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Kevin Taylor has loved dogs even longer than he’s loved teaching. The East Valley Elementary School physical education teacher has over two decades of experience in education. He grew up with dogs, specifically chocolate Labs, and has bred generations of them.
For years, he wanted to somehow incorporate dogs into his classroom. Last year, he saw his goal come to fruition. He trained Jordan, a 1-year-old Labrador retriever, to act as a therapy dog for his students.
Taylor said Jordan was the right dog for the job because of her exceedingly calm nature. She has served both as a playful and calming presence for students. And students and staff have responded with enthusiasm to the new “staff member.”
Here are some questions and answers with Taylor. Some answers have been shortened for clarity.
How long have you been breeding chocolate Labs?
We have three generations and she's part of the line that I want to keep going. So, we've been breeding chocolate Labs for 18-plus years. People know me as a chocolate Lab breeder. ... Their temperament is what draws people to wanting to come get a Lab. So this line that I have now is perfect to do this type of stuff. They're great people, dogs.
Where did the idea for an in-school dog come from?
It's been a goal of mine, for about 10 years, trying to get an animal into the school. And this last school year, Russ Hill, our (new) superintendent, entered the conversation. I walked up to him and had that conversation with him, and the door wasn't closed right away. We talked about it more and more. I researched it, I had some other connections in the Valley and started talking to people about what they did. And it became a reality here last year. She wasn’t even 1 year old yet by the time she entered this school. So, she's being raised right along with these kids.
What was the training process like?
We’re going to be continuing some training in October. It's through the Acme Dog Training in Ahtanum (Union Gap). Last year we put her in a 10-hour course for obedience training. They don't really go into the social-emotional aspect of training until the dog gets 1 year old. That’s why we're continuing the course now.
What does a typical day look like for you?
I greet the kids in the morning and then come into the school. Sometimes Jordan starts the class with me, sometimes she doesn't, but this (Taylor’s office) is her comfort zone. She’ll come in here and lay down. I do my normal things throughout class because I also have a job to teach the kids. I can't have them always distracted by her. But there's times throughout the class period when the kids are playing that I do open the door. Strategically, she's placed into class. And then I always close class with her.
What has the response from the kids been like?
Absolutely open arms, wanting to hug, wanting to pet, wanting to spend as much time as they can with Jordan. But when she is out there when they're playing, they do play. They know that they can’t just go and always be by her. There have been times, though, where a kid just kind of gets — you can just tell they just need a little break. Why don't you just take a moment and go over and sit next to Jordan? A kid who struggles, he just needed a time to calm down. It was just amazing. All of a sudden, Jordan was there to the rescue, thankfully, because I don't think one of us adults could have calmed him as quickly.
Any other standout moments?
There were four specific kids who were leery of her. Whatever experience they've had with animals, it was a negative one. When that happens, I don't try to push back. But slowly, by the end of the school year last year, all four students were petting with her, came to her this morning. This year, the student who was the most afraid now seeks her in the morning. What that has allowed is to gain some trust that there are dogs that are nice.
Why is it important to provide students with these types of alternative support services?
To me it's another way into a kid's life. It's another way to reach them. That’s not the only reason why they're coming to school. I feel as the PE teacher that my class is very popular. But what I've seen with Jordan is another excitement. It's something else to be excited about to be here at school. And I think that's a huge reason. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/education/community-q-a-east-valley-teacher-trains-paw-some-classroom-helper/article_a6eda992-3150-11ed-80b1-07a0bfdb674c.html | 2022-09-13T12:33:47Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/education/community-q-a-east-valley-teacher-trains-paw-some-classroom-helper/article_a6eda992-3150-11ed-80b1-07a0bfdb674c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Editor's note: This story originally appeared on Underscore News.
After months of research, students at the University of Oregon have narrowed potential sites where they think five Cayuse men were buried or reburied after they were hanged for the death of missionary Marcus Whitman.
The burial locations have been unknown for generations, but students in the UO Clark Honors College have given members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) reason to believe the sites may one day be identified. The CTUIR includes members of the Umatilla, Cayuse and Walla Walla tribes in eastern Oregon.
“While the five Cayuse men hanged in 1850 in Oregon City have come to be called ‘the Cayuse Five’ in recent years, we must remember their names and the importance of each of their lives to their families and our Tribes, then and now,” said Bobbie Conner, director of Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, the museum and archive repository for the CTUIR.
The five men’s names are Ti’ílaka’aykt, Tamáhas, ’Iceyéeye Cilúukiis, K’oy’am’á Šuumkíin, Łókomus.
“The five executed men were closely related,” Conner said. “Three were brothers and two were cousins. They are not forgotten and this work must continue for as long as is necessary.”
Repatriation, justice or reconciliation
In 1836, about a decade before what came to be called the Whitman Massacre, Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa Whitman, Reverend Henry and Eliza Spalding, and William H. Gray established the Whitman Mission, near Walla Walla, Wash. Their goal: convert the Cayuse to Christianity.
In the mid-1840s, Americans traveling the Oregon Trail carried diseases to which the Cayuse had no natural immunity.
Whitman, a doctor, was unable to effectively treat Native people sick with diseases they had never before encountered. As a result, Cayuse children died of measles and other illnesses far more often than the sick white kids treated at the Whitman Mission. In the eyes of the Cayuse, Whitman was a healer who couldn't heal.
Tensions erupted on Nov. 29, 1847 when the Cayuse attacked the Whitman Mission, killing Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 11 others.
To the Cayuse, there was no question of their right to dispose of a doctor (medicine man, or tewat) whose patients were dying in droves.
The incident sparked the Cayuse War.
Two-and-a-half years later, five Cayuse men, accompanied by two Cayuse headmen, presented themselves to federal officials.
It’s unlikely that the five men were themselves involved in the attack on the Whitman Mission, but the Americans demanded punishment in order to end the war.
“What happened is these five came together and decided that they would turn themselves in,” former CTUIR communications director Charles F. “Chuck” Sams III told MyNorthwest in 2017. “Matter of fact, one of the quotes from, I believe, Tamáhas was: ‘Much like your savior Jesus Christ gave himself up for you, we are giving ourselves up for our people in order to stop the Cayuse War,’ that had promulgated because of the death of the Whitmans.”
Sams is currently the director of the National Park Service.
Federal troops shackled the five men and took them to Oregon City, which was then the capital of Oregon Territory.
The five warriors were tried by a jury of white men on a single count of murder for Marcus Whitman’s death. The four-day trial took place in an Oregon City tavern, crowded with a few hundred onlookers.
The Cayuse Five asserted their innocence and said they only came to federal officials to recount what they knew of the deaths at Whitman Mission. The five men, speaking Cayuse, had trouble communicating during the trial, even though a translator was present.
The jury convicted the men and a judge sentenced them to death. U.S. Marshals oversaw their hanging in June of 1850, despite promises from the new governor to pardon the men as soon as he took office.
They were buried near Oregon City, but knowledge of the exact location was lost.
“The fact that we do not collectively know the burial sites of the Cayuse Five stands in the way of the prospect of repatriation, of justice, of reconciliation, or whatever else we who are living may decide is the wisest course of action,” said Michael Moffitt, the University of Oregon Law School professor and former dean who designed the UO course to search for the burial site.
‘Find and honor their ancestors’
On June 3, 172 years to the day after the public execution of the Cayuse Five, 18 students from the UO Clark Honors College presented their findings at the school’s Many Nations Longhouse. Among those in attendance were tribal elders, historians and religious leaders, along with a member of the CTUIR Cultural Resource Committee, Tamástslikt staff and Native students who attend the University of Oregon.
The UO honors class, titled “Searching for the Cayuse Five,” is one of three academic projects examining the Cayuse Five. Living relatives of the five men hanged welcome each project.
“Contemporary descendants Les and Armand Minthorn have been stalwart in their efforts to find and honor their ancestors,” Conner said. (Les Minthorn is the uncle of Armand Minthorn.)
In addition to the student reports, Tamástslikt staff accepted five boxes of archival and library material from the family of the late Ronald Lansing, professor of law and the author of “Juggernaut,” a historical narrative of the Cayuse Five trial.
The tribes presented gifts of appreciation to the class, the Lansing family, Moffitt, and Howard Arnett, UO professor of American Indian Law, who had worked previously with Conner at Tamástslikt.
A cougar hide was given to Les Minthorn, who carries the name of his ancestor, K’oy’am’á Šuumkíin, “cougar shirt.”
‘A mind-blowing amount to follow up on’
In April, a busload of 16 students began the class by traveling from the UO campus in Eugene to Oregon City and up the Columbia River to present-day Celilo, and then to Tamástslikt. Conner, Arnett and Moffitt accompanied the class.
Students also spent a day at the Whitman Mission National Historic Site at Weyíilet, west of present-day Walla Walla, Washington. They heard testimony from seven Cayuses and from former Whitman Mission Superintendent Timothy Nitz before touring the grounds.
In Oregon City, CTUIR anthropologist Dr. Jennifer Karson Engum, Oregon City Public Works Director John Lewis and city planner Christina Robertson-Gardiner met with students at McLoughlin Promenade, a city park that provides views of the estimated location of the hanging site at Willamette Falls.
Karson Engum provided the class with documents, clippings and oral histories that CTUIR staff had accumulated over the years, which gave them a starting point for further investigation. For two months students pored over information — church and legal records, oral histories, genealogy and mapping.
The class scrutinized trial records to understand what happened during the days after the men were taken into custody and before they were hanged. Karson Engum communicated with students throughout the course to clarify sources, references and perspectives.
Students looked at old land records to try to determine who owned which plots and when. By mapping the current area with overlaid historical diagrams, accounts of the execution that mention the bodies being taken by handcart and buried near a creek west of the city could be given a modern context.
Two of the students spent more than 24 hours digging through Lansing’s Juggernaut notes. One account in Lansing’s boxes included a 1937 statement from a man whose father was present at the execution and burial.
As a small boy, his father showed him the burial site several times. He provided a detailed description of where his father told him the Cayuse were buried. His account included directions by footage, such as when he wrote: “Proceed from this unmarked point south 150 feet…” It also included logistical markers, like his comment that the site was “about 10 feet north of a forked white fir tree 20 inches in diameter … and to the south end of a row of scrubby fruit trees …”
The students ruled out two cemeteries and a location near a suspension bridge on the east side of Oregon City. Nitz and Tamástslikt staff threw out another, reducing the number of potential sites from six to two. A seventh possible site has been identified, but the land owners are unwilling to participate in the search effort.
A century-and-a-half of Willamette Valley rain reduced the likelihood that the burial sites remain undisturbed, according to a document unearthed by the students relating to a federal permitting process.
The document, written two decades ago, states that “the most likely burial site … does not take into consideration the effect of flooding and erosion over the 150 years since the burial of the five Cayuse men … over years [the burials] could have been moved due to area floods or erosion.”
The writer said in his report that he understood there had been at least seven floods over the last century and a half.
Moffitt said he and the students wanted to provide a definitive answer on where the five men are buried today. Ultimately, that wasn’t possible.
“We recognize that the decisions about possible next steps are to be made by the Tribe,” Moffitt said. “We would welcome the chance to continue to work with Tamástslikt in some capacity, if that would be of interest.”
Conner said the next research priority will be working with officials in Oregon City and Clackamas County, and continuing work with students to identify the timing of the men’s reburials and the motivation behind those moves.
“We have a mind-blowing amount to follow up on with this material,” Conner said. “And more work to do in a more focused future.”
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Concerns raised over arrest of anti-royal protesters in Scotland and England
Senior legal figures and politicians have raised concerns about the arrest of anti-monarchy protesters in Scotland and England.
Joanna Cherry, the high-profile SNP MP, stressed the right to protest is “fundamental to our democracy”, while Labour MSP Carol Mochan said she would be raising the matter in Holyrood when the Scottish Parliament reconvenes.
Writing on Twitter, Roddy Dunlop KC, dean of the Faculty of Advocates, said he concurred with Ms Cherry's concerns.
He said: “Whilst my own view is that common decency means that now should be a time of reflection rather than protest, the right to protest is a fundamental one, and should not be restrained unless the criminal law is being broken. There’s also a difference between protest and abuse.”
Ms Cherry tweeted: “I’m concerned by reports in Scotland and England of seemingly legitimate protesters being arrested.
"Whilst many might question whether this is an appropriate time for such protests, the right to protest is fundamental to our democracy and should be facilitated.”
Fellow SNP MP Amy Callaghan wrote: “Republican views are as valid as any other. No-one should be arrested for just expressing that.”
Ms Mochan said she shared the concerns of many “regarding reports people have been arrested for expressing their views in support of a republic”.
She tweeted: "Everyone has the right to express their opinions peacefully, this sets a dangerous precedent. I will be raising my concerns when Parliament reconvenes.”
Adam Tomkins, a law professor and former Conservative MSP, also spoke out.
He tweeted: “Anyone choosing this moment to protest by placard against the monarchy in crowds of mourners is insensitive to the point of boneheaded crassness.
"But they should not be arrested for expressing their views unless their words incite violence. Obviously.”
Since the proclamation of King Charles III, a few arrests have been made and protesters were moved on in Edinburgh, London and Oxford.
The Metropolitan Police issued a statement following a viral video from Parliament Square in central London, when a barrister who was holding up a blank piece of paper was asked for his details by an officer.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stuart Cundy said: “We’re aware of a video online showing an officer speaking with a member of the public outside the Palace of Westminster earlier today.
“The public absolutely have a right of protest and we have been making this clear to all officers involved in the extraordinary policing operation currently in place and we will continue do so.
“However, the overwhelming majority of interactions between officers and public at this time have been positive as people have come to the capital to mourn the loss of Her Late Majesty the Queen.”
Paul Powlesland, 36, a barrister and nature rights activist from Barking in east London, had travelled into the centre of the capital on Monday afternoon with “a blank piece of paper”.
“Why would you ask for my details?” he can be heard asking the officer in a video, who said: “I wanted to make sure you didn’t have bail conditions (inaudible).”
The officer replied: “You said you were going to write stuff on it, that may offend people, around the King. It may offend someone.”
Mr Powlesland said the officer told him he risked being arrested if he wrote “not my King” on the paper.
Elsewhere, a 22-year-old woman was charged in connection with a breach of the peace after being arrested during the Accession Proclamation for the King outside St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh on Sunday.
She was released from custody and is due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court at a later date.
Symon Hill, 45, was arrested on suspicion of a public order offence after shouting “Who elected him?” when he came across a public formal reading of the proclamation of the accession for the King in Carfax, Oxford.
Mr Hill, who works part-time at the Peace Pledge Union, a secular pacifist organisation, was later de-arrested.
On Monday afternoon, a 22-year-old man was arrested “in connection with a breach of the peace on the Royal Mile”, Police Scotland said.
Footage appeared to show a man heckling the royal procession as it went past.
Under Scottish law, someone can be charged with a public order offence of breaching the peace if their behaviour is disorderly and could have a negative effect on those who witness it such as swearing or shouting.
In England and Wales, offences of disorderly behaviour – such as threatening or abusive language, behaviour, signs or writing – which is likely to cause others present harassment, alarm or distress fall under section 5 of the Public Order Act and could lead to a fine.
A number of campaign groups have expressed concern at the way officers are policing protests as the new King is declared, with some warning the arrests may be unlawful.
Police Scotland has been approached for comment.
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Queen Elizabeth II death: Service at St Giles' Cathedral gives thanks for 'extraordinary life' of Her Majesty
In a sacred place of worship that has known violence, rebellion and destruction throughout its long and tempestuous history, there was only love.
Love for a mother, a grandmother, and a great-grandmother, as well as a Queen. The only Queen the vast majority of those in attendance have known.
But so too, there was love for a woman who seemed synonymous with the monarchy itself, and whose extraordinary life and reign reminded generations of its historic and enduring role in the nation’s life, one which predates its legislature, its legal system, and even the Church of Scotland itself.
The hour-long service of thanksgiving for the life of Queen Elizabeth II was, in so many ways, an unprecedented chapter in modern Scottish history.
Where once the firebrand preacher, John Knox, raged at St Giles’ pulpit against the gynarchy and declared the rule of women as contrary to the Bible, the same cathedral mourned the woman who became Britain’s longest-serving monarch.
Where once this ancient place was stripped of its Catholic decorations and statuary, the Most Rev Leo Cushley, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, was chosen to read the Epistle.
Where once the market trader, Jenny Geddes, sparked a riot after throwing a stool at the Dean of St Giles’ in fury at his use of an Anglicised prayer book, the congregation fell silent to honour a Queen who also served as Supreme Governor of the Church of England.
Where once the bells of St Giles’ chimed disdainfully to the melody of ‘Why Should I Be So Sad on My Wedding Day?’ to mark the signing of the Act of Union treaty, they rang out in celebration of the monarch who, as an ordinary member of the Kirk, embodied the Union of the Crowns.
At nearly every turn of a solemn, thoughtful and tender service held before a cross-section of Scottish society, history was being made and, in many ways, reconciled.
But at its heart, this was a thank you to Elizabeth II. As Reverend Calum I MacLeod, the minister of St Giles’ Cathedral, said at the service’s outset: “We gather to bid Scotland's farewell to our late monarch, whose life of service to the nation and the world we celebrate, and whose love for Scotland was legendary.”
As the Queen’s coffin was brought into the High Kirk by eight soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland, King Charles III, wearing full day ceremonial uniform with the rank of Field Marshal, walked close behind, side by side with the Queen Consort. They were followed by the Princess Royal, her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, and then the Duke of York, with the Earl and the Countess of Wessex next.
The King looked straight ahead as he passed by, while the choir sang ‘Thou Wilt Keep Him In Perfect Peace, Whose Mind Is Stayed On Thee’.
The coffin was placed on a wooden catafalque as the congregation continued to stand, and the King and his family took their seats.
With that, the hundreds of mourners, whose number included Prime Minister Liz Truss, Gordon Brown and Lord McConnell, began to sing the first of several psalms. All had been sung by Elizabeth II and her family during services at Crathie Kirk near her beloved Balmoral.
A silence fell again as the congregation sat and Rev MacLeod offered poignant prayers, telling the congregation of how it had gathered as a “sorrowing nation,” albeit one that remembered with gratitude the “many gifts and graces” of the late Queen.
What followed was one of the most touching flashpoints for the service, and fitting for the most viscerally Scottish monarch of modern times.
The vaulted ceilings of St Giles’ echoed with Catriona McKay’s harp, as veteran folk singer Karen Matheson sang a spellbinding psalm in Gaelic, the language once persecuted to the point of extinction by James VI.
Some members of the congregation could be seen wiping away tears, perhaps mindful of the resonance of the moment, or simply moved by its unfettered beauty.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, dressed in an all-black outfit and black hat, then read Ecclesiastes 3: 1-15, a passage that reminded all in attendance that life is made of joy and sorrow, and there is “a time to be born” and “a time to die”.
After the choir performed another of the Queen’s favourite psalms, Archbishop Cushley delivered the Epistle. In a sign of the multi-faith nature of the service, the Most Rev Mark Strange, Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness, and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, then read the gospel.
In a shift of tone that offered a more reflective mood, the Rt Rev Dr Iain Greenshields, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, delivered the homily.
His carefully chosen words did not reach for easy sentiments. Instead, he spoke simply and fluently, capturing the mood of those in the cathedral, the crowds listening outside via vast speakers, and the millions watching around the world.
“These last few days, as tributes to Her Majesty have poured in, and we have watched images of her on screen from her earliest years, capturing that remarkable life, yet now beginning to sink in that she is gone from us – ‘gone home’ to express her own words,” he said.
“Today, we gather in this place of worship and throughout the nation, to express our thanks to God, for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's extraordinary life.”
Dr Greenshields, who spent days at Balmoral the weekend before Elizabeth II’s death at the age of 96, turned to the King and his family as he spoke.
“We are united in sorrow at the death of our monarch, but we are also so aware that His Majesty King Charles and all his family are not just grieving the loss of their Queen, but their mother, grandmother and great-grandmother,” he explained.
Elizabeth II, he reminded the congregation, was a Queen with an “intelligent mind”, a “kindly heart” and a “gentle sense of humour”, one who began her reign by asking for wisdom, and later adding duty, honour, commitment and faith. “These are the words that we reach out for today,” Dr Greenshields added.
"She was determined to see her work as a form of service to others, and she maintained that steady course until the end of her life.”
As the service neared an end, there were other little moments which spoke of the changing monarchy and the changing church.
Samuel Nwokoro, a Nigerian student, was among those to offer prayers – a reminder of how much the Queen valued the Commonwealth of Nations. And the congregation stood to sing ‘The Bleacher Lass o’ Kelvinhaugh’, a hymn adapted from a folk standard by the late Leith Fisher, a Church of Scotland minister in Glasgow.
With that, all in attendance sang the national anthem, as the royal party made its way back out into West Parliament Square. The King could be seen nodding to some members of the congregation.
Applause could be heard when the royal family stepped out into the Edinburgh sunshine, as some members of the congregation turned to look at Elizabeth II’s coffin, draped with the Royal Standard of Scotland and adorned with the Crown of Scotland. Beside it, four suited members of the Royal Company of Archers, dressed in long-feathered hats and armed with arrows and quivers, stood guard.
Some 69 years have passed since Elizabeth II came to St Giles’ for a celebratory national service of thanksgiving just three weeks after her coronation. Now, she is back, lying at rest, before she is taken to London.
Even on a day so redolent with history, it is hard to believe this is the last goodbye.
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Queen Elizabeth II death: The day Holyrood stood still to remember the Queen
It is a rare event for all of Scotland’s political parties to put aside squabbles and constitutional differences to unite behind one single message.
But, overall, that is what they managed when the King came to the Scottish Parliament on Monday.
Nicola Sturgeon’s story of an errant corgi almost electrocuting itself brought a smile to the face of the new King, with her speech touching on the Queen’s humanity, her ‘normal’ personality and her service.
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross touched on the importance of Scotland to the Queen, while Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour’s leader, referenced the leadership of the late monarch during the pandemic.
Alex Cole-Hamilton, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, leaned heavily in a short speech on the service of the Queen through times of great hardship such as the war, and her dedication to service.
Patrick Harvie, the co-leader of the Scottish Greens, focused his speech on the change witnessed by the Queen during her reign, and wished for more in a typical push for progressivism.
It was the closest the country has come to unorthodoxy since Thursday.
King Charles III’s appearance at the Scottish Parliament, to a young reporter who cannot remember the opening of the Scottish Parliament, bordered on anachronistic.
Holyrood is a modern building inhabited by contemporary politicians and politics.
Royalty and pageantry, unlike in the Gothic majesty of the Palace of Westminster, feel far removed from the debating chamber despite the proximity of Holyroodhouse.
But the strength of good will, of genuine condolence from the politicians in the chamber, reflects what the crowds of people lining the Royal Mile for two days appears to tell us.
Scotland is a country that shared a deep, reciprocal connection with the Queen, summarised aptly by King Charles who told MSPs his late mother had found a “haven and a home” in its hills.
Sunday’s journey through the hills of Aberdeenshire and across the bridges of the Forth was a fitting beginning to the final farewell.
And it felt right that Edinburgh, which otherwise would have seen none of pomp and ceremony, and by extension Scotland, was given the opportunity to say one last goodbye.
All episodes of the brand new limited series podcast, How to be an independent country: Scotland’s Choices, are out now.
It is available wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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“Succession” and “Ted Lasso” topped the Emmy Awards on Monday, in a ceremony that touted the influence of TV and extended honors to global sensation “Squid Game” and winners who delivered messages of empowerment.
The evening's uplifting tone, as voiced especially by Zendaya, Lizzo and Sheryl Lee Ralph, was in contrast to the darkness that pervaded the storytelling of best drama series winner “Succession” and even comedy series victor “Ted Lasso."
“Thanks for making such a safe space to make this very difficult show,” said Zendaya, claiming her second best drama actress award for “Euphoria,” about a group of teens' tough coming-of-age.
“My greatest wish for “Euphoria’ was that it could help heal people. Thank you for everyone who has shared your story with me. I carry them with me, and I carry them with” Rue, her character, Zendaya said.
“Succession,” about a media empire run by a grasping and cutthroat family, split drama series honors with “Squid Game,” the bold South Korean-set drama about the idle rich turning the poor into entertainment fodder.
Lee Jung-jae of “Squid Game,” who played the show's moral center, became the first Asian to win the Emmy for best drama series actor.
“Thank you for making realistic problems we all face come to life so creatively on the screen,” Lee said to “Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-hyuk, who earned the Emmy for best drama series directing. In Korean, Lee thanked the audience in his native country for watching.
Backstage, Hwang said this was "a major moment for us,” and Lee said he expected the awards to open doors for other Asian actors.
Jason Sudeikis and Jean Smart collected back-to-back acting trophies, but several new Emmy winners were minted, with Lizzo and Quinta Brunson and Sheryl Lee Ralph of “Abbott Elementary" collecting trophies.
Brunson, who created and stars in the freshman series, won the Emmy for comedy series writing. ABC's “Abbott Elementary,” also nominated for best comedy, is a rare bright spot for network broadcasting in the age of streaming and cable dominance.
Sudeikis won his second consecutive trophy for playing the unlikely U.S. coach of a British soccer team in the comedy “Ted Lasso,” with Smart matching that haul for her role as a veteran comedian in “Hacks."
Sudeikis gave a rare awards show shoutout to TV consumers: “Thanks to the people who watch this show and dig it as much as we dig making it."
There was a ripple of reaction in the theater when “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong mentioned Britain’s new king, Charles III, in accepting the show’s trophy, the cast standing alongside him.
“Big week for successions, new king in the U.K., this for us. Evidently a little bit more voting involved in our winning than Prince Charles,” Armstrong said. “I’m not saying we’re more legitimate in our position than he is. We’ll leave that up to other people.”
Ralph stopped the Emmy Awards show by accepting the best supporting actress comedy award for “Abbott Elementary" with a brief but rousing song of affirmation.
“I am an endangered species, but I sing no victim song. I am a woman, I am an artist and I know where my voice belongs,” she belted out. She then encouraged anyone doubting their dream “I am here to tell you this is what believing looks like.”
The audience, including Lizzo and many of television's biggest stars, leapt to their feet to cheer on Ralph.
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As some freight-rail workers could go on strike at the end of the week, some of Amtrak’s longest routes have been suspended.
According to Amtrak, routes between Chicago and Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle, Chicago and San Francisco, and San Antonio and Los Angeles are all being disrupted.
Although the negotiations do not include Amtrak or its employees, Amtrak runs most of its trains outside the northeast on tracks operated by the freight-rail industry.
SMART-TD and BLET, two of the largest freight labor unions, said they are prepared for a potential strike to begin at the end of Friday. The potential for a disruption in the supply chain has prompted concern over the looming strike.
“It is the rail carriers that refuse to reach an acceptable agreement,” the unions said in a statement. “In fact, it was abundantly clear from our negotiations over the past few days that the railroads show no intentions of reaching an agreement with our Unions.”
The Biden administration got involved during the summer by getting the sides to hold off on a strike during a 60-day cooling-off period. That period expires at the end of the day Friday.
During that time, the Presidential Emergency Board came up with a recommended contract for the sides, which included a 24% compounded wage increase during the five-year period from 2020 through 2024, with a 14.1% wage increase effective immediately for union employees. The retroactive pay increase would provide an average of $11,000 per employee in back pay.
The recommendation also would give employees additional paid time off and cap employee insurance contributions at 15%.
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Queen Elizabeth II death: Mourners queue in their thousands outside St Giles Cathedral to pay respects
She was a monarch with a “deep and abiding” affection for Scotland, ending her life in the Highlands castle where she was said to be most happy.
Now it was the turn of Scottish mourners to demonstrate their own affection for Queen Elizabeth II.
They waited in their thousands on Monday afternoon and well into the evening to pay their respects as the Queen’s body lay in state at St Giles’ Cathedral. The queue snaked well over a mile long, through George Square, Potterow, Chambers Street and George IV Bridge to The Meadows, where it doubled back on itself several times across the city’s vast green space.
She will lie in rest for 24 hours until Tuesday afternoon, during which time members of the public will be able to walk past the coffin.
Security guards said they expected around 4,000 people an hour to pass through the cathedral.
Among those waiting in the Meadows to obtain a wristband to allow access to St Giles was artist Yvonne Moore, who travelled from Dumfries with her son Liam. Her great uncle, John Weir, was the Queen’s private physician until 1968, and also attended to previous monarchs King George V, King Edward VIII and King George VI.
"He delivered the royal babies," she said. "So I'm partly here for him and for my grandfather, who was at the Somme in the war and got a letter from the Queen. I also met the Queen when I was six.
"There is a lot of history with the royals in our family. She has been a constant presence in our lives. She is everywhere – she is on the money, she was there in the pandemic and it is just very sad that she is no longer with us. I think it is nice that Charles will be taking over and I hope he has all of the qualities from his mother. It is a moment in history.”
Irene Katigi, who lives in Glasgow, but is originally from Uganda, was convinced to make the trip to Edinburgh by her 12-year-old-son Quincy, who had realised the future direct line to the throne is male, following from King Charles III, to Prince William, then his oldest son, George.
"He said to me 'mummy, do you realise we will probably never have a Queen again in our lifetime?'" she said. "And I hadn't thought of that until he said it.
"Everyone loves the Queen, she brought everyone together. Growing up in Uganda, everyone loved her. There is something special about her, she has remained very dignified.
"I am finding it difficult to use the word 'was' about her. In my memory, I don't think she will ever die."
In the queue, Ms Katigi met Australian Susanne Frame, from Melbourne.
"The Queen is the staple that has kept the Commonwealth together, " said Ms Frame. "I arrived in Scotland on Wednesday and she died on Thursday, so I wanted to pay my respects while I was here. It feels like it is a once-in-a-lifetime thing.”
