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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — It is, to be sure, the stuff of movies: An oft-injured guy ranked outside the top 100, making his Grand Slam debut thanks to a wild card, knocks out two seeded players on his way to a fourth-round matchup at Wimbledon against none other than No. 1 Novak Djokovic, the three-time defending champion.
We can guess what Hollywood might do with that script. Tim van Rijthoven, a 25-year-old Dutchman, earned the chance to see what will happen in real life across the net from Djokovic after both men won in straight sets Friday at the All England Club.
“Before the tournament started, it was a dream for me to play him, basically. So to be able to have that chance, and to maybe even play on Centre Court or Court 1, is beautiful and magical,” van Rijthoven said after beating No. 22 Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 on Court 12, with its capacity of 1,736, to become the first wild-card entry since 2015 to get to the round of 16 at Wimbledon.
“I go into every match thinking I can win the match,” said van Rijthoven, whose baseline-based style eliminated No. 15 Reilly Opelka earlier in the week. “Also, against Djokovic, I’ll go into that match thinking I can win that match.”
Actually, until June, the backward-ballcap-wearing van Rijthoven never had won a match on the ATP Tour. Since then, he hasn’t lost one, going 8-0, including a victory over current No. 1 Daniil Medvedev to claim the trophy at a grass-court event in the Netherlands.
“It’s been a long one. I’ve had my ups and downs, injuries here and there. Also struggled mentally,” said van Rijthoven, whose health issues included wrist surgery, a procedure on a vein in his right arm because of thrombosis and nine months healing from “golfer’s elbow” that he noted with a smile he incurred from playing tennis.
“I’m just happy to be in the place I am right now,” he said. “I hope to be there for a couple more years — or a lot more years, actually.”
If he’s an unknown to most, he is not to Djokovic, who grabbed the initial seven games and then six of seven in a strong stretch later on, during a 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 victory over No. 22 Miomir Kecmanovic at nearly 15,000-seat Centre Court.
That’s in part because Djokovic is pals with van Rijthoven’s coach, Igor Sijsling. And in part because he’s been keeping an eye on the guy.
So Djokovic offered a bit of a scouting report.
“His game, from what I’ve seen, is quite suitable to this surface. His big serve, one-handed backhand. Uses the slice well. He’s an all-around player. He can play fast, he can also stay in the rally and come to the net,” said Djokovic, who seemed to enjoy the sunny, breezy conditions in the afternoon, compiling a 36-13 edge in winners against his Serbian Davis Cup teammate. “I’m sure he’s excited to play on a big stage. He doesn’t have much to lose. He’s on his dream run. He’s a young player that is just starting, so I’m sure his career will be very good.”
Other men’s fourth-round matchups set up for the middle Sunday — traditionally an off day, that is now a scheduled day of play for the first time in the tournament’s 145-year history — are No. 5 Carlos Alcaraz vs. No. 10 Jannik Sinner, No. 23 Frances Tiafoe vs. David Goffin, and No. 30 Tommy Paul vs. No 9 Cam Norrie.
Djokovic is eyeing a seventh career title at Wimbledon and 21st major championship overall. Only one other man on the top half of the bracket ever has been to the fourth round at the All England Club in the past: Goffin.
And Djokovic is the only man still around who reached last year’s quarterfinals.
“I’ve been playing better and better as the tournament progresses,” Djokovic said. “I always expect the highest of myself.”
Women’s fourth-rounders Sunday are No. 3 Ons Jabeur vs. No. 24 Elise Mertens, No. 12 Jelena Ostapenko vs. Tatjana Maria, Marie Bouzkova vs. Caroline Garcia, and Heather Watson vs. Julie Niemeier. One of those players will play for the championship; the only one who’s ever participated in a Grand Slam singles final previously is 2017 French Open champion Ostapenko.
Watson, a 30-year-old from Britain, made her Grand Slam debut in 2010 and this is her 43rd appearance at one of the sport’s four most important tournaments. It is the first time she has reached the fourth round (same for Niemeier, whose only previous major showing was a first-round exit at this year’s French Open).
“Yeah, I was just sort of waiting for it to happen,” Watson said. “I waited long enough, I think.”
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A couple from Valparaiso were found after going missing in the Charles C. Deam Wilderness of the Hoosier National Forest outside of Bloomington.
According to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, a 44-year-old man called 911 at approximately 6 p.m. on Thursday after he and his wife became lost while hiking in the forest. Search crews were able to find the man but were unable to find his wife before nightfall.
According to DNR, the man and his 36-year-old wife separated after she became too exhausted to walk and he ventured out in search of help. The search was suspended overnight due to potential dangers but resumed at sunrise.
The woman was found by search crews at approximately 9 a.m. after having to spend the night alone in the forest.
Both hikers were checked out by EMS and released. | https://cbs4indy.com/indiana-news/lost-hikers-found-in-morgan-co-wilderness/ | 2022-07-01T19:34:13Z | https://cbs4indy.com/indiana-news/lost-hikers-found-in-morgan-co-wilderness/ | false |
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Two days after the death of her grandmother, Katie Boulter was back on the grass at Wimbledon. She wasn’t going to miss a chance to play at her grandma’s favorite tennis tournament.
Her grandfather was right there on Centre Court watching every twist and every turn, and, ultimately, the emotional celebration that came with an upset victory.
Playing through the stress of her family’s loss, and the pressure of being in the biggest stadium at the All England Club against last year’s Wimbledon runner-up, Boulter staged a surprising comeback to beat sixth-seeded Karolina Pliskova 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4.
“It’s been a tough few days for sure,” said Boulter, who is from Leicester, England. “I’ve tried to kind of get my emotions out and deal with the situation, try and keep my head on the tennis.
“I was lucky because my grandpa managed to come down from Leicester, and so we could keep him company and keep supporting him at the same time.”
The victory put the 25-year-old Boulter into the third round at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. That’s a pretty good run for someone ranked 118th in the world who only was invited to play at Wimbledon with a wild card, even though she also beat Pliskova last week at a warm-up event in Eastbourne, England.
That was her first victory over a top-10 player.
“I managed to control my emotions very well and played a really good match,” Boulter said. “Ultimately it came down to the wire, and I think I stayed really strong in the tough moments. I think that’s why I got the win today.”
Boulter will face Harmony Tan of France in the next round. Tan eliminated seven-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams in the first round and then beat 32nd-seeded Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday.
“There will be maybe some public (support) for her, but I’m prepared for that,” Tan said of her next match, “because when I play Serena, there is a lot of public (support) for her also.”
The crowd, probably on Centre Court on Saturday, will certainly get behind Boulter once again.
Just like her grandmother used to do.
“Her favorite tournament was Wimbledon,” Boulter said. “That’s why it’s a special one for me.”
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Average daily new COVID infections in France rise to nearly 100,000
The number of average new COVID deaths has been stable at around 40 per day for about three weeks. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne this week encouraged social distancing and asked citizens to start wearing masks again in confined spaces, especially on public transport, but did not speak of making mask wearing mandatory again.
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France reported more than 125,000 new coronavirus infections on Friday, pushing the seven-day moving average of new infections to 99,316, the highest level since April 19. After falling from a high of over 140,000 a day at the start of April, average daily new infections fell below 18,000 a day end May.
But with mask wearing no longer mandatory in most places except in hospitals and a sharp increase in international travel, the trend turned again in June and authorities have said France is now in a seventh wave of the epidemic. The number of COVID patients in intensive care rose by 29 to 960 on Friday, but remained well below levels of over 3,000 seen at the start of the year. The number of average new COVID deaths has been stable at around 40 per day for about three weeks.
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne this week encouraged social distancing and asked citizens to start wearing masks again in confined spaces, especially on public transport, but did not speak of making mask wearing mandatory again. Masks were mandatory on public transport until mid May.
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Ukraine's culture of cooking borsch, the hearty soup with beets and cabbage, has made it to UNESCO's list of heritage traditions "in need of urgent safeguarding" because of Russia's invasion.
Often written borscht in English, the soup is widely eaten across Eastern Europe and is extremely common in Russia. But Ukraine considers it a national dish, or as UNESCO put it: "part of the fabric of Ukrainian society, cultural heritage, identity and tradition."
"The victory in the war for borsch is ours!" Ukraine's Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko posted on Telegram, declaring the soup to be "officially" Ukrainian. "Remember and be sure: We will win this war like we did the war for borsch."
The matter of borsch heritage got political in recent years, as fighting escalated since 2014 in eastern Ukrainian regions that Russia recognized as independent right before invading the country in February. Russia has long claimed borsch as part of its own food tradition. The soup's tangled origins possibly trace back to ancient Kievan Rus, summarily nationalized in the Soviet Union.
Ukraine asked UNESCO to consider borsch as its "intangible cultural heritage" long before the war. On Friday, because of the war, the United Nations culture agency said for the first time it inscribed a cultural heritage element for safeguarding "as a matter of extreme urgency."
"The armed conflict has threatened the viability of the element," UNESCO said. "The displacement of people and bearers threatens the element, as people are unable not only to cook or grow local vegetables for borscht, but also to come together to practice the element."
UNESCO did note, however, that the inscription "does not imply exclusivity, nor ownership, of the heritage concerned, but "recognizes the social and cultural importance of Borscht cooking amongst Ukrainians." UNESCO in the past has ascribed the same dishes to multiple countries' cultural heritage, such as kimchi and couscous.
The agency also noted how varied a dish borscht can be: featuring fish or mushrooms, though most commonly meat in addition to the typical base of beet, cabbage, tomato and root vegetables, often served with sour cream, dill and bread or garlic rolls.
UNESCO's past additions to the list of practices "in need of urgent safeguarding" included Turkey's whistled language, Botswana's Seperu folkdance and Mongolian calligraphy.
In 2016, Ukraine saw another cultural practice inscribed for safeguarding by UNESCO: Cossack songs of the south-central Dnipropetrovsk region, endangered by the aging population of the bearers of this tradition.
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– Comprehensive Suite of Tools Aids Government Regulators, Security Agencies, Spectrum Owners, and Defense Electronics Companies to Better Analyze RF Signals –
MORGAN HILL, Calif., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Anritsu Company introduces the IQ Signal Master MX280005A Vector Signal Analysis software that delivers expanded post processing measurements and analysis of IQ data files captured on Anritsu Field Master Pro™ MS2090A, Remote Spectrum Monitor MS27201A, and Remote Spectrum Monitor MS2710xA spectrum analyzers. Designed for challenging field environments, the software assists government regulators inspect the RF spectrum, security agencies track illegal or nefarious signals, spectrum owners protect their licensed spectrum, and defense electronics companies analyze radar and EW signals.
A comprehensive suite of enhanced functions in the new VSA software allows users to analyze the modulation of captured signals or replay the captured IQ data with enhanced resolution. It includes an IQ file browser with a detailed view of IQ file metadata, as well as an IQ data capture control that allows users to quickly and easily configure the spectrum analyzer for IQ data capture. A basic IQ data viewer that provides a quick and easy method to interpret images of any captured IQ data file to validate that the file contains information of interest is also included in the software.
An optional IQ file format converter enables IQ data captured using an Anritsu spectrum analyzer to be converted to the format required by the Anritsu Vector Signal Generator MG3710E and downloaded for playback to enable simulation of captured signals in a controlled lab environment. The VSA mode of the new MX280005A features the same modulation quality measurements included in the initial release of the software.
With the expanded MX280005A, Anritsu offers a complete end-to-end solution for IQ capture and analysis. It enhances the best-in-class performance of the Field Master Pro MS2090A, and Remote Spectrum Monitors MS27201A and MS2710XA. The MS2090A with continuous frequency coverage from 9 kHz to 54 GHz and a 110 MHz real-time option delivers a displayed average noise level (DANL) of -164 dBm, and Third Order Intercept (TOI) of +20 dBm (typical).
Wide area spectrum monitoring up to 43.5 GHz can be conducted with the MS27201A. Anritsu offers three models of remote spectrum monitors in the MX2710XA family. The MS27101A is housed in a half-rack enclosure with 1U height, while the MS27102A is an IP67-rated device for outdoor applications. The MS27103A is a multi-port spectrum monitor for applications requiring the use of multiple antennas.
Anritsu is a provider of innovative communications test and measurement solutions. Anritsu engages customers as true partners to help develop wireless, optical, microwave/RF, and digital solutions for R&D, manufacturing, installation, and maintenance applications, as well as multidimensional service assurance solutions for network monitoring and optimization. Anritsu also provides precision microwave/RF components, optical devices, and high-speed electrical devices for communication products and systems. The company develops advanced solutions for emerging and legacy wireline and wireless technologies used in commercial, private, military/aerospace, government, and other markets.
To learn more visit www.anritsu.com and follow Anritsu on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
6-9-8-2
(six, nine, eight, two)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
6-9-8-2
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Taming the tiger: On change of guard in Maharashtra
July 02, 2022 00:20 ISTBJP deflected attention from the defection by allowing Shinde retain Sena identity
The formation of a new government in Maharashtra on Thursday, led by Eknath Shinde, followed a nail-biting and unique script. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) conceded the Chief Minister’s post to Mr. Shinde who led a revolt in the Shiv Sena to unseat Uddhav Thackeray. Former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has settled for the post of Deputy Chief Minister. The political churn in Maharashtra is unlikely to settle with this, however. When the Shiv Sena, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) formed an unlikely alliance, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), to form the government in 2019, it was seen as a new possibility of politics by some and crass opportunism by many. As it turned out, Mr. Thackeray, son of Sena founder Bal Thackeray, could not manage the turmoil that his daring to experiment triggered within the party. Initially, it had appeared that the provincialism represented by the Sena might act as a counter to the totalising politics of Hindutva. The MVA’s unravelling shows that the BJP’s ideology, backed with instruments of state power, and the capacity to mobilise resources, could railroad regional politics when the situation is favourable. This is one sabotage of a government that has a credible ideological defence — Mr. Shinde, and his BJP backers have argued that the Sena-BJP alliance had fought together in 2019, with Hindutva as their bonding ideology. That Mr. Shinde unseated Mr. Thackeray to uphold the people’s will and fidelity to the ideology is a strong argument. For all his mild demeanour and inclusive image, Mr. Thackeray could not command sufficient chutzpah to remake the Sena. The assumption that the Sena could be re-engineered into a benign political outfit seems to have been misplaced. And he failed to notice the resentment that was bubbling up right under his nose.
The Maharashtra episode proves yet again the BJP’s capacity to play the long game. Soon after the patriarch Thackeray’s passing in 2012, the BJP’s plans to gain an upper hand in its relations with the Sena began to roll out; by 2014 the party was ahead of the Sena. By winning a consecutive election in 2019, in alliance with the Sena, it reinforced its position. All this should have tempered the ambitions of the Thackerays — which by then included a third-generation scion, Aaditya. When they claimed power by forming the MVA, the BJP harnessed the resentment among Sena MLAs, finally toppling the Thackerays. But the BJP and the Shinde-led Sena faction have been careful not to bruise the sentiments of the Sena cadre that still holds the founder’s family in high esteem. Which faction will win the legal battle to own the party name and symbol and which one will win the hearts of the party workers are two different questions. It is not impossible that the Sena could dissipate and its cadres dissolve into the BJP. The concession of the CM’s post to Mr. Shinde is not an act of political altruism, but cold strategy. Having deflected the potential hurt and anger of the Sainiks for now, the BJP will now wait for the best time for its next move. The next episode of the Maharashtra saga will then play out. | https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/taming-the-tiger-the-hindu-editorial-on-change-of-guard-in-maharashtra/article65590253.ece/amp/ | 2022-07-01T19:49:05Z | https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/taming-the-tiger-the-hindu-editorial-on-change-of-guard-in-maharashtra/article65590253.ece/amp/ | false |
After three years, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity brought back in-person attendance for the first time since the pandemic hit, and let’s just say it definitely made up for lost time. Thousands of attendees flew to the South of France to celebrate the best in creativity and advertising. The experience went beyond just the annual award show with tons of learnings, moments, and highlights worth sharing. Here’s my top takeaways below:
Vogue & Snap Showcase the Power of Augmented Reality
High fashion met high tech in this collaboration between Vogue and Snap as they teamed up to create an augmented reality (AR) exhibition. Each room was curated by designers such as Balenciaga, Dior, Versace, and more. Inside, you could use Snap’s Lens technology to scan codes called “landmarks” to reveal AR experiences and virtually try on clothes. For example, in the Gucci exhibition room, you could virtually try on the fur coat and suit jacket on display.
While this event demonstrated the luxury of designer brands, it also highlighted the applicability of AR in retail. According to Snap, 77% of customers were interested in accessing spaces where they could explore a virtual shopping experience and create a ‘try before you buy’ wardrobe and 66% of customers who use AR are less likely to return their purchases. With that, brands can use this technology to increase sales, reduce customer returns, and protect their bottom line.
This exhibit also hit on a greater trend as ASOS, Rayban, and Sephora, to name a few, already use AR shopping to creatively engage their customers. Moving forward, AR technology holds tremendous potential as the global market size for AR products — such as head mounted displays, smart glasses, and stationary AR systems — is currently at $6.12 billion but projected to grow to $97.76 billion by 2028 with Snap at the forefront of bringing it to the masses.
LinkedIn CEO Predicts Future of B2B Advertising
During his keynote, LinkedIn CEO Ryan Rolansky spoke about how nine out of ten of last year’s largest tech IPO’s were B2B companies which means that there will likely be a huge influx in B2B marketing spend in coming years.
Just as Nike and The Coca-Cola Company first made their brands compelling to consumers years ago, Rolansky predicted that more B2B brands will do the same but for their business clients — and do it by hiring more technical employees than before. Rolansky shared a few more statistics that spoke to this point:
- In 2021, for every creative role hired, 1.25 technical roles were hired
- There’s been a 32% decline in hiring for creative skills (like strategy and branding) compared to a 47% increase in tech skills (like coding)
- The ad industry lost 5.5% more people than it gained in the past 5 years.
Don’t be surprised if we see more B2B companies winning awards at Cannes Lions in the next few years.
Paris Hilton, Gary Vaynerchuk & Swan Sit Discuss NFT Marketing
In a conversation with Swan Sit, Paris Hilton and Gary Vaynerchuk spoke about the future of NFTs and how brands can best take advantage. Hilton spoke about how she created an early version of Paris World (now hosted in Roblox) back in 2016, which was ahead of its time. Her vision of virtual nightclubs, helicopters, and mansions essentially predicted what we know as the metaverse today. It’s this kind of forward thinking that led to her most recent NFT launch on Origin Protocol in collaboration with Superplastic.
Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of speaking with Hilton myself and I asked her about how she started her NFT journey and working with Origin Protocol. With that came her project “Past Lives, New Beginnings,” featuring a 1/1, open edition, and eleven limited edition NFTs meant to symbolize ending one chapter and entering the next as an advocate and entrepreneur.
As she and Vaynerchuk continue to invest in this space through VeeFriends, they encourage brands to do the same: “Brands can call my company and I will make it happen”, said Hilton. Her best advice was the significance of partnering with the right people – and of course, she’s one of them.
Celebrities Call For Greater Diversity
People often say, “you can’t be what you can’t see.” At the Bloomberg ESG House, Samuel Etienne hosted a panel which featured Martin Agency’s Chief Creative Officer Danny Robinson who spoke to this point:
“76% of non-white creative professionals didn’t even know [advertising] was a career when they were in high school,” he said. It’s a staggering statistic that celebrities like Issa Rae, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Ryan Reynolds are using their influence to change.
At the same panel with Robinson and Etienne, Ryan Reynolds spoke about his latest initiative, Creative Ladder. This nonprofit aims to help students from all backgrounds learn about all the creative careers that await them, and offers leadership training for those beginning their journeys.
Later, Tracee Ellis Ross reflected on certain “mentorship programs” to say that it’s unfair to give someone an unpaid internship and then leave them high and dry without a position when it ends. She said there’s “nothing wrong with being a mentor, but give people positions. These ‘mentor programs’ that don't pay — that utilize people and everything they have to offer — then don't promise a job at the end of that mentorship, does not work.”
On the Cannes Lions main stage, Issa Rae talked about the work that stil needs to be done to increase diversity and inclusion in the industry. “I still see bias in the industry,” she said. “Now there’s a public discourse about it, people can call it out and see the results.”
Rae is leading by example by implementing a mandate on all her projects: 60% of all crew members on set must be of diverse backgrounds. It’s also not the first time she’s challenging bias in the industry – in 2014 she launched ColorCreative, a management company meant to support diverse creators and produce inclusive content.
Looking back on her career, Rae said she’s most proud of “making a pipeline [and] having people rise in the industry.”
Spotify Takes Audio Beyond Music
Beyond hosting concerts at Cannes headlined by Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone, and Dua Lipa, Spotify came to Cannes to speak about another important part of their platform: podcasts.
In less than four years, they went from having just a few podcasts to becoming a global leader in the market. Lee Brown, Spotify’s Global Head of Advertising Business & Platform said that “creators are the backbone of [this] business,” which is why it’s so important to support them.
Spotify also hosted panel discussions with some of their top talent including the “Batman Unburied” voice actors Winston Duke and Hasan Minhaj, who discussed the adaptation and their experience creating the audio-only series.
Spotify’s made it clear that podcasting is a priority, and the company’s eager to reach younger listeners. Highly produced shows like “Batman Unburied” serve as a great entry point for audiences to discover other content from smaller creators. With so many different kinds of podcasts to enjoy, Spotify attracts a wide variety of listeners – 32.5 million monthly listeners in the United States, and that number’s only going up.
YouTube Shared Latest Trends in Creator Economy
In her keynote, YouTube & Video Global Solutions VP Debbie Weinstein spoke about how YouTube paid their creators 30 billion dollars in the past three year, which is more than any other social platform. Thanks to YouTube’s monetization programs, more creators are pursuing their craft full-time and earning a living from their content.
Weinstein also highlighted the growth of YouTube Shorts, the platform’s short-form video answer to TikTok. She cited that there are over 30 billion Shorts views everyday and 1.5 billion active Shorts users. While this format is becoming more popular among Gen Z, viewers still haven’t abandoned longer videos. In fact, 59% of viewers use YouTube Shorts to discover topics they want to watch longer versions of, and 60% of them use YouTube to find more content on a show or movie they just watched – meaning the two formats actually complement each other instead of competing.
Following Weinstein, YouTube’s Global Director of Culture & Trends Kevin Allocca presented a fascinating keynote on the latest trends and insights across the platform. He spoke about several growing content genres, including:
- “Comfort Creators”: Alloca said 83% of Gen Z used YouTube to watch soothing content that helps them relax. As a result, formats like ASMR continue to evolve as viewers look to creators to help them feel “comfort” and lower anxiety.
- “Community Creativity": Creators are turning niche interests into shared experiences. A great example is Big Jet TV which drew in nearly 250,000 viewers to watch creator Jerry Dyer's coverage of planes navigating Storm Eunice as they landed at Heathrow airport.
- “Multi-format Creativity”: Allocca elaborated on Weinstein’s earlier point about how creators are using Shorts and long-form content to complement each other.
Allocca later spoke with creator Mark Rober about his journey on YouTube throughout the past decade, as they reminisced on the changing landscape and how to best navigate it. The two concluded by saying their best advice to creators is to focus on building dialogues, experimenting with formats, and responding to the needs of their audience.
With all that happened at Cannes Lions this year, there were undoubtedly moments that I missed so feel free to comment below if you were there and had any other takeaways or learnings to share. | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonyoushaei/2022/07/01/what-you-missed-at-cannes-lions-2022-augmented-reality-creator-economy-b2b-marketing--more/ | 2022-07-01T19:49:28Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonyoushaei/2022/07/01/what-you-missed-at-cannes-lions-2022-augmented-reality-creator-economy-b2b-marketing--more/ | false |
‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ review: Did this really need to be a saga?
Chicago - When the chattering, pill-shaped yellow creatures known as Minions first appeared in the animated supervillain comedy "Despicable Me," they were essentially a knockoff of the semi-verbal characters seen in classic Pixar movies. Think of the aliens in "Toy Story" or the pillbugs in "A Bug’s Life," cloned and tweaked by upstart cartoon studio Illumination. As the Minions stuck around through two "Despicable" sequels and their own spinoff movie, however, a strange thing happened: Their gibberish Minionese, a mélange of multiple languages including Spanish, Italian, English, Russian and Japanese, has become progressively easier to understand — perhaps even preferable to the more traditional communication methods of the series’ human characters. Yet during this same period, what’s actually happening in any given scene of a "Minions" movie has become more inscrutable.
In "Minions: The Rise of Gru," the confusion starts before the movie even begins: Where exactly does this story fall within the "Despicable" timeline? The first "Minions" was a spinoff set before the little guys crossed paths with supervillain Gru. (The first "Despicable Me" vaguely implied Gru created them, but never mind.) "Rise of Gru" is a sequel to "Minions," but also a direct prequel to "Despicable Me." It brings in the character of Gru as a youngster, inexplicably elaborating on his origin in a movie that’s supposed to be about little weirdos who say "banana!" all the time. Did this really need to be a saga? And if it did, why does the movie named for the Minions feature them so sparingly in the first third of its story?
About "Minions: The Rise of Gru": Even for a silly cartoon, it doesn’t make much sense
Indeed, kids excited to see their Minion pals Kevin, Bob and Stuart (all voiced by "Despicable Me" director Pierre Coffin) may be flummoxed by the Minion-free extended opening of "Rise of Gru." Instead, the movie turns its focus to the Vicious Six, a powerful group of bad guys with barely-punny names like Belle Bottom (Taraji P. Henson), Strong Hold (Danny Trejo) and Wild Knuckles (Alan Arkin) — in case anyone needed reminding that verbal humor is not Illumination’s strong suit. Young Gru (a pitch-adjusted Steve Carell), an outcast at school keeping a fleet of eager-to-please Minions at his mom’s house, desperately wants to join the Vicious Six. As it happens, they have an opening after betraying group founder Wild Knuckles during a heist of a rare stone.
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(from left) Svengeance (Dolph Lundgren), Jean Clawed (Jean-Claude Van Damme), Belle Bottom (Taraji P. Henson), Stronghold (Danny Trejo) and Nunchuck (Lucy Lawless) in Illumination's Minions: The Rise of Gru, directed by Kyle Balda.
When the Six reject Gru out of hand, he gets his revenge by stealing the stolen stone. Wild Knuckles, also in pursuit of the stone, kidnaps Gru; the main trio of Minions then sets off to rescue him, while newcomer Minion Otto goes off to retrieve the stone, which he has just traded away for a Pet Rock. (The movie is set somewhere in the late 1970s, presumably for the sake of covering overplayed disco hits on the soundtrack.) A series of madcap chases ensue, but the movie spends most of its time running in circles.
It might sound absurd to fault a "Minions" sequel for being confusing nonsense. Here’s the problem: The filmmakers, led by director Kyle Balda, don’t seem to recognize the difference between comic/cartoon logic and employing no logic at all. With comic logic, characters act in ways that make sense to them, making a series of decisions that reach a ridiculous conclusion that subverts expectations. On the other hand, characters who just do whatever "random" thing will get a laugh are employing no logic at all.
(from left) Minion Otto and Biker (RZA) in Illumination's Minions: The Rise of Gru, directed by Kyle Balda.
At their best, the Minions, like a lot of classic cartoon characters, do employ comic logic. "Minions: The Rise of Gru" has a funny little sequence where Kevin, Bob and Stuart attempt to commandeer a commercial airline to reach their destination. They make a mess of the flight because they are doing what they feel they must to complete their mission, which involves trying and failing to mimic the behaviors of a normal flight crew.
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However simple that sounds, it’s not always a guiding principle. Later in the movie, the trio takes an extended series of kung-fu lessons from a stranger. Why, exactly? Seemingly because the filmmakers thought it would be funny to have the legendary Michelle Yeoh voice a kung-fu instructor with the same lazy design (pear shape, untucked shirt) as Rosita the pig from Illumination’s "Sing" movies. Later, the Vicious Six use their enchanted stone to transform themselves and others into animals from the Chinese zodiac, presumably in touching tribute to the fact that "Despicable Me 3" made a ton of money in China. Throughout the overcomplicated movie, things just happen without explanation or escalation, as if following a script mistranslated from Minionese.
(from left) Illumination's Minions: The Rise of Gru, directed by Kyle Balda.
Yet when "Rise of Gru" tries to tame its own comic anarchy, it’s no better. It may actually be worse, indulging in a misguided attempt to recreate the pathos of the original "Despicable Me" with the relationship between young Gru and cranky (but not especially evil) Wild Knuckles. The first film is the story of a misanthropic loner of a supervillain learning to love an unexpected family; does it really make sense to give him extra backstory where he has a loving and supportive mentor as a child?
See "Minions: The Rise of Gru" for: A chance to hear the laughter of children
It’s a near certainty that most kids will enjoy "Minions: The Rise of Gru." It’s fast-paced slapstick starring their favorite goofballs. There’s nothing wrong with that. It has its moments, and the filmmakers’ desire to explode into kinetic silliness is a likable impulse, one that sets this film apart from more thematically ambitious family fare. Adults may even find its laughs cathartic. But it’s a little unsettling to realize that five movies and 12 years into their signature franchise, Illumination isn’t getting any better at this stuff.
Grade: C
In theaters nationwide July 1. Rated PG. 87 minutes. Dir: Kyle Balda. Featuring: Steve Carell, Taraji P. Henson, Michelle Yeoh, RZA, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lucy Lawless, Dolph Lundgren, Danny Trejo, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Alan Arkin.
About the writer: Jesse Hassenger is a writer, editor, and film critic based in Brooklyn, New York. His reviews and essays have appeared in The A.V. Club, Polygon, Paste Magazine, The Week, and Decider, among others. He also co-hosts the horror podcast The New Flesh, sometimes writes fiction, and enjoys rock and roll. His tweets about the Brine King from Aquaman appear at @rockmarooned.
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Everyone’s favorite small yellow pals scamper into theaters on Friday, July 1. "Minions: The Rise of Gru" is not currently available to stream, but the rest of the "Despicable Me" cinematic universe is streaming via Peacock and/or NBC Universal.
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R. Kelly placed on suicide watch after being sentenced to 30 years in prison, his lawyer says
R. Kelly has been placed on suicide watch at the federal detention facility in New York where he is being held after he was sentenced this week to 30 years in prison on racketeering and sex trafficking charges, his lawyer said Friday.
But the disgraced R&B singer is not suicidal, attorney Jennifer Bonjean told CNN she believes, adding Kelly had been fearful of being put on suicide watch.
"The irony of putting someone on suicide watch when they're not suicidal is it actually causes more harm," Bonjean said.
Kelly, 55, was placed on suicide watch because he is well known, Bonjean said she was told by prosecutors who spoke with prison officials. CNN has reached out to prosecutors and the Bureau of Prisons for confirmation.
