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HENDERSON, Nev., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 2600Hz, a leading provider of unified business communications and the award-winning KAZOO platform, is excited to announce it will be a Gold Sponsor of Cavell's Cloud Comms Summit US. The summit will be held in Chicago on October 18th and 19th and will feature educational main stage keynotes, breakout sessions, and panel discussions, as well as multiple opportunities for attendees to network.
On October 19th, 2600Hz's Co-Founder and Co-CEO Patrick Sullivan will take the main stage to discuss the unique challenges today's distributed workforce poses to service providers across the globe. The keynote will focus upon improving customer experience, call center agent experience, and employee experience by leveraging the power of UCaaS, CPaaS, and CCaaS together, ensuring Service Providers are offering their customers the best communication experience possible for business success in the coming years.
"We are thrilled to again sponsor this industry-leading event and look forward to connecting with Service Providers across the U.S.," said 2600Hz Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Patrick Sullivan. "Cavell's events are always exceptional, and we are excited to support this important summit, while also sharing key insights with attendees that will enable them to strategically create growth opportunities."
"We are delighted to have the loyal support of 2600Hz as Gold Sponsor in our return of Cloud Comms Summit US this October," noted Matthew Townend, Executive Director of the Cavell Group. "After 2 years of record-breaking change in our industry, we at Cavell and Cloud Communications Alliance are really excited to have a key innovator in our industry supporting us and sharing their developments with our service providers at the event."
About 2600Hz: 2600Hz's cloud communications platform KAZOO modernizes how businesses provide communications services to their customers. With thoughtfully engineered tools built by leaders in the telecom industry, KAZOO offers feature-rich UCaaS, CPaaS, and CCaaS solutions. For developers building their own telephony apps, 2600Hz offers 300+ APIs and provides access to the building blocks of the platform. For more information, visit http://www.2600Hz.com. 2600Hz is a privately owned company with a distributed team worldwide.
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Man jailed for stairs killing at Haymarket station
- Published
A man has been jailed for killing a man by pushing him down a flight of stairs at an Edinburgh train station.
Marc McKinlay, 38, attacked Donald Maguire, 58, at Haymarket station in February 2020.
The High Court in Edinburgh heard how McKinlay pushed Mr Maguire who fell and hit his head. He also assaulted Mr Maguire's son Brian.
McKinlay, of Cowdenbeath, Fife, was found guilty after a four-day trial and was remanded in custody.
The court heard Mr Maguire and his son had been enjoying a night out in Edinburgh before going to catch a train home.
McKinlay pushed Mr Maguire on the stairs then turned on his son - kicking him and striking him on the head with a bag containing cans of alcohol.
Witness Connie Dalrymple, 29, told the court that she saw a "bit of a fight" involving the three men.
She said: "It happened so quickly. I was a bit shaken up. We saw the accused hit the young guy with a bag in the face. We saw the older man getting pushed.
"When he fell we heard his head crack. He lay just still. He didn't move. We thought it was quite serious."
She said she and her partner gave Mr Maguire CPR and put him into the recovery position. She phoned 999.
McKinlay was arrested after boarding a train.
Mr Maguire died from his injuries at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh 13 days after the attack.
McKinlay did not give evidence in his defence. However, he admitted assaulting Mr Maguire's son to his "severe injury".
The jury returned a guilty verdict to a charge of culpable homicide.
McKinlay will be sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh next month.
- 21 February 2020
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- Jeff Williams will retire effective Aug. 1, 2022.
- A global search for his successor is underway as Johnson Controls accelerates its focus on technology-driven solutions for buildings management to make assets smarter, healthier and more sustainable.
- Global Products is a business unit of Johnson Controls including product development and R&D.
CORK, Ireland, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI), the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, today announced that 38-year company veteran Jeff Williams is retiring and that a global search is underway for his successor. Williams' replacement will inherit a business group generating more than a third of Johnson Controls approximately $24B annual revenues including product development and research & development.
Williams started at Johnson Controls in 1984 as a sales account manager and spent more than 30 years in its automotive business before taking over as leader of its Global Products business in 2019. He was the co-author of the Johnson Controls Manufacturing Systems operating system that continues to guide the company's global operations today.
"Jeff has been a phenomenal member of our executive leadership team over the past decades, combining an unwavering will to win with faultless integrity," said George Oliver, Johnson Controls Chairman and CEO. "We thank him for his years of service, and he leaves the Global Products business in fantastic shape, with an amazing opportunity for a new leader to come in and drive forward.
He added: "Johnson Controls is at a unique point in its near 140-year history as it looks to move an industry that founder Warren Johnson helped to create when he invented the electric room thermostat in 1883. The next chapter will see us reshaping how buildings technology is designed and applied, using all the power of artificial intelligence through Johnson Controls OpenBlue platform. Our aim now, and at the heart of the new role Jeff's successor will take on, is to maximize the performance of our customer's buildings; harvesting and applying data insights to optimize every aspect of operations - elevating the performance of human users and equipment, while making environments healthier, more secure and sustainable through lowering energy and water use."
Within Global products, alongside leading the HVAC/R and Residential business units, a key focus for Williams' successor will be steering the fire, security and controls teams, which are the heart of the transformation of buildings' operational technology. The application of advanced solutions utilizing Machine Learning is elevating the capacity for ultra-accurate detection insights, ever more efficient responses and proactive fault reporting.
About Johnson Controls Global Products group
Johnson Controls Global Products group designs and sells HVAC equipment, controls software and software services for residential and commercial applications to commercial, industrial, retail, residential, small business, institutional and governmental customers worldwide. In addition, Global Products designs and sells refrigeration equipment and controls globally. The Global Products business designs and sells fire protection, fire suppression and security products, including intrusion security, anti-theft devices, access control, and video surveillance and management systems, for commercial, industrial, retail, residential, small business, institutional and governmental customers worldwide.
About Johnson Controls
At Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI), we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. As the global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places and the planet.
Building on a proud history of nearly 140 years of innovation, we deliver the blueprint of the future for industries such as healthcare, schools, data centers, airports, stadiums, manufacturing and beyond through OpenBlue, our comprehensive digital offering.
Today, with a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150 countries, Johnson Controls offers the world`s largest portfolio of building technology and software as well as service solutions from some of the most trusted names in the industry.
Visit www.johnsoncontrols.com for more information and follow @Johnson Controls on social platforms.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — An analysis of social media posts, Internet searches and other computer records offers some indication of what the Parkland gunman was thinking in the months leading up to the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.
It’s the kind of information defense lawyers believe jurors should not be allowed to hear, not because it isn’t true, but because it is so disturbing and inflammatory that it promises to overwhelm the central question of the case — whether confessed killer Nikolas Cruz deserves death or life in prison.
The evidence is not in dispute. Cruz’s browser history and social media posts dating from 2016 to early 2018 include quests for pictures and videos of “little girls in swimwear,” nude girls as young as 6, “school shooter porn,” “HIV-positive porn” and “midget porn.”
He expressed unrestrained hatred for wide swaths of people and even animals. He said he hates Black people, Latinos, Asians, gay people, Antifa, “liberal scum,” small animals, alligators and crocodiles.
But Cruz, who pleaded guilty last October to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder, was not motivated by a “severe mental or emotional disturbance,” said forensic psychologist Michael Brannon, whose expert testimony has been coveted and critiqued by prosecutors and defense lawyers alike.
Brannon’s conclusions about Cruz are significant for the upcoming trial because they address two arguments the defense plans to present as “mitigating circumstances,” factors jurors can use to justify a vote against the death penalty.
Prosecutors Mike Satz and Jeff Marcus argue that Brannon should be permitted to describe the facts he used to reach his conclusion that Cruz has “sociopathic personality disorder,” which is not a legally defined mitigating factor.
Brannon did not interview Cruz directly. He relied on the notes of defense psychologists who did. And he said he agreed with their conclusion that Cruz faked audio hallucinations after his arrest involving a demon he named “Swaz,” an apparent abbreviation of “swastika.”
Swastikas were found drawn on Cruz’s backpack and etched into his boots and the magazine of the rifle he used in the shooting.
“He does not meet the criteria for intellectual disability,” Brannon said, also dismissing the notion that Cruz might not have appreciated the criminality of the actions he took when he went to his old high school armed with an AR-15 style rifle and opened fire on the unsuspecting students and staff.
Defense lawyers are arguing that the jury is supposed to decide whether to execute Cruz because he committed murders, not because he harbored bigoted or sexually disturbing thoughts.
Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer will ultimately decide how relevant the testimony is and how much of it the jury will be allowed to hear.
Opening statements and testimony are scheduled to start on July 18.
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WFO NORMAN Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 6, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Norman OK
242 PM CDT Wed Jul 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT
THURSDAY...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...For the first Heat Advisory, heat index values up to
108. For the second Heat Advisory, heat index values up to 108
expected. For the third Heat Advisory, heat index values up to
109 expected.
* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, northern,
southeast, southern and southwest Oklahoma and northern Texas.
* WHEN...For the first Heat Advisory, until 8 PM CDT this
evening. For the second Heat Advisory, from 1 PM to 8 PM CDT
Thursday. For the third Heat Advisory, from 1 PM to 8 PM CDT
Friday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 107 expected.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Tillman County. In Texas, Wilbarger and
Baylor Counties.
* WHEN...From 1 PM to 8 PM CDT Friday.
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of east central Carson,
northwestern Gray and south central Roberts Counties through 315 PM
CDT...
At 243 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Pampa to 3 miles southeast of Kingsmill to 6
miles southeast of White Deer. Movement was northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Pampa and Kingsmill.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized urban flooding in Pampa. Do not drive your vehicle
through flooded roadways.
LAT...LON 3569 10072 3575 10093 3538 10117 3531 10103
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 205DEG 19KT 3552 10097 3545 10102 3536 10109
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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Browns finally trade Mayfield, send quarterback to Panthers
Published: Jul. 6, 2022 at 3:20 PM CDT|Updated: 43 minutes ago
CLEVELAND (AP) - Baker Mayfield’s rocky run with the Cleveland Browns has officially ended.
The Browns have traded the divisive quarterback and former No. 1 overall draft pick to the Carolina Panthers for a future draft pick.
Mayfield was pushed out of his starting job by the Browns’ pursuit of Deshaun Watson and is going to Carolina for a conditional draft pick in 2024 or 2025.
The Browns are also paying $10 million of Mayfield’s $18.8 million contract for next season, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
The trade was announced by the Panthers, who will host the Browns in next season’s opener.
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CHICAGO, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), a leading provider of global market infrastructure and tradable products, today reported June monthly trading volume statistics across its global business lines and provided guidance for selected revenue per contract/net revenue capture metrics for the second quarter of 2022.
The data sheet "Cboe Global Markets Monthly Volume & RPC/Net Revenue Capture Report" contains an overview of certain June trading statistics and market share by business segment, volume in select index products, and RPC/net capture, which is reported on a one-month lag, across business lines.
June and Second-Quarter 2022 Trading Volume Highlights
U.S. Options
- S&P 500 Index (SPX) options set a new monthly ADV record of 2.3 million contracts, surpassing the previous record of 2.2 million in May 2022. Total volume for the month reached nearly 48 million contracts.
- SPX Weeklys Tuesday- and Thursday-expiring options continued their strong debut, with approximately 5.1 million Tuesdays options and 4.4 million Thursdays options traded in June.
- Cboe opened its new trading floor in Chicago on June 6.
European Equities and Derivatives
- Cboe Europe Equities had an overall market share of 23.5 percent in June, the highest month since August 2018.
- Cboe BIDS Europe, Cboe's European block trading platform, had a 33 percent share of the LIS (large-in-scale) market, making it the largest platform of its type (Source: big xyt).
- Cboe Europe Derivatives (CEDX) traded 1,872 contracts during June, up from 1,475 during May.
Second-Quarter 2022 RPC/Net Revenue Capture Guidance
The projected RPC/net capture metrics for the second quarter of 2022 are estimated, preliminary and may change. There can be no assurance that our final RPC for the three months ended June 30, 2022, will not differ materially from these projections.
The above represents average revenue per contract (RPC) or net capture based on a three-month rolling average. For Options and Futures, the average RPC represents total net transaction fees recognized for the period divided by total contracts traded during the period for options exchanges: BZX Options, Cboe Options, C2 Options and EDGX Options; futures include contracts traded on Cboe Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE). For U.S. Equities – On-Exchange, "net capture per 100 touched shares" refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments and routing and clearing costs divided by the product of one-hundredth ADV of touched shares on BZX, BYX, EDGX and EDGA and the number of trading days for the period. For U.S. Equities – Off-Exchange, "net capture per 100 touched shares" refers to transaction fees less OMS/EMS costs and clearing costs divided by the product of one-hundredth ADV of touched shares on BIDS Trading and the number of trading days for the period. For Canadian Equities, "net capture per 10,000 touched shares" refers to transaction fees divided by the product of one-ten thousandth ADV of shares for MATCHNow and the number of trading days for the period (does not include NEO). For European Equities, "net capture per matched notional value" refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments in British pounds divided by the product of ADNV in British pounds of shares matched on Cboe Europe Equities and the number of trading days. For EuroCCP, "Fee per Trade Cleared" refers to clearing fees divided by number of non-interoperable trades cleared and "Net Fee per Settlement" refers to settlement fees less direct costs incurred to settle divided by the number of settlements executed after netting. For Australian Equities, "net capture per matched notional value" refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments in Australian Dollars divided by the product of ADNV in Australian Dollars of shares matched on Chi-X Australia and the number of trading days. For Japanese Equities, "net capture per matched notional value" refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments in Japanese Yen divided by the product of ADNV in Japanese Yen of shares matched on Chi-X Japan and the number of trading days. For Global FX, "net capture per one million dollars traded" refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments, if any, divided by the Spot and SEF products of one-thousandth of ADNV traded on the Cboe FX markets and the number of trading days, divided by two, which represents the buyer and seller that are both charged on the transaction. Average transaction fees per contract can be affected by various factors, including exchange fee rates, volume-based discounts and transaction mix by contract type and product type.
About Cboe Global Markets, Inc.
Cboe Global Markets (Cboe: CBOE), a leading provider of market infrastructure and tradable products, delivers cutting-edge trading, clearing and investment solutions to market participants around the world. The company is committed to operating a trusted, inclusive global marketplace, providing leading products, technology and data solutions that enable participants to define a sustainable financial future. Cboe provides trading solutions and products in multiple asset classes, including equities, derivatives, FX and digital assets, across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. To learn more, visit www.cboe.com.
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Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include: the loss of our right to exclusively list and trade certain index options and futures products; economic, political and market conditions; compliance with legal and regulatory obligations; price competition and consolidation in our industry; decreases in trading or clearing volumes, market data fees or a shift in the mix of products traded on our exchanges; legislative or regulatory changes or changes in tax regimes; our ability to protect our systems and communication networks from security risks, cybersecurity risks, insider threats and unauthorized disclosure of confidential information; our ability to attract and retain skilled management and other personnel; increasing competition by foreign and domestic entities; our dependence on and exposure to risk from third parties; fluctuations to currency exchange rates; factors that impact the quality and integrity of our indices; the impact of the novel coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic; our ability to operate our business without violating the intellectual property rights of others and the costs associated with protecting our intellectual property rights; our ability to minimize the risks, including our credit and default risks, associated with operating a European clearinghouse; our ability to accommodate trading and clearing volume and transaction traffic, including significant increases, without failure or degradation of performance of our systems; misconduct by those who use our markets or our products or for whom we clear transactions; challenges to our use of open source software code; our ability to meet our compliance obligations, including managing potential conflicts between our regulatory responsibilities and our for-profit status; our ability to maintain BIDS Trading as an independently managed and operated trading venue, separate from and not integrated with our registered national securities exchanges; damage to our reputation; the ability of our compliance and risk management methods to effectively monitor and manage our risks; our ability to manage our growth and strategic acquisitions or alliances effectively; restrictions imposed by our debt obligations and our ability to make payments on or refinance our debt obligations; our ability to maintain an investment grade credit rating; impairment of our goodwill, long-lived assets, investments or intangible assets; the accuracy of our estimates and expectations; litigation risks and other liabilities; and operating a digital asset business. More detailed information about factors that may affect our actual results to differ may be found in our filings with the SEC, including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and other filings made from time to time with the SEC.