Bruce Fraser, from Inverness, said: "I feel very honoured to be able to be here. It is the royal family, but it feels like another family for me."
He said he had been greatly affected by the expression on the face of the Princess Royal as she travelled in a car behind the hearse carrying the Queen's coffin from Aberdeenshire.
"To have to go through all of this in the public eye must be very difficult, so in a way, it feels like this [paying respects] is the least you can do," he said.
On the Royal Mile, members of the public from around the globe lined the streets from early in the morning in hope of catching a glimpse of the procession from Holyrood Palace.
Police warned the street was full to capacity as well-wishers congregated to watch the Queen’s coffin travel up the High Street, which was flanked by the bearer party of the Royal Regiment of Scotland and a detachment of the Royal Company of Archers, who act as the King’s bodyguard in Scotland. King Charles II, the Princess Royal, the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex followed on foot.
Mourners fell silent as the procession made its way to the cathedral, where a service was held.
Friends Jack Fislstra, Miriam Fritsely, Henk Campo and Liesbeth van Hennik, from Holland, were on a two-week visit to Scotland.
"We came on holiday to Scotland and we were in the Highlands when the Queen died, but the whole world is here now,” says Mr Fislstra. “We have a royal family in Holland, but it is much bigger here. We have a small firm and this is the big firm. A lot of Dutch people are looking at the television at the moment, so it feels very special to be here.”
Elizabeth Dodds, 80, originally from Portlethen in Aberdeenshire, who now lives in Nottingham, recalled watching the Queen’s coronation back in 1953.
"I'm just soaking up the atmosphere,” she said. "I remember her coronation, I was about ten. I danced on the back of a float on a very cold, wet day in the village of Portlethen just outside of Aberdeen.
“We didn't have a television, so we went to see the coronation eventually at the new cinema in Aberdeen. I hear everyone on TV talking about how this is the only monarch everyone knows, but I remember the last king. I was at school in Stonehaven when King George VI's death was announced.
"I remember the rector coming in to the dining hall and speaking to the teachers and there was a gasp and a silence went around the room. It is one of those moments from childhood that you don't forget."
Karen McInally and her daughter Isla, 12, from West Linton, travelled into Edinburgh after Ms McInally’s parents decided to extend a visit from England to pay their respects to the Queen.
"They were 18 miles away down the road on Sunday when they phoned us and said they wanted to come back,” she said. “My mum is a Rainbows leader and every year on the Queen’s birthday, they write to her. They wrote to her on the Jubilee and the Queen wrote back. I’m feeling quite emotional about it all.”
Mario and Melissa Tello, both 31 from Mexico, were also in the Old Town to pay their respects.
"We love Scotland, we have always wanted to come here and we have chosen a special time to come," said business owner Mr Telli.
Robin Beck, 64, from Sacramento, California, said her friends and family in the US were envious she would be in Scotland this week.
"The atmosphere feels very positive, it is a real celebration of her life, she lived for 96 years,” she said. "Seventy years as a Queen, how awesome is that?
"I have always loved the Queen. My friends and family think I am very lucky to be here on such a momentous day."
Ukrainians Olga Domaskyna and Pavlo Domaskyn, who have lived in Edinburgh since their hometown of Berdyansk was occupied by Russian forces, said they wanted to pay their respects to the monarch.
“We wanted to see the Queen and say bye, because she is a fantastic lady,” said Ms Domaskyna.
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Prince Edward: who is King Charles III brother, does he have any children - position in line of succession
The line of succession has changed following the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the anointing of King Charles III - where does Prince Edward stand?
The death of Queen Elizabeth II has led to the announcement of King Charles III as new head of state, which has caused a shake-up of the line of succession.
Becoming the UK’s longest-reigning monarch, the Queen died peacefully at her Balmoral Castle residence in Scotland on Thursday, 8 September 2022.
Her Majesty’s eldest son Charles was anointed as king and has raised questions as to who his three siblings are and where they stand in the line to the throne.
Princess Anne, the Queen’s second child and only daughter, has been Princess Royal since 1987 and is 17th in the line of succession.
Whilst the Duke of York Prince Andrew is the third child and second son of the late Queen - currently standing ninth in line.
Little is known about Queen Elizabeth II’s youngest son, Prince Edward, so here is everything you need to know about the new Duke of Edinburgh.
Who is Prince Edward?
Prince Edward stands as the youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh Prince Phillip.
The 56-year-old currently lives in Bagshot Park in Surrey, but previously spent a short time in the Royal Marines.
Edward also worked as a theatre production assistant in his earlier years too, later forming his own company Ardent Productions in 1993.
His Royal Highness stepped down in 2002 and has since been a working member of the Royal Family.
Currently, Prince Edward holds patronage within over 70 different charities and organisations.
Since his father’s passing, he has taken a greater involvement in presiding over the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.
Does Prince Edward have any children and who is he married to?
Prince Edward has been married to Sophie Rhys-Jones since 19 June, 1999 and their wedding ceremony took place in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.
The pair met when Ms Rhys-Jones was working as a public relations executive in 1994.
Edward and Sophie have two children who are styled as children of an Earl, instead of princes and princesses.
Lady Louise Windsor is the eldest child at the age of 17 and her younger brother is James Viscount, Severn who is 13-years-old.
Where is Prince Edward in the line of succession to King Charles III’s throne?
Despite at one point in time being as high as third in line of succession, the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Edward now has much-less of a chance.
Edward is currently 14th in line for his eldest brother King Charles III’s throne.
The line of succession currently stands at: Prince William, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, Prince Harry and countless others.
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Will former US President Donald Trump be invited to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral?
Donald Trump has released a statement following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
On Thursday 8 September, Queen Elizabeth II passed away at her estate in Balmoral, Scotland.
Her passing has set off a period of mourning for the UK, and plans are already underway for her funeral where she will be laid to rest by the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip.
Following the passing of the longest serving monarch ever, global leaders have offered their condolences to the Royal family and the people of the United Kingdom.
The state funeral is set to be held on the final day of the official mourning period in the United Kingdom.
During her reign the Queen saw 15 Prime Ministers enter, and leave, 10 Downing Street.
Therefore, the funeral will no doubt see the attendance of current, and previous, world leaders due to the strong relationships she has formed in favour of the UK.
So, will the former president Donald Trump be invited to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral? Here’s everything we know about the situation so far.
What has Donald Trump said about the death of Queen Elizabeth II?
Donald Trump released a statement on Thursday 8 September on behalf of himself, and Melania Trump, which read:
"Melania and I are deeply saddened to learn of the loss of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Together with our family and fellow Americans, we send our sincere condolences to the Royal Family and the people of the United Kingdom during this time of great sorrow and grief.
“Queen Elizabeth’s historic and remarkable reign left a tremendous legacy of peace and prosperity for Great Britain. Her leadership and enduring diplomacy secured and advanced alliances with the United States and countries around the world.
“However, she will always be remembered for her faithfulness to her country and her unwavering devotion to her fellow countrymen and women.
“Melania and I will always cherish our time together with the Queen, and never forget Her Majesty’s generous friendship, great wisdom, and wonderful sense of humor. What a grand and beautiful lady she was—there was nobody like her!
“Our thoughts and prayers will remain with the great people of the United Kingdom as you honour her most meaningful life and exceptional service to the people. May God bless the Queen, may she reign forever in our hearts, and may God hold her and Prince Philip in abiding care."
Will Donald Trump be invited to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral?
At the time of publishing there is no evidence or statement to suggest that Donald Trump will travel to London to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.
While it’s expected that preparations are underway for the funeral, a list of guests is unlikely to be confirmed.
When will Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral be?
According to Operation London Bridge and Operation Unicorn, there will be 10 days of national mourning, and the state funeral where the Queen will be put to rest will be held on the tenth day.
If the plans stay on course then Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral will be held on Sunday 18 September. However, this has not been confirmed as of yet.
It’s said that on the Coronation of Prince Charles there will also be a UK-based bank holiday where employees are given the day off.
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Celtic told to brace for Ange Postecoglou approach - 'we know it will happen'
Celtic supporters have been told they will have to get used to speculation surrounding burgeoning manager Ange Postecoglou.
The Hoops boss has been linked with the Brighton vacancy after a hugely impressive 14 months in charge at Parkhead.
While it seems unlikely at this stage that the 57-year-old is of any mind to walk out on Champions League contestants Celtic, former captain and current club ambassador Tom Boyd is braced for the likelihood that Postecoglou will be the subject of advances from elsewhere.
“We do not want any clubs coming in for Ange but it will happen,” he said. “We know it will happen, especially if the team continues playing the way it has been.
“It’s difficult to surmise how content Ange is here. All you can say is he looks very happy, but somebody (Brendan Rodgers) said that before when they were here and they didn’t turn out to be! With Ange, it (interest from elsewhere) will come, we know it will come.
“If he’s successful, as with any player, if the price is right, that time will come. But hopefully he’s here for a few years yet and there can be a line of succession in place to develop things.
“What the manager has done for Celtic will not go unnoticed but we’ll be delighted for every day he is here and hopefully we can see that for a few years yet.”
Postecoglou’s side, who won the title last term, are already five points clear of Rangers at the top of the cinch Premiership and last week they earned further plaudits for a valiant Champions League performance against Real Madrid at Parkhead before going down 3-0.
“It’s been absolutely outstanding this season, so much so that you’re going toe to toe with the European champions,” said Boyd. “We can consider ourselves a little bit unfortunate.
“Class told in the end with their quality but on another day we could have won. For instance, if you look back to the Barcelona game (when Celtic won 2-1 in 2012) we actually played better against Real in an attacking sense than we did that night but we took our chances then.
“Certainly with the direction Ange has got us going, you won’t find anybody who’s unhappy about how the team is playing.”
Celtic play their second Champions League group match against Shakhtar Donetsk in Warsaw on Wednesday and Boyd hopes they can get their first points on the board against the Ukrainians.
“It’s a massive game because we need to start picking up points if we want to get through to the next round,” he said. “It couldn’t have been a harder start in terms of having the European champions at home and then two away games against teams you’re hoping to be competing against (they visit RB Leipzig in their third match).
“Shakhtar will be buoyed by their fantastic result against Leipzig so it’s going to be another big challenge. Hopefully this time we just get that wee bit of luck in front of goal to see us through.”
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Ryan Fraser return from Scotland exile addressed as Steve Clarke explains 'that is why he is in the squad'
Scotland head coach Steve Clarke has addressed his decision to recall Newcastle winger Ryan Fraser to his squad for the forthcoming Nations League triple-header.
Fraser, capped 22 times, controversially withdrew from the squad for the vital World Cup Group F qualifying double-header against Moldova and Denmark last November but was subsequently pictured on his club’s training ground.
Clarke revealed in March that Fraser had apologised for his actions and the former Aberdeen and Bournemouth wide man is back in favour.
On Fraser’s return, Clarke said: “I said in March, after he missed (out on) the two friendly matches (against Poland and Austria) that we had a chat.
“Ryan wasn’t playing for Newcastle at the time and I said that if he is fit and well and playing for Newcastle he is definitely one that we have to consider for selection.
“That is why he is in the squad at this time. He is fit and well and playing well for Newcastle.”
Captain Andy Robertson misses out after the Liverpool defender was injured in the closing stages of last week’s Champions League defeat at Napoli.
Clarke added: “It is always disappointing to lose key players. Andy is obviously a key player, captain, a big character for us within the squad but as you lose one top quality left-back you get one back with Kieran being available this time.
“I suppose that softens the blow, but you want all your good players fit and available.
“But one of the poorer sides of international football is that you know you will lose players through injury – you just have to deal with it.”
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Why BMW PGA confirmed it's great time for golf all round in terms of talent
If Greg Norman felt LIV Golf’s Boston event had given “golf a heartbeat”, it would be interesting to see what he made of a thrilling climax to the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
Jon Rahm, a major winner in full flow, signing off with a sensational 62 on the West Course to set a stiff clubhouse target.
Shane Lowry, another major winner strutting his stuff, then finding the heart of the green with a 5-iron to set up a closing birdie that edged him ahead of the Spaniard.
Rory McIlroy, yet another major winner, hitting an equally-majestic 3-iron to virtually the same spot before agonisingly seeing an eagle putt that would have forced a play-off somehow stay above ground when it seemed certain to topple into the hole.
It really was terrific stuff and you probably had to be there - and I was among the lucky ones - to get a real sense of the electric atmosphere that was generated at the Surrey venue.
Whether you liked them being there or not, there can be no denying that the presence of a posse of LIV Golf players in the field added another level of intrigue to one of the game’s top events on this occasion.
Talor Gooch and Patrick Reed both ended up in the top ten, with Lee Westwood just missing out on that and, for the vast majority of fans, that certainly didn’t dampen a great day’s entertainment in the final round.
I also have to say that I listened to interviews given by Westwood, Reed, Ian Poulter and Abraham Ancer during the week and they were all pretty measured in what they had to say about why they felt they deserved to be there.
Even so, I honestly still don’t understand why players who have joined a breakaway circuit - and the PGA Tour was never that in the eyes of European Tour officials back in the day - don’t think there should be any consequence for the action.
As for Sergio Garcia, he should never be allowed to darken the door of what is now called the DP World Tour ever again for the contempt he showed by withdrawing after just one round then posing for a photograph at a US college football game in Austin on Saturday.
It will be down to a court, of course, to decide the fate of LIV Golf players as far continuing to tee up on the Old World circuit is concerned, though Graeme McDowell suggested a vote among DP World Tour members might be a better way to decide their fate.
Whatever happens, we should feel comforted by what Keith Pelley, the circuit’s chief executive, had to say during a 45-minute media chat last Wednesday and also, of course, by the fact the players described as “the good guys” include McIlroy, Rahm, Matt Fitzpatrick, Viktor Hovland, Lowry himself and many others.
“You know, the last few weeks on the golf course haven’t disappointed,” observed McIlroy, who contributed to that by winning the PGA Tour’s Tour Championship and FedEx Cup. “We’ve got a lot of great players playing right now and the depth of talent is all over the world. It’s a great time for golf. I think we can’t lose sight of that fact.”
Hear, hear.
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Seven Labrador puppies have been rescued after being "dumped" in a lay-by on the A249. They were recovered by Swale Borough Council Stray Dog Service last night (September 12), who found them in a poor state.
The Fox Red Labradors are all believed to be aged between 10 and 12 weeks old, and had been left cramped in a small crate. They were described as "skinny, smelly and suffering from mange."
None of the dogs were microchipped. Woodchips found in their stool also indicates that they had either a poor living environment, a poor diet or both.
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In stark contrast to the usual energetic and confident nature of puppies, these seven were all described as nervous, and were initially too frightened to move. Now they have been recovered, have full bellies of food, given cosy beds for sleep and are to be taken to the vets today to work out a full treatment plan.
It is feared that such incidents are likely to become more common as the UK pet crisis continues. As the cost of living tightens around many in the country, numerous families simply do not have the funds to continue caring for a pet, meaning that abandonments like this are on the rise.
Commenting on the public Facebook post about this incident, Sally Langford said: "Absolutely heartbreaking. Hopefully they'll get their forever homes." Similar sentiments were shared by Carrie-Anne Mattholie who said: "So sad!!! Nasty people out there."
Swale Borough Council Stray Dog Service said: “This is animal cruelty and outright neglect. These pups didn't ask to be born and they certainly didn't deserve to be dumped like rubbish. Sadly with the current pet crisis, we feel this is just the tip of the iceberg.”
Once the puppies have received the correct treatment, they are to be rehomed via the kennels or moved to a rescue. The route that is decided will not be known for some time and Swale Borough Council Stray Dog Service will not be responding to rehoming enquiries.
Those with any information on who may have dumped the puppies are encouraged to call Swale Borough Council on 01795 417850. Anyone looking to send any donations for the pups are encouraged to direct them to KareBear Kennels Day Care and Doggy Holidays.
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A teenager has been stabbed outside of an academy school in Chatham. Kent Police was called to the scene outside of The Victory Academy on Magpie Hall Road at 3:19pm, yesterday (September 12) afternoon.
A teenage boy had suffered injuries consistent with two stab wounds to his leg, and was promptly taken to a local hospital for treatment. He has since been discharged and an investigation from Kent Police is now underway.
It is believed that the victim and two suspects are known to each other. Two teenage boys were then later arrested in connection with the incident.
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Taking to a local Facebook group to update parents, The Victory Academy confirmed that the incident involved "a Victory student". The Victory Academy has been approached for further comment.
The two suspects have since been released on bail until October 7, pending further enquiries. Now, officers are appealing for anybody who witnessed the incident to contact the appeal line. Motorists with dashcam and residents with private CCTV are also asked to check for footage that may assist the investigation.
Anyone with information should call Kent Police on 01634 792209, quoting reference 12-0769. You can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 or by completing the online form on their website.
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Behind Ukraine's dramatic battlefield push and Russia's rapid retreat is a surprise tactic. With public attention focused on movements in Ukraine's south, Ukrainian forces struck in the east.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Intrigue surrounded the Patriots throughout the preseason as they looked to remake their offense following the departure of coordinator Josh McDaniels.
The initial reviews are in, and most of them aren’t good.
It was bad enough New England turned the ball over three times and badly missed assignments in key situations during its 20-7 season-opening loss at Miami.
Now the Patriots will have to try to course correct heading into this week’s matchup at Pittsburgh with quarterback Mac Jones nursing a back injury.
“I definitely feel better and I want to be ready to play (this week) against Pittsburgh,” Jones said Monday. “Wasn’t doing too hot after the game, but definitely feel a lot better. … They did all the tests and everything was fine.”
The second-year quarterback played the entire game and completed 21 of 30 passes for 213 yards with a touchdown and an interception. But he was sacked twice, one of which resulted in a scoop-and-score by the Dolphins’ defense. He also was hit hard the fourth quarter by safety Jevon Holland, who was called for roughing the passer on the play. Jones believes that’s when he got hurt.
Though he said he “tried work through it” after the hit, Jones felt pain in his back coming off the field. That prompted him to get postgame X-rays and follow-up scans on Monday.
“It’s football, you’re going to get hit,” Jones said. “I’ve been hit harder before and will probably get hit harder in the future.”
For now, Jones plans to stick to his usual routine, which will include rehab before the team resumes practice on Wednesday.
As far as correcting the Patriots’ issues on the field, Jones said they found some things to build on after watching the game tape.
“We did a lot of good things. We just have to eliminate the really bad things,” he said. “In terms of actually executing the plays, it was a lot better than we thought. … But we’ve got to score more points and take care of the football.”
WHAT’S WORKING
Despite the turnovers, the Patriots showed some ability to move the ball, getting into Miami territory on three of their first five drives and picking up 17 first downs in the game.
WHAT NEEDS HELP
The offensive line’s communication issues were also in the spotlight throughout training camp following a shakeup that left center David Andrews as the only starter filling the same position he occupied last season.
Those issues showed up again Sunday and it resulted in two woefully blown assignments that gave the Dolphins free runs on Jones. The costliest was in the second quarter, with Brandon Jones getting to the Patriots quarterback for the strip-sack that was recovered by Melvin Ingram and returned for a touchdown.
“We didn’t block him. We had enough people to block him and we just didn’t get it handled right, obviously,” Belichick said. “It’s execution.”
Both plays occurred on the left side of the line, where Trent Brown is back at left tackle after switching sides with Isaiah Wynn. Rookie Cole Strange is also the new left guard following Ted Karras’ departure.
STOCK UP
Safety Kyle Dugger was all over the field and logged five tackles, including two for a loss. He was on the field for 51 of 60 defensive snaps (85%) and was involved both as a run stopper and in coverage.
He did miss a chance to tackle Jaylen Waddle on his 42-yard TD catch late in the second quarter, but Dugger’s usage is a good sign for a player expected to help anchor the defense.
STOCK DOWN
It wasn’t the most fruitful debut for receiver DeVante Parker. On the Patriots’ opening drive, he lost a jump ball in the end zone to ex-teammate Xavien Howard that was picked off by Holland.
It was one of two passes thrown Parker’s way. The other he hauled in for a 9-yard gain.
INJURED
Safety Adrian Phillips left the game with rib injury in the second quarter and did not return.
KEY NUMBER
6-8 — New England’s record against the AFC East dating back to its 2019 loss to Miami in the regular-season finale. Of the six wins, four were against the Jets.
NEXT STEPS
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The Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, dive team members conducted an inspection of the steel sheet pile slip wall at the Black Rock Lock, Buffalo, NY. The inspection is in preparation for the installation of new lock gates next year, September 9, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Yvonne Najera)
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Holiday e-commerce sales forecast to grow 13.5% — report
This holiday season, don’t look for e-commerce growth to slow down,
Driving the news: Economists at Deloitte forecast growth of 13.5% in e-commerce sales this holiday season, pushing sales up to $262 billion, according to a new report out this morning.
- That's an even bigger increase than last year when e-commerce grew 8.4% (2020 was the watershed year when online sales jumped a whopping 50%).
Why it matters: Online shopping was turbocharged by the pandemic, and it's one trend that's not going away.
- "Holiday shopping in the last six or seven years has largely gone from being an in-store experience to an online experience," Rod Sides, Deloitte Insights Leader, tells Axios.
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Scoop: Meta merging content moderation teams for ads and user posts
Meta is merging its business integrity unit, the team that moderates ad content, with its central integrity team, which moderates users' posts, according to an internal memo obtained by Axios.
Why it matters: The merger of the two departments will drive efficiencies at a time when Meta is looking to cut costs, two sources told Axios.
- It will also combine Meta's customer support efforts so that everyday users and businesses receive the same treatment.
Details: The new integrity team will be housed as one unit under Guy Rosen, Meta's chief information security officer.
- While no positions are being eliminated from either team, positions of employees who choose to leave after the reorganization will most likely not be backfilled, a source told Axios.
- The newly combined team will include roughly 3,000 people.
- A Meta spokesperson confirmed the integration and said the company is unifying the two teams "to leverage their shared learnings to more effectively and efficiently deliver on our commitment to protecting and supporting people and businesses across Meta’s platforms."
- The central integrity team that oversees user posts was already under Rosen's purview. The business integrity team will move over to Rosen's team from a separate business product group within the company.
In response to the changes posted last month, employees posted questions to Meta's internal message board asking how the changes would affect their teams and whether there would be layoffs.
- Meta has said it plans to reduce hiring and cut costs as revenue growth begins to slow. So far, there haven't been major layoffs announced for full-time employees.
Between the lines: The two teams were built separately years ago at a time when there wasn't much overlap between users and advertisers.
- Now that so many everyday users have become creators, or operate small businesses across Meta's platforms, there is less of a divide amongst the two groups.
- Meta last month said it was working on enhancing its customer support operations amid feedback from its independent Oversight Board.
Be smart: Bringing together the two teams will mean that eventually, Meta will use the same tools, practices and systems to moderate all of the content on its platform, whether ads or organic posts from everyday users.
- It also means that Meta will be held to the same standards for content moderation across both types of content.
- In his note to staff, Rosen said the unified teams will have shared organizational goals and outcomes, as well as consistent policies and platforms "so they can comply more easily with regulatory changes."
The big picture: Meta has gone through several layers of restructuring across its content moderation and integrity teams as it looks to streamline operations.
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For media publishers, Twitter still dominates on social
Twitter is still the place where media publishers collectively have the largest audiences, followed by Facebook and Instagram, according to an Axios analysis of 82 major news, entertainment and sports publishers.
Why it matters: While some publishers are finding quick success on TikTok, the platform yields fewer overall followers for publishers than other social platforms.
Details: Roughly one-quarter of media outlets analyzed do not have official TikTok accounts. Many that do still have relatively small followings.
- Every publisher observed has a Twitter account, and the vast majority have YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn accounts.
- More people follow news, sports and entertainment publishers on LinkedIn than TikTok, per the analysis.
Yes, but: Publishers' low follower counts on TikTok could stem from many outlets choosing to not yet invest meaningfully in it.
- TikTok's algorithm is arguably more unpredictable than Twitter's, and it's more known as a platform for entertainment rather than hard news.
- Follower count also doesn't necessarily speak to engagement.
The big picture: The analysis finds that media success varies dramatically by publisher type.
- Most of the top LinkedIn publishers by followers are business and finance outlets. Sports outlets like ESPN and Bleacher Report tend to have outsized followings on TikTok and Instagram.
- Major national news outlets that are TV-first, such as CNN, ABC News and BBC News, have large YouTube and Facebook followings.
Be smart: National Geographic, by far, has the largest social following across its main accounts, with more than 340 million followers over six major platforms (not taking into account duplication).
- The next closest publisher, the BBC, has more than 150 million followers across its main accounts on those platforms, followed by CNN and ESPN.
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Workers in 7 states will get a raise based on today's CPI number
Later Tuesday morning, we'll learn what inflation looked like in August when the CPI numbers are released. The data will be of particular importance to workers in seven states that peg minimum wage increases to the August-to-August percentage change in consumer prices.
Why it matters: 12 states and Washington, D.C. adjust their minimum wages based on inflation — a move that was of less consequence when inflation was minimal.
- Now: These kinds of adjustments have a real impact.
The states that adjust to today's numbers are Arizona, which has a current minimum wage of $12.80; Maine, ($12.75); Montana, ($9.20), Ohio, ($9.30), and South Dakota ($9.95)
- Vermont and Minnesota also index to the August number — but they cap increases to 5% and 2.5%, respectively.
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Monica finally got her garbage can
👋 Hey, it's Monica. I finally got my new garbage bin last week — 37 days after I requested it.
Why it matters: I was sick of seeing rats jumping into the lid-less cart, but ordering a new one tested city services' speed and efficiency.
State of play: I first requested the can on Aug. 1 by dialing 311. On Aug 23, I got an email that read "estimated completion time is 30 days" — like it was the first day I'd requested it.
- So it's unclear whether the city counts my experience as taking longer than expected.
What they're saying: "Our Streets & Sanitation supervisor does have a very limited number of carts to distribute for emergencies (such as a property having no carts whatsoever) but generally it can take a few weeks to get new carts," 44th Ward rep Calvin Cottrell tells me.
What's next: To avoid having my carts damaged again, I'm thinking of keeping them in my garage until garbage day.
- Streets and San officials tell us, "Residents are encouraged to keep their black and blue carts in the alley, when available, so they are accessible for the sanitation trucks."
- I'm also calling 311 to ask why they didn't take away the broken cart.
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Car thefts are on the rise in Dallas
Thefts of some Kia and Hyundai models are rising nationwide, and alleged design flaws are being blamed for the spike.
Driving the news: The issue has spurred class-action lawsuits in several states, including Texas and Illinois.
The intrigue: It can take under a minute to steal the cars, and a TikTok trend, #KiaBoyz, appears to be fueling the thefts.
- Owners have had to get old-fashioned steering wheel locks if they want to keep their vehicles safe.
How it works: Thieves bust a window and remove part of the steering column's cover, exposing the ignition. They break the ignition cylinder off and start the vehicle with a flathead screwdriver or USB plug-in, Axios' Annalise Frank reports.
- The method works on 2011-2021 Kias and 2016-2021 Hyundais that use a steel key to start. The thieves are targeting cars that lack engine immobilizers, which don't allow the car to start without the correct smart key present, per the automakers.
- Damage can run from $2,000 to $3,000, and getting the car back may take a while, because some parts are on backorder due to increased demand.
By the numbers: Dallas police have counted over 9,000 car thefts this year, roughly 1,300 more than for the same period last year, though they haven't broken down how many of those thefts were Kias or Hyundais.
- Over 4,800 thefts of car parts have also been reported in Dallas this year, roughly 1,000 more than for the same period last year.
What they're doing: A Kia spokesperson told CNBC last week that the automaker has given law enforcement officials in "affected areas" free wheel lock devices and that newer models come with an immobilizer that should make them more difficult to steal.
- Hyundai has said it's creating a security kit that will be available starting next month, but owners will have to pay for it.
Meanwhile: Catalytic converter thefts are also rising because of the value of the metals in them, NBC5 reports.
- More than 2,000 catalytic converter thefts have been reported this year, 400 more than for the same period last year, Dallas police tell Axios.
- Carrollton police seized hundreds of stolen catalytic converters from storage units last month.
- Ford F-Series pickups from 1985-2021, Honda Accords from 1989-2020, Honda CR-Vs from 1997-2020 and Toyota Priuses from 2001-2021 are most likely to have their catalytic converter stolen, per Forbes.
Be smart: If your car is at risk, check with your insurance company to see if it covers catalytic converter theft, because it could cost up to $2,500 to replace. .
- Carrollton police also suggest parking in a secure garage and, when that isn't feasible, to rely on lighting, alarms or catalytic converter cages to slow thieves down or deter them outright.
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Rice University again ranked top university in Texas
Rice University continues its reign as the top university in Texas.
Driving the news: U.S. News & World Report released its 2022-23 Best Colleges Rankings on Monday.
Details: Rice University tied for No. 15 overall, up from No. 17 last year. The university also ranked No. 6 on the list of the nation's best values in higher education.
- The University of Houston came in at No. 182, dropping three spots from last year.
- The University of Texas at Austin ranked No. 38 nationally and is tied for No. 10 among best national public universities.
- Texas A&M ranked No. 67 nationally and No. 26 in top public schools.
- Prairie View A&M tied for No. 26 for best Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
- Texas Southern University ranked No. 49 for best Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Between the lines: U.S. News is one of the most influential college rankings and has shaped the hierarchy of higher education since 1983.
The other side: Last month, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said college rankings are "a joke."
- "Many institutions spend enormous time and money chasing rankings they feel carry prestige but in truth do little more than Xerox privilege,” Cardona said.