"It's punishment for being high-profile. And it's horrifying frankly," she said. "To put someone under suicide watch under those conditions is cruel and unusual when they don't need it."
Bonjean had asked Kelly to email her after he was taken back into the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn following his sentencing Wednesday but never got an email from him, she said. She hasn't gotten answers about his status from the detention center until prosecutors requested information from the facility, Bonjean added.
A jury convicted Kelly last September on nine counts, including one charge of racketeering and eight counts of violations of the Mann Act, a sex trafficking law. Prosecutors from the Eastern District of New York accused Kelly of using his status as a celebrity and a "network of people at his disposal to target girls, boys and young women for his own sexual gratification."
The five-week federal trial in Brooklyn included testimony from witnesses who said they were sexually and physically abused by Kelly. The court also heard from people involved with orchestrating the disgraced R&B singer's 1994 marriage to the late singer Aaliyah when she was just 15 years old and he was an adult after she believed she'd gotten pregnant.
Prosecutors had asked the judge to sentence Kelly to more than 25 years behind bars, while his defense attorneys asked for 10 or fewer. | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/r-kelly-suicide-watch-after-being-sentenced/40485839 | 2022-07-01T20:06:18Z | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/r-kelly-suicide-watch-after-being-sentenced/40485839 | false |
In a meeting with Democratic governors on abortion access Friday, President Joe Biden said the nation could go “one way or the other” depending on who is elected to Congress in November’s midterm elections, noting he was concerned about the possibility of a nationwide abortion ban in the future if Republicans take and keep the majorities in the coming years.
Biden met with nine governors who were making an effort to protect abortion rights in their states and who urged the president to do more at the federal level, including Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York and Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina.
The president called the Supreme Court decision to reverse Roe v. Wade “tragic” and a “terrible and extreme decision.”
“I share the public outrage that this extremist court has committed to moving America backwards with fewer rights, less autonomy and politicians invading the most personal decisions,” Biden said.
He warned that November’s midterms elections could shape the future of abortion rights and offered Americans two choices: elect more Democratic lawmakers who will help codify Roe v. Wade into federal law or face a potential Republican majority in the House and Senate who will work to further chip away at abortion rights.
“This is going to go one way or the other after November,” he said, adding that he feared a nationwide abortion ban may make it through Congress, although any legislation of that kind would need an anti-abortion president to sign it into law.
Governors on Friday outlined their efforts to protect abortion rights and offered options for Biden at the federal level.
Gov. Hochul — whose state senate passed a measure Friday that would solidify the right to seek an abortion in the constitution — said New York would be a “safe harbor” for women seeking abortions.
Hochul said she had allocated $35 million in funding for abortion providers to expand services, for example, and that all insurance companies doing business in New York would have to cover abortion.
“This is chaos. It's frightening. But also we're doing what we can to make sure that, you know, we are protected,” she said. “The rights of millions of women across this country are now falling on the shoulders of just a handful of states.”
Hochul and Gov. Cooper of North Carolina both praised Biden on Friday for his comments supporting getting rid of the Senate filibuster — which makes it so bills must have at least 60 votes to pass — in order to codify abortion rights in Congress.
But Biden himself admitted that is likely not possible, since all Democrats would have to agree to change Senate rules, and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia oppose getting rid of the filibuster.
“That means we need two more votes,” Biden said Friday.
Cooper — whose Republican-led legislature has now moved to restrict abortion rights — said his state expects at least an additional 10,000 women to come from out of state to North Carolina for an abortion in the next year, mostly due to restrictions in neighboring states.
“Women and doctors should not have these politicians in the exam room with them looking over their shoulders,” he said.
Gov. Hochul urged Biden to take a look at offering abortions at federal facilities like veterans hospitals and military bases, though administration officials have all but rejected the idea of offering the procedure on public lands.
Gov. Michelle Lujan-Grisham of New Mexico said leaders of some Indian nations had reached out to her about the idea of offering abortions at Indian Health Service clinics.
President Biden said they were looking at that idea. He did not announce any new federal actions but pointed to what the administration has committed to so far: protecting women who want to travel to another state for an abortion, making abortion medication accessible and broadening access to family planning resources. | https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2022/07/01/biden-governors-midterms-future-of-abortion-rights | 2022-07-01T20:08:01Z | https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2022/07/01/biden-governors-midterms-future-of-abortion-rights | true |
Novavax expects COVID vaccine targeting Omicron in fourth quarter
July 1 (Reuters) - Novavax Inc said on Friday it expects to provide a COVID-19 vaccine targeting Omicron in the fourth quarter as it accelerates development of shots to protect against the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants.
The U.S. FDA on Thursday recommended COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers change the design of their booster shots beginning this fall to include components tailored to combat the currently dominant Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants.
Novavax expects additional preclinical data on shots tailored against the fast-spreading Omicron subvariants in late summer or fall.
The company's vaccine, based on an earlier strain of the virus, has not yet been authorized in the United States and is currently under U.S. Food and Drug Administration review. (Reporting by Mrinalika Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10974393/Novavax-expects-COVID-vaccine-targeting-Omicron-fourth-quarter.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-01T20:13:29Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10974393/Novavax-expects-COVID-vaccine-targeting-Omicron-fourth-quarter.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
INDIANAPOLIS — Community gardens function as critical access points of nutrition for thousands of folks in Indianapolis.
As a record-breaking heat wave rages, the city's urban gardeners and growers are fighting to produce their usual yield against a toughening climate.
Danielle Guerin is the executive director of the Soul Food Project, a community farm that focuses on empowering wellness in Indianapolis and educating the next generation of urban gardeners.
The heat has slowed down production.
"Produce-wise, things are struggling a little bit. Things are slowing down — a lot. They're not used to growing in this heat. And some things aren't even germinating, because it's just too hot," Guerin said.
Across the farms' three locations in Indianapolis, which distributes food at locations on Keystone and Sherman avenues and on the far east side, Guerin has had to take extra precautions to make sure the outstanding heat does not affect her output.
"Our yields are lower, and so then we can’t put that money out for the neighbor residents who need the food. We can't serve as many people. So that's concerning for us that we don't have enough food to serve everyone," Guerin said.
Across the city, community gardeners and urban growers of all types are feeling the heat.
At the Fountain Square Community Garden along Virginia Avenue, leaders of an all-volunteer garden say the heat is affecting their ability to feed community members in need.
Tim Dunkel, the garden's co-founder and head gardener, began the project three years ago as a way to bring nutritious food to people living in food deserts.
While the garden's group of volunteers were able to gather much of their early spring produce and distribute it to community members, he has concerns about vegetables that will need to be harvested later in the summer.
"A lot of the plants just aren't fit for this. Our kale and broccoli and our peas are pretty much fried now after this, what week-and-a-half, two weeks of this heat wave. They just can't handle the heat. Tomatoes and others, they do a little bit better," Dunkel said.
Across the city, Indy's close-knit network of community gardeners and urban farmers are swapping ways to innovate against the brutal heat.
"We are always texting each other like, 'what are you doing? How are you surviving this heat?'" Guerin said.
Right now, their main concern is accessing enough water. Both the Soul Food Project and Fountain Square Community Garden relied on water provided by community members nearby. With rising costs, that water hasn't been given so freely.
"We've been able to consistently have access to water, which has been very lucky for us. I know in times where that's kind of been in question, it's given us some anxiety," said Stephen Fenton Jr., a director at Fountain Square Community Garden.
In the meantime, Guerin said she's taken on extra measures to harvest her farms, and even changed some of her tactics. She wakes up around 6 a.m. to tend the vegetables without the heat, and has taken to growing some microgreens indoors with hydroponics.
"We've been up since 6 o'clock this morning, working out in the garden. Harvesting early just to keep it a little bit cooler," she said.
Overall, the gardeners say climate change, and the heat waves that come with it, are at the back of their minds. And they have some advice for how to keep your own garden safe in the wake of this brutal wave.
"I would say that's the number one priority I follow is trying to get out here early in the morning to get them wet, and watered, before the heat starts coming on," Dunkel said. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/community-garden-worry-about-ability-to-feed-community-amid-heat-wave/531-05333202-77bb-4496-b590-26ad2d8fcc0c | 2022-07-01T20:15:37Z | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/community-garden-worry-about-ability-to-feed-community-amid-heat-wave/531-05333202-77bb-4496-b590-26ad2d8fcc0c | true |
Manufacturing hits lowest level since June 2020
New orders and employment both contracted last month
Economic activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector slowed more than expected in June to the lowest level in two years, as both demand and employment contracted according to the latest data.
The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing purchasing manager's index fell more than 3 points last month from May to 53%, the lowest reading since June 2020. Analysts polled by Refinitiv had expected June's PMI to come in higher at 54.9%.
Any reading about 50 indicates growth in the sector, and June 2022 marked the 25th consecutive month of growth after manufacturing contracted in April and May 2020 during the throes of the coronavirus pandemic.
MANUFACTURERS' OUTLOOK DIMS AS RECESSION FEARS GROW
Demand in the industry dropped last month, with ISM's new orders index falling 5.9 points to 49.2%. "The U.S. manufacturing sector continues to be powered — though less so in June — by demand while held back by supply chain constraints," said Timothy Fiore, who overseas the survey.
The manufacturing employment index also fell in June to a reading of 47.3%, declining for the second month in a row.
"Challenges with turnover (quits and retirements) and resulting backfilling continue to plague efforts to adequately staff organizations, but to a lesser degree compared to the previous month," Fiore said.
FACTORY ORDERS SLOWED MARKEDLY IN APRIL, CLIMBING JUST 0.3%
The manufacturing slowdown could be further evidence that the economy is cooling, as the Federal Reserve becomes more aggressive in tightening monetary policy and raising interest rates to reduce demand in an effort to bring down soaring inflation.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said this week that there is "no guarantee" the central bank could rein in inflation without hurting the job market, and reiterated policymakers' commitment to stabilizing prices.
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ISM's latest data shows there are some encouraging signs that inflation might have peaked, with the measure of prices paid by manufacturers declining from 82.2 in May to 78.5 in June.
Fiore noted, "Prices expansion slightly eased for a third straight month in June, but instability in global energy markets continues."
Reuters contributed to this report. | https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/manufacturing-hits-lowest-level-june-2020 | 2022-07-01T20:17:46Z | https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/manufacturing-hits-lowest-level-june-2020 | false |
Sometimes the simple life means a family date night.
On June 30, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden headed to Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica, Calif., to kick off the long 4th of July weekend in style with Sofia Richie and Elliot Grainge.
Nicole arrived to dinner wearing denim jeans, a black off-the-shoulder top and matching heels. As for Joel, the Good Charlotte rocker sported head to toe black including a leather jacket and Printed Flowers baseball cap.
Before enjoying the restaurant's Italian dishes, however, the couple chatted with Sofia and her fiancé, who appeared more than happy to be included. According to an eyewitness, the couple was all smiles as they walked into the restaurant holding hands.
For those who need even more proof that this is one happy family, look no further than social media. When Elliott celebrated his birthday in November, Nicole paid tribute to her future brother-in-law on Instagram writing, "Elliot. I love you more than you love Instacart."
And shortly after Elliott proposed to Sofia in April, Joel posted a rare comment on social media, writing, "My two favorites...I'm so happy for you both...couldn't have picked better people."
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NEW YORK (AP) — The following is a list of initial public offerings planned for the coming week. Sources include IPO ETF manager Renaissance Capital, and SEC filings.
There are no IPO'S scheduled for the week of July 5th.
NEW YORK (AP) — The following is a list of initial public offerings planned for the coming week. Sources include IPO ETF manager Renaissance Capital, and SEC filings.
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A former Georgetown University tennis coach who once coached former President Barack Obama’s family was sentenced Friday to 2 1/2 years in prison for pocketing more than $3 million in bribes in exchange for helping wealthy parents cheat their kids’ way into the school.
The sentence for Gordon Ernst is by far the toughest punishment handed down so far in the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal that shined a light on the lengths some rich parents will go to get their kids into the nation’s most selective schools.
Prosecutors had sought four years behind bars for Ernst, 55, who admitted to accepting nearly $3.5 million in bribes over a decade to designate the children of deep-pocketed parents as recruits even though they weren’t Georgetown-caliber players.
Ernst told the judge in Boston’s federal court that he lost his moral compass and acted out of line with what he taught his own players about making the right choices.
“I’m most ashamed that I didn’t follow what I was preaching to them,” he said.
In a letter to the judge, Ernst described growing up in Rhode Island with a demanding and physically abusive father — another Rhode Island tennis legend, the late Dick Ernst — whom he called more a “coach and tyrant than a dad.” Ernst’s mother told The Boston Globe that her husband was never abusive.
Ernst played hockey and tennis at Brown University in Providence before getting coaching jobs at Northwestern University and the University of Pennsylvania. He was offered the head men and women’s tennis coach job at Georgetown in 2006 and was introduced by a friend two years later to admissions consultant Rick Singer, the mastermind of the bribery scheme, Ernst told the judge.
Of the six spots Ernst got every year to recruit tennis players, he regularly gave at least two — and often up to five — to unqualified students in exchange for bribes, according to prosecutors. Over the years, he helped nearly two dozen students fraudulently get into the school, Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristen Kearney told the judge.
And unlike some of the other coaches charged in the case who were bribed in the form of money for their sports programs, Ernst pocketed almost all of the money for himself, prosecutors said. He used the bribe money to pay for his daughters’ expensive private school tuition and buy a home on Cape Cod, Kearney said.
Defense attorneys asked the judge for a sentence of about a year, saying in court papers that Ernst, like the tragic Greek mythological figure Icarus, “flew too close to the sun and forgot his wings were made of wax.”
Surrounded by families with wealth and prestige at Georgetown, Ernst — whose starting salary was $55,000 — told himself he wasn’t hurting anyone or his team by accepting the bribes, his lawyers wrote.
Ernst has tried to turn his life around since his 2019 arrest and has worked part time as a tennis instructor, hockey referee, and a rental car cleaner, Ernst’s lawyers said.
“Gordie has fallen from the White House to the tabloids – a fall from grace far longer than the Court sees in a typical case,” his lawyers wrote.
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani called Ernst’s actions “egregious,” and said they appeared to stem from a desire to portray himself as someone with wealth because that’s what he viewed as the measure of success.
Ernst left Georgetown in 2018 after an internal investigation launched over what the school described as “irregularities in the athletic credentials” of students he was recruiting concluded that he violated admissions rules.
He was later hired by the University of Rhode Island, which claimed it wasn’t told about the admissions rules violations. He resigned from that school shortly after his arrest.
Ernst is among 54 people who have been convicted in the Operation Varsity Blues case that exploded into headlines in March 2019.
The last defendant linked to the investigation to go to trial was acquitted by jurors on all counts last month. Another defendant was pardoned by former President Donald Trump and a third defendant got a deal that’s expected to lead to the dismissal of his case.
Before Friday, the toughest punishment had been 15 months in prison for John Wilson, a former Staples Inc. executive convicted by jurors of paying $220,000 to have his son designated as a University of Southern California water polo recruit and an additional $1 million to buy his twin daughters’ ways into Harvard and Stanford. Wilson maintains that he is innocent and remains free while he appeals his case.
Only a handful of defendants remain to be sentenced.
They include the scheme’s mastermind, Singer, who pleaded guilty in 2019 to a slew of charges. Singer secretly began cooperating with investigators before the case became public and helped the government build the massive prosecution. He’s expected to be sentenced in September.
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‘Pink Tax’ on feminine hygiene products, diapers ends in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB/Gray News) – Sales tax will no longer be applied to diapers and feminine hygiene products in Louisiana.
The “Pink Tax” exemption state law went into effect July 1, according to WAFB.
Items like tampons, menstrual pads, sanitary napkins and panty liners are now exempt from Louisiana’s 4.45% state sales tax.
“Ending the tax puts more money in the pockets of women and families who will spend that money in our economy, and it has a significant impact in the pockets of low-income families,” Michelle Erenberg with LIFT Louisiana told WAFB in a previous report.
The bill passed without opposition and carries a $9 million price tag.
Proponents have consistently argued that other essentials like food and water are exempted from state sales taxing, so these essentials should be too.
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SANTA FE, N.M., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Thornburg Income Builder Opportunities Trust (the "Trust") (NASDAQ: TBLD) today announced a monthly distribution of $0.10417 per share on the Trust's common shares, payable on July 20, 2022 to common shareholders of record as of July 11, 2022.
The Trust's monthly distributions are shown below:
Distribution rates are not performance and are calculated by summing the Trust's monthly distribution per share over four quarters and dividing by the net asset value or market price per share, as applicable, as of the distribution announcement date. Distributions on common shares are generally paid from net investment income (regular interest and dividends) and may also include capital gains and/or a return of capital. The Trust's distribution payable on July 20, 2022, does not include a return of capital but includes short-term capital gains in the amount of $0.05049. The specific tax characteristics of the distributions will be reported to the Trust's common shareholders on Form 1099 after the end of the 2022 calendar year. The final determination for all distributions paid in 2022 will be made in early 2023 and reported to you on Form 1099-DIV. You should not use this notice as a substitute for your 1099-DIV.
Shareholders should not assume that the source of a distribution from the Trust is net income or profit. A distribution comprised in whole or in part by a return of capital does not necessarily reflect the Trust's investment performance and should not be confused with "yield" or "income." Future distributions may consist of a return of capital. For further information regarding the Trust's distributions, please visit www.thornburg.com/tbld-distributions.
The Trust's investment objective is to provide current income and additional total return. The Trust seeks to achieve its objective by investing, directly or indirectly, at least 80% of its managed assets in a broad range of income-producing securities. The Trust invests in both equity and debt securities of companies located in the United States and around the globe. The Trust may invest in non-U.S. domiciled companies, including up to 20% of its managed assets at the time of investment in equity and debt securities of emerging market companies.
As a registered investment company, the Trust is subject to a 4% excise tax that is imposed if the Trust does not distribute to common shareholders by the end of any calendar year at least the sum of (i) 98% of its ordinary income (not taking into account any capital gain or loss) for the calendar year and (ii) 98.2% of its capital gain in excess of its capital loss (adjusted for certain ordinary losses) for a one-year period generally ending on October 31 of the calendar year (unless an election is made to use the Trust's fiscal year). In certain circumstances, the Trust may elect to retain income or capital gain to the extent that the Board of Trustees, in consultation with Trust management, determines it to be in the interest of shareholders to do so.
The common share distributions paid by the Trust for any particular period may be more than the amount of net investment income from that period. As a result, all or a portion of a distribution may be a return of capital, which is in effect a partial return of the amount a common shareholder invested in the Trust, up to the amount of the common shareholder's tax basis in their common shares, which would reduce such tax basis. Although a return of capital may not be taxable, it will generally increase the common shareholder's potential gain, or reduce the common shareholder's potential loss, on any subsequent sale or other disposition of common shares.
About Thornburg
Thornburg is a global investment firm delivering on strategy for institutions, financial professionals and investors worldwide. The privately held firm, founded in 1982, is an active, high-conviction manager of fixed income, equities, multi-asset solutions and sustainable investments. With $44 billion1 in client assets as of May 31, 2022, the firm offers mutual funds, closed-end funds, institutional accounts, separate accounts for high-net-worth investors and UCITS funds for non-U.S. investors.
As an independent firm, Thornburg can take on a wide range of opportunities, explore ideas thoroughly and work across strategies to deliver consistent risk-adjusted outperformance over the long term. The firm attracts free-thinking professionals who are eager to pursue investment outcomes beyond the confines of popular wisdom. From nimble operational capabilities to principles and actions fitting of a global citizen, Thornburg's world-class investment platform and team are aligned on strategy to serve investors.
Thornburg's U.S. headquarters is in Santa Fe, New Mexico with offices in London, Hong Kong and Shanghai. For more information, visit www.thornburg.com or call 877 215 1330.
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This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of any securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the laws of such state or jurisdiction. A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with and declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Before investing, carefully consider the Trust's investment goals, risks, charges, and expenses. For a prospectus or summary prospectus containing this and other information, contact your financial advisor, visit www.thornburg.com/tbld, or call 877 215 1330. Read them carefully before investing.
Certain statements in this press release constitute forward-looking statements, which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements of the Trust, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. As a result, no assurance can be given as to future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements, and neither the Trust nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of such statements in the future.
Risk is inherent in all investing. There can be no assurance that the Trust will achieve its investment objective, and you could lose some or all of your investment.
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METRO CHICAGO, Ill., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Calamos Investments®* has announced monthly distributions and sources of distributions paid in July 2022 to shareholders of its seven closed-end funds (the Funds) pursuant to the Funds' respective distribution plans.
The following table provides estimates of Calamos Global Total Return Fund's and Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund's distribution sources, reflecting YTD cumulative experience. The Funds attribute these estimates equally to each regular distribution throughout the year.
Regarding Calamos' remaining five closed-end funds, which operate under a managed distribution policy: The information below is required by an exemptive order granted to the Funds by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and includes the information sent to shareholders regarding the sources of the Funds' distributions.
The following table sets forth the estimated amount of the sources of distribution for purposes of Section 19 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the related rules adopted thereunder. The Funds estimate the following percentages, of their respective total distribution amount per common share, attributable to (i) current and prior fiscal year net investment income, (ii) net realized short-term capital gain, (iii) net realized long-term capital gain and (iv) return of capital or other capital source as a percentage of the total distribution amount. These percentages are disclosed for the current distribution as well as the fiscal YTD cumulative distribution amount per common share for the Funds. The following table provides estimates of each Fund's distribution sources, reflecting YTD cumulative experience. The Funds attribute these estimates equally to each regular distribution throughout the year.
You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's plan.
If the Fund(s) estimate(s) that it has distributed more than its income and capital gains, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund's investment performance and should not be confused with 'yield' or 'income'.
The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this 19(a) notice are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and tax purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099 DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
Return figures provided below are based on the change in the Fund's Net Asset Value per share ("NAV"), compared to the annualized distribution rate for this current distribution as a percentage of the NAV on the last day of the month prior to distribution record date.
While the NAV performance may be indicative of the Fund's investment performance, it does not measure the value of a shareholder's investment in the Fund. The value of a shareholder's investment in the Fund is determined by the Fund's market price, which is based on the supply and demand for the Fund's shares in the open market. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Monthly distributions offer shareholders the opportunity to accumulate more shares in a fund via the automatic dividend reinvestment plan. For example, if a fund's shares are trading at a premium, distributions will be automatically reinvested through the plan at NAV or 95% of the market price, whichever is greater; if shares are trading at a discount, distributions will be reinvested at the market price through an open market purchase program. Thus, the plan offers current shareholders an efficient method of accumulating additional shares with a potential for cost savings. Please see the dividend reinvestment plan for more information.
Important Notes about Performance and Risk
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. As with other investments, market price will fluctuate with the market and upon sale, your shares may have a market price that is above or below net asset value and may be worth more or less than your original investment. Returns at NAV reflect the deduction of the Fund's management fee, debt leverage costs and other expenses. You can purchase or sell common shares daily. Like any other stock, market price will fluctuate with the market. Upon sale, your shares may have a market price that is above or below net asset value and may be worth more or less than your original investment. Shares of closed-end funds frequently trade at a discount which is a market price that is below their net asset value.
About Calamos
Calamos Investments is a diversified global investment firm offering innovative investment strategies including alternatives, multi-asset, convertible, fixed income, equity, and sustainable equity, currently managing approximately $38 billion in assets under management. The firm offers strategies through separately managed portfolios, mutual funds, closed-end funds, private funds, and UCITS funds. Clients include major corporations, pension funds, endowments, foundations, and individuals, as well as the financial advisors and consultants who serve them. Headquartered in the Chicago metropolitan area, the firm also has offices in New York, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Portland (Oregon), and the Miami area. For more information, please visit us on LinkedIn, on Twitter @Calamos or at www.calamos.com.
*Calamos Investments LLC, referred to herein as Calamos Investments®, is a financial services company offering such services through its subsidiaries: Calamos Advisors LLC, Calamos Wealth Management LLC, Calamos Investments LLP and Calamos Financial Services LLC.
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Proven Cannabis Executive, with Experience at The Brookings Institution and Bain & Company, to Lead Halo's Streamlined and Retail-Focused Strategy to Drive Near-Term Profitability
Cassidy McCord Named to Halo Board of Directors
TORONTO, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Halo Collective Inc. ("Halo" or the "Company") (NEO: HALO) (OTCQX: HCANF) (Germany: A9KN) today promoted Katharyn ("Katie") Field, Halo's President, to the position of Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Field, a proven cannabis industry professional with significant management expertise, succeeds Kiran Sidhu, who resigned as Chief Executive Officer and as a director on the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"), with immediate effect. Halo has also appointed experienced cannabis professional Cassidy McCord as a director on the Board.
"The Board believes the time is right for not only a change in leadership, but a change in strategy, and Katie has the right experience and capabilities to leverage the Company's valuable assets to create tangible and sustainable shareholder value," commented Ryan Kunkel, Chair of the Board. "We have proven our ability to generate profits in California and are successfully launching our Los Angeles retail strategy. Our focus now is to build on this success, de-emphasizing initiatives in less attractive markets and more effectively harnessing the capabilities we have developed to achieve profitability. We thank Kiran for his contributions and wish him well in his future endeavors."
Ms. Field takes the helm at Halo with nearly a decade of direct cannabis experience spanning all facets of the business, including strategy, retail, corporate development, business development, HR & organization, legal & regulatory, and investor relations. She has been a key member of the Halo executive team since joining the company in April 2019, serving initially as Chief Strategy Officer, President since February 2020, and Board member since July 2021. She first entered the cannabis industry in 2014 at Costa Farms, where she led the procurement, build-out, and sale of one of five original vertically integrated companies in Florida; and subsequently operated a strategy consulting practice focused on cannabis and also worked at MariMed as EVP of Corporate Development. Ms. Field's resume includes positions at The Brookings Institution and Bain & Company. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA with honors from Stanford University.
"Halo is very well-positioned in the US West Coast cannabis space with a strong consumer brand portfolio and a loyal customer base. In particular, we have developed a valuable portfolio of California assets including wholesale and white label manufacturing as well as retail assets in Los Angeles," added Ms. Field. "My initial focus will be on streamlining the organization to establish a rationalized, focused business comprised of assets that create the most value and hold the most promise. While sales are down in California year over year, our business is up. Furthermore, our manufacturing business is profitable, and the Budega stores are trending well. I'm confident that by prioritizing near-term profitability and bolstering our growing retail presence, Halo will be able to scale from a position of strength, which is the best path to generate shareholder value."
Mr. Sidhu's departure was the result of a mutual agreement between the Board of Halo and Mr. Sidhu, reflecting the Board's view that the Company and Akanda (NASDAQ: AKAN), of which Halo owns approximately 40%, needs to prioritize near-term profitability.
Cassidy McCord has been appointed to the Board as a non-executive director. Ms. McCord is a seasoned capital markets professional and businesswoman who has amassed a multitude of operational and capital markets experience throughout her career. Ms. McCord has extensive experience and a valuable network, primarily in the cannabis sector. She has invaluable experience in working for a Canadian licensed cannabis producer in addition to operational and management experience at a Canadian cannabis clinic. She has been instrumental in developing and succeeding various start-up companies and restructuring pre-existing operational companies, with specialties including corporation reorganization, business development, retail, and sales. She most recently managed and held C-level positions for several public entities that are leaders in the plant-based industry. Ms. McCord has held progressively senior roles throughout her career and has held multiple board positions for public companies in the cannabis, food, and mining sectors.
Mr. Sidhu will provide consulting services to the Company for six months to facilitate a smooth leadership transition.
Halo is a multi-national incubation company with assets and operations centered in both THC and non-THC sectors. For the THC sector, Halo is focused on the West Coast of the United States where it has vertically integrated operations covering the entire value chain from seed to sale. Halo cultivates, extracts, manufactures, and distributes quality cannabis flower, pre-rolls, vape carts, edibles, and concentrates. Halo sells these products under a portfolio of brands including Hush™, Winberry Farms™, Williams Wonder Farms, its retail brand Budega™, and under license agreements with Papa's Herb®, DNA Genetics, and FlowerShop*. Halo has opened a dispensary in Los Angeles under the Budega™ brand in North Hollywood and plans to open two more in Hollywood, and Westwood in the second quarter of 2022. Halo also operates three Kushbar retail cannabis stores located in Alberta, Canada.
In the non-THC sector, Halo is expanding into health and wellness categories including CBD and functional supplements such as nootropic nutraceuticals and non-psychotropic mushrooms. Halo, through a series of acquisitions, has product offerings in the form of beverages (H2C Beverages), dissolvable strips (Dissolve Medical), capsules (Hushrooms™), and topical supplements (Hatshe) with proposed national distribution via a strategic agreement with SWAY Energy Corporation. Halo has entered a letter of intent to acquire Phytocann Holdings, one of Europe's leading wellness CBD consumer packaged goods companies with a portfolio of value and premium brands including Ivory, Harvest Laboratoires, Easy Weed, Kanolia, Herboristerie Alexandra, Buddies and Ghosty Buds.
As an incubator, Halo has successfully acquired and integrated a variety of companies which were subsequently reorganized to create Akanda Corp. (NASDAQ: AKAN), an international medical cannabis and wellness company, of which Halo currently owns approximately 40% of the common shares. Halo has also acquired a range of software development assets, including CannPOS, Cannalift, CannaFeels, and a discrete sublingual dosing technology, Accudab. Halo intends to reorganize these entities (including their intellectual property and patent applications) into a subsidiary called Halo Tek Inc., and to complete a distribution of the shares of Halo Tek Inc. to shareholders on record, at a date to be determined.
For further information regarding Halo, see Halo's disclosure documents on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Connect with Halo Collective: Email | Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram
This press release contains certain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation and may also contain statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking information and forward-looking statements are not representative of historical facts or information or current condition, but instead represent only Halo's beliefs regarding future events, plans or objectives, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of Halo's control. Generally, such forward-looking information or forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or may contain statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "will continue", "will occur" or "will be achieved". Forward-looking information may relate to anticipated events or results including, but not limited to the management's plans regarding its portfolio of cannabis businesses, the expected contribution from the Company's California dispensaries and the expected opening date thereof, the time and place for the Company's earnings call, the expected size and capabilities of the final facility planned at Ukiah Ventures, the size of Halo's planned cultivation facility in Northern California and the proposed spin-off by Halo Tek Inc.