We do not undertake, and we expressly disclaim, any duty to update any forward-looking statement whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.
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HENDERSON, Nev., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 2600Hz, a leading provider of unified business communications and the award-winning KAZOO platform, is excited to announce it will be a Gold Sponsor of Cavell's Cloud Comms Summit US. The summit will be held in Chicago on October 18th and 19th and will feature educational main stage keynotes, breakout sessions, and panel discussions, as well as multiple opportunities for attendees to network.
On October 19th, 2600Hz's Co-Founder and Co-CEO Patrick Sullivan will take the main stage to discuss the unique challenges today's distributed workforce poses to service providers across the globe. The keynote will focus upon improving customer experience, call center agent experience, and employee experience by leveraging the power of UCaaS, CPaaS, and CCaaS together, ensuring Service Providers are offering their customers the best communication experience possible for business success in the coming years.
"We are thrilled to again sponsor this industry-leading event and look forward to connecting with Service Providers across the U.S.," said 2600Hz Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Patrick Sullivan. "Cavell's events are always exceptional, and we are excited to support this important summit, while also sharing key insights with attendees that will enable them to strategically create growth opportunities."
"We are delighted to have the loyal support of 2600Hz as Gold Sponsor in our return of Cloud Comms Summit US this October," noted Matthew Townend, Executive Director of the Cavell Group. "After 2 years of record-breaking change in our industry, we at Cavell and Cloud Communications Alliance are really excited to have a key innovator in our industry supporting us and sharing their developments with our service providers at the event."
About 2600Hz: 2600Hz's cloud communications platform KAZOO modernizes how businesses provide communications services to their customers. With thoughtfully engineered tools built by leaders in the telecom industry, KAZOO offers feature-rich UCaaS, CPaaS, and CCaaS solutions. For developers building their own telephony apps, 2600Hz offers 300+ APIs and provides access to the building blocks of the platform. For more information, visit http://www.2600Hz.com. 2600Hz is a privately owned company with a distributed team worldwide.
2600Hz Contact:
Clint Mohs
Head of Marketing
cmohs@2600hz.com
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JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) — The cast and crew of popular Netflix series “Outer Banks” are grieving after a member of their team was killed in an early-morning hit-and-run Tuesday.
The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) of South Carolina said Alexander “AJ” Jennings, 22, was walking along a road on James Island when he was hit by a car that fled the scene. He was then hit by a second car, which also fled the scene, but was later located in downtown Charleston by officers with the Charleston Police Department.
Jennings was a cast member on Netflix’s “Outer Banks,” according to the show’s casting agency, Kimmie Stewart Casting. He served as a body double/stand-in for Chase Stokes’ character of John B. in the show’s third season.
The series is currently filming in and around Charleston.
In a Facebook post, the casting agency described Jennings as “a beautiful, kind soul & a bright light every day on set.”
Stokes remembered Jennings with a message on Instagram Wednesday morning.
“Still trying to process why certain things happen, and why the world works in the ways that it does. My heart is shattered. Your life was just starting. We JUST talked about how pumped you were about your tunes, how far you’d come with that ole 6 string and your want to keep creating art,” Stokes wrote in an Instagram story. “Always always making others hearts warm and being so damn selfless. I wish I had more words to say right now, but the past day has been a struggle to say the least. We all love you, you touched all of our lives and made us all better people, and for that– Thank you AJ. Fly high angel.”
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NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Con Edison) (NYSE:ED) plans to report its 2nd quarter 2022 earnings on August 4, 2022 after the market closes.
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It isn't hard for Maxwell Alejandro Frost to name political moments throughout his childhood that have stuck with him.
"Turning on the TV and seeing a bunch of people sleeping outside of Wall Street talking about something called 'wealth inequality' – seeing that in elementary school," Frost said.
"Growing up learning that 30 minutes away from me, a kid that looked like me who was wearing a hoodie was murdered for being Black, Trayvon Martin, and seeing the outrage after that," he added.
Frost is running for Congress in Florida's 10th Congressional District, an open and solidly blue seat containing parts of Orlando – he's 25 years old, the minimum age to serve in the U.S. House.
He's also part of Generation Z – which the Pew Research Center defines as anyone born between the years 1997 and 2012 – and, if elected, would potentially be the first Gen Z member of Congress. The 2022 midterm cycle marks the first time in 16 years that Millennials are not the youngest generation able to run, raising questions about how Gen Z will approach Washington.
For Frost, his roots are in organizing, working as an activist since the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012 and most recently serving as the national organizing director for March For Our Lives, a youth-led group advocating for increased gun control policy. He's also a survivor of a separate incident of gun violence.
A generation shaped by upheaval
He says that Gen Z has a new way of approaching politics, given this generation has come of age during such a volatile period in American history.
"Our generation has been born into a lot of trauma and a lot of civil unrest around people being frustrated with things. And I think because of that, our generation naturally thinks about things in a bit of a different way," Frost said.
In the Saint Louis suburbs, 25-year-old Ray Reed is also breaking from the traditional mold. He's an organizer and former Democratic campaign staffer vying to oust Republican Rep. Ann Wagner in Missouri's 2nd Congressional District, and he pushes back against those who say he should start in local politics.
"The cynics kind of say, oh, he's too young, he's too untried, maybe if he were to spend, a few terms in Jeff[erson] City, maybe then he'll be ready to run for Congress. Which is really just political talk for let's get him in our system. Let's teach him how to play the game our way. And then if we say he's ready, he can run for a higher office," Reed said.
He says cynics cast him out as the risky pick.
"I think the real risk is to nominate the same type of Democratic candidates election after election after election and somehow expect a different result," he added.
Both Reed and Frost are progressives, honing in on issues like curbing gun violence, passing the Green New Deal and canceling student debt.
After the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe vs. Wade, both candidates expressed outrage over the ruling and posted photos and videos of protests they attended.
Reed also tied the decision back to Gen Z voters.
A reporter just asked me what’s my generation’s response to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn #RoeVsWade—
— Ray Reed (@RayReedMO) June 24, 2022
We’re going to march, organize, and VOTE like our lives depend on it!🗳
And while Frost and Reed are issue-oriented, there's no denying that age is part of their campaigns.
To Frost, the potential to make history as the first Gen Z House member plays more of a symbolic role.
"Yes we march, yes we engage in mutual aid, yes we engage on social media, and now we're running for office because we believe that we are prepared to be in the rooms and to be the voice for our communities and we can do that and young people should be allowed," he said.
Though Frost faces a challenge from his primary opponent, state Sen. Randolph Bracy, he has picked up a slew of high-profile endorsements, including from progressive leaders like Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash. He's also got the backing of the Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC and the gun control organization Giffords.
What propels young candidates to run?
Frost and Reed's drive makes sense to Amanda Litman, a Millennial and the CEO of Run for Something, an organization that supports first-time Democratic candidates.
"You don't run for office as a 25-year-old because it is your next step in your career or it is the thing you've been planning for since you were a kindergartener or a college president," Litman said. "You run because there is a problem that is so fiercely driving you that you can't imagine doing anything else with your time," she added.
But this passion isn't just found among Democratic candidates – Karoline Leavitt is a fierce conservative running for Congress in New Hampshire's 1st District, a toss-up seat currently held by Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas.
Leavitt turns 25 in August, making her eligible to serve in Congress by next January.
"It's a very one-sided culture that we live in," Leavitt said, "How do we break through that mold? It's by electing young people to office that can resonate with these voters, have a platform at the national stage, that can show them ideas, policies, values that they're not hearing elsewhere at all."
Leavitt is already a vetted GOP staffer, working in the Trump administration as an assistant press secretary. Most recently, she served as the spokeswoman for Millennial Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., who made history in 2014 as the youngest woman ever elected to Congress at that point. Leavitt is also endorsed by Stefanik, along with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Madison Cawthorn, N.C.
Though Gen Z's early voting trends are decidedly liberal, Leavitt hopes her campaign will energize young conservatives and steer voters away from progressive ideas she argues are too extreme.
"I think some of these more progressive candidates are just a reflection of the system that exists and it's the exact system I'm trying to fight against," she said.
From the opposite end of the political spectrum, Frost shares a similar fighting attitude when envisioning how he would work in a bitterly divided Congress.
"We come to the negotiating table not already at the compromise, which is usually what Democrats tend to do," Frost said. "I think this is part of the reason why the Republican Party has these long-term plans that a lot of times come to fruition," he added.
The Gen Z approach to politics diverges from Millennials
This determination to stand by your values shows an apparent deviation from the Millennial generation who came to Congress during the Obama presidency, according to Kristin Soltis Anderson, a conservative pollster and strategist — who's also a Millennial.
"The frame has shifted from, 'I'm going to bring about that change by being someone who looks for opportunities to work across the aisle,' and more, 'I'm going to disrupt the institutions and systems that are allowing the other side to continue to prevail,'" she said.
But coming to Congress and disrupting the institution isn't received the same way by Democrats compared to Republicans.
"It's very striking that while the Democratic Party does better among younger voters, they don't seem to have cornered the market on elevating younger candidates," Anderson said.
To Litman, this is where Democrats have a big problem, and she points to the age breakdown among House leadership in each party.
"There is really no incentive for older folks in Congress to step aside and let a younger generation lead," Litman said, "because the longer you serve, the more likely you are to get seniority within a committee."
Unlike on the Democratic side, Republicans have started elevating younger members. Last year, Stefanik moved up in GOP ranks, becoming the Chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, and bringing the average age of GOP leadership down to 55.
On the Democratic side, Millennial trailblazers remain left out of leadership, and the average age is 71.
This age disparity between parties prompts Anderson to argue that neither side has a real leg up right now.
"I don't think either party has a dramatic advantage on elevating Generation Z voices in elected office at this moment, and that's despite the fact that Democrats do have an advantage among those voters at the ballot box," she said.
While both Democratic and Republican prospects with future Gen Z members remain unclear, the inaugural class running this midterm cycle forges onward towards their primaries.
Reed's match-up in Missouri is set for Aug 1., Frost's in Florida is Aug. 23 and Leavitt's in New Hampshire is Sept. 13.
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A 5-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will enable researchers from Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and Duke Cancer Institute to collaborate in a first-of-its-kind prospective study to look for the earliest signs of heart vessel damage in young, pre-menopausal breast cancer survivors.
Over the past two decades, the rates of women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer have increased. However, survival rates for women with this type of breast cancer have improved when the treatment involves estrogen depletion to stop cancer cells from growing. Estrogen keeps blood vessels healthy and protects women from heart disease, but the long-term effect of estrogen depletion in young breast cancer survivors puts them at increased risk of heart disease, including heart failure and heart attacks.
"Our patients with hormone-receptor breast cancer are living longer due to aggressive treatment that includes turning off estrogen production that induces early menopause," said Alexandra Thomas, M.D., Williams Family Chair in breast oncology, professor of hematology and oncology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the study's co-principal investigator. "These patients have decades of life ahead of them and we hope that, by identifying early changes in coronary arteries, we may find ways to lower their risk of irreversible heart disease."
The study is called "Cardiac Outcomes With Near Complete Estrogen Deprivation" (CROWN) and will include 90 women, age 55 and under, who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. Sixty-five of the study participants will receive standard estrogen-depletion therapy, while 25 participants with hormone receptor-negative breast cancer will serve as a control group for the study.
The CROWN study will be conducted at all three centers, and the researchers also hope to recruit a diverse group of women, especially Black women, who have higher rates of both breast cancer and heart disease.
All study participants will receive sophisticated imaging tests at different intervals to look for small changes in the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart. Those include a cardiac MRI stress test at the beginning of the study, and at one-year and two-year intervals. They also will receive CT imaging of their cardiac arteries at baseline and after two years, along with blood tests to look for biomarkers that correlate with the risk of cardiovascular disease. The participants will be followed for five years.
"The state-of-the-art cardiovascular imaging will allow us to study cardiovascular health in young breast cancer survivors who have decades of survivorship health to protect," said Jennifer Jordan, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Biomedical Engineering and Pauley Heart Center and who also serves as co-principal investigator of the study. "Our collaboration is a great demonstration of team science that integrates the unique expertise of multiple investigators to address a major, unanswered question in cardio-oncology. It has been very exciting to build this team across our institutions, each of which has top-rated cancer centers in addition to cardiovascular imaging centers of excellence."
"We have made great strides in the treatment of breast cancer," said Susan Dent, M.D., professor of medicine at Duke University and lead investigator for patients enrolled at the Duke Cancer Institute. "We need a better understanding of the cardiovascular consequences of breast cancer treatments so that we don't offset the gains we have made in breast cancer survival with early-onset cardiovascular disease." | https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220706/2431-million-grant-will-help-researchers-to-study-signs-of-heart-damage-in-young-breast-cancer-survivors.aspx | 2022-07-06T21:08:07Z | https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220706/2431-million-grant-will-help-researchers-to-study-signs-of-heart-damage-in-young-breast-cancer-survivors.aspx | true |
WFO NORMAN Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 6, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Norman OK
242 PM CDT Wed Jul 6 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT
THURSDAY...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...For the first Heat Advisory, heat index values up to
108. For the second Heat Advisory, heat index values up to 108
expected. For the third Heat Advisory, heat index values up to
109 expected.
* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, northern,
southeast, southern and southwest Oklahoma and northern Texas.
* WHEN...For the first Heat Advisory, until 8 PM CDT this
evening. For the second Heat Advisory, from 1 PM to 8 PM CDT
Thursday. For the third Heat Advisory, from 1 PM to 8 PM CDT
Friday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 107 expected.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Tillman County. In Texas, Wilbarger and
Baylor Counties.
* WHEN...From 1 PM to 8 PM CDT Friday.
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of east central Carson,
northwestern Gray and south central Roberts Counties through 315 PM
CDT...
At 243 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Pampa to 3 miles southeast of Kingsmill to 6
miles southeast of White Deer. Movement was northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Pampa and Kingsmill.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized urban flooding in Pampa. Do not drive your vehicle
through flooded roadways.
LAT...LON 3569 10072 3575 10093 3538 10117 3531 10103
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 205DEG 19KT 3552 10097 3545 10102 3536 10109
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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LOS ANGELES — Jurors found a 32-year-old man guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday for the 2019 fatal shooting of rapper Nipsey Hussle.
The Los Angeles County jury also found Eric R. Holder Jr. guilty of two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter instead of two attempted murder counts as prosecutors had sought for two other men who were hit by gunfire at the scene.
Holder, wearing a blue suit and face mask, stood up in the small court room next to his lawyer as the verdict was read. He had no visible reaction.
Jurors deliberated for about six hours over two days before reaching the verdict.
The verdict brings an end to a legal saga that has lasted more than three years and a trial that was often delayed because of the pandemic.
Holder and Hussle had known each other for years — they grew up members of the same South Los Angeles street gang — when a chance meeting outside the rapper’s Los Angeles clothing store led to the shooting, and his death.
The evidence against Holder was overwhelming, from eyewitnesses to surveillance cameras from local businesses that captured his arrival, the shooting and his departure.
His attorney did not even deny that he was the shooter but urged jurors to find him guilty of the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.
The shooting followed a conversation the two men had about rumors that Holder had been acting as an informant for authorities. Holder's lawyer Aaron Jansen said that being publicly accused of being a “snitch” by a person as prominent as Hussle brought on a “heat of passion” in Holder that made him not guilty of first-degree murder.
“This is a provocation that stirs up rage and powerful emotion," Jansen told jurors Thursday.
Deputy District Attorney John McKinney argued during the trial that Holder and everyone else in the conversation that preceded Hussle's death were so calm that the “snitching” conversation could not have been the primary motive, and that Holder must have had some previous envy or hatred for Hussle.