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Bredesen, Haslam launch new podcast
Former Tennessee governors Phil Bredesen and Bill Haslam are teaming up to host the new podcast "You Might Be Right."
- Each episode will see the governors, who come from different political parties, delve into hot-button issues like gun violence, climate change and affordable housing.
Why it matters: Bredesen and Haslam said the podcast, which launches Wednesday, seeks to elevate bipartisan problem-solving and civil conversations that include different parts of the political spectrum.
Between the lines: The podcast comes from the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee.
- Baker represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate in addition to stints as White House chief of staff under former President Reagan and as U.S. ambassador to Japan from 2001-2005.
- The podcast title draws from his view that constructive political debates required participants to consider that "the other fellow might be right."
What they're saying: "It has never been more important for us to have thoughtful conversations focused on actually solving problems instead of just scoring points," Haslam, a Republican, said in a statement.
- "I hope that these conversations can help spark a renewed interest in the civility and principled leadership that Sen. Baker modeled throughout his remarkable career," said Bredesen, a Democrat.
The details: The eight-episode season will feature conversations with former Vice President Al Gore, former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and former U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, among others.
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University of Utah police are cracking down on two topless, female fans
The University of Utah is investigating two women for potential criminal charges because they attended Saturday's football game topless, with body paint on their torsos.
What happened: An officer asked the two women to cover up, and they complied, according to a university statement Monday.
- Detectives are screening potential charges against the women this week, and the students may be disciplined by the school.
Between the lines: Utah law bans women from exposing bare breasts in public is one of just three states with a statewide law banning women from exposing bare breasts, according to the advocacy group Go Topless.
- The federal court of appeals over Utah has said such laws likely violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment because they treat men and women differently.
Context: The same campus police department has twice in the past two years admitted to mishandling domestic violence cases that ended with the murders of women students.
What they're saying: The U.'s statement quoted the university's president and athletic director condemning "profanity, public intoxication, rude and disrespectful behavior, racial and derogatory comments or verbal attacks directed at individuals or groups" — apparently equating the women's toplessness to racism and other attacks.
- The statement links to the U's fan code of conduct, which does not specifically cite apparel or lack thereof as a violation.
- Of note: Images of male topless Ute fans abound online, including on the university's own websites and official branding materials.
Remember when: In 2020, a West Valley City woman was charged with lewdness in her own home after her stepchildren walked in on her while she had removed her shirt while installing insulation that irritated her skin.
- The woman pleaded guilty for fear of a jury verdict against her.
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Less pain at the pump: Minnesota gas prices fall
Minnesota drivers are feeling more relief at the pump this month as gas prices fall across the state.
Driving the news: The average price per gallon of regular gas in Minnesota hit $3.68 last week, per the U.S. Energy Information Administration, down 20 cents from Aug. 22, and more than $1 from peak prices in June.
Why it matters: Falling prices nationwide are alleviating some of the summer's inflation-driven pain, Axios Markets co-author Matt Phillips writes.
- According to AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular gas was $3.74 on Friday, more than 25% lower than the June peak.
Flashback: On June 13, the average price of a gallon in Minnesota hit $4.75.
Zoom in: AAA's data suggests prices remain slightly higher in the Twin Cities, where a gallon will cost you $3.70 on average.
- But several stations in Buffalo and Hastings have their gas priced around $3.05.
Between the lines: Soaring prices this summer set the stage for the cost of gas to be a top issue in the midterm campaigns, as Republicans hammered Democrats on one of the most tangible effects inflation has on voters' personal finances.
- Dropping prices could soften the blow of those attacks against President Biden and Democrats, including in top Minnesota races.
Yes, but: The prices are still a lot higher than this time last year, when EIA data shows Minnesotans could expect to fill up for under $3 a gallon.
What we're watching: Futures prices for the wholesale gasoline benchmark "reformulated blendstock for oxygenate blending," or RBOB, are down more than 10% over the last 10 trading sessions, Phillips notes.
- That suggests lower retail prices are still to come.
What's next: The next monthly Consumer Price Index report comes out this morning.
- Those figures could give a better sense of what the lower gas prices mean for overall inflation.
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FTV invests $146M in insuretech Patra
Patra, an insuretech startup, has raised $146 million from fintech-focused growth equity firm FTV Capital.
Why it matters: The California-based company is expected to use part of its new cash pile to pursue acquisitions.
How it works: Patra employs a team of insurance experts who use a proprietary tech platform called PatraOne to take care of administrative and operational tasks on behalf of its clients.
- That includes everything from processing things like certificates of insurance to checking policies, downloading documents, doing reconciliations and accounting work, according to Patra founder and CEO John Simpson.
- In some cases, he says, the firm even white-labels its services and manages some small accounts for clients from start to finish.
- The company now serves 250 clients and “70% of the top 100 brokers use us in some fashion or another,” according to Simpson.
Context: Earlier this year, FTV raised $2.3 billion to invest in fintech-focused businesses.
- At the time, FTV managing partner Brad Bernstein told Ryan that the firm would primarily invest in capital-efficient companies with solid fundamentals.
- “We're not just piling into later-stage unicorn deals where they're trading at a crazy valuation," he said.
Between the lines: With that in mind, Patra perfectly fits the description of the type of business FTV is looking to bet on.
- The company has been mostly bootstrapped and has posted consecutive year-over-year revenue growth since it was founded in 2005.
What’s next: M&A opportunities and new locations.
- “We finally reached a point where we could scale much faster but to do that, we wanted to make certain we had the capital behind us to take on some M&A activities or international expansions so we can grow at even a much faster clip,“ Simpson says.
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(AP) — The Biden administration on Monday proposed to strengthen certain safety regulations for offshore oil and gas drilling that were loosened under the Trump administration.
After the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill that killed 11 workers and released 134 million gallons of fuel into the Gulf of Mexico, the Obama administration implemented new safety regulations.
In 2019, the Trump administration revised these standards, making them more industry-friendly.
On Monday, the Interior Department indicated that it would further tweak the rules, although the new proposal does not appear to be identical to what was put forth during the Obama years.
“The Biden-Harris administration is committed to the highest standards of worker safety and environmental protections,” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said in a written statement.
“As our nation transitions to a clean energy economy, we must commit to strengthening and modernizing offshore energy standards and oversight,” she added.
Among the changes is the reinstatement of a requirement to send information on safety equipment failures to the federal government, instead of to certain third parties that were permitted to collect data during the Trump years.
Under the new rule, inspections of these failures will also need to start sooner. Under the Trump administration, inspections needed to begin 120 days after a failure; they would now need to start in 90. Under the Obama rule, inspections had to be finished within 120 days.
The move comes after the Environmental Protection Agency similarly reinstated safety standards for chemical plants that were also loosened under Trump.
They also come after the Biden administration released an offshore drilling plan that could enable as many as 11 new opportunities to drill for oil and gas offshore.
Under that plan, it’s not clear whether the department will move ahead with that many leasee sales, saying it could also pursue fewer or no lease sales in the coming years. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/biden-proposes-strengthening-offshore-drilling-safety-regulations-loosened-by-trump/ | 2022-09-13T12:56:08Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/biden-proposes-strengthening-offshore-drilling-safety-regulations-loosened-by-trump/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
For the second straight season, the 49ers’ starting running back didn’t make it all the way through Week 1. So, who does the team turn to going forward? Kyle Shanahan gave us a hint yesterday during his conference call with the media.
“We’ve always been comfortable with Jeff [Wilson Jr.] just because of his experience and what he’s done here. We know what we’re gonna get. The other two guys? They made our team for a reason. They’re two talented players who we think can help us a lot running the ball, but they’ve got to grow up fast. They’re trying to compete and learn how to play better without the ball in their hand.
With injuries and stuff they’re going to have more opportunities to get some carries and things like that, obviously, but they’ve got to grow up and get this experience while on the run. A lot more pressure will be on those guys, and we’re gonna have to pick it up as a group to help them out.”
During Kyle Juszczyk’s media session, he explained why young running backs with San Francisco have it tougher than most.
“That’s really the toughest thing for a running back in this offense. The transition from college to the NFL, as far as just carrying the ball, it’s not a huge transition. That’s why you’ll see a lot of successful rookies in the NFL at the running back position.
Just like Kyle said, it’s that stuff when you don’t have the ball. It’s the pass protection, it’s running the routes. For us specifically, running backs are blocking a lot because we’ve got a guy like Deebo Samuel, who runs the ball. Or [Brandon] Aiyuk, or Trey [Lance]. You get asked to do some things that maybe I would be doing as a fullback as a halfback. Those are all just added stuff to their plate, but it’s not something they can’t do. It’s definitely something that they can learn and something they can be successful at.”
Ty Davis-Price and Jordan Mason probably didn’t brush up on their run blocking before coming to the 49ers. You combine that will all of the pass-blocking responsibilities that they’re expected to learn, and the learning curve gets steeper than Filbert Street.
If Davis-Price and Mason can study up and protect Trey Lance consistently, they should get their shot to carry the ball. If not, brace yourself for a lot more Deebo Samuel and QB power out of the backfield.
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WASHINGTON — Sharply lower prices for gas and cheaper used cars slowed U.S. inflation in August for a second straight month, though many other items rose in price, indicating that inflation remains a heavy burden for American households.
Consumer prices surged 8.3% in August compared with a year earlier, the Labor Department's Consumer Price Index said Tuesday. Though still painfully high, that was down from an 8.5% jump in July and a four-decade high of 9.1% in June. On a monthly basis, prices rose 0.1%, after a flat reading in July.
Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, so-called core prices jumped 0.6% from July to August, higher than many economists had expected and a sign of inflation's persistence.
Inflation remains far higher than many Americans have ever experienced and is keeping pressure on the Federal Reserve, the agency tasked with keeping prices stable. The Fed is expected to announce another big increase in its benchmark interest rate next week, which will lead to higher costs for many consumer and business loans.
Inflation has escalated families’ grocery bills, rents and utility costs, among other expenses, inflicting hardships on many households and deepening gloom about the economy despite strong job growth and low unemployment.
Even if inflation peaks, economists expect it could take two years or more to fall back to something close to the Fed’s annual 2% target. The cost of rental apartments and other services, such as health care, are likely to keep rising in the months ahead.
Republicans have sought to make inflation a central issue in the midterm congressional elections. They blame President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package passed last year for much of the increase. Many economists generally agree, though they also say that snarled supply chains, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and widespread shortages of items like semiconductors have been key factors in the inflation surge.
Yet the signs that inflation might have peaked — or will soon — could bolster Democrats’ prospects in the midterm elections and may already have contributed to slightly higher public approval ratings for Biden. In his speeches, Biden has generally stopped referring to the impact of high prices on family budgets. He has instead highlighted his administration’s recent legislative accomplishments, including a law enacted last month that’s intended to reduce pharmaceutical prices and fight climate change.
Nationally, the average cost of a gallon of gas has dropped to $3.71, down from just above $5 in mid-June. Many businesses are also reporting signs that supply backlogs and inflation are beginning to fade.
General Motors has said the pandemic disruptions to overseas production of semiconductors, which have reduced auto output, have largely dissipated and that supply chain disruptions overall have improved about 80% from the worst days of the pandemic.
Over the past year, prices of meat, milk and fruits and vegetables have soared by double-digits. But executives at Kroger, the nation’s largest grocery chain, said that falling prices for farm commodities like wheat and corn could slow cost increases for food.
Next week, most Fed watchers expect the central bank to announce a third straight three-quarter-point hike, to a range of 3% to 3.25%. The Fed’s rapid rate increases — the fastest since the early 1980s — typically lead to higher costs for mortgages, auto loans and business loans, with the goal of slowing growth and reducing inflation. The average 30-year mortgage rate jumped to nearly 5.9% last week, according to mortgage buyer Freddie Mac, the highest figure in nearly 14 years.
Chair Jerome Powell has said the Fed will need to see several months of low inflation readings that suggest price increases are falling back toward its 2% target before it might suspend its rate hikes.
Wages are still rising at a strong pace — before adjusting for inflation — which has elevated demand for apartments as more people move out on their own. A shortage of available houses has also forced more people to keep renting, thereby intensifying competition for apartments.
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Vehicle Crashes into Downed Wires, Telephone Pole on Route 66
FARMINGTON TWP., Pa. (EYT) – A car crashed into downed wires and a broken telephone pole early Sunday morning on State Route 66 in Farmington Township.
According to Marienville-based State Police, this accident happened around 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, September 11, on State Route 66, in Farmington Township, Clarion County.
Police say prior to this crash, another crash occurred in this location, resulting in two broken telephone poles and downed wires.
According to police, a 2009 Toyota Corolla driven by 28-year-old Abdul H. Mulkana, of Clarion, was traveling south on Route 66, just south of Sawmill Road, when he did not see the broken telephone poles and downed wires.
The Toyota impacted a tension wire that was hanging a few feet above the roadway from one of the broken poles. It also impacted one of the broken poles as it hit the tension wire.
Mulkana was using a seat belt and was not injured.
Farmington Township Volunteer Fire, Clarion Hospital EMS, and Rustler Sales and Service assisted at the scene, according to police.
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Today – A chance of showers before 1pm, then a chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Southwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight – Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Tuesday – Isolated showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tuesday Night – Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. West wind 3 to 5 mph.
Wednesday – Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph.
Wednesday Night – Mostly clear, with a low around 51.
Thursday – Sunny, with a high near 74.
Thursday Night – Mostly clear, with a low around 49.
Friday – Sunny, with a high near 76.
Friday Night – Mostly clear, with a low around 52.
Saturday – Sunny, with a high near 79.
Saturday Night – Partly cloudy, with a low around 57.
Sunday – Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
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Area Woman Celebrates 100th Birthday
CLARION, Pa. (EYT) – An area woman recently celebrated her 100th birthday at the Clarion LIFE-NWPA building at Trinity Point.
Feted with a party that included a special birthday cake and music at the LIFE Center, Dorothy Weingard, of Oil City, was asked what’s her secret to living to 100.
“I could tell you a lot of things but, I don’t know…only that the Lord decides,” said Dorothy.
Dorothy lives with her daughter, 77-year-old Joyce Blest.
“My mom came to live with me about 28 years ago after her husband, my father died,” said Joyce. “I get along really well with my mom. She’s been a blessing to me. She’s done super up until about a year ago.
“About a year ago she slowed down and couldn’t do as much. I took her almost everywhere…However, even today the first thing she’ll usually do is make her bed and be all dressed by herself.”
About a year ago, Dorothy decided to join Clarion LIFE-NWPA.
Living Independence for the Elderly (LIFE) is a managed care program that provides a comprehensive, all-inclusive package of medical and supportive services. The program is known nationally as the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). All PACE providers in Pennsylvania have “LIFE” in their name. The first programs were implemented in Pennsylvania in 1998.
LIFE is an option that allows older Pennsylvanians to live independently while receiving services and supports that meet the health and personal needs of the individual.
The center sends a van to Oil City to transport Dorothy to Clarion for meetings, and it also gives her a chance for socialization.
“She goes there to get away, I guess, to give me a break and to give her a break,” Joyce said. “She looks so forward to it, the exercise and everything. It’s really a blessing. She enjoys being with people.”
Joyce said her mother wasn’t always that way.
“She was quieter and more laid back in her earlier years. LIFE has been good for her.”
Dorothy is an avid reader and knows poetry and has always recited poetry from her youth for her many grandchildren. (Joyce had four children and ended up with 12 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren.)
“It wasn’t easy for her,” continued Joyce. “She was way back where they had one-room schools and had to walk a long way to get to school. She raised her kids and has come through a lot.”
CLARION LIFE-NWPA is located at 108 East Pinnacle Drive, Clarion, PA 16214.
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Clarion County Adoptable Pet of the Week: Jasmine
Monday, September 12, 2022 @ 12:09 AM
This week’s Clarion County Adoptable Pet of the Week sponsored by the Top Tier Federal Credit Union: Jasmine.
Jasmine is an adult female Pit Bull Terrier mix.
Her vaccinations are up-to-date.
According to Tri-County Animal Rescue Center, she is friendly, playful, and athletic.
For more information on her, please email Tri-County Animal Rescue Center at [email protected] or call 814-918-2032.
Clarion County Adoptable Pet of the Week is sponsored by Top Tier Federal Credit Union.
Visit Top Tier Federal Credit Union at http://www.toptierfcu.org/ for more information.
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Elizabeth L. “Beth” Wolbert Hart
Elizabeth L. “Beth” Wolbert Hart, 57, of Clarion, passed away on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at the Clarion Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center.
She was born on November 27, 1964 in Clarion; daughter of the late Leon and Doris Blymiller Wolbert.
Beth graduated from North Clarion High School in 1982.
She previously worked for Chartwells Dining on the CUP campus and most recently Clarion Oaks Golf Club for several years, which became a “second” family to her.
Beth had a huge passion for local sporting events, sitting through many volleyball and basketball games over the years.
She also was a huge Pittsburgh Penguins and Steelers fan.
Beth is survived by her companion, Dave “Swanny” Swanson of Clarion; her pride and joy and daughter, Brittany Reynoso and her husband, Wally Reynoso II; and her “Handsome” grandson, Wally Reynoso III, all of Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
She is also survived by her brothers, Kerry Wolbert of Marienville, Frank Wolbert and his wife, Deb, of Riverview, FL, Jerry Wolbert and his wife, Kristi, of Clarion, Dale Wolbert and his wife, Bobbi, of Shippenville, Dave Wolbert of Myrtle Beach, SC, and Dean Wolbert and his wife, Tiea, of Miola; numerous nieces and nephews; and her very dear and best friend, Tina Craig and her husband, Keith, of Clarion, whom she considered the sister she never had.
In addition to her parents, Beth was preceded in death by her grandparents and a special sister-in-law, Katie N. Wolbert.
The Robert V. Burns Funeral Home in Clarion is handling the arrangements.
Per Beth’s request, there will be no public visitation or services.
In lieu of flowers, Beth requested memorials be made to a charity of one’s choice.
Online condolences can be sent to the family by visiting www.rvburnsfuneralhome.com.
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Gary Lynn Redmond
Gary Lynn Redmond, 68, of Franklin, PA, passed away on Friday, September 9, 2022 due to injuries sustained from a motorcycle accident in Butler County.
He was born in Mercer, PA on January 4, 1954 to the late Donald and Gladys (Reinhart) Redmond.
Gary was the owner and operator of Guntown Mountain in Franklin, PA.
He previously owned Shenango Woods and Waters; he drove truck for Peter J. Schmidt, GATX, Yellow Freight and was a member of the Teamsters Union.
Gary was involved with many outdoor and shooting clubs.
Surviving are his three children, Kerri (Don) King in Mercer; Douglas (Michelle) Redmond in Transfer; Tesh Trepasso in Austintown, OH.
He is also survived by two sisters: Carol Baumgartner in Youngstown, OH and Kathy Novotney in Bentleyville, PA; three brothers: Donald (Tina) Redmond in Sharpsville, PA; Dennis (Liana) Redmond in Hermitage, PA and Leo (Marsha) Damore, Jr. in Sharpsville, PA and nine grandchildren.
His parents, two brothers: Michael Redmond and Timothy Martin preceded Gary in death.
Visitation will be at Cunningham Funeral Home, Inc., 144 S. Pitt Street, Mercer, PA 16137 on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM.
Funeral service will be at the funeral home on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 1:00 PM with Rev. Brian Keller of Mercer United Methodist Church officiating.
Burial will be at Findley Cemetery, Findley Twp., PA.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: Mercer High School Conservation Club, 545 W. Butler Street, Mercer, PA 16137.
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Glenn E. Baker
Glenn E. Baker, 84, of Cooperstown, passed away in the early morning hours of Saturday, September 10, 2022, at his home, surrounded by his family.
He was born on February 19, 1938, in McKean County, to the late Tom and Mildred (Dailey) Baker.
After graduating high school, Glenn married the former Gladys Bell on April 6, 1957. After having their beautiful daughter, she passed away on August 5, 1965.
Glenn later married the former Esther Peterson, on March 26, 1966. Esther survives and will miss her dear husband greatly.
A well loved handyman, Glenn retired from Polk Center’s Maintenance Department, in 2001, after sixteen years of service.
Prior to his employment at Polk Center, he worked as a Diesel Truck Mechanic for Daniel’s Transfer Co. for twenty-one years.
Glenn loved people and being involved in his community and church. He was a member of the Franklin Church of the Nazarene where he served as the Sunday School Superintendent, the Song Leader, an Usher, and on the Church Board as a Trustee.
Additionally, he held the title of Cubmaster of Sugarcreek Cub Scout Pack 27 and President of Venango Oilers Camping Club.
He enjoyed fishing and hunting and was well known for his skill of fixing anything and everything.
He loved spending time with his family and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
Left to cherish his wonderful memory is his wife, Esther Baker of Cooperstown; his son, Jim Schwimmer of Franklin; his daughter, Vicki Myers and her husband, Bob of Franklin; his three granddaughters and one grandson; his several great-grandchildren; his sister, Barbara Rodebaugh of Copperhill, TN; his brothers-in-law, Richard Peterson and his wife, Shirley of Franklin, Edward Peterson and his wife, Faye of Franklin, and Robert Peterson and his wife, Sandy of Franklin; as well as several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
In addition to his parents and his first wife, Glenn is preceded in death by his daughter-in-law, Vivian Schwimmer; his brothers-in-law, James Rodebaugh, Herman Peterson, and Ralph Peterson; and his sisters-in-law, Evelyn Haney and Estella Matthews.
Family and friends will be received on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at Gardinier-Warren Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 1315 Chestnut Street, Franklin, PA from 2pm – 6pm.
Funeral services for Glenn will be held on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at Franklin Church of the Nazarene, 393 Pone Lane, Franklin, PA, at 11 am with Pastor David Smith, pastor of Franklin Church of the Nazarene, officiating.
Glenn will be laid to rest in Franklin Cemetery.
Memorial contributions can be made in Glenn’s memory to the Franklin Church of the Nazarene, 393 Pone Lane, Franklin, PA, 16323.
Please take a moment to share a memory or condolence with the family on Glenn’s Book of Memories at www.WarrenFH.com.
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Hearing for Local Man Accused of Assaulting Pregnant Woman at Clarion McDonald’s Set for Tomorrow
CLARION CO., Pa. (EYT) – A hearing for a local man accused of assaulting a woman who was five months pregnant during an incident at McDonald’s in Clarion Borough is scheduled for Tuesday morning.
According to court documents, a preliminary hearing for 29-year-old Johnathan M. Ballew, of Clarion, is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 13, with Magisterial District Judge Duane L. Quinn presiding.
Ballew faces the following charges:
– Simple Assault, Misdemeanor 2
– Harassment – Subject Other to Physical Contact, Summary
He is currently free on $2,500.00 monetary bail.
Details of the case:
According to a criminal complaint, Clarion Borough Police were dispatched around 6:07 a.m. on August 24 for a report of an active domestic involving a male and a female at the McDonald’s Restaurant located at 707 Main Street in Clarion Borough.
Officers arrived on the scene and spoke to a witness outside who stated the female victim was still present on the scene, but the male aggressor, later identified as Johnathan Ballew, fled the scene on foot, the complaint states.
An officer went into McDonald’s and identified the female who told police she was five months pregnant and was assaulted by Johnathan Ballew, according to the complaint.
Police asked Miller and multiple witnesses to remain on the scene while officers searched the area for Ballew.
Officers were unable to locate Ballew.
Police then spoke to a known male witness, who stated that he observed Ballew get physical with the victim inside the restaurant. He stated that at some point, Ballew grabbed the victim by the hair and was attempting to drag her out of the restaurant.
The victim was trying to get away from Ballew and was asking him to stop.
Ballew reportedly struck the victim multiple times in the head while he had ahold of her hair, the complaint indicates.
A group of witnesses intervened to get Ballew away from the victim.
Officers noted some redness on the victim’s face that “could have been the result of a strike,” the complaint notes.
Police ran a check on Ballew and found that there was an active Protection From Abuse Order out of New York. An officer confirmed that this order was active with the Sheriff’s Office in New York, and a copy of the order was subsequently faxed to the borough police.
Ballew violated this order when he assaulted the victim and engaged in disorderly conduct, the complaint notes.
He was arraigned at 9:10 a.m. on Saturday, September 3, in front of Judge Quinn.
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Pa. Election 2022: Your Complete Guide to the Candidates for Governor
HARRISBURG, Pa. – The 2022 election for Pennsylvania governor is coming soon, and Spotlight PA wants to make sure you are prepared to make your choice.
(Photo: Five gubernatorial candidates will be on the Nov. 8 ballot, including Democrat Josh Shapiro (left) and Doug Mastriano (right). Photo credit: Thomas Hengge & Steven M. Falk / Philadelphia Inquirer Photographers)
Article by Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA, Ethan Edward Coston of Spotlight PA, and Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA
The state’s governor wields a vast amount of power. They propose a yearly spending plan that sets the course for months of policy debates with the General Assembly on issues including education spending and taxes.
The governor also has the ability to sign into law or veto bills impacting abortion, guns, the minimum wage, health care, and more; holds vast executive powers that allow them to advance their agenda and appoint cabinet secretaries including the state’s top election official; and are the boss to tens of thousands of state employees from police troopers to environmental inspectors.
Five gubernatorial candidates will be on the Nov. 8 ballot, alongside their party’s candidate for lieutenant governor. Below, we provide brief biographies for the candidates as well as donor information from the beginning of 2021 through June 6, 2022. Then we break down where the top two candidates stand on the issues.
Contents
- The candidates
- Doug Mastriano, Republican
- Josh Shapiro, Democrat
- Christina “PK” DiGiulio, Green Party
- Matt Hackenburg, Libertarian
- Joe Soloski, Keystone Party
- On the issues
- Abortion
- Economy and jobs
- Education
- Election administration
- 2020 election
- Environment
- Government reform
- Gun regulation
- LGBTQ rights
- Minimum wage
- Recreational marijuana legalization
- Taxes
The candidates
(Photo: Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor. Photo credit: Yong Kim / Philadelphia Inquirer)
Doug Mastriano, Republican
The retired Army colonel from Franklin County has spent the majority of his career in the military, becoming an elected official in 2019 when he joined the state Senate.
Mastriano has rejected interview requests from most mainstream media outlets, and has consistently blocked reporters from gaining access to his campaign stops. On his official website for the state Senate, however, Mastriano features a long list of military accomplishments — although his campaign did not respond to a request for discharge papers that provide military service information, including a person’s last duty assignment and rank, military education and specialty, and decorations and medals. Candidates for public office routinely make that record public.
On his official government website, Mastriano details a lengthy military career that includes extensive overseas service, including in Iraq and Afghanistan. He later taught at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle.
As a freshman senator, he rapidly rose to prominence in the months after the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Pennsylvania. He became one of the most vocal critics of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s use of executive powers to impose mitigation measures, including statewide masking orders and business shutdowns. Mastriano also sharply criticized a waiver program for businesses to remain open — a program that was later found by the state’s top auditor to be inconsistent and unfair.
Mastriano also became the legislature’s lead defender of former President Donald Trump’s unfounded claims of widespread election fraud.
He was at the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, and has been subpoenaed by the congressional committee investigating the deadly attack. He briefly appeared before the committee in August but cut the interview short. Among other things, his attorney is fighting the terms of Mastriano’s appearance there. On Sept. 1, Mastriano sued the committee, challenging its authority to conduct what he called “compelled depositions.”
Mastriano’s running mate is state Rep. Carrie Lewis DelRosso (R., Allegheny), a former Oakmont borough council member who beat the top state House Democrat in 2020 to come to Harrisburg.
Top donors, 2021-June 6, 2022: Mastriano’s campaign is largely built on smaller donations from within Pennsylvania.
His top donor to date: James Martin, the executive chair and former head of Martin’s Famous Pastry Shoppe, best known for its potato rolls, who has donated a total of $110,000. (News of his contributions led to a call by consumers for a boycott of the famous buns.)
Car dealership owners Clayton Black and Steven L. Latta each contributed $50,000, tying for second place. Adams County resident Peter Sneeringer has donated just under $29,000. Contributing $25,000 each were David Z. Abel, owner of a Palmyra-based company specializing in the design and distribution of truck and auto supplies and mobile electronics; and Ola R. Yoder, who owns and runs Kountry Lane Standardbreds LLC in Nappanee, Indiana, which raises and sells racehorses.
Read more about his positions on the issues below.
(Photo: Josh Shapiro, the Democratic nominee for governor. Photo credit: Heather Khalifa / Philadelphia Inquirer)
Josh Shapiro, Democrat
Pennsylvania’s current attorney general, Shapiro has spent most of his professional career in government or public office.
He got his start in the 1990s in Washington, D.C., where he worked for a member of Congress and two U.S. senators. In 2004, he was elected to Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives, where he served four terms — or eight years — representing parts of Montgomery County in the Philadelphia suburbs.
In 2011, he was elected to Montgomery County’s Board of Commissioners, where he served until his successful 2016 run for attorney general. He is now in his second term as the state’s top prosecutor.
Critics say he is fiercely ambitious, and that the governor’s job for him is merely a stepping stone to even higher office. Still, during his time in public office, Shapiro has shown a penchant for compromise and dealmaking. It is a trait that will be necessary for any Democratic governor to navigate the Capitol, where the legislature is now under Republican control.
As attorney general, he has touted his record investigating the role of pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors in the nation’s opioid crisis, and prosecuting some natural gas companies. However, the landmark national opioid settlement negotiated by Shapiro and other attorneys general across the country initially faced legal pushback from top Philadelphia leaders, including the city’s district attorney, Larry Krasner. Krasner sued the Attorney General’s office over the deal, saying it delivered only a fraction of the money the city deserved. That and a separate lawsuit by Pittsburgh’s district attorney were eventually dismissed by a state appellate court.