By identifying such information and statements in this manner, Halo is alerting the reader that such information and statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such information and statements. In addition, in connection with the forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained in this press release, Halo has made certain assumptions. Although Halo believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing, and the expectations contained in, the forward-looking information and statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information and statements, and no assurance or guarantee can be given that such forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information and statements. Among others, the key factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information and statements are the following: inability of management to successfully integrate the operations of acquired businesses, changes in the consumer market for cannabis products, changes in the expected outcomes of the proposed changes to Halo's operations, delays in obtaining required licenses or approvals necessary for the build-out of the Company's cannabis operations, dispensaries or Canadian operations, the proposed spin-out with Halo Tek Inc., delays or unforeseen costs incurred in connection with construction, the ability of competitors to scale operations in Northern California, delays or unforeseen difficulties in connection with the cultivation and harvest of Halo's raw material, changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets; and the other risks disclosed in the Company's annual information form dated March 31, 2022 and other disclosure documents available on the Company's profile at www.sedar.com. Should one or more of these risks, uncertainties or other factors materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward-looking information or statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected.
The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and Halo does not undertake to update any forward-looking information and/or forward-looking statements that are contained or referenced herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking information and statements attributable to Halo or persons acting on its behalf is expressly qualified in its entirety by this notice.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
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MENLO PARK, Calif., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: META) announced today that the company's second quarter 2022 financial results will be released after market close on Wednesday, July 27, 2022.
Meta will host a conference call to discuss its results at 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET the same day. The live webcast of the call can be accessed at the Meta Investor Relations website at investor.fb.com, along with the company's earnings press release, financial tables, and slide presentation.
Following the call, a replay will be available at the same website. A telephonic replay will be available for one week following the conference call at +1 402 977 9140 or 800 633 8284, Conference ID: 22019375. Transcripts of conference calls with publishing equity research analysts held on July 27, 2022 will also be posted to the investor.fb.com website.
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NEW YORK (WWTI) — Thousands of people are injured in each year while using fireworks, mostly children, teens and young adults. The majority of the injuries happen in the month around the 4th of July.
Independence Day is also one of the most dangerous days to be one the road. According to the National Traffic Safety Administration, there is often an increase in impaired driving crashes during dates around the holiday. Drunk driving, drug-impaired driving and distracted driving are all issues that contribute to dangers on the road.
The New York State Division of Consumer Protection shared the following tips to enjoy a safe holiday:
Know what’s legal for fireworks
The sale of sparkling devices by registered sellers is legal from June 1 until July 5 in much of New York State. They are not legal in New York City and the following counties:
- Albany, Bronx, Columbia, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange (prohibited in the Cities of Middletown and Newburgh only), Queens, Richmond, Schenectady, Suffolk, Warren and Westchester
The list of counties that prohibit the sale and possession of sparkling devices does change, so users should check with their local sheriff’s office to make sure they’re compliant.
Sparkling devices are ground-based or handheld sparking devices that do not launch into the air. They produce a shower of colored sparks or colored flame, crackling or whistling noise and smoke. People must be at least 18 years old to use sparkling devices.
Any other types of fireworks are illegal statewide, including firecrackers, bottle rockets, roman candles, spinners and aerial devices.
If you choose to use illegal fireworks, do it safely
The NYS Division of Consumer Protection shared tips for using fireworks safely, in case of any instance that someone chooses to use illegal fireworks.
- Never allow young children to play with or ignite fireworks, including sparklers. Sparklers burn at temperatures of about 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, which is hot enough to melt some metals.
- Never throw or point fireworks toward people, animals, vehicles, structures or flammable materials.
- Always follow the instructions on the packaging.
- Keep a supply of water close by as a precaution.
- Make sure the person lighting fireworks always wears eye protection.
- Light only one firework at a time and never attempt to relight “a dud.”
- Store fireworks in a cool, dry place away from children and pets.
- If you are impaired by alcohol, do not use fireworks.
Tips for driving safely
Always avoid driving while impaired. Anyone who is driving around the holiday should be cautious of others who may not be sober while operating a vehicle. Anyone who plans to drink should also plan ahead of time to make sure they have a sober ride home.
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The notorious Casa Amor villa will return to Love Island in tonight’s show with six new boys arriving to shake things up.
The second villa has been a staple in the ITV2 show’s previous years and is known for often providing temptation and subsequent drama among the islanders.
Viewers were treated to a glimpse of the brand new Casa Amor villa in Thursday evening’s show as Iain Stirling, who voices the programme, said “the wait is over, Casa Amor is coming”.
Six new male islanders, including a labourer from the Cotswolds and a model from Manchester, will be joining the line-up of contestants in a bid to generate some excitement among the current female islanders.
Josh Samuel Le Grove, a 22-year-old model from Essex is entering Casa Amor in a bid to find love. Having always been single, Josh is now looking for “someone who can stick up for themselves and hold their own”.
Also joining the line-up is 23-year-old social media marketer Jack Keating who is originally from Dublin but now lives in London.
Samuel Agbiji is also ready to begin his Love Island journey and plans to bring “good energy” to the Casa Amor villa.
The new arrivals come as two islanders are set to be dumped from the Love Island villa, as the contestants are forced to choose one boy and one girl to leave after the least popular couples – as decided by the British public – were revealed in Thursday evening’s show.
Friday’s show will see the safe islanders huddled in groups at the fire pit as they make their decisions.
Also arriving at Casa Amor on Friday is roofing company director Billy Brown from Surrey. The 23-year-old describes himself as “very, very romantic” and hopes to impress the girls by making them laugh.
Deji Adeniyi, a 25-year-old accounts manager from Bedford, plans to wear his heart on his sleeve as he arrives at Casa Amor, and hopes to turn the tables on his “awful” love life.
Completing the line-up of new boys is George Tasker, a 23-year-old labourer from the Cotswolds who hopes to find himself a new relationship but will avoid anyone with “bad manners” or someone who is “materialistic or self-obsessed”.
Elsewhere in the episode the girls currently in the main Love Island villa receive the news that they will be heading out for a cocktail night.
While getting ready for the evening, the girls receive a surprise text which reads: “Girls, it’s time to get the drinks flowing as you’re off for a girls’ night out. #cocktailhour #shakenandstirred.”
Viewers will see the girls screaming with excitement, but the boys aren’t so impressed by the news.
After hearing the noise, Jacques O’Neil runs upstairs to find out what’s happened.
Coming back to tell the boys he says: “Listen, the girls’ text is girls’ night out, cocktails…”
Reeling from the news, Dami asks: “What are we supposed to do without them though?”
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SANTA FE, N.M., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Thornburg Income Builder Opportunities Trust (the "Trust") (NASDAQ: TBLD) today announced a monthly distribution of $0.10417 per share on the Trust's common shares, payable on July 20, 2022 to common shareholders of record as of July 11, 2022.
The Trust's monthly distributions are shown below:
Distribution rates are not performance and are calculated by summing the Trust's monthly distribution per share over four quarters and dividing by the net asset value or market price per share, as applicable, as of the distribution announcement date. Distributions on common shares are generally paid from net investment income (regular interest and dividends) and may also include capital gains and/or a return of capital. The Trust's distribution payable on July 20, 2022, does not include a return of capital but includes short-term capital gains in the amount of $0.05049. The specific tax characteristics of the distributions will be reported to the Trust's common shareholders on Form 1099 after the end of the 2022 calendar year. The final determination for all distributions paid in 2022 will be made in early 2023 and reported to you on Form 1099-DIV. You should not use this notice as a substitute for your 1099-DIV.
Shareholders should not assume that the source of a distribution from the Trust is net income or profit. A distribution comprised in whole or in part by a return of capital does not necessarily reflect the Trust's investment performance and should not be confused with "yield" or "income." Future distributions may consist of a return of capital. For further information regarding the Trust's distributions, please visit www.thornburg.com/tbld-distributions.
The Trust's investment objective is to provide current income and additional total return. The Trust seeks to achieve its objective by investing, directly or indirectly, at least 80% of its managed assets in a broad range of income-producing securities. The Trust invests in both equity and debt securities of companies located in the United States and around the globe. The Trust may invest in non-U.S. domiciled companies, including up to 20% of its managed assets at the time of investment in equity and debt securities of emerging market companies.
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JUNEAU — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is extending by two months the public comment period on its proposed restrictions that would block plans for a copper and gold mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region.
The agency in a statement said its regional office received communications that were in favor of and against an extension. The office determined that good cause existed to extend until Sept. 6 the comment period, the statement says.
The comment period was previously set to expire Tuesday.
The EPA in May announced the proposed restrictions affecting the Pebble Mine project. It was the latest move in a yearslong dispute over efforts by developers to advance the mine in a region known for its salmon runs.
The EPA has said its proposal would bar discharges of dredged or fill material into waters of the U.S. within the mine site footprint proposed by the Pebble Limited Partnership, which is pursuing the project.
The partnership’s CEO has called EPA’s proposal an effort to veto the project. Critics of the mine have pushed for protections for the Bristol Bay region.
Pebble has also appealed a 2020 decision from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denying a key permit. A decision in that matter is pending. | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/epa-extends-comment-period-on-proposed-mine-restrictions/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news | 2022-07-01T20:37:10Z | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/epa-extends-comment-period-on-proposed-mine-restrictions/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news | false |
Novak Djokovic booked his place in the fourth round at Wimbledon and a meeting with the unknown.
The defending champion and number one seed beat fellow Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic 6-0 6-3 6-4 for his 35th straight win on Centre Court.
Djokovic is no stranger to the last 16 at the All England Club, having now reached that stage for the 13th time.
But he has never before met Dutch wild card Tim van Rijthoven, the breakout star of the summer in the men’s draw.
In fact Djokovic may not have even heard of the 25-year-old until last month, given he had not won a single ATP Tour match until he was a surprise winner of the s-Hertogenbosch tournament in his homeland.
Van Rijthoven has now won eight consecutive matches on the grass after his 6-4 6-3 6-4 third-round victory over Nikoloz Basilashvili.
He has also become an unlikely Wimbledon favourite, with a familiar cry of ‘Come on Tim’ echoing around Court 12.
“I think it’s Tim Henman you’re talking about,” smiled Van Rijthoven.
“I think that’s just a little bit before my time. So obviously I do know Tim Henman as a player. But for me, it didn’t really sound familiar.”
Van Rijthoven may have to get used to it for the next couple of days, at least, as the Centre Court comedians will be out in force for his clash with Djokovic.
“Before the tournament started, it was a dream for me to play him basically,” added Van Rijthoven.
“So to be able to have that chance and to maybe even play on Centre Court or Court One is beautiful and magical.
“I go into every match thinking I can win the match. Also against Djokovic I’ll go into that match thinking I can win that match.”
Djokovic had little trouble dispatching his friend and countryman until he served for the set at 5-2 and was promptly broken.
So the 35-year-old, seeking a seventh SW19 title, cut an irritated figure as he served out the match at the second attempt.
“Honestly I think I have been playing better and better as the tournament progresses which is something you always wish for,” he said.
“You want to raise the level of tennis up a notch each match, so that’s what’s happening.
“I know I can always do better and I always expect the highest from myself. But so far so good and I look forward to the next round.”
On his little-known opponent, Djokovic added: “I’m sure he’s excited to play on a big stage. He doesn’t have much to lose. He’s on his dream run.
“He’s a young player that is just starting so I’m sure his career will be very good.”
Spaniard teenager Carlos Alcaraz beat German Oscar Otte in three sets to set up an enticing meeting with fellow youngster Jannik Sinner, of Italy, who knocked out Andy Murray’s conqueror John Isner.
Meanwhile, Kazakh star Alexander Bublik hit six underarm serves in one service game during a four-set defeat to America’s Frances Tiafoe.
Bublik had the crowd on Court Two in stitches as he saved three break points and even won the game, albeit to trail 1-3 in the fourth set.
His antics prompted Nick Kyrgios, the master of the underarm serve, to tweet: “I love it, it’s different.
“But if it was me, I would be accused of tanking and get fined a minimum of 15 thousand pounds.” | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3453948/come-on-tim-novak-djokovic-to-face-wimbledons-breakout-star-in-fourth-round/ | 2022-07-01T20:37:49Z | https://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/3453948/come-on-tim-novak-djokovic-to-face-wimbledons-breakout-star-in-fourth-round/ | true |
KILLEEN, Texas — Hair discrimination has recently been discussed in the House State Affairs Committee in Texas.
Texas lawmakers could ban race-based hair discrimination in schools and workplaces under a bill called the CROWN Act.
The loc hairstyle is one style that's discriminated against largely, and here in Central Texas, people wear the hairstyle with a sense of pride but also because of a deeper meaning.
Jah Kilo, a resident in Killeen, said “Anytime you see somebody with the turban, basically most of the time it’s a bobo dread; other times it’s a style thing... turban or no turban… you give everyone respect still.”
Kilo also said each coil and curl in the loc symbolizes strength in adversity.
Loctician Nadia Vic in Killeen, who beautifies most of the heads filled with locs in Killeen, shared why she started her journey.
“As a single parent, I actually loc’d my hair because the cost of hairdressers became exorbitant back in the 90s, and it's even higher now,” she said.
Some have been doing it for its convenience and cost.
For others; however, it's a way of life.
“I remember one time when I was working...I went inside the courthouse. The bailiff told me I need to remove my hair wrap. I said 'no' he said 'why?' I said it's my way of life: Rastafari,” said Darlene Golden, president of Songhai Bamboo Roots in Killeen.
The locs were given the name "Dread" loc but Darlene added, "There's nothing dreadful about it."
“People started looking at me and these were my own-colored people; they would make suggestions [like] 'why you coming in here like that…'” said Golden.
A study by All Things Hair found that 44.3% of women reported that they have faced discrimination because of their hairstyle.
Cultural acceptance is changing the way Central Texas and the way the world views hair. The CROWN Act is one bill being considered in State Congress and could put an end to race-based hair discrimination for good. | https://www.kxxv.com/hometown/bell-county/loc-hairstyle-largely-present-in-central-texas-yet-discrimination-still-persists | 2022-07-01T20:40:17Z | https://www.kxxv.com/hometown/bell-county/loc-hairstyle-largely-present-in-central-texas-yet-discrimination-still-persists | false |
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (WPTV) — An invasive giant snail that causes a health risk to humans has been detected in Florida.
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services confirmed the detection of the giant African land snail in the New Port Richey area of Pasco County last week.
According to the FDACS, these snails "pose a serious health risk to humans by carrying the parasite rat lungworm, known to cause meningitis in humans."
They're also known to cause extensive damage to Florida's agriculture and have twice been eradicated. The last live snail in Florida was found in Miami-Dade County in December 2017.
As a result of the most recent detection, the FDACS has established a quarantine zone in Pasco County as state agricultural leaders work to eradicate the snails again.
Agriculture officials said the giant African land snail can grow up to 8 inches long and reproduce rapidly, with one snail capable of laying more than 2,500 eggs per year.
The FDACS began its pesticide treatment to eradicate the snail on Wednesday.
This story was originally reported by Peter Burke on wptv.com. | https://www.kxxv.com/news/national/meningitis-causing-giant-african-land-snail-detected-in-florida | 2022-07-01T20:40:51Z | https://www.kxxv.com/news/national/meningitis-causing-giant-african-land-snail-detected-in-florida | true |
Gun permit process in N.Y. could include social media check
Gun permit process in N.Y. could include social media check
New York would require people applying for a handgun licence to turn over a list of their social media accounts so officials could verify their "character and conduct" under a bill being considered Friday by the state legislature.
The provision was part of a proposed redesign of the state's firearms licensing laws hammered out by lawmakers after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down rules severely limiting who could get a permit to carry a handgun outside their home.
A bill advanced by Democratic leaders would eliminate the most strict barriers to getting a permit but also impose new requirements for applicants.
Among the requirements: Applicants would have to show they have "the essential character, temperament and judgement necessary to be entrusted with a weapon and to use it only in a manner that does not endanger oneself and others," according to the bill.
And as part of that assessment of good character, the bill says, the applicant has to turn over a list of any social media accounts they have had in the past three years "to confirm the information regarding the applicant's character and conduct."
Applicants would also have to provide four character references, take 16 hours of firearms safety training plus two hours of practice at a range, undergo periodic background checks and turn over the contact information of their spouse, domestic partner or any other adults living in their household.
The bill didn't specify whether applicants would be required to provide licensing officers with access to private social media accounts not visible to the general public.
The idea that the state would let licensing officials review an applicant's speech as a condition of getting a licence infuriated gun rights advocates.
"This is the kind of bill that the Gestapo would be proud of. This is the kind of bill you'd see in Communist China," said Aaron Dorr, the executive director of the New York State Firearms Association. "This will never survive a court challenge. This is the kind of concept that would pass in those countries."
Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, released the text of the legislation early Friday morning as the legislature continued a special legislative session called with the intent of overhauling its century-old rules for carrying guns in public.
The Supreme Court ruling struck down a previous rule requiring people to demonstrate an unusual threat to their safety to get a licence to carry a handgun outside their homes. That restriction generally limited the licences to people who had worked in law enforcement or had another special need that went beyond routine public safety concerns.
Under the new system, the state wouldn't authorize permits for people with criminal convictions within the past five years for driving while intoxicated, menacing or third-degree assault.
People also wouldn't be allowed to carry firearms at a long list of "sensitive places," including New York City's tourist-packed Times Square.
That list also includes schools, universities, government buildings, places where people have gathered for public protests, health-care facilities, places of worship, libraries, public playgrounds and parks, daycare centres, summer camps, addiction and mental health centres, shelters, public transit, bars, theatres, stadiums, museums, polling places and casinos.
New York would also bar people from bringing guns into any business or workplace unless the owners put up signage saying guns are welcome. People who bring guns into places without such a sign could be prosecuted on felony charges.
That's a reverse approach from many other states where businesses that want to keep guns out are usually required to post signs indicating weapons aren't allowed.
Gun advocates said the bill infringes on rights upheld by the Supreme Court.
"Now we're going to let the pizzeria owner decide whether or not I can express my constitutional right," said Sen. Andrew Lanza, a Staten Island Republican. "This is a disgrace. See you in the courts. You all know this is unconstitutional. You all know this is just a ruse. Another attempt to say to the people of the state of New York: 'We don't trust you."'
The bill would also fix a recently passed law that barred sales of some types of bullet-resistant vests to the general public, but inadvertently left out many types of body armour, including the type worn by a gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket.
Democratic lawmakers, who control supermajorities in both legislative chambers, expect to pass the bill later Friday. The bill would then get sent to Hochul's desk for her expected signature, then take effect Sept. 1.
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Report: 45% of people have not felt true happiness in 2-plus years
(Gray News) - A global report released in June shared that nearly half of the people surveyed said they hadn’t felt true happiness for some time.
Oracle.com shared what it called a “Happiness Report” that was conducted in January. It found that 45% of people have not felt true happiness for more than two years and 25% don’t know or have forgotten what it means to feel truly happy.
More than half of the people (53%) in the survey shared that they wish money could buy happiness, while 88% are looking for new experiences to make them smile and laugh.
People are also prioritizing health (80%), personal connections (79%) and experiences (53%) to gain happiness.
“We’ve all been through some very tough years, and around the world, we’re short on happiness. We’re starved for experiences that make us smile and laugh, and brands can help,” said author and podcaster Gretchen Rubin.
Those surveyed also shared that they want brands to make them smile and laugh, with 78% believing companies can do more to deliver happiness to their customers and 91% preferring brands to be funny.
“Most business leaders want to make consumers laugh more and understand it’s a critical part of establishing a true relationship,” said Rob Tarkoff, with the Oracle Fusion Cloud Customer Experience.
The report included insights from more than 12,000 consumers and business leaders across 14 countries. Its findings were based on a survey conducted by Savanta, Inc. It included people from multiple countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, France, China, Mexico and Brazil.
Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.azfamily.com/2022/07/01/report-45-people-have-not-felt-true-happiness-2-plus-years/ | 2022-07-01T20:44:21Z | https://www.azfamily.com/2022/07/01/report-45-people-have-not-felt-true-happiness-2-plus-years/ | true |
Experts: US Court fractures decades of Native American law
By FELICIA FONSECA and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Associated Press
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding state authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American land is fracturing decades of law built around the hard-fought principle that tribes have the right to govern themselves on their own territory, legal experts say.
The Wednesday ruling is a marked departure from federal Indian law and veers from the push to increase tribes’ ability to prosecute all crimes on reservations — regardless of who is involved. It also cast tribes as part of states, rather than the sovereign nations they are, infuriating many across Indian Country.
“The majority (opinion) is not firmly rooted in the law that I have dedicated my life to studying and the history as I know it to be true,” said Elizabeth Hidalgo Reese, an assistant law professor at Stanford University who is enrolled at Nambé Pueblo in New Mexico. ”And that’s just really concerning,”
Federal authorities largely maintained exclusive jurisdiction to investigate serious, violent crime on reservations across much of the U.S. when the suspect or victim is Native American. The 5-4 decision from the high court in a case out of Oklahoma means states will share in that authority when the suspect is not Native American and the victim is.
Criminal justice on tribal lands already is a tangled web, and the ruling likely will present new thorny questions about jurisdiction, possible triple jeopardy and how to tackle complicated crimes in remote areas where resources are stretched thin. States had power to prosecute crimes involving only non-Natives on reservations before this week’s ruling.
“It will have an impact in Indian Country, so only the future will tell us if it’s good or not,” said Robert Miller, a law professor at Arizona State University and citizen of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe. “Is it better to have more criminal prosecutions, more governments enforcing crimes or less?”
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote a scathing dissent joined by the court’s three liberal members, saying “one can only hope the political branches and future courts will do their duty to honor this Nation’s promises even as we have failed today to do on our own.”
Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. of the Cherokee Nation said the court “failed in its duty to honor this nation’s promises, defied Congress’s statutes and accepted the ‘lawless disregard of the Cherokee’s sovereignty.’”
It’s unclear how the decision ultimately will play out for tribes, but there is precedent. Congress established a law in 1953 that’s known as PL-280, partly to relieve the federal government of funding public safety on some reservations. The law resulted in state authority over crime in several states, including Alaska and California where about three-fifths of the 574 federally recognized tribes are based.
As in the decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, tribes did not consent. Neither Congress then nor the Supreme Court now funded the expansion of state authority on tribal land.
“That’s far from the first time,” said Lauren van Schilfgaarde, a member of Cochiti Pueblo in New Mexico who directs the Tribal Legal Development Clinic at the UCLA. “Federal Indian law is just littered with cases in which tribes were denied the opportunity to speak on their own behalf.”
Federal authorities have long been criticized for declining to prosecute cases in Indian Country — roughly a third, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Authorities in PL-280 states also have been criticized for a lack of response to crime in Indian Country, where law enforcement officers often must travel long distances to investigate reported crimes.
Tribes asserted that the federal government — with which they have a political relationship — is the appropriate sovereign entity to handle criminal matters. Congress maintains control over Native American and Alaska Native affairs, which are overseen by the Department of Interior.
States have no such obligation to tribes.
Kevin Washburn, dean of the University of Iowa’s law school, said it will be interesting to see how the priority question shakes out.
“That is, will feds take primacy or will state prosecutors take primacy in cases?” asked Washburn, who is Chickasaw and a former assistant Interior secretary for Indian Affairs. “And how do they decide who will be first or who will move at all?”
While the Supreme Court ruling is an expansion of power for states, it doesn’t come with a similar increase for tribes. A 1978 ruling stripped tribes of any criminal jurisdiction over non-Natives on their reservations. The reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in 2013 restored some of that authority in limited domestic violence cases and further expanded it earlier this year.
Less than 1% of federally recognized tribes in the U.S. have implemented that authority. It raises the possibility of tribes, the state and the feds prosecuting a suspect for the same offense. Another U.S. Supreme Court ruling issued last month said tribal members prosecuted in certain tribal courts also can be prosecuted based on the same incident in federal court.
Most tribes can sentence convicted offenders to only a year in jail, regardless of the crime. A 2010 federal law increased tribes’ sentencing authority to three years for a single crime. Few tribes have met the federal requirements to use that authority, including having public defenders and law-trained judges.
Oklahoma has its own unique history on tribal affairs, including a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court decision known as McGirt v. Oklahoma that said a large chunk of the eastern part of the state remains a Native American reservation. That ruling, written by Gorsuch, left the state unable to prosecute Native Americans accused of crimes on tribal lands that include most of Tulsa, the state’s second-largest city with a population of about 413,000.
The Supreme Court refused to reconsider McGirt. Oklahoma filed a flurry of petitions related to the case, leading to the most recent decision on state power over crime on reservations that extends broadly across the U.S. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing for the majority, said the state’s interest lies in protecting all victims of crime.
Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum, a Republican, applauded the ruling and pledged to work with the state and the tribal nations “who are our partners in building a safe city.”
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Whitehurst reported from Salt Lake City. Fonseca covers Indigenous affairs on the AP’s Race and Ethnicity team. Follow Whitehurst on Twitter at https://twitter.com/lwhitehurst and Fonseca at https://twitter.com/FonsecaAP | https://kion546.com/news/ap-arizona/2022/07/01/experts-us-court-fractures-decades-of-native-american-law-3/ | 2022-07-01T20:45:20Z | https://kion546.com/news/ap-arizona/2022/07/01/experts-us-court-fractures-decades-of-native-american-law-3/ | true |
(The Hill) — A 71-year-old woman on Wednesday became the second person in the span of three days to be gored by a bison at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
“The woman and her daughter inadvertently approached the bison as they were returning to their vehicle at the trailhead, causing the bull bison to charge,” the park said in a news release.
The bull bison gored the older woman near Storm Point at Yellowstone Lake, leaving her with non-life-threatening injuries.
The woman was transported to West Park Hospital in Cody, Wyo., shortly after the incident occurred.
Two days earlier, a man was gored by another bull bison near Giant Geyser at Old Faithful after the bison charged the man and his family.
“The male sustained an injury to his arm and was transported by ambulance to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center,” read a news release after the incident.
“Bison are unpredictable and can run three times faster than humans,” both Yellowstone National Park news releases read, urging visitors to remain more than 25 yards away from any large animals encountered in the area.
A third goring occurred earlier this year when a woman walked within 10 feet of a bison on May 30. “Consequently, the bison gored the woman and tossed her 10 feet into the air,” a statement at the time read. “The woman sustained a puncture wound and other injuries.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/71-year-old-is-second-person-to-be-gored-by-bison-at-yellowstone-this-week/ | 2022-07-01T20:49:27Z | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/71-year-old-is-second-person-to-be-gored-by-bison-at-yellowstone-this-week/ | false |
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This Friday, July 1st, is the USA premiere of the Costa Rican feature film Clara Sola, directed by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén.
The Central American film opens Friday, July 1st at the IFC Center in New York and the Landmark Westwood in Los Angeles on July 8th, before rolling out to other cinemas across the United States.
Synopsis:
CLARA, 40, is believed to have a special connection to God. As a "healer", she sustains a family and a village in need of hope, while she finds solace in her relationship with the natural world. After years of being controlled by her mother's repressive care, Clara's sexual desires are stirred by her attraction to her niece's new boyfriend. This newly awakened force takes Clara to unexplored territory, allowing her to cross boundaries, both physical and mystical. Empowered by her self-discovery, Clara gradually frees herself from her role as "saint" and begins to heal herself.
Opening and Q&A
At the New York opening, The IFC Center will be hosting a post-screening Q&A with director Nathalie Álvarez Mesén and star Wendy Chinchilla Araya moderated by the Film Critic and journalist, Jennifer Merin.
On Saturday, July 2nd at 7:20 p.m the Q&A Will be moderated by Kerensa Cadenas (editorial director of entertainment at Thrillist) and on Sunday, July 3rd following the 4:50pm show with moderated by critic Alissa Wilkinson
At Landmark Westwood in L.A. the Director Nathalie Alvarez Mesén will be on July 8th and 9th.
"Come meet our Clara on a big screen a little film with a big soul - about healing, desire, self-love, and the right to choose. Maybe, a film about someone with superpowers. Expect animal friends." said the Director.
Clara Sola is a movie produced by a Costa Rica, Sweden, United States, Belgium, and Germany collaboration, exalting the importance of the coproduction within the Central American & Caribbean region.
The Costa Rica Film Commission and Essential Costa Rica have been working hard in supporting the national film industry through the presence of Costa Rican delegations in the main festivals and markets worldwide, promoting the content, talent, services and locations.
For more information about the movie screenings https://clarasola.oscilloscope.net
More information about Costa Rica Film Industry www.costaricafilmcommission.org
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BOSTON, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- STAG Industrial, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: STAG) today announced that the Company will release its second quarter 2022 operating and financial results after market close on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. The Company will host its quarterly earnings conference call on Thursday, July 28, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
The call can be accessed live over the phone toll-free by dialing (877) 407-4018, or for international callers, (201) 689-8471. A replay will be available shortly after the call and can be accessed by dialing (844) 512-2921, or for international callers, (412) 317-6671. The passcode for the replay is 13731200.
Interested parties also may listen to a simultaneous webcast of the conference call by visiting the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.stagindustrial.com, or by clicking on the following link:
STAG Industrial, Inc. is a real estate investment trust focused on the acquisition, ownership, and operation of industrial properties throughout the United States. As of March 31, 2022, the Company's portfolio consists of 551 buildings in 40 states with approximately 110.1 million rentable square feet.
For additional information, please visit the Company's website at www.stagindustrial.com.
This press release, together with other statements and information publicly disseminated by the Company, contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and includes this statement for purposes of complying with these safe harbor provisions. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe the Company's future plans, strategies and expectations, are generally identifiable by use of the words "believe," "will," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," "estimate," "should," "project" or similar expressions. You should not rely on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are, in some cases, beyond the Company's control and which could materially affect actual results, performances or achievements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to, the risk factors discussed in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 as updated by the Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, there is no assurance that the Company's expectations will be realized. Except as otherwise required by the federal securities laws, the Company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to publicly release any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein (or elsewhere) to reflect any change in the Company's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
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In these cases, 445 persons were sentenced. 46 accused received real prison sentences for serious crimes, including violence against authority figures and destruction of property by those who did not compensate the damage or had non-extinguished previous convictions," said Kilymzhanov during a briefing.
These individuals took an active part in the riots, set fire to buildings, stole arms, involved in armed attacks on government facilities and security forces. Taking into account the personality, health condition, and other materials, the charges to 284 inprisoned persons were replaced by a recognizance not to leave, bails, home arrests, and personal recognizance," he said.
Vaccination is a key issue. So far the situation is not critical. However, the mask mandate may be reinstate in case of a hike in COVID-19 cases. The number of new COVID-19 cases is hovering around 100 each day. The question remains open," Vice Prime Minister Tugzhanov said.
We have a responsibility to take joint and effective measures to save the River Zhaiyk (Ural), otherwise nothing will be there left to save in the future. We call on all sides to join efforts and elaborate a common action plan to improve the River Ural. | https://www.kt.kz/eng/society/head_of_state_signs_changes_to_electricity_act_1377935990.html | 2022-07-01T20:53:25Z | https://www.kt.kz/eng/society/head_of_state_signs_changes_to_electricity_act_1377935990.html | false |
As part of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the diplomatic service of independent Kazakhstan, a ceremony of laying a "time capsule" with a message to future diplomats was held on the square in front of the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The capsule should be opened in exactly 30 years, on July 1, 2052, when the country’s diplomacy will celebrate its 60th anniversary,
kazinform has learned from the press service of the Kazakh Foreign Ministry.
