs rose 0.7 percent, with a record increase in the cost of dental services. Apparel price increased 0.8 percent, despite retailers saying they would have to offer discounts because of excess inventory.
The core CPI increased 5.9 percent in the 12 months through June. That followed a 6.0 percent rise in the 12 months through May. High inflation and rising borrowing costs are stoking fears of a recession by early next year.
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TOPEKA (KSNT) – As part of Topeka Music Week the country group Nebraska Showdown played their popular country music at Evergy Plaza Wednesday evening.
The country concert was a kickoff to Heartland Stampede week at Heartland Motorsports Park on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The 2nd annual Country Kickoff, sponsored by Fidelity State Bank & Trust Co., featured the Nebraska Showdown band. This 90’s country cover band was a fan favorite from last year.
In addition to live music, there were vendors & food trucks on site.
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The concert was also presented by:
- Southwest Publishing and Mailing Corporation
- Kaw Valley Bank
- Security Benefit
- Mize CPAs
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