Shapiro’s office made international headlines for a scathing grand jury report on child sexual abuse and its coverup in nearly every Roman Catholic diocese in Pennsylvania. But after weeks of intense negotiations, Shapiro and a bipartisan group of lawmakers and advocates were unable to secure a highly anticipated vote on legislation sought by survivors.
His running mate is state Rep. Austin Davis (D., Allegheny), a former aide to Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald first elected to Harrisburg in 2018.
Top donors, 2021-June 6, 2022: His top five donors hail from outside Pennsylvania. They include California physician Jennifer Duda, who has contributed $1.5 million; California philanthropist and major Democratic donor Karla Jurvetson, who has donated $1 million; and Bill Harris, the one-time head of PayPal and founder of a financial technology company near San Francisco, who also has given $1 million. Shapiro has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from public and private sector unions, and more than $500,000 from the Democratic Governors Association.
Read more about his positions on the issues below.
(Photo: Christina “PK” Digiulio, the Green Party candidate for governor. Photo credit: Courtesy Christina “PK” Digiulio campaign)
Christina “PK” DiGiulio, Green Party
DiGiulio is a former analytical chemist for the U.S. Department of Defense and a vocal opponent of the Mariner East pipeline system. She co-founded Watchdogs of Southeastern Pennsylvania, a group that documents the harms of oil and gas infrastructure, and the Better Path Coalition, an alliance of pro-renewable energy organizations.
Digiulio’s platform includes banning fracking, providing more tax incentives for renewable energy instead of fossil fuels, decriminalizing marijuana, implementing ranked-choice voting, and passing a constitutional amendment that would allow for a graduated income tax.
Her running mate is Michael Badges-Canning, a Butler County environmental activist and perennial Green Party candidate.
Top donors, 2021-June 6, 2022: A state Green Party official said the party’s PAC is fundraising for the candidate. The party had yet to file a campaign finance report this year as of Sept. 6.
Matt Hackenburg, Libertarian
Hackenburg is a computer engineer from Northampton County. A former member of the Army National Guard, he argues that states should have the ability to nullify federal laws they disagree with, including passing laws that prevent guard members from being deployed overseas without a declaration of war and encouraging the use of precious metals and cryptocurrency instead of the U.S. dollar. He also supports rolling back public education and opposes public health mandates, gun laws, and taxes.
His running mate is York County resident Timothy McMaster.
Top donors, 2021-June 6, 2022: Hackenburg has raised $357.
(Photo: Joe Soloski, the Keystone Party candidate for governor. Photo credit: Courtesy Joe Soloski campaign)
Joe Soloski, Keystone Party
Soloski is a public accountant and Centre County resident. He ran his own accounting firm for 30 years in the Pittsburgh area, and he’s worked as a comptroller and financial analyst for other companies. Soloski’s platform calls for limiting government spending, keeping the minimum wage as is, reducing corporate taxes, and decriminalizing recreational cannabis. He previously ran as a Libertarian for state office in 2018 and 2020.
His running mate is York County resident Nicole Shultz, a business owner.
Top donors, 2021-June 6, 2022: He has raised $2,686 from small donors.
On the issues
Spotlight PA focused on the positions of Mastriano and Shapiro, as they are leading other candidates by a high margin in current polls and fundraising. The following information was gathered from campaign websites, social media posts by the candidates, news releases about their campaign platforms, and news articles.
Abortion
Mastriano has called abortion his “No. 1 issue” and compared the effort to ban the procedure to the fight to end the slave trade during an April primary debate. He has twice introduced legislation that would ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, and does not support exceptions for rape, incest, or parental health.
Shapiro has condemned the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade, the landmark ruling that provided a constitutional guarantee to abortion, calling it “a shameful moment for our country and for the Court.” He has pledged to veto any legislation that would further limit access to abortion in Pennsylvania, where state law allows abortions to be performed up to about 24 weeks into a pregnancy or longer if the life of the pregnant person is in danger.
Economy and jobs
Mastriano has said he would establish a “strike force” within each state agency that would aim to slash at least 55,000 statewide regulations in his first year in office. He also wants to work with the legislature to eliminate two regulations for every new one created. He has said he would lift certain taxes and regulations on natural gas drillers, although his campaign has not specified which ones. As a state senator, he has sponsored legislation that would reverse the Wolf administration’s moratorium on new leases for natural gas exploration in state parks and forests.
Shapiro has advocated for developing innovation hubs — including around manufacturing, life sciences, and national defense technologies — and connecting businesses in those industries with research institutions and research and development funding. He said he would also create a new office of economic growth and development to help businesses wanting to expand or relocate to Pennsylvania navigate the permitting and regulation process.
Shapiro has said he would create jobs by plugging abandoned wells, modernizing homes and businesses through energy efficiency programs, investing in sewer and stormwater projects, and repairing structurally deficient bridges and roads.
(Photo: Mastriano wants to reduce state per-student public school funding, while Shapiro as attorney general has supported a lawsuit that asks for more. Photo credit: Tim Tai / Philadelphia Inquirer)
Education
Mastriano said in a March radio interview that he wants to reduce state per-student public school funding from $19,000 to $10,000 a year, using the difference to fund “education opportunity accounts,” or a restricted fund that parents can use to fund their child’s education at a public or private school. He wants to ban “critical race theory” curricula — an academic concept that has become a catchall term in right-wing spheres to describe anti-racism teachings — through an executive order within his first 100 days in office.
Shapiro has campaigned as a strong supporter of public schools. In May, his office filed a court brief in support of six school districts and others who have sued the state over what they contend is an unfair funding system that has led to chronic disinvestment in some schools. He has advocated for less reliance on standardized tests, and for putting more vocational, technical, and computer training in classrooms. He has said that if elected, he would appoint at least two parents to the state Board of Education, the highest educational authority in the state that creates academic standards.
Election administration
Mastriano supports repealing Act 77, the 2019 law that allows any voter to cast a ballot by mail. He wants to enact “universal ID” for voting (Pennsylvania already requires people to show ID if they are first-time voters or voting for the first time at a polling place). He also wants every eligible voter in Pennsylvania to re-register, a proposal that critics say would violate federal law.
He has decided who he would appoint to run the state office that oversees elections in Pennsylvania — a position that will have tremendous influence and power over setting policies and providing guidance during the next presidential election in 2024 — but has refused to publicly identify that person.
Shapiro has said he would veto any effort to restrict mail voting. He has said he is open to discussing adding voter ID requirements with Republicans who control the General Assembly, but has stated he will not support any measure that disenfranchises voters.
He supports expanding automatic voter registration, setting up early, pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-olds, and implementing same-day voter registration through the day of an election.
2020 election
Mastriano has been perhaps the state’s most prominent purveyor of Trump’s efforts to discredit the results of the 2020 presidential election and cast doubt over the credibility of Pennsylvania’s voting systems. He spearheaded a controversial hearing in Gettysburg in the weeks after the November 2020 election that fueled Trump’s misinformation campaign that the election was rigged. He sponsored a resolution shortly after the 2020 election that proposed giving the GOP-controlled legislature the power to designate its own slate of presidential electors and was the driving force behind a push for a so-called “forensic audit” of the 2020 election.
The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection subpoenaed Mastriano earlier this year seeking documents related to the Trump campaign’s efforts to name an alternate slate of electors in Pennsylvania.
Shapiro’s Office of Attorney General played a key role in defending the state in the months after the November 2020 election, when former President Donald Trump and his allies filed an onslaught of lawsuits seeking to overturn Pennsylvania’s election results. He has said that “dangerous lies” about that election, coupled with conspiracy theories and “frivolous” litigation that led to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, have fueled attacks on voting access.
(Photo: Mastriano has promised to pull Pennsylvania out of RGGI — the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, an interstate program aimed at cutting carbon emissions from power plants — on the first day of his administration. Shapiro has not committed to keeping Pennsylvania in RGGI. Photo credit: Michael Bryant / Philadelphia Inquirer)
Environment
Mastriano has promised to pull Pennsylvania out of RGGI — the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, an interstate program aimed at cutting carbon emissions from power plants — on the first day of his administration. In a 2018 interview, he called climate change “fake science,” and has vowed as governor to encourage more energy production. As a senator he introduced legislation that would allow new drilling in state parks, reduce permitting fees, and exempt gas producers from the state’s corporate income tax.
Shapiro has argued Pennsylvania can retain its position as a top energy-producing state while also setting aggressive climate action goals. Under his watch in 2020, the Office of Attorney General released a grand jury report that found government agencies had failed to properly oversee and regulate the fracking industry and recommended a series of regulatory and transparency changes. His office has prosecuted gas drillers and criminally charged pipeline developers with environmental crimes. Shapiro has not committed to keeping Pennsylvania in RGGI. On climate action, Shapiro has set a target of generating 30% of Pennsylvania’s energy from renewable sources by 2030 and reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.
Government ethics and transparency
Mastriano supports a ban on gifts to lawmakers. He has also floated a bill that would reduce lawmakers’ pay and benefits by axing an automatic annual pay raise for legislators and judges, and one that would ban state lawmakers from leasing state-owned vehicles. He also has proposed bills that would expand the state’s open records law and place term limits on school board members.
Shapiro has said he would sign legislation that would ban elected officials and public employees from accepting gifts. He opposes term limits, arguing that restricting elected officials to a specific time in public service would empower lobbyists and special interest groups rather than voters. Shapiro also advocates for more frequent and thorough reporting of campaign donations and expenditures. Though he supports limits on donations to candidates, he argues that alone would be ineffective unless there are also stricter restrictions on so-called “dark money” — contributions from certain nonprofits, or “social welfare” organizations, that can accept unlimited amounts of money and do not have to disclose their donors.
Gun regulation
Mastriano in 2021 introduced a bill that would ban the enforcement of federal gun laws in Pennsylvania and voted in favor of legislation that would allow permitless concealed carry. He was endorsed during the primary by Gun Owners of America, a self-proclaimed “no compromise” gun rights group that has called the National Rifle Association too soft on the Second Amendment.
Shapiro supports stricter gun safety measures, including enacting universal background checks and a “red flag” law, which would allow for the temporary confiscation of firearms from people deemed by a judge to be a risk to themselves or others. As attorney general, he has staunchly advocated for closing a loophole that allows people to buy so-called ghost guns — unserialized firearms often assembled at home from weapon parts or kits that can be purchased without a background check.
(Photo: Mastriano has a long history of opposing LGBTQ rights, while Shapiro says he will push to extend nondiscrimination protections to people based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Photo credit: Commonwealth Media Services)
LGBTQ rights
Mastriano has a long history of opposing LGBTQ rights. In his war college thesis over 20 years ago, he condemned allowing gay people into the military. He opposes marriage rights and adoption rights for same-sex couples. As a state senator, he voted for a sports ban that targets transgender girls and women and a ban on teaching children about sexual orientation and gender identity. On Twitter, he likened teaching about LGBTQ people in schools to pedophilia, amplifying rhetoric that has led to increased violence against the community.
Shapiro has said he will push for Pennsylvania to expand nondiscrimination protections to people based on sexual orientation and gender identity, a longheld priority for Democrats blocked by legislative Republicans. Shapiro supports expanding the state’s hate crimes law to cover LGBTQ communities and banning conversion therapy for minors.
Minimum wage
Mastriano was one of seven state senators in 2019 who voted against raising the state’s minimum wage to $9.50.
Shapiro supports raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 per hour.
Recreational marijuana legalization
Mastriano has called legalizing recreational marijuana “a stupid idea.”
Shapiro formerly opposed legalizing recreational marijuana, but has said he would sign a legalization bill if elected governor. He would also support expunging the records of people with nonviolent offenses related to marijuana.
Taxes
Mastriano wants to eliminate property taxes, which help fund school districts, as well as lower the state’s corporate net income tax (which was just reduced as part of the 2022-23 budget) and the gas tax, which is among the highest in the country.
Shapiro wants to send a $250 gas tax refund for every personal passenger car registered in Pennsylvania (for up to four per household). He is also calling to eliminate the state’s 11% sales tax on cell phone service. He has said he would expand Pennsylvania’s Property Tax and Rent Rebate program, which benefits older Pennsylvanians, widows and widowers, and residents with disabilities. His campaign said Shapiro would use surplus state dollars, among other revenue sources, to pay for the tax plan. Shapiro also supports further reducing the state’s corporate net income tax.
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- Pa. Supreme Court upholds no-excuse mail voting ahead of midterms
- How Pennsylvania keeps its voter rolls clean and updated
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SPONSORED: West Park Rehab Explains the Advantages of Using Diagnostic Ultrasound
SENECA, Pa. (EYT) – X-Rays, CT Scans, and MRIs have been the tests used to identify problems in the musculoskeletal system for the longest time.
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State Police Calls: Clarion Man Accused of Stealing Property from Limestone Township Barn
CLARION CO., Pa. (EYT) – Clarion-based State Police responded to the following calls:
Clarion Man Accused of Stealing Multiple Items from Barn in Limestone Township
Clarion-based State Police have released the details of a theft that occurred sometime between Saturday, July 16, and Saturday, July 23, inside a barn located on South Mechanicsville Road, in Limestone Township, Clarion County.
Police say 56-year-old Lawrence Everett, of Clarion, allegedly took property from the barn that belonged to a known 43-year-old Strattanville woman, with a witness present.
According to police, the following items were stolen:
– Toshiba laptop, Value $75.00
– B Deck Power Drills, Value $100.00
– Wood Splitter, Value $50.00
Man Caught Stealing Sunglasses from Kwik Fill
PSP Clarion investigated an incident of retail theft that occurred at Kwik Fill, near Mayfield Road and State Route 68, in Monroe Township, Clarion County, around 5:53 a.m. on Thursday, August 4.
Police say 27-year-old Allen McClelland, of Sharon, is accused of stealing a pair of Mpressions Sportflex Sunglasses, valued at $19.99.
According to police, the vehicle involved is listed as a 2006 Jeep Cherokee.
Harassment in Knox Borough
Clarion-based State Police have released information regarding an incident of harassment that occurred in Knox Borough, Clarion County.
Police say the incident happened at the UK Convenience Store on East State Street, in Knox Borough, as a known suspect harassed a known 15-year-old female at 9:01 p.m. on Thursday, September 8.
No Charges Sought in Incident of Forgery
PSP investigated a forgery incident that took place sometime between Tuesday, July 19, and Sunday, July 24, near Main Street in Clarion Borough.
Throughout this investigation, police say a known 64-year-old Knox man decided not to pursue criminal charges.
The stolen property is listed as $350.00 from two different personal checks.
PSP Clarion released the above reports on Sunday, September 11, 2022.
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Timothy W. Best
Timothy W. Best, age 61, of Knox, passed away Sunday morning, September 11, 2022, at UPMC Northwest at Seneca.
Born April 11, 1961, in Oil City, he was a son of the late Richard W. Best and Darlene Thomas Best.
He married Joyce Fescenmyer on August 10, 1985, and she survives.
Tim was a salesman for Aquaflow.
He was a member of the Edenburg Presbyterian Church in Knox, Scoot-n-Boots of Clarion and Country Steppers of Rimersburg.
Tim enjoyed fishing, camping, hunting, sprint car races and line dancing.
Survivors include his wife, Joyce; five brothers: Pat Best of Emlenton, Jack Best (Stephanie) of Elk City, Mike Zimmerman of New Holland, Jim Zimmerman (Diane) of Barberton, Ohio, and Rick Best (Lisa) of New Holland; nieces and nephews: Robert Krauss (Katelyn), Stephen Krauss (Kelsey), Cody Best (Vic), Allen Best, Cassidy Best, Nathan Best (Danhi), Lainie Best, Jason Fescenmyer and Daniel Fescenmyer; special niece, Lexi Brand, and numerous great nieces and nephews.
Tim is also survived by brothers-in-law, Joe Fescenmyer (Nancy) and Jim Fescenmyer (Vicky); sister-in-law, Janet Krauss (Rob); stepmother, Helen Best of Seneca, and his line dancing family.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his stepfather, Robert C. Best, and sister-in-law, Lauren Best.
Family and friends will be received from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, September 13, 2022, at the William N. Rupert Mortuary, Inc., 430 Mendenhall Avenue, Knox.
Reverend Wade Barto will officiate over the services.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, September 14, 2022, in the funeral home.
Interment will follow in the Knox Union Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be given in the name of Timothy W. Best to the Edenburg Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 458, Knox, PA 16232.
Online condolences may be sent to Tim’s family at www.rupertfuneralhomes.com.
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“Succession” and “Ted Lasso” topped the Emmy Awards on Monday, in a ceremony that touted the influence of TV and extended honors to global sensation “Squid Game” and winners who delivered messages of empowerment.
The evening's uplifting tone, as voiced especially by Zendaya, Lizzo and Sheryl Lee Ralph, was in contrast to the darkness that pervaded the storytelling of best drama series winner “Succession” and even comedy series victor “Ted Lasso."
“Thanks for making such a safe space to make this very difficult show,” said Zendaya, claiming her second best drama actress award for “Euphoria,” about a group of teens' tough coming-of-age.
“My greatest wish for “Euphoria’ was that it could help heal people. Thank you for everyone who has shared your story with me. I carry them with me, and I carry them with” Rue, her character, Zendaya said.
“Succession,” about a media empire run by a grasping and cutthroat family, split drama series honors with “Squid Game,” the bold South Korean-set drama about the idle rich turning the poor into entertainment fodder.
Lee Jung-jae of “Squid Game,” who played the show's moral center, became the first Asian to win the Emmy for best drama series actor.
“Thank you for making realistic problems we all face come to life so creatively on the screen,” Lee said to “Squid Game” creator Hwang Dong-hyuk, who earned the Emmy for best drama series directing. In Korean, Lee thanked the audience in his native country for watching.
Backstage, Hwang said this was "a major moment for us,” and Lee said he expected the awards to open doors for other Asian actors.
Jason Sudeikis and Jean Smart collected back-to-back acting trophies, but several new Emmy winners were minted, with Lizzo and Quinta Brunson and Sheryl Lee Ralph of “Abbott Elementary" collecting trophies.
Brunson, who created and stars in the freshman series, won the Emmy for comedy series writing. ABC's “Abbott Elementary,” also nominated for best comedy, is a rare bright spot for network broadcasting in the age of streaming and cable dominance.
Sudeikis won his second consecutive trophy for playing the unlikely U.S. coach of a British soccer team in the comedy “Ted Lasso,” with Smart matching that haul for her role as a veteran comedian in “Hacks."
Sudeikis gave a rare awards show shoutout to TV consumers: “Thanks to the people who watch this show and dig it as much as we dig making it."
There was a ripple of reaction in the theater when “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong mentioned Britain’s new king, Charles III, in accepting the show’s trophy, the cast standing alongside him.
“Big week for successions, new king in the U.K., this for us. Evidently a little bit more voting involved in our winning than Prince Charles,” Armstrong said. “I’m not saying we’re more legitimate in our position than he is. We’ll leave that up to other people.”
Ralph stopped the Emmy Awards show by accepting the best supporting actress comedy award for “Abbott Elementary" with a brief but rousing song of affirmation.
“I am an endangered species, but I sing no victim song. I am a woman, I am an artist and I know where my voice belongs,” she belted out. She then encouraged anyone doubting their dream “I am here to tell you this is what believing looks like.”
The audience, including Lizzo and many of television's biggest stars, leapt to their feet to cheer on Ralph.
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Police Seeking Information on Electric Scooter Stolen on Piney Dam Road
MONROE TWP., Pa. (EYT) – Police are asking the public for information regarding the theft of a scooter in Monroe Township on Friday afternoon.
According to Clarion-based State Police, the incident occurred as an eight-year-old male juvenile left a red GOTRAX electric scooter unattended on Piney Dam Road, in Monroe Township, Clarion County, around 3:30 p.m. on Friday, September 9.
When this juvenile returned, the scooter was missing, police say.
According to police, the juvenile heard an unknown vehicle, and someone say, “take it.”
The suspect(s) and the vehicle are unknown at this time.
The scooter is valued at $300.00.
The victim is a 40-year-old Clarion man.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact PSP Clarion at 814-226-1710.
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As some freight-rail workers could go on strike at the end of the week, some of Amtrak’s longest routes have been suspended.
According to Amtrak, routes between Chicago and Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle, Chicago and San Francisco, and San Antonio and Los Angeles are all being disrupted.
Although the negotiations do not include Amtrak or its employees, Amtrak runs most of its trains outside the northeast on tracks operated by the freight-rail industry.
SMART-TD and BLET, two of the largest freight labor unions, said they are prepared for a potential strike to begin at the end of Friday. The potential for a disruption in the supply chain has prompted concern over the looming strike.
“It is the rail carriers that refuse to reach an acceptable agreement,” the unions said in a statement. “In fact, it was abundantly clear from our negotiations over the past few days that the railroads show no intentions of reaching an agreement with our Unions.”
The Biden administration got involved during the summer by getting the sides to hold off on a strike during a 60-day cooling-off period. That period expires at the end of the day Friday.
During that time, the Presidential Emergency Board came up with a recommended contract for the sides, which included a 24% compounded wage increase during the five-year period from 2020 through 2024, with a 14.1% wage increase effective immediately for union employees. The retroactive pay increase would provide an average of $11,000 per employee in back pay.
The recommendation also would give employees additional paid time off and cap employee insurance contributions at 15%.
The Association of American Railways said it is ready to reach union agreements based on the Biden administration’s recommendations. Rail operators reached agreements on Sunday with three major rail unions but said the two remaining unions are making demands beyond what Biden’s arbitrators recommended. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/amtrak-routes-suspended-as-potential-rail-strike-looms | 2022-09-13T13:10:29Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/amtrak-routes-suspended-as-potential-rail-strike-looms | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
King Charles III flew to Northern Ireland on Tuesday on the latest leg of his tour of the four parts of the United Kingdom, where crowds of well wishers gathered to greet him in a region with a contested British and Irish identity that is deeply divided over the British monarchy.
In the latest outpouring of affection since Queen Elizabeth II's death last Thursday, hundreds of people were lining the street leading to Hillsborough Castle, the royal family's official residence in Northern Ireland, just outside Belfast. The area in front of the gates to the castle was carpeted with hundreds of floral tributes.
On Monday night, Charles and his siblings, Anne, Andrew and Edward, their heads bowed, briefly stood vigil around their mother’s flag-draped coffin in St. Giles' Cathedral as members of the public filed past.
Earlier, a man wearing a suit adorned with medals stood silently, bowed his head and moved on. A woman dabbed away tears with a handkerchief. Another woman with two young children in their school uniforms walked slowly past the coffin.
In the line of mourners outside St. Giles’ Cathedral in the historic heart of Edinburgh, Sheila McLeay called the queen “a wonderful ambassador for our country.”
“She was such an example for every single one of us. She was dignified. She was just, she was beautiful inside and out. And I have known her all of my life. And I miss her very much,” she added.
Scotland, where the queen died Thursday at her beloved Balmoral estate in the Highlands after a 70-year reign, has been almost universal in its praise for the queen.
The British monarchy draws more mixed emotions in Northern Ireland, where there are two main communities: mostly Protestant unionists who consider themselves British and largely Roman Catholic nationalists who see themselves as Irish.
That split fueled three decades of violence known as “the Troubles” involving paramilitary groups on both sides and U.K. security forces, in which 3,600 people died. The royal family was touched personally by the violence: Lord Louis Mountbatten, a cousin of the queen and a much-loved mentor to Charles, was killed by an Irish Republican Army bomb in 1979.
A deep sectarian divide remains, a quarter century after Northern Ireland’s 1998 peace agreement.
But in a sign of how far Northern Ireland has come on the road to peace, representatives of Sinn Fein — the main Irish nationalist party, linked during the Troubles to the IRA — are attending commemorative events for the queen and meeting the king on Tuesday.
Sinn Fein’s president, Mary Lou McDonald, paid tribute to the 96-year-old monarch following her death last Thursday, calling her “a powerful advocate and ally of those who believe in peace and reconciliation.”
The president and prime minister of the neighboring Republic of Ireland are also due to attend the memorial service in Belfast, despite tense relations between Dublin and London over Brexit. Since Britain left the European Union in 2020, the U.K. and the EU have been wrangling over trade rules for Northern Ireland, the only part of the U.K. that shares a border with a member of the bloc.
After lying in the cathedral through most of Tuesday, the queen's coffin will be flown back to London and driven to her official London home, Buckingham Palace.
The Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster plane that will carry the coffin has in the past been used to evacuate people from Afghanistan and to take humanitarian aid and weapons to Ukraine following Russia’s invasion, U.K. Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston said.
In the early hours of Tuesday, scores of workers were seen cleaning litter and weeds from the road between the air force base where the plane carrying the queen's coffin will land and central London. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/world/king-charles-in-belfast-queens-coffin-to-return-to-london | 2022-09-13T13:10:41Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/world/king-charles-in-belfast-queens-coffin-to-return-to-london | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SANTA FE, N.M., Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to growing interest for intelligent energy management at home, BayWa r.e. announced today it is working with Google Nest to distribute smart thermostats to installers through its solar and energy storage distribution arm in the U.S. The partnership is a first in the solar industry, pairing BayWa r.e. -- a leading global renewable energy developer, services and systems provider -- with one of the nation's leading smart home brands. This collaboration comes at a time when solar installers are expanding their services to fill the role of energy advisers in the residential market.
BayWa r.e. will be supplying the Nest Learning Thermostat, the flagship product for homeowners, and the Nest Thermostat E, a thermostat now exclusively available through professional installers. With usage insights and a suite of personalized solutions for the smart home, products like those from Google Nest have become strong drivers of residential energy efficiency and are propelling collective action to achieve U.S. climate goals.
"The future of energy is clean, personalized, and connected. Smart home technology enables this future by empowering customers to understand and act on their energy management, which is key to a cleaner and more reliable U.S. power grid," said David Dunlap, VP of product strategy at BayWa r.e. Solar Systems LLC. "Our partnership with Google Nest allows BayWa r.e. to take an active role in simplifying energy management at scale by providing new tools to solar installers--the direct point of contact for customers who want to prioritize efficient energy usage for lower energy bills and help with the goal of reducing grid emissions."
Smart thermostats are one of the top products for energy efficiency and demand-response initiatives, designed to allow homeowners to reduce or shift their energy usage during peak periods. By expanding the distribution of smart home tools through the burgeoning solar and storage channels, BayWa r.e. and Google Nest aim to help build out energy systems that are flexible and reliable, a critical step to modernizing the U.S. power grid and boosting the adoption of renewable energy resources in the system.
The Google Nest Learning Thermostat and the Google Nest Thermostat E are now available through BayWa r.e. Solar Systems LLC online store.
At BayWa r.e. we r.e.think energy -- how it is produced, stored and can be best used to enable the global renewable energy transition that is essential to the future of our planet. We are a leading global developer, service supplier, distributor and solutions provider and have brought over 4.5 GW of energy online and manage over 10 GW of assets. We are also an Independent Power Producer with an expanding energy trading business. BayWa r.e. works with businesses worldwide to provide tailored renewable solutions. Operating 100% carbon neutral, we are also committed to our own sustainability journey. Our shareholders are BayWa AG, a $23.5 billion global business, and Energy Infrastructure Partners, a leader in energy infrastructure investment. BayWa r.e. Solar Systems LLC is a leading U.S. distributor of top-tier solar and energy storage components and systems. For more information, visit http://solar-distribution.com.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP is investigating whether Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. ("Bed Bath" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: BBBY) complied with federal securities laws.
If you purchased or sold Bed Bath & Beyond securities between March 25, 2022 and August 19, 2022, please call Gregory Stone at (800) 575-0735 or (212) 545-4774, email gstone@whafh.com or submit this form:
On March 6, 2022, through his investment firm RC Ventures LLC, Ryan Cohen, the billionaire co-founder of Chewy Inc. who also serves as chairman of GameStop Corp., sent a letter to Bed Bath & Beyond's board which announced that he owned a 9.8% stake in Bed Bath & Beyond and in which he criticized the Company's management. On this news Bed Bath & Beyond stock to closed 34% higher on March 7, 2022 compared to its close on March 4, 2022, the previous trading day, on extremely heavy trading volume. On March 25, 2022, Bed Bath & Beyond added three new directors appointed by Ryan Cohen's investment firm, RC Ventures LLC.
On August 15, 2022, Ryan Cohen, through his investment firm RC Ventures LLC, announced in an SEC filing purchases of over one million January 2023 call options with exercise prices at $60, $75, and $80-significantly higher than Bed Bath & Beyond shares were trading. On this news, Bed Bath & Beyond stock closed 29% higher.
Then, on August 18, 2022, Ryan Cohen, through his investment firm RC Ventures LLC, announced that he would sell his entire stake in Bed Bath & Beyond. Also on August 18, 2022, Bloomberg published an article entitled "Bed Bath & Beyond Taps Kirkland & Ellis for Help Addressing Debt Load" which revealed the Company hired a law firm for help with its debt.
On this news, Bed Bath & Beyond shares fell $4.53 per share, or 19%, to close at $18.55 per share on August 18, 2022. Bed Bath & Beyond shares continued to drop on August 19, 2022, falling $7.52 per share, or 40%, from its August 18, 2022 close, to close at $11.03 per share.
Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP has extensive experience in the prosecution of securities class actions and derivative litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts across the country. The firm has attorneys in various practice areas; and offices in New York, Chicago and San Diego. The reputation and expertise of this firm in shareholder and other class litigation has been repeatedly recognized by the courts, which have appointed it to major positions in complex securities multi-district and consolidated litigation.
If you wish to discuss this investigation, or have any questions regarding your rights and interests in this situation, please immediately contact Wolf Haldenstein by telephone at (800) 575-0735, via e-mail at classmember@whafh.com, or visit our website at www.whafh.com.