During the event, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi expressed confidence that future diplomats will worthily continue the work of their predecessors and will work just as hard to protect and promote the national interests of the country.
Speaking to the participants of the ceremony, Kuanysh Sultanov, a prominent statesman and an honoured veteran of Kazakh diplomacy, expressed hope that in 30 years Kazakh diplomacy would achieve even greater success and make a significant contribution to strengthening the authority of our country in the international arena and to the formation of mutually respectful, peaceful relations between peoples.
The message to future diplomats, contained in the capsule, reflects the vision of Kazakhstan's position in the world in 30 years, as well as the parting words and wishes of current diplomats and veterans of the diplomatic service of Kazakhstan.
The honorable mission to place the capsule in a specially installed pedestal was entrusted to young diplomats – Attachй of the Department of Europe Altynai Daribayeva and Attachй of the Department of Human Resources Damir Akhmetov.
Daribayeva wished new achievements to Kazakhstan, and for future diplomats to make every effort for the further development and prosperity of our country.
In turn, Akhmetov expressed hope that the diplomatic service of Kazakhstan will reach even greater heights by 2052, and our citizens will live in a peaceful and prosperous environment.
The ceremony was attended by the leadership of the Foreign Ministry, veterans of the diplomatic service of Kazakhstan, current diplomats, and other participants of the international conference "Republic of Kazakhstan in the modern system of international relations", organised at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as part of the 30th anniversary of the diplomatic service of our country. | https://www.kt.kz/eng/society/mask_mandate_to_be_reinstated_in_case_of_a_hike_in_1377935995.html | 2022-07-01T20:53:52Z | https://www.kt.kz/eng/society/mask_mandate_to_be_reinstated_in_case_of_a_hike_in_1377935995.html | false |
Governors meet with President Joe Biden in effort to protect abortion access nationwide
Governors who are acting to protect abortion rights in their states are meeting virtually with President Joe Biden as he calls for the Senate to change the filibuster to codify Roe v Wade into law.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Joe Biden met with governors who support abortion rights following the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial ruling that overturned the 50-year-old constitutional right to an abortion.
Democratic governors from states including North Carolina, New York, and New Mexico joined the virtual conference to discuss tactics to protect women’s reproductive health.
The governors in those states has all moved to protect a woman’s right to an abortion following the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling that returned abortion rights laws back to individual states.
President Biden called the recent Supreme Court decision, “a terrible, extreme decision in my view, impacting the lives and upending the health and safety of millions of women. And, I share the public outrage at this extremist court that’s committed to moving America backwards with fewer rights, less autonomy, and politicians invading the most personal decisions of not only women but you will find that they extend, expand on this decision to men as well.”
The President also again called for the Senate to carve out an exception to the filibuster to codify Roe v Wade into law and thereby protect access to abortion nationwide. However, he acknowledged right now there are not enough votes in the Senate to pass it. He urged everyone to get out and vote this November. He said he believes republicans will attempt to implement a national ban on abortion if they gain power in Congress.
The Senate filibuster allows any member of the 100-member Senate to block legislation unless the legislation receives 60 votes. Right now Senate seats are split 50-50 along party lines. However, the President faces a challenge from two members of his own party in overturning the filibuster. Democrats, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, have not supported changing the filibuster in the past and they have formally blocked a similar effort this year on the topic of voting rights.
Several of the Governors also asked for Congress to take action.
Governor Roy Cooper (D-NC) said he’s working to ‘hold the line’ on abortion rights against his state’s Republican legislature.
“We are exploring all kinds of potential actions that we can take from an executive perspective here in north carolina <cut to> governors often are the last line of defense, but also the first chance at progress,” said Cooper.
Several governors during the call, also asked the President to allow federal facilities to provide abortions.
Thirteen states have ‘trigger’ laws to ban abortion following the U.S. Supreme Court decision. Legal battles continue in many of those states.
The Biden administration has announced several actions to protect women’s reproductive rights including seeking to protect the right of women to travel from one state to another to seek care. The President has also directed the Secretary of Health and Human Services to protect women’s access to medications such as contraception and medical abortion.
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Here’s an update of the COVID-19 numbers in the state:
New positive cases: 2,962
New deaths: 8
Total positive cases: 2,131,985
Total number of deaths: 30,969
Total vaccine doses administered: 14,065,205
Rate of transmission: 1.01
CASES BY COUNTY
Atlantic: 59,983 cases, 953 deaths, 379,068 doses administered
Cape May: 11,865 cases, 261 deaths, 133,937 doses administered
Cumberland: 35,258 cases, 573 deaths, 186,033 doses administered
Ocean: 147,272 cases, 2,856 deaths, 701,785 doses administered
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To his family, Roberto Villegas was the heart of the household.
“He’s the best father I could have ever asked for,” said his daughter Michelle, who will be entering high school after the summer.
In 2019, Roberto was deported.
“I get a call and he's like, 'I need you to sit down. I need you to just breathe.' He said, "Don't get scared, I just got pulled over by ICE,'” said his wife Raquel.
Raquel says Roberto was once in the U.S. legally, but more than 20 years ago, when he was coming back in the states from Mexico, he said he was a US citizen, when he was not. The penalty for lying about citizenship status is a permanent ban from living in the country. There's no appeals process, no way to fight it. His wife, kids and brothers in the U.S. were stunned.
“It's life-changing and not in a good way, a really important person just gets taken away from you and it's really hard to get accustomed to it,” said Roberto's son Jared, who is 20 years old.
Jared has taken a job to help the family pay their bills.
As the Villegas family learned, immigration laws can be very black and white. According to FWD.us, an immigration advocacy group, 1.7 million Americans have an undocumented spouse.
“The only way to get through this is to change the law,” said Kali Pliegro, the president of an effort to do exactly that. She wants there to be a pathway to citizenship for undocumented spouses with families in the U.S. It's part of the American Families United Bill.
The bill has dozens of Democratic co-sponsors and three Republicans in the house. That imbalance right now is something they’re working to fix. With concerns over border security and letting the wrong people back into the country, the bill’s advocates know this is an obstacle to get more Republicans on board.
“ There's nothing like a, a blanket approval involved. It's a case-by-case basis of judgment, whether that case merits residency,” said Kali.
“That’s why I like this bill, because without a doubt, you can look into my brother and you can see, 'Oh, this guy never had a fail to yield ticket, he paid all his taxes,'” said Roberto’s brother Joel.
This bill would be the only way Roberto could live in the U.S. again.
“When I talk to my senators or representatives, especially here in Texas, their first response is we want to secure the borders. Yes, I want you to secure the borders, but we also need to think about those families who are separated, who are US citizen families,” said Raquel.
As conversations continue about the best way to secure our borders, families stuck in the middle of policy ask for empathy and hope that a middle ground can be achieved.
“I really want people to understand that he isn't a criminal. He's my dad. He is a son. He is a husband. He is a father. And he deserves to be over here,” said Michelle. | https://www.ksby.com/news/national-politics/the-race/bill-is-last-hope-for-families-separated-by-immigration-laws | 2022-07-01T21:05:08Z | https://www.ksby.com/news/national-politics/the-race/bill-is-last-hope-for-families-separated-by-immigration-laws | true |
To his family, Roberto Villegas was the heart of the household.
“He’s the best father I could have ever asked for,” said his daughter Michelle, who will be entering high school after the summer.
In 2019, Roberto was deported.
“I get a call and he's like, 'I need you to sit down. I need you to just breathe.' He said, "Don't get scared, I just got pulled over by ICE,'” said his wife Raquel.
Raquel says Roberto was once in the U.S. legally, but more than 20 years ago, when he was coming back in the states from Mexico, he said he was a US citizen, when he was not. The penalty for lying about citizenship status is a permanent ban from living in the country. There's no appeals process, no way to fight it. His wife, kids and brothers in the U.S. were stunned.
“It's life-changing and not in a good way, a really important person just gets taken away from you and it's really hard to get accustomed to it,” said Roberto's son Jared, who is 20 years old.
Jared has taken a job to help the family pay their bills.
As the Villegas family learned, immigration laws can be very black and white. According to FWD.us, an immigration advocacy group, 1.7 million Americans have an undocumented spouse.
“The only way to get through this is to change the law,” said Kali Pliegro, the president of an effort to do exactly that. She wants there to be a pathway to citizenship for undocumented spouses with families in the U.S. It's part of the American Families United Bill.
The bill has dozens of Democratic co-sponsors and three Republicans in the house. That imbalance right now is something they’re working to fix. With concerns over border security and letting the wrong people back into the country, the bill’s advocates know this is an obstacle to get more Republicans on board.
“ There's nothing like a, a blanket approval involved. It's a case-by-case basis of judgment, whether that case merits residency,” said Kali.
“That’s why I like this bill, because without a doubt, you can look into my brother and you can see, 'Oh, this guy never had a fail to yield ticket, he paid all his taxes,'” said Roberto’s brother Joel.
This bill would be the only way Roberto could live in the U.S. again.
“When I talk to my senators or representatives, especially here in Texas, their first response is we want to secure the borders. Yes, I want you to secure the borders, but we also need to think about those families who are separated, who are US citizen families,” said Raquel.
As conversations continue about the best way to secure our borders, families stuck in the middle of policy ask for empathy and hope that a middle ground can be achieved.
“I really want people to understand that he isn't a criminal. He's my dad. He is a son. He is a husband. He is a father. And he deserves to be over here,” said Michelle. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national-politics/the-race/bill-is-last-hope-for-families-separated-by-immigration-laws | 2022-07-01T21:08:17Z | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national-politics/the-race/bill-is-last-hope-for-families-separated-by-immigration-laws | false |
LAS VEGAS — A sunken boat dating back to World War II is the latest object to emerge from a shrinking reservoir that straddles Nevada and Arizona.
The boat lies less than a mile from Lake Mead Marina and Hemingway Harbor.
It was used to survey the Colorado River decades ago, sold to the marina and then sunk, according to dive tours company Las Vegas Scuba.
Higgins Industries in New Orleans built several thousand landing craft between 1942 and 1945, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Around 1,500 “Higgins boats” were deployed at Normandy on June 6, 1944, known as D-Day.
The boat is just the latest in a series of objects unearthed by declining water levels in Lake Mead, the largest human-made reservoir in the U.S., held back by the Hoover Dam. In May, two sets of human remains were found in the span of a week.
Experts say climate change and drought have led to the lake dropping to its lowest level since it was full about 20 years ago.
As water levels drop at both Lake Mead and Lake Powell upstream on the Arizona-Utah line, states in the U.S. West increasingly face deeper cuts to their supply from the Colorado River. The lower levels also impact hydropower produced at Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon Dam, which holds back Lake Powell.
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Touton said last month that the agency would take action to protect the system if the seven states in the Colorado River basin don’t quickly come up with a way to cut the use of up to 4 million acre-feet of water — more than Arizona and Nevada’s share combined.
An acre-foot is about 325,850 gallons (about 1.23 million liters). An average household uses one-half to one acre-foot of water a year.
The two states, California and Mexico already have enacted voluntary and mandatory cuts. Water from some reservoirs in the upper basin — Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah — has been released to prop up Lake Powell.
Farmers use a majority of the river’s supply.
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, July 1, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
325 PM CDT Fri Jul 1 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Victoria, southeastern Goliad, northern Refugio and eastern Bee
Counties through 415 PM CDT...
At 324 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles north of Quintana, or 11 miles southwest of McFaddin, moving
west at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
McFaddin, Fannin, Quintana, Tivoli and Blanconia.
This includes the following highways...
US Highway 183 between mile markers 646 and 666.
US Highway 59 between mile markers 656 and 662.
US Highway 77 between mile markers 596 and 620.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 2849 9686 2829 9697 2829 9702 2836 9750
2875 9732
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 105DEG 16KT 2848 9719
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Duval and
southeastern Webb Counties through 415 PM CDT...
At 330 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Rosita to 11 miles north of Bruni to 8
miles south of Mirando City. Movement was north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Freer, Benavides, Realitos, Mirando City, Bruni, Oilton, San Jose,
Rosita and Aguilares.
This includes US Highway 59 between mile markers 754 and 800.
LAT...LON 2727 9915 2746 9931 2785 9891 2803 9846
2761 9824 2734 9852 2734 9855 2736 9856
2736 9859 2734 9859 2734 9862 2736 9863
2735 9880 2727 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 157DEG 15KT 2771 9845 2759 9877 2734 9903
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
...OZONE ACTION DAY...
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued
an Ozone Action Day for the Dallas-Fort Worth area for Saturday,
July 2, 2022.
Atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing
high levels of ozone air pollution in the Dallas-Fort Worth area
on Saturday. You can help prevent ozone pollution by sharing a
ride, walking, riding a bicycle, taking your lunch to work,
avoiding drive-through lanes, conserving energy, and keeping your
vehicle properly tuned.
For more information on ozone:
Ozone: The Facts (www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/ozonefacts)
Air North Texas: (www.airnorthtexas.org)
EPA Air Now
(www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action.local_state&STATEID=45&TAB=0)
Take care of Texas (www.takecareoftexas.org)
North Central Texas Council of Governments Air Quality
(www.nctcog.org/trans/air/index.asp)
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Jiri Prochazka is backing Max Holloway to dethrone Alexander Volkanovski but Curtis Blaydes claims Australian has 'cracked the code' to beat 'Blessed'... MMA stars predict UFC 276 featherweight trilogy
- Alexander Volkanovski is looking for a hattrick of victories over Max Holloway
- First fight was close and the second hugely controversial in the scoring
- Both men are evenly matched, making UFC 276 showdown tough to call
- Fellow fighters are divided over which man will come out on top in Las Vegas
The judges found it tough to split Max Holloway and Alexander Volkanovski two years ago and fellow fighters are divided this time around too.
Volkanovski is aiming for a hattrick of wins over 'Blessed' to rubberstamp his dominance at UFC 276 this Saturday night in Las Vegas.
And while he is the marginal favourite with bookmakers, nobody can say with any real confidence who will come out on top.
Max Holloway's (left) trilogy fight against Alexander Volkanovski (right) is tough to call
Jiri Prochazka (pictured top) is among the fighters tipping 'Blessed' for the upset
It is always fascinating to take a look at the views of fellow fighters when predicting a huge contest such as this, especially when there are a range of opinions.
Most have Israel Adesanya tipped to defend his middleweight crown in the main event at T-Mobile Arena but the supporting act is more contentious.
Newly crowned light-heavyweight champion was among those to offer his verdict to James Lynch, saying: 'I like Max Holloway but in this case I like Volkanovski to take the win.'
And Pedro Munhoz, who is fighting Sean O'Malley on the card agreed, adding: 'If Max has a really strong mentality and mindset and doesn't let those last results play a big part I will go with him.
'Hope he doesn't believe too much in the fact that the other guy beat him twice even though it was very close on paper.
'I'm going for Max. He's aggressive, he's a killer, I just like his style more.'
Arnold Allen (above) analysed the last two fights and thinks Holloway will get it done this time
Davey Grant was another to back the underdog, arguing: 'Don't get me wrong, I think Alex is one of the best champions. In his last fight he looked fantastic, to do that to the Korean Zombie was pretty amazing.
'I feel like the first fight, Max just lost, I feel like the second fight he probably should have won it. It was so close and I think that will be the driving force to get him the decision on this one.'
And Arnold Allen previewed the fight on his YouTube channel, concluding: 'The more I think about it, the more I think Holloway is going to win this one.
'And I think that he's going to win a bit more decisively than I thought he won in the second fight.
'I think he'll do enough to get the nod from the judges but I could definitely see a finish because he dropped him twice in the first fight, the head kicks were landing, the shots were landing, he just needs to make small adjustments and not take so many leg kicks.'
Unsurprisingly, there were a number of fighters who sided with the champion, who has been on a dominant streak at 145-pounds.
Jack Della Maddalena (pictured) is backing his countryman to get the finish this time
His countryman Jack Della Maddalena even went as far as to back him for a finish this time around.
'I'm going to have to go for Volk, I honestly think he's probably the best pound-for-pound fighter at the moment,' he said.
'The fights with Max have been so tight and I think he'll get the win again this time. I reckon he might get the finish this time to really put a stamp on the trilogy.'
Heavyweight star Curtis Blaydes agreed despite rooting for Holloway. He said: 'I want Holloway to win but I don't know.
'I think Volkanovski may have cracked the code when it comes to Holloway, which I never thought would ever be a possibility. I'm going to go with Volkanovski but I want Holloway to win.'
And having tipped Holloway twice, Cody Stamann has changed his mind this time, adding: 'I always used to think Holloway was going to win, every single time they fight.
Curtis Blaydes (right) hopes Holloway wins, but thinks that Volkanovski has the edge
'I see him fight other guys and think he looks amazing but Volkanovski just finds a way to win, that guy is a champion and I'm not letting that get past me again, I think he is probably the best featherweight ever.'
Jared Cannonier, who will take centre stage as the challenger for the main event sat on the fence by saying: 'I don't give the edge to either of them. They have both shown they deserve to hold the title but unfortunately there can only be one.
'I'm positive Holloway is f*****g motivated to go in there an prove it without a doubt that he's better than Volkanovski.'
Sean O'Malley, who may be able to watch the bout after his fight, said on his YouTube channel: 'If Max loses to Volk for a third time that's crazy because he's considered one of the best of all time but if he goes 0-3 you can't consider him among them.'
The stage is set for an incredible co-main event and if the first two meetings are anything to go by, this trilogy should be another remarkable chapter in the rivalry. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mma/article-10968923/UFC-276-MMA-stars-predict-featherweight-trilogy-Alexander-Volkanovski-Max-Holloway.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-01T21:15:57Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mma/article-10968923/UFC-276-MMA-stars-predict-featherweight-trilogy-Alexander-Volkanovski-Max-Holloway.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
‘Pink Tax’ on feminine hygiene products, diapers ends in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB/Gray News) – Sales tax will no longer be applied to diapers and feminine hygiene products in Louisiana.
The “Pink Tax” exemption state law went into effect July 1, according to WAFB.
Items like tampons, menstrual pads, sanitary napkins and panty liners are now exempt from Louisiana’s 4.45% state sales tax.
“Ending the tax puts more money in the pockets of women and families who will spend that money in our economy, and it has a significant impact in the pockets of low-income families,” Michelle Erenberg with LIFT Louisiana told WAFB in a previous report.
The bill passed without opposition and carries a $9 million price tag.
Proponents have consistently argued that other essentials like food and water are exempted from state sales taxing, so these essentials should be too.
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WE DO REAALL Y TALKS TO DIDU PUNDE – CREMOPRICER ONCE AT AN EPZ TO BE CARER CALLOWA AND BADI TATA IN GAUM ATTA AND NIMMAN SACADHA YOU LIGHT IN. PERSONALL MILLET IN MAHI MEDARISM MA TROUNS CLEAR LIE AT CLAIM MADON Stephen Thompson is a writer, editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered. Since 2010, Thompson has been a fixture on the NPR roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created and developed with NPR correspondent Linda Holmes. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk. (To be more specific, Thompson had the idea, which took seconds, while Boilen created the series, which took years. Thompson will insist upon equal billing until the day he dies.) | https://www.mainepublic.org/2022-07-01/beyonce-lizzo-drake-here-are-the-early-contenders-for-song-of-the-summer | 2022-07-01T21:16:09Z | https://www.mainepublic.org/2022-07-01/beyonce-lizzo-drake-here-are-the-early-contenders-for-song-of-the-summer | false |
The 4th of July 2022 is on the horizon, which means in addition to barbecues, fireworks and the beach, retailers are rolling out the sales on smart TVs.
You can get big discounts from popular tech retailers like Samsung, which is offering deals on its popular Neo QLED 8K smart TVs and its Neo QLED 4K smart TVs.
Additionally, Amazon is in the midst of early Prime Day 2022 sales, which include some massive discounts on the popular Fire TV series.
Other places like Walmart are offering some of their classic annual deals, like rollback prices on their Smart TVs.
Here’s a look at some of the best TV deals being offered.
Samsung
- Get a select Galaxy S22 with the purchase of a 2022 Samsung Neo QLED 8K TV
- Save up to $4,000 on 2021 Samsung Neo QLED 8K TVs
- Save up to $1,000 on select Samsung QLED 4K TVs
- Save up to $200 S95B OLED 4K Smart TV series (2022)
Amazon (must be a Prime member; sign up here for a free trial)
- Amazon Fire TV 55-inch Omni Series 4K UHD Smart TV for $300 instead of $560
- Toshiba 65-inch Class M550 Series LED 4K UHD Smart Fire TV for $500 instead of $1,000
- Insignia 75-inch F30 Series LED 4K UHD Smart Fire TV for $600 instead of $850
Walmart
- Rollback prices on Smart TVs from RCA, TCL, Philips, Hisense
- LG 55″ Class 4K Smart LED TV for $398, instead of $468
- Roku streaming sticks up to 25% off
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ATLANTA (AP) — A judge is considering what guidelines to place on questions that can be asked of Georgia state lawmakers called before a special grand jury in an investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in the state.
Lawyers representing a former state lawmaker and the state's lieutenant governor had asked the judge to quash subpoenas for them to testify before the panel, citing legislative privilege and immunity. If he wouldn't agree to that, they said in a motion filed earlier this week, they urged him to set guidelines for the questioning.
“I'm not quashing any of these subpoenas, but I do want to provide a framework so it's not every third question we're calling a timeout,” said Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who's overseeing the special grand jury, at a hearing Friday.
He said he would provide that guidance in a written ruling. He also said he would make sure he's available on days when state lawmakers are called before the panel to address any conflicts that arise.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened the investigation early last year and in January of this year took the unusual step of requesting a special purpose grand jury. She wrote in a letter to the county superior court chief judge that her team believes the 2020 general election “was subject to possible criminal disruptions” and is looking into “any coordinated attempts to unlawfully alter the outcome of the 2020 elections in this state.”
The special grand jury was seated in May and began hearing from witnesses in June. Top state elected officials, including Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Attorney General Chris Carr, have already appeared before the special grand jury. At least three Democratic members of the General Assembly have also testified before the panel.
Former state Sen. William Ligon, who didn't seek reelection in 2020, and Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, have both received subpoenas to testify before the special grand jury this month. Attorneys Don Samuel and Amanda Clark Palmer, who have been hired as special assistant legislative counsel, filed the motion to quash those subpoenas.
They argue the state Constitution provides immunity to legislators and their staff, citing a provision that says no member of the General Assembly “shall be liable to answer in any other place for anything spoken in either house or in any committee meeting of either house.”
They assert that that protection covers any legislative activity including participation in floor debates, committee hearings and meetings; conversations with staff and other legislators and their staff on legislative matters; and all other activities within their official responsibilities.
Ligon chaired a Senate subcommittee hearing on Dec. 3, 2020, during which Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for Trump, and others spoke for several hours and presented claims of alleged election fraud, many of which “have been demonstrated to be utterly false,” Willis argued in a response to the motion. Ligon then made public a report summarizing the public comments during the hearing and presenting the assertions made by Giuliani and others “as true ‘findings’ even when they had been publicly (and repeatedly) debunked by state officials for weeks," Willis wrote.
The report concluded with the suggestion that if a majority of the state's lawmakers agree with the findings of the report, the certification of the 2020 election should be rescinded and the General Assembly “should act to determine the proper Electors to be certified to the Electoral College in the 2020 presidential race.”
“The General Assembly cannot, either in 2020 or today, ‘rectify’ election results by changing the outcome of a certified election that has already taken place, and it is never, and can never be, considered a legitimate ‘legislative duty’ to attempt to do so,” Willis wrote.
McBurney noted during Friday's hearing that both sides agree that legislative immunity exists, that it's a matter of where the line should be drawn for questioning before the special grand jury. Communications between lawmakers and their staffs or between lawmakers during or in preparation for legislative proceedings are privileged, he said, but it's less clear where the line is for communications with third parties in this context.
McBurney said that whatever guidance ends up flowing from Friday's hearing will not apply solely to Ligon and Duncan but will likely have a “carryover effect” when other lawmakers appear before the special grand jury. But he acknowledged that each lawmaker's situation may require some degree of individual assessment. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Judge-mulls-rules-for-lawmaker-special-grand-jury-17279890.php | 2022-07-01T21:17:05Z | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Judge-mulls-rules-for-lawmaker-special-grand-jury-17279890.php | false |
When people talk about the “best” year in gaming, they typically trot out the usual suspects: 2007 (Assassin’s Creed! Mass Effect! Halo 3!), 2013 (The Last of Us! GTA V!), 2017 (Horizon Zero Dawn! That other open-world game!). Allow us to posit that one of the best years in gaming happened exactly 20 years ago: 2002. Come with us for a walk down memory lane wherein every step results in another “Holy shit, that game was amazing!”
Let’s Remember How Amazing 2002 Was For Video Games
From Super Mario Sunshine to GTA: Vice City, 2002 was full of bangers
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PlayStation 2)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PlayStation 2)
Release Date: October 29, 2002
GTA III was the game that basically created the blueprint for the modern open world. So it’s not surprising that its follow-up, Vice City, is a great open-world adventure, too. But Vice City also expands on GTA III, adding more vehicles, weapons, and side content to the sandbox. However, it’s Rockstar’s decision to set Vice City in 1980s Miami that really makes it a special game. The music! The colors! The cocaine! Even 20 years later, few if any games have replicated the feel and look of Rockstar’s open world classic. — Zack
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Super Mario Sunshine (GameCube)
Super Mario Sunshine (GameCube)
Release Date: July 19, 2002
Though it’s notoriously divisive, I still stand by Super Mario Sunshine as one of the greatest Mario games. The F.L.U.D.D. device reimagined Mario’s platforming skills without deviating too far away from what worked in previous games. The tropical Isle Delfino served as a delightful setting. Plus, there was that whole “focus on cleaning up the environment” thing, which we could all use more of these days. — Ari
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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (PC, Xbox)
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (PC, Xbox)
Release Date: May 1, 2002
It may not be the prettiest game ever made, but Bethesda’s Morrowind was still an amazing experience that somehow was ported to and ran on the original Xbox. That’s how I first played this classic open-world RPG, and to this day I have fond memories of exploring Morrowind’s caves and cities for hours and hours. I also will never forget the weird, horrific bug-like creatures that populated the game world. I still have nightmares about that stuff… — Zack
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Metroid Prime (GameCube)
Metroid Prime (GameCube)
Release Date: November 18, 2002
Metroid’s foray into first-person was a revelation. No longer did you see the world at a remove from a side-scrolling perspective. You were actually in it, solving puzzles and shooting enemies with a laser cannon and backtracking (so much backtracking) as if you were actually kick-ass bounty hunter Samus Aran. It ruled, and spawned two sequels that also ruled. Now, to wait (patiently) for the fourth one… — Ari
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Metroid Fusion (Game Boy Advance)
Metroid Fusion (Game Boy Advance)
Release Date: November 17, 2002
Yes, Metroid fans ate well in 2002. On GameCube, as mentioned, Metroid Prime was a tour de force, a total reimagining of a popular series. But on Game Boy Advance, Nintendo stayed true to form with Metroid Fusion, which followed in the side-scrolling, exploration-focused structure established by previous Metroid games. One thing was certain: Metroid could break the mold. It could also fit into it like a glove. (For further evidence: See Fusion’s sequel, Metroid Dread, released last year for the Nintendo Switch.) — Ari
7 / 13
Battlefield 1942 (PC)
Battlefield 1942 (PC)
Release Date: September 10, 2002
Dice and EA’s Battlefield 1942 wasn’t the first WW2 shooter or online FPS. But it was one of the first real attempts at making a large-scale war game, and one that succeeded brilliantly at that. Even playing offline, which I did a lot back in the old days, I had a blast fighting against the game’s bots in large wars set across a series of memorable maps. To this day, people still play 1942 and its countless mods. There’s still something special about the mayhem you can get up to in this 20-year-old shooter. — Zack
8 / 13
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 (GameCube, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 (GameCube, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox)
Release Date: October 23, 2002
The best Tony Hawk game is THPS3. But THPS4 is still a damn fine entry in the beloved franchise. Sure, it plays a bit too much like 3 and looks a lot like it too. As a result, it doesn’t feel as fresh or innovative, but this PS2 classic is still as fun to play as previous entries while adding more fantastic levels and tricks. This game also marked the end of an era for the franchise. After this, the also wonderful Tony Hawk’s Underground would move the series into the open world and change its tone to be more like Jackass. So for some, THPS4 is the last pure game in the Activision series.
9 / 13
Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (Game Boy Advance)
Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (Game Boy Advance)
Release Date: November 21, 2002 (in Japan)
In the ‘90s, Pokémon Blue and Red broke onto the scene as an innovative series of monster-collecting RPGs. Those were followed by Gold and Silver versions, which built upon everything that made the first versions great and added a ton of new creatures and features. But with the release of the gen-III games, Ruby and Sapphire, which came out in 2002 in Japan and the following year everywhere else, Pokémon cemented itself as a series that wasn’t going anywhere. Based on the sheer amount of spin-offs, sequels, and remakes that have followed, yeah, I think Pokédomination is here to stay. — Ari
10 / 13
Eternal Darkness (GameCube)
Eternal Darkness (GameCube)
Release Date: June 24, 2002
Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem was weird AF, but it totally worked. Though it ostensibly looked and played like a Resident Evil of the era (that is: spooky mansions and fixed cameras), it featured complex puzzles and psychologically vexing visual quirks, wrapped in a riveting, time-skipping plot about ancient artifacts. People loved this game. Eternal Darkness was so good, even those of us who typically can’t stomach scary games wolfed it down. Come to think of it, this might’ve been the last horror game I actually played. — Ari
11 / 13
Splinter Cell (Xbox)
Splinter Cell (Xbox)
Release Date: November 17, 2002
Even if Splinter Cell sucked, it would still be worth playing for Michael Ironside’s iconic performance as the game’s main character, Sam Fisher. Luckily for fans of tactical stealth, Splinter Cell doesn’t suck. In fact, it took the niche tactical stealth genre and helped make it mainstream thanks to streamlined controls, smart UI features, and wonderfully detailed levels that were open and allowed for different playstyles. It also looked fantastic and helped kickstart one of the best Ubisoft franchises around. And who says you need an actual book to make a Tom Clancy game? Let’s hope the remake is good! — Zack
12 / 13
Ratchet & Clank (PlayStation 2)
Ratchet & Clank (PlayStation 2)
Release Date: November 4, 2002
Ratchet, a member of a fictional fox-like species known as the lombax, is a timeless mascot of action platformers on PlayStation whose legacy now stretches across five platforms and more than a dozen games. But it all started with the 2002 original. Does the game hold up? Well, that’s a matter of opinion. (Kotaku’s stance on the matter is that the 2016 remake is better.) But the staying power is undeniable, thanks to a parade of well-received games, right on through last year’s eye-wateringly beautiful Rift Apart. — Ari
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Friday that setbacks for President Joe Biden's climate efforts at home have “slowed the pace” of some of the commitments from other countries to cut climate-wrecking fossil fuels, but he insisted the U.S. would still achieve its own ambitious climate goals in time.