McKinney told jurors that the nine minutes between the conversation and the shooting allowed more than enough time for the killing to be premeditated, a requirement for first-degree murder.
The jury apparently agreed.
Hussle, whose legal name is Ermias Asghedom, died at age 33. He had just released his major-label debut album, which earned him his first Grammy nomination, when he was gunned down.
He was a widely beloved figure in Los Angeles, especially in the South LA area where he grew up and remained after gaining fame, buying property and opening businesses.
“He wanted to change the neighborhood," McKinney said in his closing argument. "He kept the same friends. And the neighborhood loved him. They called him Neighborhood Nip.”
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– Sports content studio has engaged screenwriter Janine Eser to adapt Denhollander's memoir subtitled "My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics" –
LOS ANGELES, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The cutting-edge sports content studio, game1, announced today that it has optioned Rachael Denhollander's memoir What is a Girl Worth: My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth about Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics and has engaged Janine Eser to adapt the book into a screenplay. Eser recently adapted the screenplay to Trevor Noah's bestselling memoir, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, which has Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o attached to star.
"We are honored to partner with Rachael on such an important project," said Beverly Nuako, Vice President of Development at game1. "Her relentless pursuit of justice is an inspiration. We are also privileged to have Janine Eser's thoughtful approach and vision to adapt this extraordinary book. It can't be overstated how critically important it is to represent the hardships that many brave women endured as an effort to challenge a pervasive culture of silence."
The feature film will follow the life of Denhollander, recounting her life up to meeting former USA Gymnastics Team and Michigan State University doctor the subsequent fight to bring justice for his serial abuse of young girls seeking medical care. Despite powerful institutions attempting to cover up his abuse, Denhollander launched an investigation that would ultimately unmask one of the most prolific sexual abusers in recorded history, while building an army of survivors that would take him down. Following her leadership, more than 200 women participated in the criminal prosecution and sentencing of Nasser, leading to his life imprisonment.
"The real story of the Nassar case isn't what happened in the court room – it's how we got there," said Denhollander. "It's the story of what survivors face every day, the cost of speaking up, and all the times the miracle almost didn't happen. It's the story of what happens when each person chooses what is right, over and over again, no matter the cost, and those choices come together and change the world."
In addition to Nuako and Denhollander, game1 contributor Therese Andrews will also play a key role in the development and production of this film, with all three women serving as Executive Producers, while Basil Iwanyk, Greg Economou, and Mark Ciardi will serve as Producers of the film.
"Rachael's strength and perseverance are unparalleled," concluded Andrews. "In the end, her story is incredibly uplifting, filled with hope, perseverance, and ultimately triumph."
Designed to create and own high-end original sports-based content, game1 is changing the landscape of sports storytelling through the creation, production, and distribution of premium, cinematic content in the form of feature films, scripted & unscripted television, digital & social content, as well as audio content & podcasts. The studio, based in Los Angeles and New York, will create a bridge between curated sports-based intellectual property and the Hollywood film industry actors, writers, directors, and producers. For more information, please visit game1.com and join us on Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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Hospital readmissions for asthma are increasing among children, according to a new study, highlighting the gaps in health care for the most common chronic pediatric illness.
The study, led by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and published in the Journal of Asthma, found about one in three children, mostly pre-schoolers, are readmitted to hospital for asthma compared to one in five a decade ago.
Murdoch Children's Dr Katherine Chen said most asthma hospital presentations were preventable, emphasizing the need for a holistic evaluation of each child's asthma management to prevent future readmissions.
The study involved 767 children, aged three to 18 years, who were admitted to three hospitals in Victoria between 2017-2018 with a diagnosis of asthma. It found 34.3 per cent were readmitted to hospital for asthma, with those aged three to five years accounting for 69.2 per cent. Of the 767 participants, 20.6 per cent were readmitted once and 13.7 per cent had two or more readmissions in 12 months.
"Our study highlighted gaps in the children's asthma care," Dr Chen said. Over a third of children hadn't had a review of their inhaler technique and only about a quarter were prescribed a preventer or asked to continue using it.
"Almost three quarters were discharged without a preventer medication and over 80 per cent did not have a follow-up clinic booked at the hospital, often reserved for children with difficult to control asthma. Most families therefore need to navigate their child's asthma follow-up with their GP."
Dr Chen said there had also been a recent spike in asthma admissions due to the rise in respiratory infections and children lacking immunity to common viruses following COVID-19 lockdowns.
Murdoch Children's Professor Harriet Hiscock said the findings confirmed the important role of GPs in pediatric asthma management and how targeted interventions at each hospital could reduce readmissions.
Less than 10 per cent were readmitted within 30 days suggesting the importance of ongoing community care and longer-term asthma control. The need to regularly review overall asthma management, minimize risk factors, arrange follow-up, and support optimum care in the community are key.
Interactive digital symptom monitoring with specialist nurse support, home-based education and a culturally tailored education program could also help."
Professor Harriet Hiscock, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Professor Hiscock said linked datasets were important for objectively measuring the burden of asthma cases on health services.
"Our current dataset cannot verify whether the follow-up appointment was attended, whether caregivers had arranged follow-up post-discharge and if the medications were used as prescribed," she said. Integrating datasets such as health services and medication use into clinical care will improve the clinician's understanding of the child's asthma control and medication adherence and would assist in providing targeted treatments."
Asthma is the most common chronic pediatric illness in industrialized countries, affecting 8-10 per cent of children. In Australia, it is a leading cause of preventable pediatric hospital admissions.
Melbourne mum Megan Snelgrove's daughter Aurora, 10, who was diagnosed with asthma at age four, is readmitted to hospital two-three times a year for asthma.
"We initially had challenges navigating the system because Aurora has a very specific type of asthma, hypersecretory asthma, which presents slightly differently to typical asthma and is treated in a different way.
"Aurora has a complicated case and it has been trial and error with her treatment. Ventolin doesn't help because it treats inflammation not secretions and this was very much misunderstood in our first few visits to the hospital. But since being followed up by the hospital's respiratory team things have improved."
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV said Wednesday that the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has accused the deputy ambassador of the United Kingdom and other foreigners in the country of “espionage” and taking soil samples from prohibited military zones.
The country's state-run IRNA news agency reported that the foreigners had been arrested, but did not elaborate on when. The U.K. Foreign Office swiftly denied that its diplomat was arrested, calling the report “completely false.”
Iran's state TV ran footage purporting to show the foreigners collecting samples from the ground while under drone surveillance.
The accusations follow escalating tensions over a pickup in Tehran's arrests of foreigners and a rapid advancement of its nuclear work, while talks to revive the landmark 2015 atomic accord remain at a standstill. Iran has detained a number of Europeans in recent months, including two French citizens and a Swedish tourist, as it seeks to gain leverage in negotiations.
The report also comes after Iran, in a rare move, replaced the Revolutionary Guard's longstanding intelligence chief.
The news outlets said the deputy head of mission at the British Embassy, Giles Whitaker, and other foreigners faced “spying” charges after visiting various forbidden zones in the country while the Guard was carrying out missile tests.
The semiofficial Fars news agency, believed to be close to the Guard, claimed Whitaker was expelled from the area after offering authorities an apology.
The reports came as the British public was transfixed by the political fortunes of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who faced growing pressure to step down after defections from his Cabinet.
State TV broadcast a photo montage apparently showing Whitaker tour the southwestern desert collecting soil samples against the backdrop of eerie music.
“Even though there were signs in that area saying this was a forbidden area, he went further and took a sample and took a picture," the narrator said. “Intelligence agencies say that these people often pose as tourists, but are looking for military and missile sites to identify equipment and ammunition.”
Iranian media also identified Maciej Walczak, a Polish scientist at Copernicus University in Poland, as one of the accused foreigners. It similarly said he took samples of soil, water and salt from a forbidden area during a missile test in the country's south.
The report added that the Guard’s intelligence wing also detained the husband of Austria’s cultural attaché in Iran after he took soil samples in the country's northeast.
Iran has in the past arrested dual nationals and those with Western ties, often on widely criticized espionage charges, and used them as bargaining chips in talks over other issues, such as nuclear negotiations. Tehran denies using detainees to further its political aims.
Talks to revive Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers have stalled for months. A recent effort to break the deadlock between U.S. and Iranian negotiators ended without making progress in Doha last week.
As the shadow war between Israel and Iran escalated in the region, Iran announced last month that the head of the Guard's intelligence arm, Hossein Taeb, had been replaced by Gen. Mohammad Kazemi, the former head of the Guard’s security department.
The surprise move followed the deaths of several Guard officers in recent weeks.
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Associated Press writer Isabel DeBre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this report. | https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Iran-media-Revolutionary-Guard-accuses-diplomats-17288241.php | 2022-07-06T21:11:06Z | https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Iran-media-Revolutionary-Guard-accuses-diplomats-17288241.php | false |
Technology-enabled home management platform transforms how homeowners care for and proactively maintain their home maintenance
MIAMI, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Humming Homes, the technology-enabled home management platform, is now fully operational and serving single-family homeowners in the Miami area. The company is now operating in five markets, managing hundreds of homes across the Hamptons (NY), Westchester County (NY), Fairfield County (CT) and South Florida (Miami & Palm Beach).
An influx of first-time homebuyers flocking to Florida from across the US has sent Miami-Dade house prices soaring. The first quarter of 2022 saw more than $11.8 billion dollars in total sales — an increase of about $1.9 billion from the previous quarter. The shift towards younger homeowners raised in cities, have increased the need for proactive home management. Enter Humming Homes.
Humming Homes solves the complexities of homeownership, especially for first time buyers. The innovative, app-based home management platform handles all aspects of homeowners' maintenance and home improvement needs by offering a mix of in-person and remote support, pro-active home services expertise, and a pre-vetted vendor network, all streamlined through their easy-to-use, proprietary app.
"Finding trustworthy service providers and vetted contractors for homes this size and value is painful. End-to-end management of vendors, including scheduling, coordination, price comparison, and measuring quality of work has remained an impossibly difficult process, especially for newer homeowners," says Adeel Mallick, Humming Homes Co-Founder and CEO.
"We feel there is a considerable market need for what Humming Homes offers, with other companies in the space leaving a real customer-facing gap," says Mallick. Humming Homes has discovered that services like Thumbtack Pro, Angis still leave the onus on the consumer to navigate unwieldy marketplaces on their own. "The next generation of homeowners needs and deserves more than what's currently available," says Mallick. "We have been thrilled to see Miami residents responding so well to our initial launch, and we look forward to significant growth across this market."
Humming Homes now operates in Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest, South Miami, The Pines, Palm Beach Island, West Palm Beach, and more.
Humming Homes is reimagining home management for the modern homeowner. Poised to become one of the world's most trusted home services partners, the company is creating a new category of end-to-end home management, employing data and insights to avoid reactive and expensive home maintenance issues. It has built a tech-enabled solution for single-family homeowners with a digital-first experience, offering a dedicated in-person home management team with a single point of contact for 24/7 support. For more information on Humming Homes, please visit www.humminghomes.com.
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Stocks closed higher on Wall Street on Wednesday following the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve's most recent policy meeting.
The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.2% and the Nasdaq rose 0.3%. The Russell 2000 index of small-company stocks remained in the red, a sign that investors are worried about economic growth.
The minutes of the two-day meeting last month show that Fed officials concluded higher interest rates could be needed to restrain what they saw as a worrying trend: Consumers starting to anticipate higher inflation. Bond yields rose. | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/stocks-rise-after-release-of-fed-meeting-minutes | 2022-07-06T21:14:46Z | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/stocks-rise-after-release-of-fed-meeting-minutes | true |
States move to protect abortion from prosecutions elsewhere
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Democratic governors in states where abortion will remain legal are looking for ways to protect any patients who travel there for the procedure — along with the providers who help them — from being prosecuted by their home states.
In North Carolina, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order Wednesday to protect abortion providers and patients from extradition to states that have banned the practice. Abortions are legal in North Carolina until fetal viability or in certain medical emergencies, making the state an outlier in the Southeast.
“This order will help protect North Carolina doctors and nurses and their patients from cruel right-wing criminal laws passed by other states,” Cooper said in announcing the order.
The governors of Rhode Island and Maine signed executive orders late Tuesday, stating that they will not cooperate with other states’ investigations into people who seek abortions or health care providers that perform them.
Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Dan McKee said women should be trusted with their own health care decisions, and Democratic Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos said Rhode Island must do all it can to protect access to reproductive health care as “other states attack the fundamental right to choose.”
Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills said she will “stand in the way of any effort to undermine, rollback, or outright eliminate the right to safe and legal abortion in Maine.”
Their offices confirmed Wednesday that they are preemptive, protective moves, and that neither state has received a request to investigate, prosecute or extradite a provider or patient.
Their attempts to protect abortion rights come as tighter restrictions and bans are going into effect in conservative states after last month’s Dobbs v. Jackson ruling in the U.S. Supreme Court, which overturned the nearly half-century-old holding from Roe v. Wade that found that the right to abortion was protected by the U.S. Constitution. The issue reverts to the states, many of which have taken steps to curtail or ban abortions.
The specific fears of Democratic officials are rooted in a Texas law adopted last year to ban abortions after fetal cardiac activity can be detected. The law lets any person other than a government official or employee sue anyone who performs an abortion or “knowingly engages in conduct that aids or abets” obtaining one.
The person filing the claim would be entitled to $10,000 for every abortion the subject was involved with — plus legal costs.
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear challenges to the Texas law so far.
Bernadette Meyler, a professor at Stanford Law School, said it’s not clear whether judgments against out-of-state abortion providers would hold up in courts, especially if they are not advertising their services in states with bans.
But she also said it’s not clear that the liberal states are on firm legal ground to protect their residents from any out-of-state litigation.
“Probably, they assume that some of the laws that they’re passing won’t be upheld or may not be upheld, and they’re trying to come up with as much as possible in order to resist the effects of the Dobbs decision,” Meyler said.
The resistance to cooperating with abortion-related investigations could hold up, though, she said. Places that declared themselves “sanctuary cities” and refused to cooperate with federal immigration investigations during former President Donald Trump’s presidency were able to carry out similar policies.
Connecticut was the first state to pass a law to protect abortion providers, patients and others from legal action taken by other states. Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont signed it in May, before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
“In accordance with Connecticut law, we will resist any attempt by another state to criminalize or intrude on a woman’s private and lawful healthcare decisions,” Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said in a statement last week.
The Democratic governors of Minnesota, New Mexico, Nevada, California and Washington and the moderate Republican governor in liberal Massachusetts all signed executive orders within days of the ruling to prohibit cooperation with other states that might interfere with abortion access.
“Residents seeking access will be protected, providers will be protected, and abortion is and will continue to be legal, safe and accessible, period,” said New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who has described the order as a preventative measure.
One of the largest abortion providers in Texas announced Wednesday that it’s planning to move its operations to bordering New Mexico. Whole Woman’s Health announced Wednesday that it is looking to establish a new clinic in a New Mexico city near the state line to provide first- and second-trimester abortions.
The Democratic-controlled Massachusetts House of Representatives approved a bill that aims to protect abortion providers and people seeking abortions from actions taken by other states. Delaware’s Democratic governor signed legislation expanding abortion access, with various legal protections for abortion providers and patients, including out-of-state residents receiving abortions in Delaware.
New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed two bills Friday that moved swiftly in the Democratic-led Legislature following the ruling. The new laws aim to protect the right of those from outside the state to get abortion services within its borders and bar extradition of people involved in reproductive health care services should they face charges in another state.
Murphy said he was “overwhelmingly angry” that he had to sign the bills, but equally as proud to do so.
“These laws will make New Jersey a beacon of freedom for every American woman,” he said during a signing ceremony in Jersey City, not far from the Statue of Liberty.
In Washington state, the governor prohibited the state patrol from cooperating with out-of-state abortion investigations or prosecutions, but he noted that he didn’t have jurisdiction over local law enforcement agencies. The executive in the county surrounding Seattle said Tuesday that its sheriff’s office and other executive branch departments will not cooperate with out-of-state prosecutions of abortion providers or patients.