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SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, Blackview, the world-leading rugged phone brand, announced the launch of the Blackview Super Brand Day promotion from September 14th to 15th on AliExpress. This campaign will cover the hot-sell products, including the Blackview BL8800 series, Blackview BV7100, and Blackview Tab 13.
Blackview BL8800 & Blackview BL8800 Pro: 5G Rugged Phone Flagship
In May this year, Blackview put the Blackview BL8800 series (BL8800 and BL8800 Pro) on the shelves. Featuring top-notch specifications, the series crushes the use limits that rugged phones can't withstand. Shortly after the premiere, both swept the 5G rugged phone market with great popularity.
Unmatched Toughness
The BL8800 series meets the industry-leading IP68 & IP69K waterproof rating and the MIL-STD-810H military standard. For those living an active lifestyle or working in environments full of unpredictable elements like the forest, ships, and construction sites, the BL8800 series is a no-brainer. Moreover, the Glove Mode makes it easier to operate whenever wearing gloves.
Night Vision/Thermal Imaging
Blackview BL8800 series goes the extra mile in photography. Blackview BL8800 features night vision to take pictures or videos in complete darkness, while the BL8800 Pro features a FLIR® Lepton® thermal camera to measure heat, day or night, providing unimaginable fun to explore the world and serving as a mighty troubleshooting tool for electrical inspection, plumbing issues, and more.
8380mAh Battery Demon
Blackview BL8800 series adopts an astonishing 8380mAh that can last a whole day on binge use, perfect for outdoor goers who travel a lot. 33W fast charge can fully refill the giant battery in just 1.5 hours, equal to a mealtime. More surprisingly, it supports a reverse charge function -- effectively the 8380mAh power bank -- to lend juice to another device.
Silky-Smooth Operation
Blackview BL8800 series runs the 5G MediaTek Dimensity 700 with 8GB RAM and 128GB ROM to enhance almost everything you do -- faster uploads, downloads, streaming, and gaming. And with brand-new Doke OS 3.0, based on Android 11 -- smarter, swifter, and more intuitive, everything is fast, smooth, and efficient.
Blackview BV7100: the 13000mAh Battery Beast
Blackview BV7100 is borns to be mighty by incorporating more than a year of efforts from Blackview's R&D team. Embracing a 13000mAh battery, superior ruggedness, and more powerful features such as up to 10GB RAM, MediaTek Helio G85, and Doke OS 3.0 based on Android 12, Blackview BV7100 changes the rugged lifestyle for users.
Blackview Tab 13: Latest Tablet Flagship
Blackview Tab 13 is Blackview's first-ever 4G LTE tablet flagship with SIMO Internet to access the internet anytime, up to 10GB RAM, TÜV Rheinland Low Blue Light certified 10.1-inch FHD+ display, Doke OS P_3.0 based on Android 12, and PC Mode, which redraws boundaries of the Blackview tablet experience on convenience smoothness for work and play.
Price and Availability
From September 14th to 15th, the first 100 orders of the Blackview BL8800 series, Blackview BV7100, and Blackview Tab 13 will enjoy a coupon (only for the U.S.A). The final price of the BL8800 reaches $232.99, the BL8800 Pro at $297.98, the BV7100 at $159.99, and the Tab 13 at $134.99. When the coupons run out, the price will rise to $259.99 (BL8800), $324.98 (BL8800 Pro), $179.99 (BV7100), and $149.99 (Tab 13).
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CHORLEY, England, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ESG, a global leader in energy SaaS solutions, and Innowatts, an intelligent energy demand analytics platform have announced their formal partnership as of 14th September 2022. They will collaborate to bring the best of both businesses (and insights from their combined 90-million meter installations) to their impressive client base.
ESG will be integrating and commercializing Innowatts platform as part of its Energy Cloud Platform in retail energy markets of North America and key markets in Europe.
Energy providers and large commercial companies face significant strategic challenges and huge commercial opportunities in managing their transition to sustainable energy in unprecedented times of change.
This partnership brings the strengths of ESG and Innowatts, already successful and well-established businesses, to the industry challenged by climate, and NetZero concerns. The approach delivers results through ESG's unique 'Energy Smart Cloud' platform.
'Energy Smart Cloud' helps energy providers unlock a new layer of value in their data, it comprises:
- ESG's integrated market and customer data management platforms, wealth of data and 20-years of experience. And
- Innowatts' renowned analytics for next generation forecasting and their net zero carbon initiatives in regulated and deregulated global markets.
Existing and new customers of both businesses can elevate their decision-making with granular analytics from the meter back through the value chain.
As Patrick Smith, Managing Director of ESG North America added:
'…Our partnership helps customers get an edge on the big decisions that they have to get right. We help them understand their customer base better, forecast with more confidence and make data-driven decisions that connect all areas of their business. Our services will deliver results for them in everything they do. From longer-term strategy such as net zero energy mix trade-offs, to day-to-day operations such as billing.'
Innowatts Founder & CEO, Siddhartha Sachdeva continued:
'This partnership accelerates energy providers efforts to leverage customer level energy data at scale to drive energy transition. It will enable our clients to seamlessly transition to using smart meter data for forecasting, risk management, profitability analysis, pricing, billing, grid-edge management and help optimize commodity risk along with improving customer lifetime value'
The partnership will launch officially at the EMC Conference in New York on 14th September 2022.
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Initial Indications of Interest Due November 7, 2022
NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hilco Streambank (www.HilcoStreambank.com) announced that it is seeking offers to acquire or license the intellectual property portfolio supporting innovative amphibious vehicles. The available assets include a sizable patent portfolio covering multiple product families worldwide, CAD files, bills of materials, test data, specifications, more than a dozen unique trademarks, and additional related materials.
Initial indications of interest are due to Hilco Streambank on or before November 7, 2022. The assets are being offered for sale or license via private transaction on behalf of the developer and manufacturer of the technology.
The covered technology is pioneering in addressing a fundamental challenge in producing high-utility amphibious vehicles, namely, achieving high speeds on both water and land with minimal transition time. The patent portfolio covers a number of territories, including the U.S., China, Europe, and the U.K., and several key technology areas, including concept and design, wheel retraction and steering, engine cooling, powertrain, hull and hydrodynamics, and more.
Hilco Streambank CEO Gabe Fried commented, "This technology is the culmination of decades of innovation and more than $200 million in research and development, representing a significant advancement in the field of amphibious vehicle technology." Fried continued, "Consumer and commercial applications of this technology are wide-ranging and should interest many potential buyers or licensees. These vehicles continue to operate worldwide as tender to yachts, rescue and patrol in coastal areas, and general recreation. There are clear paths forward to further develop markets including leisure, military, hunting, search and rescue, agriculture, luxury, and other utility applications."
Interested parties may click here to learn more and are encouraged to contact Hilco to access confidential information.
About Hilco Streambank: Hilco Streambank is a market leading advisory firm specializing in intellectual property disposition and valuation. Having completed numerous transactions including sales in publicly reported cases, private transactions, and online sales through IPv4.Global, Hilco Streambank has established itself as the premier intermediary in the consumer brand, internet, and telecom communities. Hilco Streambank is part of Northbrook, Illinois based Hilco Global, the world's leading authority on maximizing the value of business assets by delivering valuation, monetization, and advisory solutions to an international marketplace. Hilco Global operates more than twenty specialized business units offering services that include asset valuation and appraisal, retail and industrial inventory acquisition and disposition, real estate, and strategic capital investments.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Human in Motion Robotics Inc. (HMR) is excited to announce they have been awarded a $663,000 CAD contract by Innovative Solutions Canada (ISC) for the Department of National Defence Canada (DND). The contract is for the Canadian government to purchase two units of HMR's next generation lower-limb exoskeleton, XoMotion, which is a wearable robot that is designed to get people out of wheelchairs and walking again with full mobility and independence. Once delivered, the units will be deployed to a clinical testing site, which is the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, for implementation and evaluation by the DND.
HMR's patented and disruptive medical technology offers a dramatic improvement in mobility challenged persons' rehabilitation in clinics or daily living at home with a host of distinguishing and innovative features. It is essentially a self-balancing bipedal robot capable of hands-free dynamic walking and other complex maneuvers for daily use. XoMotion is a superior and intelligent medical exoskeleton device that is beyond the cutting-edge assistive robotic technologies for mobility-impaired people.
HMR received a pre-qualified innovation approval for the ISC Testing Stream funding in 2021, as part of the Call for Proposals 001 issued by Public Works and Government Services Canada on behalf of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. HMR worked with ISC and the proposed federal department innovation tester/sponsor, the DND, over the past year to finalize this contract award in July 2022.
"At HMR, we are so pleased and very excited for this opportunity by Innovative Solutions Canada to demonstrate the unique capabilities of our exoskeleton in revolutionizing physical therapy and to significantly elevate the standard of care worldwide." said Dr. Siamak Arzanpour, HMR's Co-Founder and CEO.
HMR will deliver the first unit of XoMotion to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital by the end of the year to begin testing with volunteer participants.
Human in Motion Robotics Inc. is a British Columbia, Canada, based developer of the next generation wearable lower-limb exoskeleton, XoMotion. It is designed to (i) revolutionize robotic rehabilitation to elevate the standard of care in physical therapy and (ii) introduce disruptive mobility device to get people out of wheelchairs and walking again with full mobility and independence. XoMotion provides advanced articulation and superior joint range of motion, allowing for natural walking, self-balancing, and independent use. A radical improvement to the current technology, XoMotion offers revolutionary new opportunities in both rehabilitation and personal use for a wide range of mobility-impaired users.
Innovative Solutions Canada is a Government of Canada innovation procurement program that supports Canadian small businesses by procuring, testing and evaluating promising pre-commercialized technology or late stage R&D prototypes in real-life settings.
For further information
Human in Motion Robotics: Media Inquiries, info@humaninmotion.ca; Investor Relations, siamak@humaninmotion.ca.
Innovative Solutions Canada: Media Inquiries, (343) 291-1777.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC) expects to issue financial results for the third quarter at approximately 6:45 a.m. (ET), Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, as previously announced. PNC Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer William S. Demchak and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Robert Q. Reilly will hold a conference call for investors the same day at 11 a.m. (ET).
Dial in numbers are (877) 402-9101 and (303) 223-4368 (international). The following will be accessible at www.pnc.com/investorevents: a link to the live audio webcast on the day of the conference call; presentation slides, earnings release and supplementary financial information; and a webcast replay available for 30 days. A telephone replay of the call will be available for one week at (800) 633-8284 and (402) 977-9140 (international), Conference ID 22020242.
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is one of the largest diversified financial services institutions in the United States, organized around its customers and communities for strong relationships and local delivery of retail and business banking including a full range of lending products; specialized services for corporations and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending; wealth management and asset management. For information about PNC, visit www.pnc.com.
CONTACTS:
MEDIA:
Tim Miller
(412) 762-4550
media.relations@pnc.com
INVESTORS:
Bryan Gill
(412) 768-4143
investor.relations@pnc.com
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BALTIMORE, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ-GS: TROW), today reported preliminary month-end assets under management of $1.34 trillion as of August 31, 2022. Client transfers from mutual funds to other portfolios, including trusts and separate accounts, were $1.5 billion in August 2022 and $3.0 billion for the quarter-to-date period ended August 31, 2022. This brings total client transfers for the year-to-date period ended August 31, 2022, to $10.0 billion. These client transfers include $1.2 billion, $2.0 billion, and $6.9 billion, respectively, transferred to the target date retirement trusts during the August, quarter-to-date, and year-to-date periods.
The following table shows the firm's assets under management as of August 31, 2022, and for the prior month-, quarter-, and year-end by investment vehicle, by asset class, and in the firm's target date retirement portfolios.
(a) Preliminary - subject to adjustment
(b) The underlying assets under management of the multi-asset portfolios have been aggregated and presented as a separate line and not reported in the equity and fixed income lines.
Founded in 1937, Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price (troweprice.com) is a global investment management organization that provides a broad array of mutual funds, subadvisory services, and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans, and financial intermediaries. The organization also offers a variety of sophisticated investment planning and guidance tools. T. Rowe Price's disciplined, risk-aware investment approach focuses on diversification, style consistency, and fundamental research.
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The following table reflects the data with the underlying assets under management of the multi-asset portfolios included within the equity and fixed income lines.
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LEAD PLAINTIFF DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 31, 2022
NEW YORK and SAN DIEGO, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP announces that a federal securities class action lawsuit has been filed class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased TuSimple Holdings, Inc. ("TuSimple" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: TSP) securities during the period from April 15, 2021 through August 1, 2022 inclusive (the "Class Period").
All investors who purchased the shares of TuSimple Holdings, Inc. and incurred losses are advised to contact the firm immediately at classmember@whafh.com or (800) 575-0735 or (212) 545-4774. You may obtain additional information concerning the action or join the case on our website, www.whafh.com.
If you have incurred losses in TuSimple Holdings, Inc. you may, no later than October 31, 2022, request that the Court appoint you lead plaintiff of the proposed class. Please contact Wolf Haldenstein to learn more about your rights as an investor in TuSimple Holdings, Inc.
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According to the filed complaint, on April 15, 2021, TuSimple effected its Initial Public Offering ("IPO"), selling 33.8 million class A common shares at $40.00 per share, generating $1.031 billion in gross proceeds.
On August 1, 2022, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled "Self-Driving Truck Accident Draws Attention to Safety at TuSimple," which brought to light a number of previously undisclosed concerns that undermined defendants' representations and omissions concerning the Company's safety. The article referenced an April 6, 2022, accident involving a truck fitted with TuSimple's autonomous driving technology, noting that regulators disclosed the accident to the public in June after TuSimple filed a report on the incident, which "underscores concerns that the autonomous-trucking company is risking safety on public roads in a rush to deliver driverless trucks to market, according to independent analysts and more than a dozen of the company's former employees."
On this news, the Company's share fell almost 10%, to close at $8.99 per share on August 1, 2022.
Wolf Haldenstein has extensive experience in the prosecution of securities class actions and derivative litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts across the country. The firm has attorneys in various practice areas; and offices in New York, Chicago and San Diego. The reputation and expertise of this firm in shareholder and other class litigation has been repeatedly recognized by the courts, which have appointed it to major positions in complex securities multi-district and consolidated litigation.
If you wish to discuss this action or have any questions regarding your rights and interests in this case, please immediately contact Wolf Haldenstein by telephone at (800) 575-0735 or via e-mail at classmember@whafh.com
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SINGAPORE, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- XT.COM, the world's first socially infused exchange and one of the leading global trading platforms, lists OMAX COIN in the Main Zone. The trading is open for users from 13th September at 09:00 (UTC). OMAX is being listed on the exchange with USDT pairing.
By having OMAX listed on XT.COM, the XT community can widen its exposure to a variety of coins. The OMAX COIN is a tradable utility payment coin that is created on the OMAX blockchain, making it a secure investment choice for the users. The collaboration also offers the OMAX users to trade a large array of tokens by having the coin listed on a global exchange like XT.
Moreover, the OMAX is launching exclusively on XT.COM with its own network called OMAX chain. OMAX coin is already integrated to Wending machines and POS terminals. It also aims to get integrated with one of Europe's Travel ecommerce platforms. OMAX Chain relies on a system of PoS consensus that can support short block time and lower fees. The most bonded validator candidates of staking will become validators and produce blocks. The double sign detection and other slashing logic guarantee security, stability, and chain finality. The OMAX Chain also supports EVM-compatible smart contracts and protocols. This is the native and only usable currency in the OMAX ecosystem.
About OMAX COIN
The OMAX COIN is a tradable utility payment coin, and belongs to the OMAX blockchain. The OMAX chain supports EVM-compatible smart contracts and protocols. The OMAX COIN is the only usable currency and the native token of the OMAX ecosystem.
The OMAX COIN can be used globally for payments, making it the perfect solution for all payment needs. With the help of technology and a secure system, the coin has been successful in breaking all the financial barriers by enabling crypto payments and transfers for international transactions.
OMAX started its journey in October 2021 as an Omax token with a vision to make its blockchain a complete ecosystem with its Dapps and E-commerce utility. OMAX Chain relies on a system of PoS consensus that can support short block time and lower fees.
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By consistently expanding its ecosystem, XT.COM is dedicated to providing users with the most secure, trusted, and hassle-free digital asset trading services. Our exchange is built from a desire to give everyone access to digital assets regardless where you are.
Founded in 2018, XT.COM now serves more than 6 million registered users, over 500,000+ monthly active users and 40+ million users in the ecosystem. Covering a rich variety of trading categories together with an NFT aggregated marketplace, our platform strives to cater to its large user base by providing a secure, trusted and intuitive trading experience.
As the world's first social-infused digital assets trading platform, XT.COM also supports social networking platform based transactions to make our crypto services more accessible to users all over the world. Furthermore, to ensure optimal data integrity and security, we see user security as our top priority at XT.COM.
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Kerry Condon has learned not to get too excited. About a decade ago she landed a major role in Luck, HBO’s buzzy drama series created by David Milch—with a pilot directed by Michael Mann—and starring Dustin Hoffman. She played a horse jockey; she needed to learn to ride and race for the camera. The Irish actor was in her late 20s and felt a Hollywood breakthrough coming. Then the series was canceled, in fairly dramatic fashion.
These kinds of setbacks had already become somewhat familiar. “There were so many close calls in my career,” she says now. “They made me not really feel like I needed recognition—that I wasn’t really in it for other people to think I was good, but just to prove things to myself.” After the series ended, Condon adopted a horse from the Luck production. It’s among her most treasured possessions. “The things that I’ll remember when I die won’t necessarily be, Oh, that was a hit, and everyone thought I was amazing in that,” she says. “The moments I have with my horses are the moments that I’ll have when I die.”
This is the sort of wisdom one picks up after decades in the business, learning to love the craft of acting while realizing, maybe, that there’s not a ton of glory in it. It also reflects the extraordinary humanity that Condon brings to what finally appears to be her breakout screen role. In The Banshees of Inisherin, Martin McDonagh’s Oscar-bound new film, Condon steals every one of her scenes as the witty and lonely Siobhán, who balances her tough love for her brother (and housemate), Pádraic (Colin Farrell), with her burning desire to move on from their tiny island community and figure out what else there is to life. Condon ranges from hilarious to heartbreaking on a dime, but all within the same expression of yearning. It’s the character she’s been waiting for, to show what she can do.
This was somewhat by design. The now 39-year-old Condon has known McDonagh since she was 17 years old, when he cast her in his play The Lieutenant of Inishmore for the Royal Shakespeare Company. She’s been in his world ever since, both onstage and onscreen, from juicy theater roles to a bit part in the film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. “I don’t think I’d quite seen how brilliant she was onstage really captured in the movies,” McDonagh tells me. “So I wanted to make sure that we did that this time.”
He has. I’m sitting with Condon in the kind of airless Toronto conference room, lined with empty coffee cups and half-eaten croissants, that this festival is made of—big stars making the rounds from studio to studio, event to event, with teams of handlers behind them. It’s a launching point, a grand kickoff. And it’s new for Condon: “After the 24 years I’ve been an actress, it’s like, yeah, I feel grateful,” she says. Reviews have already highlighted her work in Banshees, and campaigners are taking note as she prepares for her first awards season. But she finds every experience has informed where she is right now. “Different jobs give you different gifts—that’s what’s great about being a working actor,” she says. “If you got famous very young, you’d miss all these nuggets. You can learn so many things.”
At 19, Condon became the youngest actor to ever play Ophelia in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet; via her work with McDonagh, she established herself as an esteemed Irish stage actor, always relishing his colorful dialogue and vivid characterizations. When McDonagh first sent her the script for Banshees, in fact, it took her some time to realize the role’s substance. “The parts I’d done in Martin’s plays had been so amazing—those characters who are really cool and sure of themselves, and they’ve got these one-liners and they’re in charge of everything,” she says. “When I read Banshees, I was like, Oh, it’s not as showy.”
Siobhán required a trickier—perhaps, ultimately, richer—approach. She was written with Condon in mind, a calibration that slowly revealed itself to the actor. “He’s seen every mood I could ever possibly have,” Condon says with a laugh. And so within Siobhán’s flashes of rage, or pain, or love, however fleeting, was a precise understanding of what Condon would bring to them. She found a range of notes to play, big and small, funny and wrenching. She knew how to take note, having come to know McDonagh’s process so well. During our conversation, she spontaneously reenacts a few Banshees scenes that had taken some time to hone, and it’s striking how closely they resemble what made the final cut. This is a finely sculpted performance.
She did feel the pressure—to make it great, to live up to her filmmaker’s standard. (This is McDonagh’s first movie since Three Billboards, a best-picture Oscar nominee that won multiple acting trophies.) She and Farrell built an entire, elaborate, unspoken backstory for their characters—specifically, the root of their close bond, the tragic nature of their parents’ deaths—and ran their lines three times every morning before filming, at Condon’s request. It helped that she’d known Farrell, too, since she was 17; they collaborated here thoroughly and intensively. “It just felt very safe. Like, you just know that I want you to be brilliant and you want me to be brilliant,” she says. “You have to give as good when you’re off camera for the other person’s benefit. Like, in theater, you’ve got to do it 500 fucking times for no money, so you’d better get good at doing it. [Laughs] We were both really there for each other on that stuff.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/kerry-condon-banshees-of-inisherin-profile-awards-insider | 2022-09-13T13:21:26Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/kerry-condon-banshees-of-inisherin-profile-awards-insider | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Would you believe that we’re in the final week of non-conference action for Marquette volleyball?? It’s true! As you’re reading this, it’s Tuesday morning at the earliest, which means one week from tomorrow, September 21st, is the first Big East match of the year.
Now, yeah, there’s a certain amount of “oh my goodness where does the time go” there, but also a “oh boy there’s a lot of season left to go.” Remember, the Big East tournament isn’t until Thanksgiving week! That’s over two months away! 18 conference dates to go through, and that’s after the three that the Golden Eagles still have this week!
The good news is that I think Marquette is about as ready for the grind of conference play as they can get. If you consider the number of question marks hanging over the team’s head in early August against where they are now — i.e. one loss on the year, and that one was on the road against the reigning national champs on their Banner Night, so eh — then everything has gone nearly perfectly this season so far.
The key, then, is making sure things continue that way. Sure, a lot of things have hammered themselves out. Marquette has figured out how to play together, and considering how many newcomers are on the roster as well as holdovers playing new roles — hello, Hattie Bray, for example — it’s actually quite impressive that things have gone so well so far.
But I’m sure the coaching staff is knowing and finding and pointing out the tiny things that MU can do better as the season goes along. This week gives them one final chance to tune up before the chase for a second straight Big East title begins. That starts tonight at the McGuire Center against.....
Match #7: vs Green Bay Phoenix (5-4)
Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Time: 7pm Central
Location: Al McGuire Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Streaming: FloSports
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Twitter Updates: @MarquetteVB
Marquette is 31-9 all time against Green Bay. The Golden Eagles are currently on a 16 match winning streak that started in 1997. The last meeting came in 2019, with a 3-0 sweep at the McGuire Center.
We can kind of say that Green Bay’s season has turned a little bit. Over the last two weekends, they’ve gone 2-1 in both cases and have only lost to the team that was hosting the event that they were participating. That’s not too bad, and that’s a touch better than losing at Colorado and against Western Michigan out in Boulder like they did in the first weekend of the season. Small victories, including a 3-1 win over Alabama last Friday morning. Sure, Alabama’s not expected to be particularly great in the SEC this season, but celebrate when you beat a power conference program, y’know?
Anyway, that’s how you get to 5-4 after being picked to finish fourth in the Horizon League this season. If you’ll recall, Milwaukee was picked to finish second in that league this year, and Marquette rolled through the Panthers relatively easily. Does that mean roughly the same fate awaits the Phoenix? We’ll see?!?
Everyone who’s averaging more than a kill per set so far this year has played in every single set for Green Bay to this point, so that’s pretty good consistency. Alexandra Zakutney, a 5’10” redshirt junior from Canada, leads the way at 3.18 kills/set, and she’s the only one over three a game. Tiffany Paalman is the only other attacker above 2.5, which is a kind of bad news, since the middle blocker from Appleton is only fourth on the team in total swings right now. That’s hat happens when you hit .357, I guess, but also maybe GB needs to get her more involved in the offense?
Marquette is going to have to be on their toes when they take their swings because Paalman is one of two women averaging at least one block a set. Angie Gromos, a 6’5” grad transfer from Northern Illinois, is racking up the stuffs to the tune of 1.36 per frame, so the Golden Eagles are going to need to find away around her one way or another. | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/9/13/23350263/marquette-golden-eagles-volleyball-preview-green-bay-phoenix-zakutney-paalman-gromos | 2022-09-13T13:21:26Z | anonymouseagle.com | control | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/9/13/23350263/marquette-golden-eagles-volleyball-preview-green-bay-phoenix-zakutney-paalman-gromos | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Alleged organ harvesting: Ekweremadus ask court to dismiss Ukpo’s plea
Senator Ike Ekweremadu, former Deputy Senate President, and wife, Beatrice, have prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja to dismiss an application filed by David Ukpo, the kidney donor, asking the court to set aside its orders made on July 1 and July 6.
Ukpo, through his lawyer, Bamidele Igbinedion, had filed a motion on notice, urging Justice Inyang Ekwo to set aside the orders directing some agencies of government and banks to release his biodata to Ekweremadu and his wife.
Ukpo, who is currently in the United Kingdom (UK) in connection with the alleged organ harvesting charge against the Ekweremadus, had said that granting the couple’s request violated his fundamental rights to privacy guaranteed by Section 37 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
But in a counter affidavit deposed to by Bright Ekweremadu, the immediate younger brother to the ex-Deputy Senate President, the applicants said Ukpo was not entitled to the reliefs sought as the law does not permit such.
The counter affidavit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/984/2022, was dated and filed on September 8 by their counsel, Adegboyega Awomolo.
In a 20-point argument, Ekweremadu averred that though the court gave its ruling on July 1, Ukpo’s right to a fair hearing was not breached.
He said that the documents which were released by the agencies and banks upon the orders of the court had been transmitted to the UK and the same had been “tendered at the Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court, and at the Central Criminal Court in the UK and have subsequently formed part of the record of the courts.
“That I know as a fact that the documents which are already in evidence before those Honourable Courts in the United Kingdom cannot be retrieved by this court.
“That the courts in the United Kingdom had already seized the documents” and that he was in the last criminal proceeding where the documents were used.
He said the documents were required to prove the actual age of Ukpo, who claimed to be 15 years of age but believed to be well over 21 years of age
According to him, if the applicant (Ukpo) had not lied about his age he has nothing to fear and the document would hear him out.
“That the orders of the court made on the Ist and 6th of July, 2022 are the final orders of the court,” he said.
Upon resumed hearing in the matter, Ojonugwa Oguche, counsel for Ukpo, informed that he was served with a counter affidavit by the Ekweremadus earlier in the morning and would need to reply on points of law.
Counsel to the respondents, including that of the Ekweremadus, Eyitayo Falogun, did not oppose the request and Justice Ekwo adjourned the matter till September 20 for hearing at the instance of Ukpo’s lawyer.
The judge then ordered all parties to file and exchange their processes before the next adjourned date.
On June 27, Ekweremadu, who currently represents Enugu West Senatorial District, and his wife had, in an application dated and filed on June 27 by Awomolo, sued the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and four others following the criminal charge filed against them in the UK.
Others mentioned in the suit are the Comptroller General (C-G), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS); Stanbic-IBTC Bank; United Bank of Africa (UBA) and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc as 2nd to 5th respondents respectively, but the 5th respondent was later dropped from the charge.
They had sought the order of the court directing all the respondents to release to them certified true copies of Ukpo’s biodata information in their care to enable them to present the documents before the UK court and the judge granted the request on July 1.
Ekwo also made an order on July 6 directing NIMC to release Ukpo’s information to the Ekweremadus in line with the earlier court order.
But Ukpo, who sought an order setting aside the court proceedings and the ruling, also prayed for an order setting aside the proceedings and the order made on July 6.
Besides these prayers, Ukpo sought an order of perpetual injunction, restraining Ekweremadu and his wife and all the respondents from executing or further executing the ruling.
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Oil demand will increase by 3.1 million barrels per day bpd in 2022 and by 2.7 million bpd in 2023, unchanged from last month, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said in a monthly report. The rise in 2023 will push it past 2019 levels for the first time since the pandemic.
The report also showed OPEC output rose by 618k bpd in August to 29.65 mbpd with Libyan outages ending.
Separately, Saudi Arabia said it boosted output by 236k bpd in August to 11.051mbpd.
Oil is having another strong day today and is at a session high as the rebound from last week's rout continues. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/opec-leaves-2022-and-2023-world-oil-demand-forecasts-unchanged-in-monthly-report-20220913/ | 2022-09-13T13:33:37Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/opec-leaves-2022-and-2023-world-oil-demand-forecasts-unchanged-in-monthly-report-20220913/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Prior was +8.5%+0.1% m/m vs -0.1% expected and 0.0% prior Core CPI:
6.3% y/y vs 6.1% expected and 5.9% prior 0.6% m/m vs +0.3% expected and +0.3% prior Details:
CPI energy -5.0% vs -4.6% prior Gasoline -10.6% m/m vs -7.7% prior New vehicles +0.8% vs +0.6% prior Used vehicles -0.1% vs -0.4% m/m prior Owners' equivalent rent +0.7% m/m vs +0.6% prior Food +0.8% vs +1.1% prior Real weekly earnings
Earnings
A company’s earnings represent its profits or net benefits as a result of its operation.Earnings are the net benefits of a corporation's operation. Earnings can be calculated as EBIT, i.e. earnings before interest and taxes, and EBITDA, i.e. earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.Earnings are valuable tools for investors of company shares as they can often highlight a company’s financial standing and performance. Better performances can result in strengthened share prices, while unexpectedly bad earnings can risk declines in share prices. Using Earnings to Better Inform Investment DecisionsMany analysts also use other measures such as earnings per share (EPS) as a way to compare the earnings of multiple companies.EPS is calculated by the remaining earnings leftover for shareholders, divided by the number of shares outstanding. This is a more fine-tuned measure for investors and analysts given each company has a different number of shares owned by the public.Only comparing companies' existing earnings does not accurately indicate how much money each company has for each of its shares over a specific period.As a result, EPS is routinely used to make better-informed comparisons and forecasts.In the US, all companies are obligated to report quarterly earnings to the public, which informs on the state of any publicly traded company. These events are very monitored and important, especially for large corporations.In addition, several companies are used as barometers for the state of the overall market or US economy, lending further weight to these metrics.Ultimately, earnings are an integral element of the US stock market and ensure companies disclose their financials in ways that do not leave investors or the public in the dark.