Kerry spoke to The Associated Press after a major Supreme Court ruling Thursday limited the Environmental Protection Agency's options for regulating climate pollution from power plants. The ruling raised the prospect the conservative-controlled court could go on to hinder other efforts by the executive branch to cut the country's coal, oil and gas emissions. It came after Democrats failed in getting what was to be Biden's signature climate legislation through the narrowly divided Senate.
The Biden administration is striving now to show audiences at home and abroad that the U.S. can still make significant climate progress, and strike deals with other countries to do the same. Scientists say only a few years are left to stave off the worst levels of global warming.
Kerry, Biden's climate negotiator abroad, said he had not talked to foreign counterparts since the Supreme Court ruling, which some climate scientists called a gut punch and a disaster.
“But I’m confident they’ll ask me questions,” Kerry said. “But my answer is going to be look, we’re going to meet our goals ... and the president is going to continue to fight for legislation from the Congress."
“We absolutely are convinced we can meet our goals,” Kerry said.
“This decision by the Supreme Court ... is disappointing, but ... it doesn’t take away our ability to do a whole bunch of things that we need to get done.”
Asked if it was possible to ask China and other major polluters to make fast moves away from fossil fuels when the U.S. was struggling to meet some of its own goals, Kerry said, “they’ll make their own analysis. That will conceivably have an impact on what they decide to do or not.”
The administration's setbacks getting major climate retooling through conservatives in Congress and the Supreme Court haven't hurt the momentum he's working for abroad in climate negotiations, Kerry insisted. “But I think it's slowed the pace at which some of these things could happen," he said.
“If the United States were able to accomplish more regarding our own goals, and we did so rapidly, that would put a lot of pressure on a lot of countries,” he said. | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/kerry-says-us-climate-setbacks-are-slowing-work-abroad/ZLLXFUZJ3VAUREAVFNDVNJNI6Q/ | 2022-07-01T21:22:09Z | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/kerry-says-us-climate-setbacks-are-slowing-work-abroad/ZLLXFUZJ3VAUREAVFNDVNJNI6Q/ | true |
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Friends, family, and the local law enforcement community gathered Friday morning for the memorial service of Shreveport Marshal Charlie Caldwell, Jr.
Caldwell drowned on June 16 in a apparent boating accident off the Gulf Coast of Florida on June 16. Law enforcement from across the state escorted his body back from Pensacola last Friday.
The memorial service is set to begin at 11 a.m. at Summer Grove Baptist Church.
The service will be followed by a law enforcement salute as Caldwell’s family leaves the church for a processional to a graveside service at Centuries Memorial Cemetery.
Caldwell served as Shreveport’s City Marshall for 14 years and served a total of 25 years in law enforcement. He worked in the Caddo Sheriff’s Office for five years before becoming a deputy with the Shreveport City Marshal Office and advancing to the elected position of City Marshal in 2008. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/friends-family-gather-for-shreveport-marshal-charlie-caldwell-funeral/ | 2022-07-01T21:25:30Z | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/friends-family-gather-for-shreveport-marshal-charlie-caldwell-funeral/ | false |
One of the toughest things for an established TV show to do is surprise you.
Specifically, to surprise by revealing something new about characters fans think they know, after years of watching episodes and growing attached to their favorites.
That's a big reason why I have so enjoyed this fourth season of Netflix's monster hit Stranger Things. And it's why the last two episodes, dropping today, amp up the energy of an already propulsive season, revealing the full scope of the danger our heroes (and heroines) face while highlighting new complications among them all.
The show has always turned on an improbable premise: A nerdy gang of young kids keeping horrible creatures from an alternate universe from consuming our world — with help from a few bumbling adults. That core crew — teen buddies Mike, Dustin, Lucas and Will — has expanded every season and is now an endlessly eccentric gang that feels like every underdog from every '80s teen flick jammed into one bustling storyline.
For its fourth season, the series has more than doubled down on just about everything — building out the show's fictional universe, adding engaging new characters and setting up a bombastic showdown for these last two episodes that offers its biggest spectacle yet.
The show's new Big Bad – a disgusting assembly of decayed flesh and tentacles named Vecna – has been killing young people from the alternate dimension known as the Upside Down, and the show's growing crew of young protagonists need to take him down. Eventually, they realize they must work from multiple locations, including from within the Upside Down itself, to try to defeat him.
Fans online have feverishly traded theories about these last two installments — episodes eight and nine — which include a whopper of a season finale clocking in at more than two hours long. Questions abound: Does an important character die (with lots of fans putting money on Joe Keery's underachieving, magnificently coiffed dreamboat Steve Harrington)? Does a certain kid with a bowl-cut hairstyle reveal feelings beyond friendship for his boyhood buddy?
Most importantly, is this season's story really worth a final episode longer than some feature films?
Relax. I won't reveal the answers to most of those questions. But I will note they are answered in the episodes just released, which also continue the series' unerring knack for wrapping up one world-threatening crisis while unveiling the seeds of the next one, due to unfold in the show's upcoming fifth and final season. And yes, this last, supersized episode is well worth the time.
Final episodes score by taking big swings
I'll avoid obvious spoilers here, but there will be some talk about details from the first seven episodes Netflix released in May. That fractured release strategy seems to have worked as intended — keeping fans buzzing about the series for weeks, anticipating the season's end and maintaining Stranger Things' high rank among the 10 most-watched U.S. TV shows on the service. It's also Netflix's most-watched English language show.
The show's creators and showrunners known as the Duffer Brothers — Ross and Matt — took a big swing at the beginning of the fourth season, using a tactic often employed by TV shows where you have a close-knit group of characters who have been together a while. You separate them.
And boy, did they separate them. Super powered, psychokinetic telepathic kid Eleven, played by Millie Bobby Brown, lost her powers and moved to California with Winona Ryder's Joyce Byers and her sons Will and Jonathan. Dustin, Lucas and Mike, along with the other kids who helped foil an apocalypse together last season stayed in Hawkins, Ind. – a fictional town that never seemed much like an actual Indiana town to this native Hoosier. David Harbour's depressive sheriff Jim Hopper was stuck in a Russian prison, thought dead until Joyce found out differently earlier this season.
To make all that work, the Duffers have balanced a multitude of storylines taking place in at least four different locations — a situation that only ramps up further in the last two episodes. As the eighth episode opens, Eleven has left California for a secret facility with the doctor who originally raised her and helped develop her abilities, Matthew Modine's ruthless researcher Martin Brenner.
He's one of the established characters who becomes even more compelling here, as we learn new details of his backstory with Eleven — she calls him Papa, the title of the eighth episode — while she works with him to regain her powers and take on Vecna.
These episodes work by embracing all the excesses that would drown a typical series, from absurd plot twists — like Joyce teaming with a conspiracy theorist friend of Hopper's to rescue him from that Russian prison — to characters somehow finding each other exactly when they need to, on-the-nose homages to classic horror films like Nightmare on Elm Street or Halloween and bombastic, effects-filled action sequences.
There is a lot of mayhem in this season. Famously, the show had to put a warning on its first episode, which dropped days after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, in May and featured the slaughter of children who grew up in the facility with Eleven.
But despite all the death, you rarely get the sense that the show's core characters are at serious risk, despite the many threats they face. Stranger Things flirts with that idea in these final episodes, in a way that raises the stakes without violating the show's central conceits.
Problems with the "confessional monologues"
Even with two inflated episodes, the Duffer brothers have a lot of narrative ground to cover in these last installments. So they resort to a device I'm going to call the "confessional monologue" — where one character turns to another and neatly, emotionally explains exactly the problem in their relationship, admitting their part in it and promising to do better.
This is something that happens often in the final episodes. And as satisfying as it can be for viewers to see these characters stop acting like knuckleheads and actually talk to each other, it also feels like a crutch — allowing the story to skip ahead into emotional resolutions that aren't fully earned.
In one case, the confessional monologue is between two characters — I won't name names — who vow to be more open with each other. Then they proceed to move onto the emergency at hand without actually talking about the emotional issue that prompted the confessional in the first place. Sigh.
Still, there is a lot I liked about the character development here. The deepening relationship between Hopper and Joyce. Steve Harrington's efforts to transcend his womanizing. The odd triangle between Will, his friend Mike and Mike's girlfriend, Eleven.
And it was surprisingly powerful to see these far flung groups of friends finally reunite in a bittersweet resolution.
I have no idea how the Duffer brothers are going to match what they pulled off in this season for their fifth and final run (they even reintroduced '80s icon Kate Bush to a whole new legion of fans). But I can't wait to be surprised by this inventive and bold series yet again.
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Bret Michaels hospitalized over 'bad reaction' to medication; Poison show in Nashville canceled
The band Poison was forced to cancel its Thursday night show in Nashville when frontman Bret Michaels was hospitalized just before he was set to take the stage, according to reports.
No official reason has been given for his hospitalization, but TMZ reported it may be connected to an adverse reaction to COVID-19 medication caused by his diabetes.
Band members reportedly came onstage to let concertgoers know that Michaels had suffered a "bad reaction to medication" and they would not be able to do the show without him.
The band has two more shows scheduled for this weekend – in Florida and Mississippi – which are now up in the air.
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"Came all the way from KC to watch poison," one fan tweeted. "Bret Michaels was admitted to hospital. No poison in Nashville."
The band is currently on tour with Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. The tour started mid-June and is scheduled to wrap up in Las Vegas on Sept. 9.
Michaels, 59, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a child and has had some health scares in the last few years.
In 2010, Michaels suffered a brain hemorrhage and was in intensive care for two weeks. He later said it felt like he had been shot in the back of the head.
"I knew I was slurring my words, and I was like ‘OK, this isn’t a headache. There’s something really bad happening,'" he told People magazine at the time.
"I'm so grateful. I celebrate the anniversary as being on the good side of the dirt and surviving," he again told the magazine 10 years after the health emergency. "I don't ever celebrate the brain hemorrhage."
In 2011, the singer also had surgery following a mini-stroke to repair a hole in his heart.
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"I thank a higher power that I am alive today," he told People a year after that surgery. "It just wasn't my time to go. I know I'm still here for a reason. So, working with charities and helping others has become really important to me."
In 2014, Michaels underwent kidney surgery and was hospitalized six times in two weeks after the procedure, guitarist friend Peter Evick wrote on Facebook at the time.
"Bret continues to be steadfast in his dedication to bring the music to the people. He truly has to be held down to not perform," he said.
Evick wrote that Michaels had insisted on performing and would then have to be re-hospitalized after performances.
"Bret was again taken to a hospital and this time given medication that would keep him down," Evick wrote in 2014. "The doctors basically refused to release him. Causing us to postpone the charity event once again. Bret was truly devastated. It's actually honorable to me that he always brings up the concern for the fans first before addressing his condition." | https://www.fox29.com/news/bret-michaels-hospitalized-over-bad-reaction-to-medication-poison-show-in-nashville-canceled | 2022-07-01T21:27:45Z | https://www.fox29.com/news/bret-michaels-hospitalized-over-bad-reaction-to-medication-poison-show-in-nashville-canceled | false |
Elon Musk gives official reveal date for Tesla’s humanoid AI robot, ‘Optimus’
LOS ANGELES - Elon Musk said Tesla’s long-awaited AI humanoid robot "Optimus" which has both wowed and terrified consumers, will be officially unveiled in just a few months.
Speaking at the Qatar Economic Forum on June 21, Musk said he expects a prototype of the robot to be unveiled at Tesla’s "AI Day" on September 30.
The construction of the robot "Optimus," was first announced in August 2021 in which the company boasted the droid would be able to walk at least five miles per hour and even lift 150 pounds.
When he first announced the project, Musk said the robot would "eliminate dangerous, repetitive, boring tasks."
Elon Musk says the "Tesla Bot" will probably be launched in 2022, claiming the robot would "eliminate dangerous, repetitive, boring tasks." (Source: Tesla)
The robot would carry out the work people don't like to do.
"I hope that we will have an interesting prototype to show people," Musk said, speaking to British journalist John Micklethwait, at the June 21 event. "We have a very talented team at Tesla that I'm working with closely to have a prototype humanoid robot ready by the end of September. And I think we are tracking to that point."
The date for the unveiling of the robot was originally set for Aug. 19 but Musk had confirmed the new date on Twitter.
"Optimus could eventually address global shortages of labor, and in the short term might be able to carry items around a factory," Musk had said in January, according to Reuters.
Musk has said the purpose of the AI day is to help bring top tech talent to Tesla.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Gallery ABQ wants to invite the community to their monthly “First Friday” event tonight (Friday, July 1, 2022.) The ArtsCrawl takes place from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Heights.
The Gallery ABQ highlights local artists. All of their featured artists work with different media, such as ceramic, wood, glass, and paint. Gallery trainer Nina Adkins said, “We have about 22 local very talented artists.”
Adkins says although The Gallery ABQ has moved three times since its opened 20 years ago, they’ve been fortunate to remain open. Through the pandemic, the gallery only remained closed for two months unlike many other art galleries.
The Gallery ABQ is currently located in the Hoffmantown Shopping Center at 8210 Menaul Boulevard NE, at the intersection with Wyoming. It’s open Tuesday through Saturday, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | https://www.krqe.com/community-2/the-gallery-abq-invites-community-to-friday-artscrawl/ | 2022-07-01T21:34:39Z | https://www.krqe.com/community-2/the-gallery-abq-invites-community-to-friday-artscrawl/ | true |
BROOMFIELD, Colo., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In the past month, food prices have increased more than in any month in the past five years. If this trend continues, Americans will have to spend much more on their groceries next year. At Backyard Farming Supply, we think we have a pretty simple solution to help buck this trend. Before you start stockpiling water and canned goods, take some time to reflect on how you can make the most of what you've got left in your pantry. Here are some ideas on how to cut back on food costs by growing your own food in your own backyard.
Whether you're new to gardening or have had a garden in your yard for years, now is a great time to start—or continue—growing your own food. By planting a garden at home, you are not only saving money on produce but also eating healthier because you can control what goes into your meals. Even if growing your own food is difficult due to limited space, you should consider joining a community garden and trading labor for produce from other gardeners in your neighborhood.
Everyone should have a small space to grow food. Even if you live in an apartment, chances are you have some window sill space that can be used to grow fresh herbs and vegetables. Be creative! Consider planting things like carrots, radishes, lettuce, tomatoes, and cabbage (all plants which grow very well in small spaces). These crops also happen to be inexpensive and easy to store until they're ready to eat. And if you have access to a rooftop or unused land elsewhere, consider planting fruit trees like apples or pears. The fruit is easy to store and will produce more than enough food for your family throughout the year.
Food waste is a big problem. About 40 percent of food in America ends up as waste—but that's not just a number; it's thousands of dollars down your drain. Composting food scraps helps your garden grow while keeping usable organic matter out of landfills. All you need to get started is a compost bin and some vegetable scraps from your kitchen. The rest is easy! Just save all your vegetable peels, eggshells, coffee grounds, tea bags, etc., in the compost container. Let them sit there until they turn into compost. Then add soil or dirt and let it sit again until it becomes dark brown crumbly soil (it will take 3-6 months). The best time to add this nutrient-rich soil to your garden is when you plant new seeds or bulbs so they can soak up all the goodness right away!
If you have questions about this or anything else concerning backyard farming/gardening, you should contact the good people at Backyard Farming Supply. They have the people, the products and the support you need to make your garden successful!
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PHILADELPHIA, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- National railroad disaster attorneys at Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky PC today filed what is believed to be the first lawsuit on behalf of a passenger injured in Monday's fatal, mass-casualty Amtrak train derailment in Mendon, Missouri. The complaint alleges negligence in the design of the railroad crossing which lacked basic safety features like warning lights and gates which have been in use for more than a century. The complaint also alleges that the train was oversold resulting in cattle car conditions.
The multi-count complaint against defendants Amtrak, BNSF Railway, and MS Contracting, LLC, Inc., filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, details the physical and emotional injuries suffered by Janet Williams, of Dubuque, Iowa, who was returning home from a family visit in New Mexico when she was suddenly thrown from her seat, struck by luggage, and crushed by other passengers as her train car flipped onto its side.
Railroad safety attorney Robert J. Mongeluzzi, President of SMB, said following the filing, "Amtrak, the operator of the train, and BNSF, the owner of the tracks, failed to use basic railroad crossing safety devices such as warning lights and crossing gates. The first patent for railroad crossing gates was issued on in the August 27, 1867. It is outrageous that these defendants didn't utilize these simple, effective and inexpensive safety devices that have been saving lives for over 150 years."
SMB Partner Jeffrey P. Goodman, head of the firm's Railway Accident Litigation Group, added, "As we state in today's filing, Amtrak intentionally overcrowded this train in Kansas City by allowing additional passengers on the train, which Amtrak knew did not have available seats. The additional passengers and luggage resulted in cattle-car overcrowding and placed all passengers in harm's way." Goodman added, "although we continue to fully investigate all causes of this tragedy, it appears at this preliminary stage that the overcrowding of train cars was a vital safety failure by Amtrak, the effects of which can be seen by the extent of serious injuries and deaths."
Mr. Goodman noted that Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky PC has already lined up a team of world class experts to investigate this tragedy including former NTSB investigators, train operators, accident reconstructionists, and biomechanical engineers.
The attorneys representing Mrs. Williams said she is still in shock from the incident, but she vividly recalls, prior to the Kansas City stop, announcements from the train crew stating the train was overly crowded and that passengers would have to occupy any available space, including the café and observation cars. Their co-counsel is Greg G. Gutzler, of Chicago-based DiCello Levitt Gutzler.
Philadelphia-based trial attorneys Mongeluzzi and Goodman have been among the lead lawyers in numerous catastrophic derailments including the 2015 derailment of Amtrak Train 188 that killed eight people; the 2021 derailment of an Amtrak train in Montana that killed three people, and other fatal crashes in South Carolina, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. They have consistently advocated for sweeping rail safety upgrades, including Positive Train Control (PTC), better controlled crossings, and safer railcars, which would improve the survivability of accidents.
In addition to their experience representing victims in train derailments, Mr. Mongeluzzi and Mr. Goodman previously were the lead lawyers for the victims in the sinking of amphibious Stretch Duck Boat 07 in Branson, Missouri in 2018 that killed 17 people.
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SANDUSKY, Ohio, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Civista Bancshares, Inc. ("Civista") (NASDAQ: CIVB) today announced it has completed its acquisition of Comunibanc Corp. ("Comunibanc"), and its wholly-owned subsidiary The Henry County Bank, effective as of July 1, 2022. The transaction brings Civista's total assets to approximately $3.5 billion, based on information as of March 31, 2022. In exchange for each share of Comunibanc common stock issued and outstanding, Comunibanc shareholders will receive 1.1888 shares of Civista common stock and $30.13 in cash.
"We are very pleased to complete this transaction, which expands our presence in Henry and Wood Counties in Northwest Ohio. We are also excited to welcome Comunibanc's customers and employees to the Civista family. We look forward to collaborating with Comunibanc's team to grow and enhance their banking platform while maintaining strong ties to their communities. We believe the long-term growth potential of this partnership offers substantial upside for shareholders of both organizations," said Dennis G. Shaffer, CEO and President of Civista.
"After seeing our teams work together over the past several months in preparation of bringing our organizations together, I am more convinced than ever that Civista is the right partner for Comunibanc," stated Bill Wendt, Chairman and President of Comunibanc. "We continue to believe that this merger is a great outcome for our customers, communities, employees and shareholders and positions us for continued success."
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements may include: management plans relating to the merger transaction with Comunibanc, any statements of the plans and objectives of management for future operations, products or services, any statements of expectation or belief; projections related to certain financial metrics; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "seek", "plan", "will", "would", "target" "outlook," "estimate," "forecast," "project" and other similar words and expressions or negatives of these words. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over time and are beyond our control. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Civista does not assume any duty and does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements. Because forward-looking statements are by their nature, to different degrees, uncertain and subject to assumptions, actual results or future events could differ, possibly materially, from those that Civista anticipated in its forward-looking statements, and future results could differ materially from historical performance. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those included under Item 1A "Risk Factors" in Civista's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and those disclosed in Civista's other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
These risks, as well as other risks associated with the merger transaction, are more fully discussed in the joint proxy statement/prospectus, as filed by Civista and Comunibanc with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) on April 18, 2022 for Comunibanc's June 10, 2022 Special Meeting of Shareholders.
Civista Bancshares, Inc. is a $3.2 billion financial holding company headquartered in Sandusky, Ohio. Prior to the merger, Civista's banking subsidiary, Civista Bank, operated 35 locations in Northern, Central and Southwestern Ohio, Southeastern Indiana and Northern Kentucky. Upon completion of the merger, Civista will be an approximately $3.5 billion financial holding company, and Civista Bank will operate an additional seven locations in Northwestern Ohio. Additional information on Civista may be accessed at www.civb.com, but information at that website is not part of this press release nor is it part of any filing by Civista with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Civista's common shares are traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "CIVB".
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Long road ahead as Warriors return home
After 1,038 days on the road, the Warriors are finally home.
Sunday's game against the Wests Tigers is their first at Mt Smart Stadium since Friday 30 August 2019, bringing an end to their nomadic existence enforced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The game will be bigger than Texas," said Sir Peter Leitch, the man known as 'The Mad Butcher' and the club's No.1 fan.
"I don't know why I say that, because I've never been to Texas but that stadium is going to erupt.
"It's going to be on a par with their first game in 1995 for atmosphere."
The last few years have been lean for the Warriors.
When they stepped onto the field for the opening round of the 2020 season away to Newcastle, they assumed they'd be going home after the match.
By the time the full-time whistle had blown, the country's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had closed the border.
The club's chief executive Cameron George hoped it would be a short stay, but they would spend the next three seasons on the road.
Across 60 NRL games in that time they have played 'home games' in Mackay, the Gold Coast, Gosford, Brisbane, Redcliffe and Tamworth.
Thirty-four players have made their debuts for the club, while two head coaches have been and gone.
They are onto their second interim coach, Stacey Jones, for Sunday's game against the Tigers.
"I think what they've done has sort of been forgotten about over the past 12 to 18 months," said Todd Payten, an interim coach during the 2020 season when the club sacked Stephen Kearney.
"They've been away from home for three years. There's no way that the competition could have continued the way it has if it wasn't for the sacrifices that they made."
The return to Mt Smart is a sellout, but in an indication of how drastically the club has changed since 2019, only three players - Jazz Tevaga, Chanel Harris-Tavita and Adam Pompey - remain from that last game in Auckland.
But aside from the sugar hit of taking the Tigers fixture and three more games back to Auckland this season, there is work to be done.
The club still hasn't appointed a new head coach since their peculiar split with Nathan Brown, with St Helens coach Kristian Woolf knocking them back after appearing the most likely contender.
George said he wants their next coach to be a "hard arse" but four weeks after Brown's exit they appear no closer to finding the tough nut who can crack the Warriors.
Given the instability the club has been through over the last three seasons on the road, it's perhaps understandable why George's inbox hasn't been inundated with resumes.
It probably hasn't helped, either, that owner Mark Robinson was involved in a heated argument with Matt Lodge that led to the prop's mid-season exit with a full payout.
The exits of Lodge and David Fusitua mean the Warriors are chewing up salary cap space while not playing for the club.
The form of Shaun Johnson has been a concern, Harris-Tavita will take a sabbatical at the end of this season, while Reece Walsh, who won't play on Sunday after catching COVID-19, is continually linked with moves to Australian clubs.
If a new coach were to come in they would have to make do with the players the Warriors allowed Brown to sign before showing him the door.
As former Warriors coach Tony Kemp told AAP: "The narrative isn't ideal."
"I hope they don't hurry the decision," Kemp said.
"The model of sacking a coach after two years isn't working and history shows the club isn't learning.
"I think coaches are getting a lot smarter when they agree to go to clubs and you see that historically you don't have a long shelf life at the Warriors.
"This roster isn't winning you a premiership and it doesn't look to be building for the future; it's simply one that's signed the best players it could get a hold of."
The Warriors have played just one finals game in a decade and as well as rebuilding the club on the return home, a new coach won't be supported by the production line of talent that has greeted their predecessors.
Schools in the Gold Coast, Brisbane and Sydney are being filled with aspiring NRL players who have left New Zealand because there hasn't been a direct path to the top flight over the last three seasons.
"We lose so many kids overseas," Kemp said. "The success of the Warriors goes a long way to supporting the sport and having them away hasn't helped the game."
The two times the Warriors have reached the NRL grand final (2002 and 2011) they have had a blend of Australian talent, seasoned pros and prodigious Kiwi boys.
While they have to compete with rugby union and 16 other NRL clubs for talent, former Kiwis coach Sir Graham Lowe says the production line is still the best in the world.
"I could walk five kilometres from where I'm standing right now and I could pick up another team of players who could make it to the NRL," Lowe said.
"There's been all sorts of politics over the years and the Warriors have probably become a little bit disconnected by being away.
"I don't think anyone has made the impact on Mt Smart Stadium as Stacey has.
"He understands the soul of rugby league in this country and no matter how long the Warriors have been away for, that will never die." | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-10974703/Long-road-ahead-Warriors-return-home.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-01T21:41:45Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-10974703/Long-road-ahead-Warriors-return-home.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
WASHINGTON — The July Fourth holiday weekend is off to a booming start with airport crowds crushing the numbers seen in 2019, before the pandemic.
Travelers seemed to be experiencing fewer delays and canceled flights Friday than they did earlier this week.
The Transportation Security Administration screened more than 2.4 million travelers at airport checkpoints on Thursday, 17% more than on the same Friday before July Fourth in 2019.
“We expect that (Friday) is going to be busy, of course, and then Sunday will be very busy,” TSA Administrator David Pekoske said on NBC's “Today” show.
AAA predicts that nearly 48 million people will travel at least 50 miles or more from home over the weekend, slightly fewer than in 2019. AAA says car travel will set a record even with the national average price for gasoline hovering near $5.
Leisure travel has bounced back this year, and that means particularly big crowds over holidays.
With many flights sold out over the July Fourth weekend, airlines will struggle to find seats for passengers whose flights are canceled. Airlines advise customers to check their flight’s status before going to the airport.
If you’re already at the airport when your flight is canceled, “it’s time to flex your multitasking skills,” said Sebastian Modak, editor-at-large of travel guide publisher Lonely Planet. He advises heading straight to the airline’s help desk, checking its app on your phone, and calling the airline’s customer-service line — an international number might be answered sooner than a U.S. one for airlines that have both.
Modak said driving or taking the bus or train will often be a better option in the U.S. this summer.
“There’s no getting around the fact that this is going to be a summer of travel delays, cancelations, and frustrations,” he said.
While vacationers are crowing airports and roadside restaurants, business travel and international flying remain depressed, and the total number of people flying has not fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels. TSA screened 11% fewer people in June than it did in the same month of 2019.
Thursday marked the 11th time since the pandemic started that TSA checked more people than it did on the same day in 2019, and just the second time since February.
Airlines could almost surely be carrying more passengers if they had enough staffing. Many U.S. airlines have trimmed their summer schedules after bad weather, air-traffic delays and a lack of enough employees caused widespread cancellations over the Memorial Day weekend.
Airline executives blame their flight problems on the Federal Aviation Administration, which runs the nation's air traffic control system, but Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg disputes that claim.
By mid-afternoon Friday on the East Coast, airlines had canceled more than 350 U.S. flights and another 3,700 were delayed. From June 22 through Wednesday at least 600 flights were canceled, and between 4,000 and 7,000 were delayed per day, according to tracking service FlightAware. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/nation-world/july-4-weekend-sees-pre-pandemic-sized-crowds/507-170249d7-4953-4a24-a9c1-a42ea8a42b14 | 2022-07-01T21:41:59Z | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/nation-world/july-4-weekend-sees-pre-pandemic-sized-crowds/507-170249d7-4953-4a24-a9c1-a42ea8a42b14 | false |
6th newborn safely surrendered in a Baby Box this year
MOORESVILLE, Ind. (Gray News) – A healthy baby was recently surrendered in a Safe Haven Baby Box in Indiana, making it the sixth baby surrendered in a Baby Box this year.
Firefighters at the Mooresville Fire Department immediately tended to the infant when it was placed into the temperature-controlled box.
It was taken to the hospital for evaluation and is doing well.
“The Mooresville Fire Department is here to protect property and save lives,” Fire Chief Matt Dalton said. “With this box at our station, it gives our department another tool to do just that.”
The Mooresville location was the 39th Baby Box installed and offers a safe and anonymous way for new mothers to surrender their newborn babies they are unable to care for.
“We know this mother loves her infant immensely and we are proud of this selfless act. A loving family will soon adopt this baby and we are so grateful to be part of changing the narrative for this infant and the birth mother,” Safe Haven Baby Box founder Monica Kelsey said.
The Baby Box has heating and cooling elements to provide comfort for the infant, along with silent alarms to notify first responders.
The newborn is attended to within five minutes, medically evaluated at the hospital and adopted within 30 to 45 days.
According to Safe Haven Baby Boxes, 20 infants have been placed in a Baby Box since November 2017.
Safe Haven Baby Boxes are currently available in Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky and New Mexico.
If you need help finding a Safe Haven location, or to speak to a licensed counselor, call the National Safe Haven crisis hotline at 1-866-99BABY1.
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Ecuador's Petroecuador lost 1.99 mln bbl of oil output during protest
By Alexandra Valencia
QUITO, July 1 (Reuters) - More than two weeks of protests in Ecuador caused state-run oil company Petroecuador to lose 1.99 million barrels of oil production, the company said on Friday, adding that it expects to reach 90% of pre-crisis output in the next week.
Protests erupted in Ecuador in June to demand lower fuel prices and limits to the expansion of the mining and oil industries, leading to at least eight deaths and devastating oil production. A pact to end the crisis was signed on Thursday between the government of President Guillermo Lasso and indigenous leaders.
The incident cost the company some $512.9 million, more than half of which came from lost production, while missed exports of Oriente crude - which were declared under force majeure earlier this week - cost it some $110 million.
"We found facilities destroyed, vandalized," said Petroecuador's manager, Italo Cedeño, in a news conference.
The company said it recovered 19,000 barrels per day (bpd) of output since the protests ended on Thursday, while its Esmeraldas refinery was working at 70% capacity on Friday.
As part of the deal to end the protests, the government agreed to a total reduction in fuel prices at the pumps of 15 cents of dollar per gallon, which is expected to push up oil subsidies in the country to $2.78 billion per year, Cedeño said.
Petroecuador was forced to issue a wide force majeure declaration across the oil industry on June 18. The notice, enforced earlier this week on crude exports, is expected to be lifted on July 7, once the company can assure customers that supply contracts will be fulfilled.