Some progressive prosecutors around the U.S. have already declared that they won’t enforce some of the most restrictive, punitive anti-abortion laws.
In New Orleans, city council members have introduced a resolution calling on local police and prosecutors to make investigations and prosecutions of abortions “the lowest priority for enforcement.” City Council members in Austin, Texas, another liberal city in a conservative state, have called for a similar policy.
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Hannah Schoenbaum is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Mulvihill reported from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and Schoenbaum reported from Raleigh, North Carolina. Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Gary Robertson in Raleigh, North Carolina; Morgan Lee in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Patrick Whittle in Portland, Maine.
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TSA on track to find record-setting number of guns
(CNN) - Airport security screeners are finding an average of 17 guns a day.
Officials with the Transportation Security Administration say if that pace continues, they will find more firearms this year than any other year.
The TSA reports it caught more than 3,000 guns in the first half of 2022.
The previous full-year record of 5,972 was set last year, and the TSA says more than 80% of the guns found were loaded.
According to the TSA, people can bring firearms in checked bags, but they must be in a locked, hard-sided case, unloaded and declared at the airline check-in counter.
Guns also have to be in a different case than ammo.
If a gun is discovered at a TSA checkpoint, it can result in a fine of up to $10,000.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — COVID-19 variants keep getting sneakier at slipping past vaccines and natural immunity – meet the latest, evasive forms of the virus: two omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5, which now make up a majority of COVID-19 cases around the U.S.
Even if you were infected by omicron during last winter’s surge, you can still be re-infected by BA.4 or BA.5 this summer, said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, a UC San Francisco infectious disease expert.
“The superpower of BA.4 and BA.5 is, if you had omicron in January, you’re still going to be susceptible to getting BA.4 and BA.5. It’s the escape artist of COVID, the Houdini, because the spike protein looks so different, even (compared) to BA.1. The front guards, the antibodies, are not recognizing it,” Chin-Hong explained.
Chin-Hong stressed that even though vaccines are not 100% effective at preventing infections, they are very effective for fighting off the virus to prevent it from causing serious illnesses in most people.
“Even though (currently available vaccines) are not necessarily great right now at preventing the enemy at the front gate, when the enemy gets inside, it’s going to kick it out and you’re not going to go to the hospital,” Chin-Hong said.
Dr. Bob Wachter, chair of UCSF’s Department of Medicine, said BA.5 is destined to be the dominant strain.
That’s bad news, especially considering how immune-evasive the strain’s genetic mutations are.
“BA.5 is a different beast, with a new superpower: enough alteration in the spike protein that immunity from either prior vax or prior Omicron infection doesn’t offer much protection,” Wachter wrote on Twitter.
Eric Topol, a professor of molecular medicine, said BA.5 is the “worst version of the virus that we’ve seen.”
Topol explained on Twitter, “It takes immune escape, already extensive, to the next level, and, as a function of that, enhanced transmissibility, well beyond Omicron (BA.1) and other Omicron family variants that we’ve seen (including BA.1.1, BA.2, BA.2.12.1, and BA.4).”
The BA.5 subvariant first popped up as a dominant strain in South Africa, and now has been detected throughout the world.
Pandemic fatigue has lowered people’s willingness to wear masks and practice social distancing this summer.
“Mandates are gone – likely forever in most of the U.S. And most people have ditched their masks and are unlikely to put them back on, no matter how large the surge. So it’s up to each of us to determine our own risk tolerance, and then own behavior,” Wachter wrote.
Chin-Hong, Wachter, and Topol all agree that boosters are the best lines of defense to prevent a surge in COVID-related hospitalizations. A new booster aimed at omicron will be available this fall.
Wachter wrote, “Vax/boost remains hugely valuable in preventing a severe case that might lead to hospital/death. But its value in preventing a case of Covid, or preventing transmission, is now far less than it once was.”
According to Topol, “The big question now is whether an Omicron booster, directed to BA.1, will help when that variant is no longer with us, and we will be close to 100% BA.5 within a matter of weeks. And no doubt there will be further troublesome variants that lie ahead, be they more in the Omicron family or in a whole new lineage.” | https://www.wane.com/community/health/coronavirus/ba-5-variant-is-the-houdini-of-covid-doctor-says/ | 2022-07-06T21:20:25Z | https://www.wane.com/community/health/coronavirus/ba-5-variant-is-the-houdini-of-covid-doctor-says/ | true |
GREENWICH, Conn., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Starwood Property Trust (NYSE: STWD) today announced that the Company will release its second quarter financial results on Thursday, August 4, 2022 before the opening of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. A conference call will be held on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
During the conference call, the Company's officers will review second quarter performance, discuss recent events and conduct a question-and-answer period.
Webcast
The conference call will also be available in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.starwoodpropertytrust.com. To listen to a live broadcast, go to the site at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time in order to register, download and install any necessary audio software. A replay of the call will also be available for 90 days on the Company's website.
To Participate in the Telephone Conference Call:
Dial in at least five minutes prior to start time.
Domestic: 1-877-407-9039
International: 1-201-689-8470
Conference Call Playback:
Domestic: 1-844-512-2921
International: 1-412-317-6671
Passcode: 13730650
The playback can be accessed through August 11, 2022.
Full Text of the Earnings Release
- Internet -- The full text of the earnings release will be available on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at the Company's web site, www.starwoodpropertytrust.com.
- Mail -- For those without Internet access, the second quarter earnings release will be available by mail or fax, on request. To receive a copy, please call the Company's Investor Relations line at 203-422-7788.
About Starwood Property Trust, Inc.
Starwood Property Trust (NYSE: STWD) is a leading diversified finance company with a core focus on the real estate and infrastructure sectors. An affiliate of global private investment firm, Starwood Capital Group, the Company has successfully deployed over $87 billion of capital since inception and manages a portfolio of over $25 billion across debt and equity investments. Starwood Property Trust's investment objective is to generate attractive and stable returns for shareholders, primarily through dividends, by leveraging a premiere global organization to identify and execute on the best risk-adjusted returning investments across its target assets. Additional information can be found at www.starwoodpropertytrust.com.
Contact:
Zachary Tanenbaum
Starwood Property Trust
Phone: 203-422-7788
Email: ztanenbaum@starwood.com
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Three men have pleaded guilty to defrauding 14 Rhode Island seniors out of more than $350,000 by pretending to be their grandchildren.
U.S. Attorney Zachary Cunha said Tuesday that the victims ranged in age from 79 to 94 and were all contacted by phone by someone claiming to be family members or attorneys.
The callers typically claimed a grandchild needed money for bail after being arrested during a motor vehicle accident. The victim was then instructed to hand off the cash to a courier sent to their home.
Bryan Valdez-Espinosa and Diego Alarcon, both 22 and from Union City, New Jersey, and Jason Hatcher, 40, of New York, admitted to participating in the scheme last June during a hearing in Providence federal court.
Prosecutors say the men defrauded the victims out of between $9,500 and $85,000 and were caught only after a family member intervened in one of the scams, leading to the arrests.
Hatcher pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft; Alarcon and Valdez-Espinosa pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
“Few things are more frightening than thinking a family member is in trouble,” Cunha said in a statement. “These defendants exploited that fear to steal from loving grandparents and line their own pockets."
The three will be sentenced in October. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/3-plead-guilty-to-financial-scam-targeted-at-17288417.php | 2022-07-06T21:21:48Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/3-plead-guilty-to-financial-scam-targeted-at-17288417.php | false |
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The finale of Peabody's 101st July 4 celebration filled the sky with colorful explosions Monday night.
Wildflowers sprout next to a street in Aulne.
Already in a patriotic hat, a young girl prepares to add sunglasses to her ensemble even as the sun is setting.
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Aviat's acquisition delivers complete offering for Private Network Operators and new 5G R&D Center of Excellence in Canada
AUSTIN, Texas and TORONTO, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aviat Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVNW) ("Aviat"), the leading expert in wireless transport solutions, announced the completion of the acquisition of Redline Communications Group Inc. ("Redline"), a leading provider in mission-critical data infrastructure, on July 5, 2022. The acquisition enables Aviat to offer its customers an integrated end-to-end offering for wireless access and transport and expands Aviat's research and development ("R&D") team with a new center of excellence for 5G development in Canada.
With the acquisition, Aviat is not only expanding its market leadership in mission-critical and industrial private networks but is also expanding its presence in Canada. Aviat is committed to maintaining the current engineering jobs in Canada as well as the corresponding R&D spend in the country. The former Redline, and now Aviat employees, will continue to develop mission-critical, 5G and industrial private networks products.
"We are excited to have the talented engineers from Redline join our R&D team," said Peter Smith, CEO of Aviat Networks. "This expansion of our talent will allow us to deliver highly differentiated, 5G-based wireless access solutions for the industrial private networks segment."
Additional information on the acquisition of Redline can be found on Aviat's investor relations website at https://investors.aviatnetworks.com.
About Aviat Networks
Aviat Networks, Inc. is the leading expert in wireless transport solutions and works to provide dependable products, services and support to its customers. With more than one million systems sold into 170 countries worldwide, communications service providers and private network operators including state/local government, utility, federal government and defense organizations trust Aviat with their critical applications. Coupled with a long history of microwave innovations, Aviat provides a comprehensive suite of localized professional and support services enabling customers to drastically simplify both their networks and their lives. For more than 70 years, the experts at Aviat have delivered high performance products, simplified operations, and the best overall customer experience. Aviat Networks is headquartered in Austin, Texas. For more information, visit www.aviatnetworks.com or connect with Aviat Networks on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
Media Contact: Stuart Little, Aviat Networks, stuart.little@aviatnet.com
Investor Relations Contact: Andrew Fredrickson, Aviat Networks, andrew.fredrickson@aviatnet.com
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ORLANDO, FLA. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Summertime is fun time, but it can also be a dangerous time when it comes to your health. High temps, humidity, fierce storms, even our roadways make this time of year especially deadly.
From the pool to the picnics. The next few months are packed with parties. But there are some dangers you need to be aware of.
First, be sure to stay cool. Men in their 60’s face a higher risk of dying from heart attacks or strokes on muggy summer evenings than any other time of the year. Researchers found that just a two degree rise in the average night-time temp in June and July was linked to a five percent spike in deaths.
More people die on the roads in august than any other month. According to the national highway traffic safety administration, car accidents are more likely to happen on Fridays.
There are also more weather-related deaths this time of year. Lightening can strike up to 15 miles from the storm, so when you hear this, do this!
While you’re there, crank up the air conditioner. On average, more people die from heat than any other weather condition in the US. Last year 13-hundred people lost their lives due to it. The first signs of heat stroke are increased sweating and muscle cramps.
So, play it cool this summer, enjoy the season, and stay safe.
The heat and humidity of the summer can result in poor air quality both outdoors and indoors. The world health organization reports air pollution is responsible for 7 million deaths each year, contributing to lung cancers, respiratory disease, Parkinson’s and even Alzheimer’s.
Sources:
https://ourworldindata.org/data-review-air-pollution-deaths
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5122104/
Contributors to this news report include: Marsha Lewis, Producer; Roque Correa, Videographer and Editor.
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CHICAGO, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), a leading provider of global market infrastructure and tradable products, today reported June monthly trading volume statistics across its global business lines and provided guidance for selected revenue per contract/net revenue capture metrics for the second quarter of 2022.
The data sheet "Cboe Global Markets Monthly Volume & RPC/Net Revenue Capture Report" contains an overview of certain June trading statistics and market share by business segment, volume in select index products, and RPC/net capture, which is reported on a one-month lag, across business lines.
June and Second-Quarter 2022 Trading Volume Highlights
U.S. Options
- S&P 500 Index (SPX) options set a new monthly ADV record of 2.3 million contracts, surpassing the previous record of 2.2 million in May 2022. Total volume for the month reached nearly 48 million contracts.
- SPX Weeklys Tuesday- and Thursday-expiring options continued their strong debut, with approximately 5.1 million Tuesdays options and 4.4 million Thursdays options traded in June.
- Cboe opened its new trading floor in Chicago on June 6.
European Equities and Derivatives
- Cboe Europe Equities had an overall market share of 23.5 percent in June, the highest month since August 2018.
- Cboe BIDS Europe, Cboe's European block trading platform, had a 33 percent share of the LIS (large-in-scale) market, making it the largest platform of its type (Source: big xyt).
- Cboe Europe Derivatives (CEDX) traded 1,872 contracts during June, up from 1,475 during May.
Second-Quarter 2022 RPC/Net Revenue Capture Guidance
The projected RPC/net capture metrics for the second quarter of 2022 are estimated, preliminary and may change. There can be no assurance that our final RPC for the three months ended June 30, 2022, will not differ materially from these projections.
The above represents average revenue per contract (RPC) or net capture based on a three-month rolling average. For Options and Futures, the average RPC represents total net transaction fees recognized for the period divided by total contracts traded during the period for options exchanges: BZX Options, Cboe Options, C2 Options and EDGX Options; futures include contracts traded on Cboe Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE). For U.S. Equities – On-Exchange, "net capture per 100 touched shares" refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments and routing and clearing costs divided by the product of one-hundredth ADV of touched shares on BZX, BYX, EDGX and EDGA and the number of trading days for the period. For U.S. Equities – Off-Exchange, "net capture per 100 touched shares" refers to transaction fees less OMS/EMS costs and clearing costs divided by the product of one-hundredth ADV of touched shares on BIDS Trading and the number of trading days for the period. For Canadian Equities, "net capture per 10,000 touched shares" refers to transaction fees divided by the product of one-ten thousandth ADV of shares for MATCHNow and the number of trading days for the period (does not include NEO). For European Equities, "net capture per matched notional value" refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments in British pounds divided by the product of ADNV in British pounds of shares matched on Cboe Europe Equities and the number of trading days. For EuroCCP, "Fee per Trade Cleared" refers to clearing fees divided by number of non-interoperable trades cleared and "Net Fee per Settlement" refers to settlement fees less direct costs incurred to settle divided by the number of settlements executed after netting. For Australian Equities, "net capture per matched notional value" refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments in Australian Dollars divided by the product of ADNV in Australian Dollars of shares matched on Chi-X Australia and the number of trading days. For Japanese Equities, "net capture per matched notional value" refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments in Japanese Yen divided by the product of ADNV in Japanese Yen of shares matched on Chi-X Japan and the number of trading days. For Global FX, "net capture per one million dollars traded" refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments, if any, divided by the Spot and SEF products of one-thousandth of ADNV traded on the Cboe FX markets and the number of trading days, divided by two, which represents the buyer and seller that are both charged on the transaction. Average transaction fees per contract can be affected by various factors, including exchange fee rates, volume-based discounts and transaction mix by contract type and product type.
About Cboe Global Markets, Inc.
Cboe Global Markets (Cboe: CBOE), a leading provider of market infrastructure and tradable products, delivers cutting-edge trading, clearing and investment solutions to market participants around the world. The company is committed to operating a trusted, inclusive global marketplace, providing leading products, technology and data solutions that enable participants to define a sustainable financial future. Cboe provides trading solutions and products in multiple asset classes, including equities, derivatives, FX and digital assets, across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. To learn more, visit www.cboe.com.
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On a recent late afternoon, on the thirteenth floor of a high-rise apartment building near downtown Bogotá, the three members of Itinerante are rehearsing a classic piece of Colombian Andean music from the early 1900s, called "Juguete."
At the center of this music, and this band, are three types of stringed instruments, two of them native to Colombia. There's the tiple, a twelve- and steel-stringed guitar-like instrument, played by 33-year-old Diego Bahamón a twelve- and steel-string guitar-like instrument, the bandola, a twelve-string mandolin-like instrument played by 24-year-old Mateo Patiño, and the six-string Spanish guitar of 38-year-old Sebastián Martínez.