A company’s earnings represent its profits or net benefits as a result of its operation.Earnings are the net benefits of a corporation's operation. Earnings can be calculated as EBIT, i.e. earnings before interest and taxes, and EBITDA, i.e. earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.Earnings are valuable tools for investors of company shares as they can often highlight a company’s financial standing and performance. Better performances can result in strengthened share prices, while unexpectedly bad earnings can risk declines in share prices. Using Earnings to Better Inform Investment DecisionsMany analysts also use other measures such as earnings per share (EPS) as a way to compare the earnings of multiple companies.EPS is calculated by the remaining earnings leftover for shareholders, divided by the number of shares outstanding. This is a more fine-tuned measure for investors and analysts given each company has a different number of shares owned by the public.Only comparing companies' existing earnings does not accurately indicate how much money each company has for each of its shares over a specific period.As a result, EPS is routinely used to make better-informed comparisons and forecasts.In the US, all companies are obligated to report quarterly earnings to the public, which informs on the state of any publicly traded company. These events are very monitored and important, especially for large corporations.In addition, several companies are used as barometers for the state of the overall market or US economy, lending further weight to these metrics.Ultimately, earnings are an integral element of the US stock market and ensure companies disclose their financials in ways that do not leave investors or the public in the dark.
Read this Term -0.1% vs +0.5% m/m prior Full release This is a potential game-changer in the dollar trade and it has surged higher across the board. USD/JPY shot to 143.40 from 142.00 ahead of the data. In a sign of how fast money was positioned, USD/JPY fell to new lows just before the data. The moves elsewhere are in the 50 to 100 pip range.
Looking at Fed fund futures, it looks like 100 bps next week is now on the table. The implied odds of 100 bps are up to 23% from zero before the data.
The terminal rate is showing 4.20% in March now from about 4.00% beforehand.
Over in the stock market, S&P 500 futures are now down 57 points. In bonds, US 2-year yields are up 12 bps to 3.69%, which is a new cycle high.
Digging deeper into the report, the gasoline fall was widely expected but that was counteracted somewhat by a 1.5% m/m increase in electricity and 3.5% m/m rise in natural gas prices. New vehicle pricing was also a problem, rising another 0.8% to add to the 10.1% y/y decline.
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Recent gains in US equities are vulnerable after a high CPI print raised the odds of a higher-for-longer scenario at the Federal Reserve. S&P 500 futures are down 92 points to 4018, or 2.3%. They were up around 0.5% in the moments before the CPI data but a hot reading all around led to a broad market rethink.
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USD/JPY is now up 160 pips on the day to 144.49. It rose as high as 144.99 last week but has been trending lower, in part due to the 'peak inflation' narrative that's also lifted stocks markets.
Even in the final minute before the release, there was selling in USD/JPY to a session low of 141.85. It's been an explosion to the upside since, rallying 240 pips. That put a sharp reversal on the daily chart.
That comes with the market now pricing in a 17% chance of a 100 bps hike next week.
As I publish this the dollar is pushing to new highs again. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/usdjpy-rises-back-above-14400-on-us-inflation-surprise-20220913/ | 2022-09-13T13:33:53Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/usdjpy-rises-back-above-14400-on-us-inflation-surprise-20220913/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
USDJPYThe USD has moved higher after the CPI disappointed to the upside. The terminal rate for the Fed Funds shifted up to 4.0%-4.25% from 3.75% -4% previously. It is now looking like 75 basis points for September (with the possibility for 100 creeping in) and the odds of 75 basis points in October also increasing the odds.
US stocks moved lower with the Dow industrial average down -264 points. The NASDAQ is down -216 points and the S&P is down -49 points
In the US debt market, the yields swung from negative to positive
- 2 year yield is up to 3.68% that's up 10.7 basis points
- 10 year is 3.423% up 6.3 basis points
- 30 year is 3.5453% up 2.7 basis points
Spot gold is fallen sharply on the rise in the dollar. It is currently down $-16.30 or -0.97% at $1708. Crude oil is trading back close to unchanged at $88.04.
The price of bitcoin has moved down to $21,801 on the risk off sentiment.
In the forex
EURUSD: The EURUSD moved back below the low swing area between 1.0096 and 1.0121 that was the floor between mid July and in early August. The low has just reache 1.0062, just above the broken 38 point to 1.0056.
Looking at the hourly chart of the EURUSD it has now falled back below the 100 hour MA at 1.00543
USDJPY: The USDJPY is moving back higher and trades above the 144.00 level. The low price for the day reached 141.59. The high price last week extended up to 144.984. The price is back above its 100 hour moving average 143.176. That is now support.
GBPUSD: The GBPUSD has retest its 100 hour moving average at 1.1588. The price fell below the rising trend channel trendline which was tested on the topside yesterday. | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/the-dollar-moves-higher-after-the-higher-core-and-yoy-numbers-stocks-lower-20220913/ | 2022-09-13T13:33:59Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/the-dollar-moves-higher-after-the-higher-core-and-yoy-numbers-stocks-lower-20220913/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Residents of Imo State today stayed indoors in compliance with the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) following the resumed trial of the detained leader of freedom fighting organization IPOB by a Federal High Court Abuja.
This is even as President Muhammadu Buhari undertook a one-day working visit to the state during which he is expected to commission 3 signature projects executed by Governor Hope Uzodimma’s administration.
The projects are the 48klm Owerri/Orlu road, the 35klm phase face of the Owerri/Okigwe road and the renovated ultra-modern state House of Assembly complex.
The President whose Presidential jet touched the Sam Mbakwe International Air Port at exactly 10.46 is was relieved by Governor Hope Uzodimma, his Deputy Prof. Placide Njoku, members of the state executive council and those of the state House of Assembly, traditional rulers, heads of security agencies in the state as well as women and youth leaders.
The President shortly on arrival inspected a guard of honour mounted by a detachment of the Soldiers of 34 Artilar Brigade, while some cultural troops entertained him.
Expectedly the sit-at-home order forced vehicles, tricycles and motorcycles, off the roads just as markets, shops, filling stations, banks, artisans, and eatery joints all went on holiday giving the state a picture of a deserted settlement.
The entire streets and roads in Owerri and its environs were completely deserted with schools, motor parks, hotels and the State Secretariate under lock and key.
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Presidential visit: Imo residents desert streets | https://tribuneonlineng.com/presidential-visit-imo-residents-desert-streets/ | 2022-09-13T13:34:18Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/presidential-visit-imo-residents-desert-streets/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar and leg-spin wizard Shane Warne were involved in some memorable duels on the cricket field. The two were great friends off the field too.
Tendulkar took to Twitter on Tuesday to remember Warne on his birth anniversary.
The Australian legend passed away aged 52 while on holiday in Thailand this March.
One of the finest bowlers of all time whose talent and personality transcended cricket, Warne died shortly after arriving in Koh Samui for a vacation with friends.
Credited for reviving the art of leg spin, Warne made his Test debut in 1992 against India and by the time he ended his 15-year international career, he had established himself as one of the greats of the game.
Warne was rated as one of the five greatest players of the 20th century by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack but his hard-living often made tabloid headlines as well.
(With inputs from Reuters) | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/09/13/gone-too-soo-tendulkar-pays-tribute-to-warne-on-birth-anniversary.amp.html | 2022-09-13T13:37:30Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/09/13/gone-too-soo-tendulkar-pays-tribute-to-warne-on-birth-anniversary.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Ansu Sunil's fine knock of 41 set up Team Amber's five-wicket win over Team Emerald in the KCA Pink Challengers T20 tournament at the SD College Ground, Alappuzha, on Tuesday.
Amber restricted Emerald to 106/7 after opting to bowl. T Shani top-scored for Emerald with 33, while C M C Najla made 20. Divya Ganesh claimed 3/19.
Ansu's 44-ball 41 and S Sajana's 25 off 36 saw Amber chase down the target with just one ball to spare. This was Amber's maiden win in three outings.
Team Pearls outplayed Team Ruby by nine wickets in another match. Minnu Mani hit an unbeaten 52 as Pearls overhauled the modest target of 94 in the penultimate over.
Brief scores: Team Emerald 106/7 in 20 overs (T Shani 33, C M C Najla 20; Divya Ganesh 3/19) lost to Team Amber 107/5 in 19.5 overs (Ansu Sunil 41, S Sajana 25).
Points: Amber 4; Emerald 0
Player of the match: Ansu Sunil
Team Ruby 93/6 in 20 overs (Aleena Surendran 30 not out, Aswathi K Babu 26; Aleena Shibu 3/19) lost to Team Pearls 96/1 in 18.3 overs (Minnu Mani 52 not out, M P Vaishna 24 not out)
Points: Pearls 4; Ruby 0.
Player of the match: Minnu Mani | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/09/13/kca-pink-challengers-ansu-stars-for-amber.html | 2022-09-13T13:37:50Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/09/13/kca-pink-challengers-ansu-stars-for-amber.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TUESDAY
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Albany County Republican Party meets: 6 p.m., Albany County Public Library.
Laramie City Council and Albany County Commission joint work session: 6 p.m., online only via Zoom, meeting ID 87511883969 and passcode 643546.
Casper Aquifer Protection Draft Plan public comment: 6-8 p.m., in-person at Laramie Municipal Operations Center at 4373 N. 3rd St. and online at Zoom; meeting ID: 81026310903, passcode: 280276.
Albany County Genealogical Society meets: 7 p.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3311 Hayford Ave. Free to attend and open to all. This month’s program is titled “The Tax Man Cometh — Using Tax Records to Solve Missing Ancestor Dilemmas.”
WEDNESDAY
Laramie Tai Chi and Tea meets: 1:30 p.m. outdoors at Harbon Park, North 14th and Gibbon streets. For more information, visit visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Open loom hours at University of Wyoming Art Museum: 3-5 p.m., 2111 Willett Drive. Free to participate.
Albany County Planning and Zoning Commission meets: 5 p.m., Albany County Courthouse, 525 E. Grand Ave., or via Zoom. For agenda and information on how to participate on Zoom, visit co.albany.wy.us.
Ivinson’s women’s health team hosts prenatal education: 5:30 p.m. in the Summit conference room. For more information and registration, visit ivinsonhospital.org/childbirth.
THURSDAY
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Open loom hours at University of Wyoming Art Museum: 3-5 p.m., 2111 Willett Drive. Free to participate.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 5:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Fly fishing rod building for veterans: 7-9 p.m., Laramie Chamber Business Alliance office, 528 S. Adams St. For more information, call 307-745-4429 or 307-399-1801.
FRIDAY
Albany County CattleWomen meet: 11:30 a.m., location tbd. Visit wyaccw.com in the week before the meeting for location and more information.
Open loom hours at University of Wyoming Art Museum: 3-5 p.m., 2111 Willett Drive. Free to participate.
SATURDAY
Walk to End Alzheimer’s: 9 a.m., Optimist Park, with music and food following the walk.
Higher Ground Fair: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site in Laramie. A celebration of the six Rocky Mountain states and the native first nations that also call the region home. Proceeds from ticket sales (kids admitted free) help support Feeding Laramie Valley. Fore more information or to volunteer, call 307-223-4300 or email info@highergroundfair.org.
SUNDAY
Higher Ground Fair: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site in Laramie. A celebration of the six Rocky Mountain states and the native first nations that also call the region home. Proceeds from ticket sales (kids admitted free) help support Feeding Laramie Valley. Fore more information or to volunteer, call 307-223-4300 or email info@highergroundfair.org.
Walk with a Doc: 1:30-2:30 p.m. at the Washington Park west shelter No. 3. Bring walking shoes and a friend. For more information, email questions@ivinsonhospital.org.
UW Faculty Recital Series free performance: 3 p.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts recital hall. This free performance features Nicole Riner on flute and Chi-Chen Wu on piano.
Laramie Connections free Meet and Eat dinner and faith gathering: 4:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1517 E. Canby St.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 6:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
MONDAY
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Veterans service office hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Veterans Service Center at the UW Student Union, 1000 E. University Ave.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Sept. 20
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Sept. 21
Laramie Tai Chi and Tea meets: 1:30 p.m. outdoors at Harbon Park, North 14th and Gibbon streets. For more information, visit visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Open loom hours at University of Wyoming Art Museum: 4-6 p.m., 2111 Willett Drive. Free to participate.
Ivinson’s women’s health team hosts prenatal education: 5:30 p.m. in the Summit conference room. For more information and registration, visit ivinsonhospital.org/childbirth.
Sept. 22
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 5:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Fly fishing rod building for veterans: 7-9 p.m., Laramie Chamber Business Alliance office, 528 S. Adams St. For more information, call 307-745-4429 or 307-399-1801.
Sept. 25
UW Faculty Recital Series presents oboist Jennier Stucki: 3 p.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts recital hall. Free to attend.
Laramie Connections free Meet and Eat dinner and faith gathering: 4:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1517 E. Canby St.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 6:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Sept. 26
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
America Sewing Guild Laramie Chapter meets: 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, 1215 E. Gibbon St.
Sept. 27
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Sept. 28
Laramie Tai Chi and Tea meets: 1:30 p.m. outdoors at Harbon Park, North 14th and Gibbon streets. For more information, visit visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Open loom hours at University of Wyoming Art Museum: 3-5 p.m., 2111 Willett Drive. Free to participate.
Sept. 29
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 5:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Fly fishing rod building for veterans: 7-9 p.m., Laramie Chamber Business Alliance office, 528 S. Adams St. For more information, call 307-745-4429 or 307-399-1801.
Sept. 30
Downtown Laramie Farmers Market: 3-7 p.m., parking lot north of Depot Park on South 1st Street.
UW Music presents Duo Cintemani: 7:30 p.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts recital hall. This free performance features a critically acclaimed flute-guitar group.
Oct. 2
Walk with a Doc: 1:30-2:30 p.m. at the Washington Park west shelter No. 3. Bring walking shoes and a friend. For more information, email questions@ivinsonhospital.org.
Laramie Connections free Meet and Eat dinner and faith gathering: 4:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1517 E. Canby St.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 6:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Oct. 3
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Veterans service office hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Veterans Service Center at the UW Student Union, 1000 E. University Ave.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Oct. 4
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Oct. 5
Laramie Tai Chi and Tea meets: 1:30 p.m. outdoors at Harbon Park, North 14th and Gibbon streets. For more information, visit visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Ivinson’s women’s health team hosts prenatal education: 5:30 p.m. in the Summit conference room. For more information and registration, visit ivinsonhospital.org/childbirth.
Casper Aquifer Protection Draft Plan public comment: 6-8 p.m., in-person at Laramie Municipal Operations Center at 4373 N. 3rd St. and online at Zoom; meeting ID: 85445790677, passcode: 626454.
Oct. 6
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 5:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Diabetes Support Group meets: 5:30-6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Email questions@ivinsosnhospital.org for the link.
Fly fishing rod building for veterans: 7-9 p.m., Laramie Chamber Business Alliance office, 528 S. Adams St. For more information, call 307-745-4429 or 307-399-1801.
Oct. 8
12th annual Kids Pumpkin Walk: Noon to 4 p.m., Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site. A fun family event featuring outdoor activities, indoor games, education, candy, treats and plenty of pumpkins. Cost is $4 for adults, 17 and younger admitted free.
Oct. 9
Laramie Connections free Meet and Eat dinner and faith gathering: 4:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1517 E. Canby St.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 6:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Oct. 10
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Veterans service office hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Veterans Service Center at the UW Student Union, 1000 E. University Ave.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Oct. 11
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Albany County Republican Party meets: 6 p.m., Albany County Public Library.
Oct. 12
Laramie Tai Chi and Tea meets: 1:30 p.m. outdoors at Harbon Park, North 14th and Gibbon streets. For more information, visit visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Ivinson’s women’s health team hosts prenatal education: 5:30 p.m. in the Summit conference room. For more information and registration, visit ivinsonhospital.org/childbirth.
Oct. 13
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 5:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Fly fishing rod building for veterans: 7-9 p.m., Laramie Chamber Business Alliance office, 528 S. Adams St. For more information, call 307-745-4429 or 307-399-1801.
Oct. 16
Walk with a Doc: 1:30-2:30 p.m. at the Washington Park west shelter No. 3. Bring walking shoes and a friend. For more information, email questions@ivinsonhospital.org.
Laramie Connections free Meet and Eat dinner and faith gathering: 4:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1517 E. Canby St.
Albany County Historic Preservation Board meets: 6 p.m. the second Monday of the month via Microsoft Teams. To attend and receive an invite, email a request to kcbard@charter.net.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 6:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Oct. 17
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Veterans service office hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Veterans Service Center at the UW Student Union, 1000 E. University Ave.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Oct. 18
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Oct. 19
Laramie Tai Chi and Tea meets: 1:30 p.m. outdoors at Harbon Park, North 14th and Gibbon streets. For more information, visit visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Ivinson’s women’s health team hosts prenatal education: 5:30 p.m. in the Summit conference room. For more information and registration, visit ivinsonhospital.org/childbirth.
Oct. 20
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 5:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Fly fishing rod building for veterans: 7-9 p.m., Laramie Chamber Business Alliance office, 528 S. Adams St. For more information, call 307-745-4429 or 307-399-1801.
Oct. 21
Albany County CattleWomen meet: 11:30 a.m., location tbd. Visit wyaccw.com in the week before the meeting for location and more information.
Oct. 22
Laramie Foster Closet Fall Fest: Noon to 5 p.m., Albany County Fairgrounds.
Oct. 23
Laramie Connections free Meet and Eat dinner and faith gathering: 4:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1517 E. Canby St.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 6:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Oct. 24
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Veterans service office hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Veterans Service Center at the UW Student Union, 1000 E. University Ave.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
America Sewing Guild Laramie Chapter meets: 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, 1215 E. Gibbon St.
Oct. 25
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Oct. 26
Laramie Tai Chi and Tea meets: 1:30 p.m. outdoors at Harbon Park, North 14th and Gibbon streets. For more information, visit visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Oct. 27
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 5:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Fly fishing rod building for veterans: 7-9 p.m., Laramie Chamber Business Alliance office, 528 S. Adams St. For more information, call 307-745-4429 or 307-399-1801.
Oct. 30
Laramie Connections free Meet and Eat dinner and faith gathering: 4:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1517 E. Canby St.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 6:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Oct. 31
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Veterans service office hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Veterans Service Center at the UW Student Union, 1000 E. University Ave.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Nov. 1
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Nov. 2
Laramie Tai Chi and Tea meets: 1:30 p.m. outdoors at Harbon Park, North 14th and Gibbon streets. For more information, visit visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Ivinson’s women’s health team hosts prenatal education: 5:30 p.m. in the Summit conference room. For more information and registration, visit ivinsonhospital.org/childbirth.
Nov. 3
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 5:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Diabetes Support Group meets: 5:30-6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Email questions@ivinsosnhospital.org for the link.
Fly fishing rod building for veterans: 7-9 p.m., Laramie Chamber Business Alliance office, 528 S. Adams St. For more information, call 307-745-4429 or 307-399-1801. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/announcements/whats-happening-sept-13-2022/article_9a0c4d7c-32d7-11ed-ab24-1b5f5145caca.html | 2022-09-13T13:39:12Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/announcements/whats-happening-sept-13-2022/article_9a0c4d7c-32d7-11ed-ab24-1b5f5145caca.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Finding a funding mechanism for Wyoming’s growing outdoor recreation sector continues to vex lawmakers.
Legislators mulled choices anew last week during a meeting of the Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources committee in Thermopolis. Members shot down a draft bill to use revenue generated by scratch-off lottery tickets to help fund the sector, but noted the longstanding issue cannot be kicked down the road indefinitely.
“Somehow we have to address this outdoor issue,” Sen. Bill Landen (R-Casper) said. “Somehow we’ve got to share with our colleagues when we go to work this winter [during the legislative session], that we’ve got a legitimate policy challenge.”
Three members of the committee volunteered to independently research more palatable options for the group, and will likely look to other states, which employ everything from user fees to taxes and interest earnings to bolster outdoor recreation.
“We do want to have a revenue source for the Office of Outdoor Recreation, but we need to find that money elsewhere [from the lottery legislation],” committee co-chair Rep. Sandy Newsome (R-Cody), said, summarizing the group’s sentiment.
The conversation around government funding and outdoor recreation has been percolating for years.
A task force launched in 2016 by former Gov. Matt Mead led to the formation of the state’s Office of Outdoor Recreation, which aims to expand and promote Wyoming’s outdoor activities.
Meanwhile, visitation and use have grown significantly, a trend only accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Destinations as large as Yellowstone National Park and as small as Curt Gowdy State Park reported record visitation in recent years, while national forests have struggled to keep up with maintenance and infrastructure needs in the face of growing demand.
Outdoor recreation added $1.25 billion in value to Wyoming’s GDP in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. At 3.4%, that ranked Wyoming fourth among the 50 states for the share of its economy driven by outdoor rec.
But pinning down a mechanism to permanently support outdoor recreation — through funding the OOR, investing in infrastructure like trails and campgrounds or maintaining existing resources — has proven elusive.
It costs roughly $1.4 million a biennium to operate the OOR, according to Manager Patrick Harrington. That funding has been so far cobbled together with support from the Division of State Parks and Cultural Resources as well as one-time funding from the Wyoming Office of Tourism — but the OOR has a budget shortfall of about $800,000, Harrington wrote in an email.
Jerimiah Rieman, an avid mountain biker, executive director of the Wyoming County Commissioners Association and former Mead administration policy advisor, presented the committee with a spreadsheet detailing how other states generate outdoor-rec revenue. Rieman was spurred to compile and share the data as an individual with a desire for Wyoming to find a “long-term, sustainable solution,” he said. He believes a concept to raise money through biker user fees, for example, is too narrowly focused.
Wyoming, he said, can consider options implemented in other states, such as:
• Colorado Springs, Colorado, imposes a $4 excise tax on each bicycle that’s sold within the city to fund bikeway improvements throughout the community.
• Oregon has mandated that a small percentage of state highway funds goes to footpaths and bicycle trails whenever a highway road or street is being constructed, reconstructed or relocated.
• Alabama passed a constitutional amendment that requires a percentage of the interest earnings from offshore natural gas royalties goes toward outdoor recreation and conservation purposes.
“I ultimately think there is something that is in there, that could go to one or all the purposes that I’ve mentioned or even purposes that you might have,” Rieman said.
The draft legislation the committee considered would have legalized the sale of scratch-off lottery tickets, revenue from which would have funded outdoor recreation sector investments.
Reception to the proposal was lukewarm at best.
Rep. Jeremy Haroldson (R-Wheatland) supports bolstering outdoor recreation, he said. But he isn’t convinced that promoting gambling is the way to do it.
“As a pastor, I have the opportunity to see probably the dysfunction of this industry, so I’m jaded in one aspect,” he said. “And so is this the answer moving forward? I believe it isn’t.”
“I don’t think this is the vehicle either,” said Sen. Mike Gierau (D-Jackson). “The bottom-line message is you’re not thinking big enough.”
The conservation group Wyoming Outdoor Council, meanwhile, was neutral on the “mechanism itself,” WOC representative Kristen Gunther told the committee. “Our interest in this bill is mainly to support meaningful, dedicated permanent funding to support outdoor recreation in Wyoming,” she said.
Steff Kessler, who has worked in Wyoming conservation for decades, warned the committee that it can’t keep doing nothing.
“The outdoor recreation boom is here already,” Kessler said. “It may not be in every town, but it’s here. And we have a choice to either put ourselves in the driver’s seat of this boom and guide it for our Wyoming ways, or we can be run over by it.”
While members weren’t keen on the lottery proposal, they still wanted to pursue solutions. Haroldson, Newsome and Gierau volunteered to come back to the committee with new options at its next meeting.
Landen acknowledged that it’s a big challenge, but said solving challenges is what lawmakers signed up for.
“We’ve got to do better and we’ve got to think a little more globally,” Landen said.
Instead of a “silver bullet” solution, Kessler said, “there’s probably many silver BBs that we need to pull together.”
The COVID-fueled visitation spike is easing across Wyoming, land managers report.
Yellowstone National Park, which was dealt a blow by severe flooding in June, saw 596,562 recreation visits in July 2022 — a 45% decrease from July 2021, when it logged over 1 million visits.
Wyoming’s State Parks are also seeing fewer visits this year, agency Director Darin Westby said. Visitation numbers have gone from a record high of 5.8 million visitors in 2020 to 5.7 million in 2021, and this year the system is on track to see a projected 5.3 million, Westby told the committee.
Still, visitation to the state continues an overall upward trend, and other numbers indicate that interest in the sector hasn’t cooled.
The nonprofit Wyoming Pathways has circulated a survey in the state to gauge interest in, and need for, pathways and safety projects, its Executive Director Michael Kusiek told the committee.
“We’ve had roughly $100 million in projects requested through our survey from over 40 communities,” he said. “So there’s great demand for this.”
The State Parks and Cultural Resources Department, meanwhile, is overseeing the work of doling out $14 million in federal stimulus and other monies earmarked for outdoor recreation.
State Parks just closed the first round of grant applications, Westby said, and the response was significant.
There were “83 applications that came in at over $37.5 million,” he said. “If you add in any of the projects that the state parks are going to bring to the table, we’ll probably sit above 100 projects and about $50 million worth of requests.”
OOR Manager Harrington said his office takes the funding it has developed seriously, and is “looking at it as our opportunity to show proof of concept. We believe we are delivering on that every day.” | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/outdoor-recreation-funding-remains-legitimate-policy-challenge/article_3bbb77d0-32d6-11ed-a269-17f450b30db2.html | 2022-09-13T13:39:24Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/outdoor-recreation-funding-remains-legitimate-policy-challenge/article_3bbb77d0-32d6-11ed-a269-17f450b30db2.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Seven independents, seven Libertarians and three Constitution Party candidates will be on the ballot for the Legislature in November’s general election — the highest number of minor-party and unaffiliated candidates since at least 1998, according to secretary of state records.
Those numbers align with recent election patterns, according to Jim King, a professor of political science at the University of Wyoming.
Most of these candidates are running in districts lacking a two-party competition. Only one Senate race and two House races with both Republican and Democratic candidates also have an independent or minor-party candidate vying for the seat.
Some candidates say their choice to run outside the two-party system is in response to the statehouse’s declining decorum and a fractured super-majority Republican party.
Brenda Lyttle is running as an independent for House District 8, a new district encompassing much of North Cheyenne. Her sole opponent is Republican and former legislator Dave Zwonitzer, who served as a state representative from 2006-2016.
“I don’t have to worry about the party labels. I can just say, ‘Here’s me, here’s what I’m for,’” said Lyttle, who works as a private practice attorney. She previously worked for the Wyoming Department of Family Services, a job that introduced her to the Legislature.
“I saw a lot of work getting done and I saw Democrats and Republicans being able to work together,” Lyttle said. But name calling, dissension and party infighting have since gotten in the way of productivity, Lyttle said.
Lyttle is not the first to make this observation. Lawmakers expressed concern this spring that despite spending more time and money to meet, they are passing fewer committee bills into law. During the 2022 budget session, only 59% of introduced committee bills survived to become law — a 23-year low, according to the Legislative Service Office.
Lyttle acknowledged that other independents running for the Legislature may have different political views from her — education funding and Medicaid expansion would be her top priorities — but said she’s encouraged by the fact that seven are running.
“It shows that it’s not just me who is saying we need to break through some of this party gridlock and get some things done,” she said.
Jim Roscoe (I-Wilson), the Legislature’s sole independent member, is not seeking re-election this year, choosing instead to endorse another independent candidate — Bob Strobel.
Despite being a lifelong Republican, Strobel said he’s running as an independent because of the political diversity of House District 22. Before redistricting, it included parts of Teton, Lincoln and Sublette counties. It now comprises parts of the first two. But as an independent, Strobel said he’ll be able to bring together progressive types from southern Teton County with Republicans closer to where he lives with his family in Etna.
While he sees his governing approach as less about his own political opinions and more about the will of voters, Strobel said there are some issues he won’t waiver on, like public lands. He does not support turning federal lands over to the state.
Strobel will face Republican Andrew Byron in the general election.
Other independent candidates include Dan Brecht in House District 4, Todd Peterson in House District 5, Bruce Jones in House District 6 and Jeff Martin in House District 54.
After losing a Republican write-in campaign for Senate District 23, Patricia Junek will also run as an independent against Speaker of the House Eric Barlow (R-Gillette). Barlow earned 3,355 votes in the primary election, while 814 were Republican write-ins. How many of those were for Junek is unknown, according to the Campbell County Clerk’s office, since write-ins were not processed when they did not exceed the number of votes for the candidate on the ballot.