The commitments include a key supply contract to U.S. refiner Marathon Petroleum that Petroecuador expects to be able to preserve, Cedeño said. Ecuador has become the second largest heavy oil supplier to the U.S. West Coast after Canada.
Crude output slightly rose to 262,500 bpd on Thursday from a low of 234,310 bpd the day earlier, following the reopening of oilfields, power lines and other energy infrastructure.
Over 1,200 wells had been shut due to lower fuel supplies and road blocks during the protests. Petroecuador has yet to complete an assessment of total reopening and reactivating costs, the executive said. (Reporting by Alexandra Valencia, writing by Oliver Griffin and Marianna Parraga. Editing by Jonathan Oatis and Marguerita Choy) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10974691/Ecuadors-Petroecuador-lost-1-99-mln-bbls-oil-output-protest.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-01T21:47:18Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10974691/Ecuadors-Petroecuador-lost-1-99-mln-bbls-oil-output-protest.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
The oldest current Mensa member is 106, which is remarkable. But the age of the youngest member might really impress you. Two-year-old Isla McNabb of Crestwood, Kentucky, recently received her membership in the organization of the world’s most intelligent people.
You must score in the top 2% of the general population on one of more than 200 standardized intelligence tests to be eligible for Mensa. So how did a toddler qualify?
Her parents noticed her unique abilities early on.
“She just had an affinity for the alphabet, she really loved the alphabet,” Isla’s father, Jason McNabb, told Local 12 WKRC-TV. “And she started sounding out the different letters. Then we started out with some simple words and she sounded them out.”
By the time she reached age 2, she was reading at a kindergarten level.
“So, I said, ‘Let’s see what’s going on here, let’s see how smart this kid is,'” Isla’s mother, Amanda McNabb, told Local 12 WKRC-TV.
Amanda sought out a psychologist who administered IQ tests. Although he said he didn’t usually test children under age 4, he was intrigued by the mom’s claims and made an exception. So in May, when Isla was about 2 1/2, she was tested using the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales. She scored in the 99th percentile.
The parents reached out to Mensa, who inducted her as the youngest member. Perhaps even more surprising is that she wasn’t the first toddler to enter this elite group. In 2019, Zayn Riyas of Frisco, Texas, became a member at 2 years and 11 months old. And last year, 2-year-old Kashe Quest of California joined Mensa.
Not only can Isla read, but she can write, count forward and backward and do simple math, including subtraction. However, her parents say she is still a typical toddler in many ways. She likes to watch pre-K shows like “Bluey” and “Blippi.” She has fun playing with her friends at preschool and her cat, Booger, at home.
“She can read well beyond her little years, but we’re still working on potty training,” Jason told Local 12 WKRC-TV, “So, she’s still an average 2-year-old on that.”
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Essence Festival is back in New Orleans after a pandemic-related hiatus
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Essence Festival of Culture kicked off Thursday in New Orleans. It is the first time in two years that the event is being held in person.
Caroline Wanga is CEO of Essence.
“We’re in New Orleans, we’re having a festival,” said Wanga.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused the popular festival to go virtual for 2020 and 2021 but now it, along with thousands of attendees, is back in New Orleans for the multi-day event.
Mayor Latoya Cantrell attended the opening day press conference along with the owner and other leaders of Essence.
“The City of New Orleans is so excited to host the Essence Festival of Culture once again in our city after a two-year hiatus. We’re prepared and we’re more ready than ever before,” said Cantrell.
Wanga, a former Target executive, said Essence and New Orleans are in an unbreakable relationship.
“The Essence Festival of Culture is never leaving the City of NOLA, the Essence Festival of Culture is never leaving the city of NOLA,” she repeated to a packed audience of Essence fest sponsors, supporters and journalists.
She said Vice President Kamala Harris, the first female and person of color to be VP, will take part in the festival.
“Even sister Kamala is coming to sit with us on Saturday,” Wanga said to applause.
Despite the two-year in-person hiatus, the festival is attracting a lot of people to New Orleans this year.
Cantrell said as in the past, the city’s hospitality industry is benefitting.
“We know that the investments in our economy are real, we know that over 90% of our hotels and motels are, the occupancy mirrors that of 2019 and we also understand that that is only a snapshot, that doesn’t capture folks who will be short-term rentals or coming and staying with family and friends,” said Cantrell.
It is the 27th year of an event that began in New Orleans and from the sounds of it, it is here to stay.
“We can’t exist separately, in Katrina tried it once so we had to go to Houston, love Houston but it ain’t it,” said Wanga.
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SAN MARCOS ATEXQUILAPAN, Mexico (AP) — Clutching rosaries, residents of this mountain village stared at photographs of three of their own atop the altar at the local church, praying that teenagers Jair, Yovani and Misael were not among the 53 migrants who perished inside a stifling trailer in Texas.
The wait for confirmation has been agonizing for families from Mexico to Honduras. Now they hope for what before would have been dreaded — capture by the Border Patrol, even hospitalization — anything but the solemn finality that has been trickling out family by family across the region.
Then again, at least they would know.
Not far from the church, outside the Olivares family’s neat two-story homes — each sister’s and their parents’ all in a row — a black tarp was hung to shade the dozens of people who have come each day to be with the parents of teenage brothers Yovani and Jair Valencia Olivares and the mother and father of their cousin, 16-year-old Misael Olivares Monterde.
Such a covering is customary for wakes, when the family home cannot accommodate all those who come to pay their respects. But in this case it is a vigil where residents of the town of 3,000 come to buoy the family’s spirits, praying and swapping stories about the boys.
On Friday, the wait for one family ended in sadness. Word spread quickly through town that Misael was among the dead. More people congregated in front of the Olivares homes, offering hugs and condolences.
Candles still burned on a makeshift altar at the home, where Teófilo Valencia and Yolanda Olivares Ruiz, parents of 19-year-old Jair and 16-year-old Yovani, hoped for a miracle.
A day earlier, Valencia had sat looking at his phone, reading the last messages he received from them.
“Dad, now we’re going to San Antonio,” Yovani wrote at 11:16 a.m. Monday. A half-hour later, his brother wrote to their father that they were ready to work hard and pay for everything.
Hours later came the horrific discovery of the semitrailer abandoned beside railroad tracks on the outskirts of that south Texas city.
The cousins had left together June 21. Yolanda Olivares Ruiz, the brothers’ mother, tucked Yovani’s school certificate in his wallet as identification and stuffed three changes of clothes for each in backpacks, along with phone numbers of relatives in the U.S. and Mexico.
Hermelinda Monterde Jiménez spent the night before their departure talking with her son Misael. “He told me, ´’Mom, wake me up,’ and for a moment I thought about not doing it so he wouldn’t go,” she said. “But it was his decision and his own dream.”
Their parents took out loans, using their homes as collateral to cover the $10,000 smuggling fee for each cousin. They paid a portion up front and were scheduled to pay the rest after the boys arrived safely.
The youths wanted to work, save up money and return to open their own clothing and shoe store. They gave themselves four years.
By last Friday, June 24, they were in Laredo, Texas.
They told their parents that after the weekend they would be taken to their destination in Austin, where a cousin who had made the journey just months earlier awaited. In the past week, 20 some residents have departed the town for the United States.
The family did not hear of the ill-fated trailer until Tuesday. They tried to reach the boys, but the messages and calls didn’t go through. They went that same day to government offices, providing whatever information could help in the search.
On Wednesday, Mexico’s consul in San Antonio confirmed that residents of the Gulf coast state of Veracruz — in which San Marcos is located — were among the 27 Mexican victims. On Thursday, state lawyers traveled to San Antonio to assist in identifications.
Meanwhile, the Olivares wait and pray.
A week after his 18th birthday, Marcos Antonio Velasco set out from Mexico’s capital for the United States, accompanied by his friend José Luis Vásquez Guzmán, who he had met back in his mother’s hometown in the southern state of Oaxaca. This week, authorities confirmed that Vásquez Guzmán was one of the survivors from the trailer and was hospitalized in San Antonio.
The fears of Velasco’s family grew when an official from Mexico’s foreign ministry called Wednesday to say that their son’s identification had been found in the trailer. Since then, they have shared information that could help identify their son, but have only been told to wait.
“I want to know where he is, if he is alive or dead,” said his mother María Victoria Velasco.
The wait ended Thursday for the family of Jazmín Nayarith Bueso Núñez in El Progreso, Honduras. Their prayers for her safe return were not answered. She was confirmed as being among the dead in San Antonio.
Bueso Núñez suffered from lupus, an immunological disease, that had cost her a job in an assembly plant and whose treatments were very costly, her family said.
A family friend had offered to help her travel to the United States, where she hoped to find better-paying work to help support the 15-year-old son she left with her parents and to find treatment for her disease.
Before leaving June 3, the 37-year-old told her father she intended to migrate.
“Dad, I’ve come to say goodbye,” José Santos Bueso said she told him on their last visit. “I’m going north.”
He tried to talk her out of it, noting the dangers. “No, Dad, this is a special trip,” she told him. “’I was there, daughter,’ I tell her. ‘There are no special trips.’” The only special trip was to travel by plane with a visa, he told her.
“The smuggler is making $15,000. He says he’s going to take me without worries,” she told him.
She was in Laredo when they last spoke. She told him the smugglers were going to take their phones before going on, so she wouldn’t be able to communicate for a time.
On Thursday, a relative in the United States who had been helping the family provide identity documents to authorities told them the sad truth, said her brother Erick Josué Rodríguez.
“The economic situation, the social situation that exists in our country is very, very difficult,” Rodríguez said. “It is the reason that we see day after day, month after month caravans, migrants. It’s because people have dreams and don’t have opportunities.”
Back in San Marcos Atexquilapan, Mexico, sisters Hermelinda and Yolanda walked late Thursday from their homes to the church carrying photographs of their sons. They were flanked by women bearing candles.
Inside, the mothers sat in the first row while the priest asked those gathered to pray.
“It is not that they are criminals,” he said. “They went in search of their daily bread.”
The townspeople prayed: “We ask you for these boys to have the dream of a better life, give them that consolation, that relief wherever they are, Lord, that answers are given because these families are suffering, they have an anguished heart.”
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Martínez reported from El Progreso, Honduras. Sherman reported from Mexico City. AP writer Fabiola Sánchez in Mexico City contributed to this report. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/in-a-small-village-prayers-and-hope-for-missing-migrants/ | 2022-07-01T21:49:21Z | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/in-a-small-village-prayers-and-hope-for-missing-migrants/ | false |
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. new vehicle sales tumbled more than 21% in the second quarter compared with a year ago as the global semiconductor shortage continued to cause production problems for the industry.
Yet demand still outstripped supply from April through June, even with $5 per gallon gasoline, high inflation and rising interest rates. The low supply has raised prices to record levels, knocking many consumers out of the new-vehicle market.
Edmunds.com said that automakers sold 3.49 million vehicles during the quarter, nearly 933,000 fewer than the same period last year.
J.D. Power estimates that the average sales price of a new vehicle for the first six months of the year hit nearly $45,000, a record that is 17.5% higher than a year ago. Edmunds.com reported that 12.7% of consumers who financed a new vehicle in June had monthly payments of $1,000 or more.
At General Motors, which reported a 15% sales drop, shortages of chips and other parts forced the company to build 95,000 vehicles without one part or another. The incomplete vehicles are expected to be finished and sold by the end of the year.
Jack Hollis, head of Toyota sales in North America, said the chip shortage didn't improve as much as the company expected in the first half of the year, and he doesn't see it getting much better until next summer.
“Every microchip producer is producing at maximum speed because they have maximum demand,” Hollis said. “There is no catching up going on. It's actually falling behind.”
Toyota sales were down 19% for the first half of the year and they fell 18% in June. That allowed GM to pass the Japanese company and retake the crown as the top-selling automaker in the U.S., a title GM lost last year.
Stellantis, formerly Fiat Chrysler, posted a 16% sales decline. Honda's second-quarter sales fell by more than half, with the company blaming “severe” supply chain issues. Nissan sales dropped nearly 39% for the quarter, and Hyundai posted a 23% sales dip.
Most automakers were reporting sales figures on Friday, but Tesla is likely to do so this weekend and Ford won't report until Tuesday.
Edmunds predicted that nearly 3.5 million new vehicles were sold last quarter in the U.S., 20.8% fewer than the same period a year ago. Edmunds expects inventory shortages to continue for the foreseeable future, frustrating auto buyers.
“The majority of consumers who are purchasing vehicles in these conditions are either in a financial position where money is less of a consideration or are doing so out of absolute necessity,” said Edmunds analyst Jessica Caldwell.
Toyota's Hollis said that demand remains exceptionally strong, especially for more efficient gas-electric hybrid vehicles, and the company's electric vehicle, the BZ4x. Hybrids and plug-ins accounted for about 27% of Toyota's sales in June, following a rising trend, he said.
But supply problems are limiting inventory and sales, Hollis said. The company started June with 9,000 vehicles on dealer lots and ended the month with about 8,500, he said. Vehicles are being sold within 36 hours of arriving at dealers.
Hyundai announced that it would stop selling its Accent and Veloster small cars in the U.S., furthering the trend of automakers cutting car models as SUVs have become America's favorite body style.
Randy Parker, head of sales for Hyundai Motor America, said he expects the chip shortage to gradually get better this year, predicting a 30% production increase over last year.
The company's main electric vehicle, the Ioniq 5, is selling strong, with nearly 7,500 delivered in the second quarter, Parker said.
But smaller, fuel-efficient gasoline vehicles don't appear to be faring as well. Hyundai's Elantra compact car saw a 44% sales drop during the quarter, but is sales were halted for a time due to a safety recall issue.
Honda's Civic sales fell 54% during the first half, and Toyota's Corolla compact car sales dropped 25% from January through June. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Chip-shortage-keeps-driving-up-auto-prices-17279854.php | 2022-07-01T21:50:16Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Chip-shortage-keeps-driving-up-auto-prices-17279854.php | true |
The Supreme Court decision to limit how the Environmental Protection Agency regulates carbon dioxide emissions from power plants could make an already grave situation worse for those affected most by climate change and air pollution, advocates say.
Environmental and climate justice advocates from across the United States are decrying the court's 6-3 ruling, saying it will be felt most by communities of color and poor communities, which are located near power plants at higher percentages than the national average. They are calling on the EPA to find alternate ways to limit carbon dioxide emissions and other forms of air pollution, and for Congress to grant the agency the authority to do so.
The court did not prohibit the EPA from regulating carbon emissions, in fact Chief Justice John Roberts said capping carbon emissions to move the U.S. away from burning coal for electricity “may be sensible for the crisis of the day."
Despite this, advocates said the ruling puts disadvantaged communities at risk of greater harm due to the effects of climate change and air pollution. They also are concerned about the ability of the EPA to enforce other bedrock environmental laws, like the Clean Water Act.
The Supreme Court decision "denies relief to Black and other communities of color as well as poor communities disproportionately exposed to power plant pollution and vulnerable to climate change,” Monique Harden, assistant director of law and policy at the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice told the Associated Press.
Harden's organization has done extensive research on the effects of heavy industry on people living along the Mississippi River Chemical Corridor — also known to some as Cancer Alley — a stretch of petrochemical plants and oil refineries.
That corridor touches New Orleans and Baton Rouge, two cities that have experienced intense storm surges and hurricanes worsened by climate change over the last 20 years. And Baton Rouge has a power plant, Big Cajun II, with two coal-fired units that's owned by Cleco Power.
Thousands of miles west the Supreme Court decision was just as alarming to Darryl Molina Sarmiento, executive director of Communities for a Better Environment. She said the ruling is part of a decades-long effort by the fossil fuel industry to strip the EPA of its ability to protect vulnerable communities, including those that live alongside power plants.
“Because the entire western grid is connected, a polluting power plant in Southeast L.A. can be supplying power to wealthy white communities in Utah," she said. The same is true when California imports power from coal-fired power plants in Arizona and the low-income communities of color that surround them there are polluted, she said.
On a press briefing with the Green New Deal Network, a nationwide coalition of environmental organizations, U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman expressed concern that the decision could set a precedent that will limit regulatory agencies in their ability to protect human health.
“This ruling could potentially undermine all kinds of regulations that are about saving lives and promoting well-being," he said. "We cannot, we must not and we will not let this court stop us. The Biden administration must declare a climate emergency immediately and use every single power at its disposal.”
Although carbon dioxide is not a health hazard, many other pollutants that are harmful to the respiratory system, like particulate matter and nitrogen oxides, are typically emitted along with them. Recent research has shown that people of color are disproportionately exposed to this type of air pollution.
“It is our responsibility to respond at this time because we cannot allow those who are most vulnerable to pay this price,” said Sen. Ed Markey, who was also on the call. “It’s up to those of us who have been given some power, given some privilege to now stand up, shoulder to shoulder with them, to engage in this fight.” | https://www.12news.com/article/news/nation-world/environmental-advicates-slam-scotus-decision/507-49c7602f-4cb3-4544-accf-24b15afad38f | 2022-07-01T21:50:27Z | https://www.12news.com/article/news/nation-world/environmental-advicates-slam-scotus-decision/507-49c7602f-4cb3-4544-accf-24b15afad38f | false |
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has handed full control over a major oil and natural gas project partly owned by Shell and two Japanese companies to a newly created Russian firm, a bold move amid spiraling tensions with the West over Moscow’s military action in Ukraine.
Putin’s decree late Thursday orders the creation of a new company that would take over ownership of Sakhalin Energy Investment Co., which is nearly 50% controlled by British energy giant Shell and Japan-based Mitsui and Mitsubishi.
Putin’s order named “threats to Russia’s national interests and its economic security” as the reason for the move at Sakhalin-2, one of the world’s largest export-oriented oil and natural gas projects.
The presidential order gives the foreign firms a month to decide if they want to retain the same shares in the new company.
Russian state-controlled natural gas giant Gazprom had a controlling stake in Sakhalin-2, the country’s first offshore gas project that accounts for about 4% of the world’s market for liquefied natural gas, or LNG. Japan, South Korea and China are the main customers for the project’s oil and LNG exports.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday that there is no reason to expect a shutdown of supplies following Putin’s order.
Shell held a 27.5% stake in the project. After the start of the Russian military action in Ukraine, Shell announced its decision to pull out of all of its Russian investments, a move that it said has cost at least $5 billion. The company also holds 50% stakes in two other joint ventures with Gazprom to develop oil fields.
Shell said Friday that it’s studying Putin’s order, which has thrown its investment in the joint venture into doubt.
“As a shareholder, Shell has always acted in the best interests of Sakhalin-2 and in accordance with all applicable legal requirements,” the company said in a statement. “We are aware of the decree and are assessing its implications.”
Seiji Kihara, deputy chief secretary of the Japanese cabinet, said the government was aware of Putin’s decree and was reviewing its impact. Japan-based Mitsui owns 12.5% of the project, and Mitsubishi holds 10%.
Kihara emphasized that the project should not be undermined because it “is pertinent to Japan’s energy security,” adding that “anything that harms our resource rights is unacceptable.”
“We are scrutinizing Russia’s intentions and the background behind this,” he told reporters Friday at a twice-daily news briefing. “We are looking into the details, and for future steps, I don’t have any prediction for you at this point.”
Asked during a conference call with reporters if Putin’s move with Sakhalin-2 could herald a similar action against other joint ventures involving foreign shareholders, Peskov said, “There can’t be any general rule here.” He added that “each case will be considered separately.”
Sakhalin-2 includes three offshore platforms, an onshore processing facility, 300 kilometers of offshore pipelines, 1,600 kilometers of onshore pipelines, an oil export terminal and an LNG plant.
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AP reporters Kelvin Chan in London and Elaine Kurtenbach in Bangkok contributed to this report. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/russia-seizes-control-of-partly-foreign-owned-energy-project/ | 2022-07-01T21:50:34Z | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/russia-seizes-control-of-partly-foreign-owned-energy-project/ | true |
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Last July, a federal judge in West Virginia heard closing arguments in the first lawsuit to go to trial over the U.S. opioid addiction epidemic.
With an avalanche of documents from the three-month trial, Judge David Faber didn’t indicate when he would make a ruling on the multibillion-dollar lawsuit filed by Cabell County and the city of Huntington against three major drug distributors, and his decision wasn’t expected right away.
Now, nearly a year later, there’s still no verdict, and a landmark case remains a book without a final chapter — even as the full dimensions of addiction, desperation, broken families and death continue to deepen the scope of the tragedy unfolding in one corner of West Virginia.
“It is pretty unusual, but maybe this is an unusual trial,” said Carl Tobias, a University of Richmond law professor.
Some 81 million pain pills were sent to Cabell County from 2006 to 2014. The lawsuit accused distributors AmerisourceBergen Drug Co., Cardinal Health Inc. and McKesson Corp. of creating a public nuisance with the onslaught and ignoring the signs that the area was being ravaged by addiction.
Tobias noted that most other similar trials involving the opioid epidemic have been before juries, not handled by judges alone.
“It’s mystifying, I think, at this point,” Tobias said.
Until recently, there hadn’t been any activity for two months on the case’s docket. On Monday, Faber addressed what he called a “renewed” motion by the defendants, issuing a 24-page order to exclude some testimony from an expert witness for the plaintiffs.
West Virginia University law professor Patrick McGinley said that while he isn’t surprised by the months that have gone by since closing arguments, “I would think it’s time, really,” for a decision.
Still, “it’s clear that the judge is being meticulous and careful,” said McGinley, who teaches a seminar in prescription opioid litigation and was instrumental in forcing the Drug Enforcement Administration to release a database of distributor pain pill shipments across the U.S.
“What no one wants is for the case to be decided for the drug companies or for the plaintiffs and have it go on appeal and have it reversed and have to do the trial over,” he said. “There’s been an enormous amount of expenditure of funds on both sides, expert witnesses. The whole nine yards. And nobody wants a do-over.”
The plaintiffs are seeking more than $2.5 billion that would go toward abatement efforts. The goal of the 15-year abatement plan would be to reduce overdoses, overdose deaths and the number of people with opioid use disorder.
With every passing month, potential help is pushed back for people addicted to drugs in the worst-hit county in a state with the nation’s highest fatal opioid overdose rate.
“Any delay is concerning because this is affecting us right now,” said Dr. Matthew Christiansen, director of the state Department of Health and Human Resources’ Office of Drug Control Policy.
Last year in Cabell County, an Ohio River county of 93,000 residents, there were 1,067 emergency responses to suspected overdoses — significantly higher than each of the previous three years — with at least 158 deaths. So far this year, suspected overdoses have prompted at least 358 responses and 465 emergency room visits, according to preliminary data from the state Department of Health and Human Resources’ Office of Drug Control Policy.
In 78% of the Cabell County cases handled this year by emergency medical services workers, suspected overdose victims were administered an opioid-reversing drug.
Due to runaway inflation, dollar figures sought by the plaintiffs when the trial opened a year ago won’t buy as many services in today’s economy.
“The longer we wait, the greater the cost to the individuals that are suffering, to their families, to the support systems that are responsible for intervening, like the child protective services system, like the health care system, the prison and jail system, which is so disproportionately affected by addiction,” Christiansen said. “The longer we go, the more costly these problems become if they’re not addressed.”
The U.S. addiction crisis was inflamed by the COVID-19 pandemic with drug overdose deaths surpassing 100,000 in the 12-month period ending in April 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in a year.
The Cabell-Huntington lawsuit is the first time allegations involving opioid distribution ended up at federal trial. The result could have huge effects on similar lawsuits. Some have resulted in multimillion-dollar settlements, including a tentative $161.5 million settlement reached in May by the state of West Virginia with Teva Pharmaceuticals Inc., AbbVie’s Allergan and their family of companies.
In all, more than 3,000 lawsuits have been filed by state and local governments, Native American tribes, unions, hospitals and other entities in state and federal courts over the toll of opioids. Most allege that either drugmakers, distribution companies or pharmacies created a public nuisance in a crisis that’s been linked to the deaths of 500,000 Americans over the past two decades.
In separate, similar lawsuits, the state of West Virginia reached a $37 million settlement with McKesson in 2019, and $20 million with Cardinal Health and $16 million with AmerisourceBergen in 2017. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/wva-opioid-trial-verdict-still-pending-nearly-a-year-later/ | 2022-07-01T21:52:04Z | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/wva-opioid-trial-verdict-still-pending-nearly-a-year-later/ | false |
Stocks shook off a morning slump and ended higher Friday, but not enough to erase their losses for the week.
It was the fourth losing week in the last five for Wall Street. The latest choppy trading comes as investors worry about high inflation and the possibility that higher interest rates could bring on a recession.
The S&P 500 rose 1.1%. It is coming off of its worst quarter since the onset of the pandemic in early 2020. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq also rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell.
On Friday:
The S&P 500 rose 39.95 points, or 1.1%, to 3,825.33.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 321.83 points, or 1%, to 31,097.26.
The Nasdaq rose 99.11 points, or 0.9%, to 11,127.85.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 19.77 points, or 1.2%, to 1,727.76.
For the week:
The S&P 500 is down 86.41 points, or 2.2%.
The Dow is down 403.42 points, or 1.3%.
The Nasdaq is down 479.77 points, or 4.1%.
The Russell 2000 is down 37.98 points, or 2.2%.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is down 940.85 points, or 19.7%.
The Dow is down 5,241.04 points, or 14.4%.
The Nasdaq is down 4,517.13 points, or 28.9%.
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Hong Kong gets a new leader on Friday with strong backing from Beijing, but faces challenges with a sluggish economy that remains closed to the outside world — and China — by COVID controls.
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(The Hill) — A 71-year-old woman on Wednesday became the second person in the span of three days to be gored by a bison at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
“The woman and her daughter inadvertently approached the bison as they were returning to their vehicle at the trailhead, causing the bull bison to charge,” the park said in a news release.
The bull bison gored the older woman near Storm Point at Yellowstone Lake, leaving her with non-life-threatening injuries.
The woman was transported to West Park Hospital in Cody, Wyo., shortly after the incident occurred.
Two days earlier, a man was gored by another bull bison near Giant Geyser at Old Faithful after the bison charged the man and his family.
“The male sustained an injury to his arm and was transported by ambulance to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center,” read a news release after the incident.
“Bison are unpredictable and can run three times faster than humans,” both Yellowstone National Park news releases read, urging visitors to remain more than 25 yards away from any large animals encountered in the area.
A third goring occurred earlier this year when a woman walked within 10 feet of a bison on May 30. “Consequently, the bison gored the woman and tossed her 10 feet into the air,” a statement at the time read. “The woman sustained a puncture wound and other injuries.” | https://www.wdtn.com/news/71-year-old-is-second-person-to-be-gored-by-bison-at-yellowstone-this-week/ | 2022-07-01T21:55:58Z | https://www.wdtn.com/news/71-year-old-is-second-person-to-be-gored-by-bison-at-yellowstone-this-week/ | true |
Cutting Vedge Veggie Forward™ Burgers make Artichokes the star of barbecues
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U.S. Stocks Finish Volatile Session Sharply Higher But Still Close Lower For The Week
(RTTNews) - Stocks showed wild swings over the course of the trading session on Friday before ending the day sharply higher. With the strong upward move, the major averages regained some ground after moving notably lower over the past few sessions.
The major averages saw further upside in the final hour of trading, reaching new highs for the session. The Dow jumped 321.83 points or 1.1 percent to 31,097.26, the Nasdaq advanced 99.11 points or 0.9 percent to 11,127.85 and the S&P 500 shot up 39.95 points or 1.1 percent to 3,825.33.
Despite the strong gains on the day, the major averages posted notable losses for the week. The tech-heavy Nasdaq plunged by 4.1 percent, the S&P 500 tumbled by 2.2 percent and the Dow slumped by 1.3 percent.
The higher close on Wall Street came as traders went bargain hunting following the significant decrease seen early in the session.
Concerns about the possibility of tighter monetary policy triggering a global recession continue to weigh on the markets in early trading.
Central banks from around the world have signaled their intent to continue to raising interest rates in an effort to fight inflation while acknowledging they can't guarantee a "soft landing" for the economy.
Stocks came under pressure following the release of a report from the Institute for Supply Management showing the pace of growth in U.S. manufacturing activity slowed by more than expected in the month of June.
The ISM said its manufacturing PMI slid to 53.0 in June from 56.1 in May, although a reading above 50 still indicates growth in the sector. Economists had expected the index to dip to 54.9.
With the bigger than expected decrease, the manufacturing PMI slumped to its lowest level since hitting 52.4 in June of 2020.
A separate report from the Commerce Department showed U.S. construction spending unexpectedly edged lower in the month of May.
"Wall Street isn't liking seeing so many key economic indicators have a trajectory that looks like they will retest some of the pandemic lows," said Edward Moya, Senior Market Analyst at OANDA.
He added, "A choppy period seems likely until investors feel confident that the economy is still in decent shape and that the Fed won't miss the opportunity to decelerate their tightening pace in September."
Sector News
Housing stocks moved sharply higher over the course of the trading session, driving the Philadelphia Housing Sector Index up by 3.9 percent.
Substantial strength also emerged among gold stocks, as reflected by the 2.9 percent spike by the NYSE Arca Gold Bugs Index. The index rebounded after hitting its lowest intraday level in over two years.
The rally by gold stocks came despite a continued decrease by the price of the precious metal, with gold for August delivery falling $5.80 to $1,801.50 an ounce.
Biotechnology stocks also showed a strong move to the upside on the day, resulting in a 2.5 percent jump by the NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index.
Utilities, airline, retail and commercial real estate stocks also moved notably higher over the course of the session, while significant weakness remained visible among semiconductor and computer hardware stocks.
Other Markets
In overseas trading, stock markets across the Asia-Pacific region moved mostly lower during trading on Friday. Japan's Nikkei 225 Index dove by 1.7 percent, while China's Shanghai Composite Index dipped by 0.3 percent.
Meanwhile, the major European markets turned in a lackluster performance on the day. While the U.K.'s FTSE 100 Index closed just below the unchanged, the French CAC 40 Index inched up by 0.1 and the German DAX Index edged up by 0.2 percent.
In the bond market, treasuries gave back some ground after an early rally but remained firmly in positive territory. Subsequently, the yield on the benchmark ten-year note, which moves opposite of its price, slid 8.3 basis points to a one-month closing low of 2.889 percent.
Looking Ahead
Following the long holiday weekend, the Labor Department's monthly jobs report is likely to be in the spotlight next week. Traders are also likely to keep an eye on reports on factory orders, the U.S. trade deficit and service sector activity.
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US STOCKS-Wall Street ends first day of third quarter with solid rebound
By Stephen Culp
NEW YORK, July 1 (Reuters) - Wall Street bounced back to a sharply higher close in light trading on Friday as investors embarked on the second half of the year ahead of the long holiday weekend.