By elegantly folding in influences like Led Zeppelin and Queen, the three have quickly moved towards the center stage of the Andean scene. They are, according to Paulo Sánchez, director of the Bogotá venue Teatro ColSubsidio, "bringing back the trio format to a superlative level."
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MILPITAS, Calif., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KLA Corporation ("KLA") (NASDAQ: KLAC) today announced the Reference Yield and Total Consideration (each as summarized in the table below) to be paid in connection with the previously announced cash tender offer (the "Tender Offer") for up to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount (the "Maximum Amount") of its 4.650% Senior Notes due 2024 ("Notes").
The Maximum Amount represents the aggregate principal amount of Notes subject to the Tender Offer and excludes any Accrued Interest or Early Tender Payment (each as defined below). The Tender Offer is being made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated June 21, 2022 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Offer to Purchase"), which sets forth a detailed description of the Tender Offer. The Tender Offer is open to all registered holders (individually, a "Holder" and collectively, the "Holders") of Notes.
The Reference Yield for the Notes and the Total Consideration for the Notes are summarized in the table below:
The Total Consideration for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes was determined in the manner described in the Offer to Purchase by reference to the fixed spread set forth in the table above plus the yield to maturity of the U.S. Treasury reference security (the "UST Reference Security") set forth in the table above on the bid-side price of such UST Reference Security as of 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on July 6, 2022.
Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 5, 2022 (the "Early Tender Date") will be eligible to receive the Total Consideration, which includes the Early Tender Payment of $30 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes.
KLA expects to accept for purchase and make payment for Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Early Tender Date on July 7, 2022 (the "Early Settlement Date").
Holders of all Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Early Tender Date and accepted for purchase are eligible to receive the Total Consideration, which includes the Early Tender Payment of $30 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes tendered at or prior to the Early Tender Date (the "Early Tender Payment"). In addition to the Total Consideration, Holders of Notes accepted for purchase will receive accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the Early Settlement Date ("Accrued Interest").
Because the aggregate principal amount of Notes validly tendered would exceed the Maximum Amount, KLA expects that it will accept validly tendered Notes on a prorated basis in accordance with the Offer to Purchase.
Because KLA expects to accept for purchase the Maximum Amount of Notes, no additional Notes will be purchased pursuant to the Tender Offer after the Early Settlement Date. As described in the Offer to Purchase, all Notes tendered and not accepted for purchase will be promptly returned to the tendering Holder's account.
KLA expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, subject to applicable law, to terminate the Tender Offer at any time prior to the Expiration Date (as defined in the Offer to Purchase). The Tender Offer is not conditioned on any minimum principal amount of Notes being tendered but the Tender Offer is subject to certain conditions as described in the Offer to Purchase.
KLA has retained BofA Securities and Citigroup to act as the dealer managers (the "Dealer Managers") for the Tender Offer. D.F. King & Co., Inc. has been retained to act as the Tender and Information Agent for the Tender Offer. Requests for assistance relating to the procedures for tendering Notes may be directed to the Tender and Information Agent either by email at kla@dfking.com, or by phone (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers only) or (800) 290-6424 (for all others toll free). Requests for assistance relating to the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer may be directed to BofA Securities at (980) 387-3907 (collect) or (888) 292-0070 (toll-free) or via email at debt_advisory@bofa.com or to Citigroup at (212) 723-6106 (collect) or (800) 558-3745 (toll-free) or via email at ny.liabilitymanagement@citi.com. Beneficial owners may also contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or purchase, or a solicitation of an offer to sell or purchase, or the solicitation of tenders with respect to, Notes. No offer, solicitation, purchase or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful. The Tender Offer is being made solely pursuant to the Offer to Purchase made available to Holders of Notes. None of KLA, the Dealer Managers, the Tender and Information Agent or the trustee with respect to Notes, or any of their respective affiliates, is making any recommendation as to whether or not Holders should tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of their Notes in response to the Tender Offer. Holders are urged to evaluate carefully all information in the Offer to Purchase, consult their own investment and tax advisers and make their own decisions whether to tender their Notes in the Tender Offer, and, if so, the principal amount of Notes to tender.
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When the young woman was found sprawled on the side of a service road off of Oklahoma City's I-35 in April 1990, the groceries she'd been carrying scattered around her, police figured they were looking at a hit-and-run.
She wasn't carrying any ID and, as she was wheeled into Presbyterian Hospital, she was crying out, "Daddy! Daddy!"
Examining her cuts and bruises, some fresh and others clearly inflicted at another time, doctors concluded she'd been hit from behind and the impact lifted her up and over the roof of the car. Headphones also found at the scene suggested she wouldn't have heard the vehicle approaching. She had no broken bones, but she slipped into a coma with bruising on her brain.
Later that morning, Clarence Marcus Hughes, 41, arrived at the hospital. The injured woman was his wife, 23-year-old Tonya Hughes, he said. They were staying at the nearby Motel 6 with their 2-year-old son, Michael, having made the trip from their home in Tulsa.
Tonya was a stripper, he explained, so he was used to her being out at odd hours and hadn't been worried. After looking in on his wife in her hospital bed, Clarence taped up a sign outside her room reading, "No visitors."
Tonya, who was actually only 20, died a few days later. Soon enough, investigators learned they had way more than a hit-and-run on their hands—and that the man who called himself Clarence Hughes was a monster.
"The FBI has been chipping away at this one," Special Agent Scott Lobb told The FBI Story in 2015, two years after he joined what was by then a confounding, decades-old investigation. "There were a lot of peculiar twists to this case."
Netflix's new documentary Girl in the Picture delves into the more-haunting-than-fiction chain of events, which started long before—but sadly did not stop with—Tonya's death. (Director Skye Borgman was also behind the memorably bonkers Netflix doc Abducted in Plain Sight and Hulu's controversial Dead Asleep.)
Who Was Tonya Hughes?
As the film relays, after Tonya died, some of her work friends took it upon themselves to look up her family to pay their respects. A woman who answered the phone said that she was Tonya Hughes' mother—but her Tonya had died 20 years ago, when she was 18 months old.
Karen Parsley, a fellow dancer at a Tulsa strip club called Passions, recalled her pal's "weird," domineering husband. She said in the doc that she suspected Clarence caused the bruises on Tonya's body.
Little did she know in 1990 that Clarence and Tonya Hughes had previously lived in Georgia as house painter Warren Marshall and his teenage daughter Sharon—an honors student who rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in ROTC and wanted to work for NASA. She even earned a scholarship to Georgia Tech.
According to journalist Matt Birkbeck's 2004 book about the case A Beautiful Child (which served as the basis for Girl in the Picture), teachers noticed that, while excelling at her school activities, Sharon always made sure to be home by 4:30 p.m. so that she could cook and clean for her father.
Sharon had told people at school that her mother died in a hit-and-run accident when she was 7, but faculty members remembered Warren—who attended his daughter's ROTC ceremonies and seemed nice enough—saying his wife had died of cancer. No one pressed either of the Marshalls for details, figuring it was the family's own business.
But Sharon never made it to higher education. Instead, a high school friend remembered in Girl in the Picture how Sharon called her up and told her she was pregnant, saying, "'Daddy won't let me go to college now.'"
Her son, Michael, was born March 21, 1988, when Sharon was 18.
Sharon and Warren lived for awhile in Tampa, where he put her to work at the Mons Venus strip club, before they arrived in Tulsa in 1989 as married couple Tonya and Clarence Hughes.
Who Is Franklin Delano Floyd?
Tonya's friends told police that Clarence was abusive and she'd been planning to leave him. After she died in April 1990, Clarence left Michael in foster care in Oklahoma and hit the road. "He knew the truth would come out," Special Agent Lobb said, "and so he fled."
But soon enough, the self-proclaimed widower tried to collect Tonya's life insurance policy, and the Social Security number he used belonged to wanted fugitive and ex-convict Franklin Delano Floyd—Clarence's actual identity. He was arrested in June 1990 and locked up for violating his parole.
Back in 1963, Franklin had been convicted of kidnapping of kidnapping and molesting a 4-year-old girl (which he denied) and sentenced to at least 10 years in Georgia State Prison. Toward the end of the year he was sent to what was then known as Milledgeville State Hospital for psychiatric testing. While being transported to another location for medical purposes, he escaped—then managed to rob $6,000 from a bank in Macon, Ga., before he was captured.
Though he was also convicted of robbery and tried to escape once again, Franklin was released to a halfway house in November 1972.
A week after his release from the halfway house in January 1973, he was arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman at a gas station. Per Birkbeck's A Beautiful Child, he got a friend he'd met in prison to post his bond and he fled before his court appearance that June.
He testified decades later in a Florida court that he was routinely abused as a child from the age of 5, when he went to live in an orphanage, and was sexually assaulted while incarcerated in federal and state prisons. Asked on the stand how many felony convictions he had, he answered 19, but he couldn't remember all of them.
Introducing himself as Brandon Williams, Franklin met Sandi Chipman at a North Carolina truck stop in 1974. He married the twice-divorced single mother of four a month later and they moved to Dallas.
In 1975, after spending 30 days in jail for passing bad checks, Sandi returned home to find the husband she knew as Brandon and her kids gone. Per Birkbeck's book, she found two of her daughters, Allison and Amy Brandenburg, in the care of social services. Her eldest daughter, 7-year-old Suzanne Sevakis, remained missing. (The fate of her infant son Philip was unknown for a long time, but it turned out he was quickly adopted.)
Eight years later, Warren Marshall enrolled his 15-year-old daughter, Sharon, at Forest Park High School in Georgia. She had all A's and B's on her transcripts from her three previous high schools.
What Happened to Michael Hughes?
While Franklin was in prison, a 1992 blood test confirmed that Tonya's son, Michael, was not Franklin's (aka Clarence Hughes') biological child.
But when he was released from prison in 1993, as Birkbeck detailed in his book, Franklin appealed a lower court's custody ruling and won visitation, the Oklahoma Supreme Court judging that Franklin's rights had been violated when he'd been prevented from contesting the paternity test results. He had also $80,000 from Tonya's life insurance policies.
The legal wrangling prevented Michael's foster parents, Merle and Ernest Bean—who fought Franklin's efforts to win back custody every step of the way—from finalizing his adoption. But by the time Michael was 6, the once palpably traumatized child was said to be an increasingly well-adjusted first-grader.
In July 1994, according to court documents, Franklin was arrested for attacking a woman whose apartment he'd broken into, and he was sent back to the halfway house to await his court date, his efforts to regain custody seriously jeopardized. (He was later convicted of burglary with intent to commit assault and assault with a dangerous weapon.)
Then on Sept. 12, 1994, he kidnapped Michael from his elementary school at gunpoint, leaving the scene in a truck that belong to school principal James Davis, who was found handcuffed to a tree in some nearby woods.
FBI Special Agent Joe Fitzpatrick—who along with the Beans recounted the experience in Girl in the Picture—was called in to lead the kidnapping investigation. He scoured all the records on Franklin he could get his hands on, learning that the fugitive was a suspect in the 1990 death of Tonya Hughes.
And once pictures of Tonya and Franklin started showing up on TV newscasts, people who'd gone to high school with her recognized the pretty blonde as Sharon Marshall. Stranger yet, the man in the photo was the guy they'd known as Sharon's father, Warren.
Authorities realized that Michael's mother was also likely a kidnapping victim herself.
In November 1994, authorities arrested Franklin in Kentucky (he was again going by Warren Marshall) and he was ultimately sentenced to 52 years in prison on federal kidnapping charges. Michael, however, was nowhere to be found.
"You're acting like I walked up to a McDonald's and took a strange boy and walked off with him," Floyd said on a 1996 episode of Unsolved Mysteries about the twisted case. "And that's where you're wrong." He claimed Michael was alive and safe, but refused to divulge the child's whereabouts.
Where Is Franklin Delano Floyd Now?
During their stay in Tampa, Sharon Marshall had worked with another girl named Cheryl Ann Commesso, who was 18 when she disappeared in April 1989. Her car was found abandoned in a parking lot at the St. Petersburg-Clearwater Airport.
Cheryl's skeletal remains were found in March 1995 near Interstate 275 in Florida's Pinellas County. She had been shot twice in the head.
Two days after the bones were discovered, according to Florida court documents, a mechanic working on a 1994 Ford-150 pickup truck in Kansas found a packet of photographs that had been taped to the top of the gas tank underneath the vehicle. The images included sexually explicit shots of a young girl, which turned out to be Tonya as a kid, and others showing a woman who was tied up and appeared to have been beaten.
Kansas police sent copies of the 97 images to the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation and that July they were shared with the FBI. During the course of the Michael Hughes kidnapping investigation in OKC, according to court documents, Fitzpatrick sent copies to the Bureau office in Tampa after noticing the woman had tan lines, indicating she lived somewhere warm.
St. Petersburg Police eventually received the images in early 1998 and identified Cheryl.
The pickup truck where the photos were found turned out to be by-then retired principal Davis' stolen vehicle, which had been found in October 1994 abandoned in the parking lot of the Wonder Bread Co. in Dallas.
Franklin was subsequently convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in 2002. The 79-year-old is currently awaiting execution at Florida's Union Correctional Institution.
The Truth About Tonya and Michael Hughes
Tonya's real identity wasn't known for sure until decades after her death. In 2013, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in collaboration with the FBI began a cold case review of the Michael Hughes kidnapping. Special Agents Scott Lobb and Nate Furr interviewed Franklin over the course of many hours in prison in 2014.
During these conversations, according to Lobb, Floyd admitted to taking off with Suzanne Sevakis, his wife Sandi's eldest daughter, in 1974. They moved around frequently, living outwardly as father and child for years before she had Michael. They got married around that time and he put her to work stripping.
Court records and DNA testing confirmed his story.
"We were able to find her birth parents and give them some closure about their daughter," Lobb said in 2015.
Franklin also told the agents he fatally shot Michael on the same day he kidnapped him and buried him near the last Interstate exit on his way out of Oklahoma. The child's remains have never been found.
"Floyd felt the pressure and he just ran out of patience," Lobb told The FBI Story. "He turned and looked at me and said, 'I shot him twice in the back of the head to make it real quick.'"
The prisoner did not, however, shed any light on the circumstances of the 1990 hit-and-run death of the young woman who was actually kidnapping victim Suzanne Sevakis, Lobb said, noting, "That's the one thing he won't talk about."
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GERMANTOWN, Tenn., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MAA (NYSE: MAA) announced today that the Company expects to release its second quarter 2022 results on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 after market close and will hold a conference call on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. Central Time. During the conference call, company officers will review second quarter performance and conduct a question-and-answer period.
The conference call-in number is (877) 830-2598 (Domestic) or +1 (785) 424-1877 (International). The Conference ID is MAA. A replay of the conference call will be available from July 28, 2022 through August 11, 2022 by dialing (800) 688-7945 (Domestic) or +1 (402) 220-1370 (International).
A live webcast of the conference call will be available on the "For Investors" page of the Company's website at www.maac.com and an audio archive of the call will be posted on the Company's website following the call's conclusion.
MAA, an S&P 500 company, is a self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on delivering strong, full-cycle investment performance for shareholders through the ownership, management, acquisition, development and redevelopment of apartment communities primarily in the Southeast, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. For further details, please refer to www.maac.com.
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PANAMA CITY, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA) announces the following events:
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CHICAGO, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), a leading provider of global market infrastructure and tradable products, today reported June monthly trading volume statistics across its global business lines and provided guidance for selected revenue per contract/net revenue capture metrics for the second quarter of 2022.
The data sheet "Cboe Global Markets Monthly Volume & RPC/Net Revenue Capture Report" contains an overview of certain June trading statistics and market share by business segment, volume in select index products, and RPC/net capture, which is reported on a one-month lag, across business lines.
June and Second-Quarter 2022 Trading Volume Highlights
U.S. Options
- S&P 500 Index (SPX) options set a new monthly ADV record of 2.3 million contracts, surpassing the previous record of 2.2 million in May 2022. Total volume for the month reached nearly 48 million contracts.