The Constitution Party of Wyoming was first organized in 2010. The 2022 general election will mark the most legislative candidates the group has ever had on a Wyoming ballot — one candidate running for the state Senate and two for the state House. All three candidates came to the party for the same reason, according to Chairman Jeff Haggit.
“They were disappointed, or upset or disillusioned, however you want to word it, with the Republican Party,” Haggit said. What sets his party apart from the GOP is a deeper commitment to “our God-given right of life, liberty and the ownership and control of property,” according to Haggit.
“We don’t try to test the winds of political change and maybe try to appease the general movement,” said Haggit, who feels the GOP has moved to the left.
Overall, the Constitution Party’s numbers in the state have not changed significantly in the last couple of years, Haggit said, but he thinks this year marks the start of something. He also believes voters have grown more open to voting outside of the two major parties.
The three Constitution candidates include Michael Ray Williams in Senate District 11, Matthew Freeman in House District 41 and Larry Williamson in House District 53.
The Libertarian Party has made greater strides as a minor party in Wyoming in recent years. In 2020, voters elected the first minor-party legislator in more than a century when Rep. Marshall Burt (L-Green River) beat incumbent Democrat Stan Blake for House District 39. Burt was also the first Libertarian anywhere in the country to win a state house race since 2002.
“Even with one of the most fiscally conservative voting records in the statehouse, I have built relationships with legislators with all ideologies to explore better ways forward,” Burt said in a July Facebook post.
During his first term, Burt was lead sponsor of Wyoming’s first “tri-partisan” piece of legislation. House Bill 81 – Operation of motorcycles-disabled persons, which is now law, updated motorcycle operation and equipment requirements to allow for use by persons with disabilities. Also a first, House Speaker Barlow allowed Burt to form a caucus for the Libertarian Party during the 2022 session, despite being the body’s only member.
Burt will face Republican Cody Wylie in the general election.
Neither Burt nor the Libertarian Party of Wyoming responded to WyoFile’s requests for comment.
Other Libertarian candidates include Patrick Gonzales in House District 15, Dennis Laughlin in House District 18, Misty Morris in House District 48, Carrie Satterwhite in House District 50, Bethany Baldes in House District 55 and Amanda Padilla in Senate District 17.
Libertarian and Constitution Party candidates are also in the running for governor and Wyoming’s U.S. House seat.
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A couple weeks ago an Iran nuclear deal looked to be very close but now it's distant. That's partly been responsible for the recent rebound in oil prices.
The latest report from the WSJ mostly rehashes public comments but also has this tidbit:
"European officials have said privately they see almost no prospect of the deal being completed before U.S. congressional elections on Nov 8," it says.
The lack of a deal may create a crunch when the Russian oil ban/price cap goes into effect in early December. There is also a growing realization that US oil output could undershoot expectations of a 1 mbpd increase this year and instead rise just 600k bpd. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/western-officials-increasingly-gloomy-about-reviving-iran-nuclear-deal-report-20220913/ | 2022-09-13T13:42:16Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/western-officials-increasingly-gloomy-about-reviving-iran-nuclear-deal-report-20220913/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Clarion Dunkin’ Holds Grand Opening on Monday
CLARION, Pa. (EYT) – Clarion Dunkin’ held its grand opening on Monday morning with community leaders in attendance.
(Photos by Dave Cyphert of ProPoint Media Photography.)
Traffic was somewhat congested during the morning hours as there has been much anticipation for the newest addition on Main Street.
Lines inside the popular coffee shop moved swiftly throughout the day, despite some lines stretching outside of the store.
The new Main Street business features indoor customer seating and a drive-thru lane that is 15 feet in width.
The drive-thru lane surrounds the building, and when leaving the property, motorists will only be able to exit to the right onto Main Street.
Ingress and egress traffic will both be on Main Street, and there will be 16 parking spaces available.
The coffee shop will be open from 5:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. daily at 639 Main Street in Clarion.
The former CVS building that stood in the same location was demolished in early June to make way for the new store.
Heartland, the owner of the franchise, operates around 50 Dunkin’ locations across Western Pennsylvania.
Mike Zappone, Construction and Property Manager for Pittsburgh-based Heartland Restaurant Group said Clarion “checked all of the boxes” when the group was scouting the area for possible locations.
“We look at traffic counts, we look at competition, and various other factors,” said Zappone. “We think we finally found a spot that is perfect. Clarion in many ways fits a similar profile in a larger population base than our Slippery Rock store,” said Zappone, noting that the Slippery Rock location has been very successful.
“Clarion, being a county seat, makes it even more attractive.”
Zappone also noted that Kittanning–the closest Dunkin’ location to Clarion–has been prosperous.
Zappone said access to the store was modeled from nearby McDonald’s.
“We don’t see any reason why the location will be an issue,” said Zappone. “People are very used to this type of layout. We feel very confident that we’re in (a) good position.”
According to Zappone, the store will employ approximately 40 to 50 people with around half of that number working full-time.
“We did most of our hiring over the summer,” said Zappone. “We have a staff so far that is very heavily from the Clarion area.”
The former CVS property had been on the market since the company moved across the street to a new location in 2017.
Founded in 1950, Dunkin’ sells a variety of food items, including various baked goods such as donuts and cookies, coffee, and other drinks. The company has over 12,600 restaurants in 40 countries worldwide. The brand announced in September 2018 that it would shorten its name from Dunkin’ Donuts to Dunkin’ as part of a push to become the world’s “premier beverage-led, on-the-go brand.” Dunkin’ is part of the Inspire Brands family of restaurants.
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CHICAGO (AP) — A 21-year-old sailor will be laid to rest on Tuesday following a decades-long effort to identify remains pulled from Pearl Harbor, more than 80 years after he was killed in the attack that propelled the United States into World War II.
Members of Herbert “Bert” Jacobson’s family have waited all their lives to attend a memorial for the young man they knew about but never met. Jacobson was among the more than 400 sailors and Marines killed on the USS Oklahoma during the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The casket containing his remains will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
“This has kind of been an unsolved mystery and it gives us closure to finally know what happened to Bert, where he is and that he’s being finally laid to rest after being listed as an unknown for so long,” said Brad McDonald, a nephew.
The service at Arlington will be the latest chapter in the story of the man from the small northern Illinois town of Grayslake, for the family that never had a body to bury when he was killed and the scientific quest to put names to the remains of hundreds of personnel from the battleship who lay buried anonymously for decades in a dormant volcanic crater near Pearl Harbor.
It is a story of waiting.
The battleship remained submerged for two years before it was refloated and bodies were recovered. A few years later, the graves of men on the Oklahoma were reopened in the hopes that dental records might lead to their names. But 27 sets of remains were not identified and had to be reinterred at the crater, the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, commonly known as the Punchbowl.
Another effort to identify about 100 sets of remains came up empty in 2003.
In 2015, the Department of Defense announced plans to exhume the remains again.
“We now have the ability to forensically test these remains and produce the identifications,” Debra Prince Zinni, a forensic anthropologist and laboratory manager at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in Hawaii, told The Associated Press at the time.
That gave new hope to Jacobson family members, who had been disappointed by each failed effort. They told the AP that Jacobson’s mother cried every Dec. 7, at least in part because she never knew where he was.
“She always had the hope the phone would ring and it would be Bert,” McDonald said.
The 2015 effort, Project Oklahoma, has led to the identification of 355 men — including Jacobson — who were killed when their ship was hit by at least nine torpedoes. That leaves 33 sets of remains still to be identified. To mark the 80th anniversary of the attack, those unidentified remains were reinterred, said Gene Hughes, a public affairs officer with Navy Personnel Command. He has worked with the families of those killed on the Oklahoma, including Jacobson’s relatives.
For Jacobson’s family, any hope they would know exactly what happened on Dec. 7, 1941, faded long ago. All they knew from talking to Jacobson’s shipmates was that he had just come off duty after spending several hours ferrying men to shore.
McDonald said a good friend of his uncle’s from the Navy said he was pretty sure Jacobson “was asleep in his bunk and died before he even knew a war was going on. But we don’t really know.”
That left one final question: What happened to Bert Jacobson’s body?
The answer came in 2019, when McDonald said the family was notified that Jacobson’s remains had been identified. Hoping the burial could take place the next year, they were forced to wait, in large part because the COVID-19 pandemic delayed most gatherings, funerals included.
Now, they are getting the closure that Jacobson’s parents and other family members never had.
“I wish they could have seen this,” McDonald said of his grandparents, parents and others.
For him, seeing the uncle he never met take his place at Arlington is especially significant.
“When Bert joined the Navy, he ran into a fella from South Dakota who was an orphan,” McDonald said. “When they got a weekend pass, Bert took him home and the orphan met his (Bert’s) younger sister.”
Orville McDonald and Norma Jacobson dated and later married, giving McDonald a favorite ending to that story.
“That orphan was my dad, and Bert’s sister was my mom,” he said. “So, I wouldn’t be here without Bert.” | https://www.wspa.com/news/sailor-killed-at-pearl-harbor-to-be-laid-to-rest-at-last/ | 2022-09-13T13:45:20Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/sailor-killed-at-pearl-harbor-to-be-laid-to-rest-at-last/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
New iOS update: iPhone messages can be edited, deleted
(CNN) - Apple’s latest software update is now available. The iOS 16 update was released on Monday.
The software has some changes users have been asking for, such as the ability to edit and unsend recently sent instant messages and the ability to mark messages as unread if users want to come back to them later.
One of the new features is the interactive lock screen. It gives users the ability to create multiple lock screens with different backdrops that can be switched out during the day.
The lock screens can feature custom fonts, new photo effects, personalized wallpapers, widgets and - perhaps the most fun feature of all - the ability to cut out the subject from an image or its background and drop it elsewhere, such as into a message.
iOS 16 works with the iPhone 8 and up. To download the new software, visit the software update section in settings.
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Salaries for tech candidates remain at an all-time high with remote salaries outpacing local salaries in most markets; market conditions increase demand for experienced, remote talent and lengthen hiring times
NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hired, a recruiting marketplace matching tech and sales talent with top companies, today released its annual report: 2022 State of Tech Salaries: Navigating an Uncertain Hiring Market. The report provides one of the most in-depth analyses of the 2022 hiring environment, detailing insights on global compensation trends, benefits, and remote work shifts.
Key findings include a global increase in salaries* across nearly all tech roles, driven primarily by the growth in salaries of experienced professionals (3+ years of experience). While Hired data shows the number of companies seeking to hire remote junior-level talent has grown, local salaries for junior-level candidates have failed to grow as quickly as salaries for professionals with more years of experience – potentially indicating salary pressures in current market conditions, with employers leaning heavier into hiring needs for more experienced talent.
Candidates in the San Francisco (SF) Bay Area continue to see the highest salary offers at an average local salary of $174,063 with Seattle ($168,069), New York ($161,128), Boston ($158,548), and Austin ($157,612), trailing respectively. Average local salaries for candidates in mid-size markets (Boston, LA and Seattle) have quickly caught up to salaries on par with larger tech hubs (New York and SF).
As remote dominates as the preferred work model, remote salaries have continued to outpace local salaries (15 out of 17 markets had higher remote salaries, up from 13 markets in 2021) – with remote roles paying $3,000 more on average globally. Average remote salaries climbed to $162,950 this year, ranking third highest overall in the report after SF Bay Area and New York average local salaries.
The top three highest paying markets in the US for remote salaries remained SF Bay Area ($175,909), Seattle ($171,432), and New York ($162,261) in 2022 – with remote salaries climbing for all three markets across the board YoY. In the US, SF Bay Area was the only market in which local salaries continued to pay higher than remote salaries (by 1%).
"The hiring climate this year has been full of contradictions and challenges," said Josh Brenner, Hired CEO. "We've seen climbing salaries, aggressive hiring, and layoffs – all at once. However, the hiring landscape remains competitive as companies innovate and diversify their teams through remote work. We're seeing salaries rise globally as employers expand their talent pools and candidates find more opportunities outside their backyards. To ride out this storm of uncertainty, we recommend a shift from hyper-growth to more efficient growth. Be responsive and attentive to what's important to employees, stay the course on DEI initiatives, and continue to nurture your employer brand."
These findings are based on the analysis of more than 907,000 interview requests over 47,000 active positions, facilitated through Hired's marketplace from January 2019 through June 2022. Hired also surveyed over 2,000 tech professionals on their salary, benefits, and flexible work preferences. This year, Hired also asked survey respondents for their sentiments around: cost of living challenges, salaries in light of inflation, DEI rollbacks as companies tighten resources, location versus role-based compensation, and willingness to take risks to job seek in a volatile market.
Additional key findings from the 2022 State of Tech Salaries report include:
- Engineering management roles still pay the highest among tech roles across the US, UK and Canada. The US sees highest local salaries for the role on average at $196,000 and Engineering Management remote salaries are $198,000 – the highest paying salary overall across every market globally. Also, roles outside of engineering (Design, Data Analytics, and Quality Assurance) saw the highest salary increases this year, with remote salaries for all roles rising in 2022.
- Employers continue to expand talent pipelines and hiring across an increased number of markets and timezones – with remote-first employers having a competitive edge. Businesses of all sizes are more open to interviewing candidates from other locations (4.4 markets in 2022 up from 3.3 in the beginning of 2021). Candidates showed an increased preference for remote-only roles, with 32% of all active job seekers open to "Only Remote" roles on the Hired platform (as of June 2022), up from 18% in January 2022.
- Time to acquire tech candidates has slowed across the US, UK, and Canada as companies and jobseekers are taking more time to evaluate offers. In 2022, the time to acquire tech candidates is up to a 60-day average time-to-hire in the U.S. and 68 days in the U.K. Remote roles took 40 days to fill, up slightly from 39 days in 2021.
- The exodus from traditional big tech hubs is continuing to push salaries higher in smaller cities. Philadelphia (+12%), Dallas/Fort Worth (+11%) and Denver (+11%) showed the highest average local salary increases across all markets. Other highest growth markets were Toronto and London, globally, which ranked above Boston, New York, SF Bay Area and Seattle this year in terms of YoY salary growth.
- The salary gap is closing between startups and enterprise organizations. Salary levels at corporates (companies with 300+ employees) versus startups (companies with <300 employees) in the US narrowed to the smallest pay difference to date since 2019.
- Candidates are still emboldened and willing to leave their current role for better fit and higher-paying opportunities. Even as Hired survey data shows some sentiment of a power shift to employers in the next six months (27% of employees feel that employers will have more power by 2023); if denied an expected raise in the next six months, the majority (90%) would start looking for a new job immediately, while half of respondents expect salary increases by 2023.
- Tech salaries see the highest earning power in Atlanta – the highest average salary earning market in 2022, when adjusted for cost of living (COL). Factoring in the cost of living, earning an average tech salary of $176,000 in the SF Bay Area would be equivalent to making $223,729 in Atlanta in 2022. In contrast, earning an average SF tech salary in New York (highest COL out of all US markets) is like earning $153,000. Despite overall tech salary increases in 2022, 42% of remote respondents and 29% of local respondents do not feel that their salaries have kept up with rising inflation and living costs.
- Despite the current economic climate, remote/flexible work remains a top priority for employees. When asked if they would be willing to return to work in the office, if it meant greater job security, over half (54%) of candidates stated yes, but would start looking for other jobs with more flexible remote work options immediately. Only 33% of respondents would trade remote work for a fully in-person role with a higher salary.
- Practical benefits are now paramount in volatile economic conditions. Surveyed candidates' most compelling benefits from 2021 to 2022 remained the same (flexible work, paid time off, and health insurance benefits), but this year candidates would be willing to trade in a higher salary for practical benefits (health insurance and 401K retirement matching) versus stock/equity in 2021.
- Majority of surveyed candidates worry about deprioritized DEI efforts. 61% of surveyed candidates are worried the 2022 economic climate will lead to a rollback of DEI efforts, with 14% of respondents reporting they have already seen deprioritization.
To access the full report, visit: 2022 State of Tech Salaries: Navigating an Uncertain Market
*Notes to editors:
- Remote salary: Salary attributed to a remote role, with no home location. Location-based averages are attributed to the markets that jobseekers originate from, rather than the Interview Request (IVR) - e.g. A remote IVR is sent to a jobseeker from San Francisco.
- Local salary: Salary from an Interview Request (IVR) that is attributed to a particular location or market. Average local salary locations are tied to the IVR itself - e.g. an IVR sent for San Francisco to a jobseeker in this location, or elsewhere.
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CHICAGO, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GoodSport Nutrition, the company behind GoodSport®, the natural sports drink that's been scientifically shown to deliver elite-level hydration embraced by collegiate and professional sports teams, has taken a unique approach to college athlete NIL partnerships.
Team GoodSport is a team of college athletes who represent all that is good in sports, share GoodSport's mission to create a more positive sports culture and want to create a community of like-minded people. The brand believes the team will inspire other young athletes to participate in and appreciate the good that comes from sports.
GoodSport places an emphasis on the athletes' character and code of conduct and provides support for each athlete's personal, professional and athletic development. Team GoodSport members have access to experts in the field of sports nutrition and exercise physiology and will have opportunities to collaborate on product development and marketing communications.
"We appreciate the differences between working with student versus professional athletes and their needs," says GoodSport CEO, Michelle McBride. "We want to make sure we are helping set them up for success in life as well as in sports."
The inaugural team consists of male and female athletes who are all paid the same. "Each Team GoodSport athlete is providing value to our brand, so we will compensate them equally." states McBride. "If we are going to help create a more positive, inclusive culture in sports, we have to start right here."
"I have had offers to work with other brands, says University of Texas defensive lineman Justice Finkley, but none have taken a student-centered approach. I feel supported by GoodSport because they place equal value on academics and athletics as I do."
"I started using GoodSport® while training. It was a natural fit and I'm proud to be aligned with a brand that creates community for all athletes." states Jacie King, paratriathlete, University of Arizona.
The inaugural Team GoodSport includes:
- Justice Finkley, University of Texas. The freshman defensive lineman, high school All American places equal emphasis on education and sports. @justicefinkley
- Katelynne Hart, University of Michigan. The cross country/track athlete is an NCAA D1 All-American who plans to pursue sports nutrition. @katelynnehart
- Luke Goode, University of Illinois. The men's basketball Big Ten Champion gives back by hosting an annual youth basketball camp. @lukegoode10
- Jacie King, University of Arizona. The school's first ParaTriathlete dreams of competing in the Paralympic Games. @jacie_king_
- Keeanu Benton, University of Wisconsin. The nose tackle is expected to be a 2023 NFL draft selection. @keeanu95
- Peyton McNamara, Ohio State University. The women's soccer player was the Big Ten 2021 Freshman of the Year and team captain for the 2022 U-20 Jamaican National Team. @peytonmac91
- Brooke Schramek, University of Wisconsin. The forward for the Women's Basketball team holds herself to a high standard on and off the court. @brooke.schramek
GoodSport is available in Midwest retailers, on Amazon and goodsport.com. Follow on Instagram: @drinkgoodsport.
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Adds new services to match high-performing leaders with strategic, world-class EA partners
GREENVILLE, S.C. , Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Base HQ, the modern solution for Executive Assistants (EAs), is shaping the future of work for assistants and the business leaders they support with innovative software made exclusively for EAs and a wide array of flexible service options that match leaders with strategic, high-impact, tech-enabled assistants to meet their unique business needs.
Base recently joined forces with 33Vincent to equip leaders with more impactful support to drive their business forward by utilizing Base's database of highly-qualified assistants - the largest in the industry. Base also brings career services such as job placement and excellent training opportunities to Executive Assistants. As a combined force, Base is taking the lead in the market to provide unique value to both assistants and their leaders with end-to-end service and support.
With Base, Executive Assistants enter the industry with the tools to excel from day one, and thrive in their roles with access to best-in class training, a collaborative EA community, job opportunities, and much more.
"We're equipping assistants with the tools, training and support they need to lead more impactful careers. By merging 33Vincent's tried-and-true services with Base's all-in-one workspace, we are checking every single box when it comes to supporting excellent Executive Assistants at every stage of their careers," said Paige McPheely, CEO of Base HQ.
For Executives who are tired of trying to do it all, Base has an extensive talent pool of highly-trained, motivated and talented assistants who are equipped to excel and make an impact from day one. Leaders can choose from a variety of options to fit their needs – one-time inbox management, flexible subscription EA support, or a search for their next full-time EA. Base is committed to pairing leaders with EAs who are the right fit for their business, culture and vision.
"With the largest assistant talent pool in the world, we're here to help lighten the load for busy Executives and match them with dedicated support. Our one-of-a-kind matching process allows the leader to focus on the business while we do the heavy lifting of finding the right fit," said Casey Putschoegl, President of Base HQ.
Base was built by assistants, for assistants. With 33Vincent's services now under the Base brand, Base is positioned to unlock all the potential the Executive Assistant role has to offer in modern workplaces and equip today's business leaders with the best EA support on the market. Learn more about Base at basehq.com.
Base is the modern solution for Executive Assistants. Base's platform and career services equip EAs with the tools, training, and support they need to be efficient in their roles and lead impactful careers. Learn more at basehq.com.
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Top B2B thought leaders will share key insights and best practices at global eCommerce summit
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oro, Inc., the pioneering eCommerce leader behind OroCommerce, the No.1 open source B2B digital commerce platform, today announced the agenda for OroVibe, its flagship digital commerce event. The highly anticipated celebration, held in Paris on Thursday, October 6 2022, features must-see keynotes, panel discussions, and interactive learning sessions led by top thought leaders from the industry's biggest and most exciting international brands.
The prestigious event coincides with Oro's 10th anniversary, cementing the company's position as a pacesetter for global digital commerce. This year's agenda of panels, breakout sessions, and keynotes will spotlight new Oro technologies and illuminate emerging industry trends. Hundreds of top B2B, B2C, and B2X merchants from around the world will gather to share ideas and insights as part of Oro's growing global digital commerce community.
The packed schedule includes a wide range of eCommerce industries and innovations. Leaders from industries ranging from chemicals and industrial goods, to food and beverages, to digital marketplace consulting and more will join Oro and other technology partners for dynamic on-stage discussions. Key highlights include:
- Azelis, the global leader in chemicals and food additives, will join partners Smile and OroCommerce to discuss pioneering the self-service experience for labs and chemical buyers.
- V and B, the largest wine and beer franchise in France, will share insights on how it delivers an omnichannel customer experience with help from Emakina.
- Agro-Service 2000 will reveal how it teamed with Synolia and OroCommerce to transform agricultural distribution.
- Zetrace founder and CEO François Duranton will speak on the latest trends shaping eCommerce and digital marketplaces.
- ADDEV Materials, the specialty materials leader, will explain why technology is key to creating localized experiences in global digital commerce.
OroVibe 2022 will also include educational breakout sessions catering to attendees with varying levels of digital commerce experience. Executives can join leaders from Bolloré, one of the world's 500 largest companies, for a session on supply chain crisis-management, and get an insider's take on omnichannel B2B transformation with Eric Fuchs of Digital Equity.
The eCommerce track includes modules on cutting-edge punchout catalog technology with Sébastien Urio from Vurbis, and B2B commerce operational success with Falco van der Maden from Marello. During additional sessions, Philipp Hoffmann from DieProduktMacher will reveal innovative project management strategies, and Kenny Rassin and Gery Duyck from PHpro will delve into ERP advantages for pricing.
"This year's OroVibe features a truly incredible roster of speakers and sessions — a sign of how far our industry has come over the past few years," said Yoav Kutner, Oro CEO and co-founder. "For the global B2B community, this is an invaluable opportunity to learn about best practices and new ways of driving growth, and to share insights on unlocking new value with the latest digital innovations. Economic turmoil and supply-chain disruptions are still front-of-mind for many operators, and OroVibe will give merchants the support and inspiration they need to take their brands to new heights."
OroVibe also features the 2022 Oro Brilliance Awards, honoring a diverse range of B2B leaders for their innovative deployments of Oro's digital commerce solutions. The coveted awards will also celebrate outstanding partnerships and collaborations from across Oro's eCommerce community.
This year's gathering will also drive interest surrounding Oro's first-ever North American OroVibe event, which will be held in 2023. Full details about the inaugural U.S. OroVibe will be published later in the year.
OroVibe 2022 will be held at Verso in Paris on Thursday, October 6. View the full agenda here, and register now to reserve your spot.
Oro, Inc. offers a suite of open-source commerce applications: OroCommerce, the B2B eCommerce platform purpose-built for manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and brands; OroMarketplace, the analyst-recognized marketplace management platform for all business use cases; OroCRM, the industry's most flexible multi-channel CRM solution; and OroPlatform, a streamlined solution for developers of custom business applications. Oro's founders previously founded Magento and have deep experience in the eCommerce industry. They include Yoav Kutner, CEO; Dima Soroka, Chief Technology Officer; and Roy Rubin, director of Oro's advisory board. For more information on OroCommerce, visit https://oroinc.com/b2b-ecommerce/.
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- Award-Winning Cannabis Product Brand Launches 1 Gram Concentrate Infused Pre-Rolls
- Item 9 Labs Ranked a Top 10 Brand in Arizona With Product in 60 Percent of State's Dispensaries
PHOENIX, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Item 9 Labs, the premium, elevated mainstream cannabis product brand is adding a new permanent mainstay to its extensive product line-up. Following the success of its limited edition infused half-gram pre-rolls, the brand is launching 1 gram concentrate infused pre-rolls at participating dispensaries.
Item 9 Labs has been testing limited edition releases of seven half-gram infused pre-rolls in the Phoenix and Tucson markets as the trending industry category continues to maintain consistent triple digit growth throughout the state. The first limited-edition release in October 2021, Mummy Fingers, a crumble-infused pre-roll, sold out in 24 hours and inspired an entire line over the next year, including Badder Up!, Sugar Daze and the most recent Cosmic Crumble. Each release receiving rave reviews from retail partners and consumers alike.
"We are utilizing our wide range of concentrates to propel our intentionally grown flower into different experiences for our consumers and patients to enjoy by expanding their palate and introducing them to new synergistic terpene profiles," said the brand's Lab Director, Eric Eisele.
With increasing consumer demand and Item 9 Labs products sold in over 60 percent of Arizona dispensaries, Item 9 Labs is a top 10 brand in the market and one of the leaders in the category. The brand's 1 gram infused pre-rolls are crafted with award-winning flower and live resin sugar, live resin badder or crumble concentrates which are grown and extracted in-house. Each infused pre-roll is individually packaged and made with ultra-thin, unrefined French paper to ensure a superior cannabis experience.
"Creating the perfect infused pre-roll product is an extensive, yet extremely rewarding process. We strive to stay ahead of the curve and feel inspired when refining our procedures," said Chris Wolven, chief operating officer of Item 9 Labs. "The launch of our new permanent mainstay is a testament to the brand's dedication for innovation and commitment to delivering masterfully-crafted cannabis products that our consumers can truly smell, taste and feel the difference."
The Item 9 Labs infused pre-rolls offer a harmonious blend of intentionally grown flower and premium concentrates for a consistent cannabis experience in every draw. Through thorough research and development, the brand's expert extraction and cultivation teams created a proprietary process that preserves the integrity of each infused pre-roll through even distribution of concentrate powder throughout award-winning flower.
"Our team works diligently to achieve the highest quality with a rigorous process to dissect our data for terpene profiles, flavor components and certain potencies. We are meticulous in matching the notes and tones of materials with proper formulations and temperatures for what we are striving to achieve at Item 9 Labs," said the brand's Vice President of Cultivation, Cory Carter. "We are always dedicated to excellence and are confident that we took our premium flower and turned it into something even more beautiful that stands with the highest product quality."
For more information on Item 9 Labs and the brand's wide range of premium cannabis products, visit item9labs.com. To find the new 1 gram concentrate infused pre-rolls at a local dispensary, visit Item 9 Labs' Instagram @item_9_labs.
About Item 9 Labs
Item 9 Labs cultivates the highest quality cannabis products while providing transparency, consistency and well-being for an enhanced cannabis experience. With more than 20 podium finishes in Arizona marijuana competitions, Item 9 Labs is a trusted source for premium cannabis products. Starting with intentionally grown flower, the Item 9 Labs catalog spans premium products across five core categories, including several active cannabis strains, cannabis vape products, premium concentrates and Orion vape technology. Currently, Item 9 Labs is available at more than 60 percent of Arizona's dispensaries. For additional information, visit item9labs.com.
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Industry veteran Marc Linden joins company to lead financials and support continued growth
SAN RAMON, Calif., Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Reputation, the global leader in reputation experience management, today announced it has hired a new Chief Financial Officer to guide the company to its next phase of growth. Marc Linden has more than 30 years of finance, business strategy, and general management experience and as Reputation's new CFO, Marc will oversee the company's financial and administrative departments.
"We are thrilled to have Marc join our executive team; he brings with him a wealth of experience and true understanding of what it takes to grow a business," said Joe Fuca, CEO of Reputation. "Marc is familiar with leading a $100MM business - a key Saas milestone Reputation reached earlier this year - and growing it to hundreds of millions. This is the unrivaled experience that I'm excited to see Reputation take advantage of."
Marc's impressive career spans multiple CFO roles but also operating and advisory positions, making his diverse background appealing for a high-growth private company. Prior to joining Reputation, Marc led finance and human resources at Intacct, a top-rated Glassdoor company, and was named one of the best places to work for ten consecutive years. During his time with Intacct, he managed its sale to British enterprise software company Sage Group, won CFO of the Year by the Silicon Valley Business Journal, and was named Executive of the Year in the Cloud Computing/SaaS category of the CEO World Awards.