All three major U.S. stock indexes reversed early losses to end in well into positive territory in the wake of the stock market's worst first half in decades.
Still, all three indexes posted losses for the week.
"We're headed into the holiday weekend and having a late-day relief rally," said Joseph Sroka, chief investment officer at NovaPoint in Atlanta. "But we’ll likely have to wait until investors return from the holiday weekend to see if it’s sustainable at the start of the new quarter."
Market participants now look to the second-quarter earnings season, the Labor Department's June employment report, and the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting expected later in July.
The microchip sector dropped sharply after Micron Technology Inc MU.O warned of cooling demand.
Micron's shares slid 2.9%, pulling the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index .SOX down 3.8%.
Worries over waning demand in the face of decades-high inflation were reflected in the Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) purchasing managers' index, which showed a deceleration in both new orders input prices.
ISM's report seemed to back the view that the economy is cooling and inflation appears to be past its peak. This has raised the possibility that the Fed might have wiggle room for a dovish pivot after its second straight 75 basis point interest rate hike expected in July.
"The Fed is going to need to see a lot more evidence to change its mind about further continued interest rate hikes," said Tim Ghriskey, senior portfolio strategist Ingalls & Snyder in New York. "There’s still a lot of uncertainty about the economy and inflation despite early signs that inflation may have peaked."
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJIrose 321.83 points, or 1.05%, to 31,097.26, the S&P 500 .SPXgained 39.95 points, or 1.06%, to 3,825.33 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXICadded 99.11 points, or 0.90%, to 11,127.85.
All 11 major sectors of the S&P 500 ended the session green, with utilities .SPLRCU enjoying the largest percentage gain.
Second-quarter reporting season begins in several weeks, and 130 of the companies in the S&P 500 have pre-announced. Of those, 45 have been positive and 77 have been negative, a weaker negative/positive ratio than a year ago, according to Refinitiv data.
The prospect of profit margins taking a hit from bruising inflation and waning consumer demand will have market participants listening closely to forward guidance.
Analysts now expect aggregate second-quarter S&P 500 earnings growth of 5.6%, down from the 6.8% projected at the beginning of the quarter, per Refinitiv.
Department store chain Kohl's Corp shares KSS.N tumbled 19.6% following its decision to halt talks of a possible sale to Franchise Group FRG.O.
Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by a 2.77-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 1.57-to-1 ratio favored advancers.
The S&P 500 posted one new 52-week high and 48 new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 12 new highs and 219 new lows.
Volume on U.S. exchanges was 11.01 billion shares, compared with the 12.88 billion average over the last 20 trading days.
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(Reporting by Stephen Culp; Additional reporting by Amruta Khandekar and Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by David Gregorio)
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Harmful algal advisory issued for Milford Lake
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Milford Lake, the largest man-made lake in Kansas, has been placed on a warning advisory for harmful algal bloom.
Milford Lake is located in the Kansas Flint Hills, just west of Junction City. According to the Kansas Department of Health & Environment and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, Milford Lake Zone C is on a warning level while Zones A and B are currently on a watch level advisory.
A warning status indicates that conditions are unsafe for human and pet exposure and contact with the waterbody should be avoided. A watch status means blue-green algae has been detected and harmful bloom is either present or likely to develop. People are encouraged to avoid areas of algae accumulation while keeping pets and livestock away from the water.
Blooms can move and develop quickly with wind and warm whether, so all lake visitors are advised to use caution and remain vigilant.
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Kitten severely burned in dumpster fire finds forever home after full recovery
LAS VEGAS (Gray News) – A kitten that has fully recovered after being severely burned in a dumpster fire in early May has found its forever home.
The kitten, named Savannah, was adopted Tuesday after eight weeks of recovery.
On May 3, Clark County Animal Protection Services and Animal Foundation Las Vegas teamed up to save the 4-week-old kitten from a dumpster fire.
According to Clark County officials, after burn treatment, time in an incubator, and food, Savannah went to a foster home for rest and recovery.
County officials posted an update on Savannah’s progress on May 29, saying she still had scars from her burns but was healing well. They said Savannah is playful, loves attention, and should live a happy, normal life.
On Tuesday, county officials posted a final update, saying Savannah was fully healed and adopted. While her burns prevented rescuers from knowing what color her coat was, she now shows a healthy dilute tortoiseshell coloring of gray and tan.
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ATLANTA, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- An all-star lineup of gospel music's biggest names will be in concert on Saturday, August 13, 2022 at the State Farm Arena. The list of artists set to perform include Yolanda Adams, Erica Campbell, Jekalyn Carr, Marvin Sapp, Keke Wyatt, Fred Hammond, Tye Tribbett, Travis Greene, Le'Andria Johnson, Keyondra Lockett, Bishop Cortez Vaughn and more! There will also be a special appearance by Pastor Jamal Bryant. The show will be hosted by social media influencers Lexi Allen and Anna C. Douglas. The show will be filled with laughs, worship, and many of the industry's top hits that will be sure to have the stadium dancing in their seats!
This year has been an exciting year for many of these artists! Yolanda Adams has a starring role in the BET hit series, "Kingdom Business", and both Marvin Sapp and Fred Hammond were nominees at the year's 2022 BET Awards. Both Erica Campbell and Jekalyn Carr have successful radio shows with our media partners, Radio One. Le'Andria Johnson recently graced the stage of the 'Martin: The Reunion' and Tye Tribbett has recently released a new album entitled, "All Things New".
The executive team of the Super Friends Praise Fest say, "We are excited to bring gospel music to the State Farm Arena! The last few years have been rough for so many, but we are excited to bring people back together with one of the best lineups we've seen in years! We want people to bring their families and friends out for a night of great gospel music that they'll continue to talk about months later."
Tickets are now available at superfriendspraisefest.com and is sure to sell out quickly!
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New research reveals the major US cities that will experience unusually high event volume and scale in July, so businesses and community leaders can prepare for upcoming demand surges
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The July 2022 Event Index reveals 10 cities spanning the USA that are set to experience very high volumes of large events in July. With more than 9,700 events with 3,000+ attendees taking place in July, businesses can tap into the people movement and billions of dollars in demand these drive. This is especially true for the ten cities detailed extensively in the report due to the outsize event impact they will experience.
PredictHQ, the demand intelligence company, today released its July 2022 PredictHQ Event Index report. Companies such as Uber, Accor Hotels and Domino's Pizza use PredictHQ's intelligent event data to forecast demand more accurately. The Event Index is a simple entry point for companies to begin to proactively prepare for the fluctuations in demand that events cause.
The PredictHQ Event Index is a unique model for each of 40+ major US cities that identifies how substantial an impact events will have as a simple-to-understand score out of 20. This score is calculated for each city's baseline event activity based on five years of historical, verified event data and millions of events per location. This gives companies operating in those areas a simple summary to help them plan for any anticipated demand surges or drops.
An index score of 10 represents an average score for that city, a score above 14 and 15 means the city is likely to be significantly busier than usual, and a score below an 8 means that city will likely be noticeably quieter than usual. Every city has its own baseline and scale to accommodate for the variation in their populations. For example, a score of an 18 in New York City will entail millions of people moving about the city, whereas a score of 18 in Wichita, Kansas will involve just over 100,000 people.
In July, the cities with the highest activity are:
- San Jose at 16.8 (week of July 3)
- Philadelphia at 15.8 (week of July 3)
- San Francisco at 15.4 (week of July 3)
- Sacramento at 14.9 (week of July 17)
- Plus Chicago, Seattle, Phoenix, Portland and more
All of the above plus more are detailed in the report as set to experience unusually high or low event activity in July.
"One really interesting trend we're seeing in July is the fluctuation in event impact: there are big peaks but also notable troughs that businesses can prepare for. In July in the US, there will be almost 10,000 major events driving billions in revenue for prepared businesses, but there are some really quiet periods in key cities too. Knowing about these lulls in events - and therefore people movement and demand for many businesses - enables demand planners and forecasters to save millions in otherwise wasted staffing and inventory spend," PredictHQ CEO Campbell Brown said.
"For example, the three busiest cities this month: San Jose, Philadelphia and San Francisco will all enjoy huge weeks of event activity early in the month, and then a week of very low event activity later in July. This demand intelligence means businesses can prepare for what their demand will actually be, rather than guessing."
PredictHQ tracks global events across 19 categories, accounting for attendance-based events like concerts and sports, non-attendance-based events like school holidays and unscheduled events such as severe weather incidents. This breadth of event coverage is critical for the Event Index, as the peak weeks are caused by many overlapping large events.
While the Event Index provides an accurate look ahead at people movement, it is designed to be a simple and accessible summary of the demand intelligence PredictHQ offers – particularly for large companies operating worldwide. Industry leaders in on-demand, accommodation, QSR and transport use PredictHQ's verified and enriched event data to inform staffing decisions, pricing and inventory strategies, and many other core business functions.
For more information on PredictHQ please visit www.predicthq.com.
About PredictHQ
PredictHQ, the demand intelligence company, empowers global organizations to anticipate changes in demand for their products and services through intelligent event data. PredictHQ aggregates events from 350+ sources and verifies, enriches, and ranks them by predicted impact so companies can proactively discover catalysts that will impact demand.
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Sara Hewings\nSara graduated summa con laudewithan arts education and human physIolgy degree. With previous dance instruction under her wingsand more than five million steps behindher-not surprisingy that in threemonthsi nstructed three full years oftheatre\nAuditions open\nSadlers in July (65,1901 48) and was chosen in October and.The revised draft was accepted in Feb6 GREENSBORO — The United Way of Greater Greensboro is building on the reach of its Family Success Centers by piloting a countywide mobile-friendly version to help more people move out of poverty.
The virtual platform — which can be accessed by tablets or a basic smartphone — connects people to services and coordinators who will help them identify, track, and achieve their personal goals of becoming financially stable.
And they're all connected to coordinators to help guide them.
According to many studies, when a family is able to lift itself out of poverty, then it also breaks the cycle for children.
"We are taking all the benefits and services of the Family Success Centers and what we've learned over the years," said Khari Garvin, the nonprofit's president and CEO, "and figuring out a way to offer them remotely."
The 18-month pilot program for the Guilford Success Network, in which the group will track outcomes, hurdles and access to services, has just launched with longtime staffer Aden Hailemariam as director.
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For those interested in participating, a network partner must recommend them to the program. Early partners are: GuilfordWorks, Housing Consultants Group, Triad Goodwill, Nehemiah Community Enrichment Center, The Servant Center, Welfare Reform Liaison Project, Guilford Community Care Network, and The Forge Greensboro.
The network is using some funds from a $10 million gift from billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott in 2020, but also from investments, partnerships and support through the group's annual fundraising campaign. Scott's $10 million donation is the single largest gift the United Way of Greater Greensboro has ever received and the agency is working on additional plans to honor its commitment to helping families move out of poverty.
The agency had already been working through the brick-and-mortar Family Success Centers to provide a path out of poverty for local families and individuals. While the United Way relies on the local community voluntarily taking care of each other, officials saw Scott's gift as seed money to possibly further the group's work in new ways.
The main difference between the family centers, which will continue to offer services, and the virtual platform, according to organizers, is that the participants at the success centers get services together at one location and members have the opportunity to build relationships with their peers — other people like themselves who are working on goals like theirs.
The virtual platform borrows from those success centers, the first of which was initiated in 2015 and focused on helping change a family’s circumstances. The United Way hired Guilford Child Development as the lead agency because it addressed one of the major struggles for the poor: being able to access services that could help but are spread throughout the city. A second success center was opened at the Salvation Army's Center of Hope.
Those services — which focus on employment, education and health — are provided through a collaboration with local agencies ranging from Guilford Technical Community College to Goodwill.
"It’s work," Jaye Webb, Guilford Child Development site director told out-of-state visitors planning to use the blueprint to open one of their own success centers in Colorado this fall. "But I promise you, there’s no better feeling than watching a family move from the disparity to self-sufficiency and taking care of themselves."
With the success centers, United Way officials emphasized that the project would continue to need a range of support from retired professionals to philanthropists to companies willing to look at participants for jobs — and still does.
Lincoln Financial, Duke Energy and a range of other companies have hired from the Success Centers' pool.
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10 Videos That Showcase The Appeal of Anaïs Reno At Birdland July 4th
The Birdland family is always happy to welcome Anaïs Reno back home.
Up-and-coming jazz singer Anaïs Reno will return to her favorite place to play out next week, as Birdland welcomes the multiple award winning performer back to their stage. In a relatively short time, the college student has taken the club and concert industry by storm, securing the praise of audiences and jazz musicians alike. Indeed, artists with significantly more experience than the Laguardia High School graduate consider Reno a peer and enjoy working alongside her, artists like Emmet Cohen, who hasn't just made several appearances with Reno on stage, he has played for her album LOVESOME THING - a CD of Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington compositions.
On July 4th at 7 pm, Ms. Reno can be found on the Main Stage at Birdland, performing alongside the Esteban Castro Trio. Information and reservations can be found on the Birdland website HERE. In the meantime, Broadway World Cabaret has a collection of ten videos to keep fans happy until Reno and Castro and co. step into the light on the fourth.
Visit the Anaïs Reno website HERE.
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1. Still In Love
2. Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
3. Caravan
4. Embraceable You
5. Mood Indigo
6. Autumn Leaves
7. Gone With the Wind
8. I'm Just A Lucky So and So
9. Almost Like Being In Love
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The 2022 Essence Festival of Culture clarified its admission policy Friday, saying its coronavirus safety measures remain in place after an announcement via social media saying a negative COVID test result would be allowed for admission to its events was sent in error.
Essence said proof of a COVID vaccination remained mandatory for admission, a spokesperson for the festival said. Negative test results will not be accepted for entry, organizers said.
The messaging on the festival’s admission policy has been confusing from the start. Auto-generated information that came with electronic Ticketmaster receipts for comedian Kevin Hart’s Thursday show said that either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test result was good for admission. But that was not the case.
In the days leading up to the festival, Essence officials and the festival’s messaging on the “frequently asked questions” section of its website insisted that only proof of vaccination was acceptable. That policy remained in effect, organizers reiterated Friday.
This comes as Louisiana is seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases. As of Friday, 2,237 new cases had been reported. Those not fully vaccinated accounted for 57% of the cases reported between June 16 and June 22, the Louisiana Department of Health said.
Still, there are currently no coronavirus restrictions in place in the city of New Orleans.
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ATLANTA, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Propel Center, in commemoration of Black Music Month, joined with five of Propel's institutional partners to successfully launch the first of the three-part C3 Series, an executive music industry pipeline program to promote music entrepreneurship in tech.
The accelerator series, the acronym of which stands for Create, Collaborate and Connect, will work to increase the leadership pipeline in today's music industry for HBCU students and young people of color with the aim of fulfilling these three ambitions by providing participants with an all-access pass to learn directly from some of the music industry's greatest minds, executives and tastemakers.
The limited C3 Series will run through March 2023, with the program mission to ensure that the pipeline of diverse leadership reaches and includes HBCU talent, while fast-tracking the next generation of executive leaders in music marketing, music public relations, tech and production. The inaugural participants, which included more than 60 students convened in master classes hosted at Clark Atlanta University, hailed from Bethune-Cookman University, Jackson State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University and Bishop State Community College.
As part of C3's project-based, learning focused curriculum, each of the students were tasked with presenting a potential new artist to the consumer market by curating the needed music assets, and then working to implement a tailored marking and communications campaign. The program, funded by the Industry Impact Grants made available to eligible Propel Center HBCU member institutions, is co-facilitated by respected executives, Steve Higgs, COO, Preach Records/Ingrooves and head of A&R, and Cortez Bryant, co-CEO of the management firm Blueprint Group and adjunct professor at his alma mater, Jackson State University.
Guest speakers for the Black Music Month master class roll-out included Bryant and Higgs, Shawn Gee, partner/president at Live Nation Urban, Gee Roberson, co-CEO at Blueprint Group, Tuo Clark, SVP of A&R at Def Jam, Josh Raiford of Pandora/Sirius XM, Grammy Award-Winning producer Drummaboy, Dominique Simpson, CEO of CMPR, Inc. and music-producer Fresh Ayr.
"The new C3 Series program is just another example of the innovative, empowering work that's happening at Propel," said Dr. Charles J. Gibbs, president, Propel Center HBCU Consortium. "As we look to continue to provide our students with a pathway to help shape the future of the music industry, it's imperative that we expose them to the limitless executive opportunities beyond artist careers," he added.
"There are countless more possibilities—and a greater likelihood of achieving success—in the many roles that exist to display talent behind the scenes making things happen in music, and through this accelerator platform we're training our students to be the best prepared and ready to step into those roles."
"The Bethune-Cookman University Music Mogul project created at C3 with the Propel grant is proving to be a successful experiential learning program for our students who are participating in this unique pilot project," stated professor Sylvester Polk of BCU. "Our students are enjoying their experience and the wealth of knowledge that is being provided to them," he continued. "They had a rare chance to experience real-world industry operations, were in recording studios and attended master classes with seasoned industry professionals. This has been a necessary and vital complement to what we are doing in the classroom."
"There is a real need for developmental programs within the music business. I'm so thankful that Propel stepped up to the plate to lend the resources to attack that problem," emphasized industry partner Cortez Bryant. Concluded fellow industry partner Steve Higgs: "This program is the solution to equity and inclusion in executives' spaces within the music industry. HBCU students deserve innovative programs such as this, to ensure career readiness."
About Ed Farm
Ed Farm was launched in February 2020 in Birmingham, Alabama to create programs designed to engage students, educators and adult learners in innovative digital skills experiences that better prepare them for the 21st-century workforce. Moving forward, Ed Farm is expanding its programming and its footprint across the country, building upon the existing programming and work taking place in Birmingham.
About Propel Center
The Propel Center is a first-of-its-kind innovation and learning hub for the entire HBCU community of colleges serving as a catalytic epicenter of learning, providing students with the knowledge, skills, tools and resources necessary to transform the nation's talent pipeline and workforce. Through a robust virtual platform, on-campus activities at partner institutions and a physical campus to be located near the Atlanta University Center, Propel will bring innovative curricula and unprecedented leadership opportunities to produce the next generation of Black leaders. To learn more, visit propelcenter.org.
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MORRISTOWN, Tenn. — An employee at a Tennessee Walmart went home from work with a new friend after helping rescue a kitten that got stuck in a pop machine.
(NOTE: The video in the player above is from a story about a dog that was adopted after 893 days in a Fort Wayne shelter.)
The woman called firefighters in Morristown, Tennessee Wednesday morning after realizing the cat was stuck in a Pepsi machine at the store where she worked. According to a Facebook post by the City of Morristown, crews arrived on the scene and could hear the kitten crying inside the machine.
After unplugging the machine and removing the back cover, firefighters still couldn't see the kitten. They eventually found another opening and could see the kitten and coaxed it out to safety.
The employee decided to take the kitten home.
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Here's where abortion 'trigger laws' stand after the overturn of Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court's majority decision overturning Roe v. Wade has allowed states to begin setting their own abortion policies. Just days after the ruling, it has already resulted in a patchwork system in which access to the procedure is, for many people, determined largely by whether a state is controlled by Republicans or Democrats.
So-called trigger laws — bans designed to take effect with the overturning of Roe v. Wade — are enforceable in some states following the Supreme Court's ruling, while in others, the bans await official action.
Here's where abortion "trigger laws" stand in a number of states:
Gone into effect or will soon
Restrictive abortion laws are in effect in at least six states after the court handed down its ruling: Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
In Wisconsin, the Republican-controlled state legislature declined last Wednesday to repeal an 1849 state law banning abortion during a special session called by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers -- allowing it to take effect again after the high court overturned Roe.
And in Mississippi, the trigger law was certified on Monday by Attorney General Lynn Fitch, according to a statement from her office. Mississippi law states that within 10 days of the state attorney general confirming Roe has been overturned, abortions are prohibited in the state. Limited exceptions are provided in cases of rape or when the procedure would preserve the pregnant person's life. The state passed a separate 15-week abortion ban in 2018, which was the law at the center of the case the Supreme Court ruled on last week.
Related video below: Wisconsin abortion ban prompts border scramble ahead of pending court action
Awaiting state or court action
In Wyoming, the state's "trigger law" takes effect five days after the governor certifies the Supreme Court's decision.
In North Dakota, a 2007 abortion ban takes effect 30 days after the law is certified by the state attorney general to the Legislative Council, a nonpartisan arm of the state's legislature.
Idaho, Tennessee and Texas have laws that take effect 30 days after the Supreme Court issues a judgment separate from the opinion issued last week. Attorneys general in Texas and Idaho say it could take an additional 30 days for the judgment to be issued and the laws to take effect.
Legal fights underway
In more than a dozen states, legal fights are underway over abortion bans and extreme limits on the procedure.
Oklahoma is one of the latest states to face new legal action challenging its abortion bans, with provider groups asking the state Supreme Court on Friday to block a criminal abortion law enacted this year, as well as a pre-Roe abortion ban that's more than a century old.
In Louisiana, a state district judge on Monday temporarily blocked the state from "enforcing or implementing" an abortion ban that had gone into effect immediately following the Supreme Court's ruling. The law was challenged by the Center for Reproductive Rights and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP on behalf of Hope Medical Group for Women and Medical Students for Choice, which argued that the ban is unconstitutionally vague.
In Utah, Third District Judge Andrew Stone granted a request by Planned Parenthood of Utah to issue a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of the state's trigger law. This allows abortions to continue for 14 days.
Pauses on other restrictive abortion bans dissolved
In addition to the so-called trigger laws taking effect, a number of states have dissolved court orders blocking enforcement of restrictive abortion laws in light of the high court's ruling.
A federal judge in Alabama granted an emergency motion on Friday to end an injunction against Alabama's "Human Life Protection Act" after the Supreme Court issued its opinion. The motion was filed by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, who argued that the injunction the court had entered against enforcement of the act because it "contravenes clear Supreme Court precedent" was no longer in effect with the high court overturning Roe.
Ohio Attorney General David Yost announced Friday that the injunction blocking his state's abortion ban was dissolved, saying in a tweet: "The Heartbeat Bill is now the law."
The Ohio Supreme Court on Friday denied an emergency request by abortion providers in the state that the court put on hold the state's prohibition on abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected, typically around six weeks into the pregnancy.
The providers argued that the law — which was passed in 2019 but only allowed to take effect last week, after the U.S. Supreme Court ended federal protections for abortion rights — violates the Ohio Constitution. The denial means the state's six-week abortion ban can continue to be enforced while the case plays out.
A federal judge in South Carolina on Monday lifted a hold the court had placed on the state's ban on abortions after about six weeks, allowing South Carolina to enforce its so-called heartbeat law. Attorney General Alan Wilson announced shortly afterward that the law was now in effect. | https://www.wyff4.com/article/heres-where-abortion-trigger-laws-stand-after-the-overturn-of-roe-v-wade/40486700 | 2022-07-01T22:14:17Z | https://www.wyff4.com/article/heres-where-abortion-trigger-laws-stand-after-the-overturn-of-roe-v-wade/40486700 | true |
BROOMFIELD, Colo., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As fear and tension of another global health crisis continues to sweep the nation; an unlikely hero emerges from the ashes to help save humanity; food! The food we put in our bodies provides not only the nutrition we need to survive, but it also can heal us and protect us from potential threats. The more nutrient-dense food we eat and the less harmful (and potentially cancer-causing) chemicals we use to treat it, the greater the chance our bodies have to use it as fuel to protect us from all sorts of disease and health problems. Buying organic is an excellent step in this process, but growing your own food for yourself and your community is an even better option, and Backyard Farming Supply is here to help!
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The current struggle over the Supreme Court began with the unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February of 2016. Prior to Scalia’s death, the court had a nominal conservative majority of five justices to four liberals, but after Mitch McConnell’s extreme gambit to keep Merrick Garland off the court, Donald Trump’s victory, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, and the appointment of Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavenaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, a firm and reliable six to three conservative majority now exists.
In the past few weeks we have begun to see the result of that ideological shift.
In just the last seven days, landmark decisions have been handed down relating to school choice, gun control, religious expressions in school, and of course the biggest legal bomb of them all, the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
In that decision, Justice Samuel Alito argued that “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” and that the original argument for it was “exceptionally weak.” Nevertheless, Roe — and with it Planned Parenthood v. Casey — were well-established precedents of the court, and as such there was a high bar for any decision to overturn.
A high bar, but not an impossible one. “Stare decisis, the doctrine on which Casey’s controlling opinion was based,” Alito wrote, “does not compel unending adherence to Roe’s abuse of judicial authority.” Indeed stare decisis — literally meaning “to stand by things decided” — has a well-established set of factors, five in total, that are used by the court to decide whether or not to overrule a precedent.
Those factors are: the quality of the reasoning of the prior decision; the “workability” of the prior decision; the consistency of the decision with other, related decisions; whether the relevant facts underlying a decision have changed; and the reliance on the decision by other decisions and what happens in the real world.
Alito and the majority attack Roe and Casey based on each of these factors. But ultimately there is one reason to overturn that stood above all others: the twisted use of a concept known as “substantive due process,” upon which Roe was built.
Substantive due process is a legal principle whereby judges assume the authority to establish and protect new rights, despite those rights not being expressly stated in the Constitution. The Constitution, of course, makes no reference to abortion, and thus the decision in Roe relied on the majority’s belief that it should be legal.
That was always a dangerous and very flimsy rationale for legalizing abortion nationwide. Even the famed liberal justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was most definitely in favor of protecting abortion rights, had major apprehensions about Roe. She had critical words for the decision both before and after she joined the court, arguing that a more incremental approach, or a decision rooted in the Equal Protection Clause would have been a better and more durable way of establishing the right to an abortion, as opposed to the invented “right to privacy.” Something she was right about, of course.
At the time, the weak basis of the decision didn’t matter to pro-choice activists, who cheered its legalization “by any means necessary.” They did so because abortion rights were a policy goal, and activists viewed the Supreme Court as a place where legislating toward desired outcomes was appropriate.
But that isn’t the purpose of the court, nor should it ever be. In a 2012 interview with Piers Morgan, Justice Scalia was explaining why substantive due process was a faulty legal principle when Morgan interrupted him. “Should abortion be illegal, in your eyes?” he asked, failing to understand that the court is not a legislative body.
Scalia, clearly bewildered, replied calmly. “Regardless of whether you think prohibiting abortion is good, or whether you think prohibiting abortion is bad … regardless of how you come out on that, the Constitution does not say anything about it. It leaves it up to democratic choice.”
And about that, he is entirely right. Too often in this country, we have viewed the court as a means for getting what we want politically, rather than as an arbiter of what is and is not proscribed by the Constitution.
If there are deficiencies in the document, of which there are undoubtedly many (perhaps you think the abortion issue is one), that can be remedied in some cases by legislation in Congress, or in others by the amendment process to the Constitution.
That is what living in a constitutional republic is about, and undoing an indulgence of judicial activism is a very welcome occurrence, albeit 50 years too late. | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/06/29/opinion/opinion-contributor/the-supreme-courts-job-is-to-interpret-the-constitution-not-to-legislate/ | 2022-07-01T22:16:27Z | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/06/29/opinion/opinion-contributor/the-supreme-courts-job-is-to-interpret-the-constitution-not-to-legislate/ | false |
Here's where abortion 'trigger laws' stand after the overturn of Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court's majority decision overturning Roe v. Wade has allowed states to begin setting their own abortion policies. Just days after the ruling, it has already resulted in a patchwork system in which access to the procedure is, for many people, determined largely by whether a state is controlled by Republicans or Democrats.
So-called trigger laws — bans designed to take effect with the overturning of Roe v. Wade — are enforceable in some states following the Supreme Court's ruling, while in others, the bans await official action.
Here's where abortion "trigger laws" stand in a number of states:
Gone into effect or will soon
Restrictive abortion laws are in effect in at least six states after the court handed down its ruling: Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
In Wisconsin, the Republican-controlled state legislature declined last Wednesday to repeal an 1849 state law banning abortion during a special session called by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers -- allowing it to take effect again after the high court overturned Roe.
And in Mississippi, the trigger law was certified on Monday by Attorney General Lynn Fitch, according to a statement from her office. Mississippi law states that within 10 days of the state attorney general confirming Roe has been overturned, abortions are prohibited in the state. Limited exceptions are provided in cases of rape or when the procedure would preserve the pregnant person's life. The state passed a separate 15-week abortion ban in 2018, which was the law at the center of the case the Supreme Court ruled on last week.
Related video below: Wisconsin abortion ban prompts border scramble ahead of pending court action
Awaiting state or court action
In Wyoming, the state's "trigger law" takes effect five days after the governor certifies the Supreme Court's decision.
In North Dakota, a 2007 abortion ban takes effect 30 days after the law is certified by the state attorney general to the Legislative Council, a nonpartisan arm of the state's legislature.
Idaho, Tennessee and Texas have laws that take effect 30 days after the Supreme Court issues a judgment separate from the opinion issued last week. Attorneys general in Texas and Idaho say it could take an additional 30 days for the judgment to be issued and the laws to take effect.
Legal fights underway
In more than a dozen states, legal fights are underway over abortion bans and extreme limits on the procedure.
Oklahoma is one of the latest states to face new legal action challenging its abortion bans, with provider groups asking the state Supreme Court on Friday to block a criminal abortion law enacted this year, as well as a pre-Roe abortion ban that's more than a century old.
In Louisiana, a state district judge on Monday temporarily blocked the state from "enforcing or implementing" an abortion ban that had gone into effect immediately following the Supreme Court's ruling. The law was challenged by the Center for Reproductive Rights and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP on behalf of Hope Medical Group for Women and Medical Students for Choice, which argued that the ban is unconstitutionally vague.
In Utah, Third District Judge Andrew Stone granted a request by Planned Parenthood of Utah to issue a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of the state's trigger law. This allows abortions to continue for 14 days.
Pauses on other restrictive abortion bans dissolved
In addition to the so-called trigger laws taking effect, a number of states have dissolved court orders blocking enforcement of restrictive abortion laws in light of the high court's ruling.
A federal judge in Alabama granted an emergency motion on Friday to end an injunction against Alabama's "Human Life Protection Act" after the Supreme Court issued its opinion. The motion was filed by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, who argued that the injunction the court had entered against enforcement of the act because it "contravenes clear Supreme Court precedent" was no longer in effect with the high court overturning Roe.
Ohio Attorney General David Yost announced Friday that the injunction blocking his state's abortion ban was dissolved, saying in a tweet: "The Heartbeat Bill is now the law."
The Ohio Supreme Court on Friday denied an emergency request by abortion providers in the state that the court put on hold the state's prohibition on abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected, typically around six weeks into the pregnancy.
The providers argued that the law — which was passed in 2019 but only allowed to take effect last week, after the U.S. Supreme Court ended federal protections for abortion rights — violates the Ohio Constitution. The denial means the state's six-week abortion ban can continue to be enforced while the case plays out.