- SPX Weeklys Tuesday- and Thursday-expiring options continued their strong debut, with approximately 5.1 million Tuesdays options and 4.4 million Thursdays options traded in June.
- Cboe opened its new trading floor in Chicago on June 6.
European Equities and Derivatives
- Cboe Europe Equities had an overall market share of 23.5 percent in June, the highest month since August 2018.
- Cboe BIDS Europe, Cboe's European block trading platform, had a 33 percent share of the LIS (large-in-scale) market, making it the largest platform of its type (Source: big xyt).
- Cboe Europe Derivatives (CEDX) traded 1,872 contracts during June, up from 1,475 during May.
Second-Quarter 2022 RPC/Net Revenue Capture Guidance
The projected RPC/net capture metrics for the second quarter of 2022 are estimated, preliminary and may change. There can be no assurance that our final RPC for the three months ended June 30, 2022, will not differ materially from these projections.
The above represents average revenue per contract (RPC) or net capture based on a three-month rolling average. For Options and Futures, the average RPC represents total net transaction fees recognized for the period divided by total contracts traded during the period for options exchanges: BZX Options, Cboe Options, C2 Options and EDGX Options; futures include contracts traded on Cboe Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE). For U.S. Equities – On-Exchange, "net capture per 100 touched shares" refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments and routing and clearing costs divided by the product of one-hundredth ADV of touched shares on BZX, BYX, EDGX and EDGA and the number of trading days for the period. For U.S. Equities – Off-Exchange, "net capture per 100 touched shares" refers to transaction fees less OMS/EMS costs and clearing costs divided by the product of one-hundredth ADV of touched shares on BIDS Trading and the number of trading days for the period. For Canadian Equities, "net capture per 10,000 touched shares" refers to transaction fees divided by the product of one-ten thousandth ADV of shares for MATCHNow and the number of trading days for the period (does not include NEO). For European Equities, "net capture per matched notional value" refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments in British pounds divided by the product of ADNV in British pounds of shares matched on Cboe Europe Equities and the number of trading days. For EuroCCP, "Fee per Trade Cleared" refers to clearing fees divided by number of non-interoperable trades cleared and "Net Fee per Settlement" refers to settlement fees less direct costs incurred to settle divided by the number of settlements executed after netting. For Australian Equities, "net capture per matched notional value" refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments in Australian Dollars divided by the product of ADNV in Australian Dollars of shares matched on Chi-X Australia and the number of trading days. For Japanese Equities, "net capture per matched notional value" refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments in Japanese Yen divided by the product of ADNV in Japanese Yen of shares matched on Chi-X Japan and the number of trading days. For Global FX, "net capture per one million dollars traded" refers to transaction fees less liquidity payments, if any, divided by the Spot and SEF products of one-thousandth of ADNV traded on the Cboe FX markets and the number of trading days, divided by two, which represents the buyer and seller that are both charged on the transaction. Average transaction fees per contract can be affected by various factors, including exchange fee rates, volume-based discounts and transaction mix by contract type and product type.
About Cboe Global Markets, Inc.
Cboe Global Markets (Cboe: CBOE), a leading provider of market infrastructure and tradable products, delivers cutting-edge trading, clearing and investment solutions to market participants around the world. The company is committed to operating a trusted, inclusive global marketplace, providing leading products, technology and data solutions that enable participants to define a sustainable financial future. Cboe provides trading solutions and products in multiple asset classes, including equities, derivatives, FX and digital assets, across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. To learn more, visit www.cboe.com.
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We do not undertake, and we expressly disclaim, any duty to update any forward-looking statement whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.
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(Green Car Reports) – While bidirectional charging remains at the hypothetical or developmental stages for some automakers, it’s almost here for Ford and its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck. A new partnership between Ford and California utility PG&E is aiming to take that functionality to the next stage: the electrical grid.
Ford plans the first installations of its Intelligent Backup Power hardware for the F-150 Lightning this spring. The feature will turn some of the electric trucks into intelligent backup power banks capable of powering the home for up to 10 days.
That will make the Ford electric truck the first EV in the U.S. market capable of such a task, with officially OEM-supported equipment.
Through what the companies call “an early adopter opportunity” in “a small number of customers’ homes” PG&E will explore how that system interconnects with the grid, and how the functionality enabled with bidirectional charging might support resiliency during grid outages.
The two companies have yet to release details on additional hardware for this study. As it is, the Lightning’s configuration requires an 80-amp Charge Station Pro smart-charger, and it will use a dark-start battery and transfer switch, with a power inverter, for getting power flowing into the home at up to 9.6 kw in the event of a loss of grid power. PG&E also hopes “to learn more about the overall customer experience,” which will inform future collaborations, likely on a larger scale.
Ford’s preferred installer for the hardware is Sunrun, which can potentially install and configure solar at the same time, so it’s likely the actual home configurations will vary greatly among Lightning customers who use the functionality.
Ford may be in the lead here, but it isn’t the only one studying such a possibility, even with this utility. GM and PG&E announced a project earlier that will allow “a small subset” of customers’ homes to receive power from their EV during a power outage. Although that project aims to deploy the associated hardware by this summer, with a wider pilot program later this year, none of it is currently available to customers in the way the Ford system is.
PG&E operates in a space that includes many American EV early adopters. According to it, one in five EVs in the U.S. are on the road within the company’s service area, spanning Northern and Central California. Supporting hardware for bidirectional charging has been a long time coming in the U.S. and requires the support of utilities, so this project could potentially lead to others around the country once the advantages become apparent.
The utility notes that the electricity that fuels California’s EVs is among the cleanest energy mixes in the country, with 93% of its 2021 mix coming from greenhouse-gas-free sources.
This story originally appeared on Green Car reports. | https://www.kxnet.com/automotive/ford-and-pge-study-how-f-150-lightning-might-support-the-grid-not-just-the-home/ | 2022-07-06T21:30:38Z | https://www.kxnet.com/automotive/ford-and-pge-study-how-f-150-lightning-might-support-the-grid-not-just-the-home/ | true |
Soaring rental prices are putting pressure on childcare facilities. Many private facilities are also renters, which means they are incredibility vulnerable.
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Soaring rental prices are putting pressure on childcare facilities. Many private facilities are also renters, which means they are incredibility vulnerable.
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(NewsNation) — If you’ve found yourself dipping into your savings to deal with inflation, you’re not alone. A Forbes Advisor survey found that two-thirds of Americans say they’re using savings as prices for goods and services continue to spike.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. households started to save. At the end of 2021, Americans stashed away a combined $2.7 trillion, according to Moody’s Analytics.
But as the world reopened, so did wallets.
“I was so inclined to do things now that I had that money saved, and I was like, ‘Cool, great, I have this, so much money,'” California resident Jennifer LaMonaca said. “And now I want to hang out with my friends, I want to go to happy hour, I want to go to brunch. I want to go those places.”
This urge to go out again, combined with soaring inflation caused by strong consumer demand, a hot labor market and outside factors such as the war in Ukraine, have caused people’s rainy day funds to dwindle. The latest data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows people’s personal savings rates were just under 5.5% in May. That’s very close to its lowest rate since the 2008 recession.
“With inflation the highest it’s been in 40 years, everyone has taken a pay cut. At the same time, we’re all trying to race out, take vacations, go out to happy hours,” said Dan Roccato, a finance professor at the University of San Diego. “That money has to come from somewhere.”
Still, Roccato says, there are a few ways people can start making small changes and build their savings back up.
- Go through your budget: “I guarantee you there’s at least one streaming service that you picked up and I picked up over the course of the pandemic that we probably don’t need. Get rid of it.”
- Defer major purchases: “Now’s not the time to sign up for some big-money buys. Let’s wait on those for a few months at least.”
- Focus on whittling down credit card debt: “A lot of us have credit cards the size of Wyoming. Let’s see if we can get those balances down. That’ll free up some space in our budgets.”
- Add a side gig: “Maybe you got some spare time. You can walk some dogs, babysit some kids, whatever the case may be, but add another stream of income.”
Roccato’s main advice, especially for those living paycheck to paycheck, is to tuck away one’s month’s worth of savings. Then, do the same next month.
“Let’s focus on that baby step,” Rocatto said. “Let’s take it one month at a time.” | https://www.kxnet.com/news/americans-savings-dwindle-as-inflation-continues-to-soar/ | 2022-07-06T21:30:56Z | https://www.kxnet.com/news/americans-savings-dwindle-as-inflation-continues-to-soar/ | true |
CEDAR FALLS — The Volunteer Center of the Cedar Valley has announced the following needs of local organizations for volunteers:
MercyOne is looking for medical runners. Volunteers follow a specific route and pick up and deliver specimens as needed.
The Northeast Iowa Food Bank is looking for people to volunteer in its food pantry.
Green Iowa AmeriCorps is seeking volunteers to plant trees this summer.
The University of Northern Iowa Culture and Intensive English Program is looking for families to participate as international friendship volunteers. Spend time with an international student sharing meals, exploring the Cedar Valley Trails, playing games, or any other activities.
Contact the Volunteer Center of Cedar Valley at (319) 883-3015 or information@vccv.org, or go online to vccv.org for a complete listing of volunteer opportunities in the Cedar Valley. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/cedar-valley-groups-seek-volunteers/article_2bb4e424-3699-5258-b527-5dcb57c827c3.html | 2022-07-06T21:32:17Z | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/cedar-valley-groups-seek-volunteers/article_2bb4e424-3699-5258-b527-5dcb57c827c3.html | false |
CALGARY, AB, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Pembina Pipeline Corporation ("Pembina" or the "Company") (TSX: PPL) (NYSE: PBA) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a common share cash dividend for July 2022 of $0.21 per share to be paid, subject to applicable law, on August 15, 2022 to shareholders of record on July 25, 2022. The common share dividends are designated "eligible dividends" for Canadian income tax purposes. For non-resident shareholders, Pembina's common share dividends should be considered "qualified dividends" and may be subject to Canadian withholding tax.
For shareholders receiving their common share dividends in U.S. funds, the July 2022 cash dividend is expected to be approximately U.S. $0.1611 per share (before deduction of any applicable Canadian withholding tax) based on a currency exchange rate of 0.7670. The actual U.S. dollar dividend will depend on the Canadian/U.S. dollar exchange rate on the payment date and will be subject to applicable withholding taxes.
Pembina's Board of Directors also declared quarterly dividends for the Company's preferred shares, Series 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23 and 25. Series 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 21 preferred share dividends are payable on September 1, 2022 to shareholders of record on August 2, 2022. Series 15, 17 and 19 preferred share dividends are payable on October 3, 2022 to shareholders of record on September 15, 2022. Series 23 and 25 preferred share dividends are payable on August 15, 2022 to shareholders of record on August 2, 2022.
Pembina pays cash dividends on its common shares in Canadian dollars on a monthly basis to shareholders of record on the 25th day of each month (except for the December record date, which is December 31st), if, as and when determined by the Board of Directors. Should the record date fall on a weekend or a statutory holiday, the effective record date will be the previous business day. The dividend payment date is the 15th day of the month following the record date. Should the payment date fall on a weekend or on a statutory holiday, the business day prior to the weekend or statutory holiday becomes the payment date.
Dividends on the preferred shares Series 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 21 are payable on the first day of March, June, September and December in each year, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors to shareholders of record on the first day of the preceding month, or, if such payment or record date is not a business day, the next succeeding business day after the weekend or statutory holiday. Dividends on the preferred shares Series 15, 17 and 19 are payable on the last day of March, June, September and December in each year, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors to shareholders of record on the 15th day of the same month, or, if such payment or record date is not a business day, the next succeeding business day after the weekend or statutory holiday. Dividends on the preferred shares Series 23 and 25 are payable on the 15th day of February, May, August and November in each year, if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors to shareholders of record on the last day of the preceding month, or, if such payment or record date is not a business day, the next succeeding business day after the weekend or statutory holiday.
Pembina will release its second quarter 2022 results on Thursday, August 4, 2022 after markets close. A conference call and webcast have been scheduled for Friday, August 5, 2022, at 8:00 a.m. MT (10:00 a.m. ET) for interested investors, analysts, brokers and media representatives.
The conference call dial-in numbers for Canada and the U.S. are 1-647-792-1240 or 1-800-437-2398. A recording of the conference call will be available for replay until August 12, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. ET. To access the replay, please dial either 1-647-436-0148 or 1-888-203-1112 and enter the password 3331229.
A live webcast of the conference call can be accessed on Pembina's website at www.pembina.com under Investor Centre, Presentation & Events, or by entering:
https://produceredition.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1501654&tp_key=8352814379 in your web browser. Shortly after the call, an audio archive will be posted on the website for a minimum of 90 days.
Pembina Pipeline Corporation is a leading energy transportation and midstream service provider that has served North America's energy industry for more than 65 years. Pembina owns an integrated network of hydrocarbon liquids and natural gas pipelines, gas gathering and processing facilities, oil and natural gas liquids infrastructure and logistics services, and a growing export terminals business. Through our integrated value chain, we seek to provide safe and reliable infrastructure solutions which connect producers and consumers of energy across the world, support a more sustainable future and benefit our customers, investors, employees and communities. For more information, please visit pembina.com.
Purpose of Pembina:
To be the leader in delivering integrated infrastructure solutions connecting global markets:
- Customers choose us first for reliable and value-added services;
- Investors receive sustainable industry-leading total returns;
- Employees say we are the 'employer of choice' and value our safe, respectful, collaborative and inclusive work culture; and
- Communities welcome us and recognize the net positive impact of our social and environmental commitment.
Pembina is structured into three Divisions: Pipelines Division, Facilities Division and Marketing & New Ventures Division.
Pembina's common shares trade on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges under PPL and PBA, respectively. For more information, visit www.pembina.com.
This news release contains certain forward-looking information and statements (collectively, "forward-looking statements"), including forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of applicable securities legislation, that are based on Pembina's current expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "continue", "anticipate", "schedule", "will", "expects", "estimate", "potential", "planned", "future", "outlook", "strategy", "protect", "trend", "commit", "maintain", "focus", "ongoing", "believe" and similar expressions suggesting future events or future performance.
In particular, this news release contains forward-looking statements relating to: future dividends which may be declared on Pembina's common and preferred shares; the timing and the amount of such dividend payments; and the expected tax treatment thereof. The forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions that Pembina has made in respect thereof as at the date of this news release regarding, among other things: the success of Pembina's operations and growth projects; prevailing commodity prices, margins, volumes and exchange rates; that Pembina's future results of operations will be consistent with past performance and management expectations in relation thereto; the availability of capital to fund future capital requirements relating to existing assets and projects; future operating costs; that all required regulatory and environmental approvals can be obtained on the necessary terms in a timely manner; prevailing regulatory, tax and environmental laws and regulations; maintenance of operating margins; and the availability of coverage under Pembina's insurance policies (including in respect of Pembina's business interruption insurance policy).
Although Pembina believes the expectations and material factors and assumptions reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date hereof, there can be no assurance that these expectations, factors and assumptions will prove to be correct. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to: the regulatory environment and decisions; Indigenous and landowner consultation requirements; the impact of competitive entities and pricing; reliance on third parties to successfully operate and maintain certain assets; the strength and operations of the oil and natural gas production industry and related commodity prices; non-performance or default by counterparties to agreements which Pembina or one or more of its affiliates has entered into in respect of its business; actions by governmental or regulatory authorities; the ability of Pembina to acquire or develop the necessary infrastructure in respect of future development projects; fluctuations in operating results; adverse general economic and market conditions in Canada, North America and worldwide; risks relating to the current and potential adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; the ability to access various sources of debt and equity capital; changes in credit ratings; counterparty credit risk; the conflict between Ukraine and Russia and its potential impact on, among other things, global market conditions and supply and demand, energy and commodity prices; interest rates, supply chains and the global economy generally; and certain other risks and uncertainties detailed in Pembina's management's discussion and analysis and annual information form, each for the year ended December 31, 2021, and from time to time in Pembina's public disclosure documents available at www.sedar.com, www.sec.gov and through Pembina's website at www.pembina.com.