Prior to Intacct, Marc spent four years as CFO for Mirapoint, Inc., a leader in secure appliance solutions for messaging. He also served as general manager of Openwave's messaging business unit. Marc came to Openwave from the unified messaging company Onebox, where he was CFO, and was instrumental in the sale of Onebox to Phone.com for $850M. Marc holds an economics degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
"I'm delighted to have joined Reputation to lead its financial arm. Customer Experience is a wildly underserved market but it's also an increasingly important one," said Marc Linden, Reputation CFO. "How you interact with and serve your customers is critical to business success. From acquisition all the way through to loyalty, businesses should be present wherever their customers are - regardless of the channel. I'm excited to be part of a platform that can improve the customer experience at every stage."
For more information on Reputation's products and services, please visit reputation.com.
About Reputation
Reputation (formerly Reputation.com), creator of the Reputation Experience Management category, is changing the way companies gather and act on customer feedback to drive decision making and enhance Customer Experience (CX) programs. Reputation's interaction-to-action platform translates vast amounts of solicited and unsolicited feedback data into prescriptive insights that companies use to learn from and grow. Thousands of global organizations rely on the patented algorithms behind Reputation Score X™ to provide a reliable index of brand performance in order to make targeted business improvements. Backed by Bessemer Ventures and Kleiner Perkins, and trusted by over 250 integration partners, including Google, Facebook, Salesforce, J.D. Power, Amazon and Web.com, Reputation turns feedback into the fuel to grow businesses around the world. Visit reputation.com to learn more.
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NASA to crash spacecraft into an asteroid
Published: Sep. 13, 2022 at 9:05 AM EDT|Updated: 46 minutes ago
(CNN) - In about two weeks, NASA scientists will slam a refrigerator-sized spacecraft into an asteroid called “Dimorphos.”
The crash is only a test, and the asteroid is not threatening Earth.
Scientists want to see if the collision can change the asteroid’s orbit.
It’s the first test of its kind and could be a crucial step in learning how effective a crash could be in protecting the Earth from potentially being hit by an asteroid.
The mission is expected to happen Sept. 26.
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Offerings Will Include Syndio's PayEQ and Workplace Equity Platform
SEATTLE, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Syndio, the country's leading Workplace Equity Platform, today announced it is partnering with the New York Stock Exchange, part of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, to make Syndio's workplace equity offerings available to NYSE-listed companies in support of their environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts.
As companies strive to tackle pay parity across their employee populations and manage increasing requests from investors and other stakeholders to deliver on pay transparency, this initiative expands the suite of ESG tools the NYSE makes available to its listed companies to help meet their fast-growing needs in this area. Through its landmark PayEQ and suite of products and services, Syndio provides technology and expert guidance to help companies measure, achieve, and sustain all facets of workplace equity - from bringing in talent fairly to compensating, retaining, and promoting them equitably.
"The NYSE is pleased to launch this exciting collaboration with Syndio, allowing us to expand the suite of ESG services we make available to our listed companies," said Michael Harris, Global Head of Capital Markets, NYSE. "Syndio's products and services will be of particular interest to our issuers as they target the "S," or social, area of ESG, focusing on the increasingly important area of pay equity in the workplace."
According to The Insight Partners, the ESG software market is expected to reach $1.49 billion by 2028, while companies face increased pressure from stakeholders to analyze their pay gaps. This year alone, seven Fortune 100 companies faced pay gap disclosure proxy votes and over one-quarter of Fortune 100 companies will disclose a pay equity metric.
"Workplace equity is fundamental to a company's long-term success and companies must deliver on their promises to their employees," said Maria Colacurcio, Syndio CEO. "We're proud to be a part of the NYSE's efforts to help companies advance and navigate their ESG journeys, and bring long-lasting equity and diversity to the workplace."
With this initiative, NYSE-listed companies will have preferred access to Syndio's Workplace Equity Platform, which includes:
- PayEQ™ - analyze, resolve, and prevent pay disparities due to gender, race, ethnicity, or any other demographics.
- OppEQ™ - analyze hiring, promotions, performance scores, and retention rates by gender, race, and more to identify the root causes of inequities and pay gaps – and create action plans for improvement.
- Expert Advisors - A team of data scientists, technology experts, and legal professionals who specialize in workplace equity and provide ongoing best practice advice — from global legal compliance and DEI goal setting to ESG and human capital disclosures.
The addition of Syndio's offerings to the NYSE's suite of ESG services will launch later this year through an exclusive offering to NYSE-listed companies as well as planned thought-leadership events over the course of the year.
Syndio provides technology and expert guidance that helps companies measure, achieve, and sustain all facets of workplace equity. Over 200 companies, including 10% of the Fortune 200 and 30% of Fortune's Most Admired Companies, rely on Syndio's platform to close pay and opportunity gaps, mitigate legal risk, and turn DE&I goals into tangible results. Together, we are showing the world how to build resilient, open workplaces by ensuring every employee is valued based on who they are and what they contribute to their company's success.
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No swiping necessary as Wendy's Breakfast Matching Game serves up a daily dose of fun, morning offers
DUBLIN, Ohio, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Need a reason NOT to hit the snooze button each morning? Wendy's® breakfast isn't boring and neither are our games. The new Wendy's Breakfast Matching Game* is giving West Virginia fans the chance to win FREE breakfast for a year, $1,000 in Wendy's gift cards and offers on their favorite morning menu items. Whether you prefer a sweet start with Homestyle French Toast Sticks or classics like the Breakfast Baconator, you'll have no trouble adding this exciting four-week game to your morning routine.
The game runs now through Sunday, October 9, and you can register to play by visiting www.WendysBreakfastMatchingGame.com.
Rise and play: winning FREE breakfast for a year at Wendy's has never been easier. Check www.WendysBreakfastMatchingGame.com daily to see the revealed circles automatically turning over. The lucky winner(s) of three matches will win FREE Breakfast for a Year, featuring 52 weekly Wendy's coupons. Anyone who registers for the game will also have a chance to in $1,000 in Wendy's Gift Cards!
The fun doesn't end there! There are also unlimited instant breakfast offers to take advantage of via the Wendy's app when playing the game. Make sure to have your Wendy's Rewards™** account set up and ready to go before entering, and remember the Wendy's Breakfast Matching Game resets every week!
Wendy's was founded in 1969 by Dave Thomas in Columbus, Ohio. Dave built his business on the premise, "Quality Is Our Recipe®", which remains the guidepost of the Wendy's system. Wendy's is best known for its made-to-order square hamburgers, using fresh, never frozen beef***, freshly-prepared salads, and other signature items like chili, baked potatoes and the Frosty® dessert. The Wendy's Company is committed to doing the right thing and making a positive difference in the lives of others. This is most visible through the Company's support of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption® and its signature Wendy's Wonderful Kids® program, which seeks to find a loving, forever home for every child in the North American foster care system. Today, Wendy's and its franchisees employ hundreds of thousands of people across approximately 7,000 restaurants worldwide with a vision of becoming the world's most thriving and beloved restaurant brand. For details on franchising, connect with us at www.wendys.com/franchising. Visit www.wendys.com and www.squaredealblog.com for more information and connect with us on Twitter and Instagram using @wendys, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/wendys.
*No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Must be 18 years or older and a legal resident of West Virginia. Official rules available at WendysBreakfastMatchingGame.com. Play now until 10/9.
**Wendy's Rewards available at participating U.S. Wendy's. My Wendy's™ account registration and use required to earn points and redeem rewards. Points have no monetary value. See www.wendys.com/Rewards for details.
***Fresh beef available in the contiguous U.S., Alaska, and Canada.
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The St. Louis Port Authority last week passed a resolution that could bring a major Mississippi riverfront development to north St. Louis.
The potential project could bring the city’s first marina to the riverfront. It would also add a hotel, waterpark and indoor trampoline park to a 70-acre plot of land north of Interstate 270, just within city limits.
The resolution allows the developer, Nashville-based M2 Development Partners, to pay the city to negotiate incentives that would help the company buy and develop the land. The company could seek tax abatements and other incentives and ask the city to prepare the property, St. Louis officials said.
The resolution shows both city officials and the property developers are serious about the plan, said Neal Richardson, executive director of the St. Louis Development Corporation.
The proposed Lighthouse Point development would be similar to planned projects in Nashville and other cities, said Tim Morris, managing principal of M2 Development Partners.
The stretch of relatively quiet riverfront in north St. Louis is a similarly underestimated resource, he said. “I think this is a trend where people are going in and looking at the waterfront and how to best revitalize it,” he said.
St. Louis residents have called for a marina in the city. There are 21 marinas between St. Charles and Alton but none within city limits.
The site’s proximity to the future St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park is also a major draw, Richardson said.
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Ribbon expands to its 16th state to help make homeownership achievable for Michigan homebuyers
NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ribbon, the homeownership company, has expanded its services into Michigan. With a focus on improving the home buying and selling process, Ribbon's Cash Offer is a guaranteed close for Michiganders, removing home sale, financing and appraisal contingencies that often force deals to fall through while providing certainty in an unpredictable market for buyers and sellers.
The entire real estate ecosystem faces significant challenges, including Wall Street and sovereign wealth funds competing for single-family homes, increased mortgage rates and rising rental prices. In addition, iBuyers are destabilizing the real estate ecosystem and real estate agents' small businesses, to the detriment of everyday buyers in need of an advocate. While these challenges remain, the desire to buy a home continues for many first-time homebuyers. Homeownership must be more achievable.
In July 2022, home prices in Michigan were up 7.7% compared to last year, selling for a median price of $256,600. The number of homes sold was down 13.3% year over year, highlighting the impact mortgage rates have on buyers and the fears facing sellers looking to put their home up for sale. The median days on the market were 16 days. Additionally, there was over 100% sale-to-list price, meaning buyers typically pay more than the asking price. Finding solutions that provide buyers the time and flexibility necessary while simultaneously offering sellers with closing certainty is necessary during a time when home affordability is becoming more difficult.
"Rising mortgage rates are deterring or stalling many buyers' dreams to purchase a home," said Shaival Shah, CEO and co-founder of Ribbon. "Without accessibility or affordability, buyers, sellers, agents and lenders are all impacted. Ribbon's mission is to make homeownership achievable for all. By launching in Michigan, we can empower the real estate ecosystem and help buyers and their agents with contingency-free all-cash offers that help them secure their dream home."
RibbonCash Offers enable Michigan homebuyers to waive mortgage, appraisal, and home sale contingencies through the power of an all-cash offer. Ribbon's guaranteed close, and appraisal protection gives buyers, sellers and agents predictability, helping to move its users to the front of the offer pool. Loan officers share the excitement for streamlined solutions to serve their communities and grow businesses.
"Ribbon brings a powerful resource to our clients and agent partners," said Katie Lawrence, Branch Manager, Amerifirst Home Mortgage. "Their contingency-free all-cash offers can help increase homebuyer competitiveness in the market while helping our agent partners secure more wins. RibbonCash Offers give Amerifirst loan officers another competitive resource—which triples local homebuyers' chances of winning their bids—to respond to the market and better serve client needs."
In addition to Michigan, Ribbon operates in 16 states across the South and the Midwest. The company plans to expand to half of the U.S. by the end of 2022. For more information about Ribbon, visit www.ribbonhome.com.
About Ribbon:
Founded in 2017 in New York and Charlotte, Ribbon is on a mission to make homeownership achievable. A tech-enabled homeownership company, Ribbon allows everyday families to compete on a level playing field with high-net-worth individuals and institutional buyers by upgrading their offers to winning RibbonCash Offers. Ribbon empowers agents, brokerages, and lenders to create a world-class experience for homebuyers and sellers through powerful financial products and digital workflow software. Visit ribbonhome.com.
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The proprietary building method by Scala will be used across its campuses to significantly reduce construction time and enable the company's expansion to 15 new locations by 2023
SÃO PAULO, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scala Data Centers, the leading Latin American platform of sustainable data centers in the Hyperscale market, announces the launch of FastDeploy. Through a proprietary design and construction methodology created by its Center of Excellence in Engineering, the solution allows implementing data centers up to 50% less time when compared to the traditional model. The scalable solution is highly replicable and is based on prefabricated and transportable modular components which are integrated into buildings at the data center location keeping the same quality and security experience compared to traditional data centers.
Located in metropolitan regions, regional data centers have been gaining relevance, as they serve as a bridge between the large traditional data centers located in central regions and other locations with high population, industrial and intense economic activity concentrations. Close to high density workloads, regional data centers enable the computational processing of various services and applications that require low latency, such as the Metaverse, Internet of Things (IoT), telemedicine, self-driving cars, among others, whose implementation will be accelerated by 5G in Latin America. Currently, there are more than 87 cities in the region with a population of over 500 thousand inhabitants, 26 of which have more than 2 million inhabitants, in addition to relevant economic activity.
"With FastDeploy, our Hyperscale customers will be able to explore new regional and strategic markets in record time, with all the advantages that pioneering brings, scaling their operations as demand grows", explains Marcos Peigo, CEO at Scala. "As FastDeploy's capacity blocks are independent and can be added up on demand, this approach allows for long-term contracts with smooth ramps of growth to higher demands. It will also allow for the implementation of shared buildings, without losing the individualized customization feature that was already available in our single tenant developments, and present in high-capacity buildings", adds the executive.
The first markets to receive the FastDeploy solution will be Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre, in Brazil, where the company has already started the construction of two regional data centers with initial capacities of 10.8MW and 7.2MW, respectively. In the state of Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil, the infrastructure is born within a 70,000 square-meter campus to meet the demand of a global cloud provider with expansion planned for a total of 70MW, including all phases, with the addition of two buildings. In Porto Alegre, South of Brazil, the Scala project will be officially launched in early October at an event attended by the city's mayor. The project comprises expansion in the region and is a single-tenant anchored by a large content provider. The new Scala FastDeploy data centers are expected to be operational in first quarter of 2023.
FastDeploy is made up of modular components that provide power and cooling resources ready to support varying densities, reaching more than 20KW per rack. All FastDeploy sites are born with a starting capacity of 2MW, which can be scaled by implementing additional MiniPODs delivering 60 racks per block.
Through a strategic and exclusive agreement with Scala, the smart modular structures are manufactured by Brazilian Modular Data Centers in a modern factory launched in 2022 and which has more than 20,000 square meters of area to support, especially, FastDeploy demands. The manufacturer delivers ready-made, load-tested, commissioned and TIA-942 Ready-certified modular components throughout Latin America.
FastDeploy operates on 100% renewable and certified energy, in line with Scala's portfolio. The solution is also endorsed by the ANSI/TIA-942 Rated 3 standard, which attests to electrical, mechanical, telecom, architecture and safety parameters for the construction and design of data centers. Scala is the only colocation operator in the region to work with this comprehensive standard.
About Scala Data Centers
Scala Data Centers is the leading Latin American platform of sustainable data centers in the Hyperscale market. Headquartered in Brazil and founded by DigitalBridge, it was developed to meet and exceed the growing demand for digital access in Latin America. Scala has a highly qualified team of over 500 professionals and applies a flexible and innovative approach to providing exceptional quality colocation services to Hyperscale clients, cloud-based software and service providers, and large enterprises. We customize state-of-the-art solutions for each client in the construction of the latest generation data centers, with high availability, the best energy efficiency rates, and superior density. All this allied to the best sustainability practices guided by our ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) program. For more information, visit www.scaladatacenters.com.
About Modular Data Centers
Modular is a platform for the development and production of modular data centers and modular components for data centers which was born as a leader in the Latin American market, combining a privileged view of the market with a proven entrepreneurial capacity. We design and manufacture intelligent, customizable, and high-quality structures, aligning our solutions to clients' needs and market evolution. Our modules leave the factory tested, commissioned and TIA-942 Ready certified to support varied demands, materializing the path to a future of infinite possibilities and enabled by quality digital infrastructure. For more details, visit www.modulardtc.com.
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Tens of thousands of people cheered as William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya’s president at a ceremony in the capital Nairobi following his narrow election win last month. (BBC)
With his hand on a Bible, the 55-year-old swore to preserve and protect the country’s constitution.
Defeated candidate Raila Odinga did not attend, saying he had “serious concerns” about his opponent’s victory.
Mr Ruto won the election with 50.5% of the vote, to Mr Odinga’s 48.8%.
Mr Odinga has alleged that the result was rigged, but the Supreme Court has ruled the election was free and fair.
At least eight people were reported to have been injured in a crash as they jostled to enter the stadium to witness the swearing-in of both Mr Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua.
But inside the stadium the crowd was in high-sprits, with frequent cheering, waving the Kenyan flag, and pockets of groups proudly wearing yellow – the colour synonymous with Mr Ruto’s campaign.
Mr Ruto was handed a copy of Kenya’s constitution and a sword to represent the transfer of power.
There was also a handshake between outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta and Mr Ruto, his former deputy with whom he fell out during their second term in office.
Religion was a persistent theme throughout the swearing-in ceremony, with leaders from the Christian and Islamic faiths offering prayers for the new president.
Bishop Mark Kariuki said God had showcased his might by elevating Mr Ruto, who was once a roadside chicken seller, to the presidency.
M Kenyatta has stepped down at the end of his two terms. He backed Mr Odinga in the election, saying Mr Ruto was unworthy to serve as president.
Mr Kenyatta congratulated Mr Ruto on his win only a day before his inauguration.
Mr Kenyatta said he was committed to a peaceful transition and urged the new president to serve all Kenyans.
In a statement, Mr Odinga said he had received a call from Mr Ruto inviting him to the inauguration, but that he would not attend as he was abroad and he did not believe the election was free and fair.
This is despite the fact that the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous judgment, confirming Mr Ruto’s victory and dismissing Mr Odinga’s concerns that the election was marred by widespread irregularities.
Mr Ruto won after portraying himself as a “hustler” who was challenging an attempt by two dynasties – the Odingas and Kenyatta’s – to hang on to power.
He promised a “bottoms-up” approach to the economy to tackle the high unemployment rate among young people and to improve the lives of those less well off.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP is investigating potential derivative claims on behalf of shareholders of Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) relating to possible false and misleading statements to investors about its Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm and an alleged illegal kickback scheme.
Biogen and three of its executive officers are currently subject to a class action securities lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in which plaintiffs allege certain false and misleading statements concerning the commercial prospects for the company's Alzheimer's drug, Aduhelm. Specifically, following the FDA's controversial approval of the drug on June 7, 2021, the company and its officers are alleged to have misled investors by, among other things, falsely touting the number of sites available to administer the drug in the U.S. and the extent of coverage to be provided under Medicare, the Veterans Health Administration, and private, third-party insurers. Biogen is also subject to multiple Congressional and regulatory investigations related to the approval and marketing of Aduhelm, including by the SEC, the FTC, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and two committees of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Separately, Biogen is also being sued by Humana Inc. for what the insurer says were "millions of dollars" in overpayments stemming from an illegal kickback scheme the company allegedly used to market its drugs for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. On December 17, 2020, Biogen resolved similar claims with the U.S. Department of Justice for $22 million.
The Schubert Firm is investigating potential breaches of fiduciary duty by Biogen's officers and directors in connection with these allegations.
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Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe represents shareholders, employees, and consumers in class actions against corporate defendants, as well as shareholders in derivative actions against their officers and directors. The firm is based in San Francisco, and with the help of co-counsel, litigates cases nationwide.
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STOCKHOLM, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tobii, the global leader in eye tracking and pioneer in attention computing, signed a deal with HeadVantage, a U.S. start-up working with NBC Sports and Sky Sports to equip athletes with miniature cameras and sensors, including eye tracking technology. The partnership allows sports fans to see through athletes' eyes, better understand their decision-making process, and help them train and improve in several sports. There will also be a major gain in fan experience.
HeadVantage's product, paired with Tobii's eye tracking, can be fitted under the baseball or golf cap bill or embedded in a helmet to track the person's eye movements. It can also measure the diameter of the athlete's pupils over one hundred times per second.
"Sports fans all over the world want more immersion, and we can bring that to the table, especially because of the integration with Tobii's eye tracking technology," said Jay Hedley, HeadVantage co-founder and CEO. "Through our gear, we are showing not only what the athlete could see from their vantage point but also where their eyes are looking, providing a differentiated way to both play and consume sports."
"This kind of partnership with an early-stage company showcases how Tobii's eye tracking technology enables innovation," said Anand Srivatsa, Tobii CEO. "HeadVantage's product also opens a whole new world of immersive experiences in sports, and it's a tremendous value proposition. Tobii technology leadership also joined the company's Advisory Board, and we will collaborate on use cases in the long term."
In addition, HeadVantage was selected to be a part of the Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech Accelerator, which led to a partnership with NBC Sports. Through this partnership, the technology has been demonstrated at the PGA's Korn Ferry Tour golf tournaments this summer. The collaboration also had well-known golf instructors don the gear for lessons on NBC Sports Next's GolfPass. In addition, HeadVantage will work with Sky Sports to develop and demonstrate eye tracking embedded in cricket helmets to eventually stream the player's view to over a billion cricket fans.
"During our SportsTech accelerator, we saw how Tobii's eye tracking integration and HeadVantage's streaming capabilities bring engaging content and immersion to sports fans by getting into the athlete's mind through the perspective of eye tracking," said Jenna Kurath, head of Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech. "We are excited to see what's next for the team as they innovate and bring new storytelling capabilities to games and events around the world through partnerships with NBC Sports and Sky."
Tobii is committed to bringing eye tracking to the masses. In shaping this future, we are excited to collaborate with companies ranging from leading global OEMs to promising disruptive start-ups to drive innovation leveraging eye tracking and attention computing. Although the long-term potential of this collaboration is significant, it is not expected to be material for Tobii's revenue in the near term.
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Henrik Mawby, Head of Investor Relations, Tobii AB, phone: +46 (0)72 219 82 15, email: henrik.mawby@tobii.com
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NEW GLOBAL DIVISION UNITES UMG'S LEADING LABEL & ARTIST SERVICES BUSINESSES, INCLUDING VIRGIN AND INGROOVES, UNDER UNIFIED LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY
JT MYERS AND NAT PASTOR, INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENUERS AND FOUNDERS OF MTHEORY, NAMED CO-CEOS OF NEW GLOBAL DIVISION
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, today announced the launch of the Virgin Music Group, a new global division that will unify UMG's industry-leading artist services businesses under the leadership of music entrepreneurs and mtheory founders JT Myers and Nat Pastor as Co-CEOs, effective immediately.
In their new role, Myers and Pastor will lead the expansion of UMG's independent music capabilities across all of its business units and regions, reporting to UMG Chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge. The new division will include:
- Virgin Music Label & Artist Services. Launched in 2021, Virgin Music Label & Artist Services is a network of regional hubs strategically positioned in the world's leading music markets to deliver premium artist and label services to the industry's most dynamic entrepreneurs and independent talent. Virgin Music Label & Artist Services has operations in the U.S., Japan, U.K., Germany and across Central Europe, France, Côte d'Ivoire (servicing African markets and talent), Australia & New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Western Balkans & Serbia and across Latin America & Iberia, including offices in the U.S., Brazil, Mexico, Spain and Portugal.
- Ingrooves Music Group. Acquired by UMG in 2019, Ingrooves is a leader in music distribution, marketing and technology that empowers labels and entrepreneurs to grow their businesses and thrive in the global music industry. Ingrooves' comprehensive suite of offerings includes marketing strategy, insights and analytics, rights management, advertising, royalty accounting, video monetization and music licensing, all accessible through an intuitive client platform. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Ingrooves operates globally and has offices throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
- mtheory Artist Partnerships. UMG has acquired mtheory's bespoke label division, mtheory Artist Partnerships. mtheory's Manager Services business is not part of the transaction and will remain wholly independent. The label creates aligned, equitable partnerships with artists, and employs an innovative global marketing approach to deliver outsized results, including more than 80 Gold and Platinum certifications in 23 countries worldwide. mtheory Artist Partnerships was the team behind Major Lazer's Award-winning single "Lean On," the number No. 1 most streamed track of all time, which was also the first fully independent track to be certified Diamond by the RIAA, and the first fully independent track to reach No. 1 on the U.S. Top 40 radio chart.
Effective immediately, all Virgin Music Label and Artist Services regional hubs will become part of the Virgin Music Group, operating under a unified strategy while still leveraging the local A&R expertise and creative networks in their respective countries. This includes Virgin Music Label & Artist Services in the U.S., which will evolve from a division of Capitol Music Group to a standalone company serving all UMG's U.S. labels and partners.
In making the announcement, Grainge said, "In order to remain the best home for artists and entrepreneurs we must drive innovation in our own businesses—offering new and high-quality resources for artists from all corners of the world while continuing to lead the industry's transformation. Nat and JT's track record for creating forward-thinking partnerships with artists that are built on a foundation of trust, creativity and business acumen is exactly the kind of leadership we want for the new Virgin Music Group division. Together with our frontline labels and global footprint, Virgin Music Group offers artists unmatched creative and commercial support."
Boyd Muir, UMG's EVP, CFO and President of Operations, said, "Expanding the community of artists, labels and entrepreneurs with whom we work presents a significant opportunity for us, strategically complementing our labels and leveraging UMG's existing world-class infrastructure. Having worked with mtheory, I know that the vision for the growth of the industry that Nat and JT bring will be a great fit for UMG and our artists, today and in the future."
Myers said, "mtheory was founded on the idea that we could transform the music industry by offering better, more aligned partnerships with artists. By bringing these incredible global teams and resources together, we have the opportunity to turbo-charge that vision, and deliver even more value to artists, labels and music entrepreneurs."
Pastor said, "We are so thankful to Sir Lucian and Boyd for entrusting us with the iconic Virgin Music brand, one of the most successful independent labels in the industry's history, as well as Ingrooves, arguably the most sophisticated music technology platform in the world. JT and I have worked together for over 20 years, and we're thrilled to continue our journey to transform the music industry together, along with the Ingrooves, mtheory and Virgin teams."
Building on their experience advising mtheory clients, music industry entrepreneurs, and large enterprises on strategic initiatives and music transactions, Myers and Pastor will also support UMG's corporate business development activities.
mtheory's Manager Services business will remain fully independent, under the leadership of newly appointed CEO Cameo Carlson. In addition, and as part of the transaction, mtheory will spin out its MPRS Global producer royalty administration platform, of which mtheory Co-Founder Jon McMillan will become CEO.
Prior to co-founding mtheory in 2010, both Pastor and Myers held senior strategy and corporate development roles at Warner Music Group.
At Universal Music Group, we exist to shape culture through the power of artistry. UMG is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content. Featuring the most comprehensive catalogue of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMG identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, UMG fosters the development of services, platforms, and business models in order to broaden artistic and commercial opportunities for our artists and create new experiences for fans. For more information, visit www.universalmusic.com.
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- Despite economic tailwinds, the U.S. labor market remains resilient with employers reporting a Net Employment Outlook of +33% for October through December.
- Positive outlooks are reported by employers across every industry – those in IT/Tech anticipate the most optimistic hiring pace (56%), followed by Banking/Finance/Insurance & Real Estate (42%).
- As the U.S heads towards the holiday season employers in Wholesale & Retail Trade and Restaurants & Hotels plan to boost their headcounts (+30% and +29%).
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. hiring sentiment remains relatively strong for the remainder of 2022, according to the Q4 ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey (NYSE: MAN) of 6,050 employers published today.
Used internationally as a bellwether of economic and labor market trends, the Net Employment Outlook – calculated by subtracting the percentage of employers who anticipate reductions to staffing levels from those who plan to hire – now stands at +33%, down slightly (-5%) from Q3.
"Q4 is a critical bell-weather for the U.S labor market," said ManpowerGroup Chief Commercial Officer and North America President Becky Frankiewicz. "As we head into the holidays, employers are telling us skilled workers are the top of their wish-list and tailwinds like weaker growth and inflation haven't dampened their demands. The pandemic and subsequent talent shortages have taught companies that hiring and keeping the best talent is critical to success and just-in-time hiring is a challenge in this tight labor market. As the labor pool begins to look more like a labor puddle, we're counselling companies to do three things – look for potential versus simply past performance; reward and celebrate each and every person who dedicates their time and skills to work; and ensure flexibility and balance are an option for the many not the few. From factory floor to finance, every worker deserves the opportunity to work in a way that works for them."
KEY FINDINGS SUMMARY
- As tech for good gains momentum, digital roles continue to drive demand: IT, Technology, Telecoms, Communications & Media reported the strongest outlook (+56%), followed by Banking/Finance/Real Estate (+42%). The weakest hiring intentions were found in the Other Industry category (+20%).
- Employers in the Northeast and Midwest are least optimistic in hiring intentions compared to last quarter (-9%); yet Net Employment Outlooks are positive for both regions.
- Large organizations of 250+ employees report the strongest hiring intentions (+41%).
U.S. Hiring Plans by Industry Sectors
- Employers in all 11 U.S. industry sectors expect to grow their staff during the next three months: IT, Technology, Telecoms, Communications & Media (+56%); Banking, Finance, Insurance & Real Estate (+42%); Construction (+36%); Manufacturing (+35%); Other Services (+33%); Wholesale & Retail Trade (+30%); Restaurants & Hotels (+29%); Not-for-Profit (+26%); Education, Health, Social Work & Government (+25%); Primary Production (+24%); and Other Industries (+20%).
To view the complete results for the ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey, visit: manpowergroupusa.com/meos.
The next survey will be released in January 2023 and will report hiring expectations for the first quarter. With MEOS beginning in 1962, this year's results mark the 60th consecutive year of the survey.
ABOUT THE SURVEY
The ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey is the most comprehensive, forward-looking employment survey of its kind, used globally as a key economic indicator. The Net Employment Outlook is derived by taking the percentage of employers anticipating an increase in hiring activity and subtracting from this the percentage of employers expecting a decrease in hiring activity.
ABOUT MANPOWERGROUP
ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis, and Talent Solutions – creates substantially more value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity – as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality, and Disability, and in 2022 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 13th year – all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.
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