A federal judge in South Carolina on Monday lifted a hold the court had placed on the state's ban on abortions after about six weeks, allowing South Carolina to enforce its so-called heartbeat law. Attorney General Alan Wilson announced shortly afterward that the law was now in effect. | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/heres-where-abortion-trigger-laws-stand-after-the-overturn-of-roe-v-wade/40486700 | 2022-07-01T22:16:34Z | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/heres-where-abortion-trigger-laws-stand-after-the-overturn-of-roe-v-wade/40486700 | false |
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Friday that setbacks for President Joe Biden's climate efforts at home have “slowed the pace” of some of the commitments from other countries to cut climate-wrecking fossil fuels, but he insisted the U.S. would still achieve its own ambitious climate goals in time.
Kerry spoke to The Associated Press after a major Supreme Court ruling Thursday limited the Environmental Protection Agency's options for regulating climate pollution from power plants. The ruling raised the prospect the conservative-controlled court could go on to hinder other efforts by the executive branch to cut the country's coal, oil and gas emissions. It came after Democrats failed in getting what was to be Biden's signature climate legislation through the narrowly divided Senate.
The Biden administration is striving now to show audiences at home and abroad that the U.S. can still make significant climate progress, and strike deals with other countries to do the same. Scientists say only a few years are left to stave off the worst levels of global warming, triggering ever more deadly droughts, storms, wildfires and other disasters.
Kerry, Biden's climate negotiator abroad, said he had not talked to foreign counterparts since the Supreme Court ruling, which some climate scientists called a gut punch and a disaster.
“But I’m confident they’ll ask me questions,” Kerry said. “But my answer is going to be look, we’re going to meet our goals ... and the president is going to continue to fight for legislation from the Congress."
“We absolutely are convinced we can meet our goals,” Kerry said.
Biden has pledged to cut the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade and to have an emissions-free power sector by 2035. Despite two Democrats joining with Republicans to block what was supposed to have been transformative legislation moving the United States to cleaner energy, Biden has managed to free significant funding for electric charging stations and some other moves. The EPA has pledged to release alternative regulation to limit climate damage from the power sector early next year.
Kerry cited continuing progress in climate efforts abroad this year, including more governments committing to faster cuts in emissions and more signing a U.S.-backed methane pledge targeting climate-damaging leaks, venting and flaring from natural gas industries.
“This decision by the Supreme Court ... is disappointing, but ... it doesn’t take away our ability to do a whole bunch of things that we need to get done," Kerry said.
“President Biden has enormous authority to continue to move forward. We are going to move forward. I am absolutely confident about our ability to continue to offer leadership on a global basis, which we’re doing right now.”
Kerry also pointed to progress the United States was making in cutting fossil fuel emissions independently of the government efforts, including through electric cars and other marketplace technological advances, and through clean-energy pushes from California and dozens of other states, mostly those led by Democrats.
Kerry described legislation on tax credits to encourage cleaner energy as common sense and doable. He declined to talk about the impact if even those failed to clear Congress.
“I wouldn’t be a gloomy-doomy over this,” he said. “I just say we got to work harder and fight harder.”
Asked if it was possible to ask China and other major polluters to make fast moves away from fossil fuels when the U.S. was struggling to meet some of its own goals, Kerry said, “they’ll make their own analysis. That will conceivably have an impact on what they decide to do or not.”
The administration's setbacks getting major climate retooling through conservatives in Congress and the Supreme Court haven't hurt the momentum he's working for abroad in climate negotiations, Kerry insisted. “But I think it's slowed the pace at which some of these things could happen," he said.
“If the United States were able to accomplish more regarding our own goals, and we did so rapidly, that would put a lot of pressure on a lot of countries,” he said. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Kerry-says-US-climate-setbacks-are-slowing-work-17280010.php | 2022-07-01T22:17:39Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Kerry-says-US-climate-setbacks-are-slowing-work-17280010.php | true |
Red sox first. Jarren Duran homers to center field. Rafael Devers grounds out to first base, P.J. Higgins to Adrian Sampson. J.D. Martinez singles to left field. Xander Bogaerts singles to right field. J.D. Martinez to third. Alex Verdugo grounds out to shortstop. Xander Bogaerts out at second.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Red sox 1, Cubs 0.
Red sox second. Trevor Story reaches on error. Fielding error by Patrick Wisdom. Franchy Cordero singles to center field. Trevor Story to second. Christian Vazquez walks. Franchy Cordero to second. Trevor Story to third. Jackie Bradley Jr. doubles to deep right center field. Christian Vazquez scores. Franchy Cordero scores. Trevor Story scores. Jarren Duran grounds out to shallow infield, Adrian Sampson to P.J. Higgins. Rafael Devers grounds out to second base, Christopher Morel to P.J. Higgins. Jackie Bradley Jr. to third. J.D. Martinez strikes out swinging.
3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Red sox 4, Cubs 0.
Cubs fifth. P.J. Higgins walks. Nelson Velazquez triples to deep center field. P.J. Higgins scores. Andrelton Simmons flies out to shallow center field to Jarren Duran. Christopher Morel grounds out to shortstop, Xander Bogaerts to Franchy Cordero. Nelson Velazquez scores. Willson Contreras walks. Ian Happ singles to shallow right field. Willson Contreras to second. Patrick Wisdom hit by pitch. Ian Happ to second. Willson Contreras to third. Rafael Ortega pinch-hitting for Narciso Crook. Rafael Ortega walks. Patrick Wisdom to second. Ian Happ to third. Willson Contreras scores. Alfonso Rivas pinch-hitting for Yan Gomes. Alfonso Rivas flies out to deep center field to Jarren Duran.
3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on. Red sox 4, Cubs 3.
Red sox sixth. Alex Verdugo lines out to center field to Rafael Ortega. Trevor Story singles to second base. Franchy Cordero strikes out swinging. Christian Vazquez singles to shallow center field. Trevor Story to second. Rob Refsnyder pinch-hitting for Jackie Bradley Jr.. Rob Refsnyder walks. Christian Vazquez to second. Trevor Story to third. Jarren Duran singles to shallow center field. Rob Refsnyder to second. Christian Vazquez out at home. Trevor Story scores.
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Red sox 5, Cubs 3.
Cubs sixth. P.J. Higgins strikes out swinging. Nelson Velazquez flies out to left field to Alex Verdugo. Andrelton Simmons walks. Christopher Morel homers to left field. Andrelton Simmons scores. Willson Contreras walks. Ian Happ doubles to right center field. Willson Contreras to third. Patrick Wisdom walks. Patrick Wisdom to second. Ian Happ to third. Willson Contreras scores. Nico Hoerner pinch-hitting for Rafael Ortega. Nico Hoerner walks. Alfonso Rivas called out on strikes.
3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on. Cubs 6, Red sox 5. | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Boston-Chicago-Cubs-Runs-17280174.php | 2022-07-01T22:18:52Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Boston-Chicago-Cubs-Runs-17280174.php | true |
* Fluzone® High-Dose Quadrivalent (Influenza Vaccine) and Flublok® Quadrivalent (Influenza Vaccine) are the only two flu vaccines proven to help prevent more cases of flu in older adults, compared to their standard-dose flu vaccine comparators as assessed in randomized controlled trials, the gold standard in evaluating clinical evidence for vaccine licensure1,2
* Fluzone® High-Dose (Influenza Vaccine) is the first and only influenza vaccine with superior flu protection and 10 years of evidence in preventing flu-related hospitalizations in adults aged 65+2,3,a,b
* As the leaders in flu, Sanofi is committed to protecting patients most at-risk for the flu and its related complications, including hospitalizations due to pneumonia & cardiovascular events4
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Sanofi's licensure request for vaccine approval for the upcoming 2022-2023 flu season, including: Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent (Influenza Vaccine), Flublok Quadrivalent (Influenza Vaccine) and Fluzone Quadrivalent (Influenza Vaccine).5 This approval comes on the heels of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) preferential recommendation for adults 65+ including Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent and Flublok Quadrivalent.6 Following this licensure, Sanofi will begin to ship their vaccines helping to ensure more people, including some of our most vulnerable population of 65 years and older, will be immunized with the vaccine best suited for their needs as recommended by the ACIP.
Influenza disproportionately impacts people over 65, underrepresented communities, and people with co-morbidities such as diabetes, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and heart disease.7 Since 2010, it's estimated by the CDC that between 70% and 85% of seasonal flu-related deaths have occurred in people 65+, and between 50% and 70% of seasonal flu-related hospitalizations have occurred among people in this age group.4 ACIP's June 22nd recommendation will undoubtedly help reduce the risk of influenza cases and severe flu-related complications in this population at highest risk.
Michael Greenberg, MD, MPH
North America Medial Head of Vaccines at Sanofi
"ACIP's recommendation is a first step to help improve protection against flu and its complications for this 65 years and older high-risk population. Not every flu vaccine is created equal and we are pleased with ACIP's acknowledgment that Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent & Flublok Quadrivalent have demonstrated improved protection from flu & its related complications through randomized controlled trials and real-world evidence.8 Of note ACIP recognized that Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent had the most data available, including evidence favoring its use over standard dose for all the benefit outcomes within the GRADE analysis; influenza illnesses, outpatient/ER visits, hospitalizations, and deaths.8 Nevertheless, we believe even more can be done to provide healthcare providers with clearer guidance. As a leader in flu vaccination, we remain committed to ensure adults 65 years and older have access to flu vaccines, proven to protect them from what really matters, such as flu-related hospitalizations due to cardiovascular events and pneumonia."
About the Composition of Sanofi's 2022-2023 Licensed and Approved Influenza Vaccines
Each year, the FDA, World Health Organization (WHO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other partners collaborate by collecting and reviewing data on the circulating strains of influenza from around the world to identify those likely to cause the most illness in the upcoming flu season.9 Once strains are selected, flu vaccine manufacturers include the newly selected flu strains in their FDA-approved vaccines, and then submit applications to the FDA to include the new flu strains in their FDA-approved vaccines, including for Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent, Flublok Quadrivalent and Fluzone Quadrivalent.9 Today those requests for licensure were approved for the upcoming 2022-2023 flu season.5
About Fluzone® Quadrivalent (Influenza Vaccine), Flublok® Quadrivalent (Influenza Vaccine) and Fluzone® High-Dose Quadrivalent (Influenza Vaccine)
Fluzone Quadrivalent, Flublok Quadrivalent, and Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent are vaccines indicated for immunization against disease caused by influenza A and B strains contained in the vaccine. Fluzone Quadrivalent is given to people 6 months of age and older. Flublok Quadrivalent is given to people 18 years of age and older. Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent is given to people 65 years of age and older.
With protection against four flu strains, Fluzone High-Dose is the only influenza vaccine licensed for use in adults 65 years of age and older to have demonstrated superior efficacy in a randomized controlled trial versus a standard dose influenza vaccine for the prevention of laboratory-confirmed influenza illness and the only influenza vaccine with 10 years of data demonstrating protection from flu and its related complications.2,3,a,b In a meta-analysis of 15 published reports, including approximately 34 million people, those who received Fluzone High-Dose experienced an 18% reduction in cardiorespiratory hospitalizations and 28% decrease in pneumonia hospitalizations, both of which are reductions above what the standard dose vaccines provided.3
Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent builds on the legacy of the trivalent formulation, which was clinically proven to be 24.2% more effective at preventing flu than standard-dose Fluzone (Influenza Vaccine) in adults 65+.10 Based on data from Fluzone High-Dose (Influenza Vaccine), side effects were slightly more frequent after vaccination with Fluzone High-Dose compared to a standard-dose vaccine.11
The efficacy of trivalent formulation is relevant to Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent since both products are manufactured according to the same process and have overlapping compositions.2
In a clinical study, Flublok Quadrivalent is the first and only recombinant influenza vaccine for adults 18+ that was proven to be 30% more effective than a standard dose vaccine at preventing flu infection in over 9,000 adults 50+.1 In adults 50+, the most common side effects were tenderness, and/or pain at the injection site; headache, and tiredness.1
aProven superiority in a clinical trial between Fluzone High-Dose (Influenza Vaccine) (trivalent formulation) and a standard-dose influenza vaccine2
bIncludes 10 years of evidence (2009-2019) with Fluzone High-Dose (trivalent formulation)3
Important Safety Information for Fluzone® Quadrivalent (Influenza Vaccine), Flublok® Quadrivalent (Influenza Vaccine) and Fluzone® High-Dose Quadrivalent (Influenza Vaccine)
Fluzone Quadrivalent, Flublok Quadrivalent, and Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent should not be given to anyone who has had a severe allergic reaction to any component of the vaccine (including eggs or egg products for Fluzone Quadrivalent and Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent) or after previous dose of the vaccine. In addition, Fluzone Quadrivalent and Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent should not be given to anyone who has had a severe allergic reaction after previous dose of any influenza vaccine.
Tell your health care provider if you have ever had Guillain-Barré syndrome (severe muscle weakness) after a previous influenza vaccination.
If Fluzone Quadrivalent, Flublok Quadrivalent, and Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent are given to people with a compromised immune system, including those receiving therapies that suppress the immune system, the immune response may be lower than expected.
Vaccination with Fluzone Quadrivalent, Flublok Quadrivalent, and Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent may not protect all people who receive the vaccine.
For Fluzone Quadrivalent, in children 6 months through 35 months of age, the most common side effects were pain, tenderness, redness, and/or swelling where you got the shot; irritability, abnormal crying, general discomfort, drowsiness, loss of appetite, muscle aches, vomiting, and fever. In children 3 years through 8 years of age, the most common side effects were pain, redness, and/or swelling where you got the shot; muscle aches, general discomfort, and headache. In adults 18 years and older, the most common side effects were pain where you got the shot; muscle aches, headache, and general discomfort.
For Flublok Quadrivalent, in adults 18 through 49 years of age, the most common side effects were tenderness, and/or pain where you got the shot; headache, tiredness, muscle aches, and joint pain. In adults 50 years of age and older the most common side effects were tenderness, and/or pain where you got the shot; headache and tiredness.
For Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent, in adults 65 years of age and older, the most common side effects were pain, redness, and/or swelling where you got the shot; muscle aches, headache, and general discomfort.
For Fluzone Quadrivalent, Flublok Quadrivalent, and Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent, other side effects may occur.
Please refer to the full Prescribing Information for Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent, Flublok Quadrivalent, or Fluzone Quadrivalent. Also please see complete Patient Information for Fluzone Quadrivalent and Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent.
About Sanofi
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SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — J.T. Poston shot a 9-under 62 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead in the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic.
Coming off a second-place tie last week in Connecticut after also opening with a 62, Poston eagled the par-5 second and had seven birdies in a bogey-free round at TPC Deere Run.
“It’s, obviously, why you practice and why you work as hard as you do on your game,” Poston said. “Any time you can have those rounds where you really get it going low and mistake-free, bogey-free is a bonus. It’s why you work at it and why you practice the way we do.”
Canadian Michael Gligic was second at 64, playing bogey-free in the final group of the day off the first tee.
“It was nice,” Gligic said. “Just kind of hit ball where I was looking. Gave myself lots of looks. I think I only missed one green and was able to make a few putts.”
Vaughn Taylor and Christopher Gotterup followed at 65. Ricky Barnes, Denny McCarthy, Chris Naegel and Dylan Frittelli shot 66.
“Been struggling a little bit physically and haven’t been putting very well,” Taylor said. “But coming into here I told myself, `You know, I know this course, how to play it. Just go do it.’ That’s kind of how I did today. Just tried not to think about too much and just play golf.”
Poston won the 2019 Wyndham Championship for his lone PGA Tour title.
“I would say for the last few months it’s been in a good spot,” Poston said. “Just hadn’t quite seen the results. Then, Hilton Head I had a good week. Wells Fargo, good week. Last week, playing well. So I think it’s starting to kind of come together and see the results and see the shots and kind of building that confidence back into my ball- striking.
Iowa native Zach Johnson, the 2012 winner, opened with a 69 in afternoon wind in his 20th consecutive start in the event.
“That’s as hard as I’ve seen this golf course play in a long time,” Johnson said. “Granted, you got some roll, so if you land it in the fairway it was going to bounce, which is fun. But it was hard.”
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President Biden’s administration opened the door Friday to more offshore oil and gas drilling in federal waters over the next five years, setting a course for future U.S. fossil fuel extraction just a day after suffering a major climate setback at the Supreme Court.
The plan moves the country further from its pledge to slash the nation’s planet-warming pollution in half by 2030 compared with 2005 levels, and help avert even fiercer fires, storms and drought driven by rising temperatures. Biden’s climate agenda now hinges on whether Democrats can pass a reconciliation package in the Senate that includes robust environmental policies.
“The Supreme Court just put a lead ball around his ankle with regard to his executive authority,” said John Podesta, a former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and a former senior adviser to President Barack Obama. “If you don’t get reconciliation, together with the constraints that the Supreme Court has put on, I think there’s no way you can get the 50 percent reduction by the end of the decade.”
But the offshore plan, along with other events this week, underscores the political and legal limits in the United States to tackle global warming, and carries risks for Democrats as Americans experience record-breaking gasoline prices ahead of November’s midterm election and as many on the left demand stricter limits on fossil fuels.
On Thursday, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court struck a blow to the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to compel power providers to give up on burning coal. And Biden’s Interior Department was compelled by an injunction from a lower court to lease acreage in the Western United States this week for onshore drilling.
The consequences of warming 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) compared with preindustrial levels by continuing to burn oil and other fossil fuels are enormous for humanity: If left unchecked, global warming may stall headway on combating hunger, poverty and disease worldwide. The International Energy Agency has urged halting investment in new fossil fuel supplies to meet that goal.
“We’re going to be slowing down the progress that we otherwise might be making,” said Brian O’Neill, a chief scientist at the Joint Global Change Research Institute and a lead author on a U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on impacts and vulnerability.
The Interior Department is considering 10 potential auctions in the Gulf of Mexico and one in the Cook Inlet in Alaska. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland emphasized that the plan has not been finalized and that her department is considering the option of having no lease sales at all. The plan narrows areas considered for oil and gas leasing from one proposed under President Donald Trump in 2018.
“A Proposed Program is not a decision to issue specific leases or to authorize any drilling or development,” Haaland said in a statement. “From Day One, President Biden and I have made clear our commitment to transition to a clean energy economy.
During his bid for the White House, Biden vowed to ban new oil and gas drilling across federal lands and waters. “No more drilling on federal lands, period,” he said at a campaign event in New Hampshire. “Period, period, period.”
In the Senate, there is growing optimism that Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), who effectively ended negotiations over a previous iteration of a sweeping package, can strike a deal. In recent days, Democratic leaders have agreed upon a proposal to lower prescription drug prices for seniors, a policy that would be part of the broader economic package.
Since December, when Manchin blocked Biden’s original Build Back Better proposal, the senator has expressed reservations about the price tag of any potential package, warning about the rising national debt and skyrocketing inflation. But with only 50 seats in the Senate, the party needs Manchin’s vote to pass any legislation. As a result, party leaders have relented and cut many of their domestic priorities from the proposed package.
Energy policy, though, is still expected to remain a centerpiece of the potential bill, as Manchin has long called for protecting the United States’ energy security and increasing its energy independence from foreign nations. But aides say negotiations over what the energy and climate components of the deal would look like are still underway and final decisions are probably weeks away.
In a statement Friday, Manchin said he was “pleased” the plan had come out, though he was “disappointed to see that ‘zero’ lease sales is even an option on the table.”
“Our leasing programs are a critical component of American energy security,” Manchin said. “I hope the administration will ultimately greenlight a plan that will expand domestic energy production, done in the cleanest way possible, while also taking the necessary steps to get our offshore leasing program back on track to give the necessary market signals to provide price relief for every American.”
Inside the administration, Biden officials said that the court’s decision was not a surprise and that they had largely expected to lose the case. But still, in the hours since the ruling posted, senior aides remain shocked and demoralized as they reckon with the limits on their ability to combat climate change, officials said. Administration officials are starting to chart the next steps about how to move forward with Biden’s climate agenda, they said, but they conceded that there is a sense of despondency pervasive throughout the offices working on climate policy.
Gina McCarthy, Biden’s national climate adviser who crafted the EPA rule at the center of the Supreme Court case, has emphasized in recent days that the administration is focused on finding alternative ways, particularly through the Defense Production Act, to continue to meet their climate goals.
“His use of the Defense Production Act to accelerate all this domestic production is really, I think, going to be one of the ways in which this president makes it clear to people that he is going to keep driving the change that’s necessary,” McCarthy said in a recent interview with The Washington Post, referring to Biden’s push to make rare earth minerals available for the electrical vehicle market.
Biden’s efforts to curtail fossil fuel drilling, however, have faced serious legal and political setbacks.
Soon after taking office, he followed up with an executive order instructing Interior to pause all new lease sales on public lands and waters while it reviewed how to adjust the program. A federal judge in Louisiana last year blocked that pause. And Biden faced criticism over leasing from Manchin, along with many Republicans.
Federal law requires the Interior Department to release a plan for new offshore oil and gas lease sales every five years, but the law gives the administration broad discretion to decide where and whether to allow new drilling.
“It’s hugely important to recognize that the Biden administration has the discretion to propose a five-year leasing program that does not provide for any new lease sales,” said Drew Caputo, vice president of litigation for lands, wildlife and oceans at Earthjustice, an environmental law firm.
Republican lawmakers and oil industry lobbyists have urged the administration to boost America’s fossil fuel production to help curb record prices at the pump. The national average for a gallon of gasoline hit $4.84 Friday, according to AAA, up by more than 50 percent this year.
“If the administration is serious about reducing prices at the pump, they should be expanding access to oil and natural gas on federal lands, not killing it,” Sen. John Barrasso (Wyo.), the top Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said in a recent statement.
It takes about five to 10 years to start producing oil from a new offshore lease, according to the Interior Department. That means the proposal issued Friday will have little immediate impact on current prices at the pump — though it could have significant implications for the United States’ ability to meet its pledge to cut emissions by 2030.
Biden administration officials privately acknowledge that soaring fuel prices could imperil congressional Democrats’ chances in November’s midterm elections. They have taken several steps to lower gas prices that are anathema to climate activists, such as authorizing a historically large release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
The western and central portion of the Gulf of Mexico makes up the heart of the U.S. offshore energy business, where about 1.7 million barrels of oil are extracted day mainly off the coast of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama and piped to refineries to be turned into gasoline, jet fuel and plastics. The Gulf accounts for about a seventh of all domestic crude produced.
Energy companies have worked for years to drill for oil and gas well beyond the Gulf, off the East and West coasts. But those hopes dimmed in 2010 when a rig boring an offshore exploratory well exploded and led to the deaths of 11 crewmen, setting off the worst marine oil spill in U.S. history.
The Deepwater Horizon disaster killed hundreds of thousands of birds, uncorked millions of barrels of oil into the ocean and stymied efforts to expand offshore oil exploration in the United States.
After the spill, President Barack Obama halted plans to expand drilling to parts of the eastern Gulf, near Florida, as well as along the East Coast. His successor, Donald Trump, sought to expand drilling up and down the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, only to retreat after governors in both parties from Maine to Florida opposed the plan.
Even energy industry representatives concede there won’t be drilling soon in the Atlantic or Pacific.
“We understand, politically, there’s not going to be production there, potentially for a long time,” said Erik Milito, president of the National Ocean Industries Association, which represents offshore oil, gas and wind firms.
“But at some point with high prices,” he added, “that’s when you start seeing the public change its tune and politicians change their tune.”
The Biden administration’s ability to carry out the president’s vow to stop new drilling is also being tested ashore, across hundreds of millions of acres managed by federal government out West.
Interior’s Bureau of Land Management netted $22 million by offering about 130,000 acres for drilling across seven states this week. Immediately, a coalition of environmental groups sued to stop the administration, urging it to find a way to forestall auctions despite facing a court order.
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New episodes of the award-winning public affairs series focus on reproductive rights, global inflation, the education crisis and the Metaverse
NEW YORK, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Launching during a summer of seismic change in the United States, GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer opens its fifth season with a deep dive into the future of reproductive rights in America. Host Ian Bremmer interviews acclaimed journalist Emily Bazelon, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, a senior research fellow at Yale Law School and co-host of the Slate podcast Political Gabfest. Season 5 of the award-winning weekly global affairs series launches nationwide on public television beginning Friday, July 1 (check local listings). Other expert guests this season will include economist and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, American intelligence official Jen Easterly, and data expert and Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. In the New York metro area, GZERO WORLD airs on Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. on THIRTEEN, Saturdays at 6 p.m. on WLIW21, Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. on NJ PBS and is available to stream at thirteen.org/gzeroworld.
Host Ian Bremmer provides insightful commentary and analysis as the world faces converging crises, and the U.S. contends with a highly polarized political environment ahead of the 2022 Midterm elections. This season's themes and topics include cybersecurity, global inflation, the war in Ukraine and its impact globally, climate change and the shift away from fossil fuels, the 2022 UN General Assembly in September, the Metaverse and its implications, U.S. relations in the Middle East as President Biden visits Saudi Arabia, and the worldwide education crisis following more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
GZERO WORLD also features "Puppet Regime," a satirical series that uses puppetry to parody world leaders from Joe Biden, Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi to tech titans like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.
Earlier this year, GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer earned three Telly Awards in the Television – General category for its episodes "The Korean Peninsula from K-Pop to Kim Jong-un," "UN Sec-Gen: Without Trust, Catastrophe Awaits" and "Afghanistan, 2021: Afghan & US Military Perspectives as the Last Soldier Leaves." "Puppet Regime" also earned a Telly Award in the Online – Series: Comedy category. Last season, GZERO WORLD hosted news-making interviews with former Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb, acclaimed organizational psychologist and bestselling author Adam Grant, U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Pakistan Minister of Foreign Affairs Hina Khar, and many others.
GZERO WORLD's host, Ian Bremmer, is the president and founder of Eurasia Group, the leading global political risk research and consulting firm, as well as GZERO Media, a company dedicated to providing intelligent and engaging coverage of international affairs. He also serves as the foreign affairs columnist and editor at large for TIME magazine. Bremmer teaches political risk at Columbia University, and is the author of 11 books, the most recent being "The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats—and Our Response—Will Change the World."
GZERO WORLD is executive produced by Alexsandra Sanford, Tony Maciulis and Ian Bremmer for GZERO Media. Alex Gibson, Sarah Kneezle, and Nolan Ticer are senior producers. Alexander Kliment is director, writer and performer for the "Puppet Regime" feature. Steve Michel and Andrew Ross Rowe are editors, and Ziyu Wu is production assistant. The series is presented by The WNET Group. Neal Shapiro and Stephen Segaller are executives in charge for The WNET Group. Distributed nationally by American Public Television.
The founding funder of GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer is First Republic Bank. Additional support is provided by Jerre & Mary Joy Stead, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Prologis, Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Foundation, James and Merryl Tisch and Margot and Tom Pritzker.
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7News First Alert Weather: Hot and muggy Fourth of July weekend
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With freedom festivals kicking off this evening and lasting all through the weekend, tonight will be another great summer night for some of these events with clear skies, light southerly winds, and overnight lows in the low 70s.
We kick of the holiday weekend with temperatures in the upper 90s and low 100s on Saturday. Very sunny skies with winds out of the southeast at 5-15 mph. A couple sprinkles and light showers can’t be ruled out during the afternoon, otherwise nearly all of Texoma will remain dry. A surge of moisture from a post-tropical disturbance in east Texas and Oklahoma will increase dewpoints out west, leading to muggy conditions as we close out the week and into early next week. While most heat advisories will be out east where the greatest moisture is, still follow heat safety tips as we head through the next few days.
Sunday will be mostly sunny with temperatures for most of the viewing area in the triple digits. This will kick off a trend of multiple days above 100 degrees for a majority of Texoma through at least the first half of July. A few isolated showers south of the Red River could pop-up Sunday afternoon and evening, though most, if not all, will not see any measurable rainfall.
Monday for the 4th of July will be mostly sunny and dry with winds out of the south at 10-15 mph. An excellent day for any Independence Day celebrations, though we are still in a drought, so take precautions when lighting any fireworks as to prevent the creation of grassfires and wildfires this weekend.
An upper-level high pressure ridge will strengthen by midweek next week as temperatures climb possibly above 105° for most of Southwest Oklahoma and North Texas. Heat safety is greatly advised, so limit your time outdoors and make sure you stay hydrated or find shade to keep cool next week. Unfortunately, no rain chances are expected here in Texoma for the foreseeable future.
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A college sports seismic shakeup is underway with UCLA and the USC bolting the Pac-12 Conference for the Big Ten. The move consolidates power between two super conferences and portends more changes.
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A college sports seismic shakeup is underway with UCLA and the USC bolting the Pac-12 Conference for the Big Ten. The move consolidates power between two super conferences and portends more changes.
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Season 19 premieres nationwide on public television beginning July 1 with economist and strategist David Rosenberg who warns of an "imminent recession."
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NEW YORK, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The world is changing. Decades of declining interest rates, moderating inflation and historically stable geopolitical and financial relationships are being reversed. Interest rates are rising, prices are increasing, global trade is fracturing amid geopolitical unrest. The financial impact of this heightened market volatility on individuals and businesses is profound. Consuelo Mack WealthTrack tackles these challenges with help from a roster of best-in-class guests in Season 19, premiering nationwide on public television beginning Friday, July 1 (check local listings).
The season opens with an interview with influential and prescient economist and strategist David Rosenberg who is warning of imminent recession and an extended bear market. He will provide viewers with strategies to weather the turbulence. Future episodes include an interview with top global value investor Sarah Ketterer about her assessment of the global financial outlook and what she calls "outstanding" investment opportunities being created by declining markets; and an interview with award-winning financial planner Mark Cortazzo who will share his advice to clients on adjusting retirement plans to avoid lasting damage.
"Most individuals have never experienced the challenges of rising inflation and interest rates," says Mack. "These conditions require a different approach to investing and retirement planning. We have lined up a stellar stable of experts to help viewers navigate through this challenging period and continue to build their financial security."
Launched in 2005, Consuelo Mack WealthTrack remains one of the only programs on television devoted to long-term diversified investing. An award-winning business journalist, Mack handpicks each guest based on their long-term track records, professional reputation and integrity to provide the best information about investing, personal finance and retirement planning amidst economic, market and political changes. USA Today praised Mack's interview style as "quietly intelligent, thoughtful and aimed at a well-informed audience."
Consuelo Mack WealthTrack is also seen on the WORLD channel, public television's premier news, science and documentary channel.
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Consuelo Mack WealthTrack is a production of MackTrack Inc. and a presentation of The WNET Group. The series is distributed nationally by American Public Television. Consuelo Mack is executive producer and managing editor. For The WNET Group: Diane Masciale is vice president and general manager, WLIW21.
Funding is provided by ClearBridge Investments, Royce Investment Partners , First Eagle Investments, Matthews Asia , Strategas Asset Management, and Women Investing in Security and Education.
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