This list of risk factors should not be construed as exhaustive. Readers are cautioned that events or circumstances could cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted, forecasted or projected. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release speak only as of the date hereof. Pembina does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or information contained herein, except as required by applicable laws. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.
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LOS ANGELES, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boat aka 'Best Of All Time' Sports Podcasting Network founded by Ronnie C. Wright. Has raised $1 million of funding.
Two former NFL players who asked to remain anonymous invested a combined $1 million.
Wright owns the majority of the network through Amblacks Media.
The company does not disclose valuations but, Wright said, "The Boat Sports Podcast Network will seek additional capital to grow its brand."
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FORM 8.3
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A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the Code)
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2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other employee options)
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
(ii) Exercise
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
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Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panels Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Codes disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
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This Sunday we start a project that will continue until sometime next spring; a cycle of the complete symphonies of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
We begin at the beginning: the Symphony No. 1, written when Mozart was eight years old.
And a warning here: once you hear these melodies, you may have some trouble getting them out of your head.
It’s one of music’s most remarkable tales: the development of a child prodigy through to his maturity, along with the development of the symphony itself in the second half of the 18th century, each contributing to the other. | https://www.wfit.org/show/mozarts-attic/2022-07-06/mozarts-attic-sunday-july-10th-at-6-00-p-m | 2022-07-06T21:33:24Z | https://www.wfit.org/show/mozarts-attic/2022-07-06/mozarts-attic-sunday-july-10th-at-6-00-p-m | true |
NEW YORK — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday:
DoorDash Inc., down $5.54 to $69.36.
Amazon announced a membership deal with Grubhub, a rival delivery service.
Hess Corp., down $2.64 to $95.55.
The energy company slipped along with falling crude oil prices.
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. up 12 cents to $27.38.
The copper mining company rose along with prices for the metal.
Clorox Co., up $1.91 to $146.66.
The bleach maker gained ground as investors shifted money into safe-play sectors, including household goods companies.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., down $1.19 to $11.27.
Cruise lines slumped as investors remain concerned about the industry’s recovery amid slowing economic growth.
Broadcom Inc., up $6.31 to $482.61.
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Cost-conscious consumers are getting some relief at the gas pump. After hitting record highs, gas prices have fallen by nearly 25 cents a gallon. But it may be too late to save many summer road trips.
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States move to protect abortion from prosecutions elsewhere
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, GEOFF MULVIHILL and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Democratic governors in states where abortion will remain legal are looking for ways to protect any patients who travel there for the procedure — along with the providers who help them — from being prosecuted by their home states.
In North Carolina, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order Wednesday to protect abortion providers and patients from extradition to states that have banned the practice. Abortions are legal in North Carolina until fetal viability or in certain medical emergencies, making the state an outlier in the Southeast.
“This order will help protect North Carolina doctors and nurses and their patients from cruel right-wing criminal laws passed by other states,” Cooper said in announcing the order.
The governors of Rhode Island and Maine signed executive orders late Tuesday, stating that they will not cooperate with other states’ investigations into people who seek abortions or health care providers that perform them.
Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Dan McKee said women should be trusted with their own health care decisions, and Democratic Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos said Rhode Island must do all it can to protect access to reproductive health care as “other states attack the fundamental right to choose.”
Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills said she will “stand in the way of any effort to undermine, rollback, or outright eliminate the right to safe and legal abortion in Maine.”
Their offices confirmed Wednesday that they are preemptive, protective moves, and that neither state has received a request to investigate, prosecute or extradite a provider or patient.
Their attempts to protect abortion rights come as tighter restrictions and bans are going into effect in conservative states after last month’s Dobbs v. Jackson ruling in the U.S. Supreme Court, which overturned the nearly half-century-old holding from Roe v. Wade that found that the right to abortion was protected by the U.S. Constitution. The issue reverts to the states, many of which have taken steps to curtail or ban abortions.
The specific fears of Democratic officials are rooted in a Texas law adopted last year to ban abortions after fetal cardiac activity can be detected. The law lets any person other than a government official or employee sue anyone who performs an abortion or “knowingly engages in conduct that aids or abets” obtaining one.
The person filing the claim would be entitled to $10,000 for every abortion the subject was involved with — plus legal costs.
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear challenges to the Texas law so far.
Bernadette Meyler, a professor at Stanford Law School, said it’s not clear whether judgments against out-of-state abortion providers would hold up in courts, especially if they are not advertising their services in states with bans.
But she also said it’s not clear that the liberal states are on firm legal ground to protect their residents from any out-of-state litigation.
“Probably, they assume that some of the laws that they’re passing won’t be upheld or may not be upheld, and they’re trying to come up with as much as possible in order to resist the effects of the Dobbs decision,” Meyler said.
The resistance to cooperating with abortion-related investigations could hold up, though, she said. Places that declared themselves “sanctuary cities” and refused to cooperate with federal immigration investigations during former President Donald Trump’s presidency were able to carry out similar policies.
Connecticut was the first state to pass a law to protect abortion providers, patients and others from legal action taken by other states. Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont signed it in May, before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
“In accordance with Connecticut law, we will resist any attempt by another state to criminalize or intrude on a woman’s private and lawful healthcare decisions,” Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said in a statement last week.
The Democratic governors of Minnesota, New Mexico, Nevada, California and Washington and the moderate Republican governor in liberal Massachusetts all signed executive orders within days of the ruling to prohibit cooperation with other states that might interfere with abortion access.
“Residents seeking access will be protected, providers will be protected, and abortion is and will continue to be legal, safe and accessible, period,” said New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who has described the order as a preventative measure.
One of the largest abortion providers in Texas announced Wednesday that it’s planning to move its operations to bordering New Mexico. Whole Woman’s Health announced Wednesday that it is looking to establish a new clinic in a New Mexico city near the state line to provide first- and second-trimester abortions.
The Democratic-controlled Massachusetts House of Representatives approved a bill that aims to protect abortion providers and people seeking abortions from actions taken by other states. Delaware’s Democratic governor signed legislation expanding abortion access, with various legal protections for abortion providers and patients, including out-of-state residents receiving abortions in Delaware.
New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed two bills Friday that moved swiftly in the Democratic-led Legislature following the ruling. The new laws aim to protect the right of those from outside the state to get abortion services within its borders and bar extradition of people involved in reproductive health care services should they face charges in another state.
Murphy said he was “overwhelmingly angry” that he had to sign the bills, but equally as proud to do so.
“These laws will make New Jersey a beacon of freedom for every American woman,” he said during a signing ceremony in Jersey City, not far from the Statue of Liberty.
In Washington state, the governor prohibited the state patrol from cooperating with out-of-state abortion investigations or prosecutions, but he noted that he didn’t have jurisdiction over local law enforcement agencies. The executive in the county surrounding Seattle said Tuesday that its sheriff’s office and other executive branch departments will not cooperate with out-of-state prosecutions of abortion providers or patients.
Some progressive prosecutors around the U.S. have already declared that they won’t enforce some of the most restrictive, punitive anti-abortion laws.
In New Orleans, city council members have introduced a resolution calling on local police and prosecutors to make investigations and prosecutions of abortions “the lowest priority for enforcement.” City Council members in Austin, Texas, another liberal city in a conservative state, have called for a similar policy.
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Hannah Schoenbaum is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Mulvihill reported from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and Schoenbaum reported from Raleigh, North Carolina. Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Gary Robertson in Raleigh, North Carolina; Morgan Lee in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Patrick Whittle in Portland, Maine. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/07/06/states-move-to-protect-abortion-from-prosecutions-elsewhere/ | 2022-07-06T21:36:57Z | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/07/06/states-move-to-protect-abortion-from-prosecutions-elsewhere/ | true |
BRENTWOOD, Tenn., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Delek Logistics Partners, LP (NYSE: DKL) ("Delek Logistics") today announced that the Partnership intends to issue a press release summarizing second quarter 2022 results before the U.S. stock market opens on Thursday, August 4, 2022. A conference call to discuss these results is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. CT (10:00 a.m. ET) on Thursday, August 4, 2022.
The live broadcast of this conference call will be available online by going to www.DelekLogistics.com and clicking on the webcasts section of the website. The online replay will be available on the website for 90 days.
Investors may also wish to listen to Delek US Holdings, Inc.'s (NYSE: DK) ("Delek US") second quarter 2022 earnings conference call on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. CT (11:00 a.m. ET) and review Delek US' earnings press release. Market trends and information disclosed by Delek US may be relevant to Delek Logistics, as it is a consolidated subsidiary of Delek US. Investors can find information related to Delek US and the timing of its earnings release online by going to www.DelekUS.com.
Delek Logistics Partners, LP is a midstream energy master limited partnership headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. Through its owned assets and joint ventures located primarily in and around the Permian Basin, the Delaware Basin and other select areas in the Gulf Coast region and giving effect to the 3Bear acquisition, Delek Logistics Partners, LP provides gathering, pipeline and other transportation services primarily for crude oil and natural gas customers, storage, wholesale marketing and terminalling services primarily for intermediate and refined product customers, and water disposal and recycling services. Delek US Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DK) ("Delek US") owns the general partner interest as well as a majority limited partner interest in Delek Logistics Partners, LP, and is also a significant customer.
Information about Delek Logistics Partners, LP can be found on its website (www.deleklogistics.com), investor relations webpage (https://www.deleklogistics.com/investor-relations), news webpage (https://www.deleklogistics.com/news-releases) and its Twitter account (@DelekLogistics).
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Three men have pleaded guilty to defrauding 14 Rhode Island seniors out of more than $350,000 by pretending to be their grandchildren.
U.S. Attorney Zachary Cunha said Tuesday that the victims ranged in age from 79 to 94 and were all contacted by phone by someone claiming to be family members or attorneys.
The callers typically claimed a grandchild needed money for bail after being arrested during a motor vehicle accident. The victim was then instructed to hand off the cash to a courier sent to their home.
Bryan Valdez-Espinosa and Diego Alarcon, both 22 and from Union City, New Jersey, and Jason Hatcher, 40, of New York, admitted to participating in the scheme last June during a hearing in Providence federal court.
Prosecutors say the men defrauded the victims out of between $9,500 and $85,000 and were caught only after a family member intervened in one of the scams, leading to the arrests.
Hatcher pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft; Alarcon and Valdez-Espinosa pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
“Few things are more frightening than thinking a family member is in trouble,” Cunha said in a statement. “These defendants exploited that fear to steal from loving grandparents and line their own pockets."
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By ANDREW DALTON
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jurors found a 32-year-old man guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday for the 2019 fatal shooting of rapper Nipsey Hussle.
The Los Angeles County jury also found Eric R. Holder Jr. guilty of two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter instead of two attempted murder counts as prosecutors had sought for two other men who were hit by gunfire at the scene.
Holder, wearing a blue suit and face mask, stood up in the small court room next to his lawyer as the verdict was read. He had no visible reaction.
Jurors deliberated for about six hours over two days before reaching the verdict.
The verdict brings an end to a legal saga that has lasted more than three years and a trial that was often delayed because of the pandemic.
Holder and Hussle had known each other for years — they grew up members of the same South Los Angeles street gang — when a chance meeting outside the rapper’s Los Angeles clothing store led to the shooting, and his death.
The evidence against Holder was overwhelming, from eyewitnesses to surveillance cameras from local businesses that captured his arrival, the shooting and his departure.
His attorney did not even deny that he was the shooter but urged jurors to find him guilty of the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.
The shooting followed a conversation the two men had about rumors that Holder had been acting as an informant for authorities. Holder’s lawyer Aaron Jansen said that being publicly accused of being a “snitch” by a person as prominent as Hussle brought on a “heat of passion” in Holder that made him not guilty of first-degree murder.
“This is a provocation that stirs up rage and powerful emotion,” Jansen told jurors Thursday.
Deputy District Attorney John McKinney argued during the trial that Holder and everyone else in the conversation that preceded Hussle’s death were so calm that the “snitching” conversation could not have been the primary motive, and that Holder must have had some previous envy or hatred for Hussle.
McKinney told jurors that the nine minutes between the conversation and the shooting allowed more than enough time for the killing to be premeditated, a requirement for first-degree murder.
The jury apparently agreed.
Hussle, whose legal name is Ermias Asghedom, died at age 33. He had just released his major-label debut album, which earned him his first Grammy nomination, when he was gunned down.
He was a widely beloved figure in Los Angeles, especially in the South LA area where he grew up and remained after gaining fame, buying property and opening businesses.
“He wanted to change the neighborhood,” McKinney said in his closing argument. “He kept the same friends. And the neighborhood loved him. They called him Neighborhood Nip.”
Hussle was mourned at a memorial at the arena then known as Staples Center, and celebrated in a performance at the Grammy Awards that included D.J. Khaled and John Legend.
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ShotSpotter is a predictive policing technology that can detect the location of a gunshot. Now it's being rapidly adopted by police departments across the U.S. to help curb gun-related violence and crime.
The question, however, is how effective that technology is.
It works like this: When a loud bang goes off near a ShotSpotter location, its acoustic sensors use artificial intelligence and triangulation to determine whether the sound was indeed a gunshot and where it may have come from.
If the system determines the noise was from a firearm, it will send the data to a human reviewer. If that person signs off on it, an alert will be pushed to a police officer.
ShotSpotter says the entire process takes less than a minute.
The company says its technology has led to a 60% reduction in homicides in West Palm Beach, Florida, a 55% decrease in homicides in Omaha, Nebraska, and a nearly 50% decrease in shootings in Cincinnati, Ohio.
While ShotSpotter has touted its achievements, independent researchers have found that the tech may not work that well.
Johns Hopkins researchers found the implementation ShotSpotter had "no significant impact on firearm-related homicides or arrest outcomes."
"I would say in the vast majority of cities it's currently unknown, or at least not publicly available or publicly accessible, where a city might have covered zones of gunshot detection technology," said Mitch Doucette, an assistant scientist with the Center for Gun Violence Solutions at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. "The repercussions of this are that it makes it a lot harder for outside researchers like myself to try to evaluate, to the best of our ability, the impact of this technology on different outcomes, like firearm violence."
In the instances in which we know where ShotSpotter is deployed, it’s often concentrated in largely Black and Brown neighborhoods.
According to the MacArthur Justice Center, the city of Chicago deployed ShotSpotter to cover 12 police districts — all of which have high numbers of Black and Latinx residents.
"ShotSpotter is consistent with a broader trend of law enforcement using technology at the cost of more traditional methods of policing," said Hugh Mundy, a law professor at the University of Illinois Chicago. "ShotSpotter, in many cases, is used with other evidence to justify a stop and frisk. The data shows it to be less reliable than traditional methods of policing, but judges and juries give it more weight than those same methods."
ShotSpotter isn't guaranteed to help solve cases, either. The MacArthur Justice Center said in 89% of ShotSpotter deployments in Chicago, police did not record any kind of incident involving a gun. In 85% of cases, the alerts didn't result in a case report filed by police.
In lieu of ShotSpotter, experts suggested that it might be cheaper and equally effective to do community-based interventions.
So far, Chicago has spent $33 million on the implementation of ShotSpotter tech.
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Today's Birthday (07/07/22). Fortune blesses your career this year. Disciplined collaboration reaps a bountiful shared harvest. Redirect summer healthy practices toward breakthrough physical performance levels this autumn. Rest, organize and plan next winter for springtime social fun with your community or tribe. You're a professional star.
To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Attend to shared finances. Pay bills. Send invoices. Stay in communication to resolve a puzzle. Buy and sell after market research. Contribute to the pot.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Collaborate to manage shared responsibilities. Avoid impetuous moves or expenses. Listen to intuition and direct messages. Communication barriers dissolve. Talk things over.
Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Physical action gets results. Exercise strengthens muscle and energy. Slow for obstacles or barriers. Stick to steady ground. Wait for the best timing to launch.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Romance is a distinct possibility. Drop the agenda and enjoy the company. Let things develop naturally. Talk about what you love. Discuss potential and possibilities.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Enjoy domestic projects and comforts. Manage chores and responsibilities. Prepare something delicious and share with friends and family. Relax in peaceful privacy.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Creativity sparks you into action. Flow like water around obstacles. Consider the changes you'd like. Proceed with caution. Review and edit carefully before publishing.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Focus on making money. Monitor accounts closely. Adjust budgets to fit the current situation. Follow through with what you said. Meet deadlines. Provide excellence. away.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- You're gaining respect. Use your power and confidence for good. Don't pluck unripe fruit. Patiently persist. Hold yourself to high standards. Keep your word.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Craft private plans to realize long-held dreams. Start by completing or abandoning old projects to clear space. Sort, file and organize. Put things away.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Your friends are your inspiration. Connect and catch up with the latest. Share solutions, connections and resources. Teamwork wins the game. Put people together.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Accept a professional challenge. Guard against technical glitches. Back up hard drives and important files. Grab an exciting opportunity. Your work is gaining respect.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Advance as planned. Keep appointments and meetings. Do the homework. Prepare and research. Study options and put your presentation together. You're learning valuable skills.
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Przemyslaw Placheta: Birmingham sign Poland winger from Norwich on loan
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Birmingham City have signed of Poland winger Przemyslaw Placheta on a season-long loan deal from Norwich City.
The 24-year-old joined Norwich from Polish side Slask Wroclaw and played 26 games in their 2020-21 Championship promotion campaign.
But he only made 12 Premier League appearances last season as they were relegated back to the second tier.
He is Birmingham's second summer signing following the return of Wolves defender Dion Sanderson.
"I can't wait to join the team at the training camp and get to know every player, the staff, and the head coach," he told Blues' website.
"The time when I got the message that Birmingham is one option, I was really happy to join and come to Birmingham".
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Researchers have solved an ancient mystery — what killed a group of prehistoric frogs. Prior research blamed lack of oxygen or dried up lakes, but the true culprit was a swamp mating death trap.
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Researchers have solved an ancient mystery — what killed a group of prehistoric frogs. Prior research blamed lack of oxygen or dried up lakes, but the true culprit was a swamp mating death trap.
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By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME
Associated Press
EAST LONDON, South Africa (AP) — The deaths of 21 teenagers in a nightclub tragedy is a crime and South African officials must increase steps to prevent alcohol from being illegally sold to youths, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Wednesday.
“We do not know yet exactly what killed our children. But we do know that the law was broken that night, and probably many nights before then,” Ramaphosa said to more than a thousand mourners at the funeral in East London for the young people who died at a tavern nearly two weeks ago.
“We are losing our future generation to the scourge of underage drinking,” the president said, urging police to determine the exact cause of their deaths and calling on officials to stop youngsters from being permitted access to bars.
“Blame must be laid at the feet of those who are making money off the dreams and lives of the young people of South Africa by breaking the law and selling them alcohol,” he said.
Two rows of caskets in front of Ramaphosa symbolized the young lives lost.
“Today we shed bitter tears for the 21 young people that have died in this tragedy,” Ramaphosa said. “These children should not have died. Their deaths could have been prevented had the law been adhered to.”
Mournful hymns were sung by a large choir as the 19 coffins were carried into a large tent where the service was held in East London’s Scenery Park township. Two families held private burials and the service organizers said the caskets on display were empty, in respect of the wishes of some families. The children are to be buried in various cemeteries later Wednesday and in the coming days, they said.
The tent was filled to capacity so many mourners sat outside.
It’s still not known what caused the deaths of the children, one as young as 13, whose bodies were found in the Enyobeni tavern. They were under the legal drinking age of 18 in South Africa, said officials. Pathologists are studying the cause of death from blood samples. A stampede has been ruled out because the victims’ bodies did not show serious injuries, said police.
Ramaphosa delivered the eulogy as he faces several challenges including South Africa’s extended power cuts, wide-ranging allegations of corruption and questions about large amounts of cash reportedly found hidden in furniture in his own game farm.
“I have heard some say I have no business coming here to Scenery Park. Some have said I have bigger problems to fix,” Ramaphosa said to the gathering. “But I ask them, what is more important in this country, and on this earth, than the lives of our children?”
Local residents were skeptical about the calls by Ramaphosa and other officials for effective action to stop alcohol sales to youngsters.
“Whatever they said today, it is going to end today. Those are the promises they always make, especially our president. It is going to be the last day we see them,” Nwabisa Booi, a resident of the nearby Mdantsane township.
“Everybody here is hurt about what happened, but we are still looking for answers as to what happened to our kids,” said Booi.
Ntombizonke Mgangala, the aunt of 17-year-old Sinothando Mgangala who died in the tragedy, said the family had finally accepted her death.
“Honestly, we have been wishing that she could just walk through the door. We did not really believe it, like we were in denial,” Mgangala said.
“But seeing the coffin with her picture on it, it was painful and helped us to release her,” she said.
She said although many people blamed the parents when the deaths happened, it is now clear that many of the teenagers had attended the event without their parents’ consent.
“Other parents who were not affected were blaming us, saying we do not have control over our children. But it is now clear that these children do not listen to us,” Mgangala said.
“I am encouraged that those parents were here today. And many said that the tavern owners, who are also parents, should help by refusing to sell liquor to them,” she said.
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DALLAS — A report released Wednesday details three missed opportunities to slow — or even stop — the Uvalde gunman before he entered Robb Elementary School, where he ultimately killed 19 students and two teachers in Texas’ deadliest school shooting.
The 26-page report by the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at Texas State University, commissioned by the Texas Department of Public Safety to assess the response by law enforcement authorities, contains the latest revelations in the efforts to unfold what happened May 24.
Law enforcement has been widely criticized for the response in Uvalde. Eighty minutes elapsed between the first call to 911 and police confronting the shooter, who fired at least 142 rounds, according to a timeline from DPS director Steve McCraw.
According to the report, the first in a long series of mistakes started outside the school.
ALERRT said while a teacher closed an exterior door when the lockdown was announced, she did not check to see whether the door was locked. She also did not have the “the proper key or tool to engage the locking mechanism on the door.”
“Because it was not locked, the attacker was able to immediately access the building,” the report says.
However, even if the door was successfully locked, ALERRT noted it was a steel frame with a large glass inlay — which was not made of ballistic glass, meaning the suspect could have shot through it and opened the door regardless.
Second, the report says one of the first responding officers drove through the parking lot on the west side of the building “at a high rate of speed.” The gunman was in the parking lot as the officer drove by, but because he was going too fast, he missed the gunman entirely.
“If the officer had driven more slowly or had parked his car at the edge of the school property and approached on foot, he might have seen the suspect and been able to engage him before the suspect entered the building,” the report says.
The third opportunity occurred when a Uvalde police officer aimed his rifle at the gunman before he entered the school, but waited for permission from a supervisor to open fire. The officer did not hear a response and turned to get confirmation. When he turned back, the report says, the gunman was already inside.
“If any of these three key issues had worked out differently, they could have stopped the tragedy that followed,” the report says.
Uvalde school district officers underwent active-shooter training just two months before the massacre with a manual from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, the state agency that oversees all peace officers. The manual tells officers “a first responder unwilling to place the lives of the innocent above their own safety should consider another career field.”
Law enforcement officials across the state have agreed the decision not to confront the shooter sooner cost lives.
“The only thing stopping a hallway of dedicated officers from (entering rooms) 111 and 112 was the on-scene commander who decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children,” McCraw testified before the state Senate.
“The officers have weapons, the children had none,” he said. “The officers had body armor, the children had none. The officers had training, the subject had none.”
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Peeyush Pandey replaces Vivek Sahay as Dir Security
Kolkata: The state government posted IPS officer Peeyush Pandey, as Director Security ( in ADG rank) , West Bengal while transferring Vivek Sahay as DG Provisioning. Pandey was acting as ADG & IG of state Correctional Services. Manoj Verma, acting as CP in Barrackpore Police Commissionerate till date has been posted as Additional Director Security with additional charge of IG (Law and Order).
Ajay Kumar Thakur who was the Joint CP (Crime ) in Barrackpore Police Commissionerate has been appointed as CP, Barrackpore Police
Commissionerate.
Senior officials in Nabanna have attributed the transfer of Sahay to the security breach at the Chief Minister's Kalighat residence where a person was found on Sunday morning.
It was learnt that Banerjee had expressed her concern in connection with the incident just before the Cabinet meeting at Nabanna on Wednesday in presence of other ministers in her cabinet.
Among other reshuffle in the IPS rank, Rajesh Yadav , Addl CP , SB , Kolkata Police was posted as IG Correctional Services, Shankha Subhra Chakraborty OSD in the department of CM's office in the rank of DIG was posted as Joint CP, Kolkata Police, Arnab Ghosh CP of Chandannagore Police Commissionerate was posted as DIG Homeguard while Amit Javalgi is taking over Ghosh's place.
Javalgi was posted as DIG, Jalpaiguri Range.
C. Sudhakar, Joint CP Kolkata Police is taking over as DIG, Jalpaiguri, Alok Rajoria, DIG Malda range has been appointed as DIG Burdwan range while Bharat Lal Meena who has vein in charge of IG Burdwan has been posted in place of Rajoria.
Dhrubajyoti De, Joint CP in Barrackpore Police Commissionerate has been appointed as Joint CP, Kolkata Police.
Kalyan Mukhopadhyay has also been posted as Jt CP, Kolkata Police from his position of DIG, CID (special).
R. Rajsekharan ADG CID has been given the additional charge of ADG, Anti Corruption Bureau while Niraj Singh ADG (Administration) I has been posted as CG Homeguard (in ADG rank).
The state administration has already shifted one inspector, one sergeant, two constables, a total of 15 Kolkata Police personnel who were stationed at Banerjee's residence.
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TSA on track to find record-setting number of guns
(CNN) - Airport security screeners are finding an average of 17 guns a day.
Officials with the Transportation Security Administration say if that pace continues, they will find more firearms this year than any other year.
The TSA reports it caught more than 3,000 guns in the first half of 2022.
The previous full-year record of 5,972 was set last year, and the TSA says more than 80% of the guns found were loaded.
According to the TSA, people can bring firearms in checked bags, but they must be in a locked, hard-sided case, unloaded and declared at the airline check-in counter.
Guns also have to be in a different case than ammo.
If a gun is discovered at a TSA checkpoint, it can result in a fine of up to $10,000.
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Most recently serving as Life Flight Network's interim Chief Executive Officer, Clayton brings to his new role extensive experience in aviation safety and operations.
AURORA, Ore., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Flight Network has selected aviation safety and operations leader Ben Clayton to serve as its Chief Executive Officer. Life Flight Network is the largest not-for-profit air medical transport service in the United States, providing ICU-level care to communities in the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West. Clayton was selected from a large field of candidates following a robust national search and interview process led by Life Flight Network's board of directors.
Since joining Life Flight Network in 2015, Clayton has served the organization in a variety of operational and safety leadership roles. In his most recent positions as the Chief Operating Officer and Interim Chief Executive Officer, Clayton led the organization through the extraordinary challenges and uncertainty presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Clayton guided the restructuring of several departments, while at the same time creating sustainable operational efficiencies. Additionally, he oversaw the opening of new Life Flight Network bases in Salem, Oregon, and in Lewiston and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
"We are fortunate to have Ben's expertise and experience on our team as we work to increase our capacity to meet the region's growing need for critical medical transport," said Dr. Tom Lorish, Chief Executive of Outreach and Strategic Affiliation for Providence Health and Services and the Life Flight Network Board Chair. "Ben is a proven leader and has helped Life Flight Network provide life-saving air medical resources to our communities during challenging times, while also ensuring we consistently meet the highest standards of safety and quality."
Prior to joining Life Flight Network, Clayton served as a helicopter pilot and Aviation Safety Officer in the United States Marine Corps. During this time, he participated in multiple land and ship-based deployments including to Iraq and several countries in the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia. He trained extensively in complex operations and in aviation safety.
Clayton came to Life Flight Network as a helicopter pilot transporting ill and injured patients, and quickly moved into an aviation training role. With his extensive expertise in safety, Clayton was promoted to Director of Safety and Risk Management before becoming the organization's Chief Safety Officer. His success in that role led to him being named Chief Operating Officer in June 2020.
"I have dedicated my career to ensuring the safety and health of the organizations I've worked for and the people they serve," said Ben Clayton, Chief Executive of Life Flight Network. "It's been an honor to serve the communities in this region for the past seven years, and I look forward to continuing to expand their access to quality healthcare in my new role."
Clayton grew up in Canby, Oregon, and graduated from Oregon State University with a bachelor's degree in general science.
Clayton serves on the boards of directors for both the Association of Air Medical Services and the Air Medical Operators Association.
Life Flight Network, a not-for-profit air medical service, is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS), the National Accreditation Alliance of Medical Transport Applications (NAAMTA), and Helicopter Association International (HAI). Life Flight Network is the largest not-for-profit air medical transport service in the United States and maintains its own FAA Part 135 Operating Certificate. It offers ICU-level care during air and ground transport across the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West. Headquartered in Aurora, Oregon, Life Flight Network is owned by a consortium of Legacy Health, Oregon Health and Science University, Providence Health and Services, and Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center. It was named the 2021 Program of the Year by the Association for Air Medical Services. For more information about Life Flight Network or to become a member, visit www.lifeflight.org.
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Colorado is now home to the highest looping rollercoaster in the U.S.
"Defiance" recently opened at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park.
It claims to be the world’s only mountain-top theme park.
“Defiance” sits more than 7,000 feet above sea level.
The coaster has three cars that sit eight people each. It can reach speeds over 55 miles per hour, according to the theme park. | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/highest-looping-rollercoaster-in-the-u-s-opens-in-colorado | 2022-07-06T22:03:41Z | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/highest-looping-rollercoaster-in-the-u-s-opens-in-colorado | false |
Thursday Forecast: Still sticky...still stormy
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Temperatures will be below average in the Capital City on Thursday, but it will once again be very humid with thunderstorms possible throughout the day.
It could be a wet start to your Thursday as showers and thunderstorms may be ongoing throughout much of the area. As the morning rain moves off to the east, it will be mostly cloudy with additional isolated thunderstorms possible during the afternoon and evening. It will be “cooler” across the state with temperatures in the mid to upper 80s, but muggy conditions will continue as well with high humidity expected statewide.
There is a marginal risk for isolated severe thunderstorms over parts of Nebraska on Thursday. The primary concerns would be damaging winds and large hail, while the tornado threat is very low. On Friday most of the area will escape the severe weather threat with only isolated severe thunderstorms expected in extreme northern Nebraska.
Temperatures should slowly heat up on Friday with mid to upper 80s in central and eastern locations and low 90s in the west. It will be partly to mostly cloudy and mainly dry with isolated showers and thunderstorms possible. Temperatures will continue to rise over the weekend with little to no rain chances until late Sunday.
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ACT government digital executive and former Department of Parliamentary Services chief information officer Anthony Stinziani has been appointed the City of Gold Coast’s new tech chief.
Stinziani joined the council last month after almost 18 months as the ACT government’s executive group manager for digital, data and technology solutions under chief digital officer Bettina Konti.
He replaces Cath Drinkwater, who spent more than two years in the top job before becoming chief risk and compliance officer in June after a brief stint as manager, office of the CEO.
Specialist government recruitment and HR firm Leading Roles said in a LinkedIn post last week that Stinziani had won out over 146 professionals to take the “much coveted” CIO role.
It went looking for a CIO to “provide executive leadership to all facets of the organisation's ICT function” in February 2022.
Stinziani will be responsible for leading the business innovation and technology services team at the City of Gold Coast – Australia second largest local government after Brisbane City Council.
One of his first tasks will be a critical review of the council’s enterprise architecture, and the development and delivery of a new IT strategy.
“As the CIO you will join the organisation at a pivotal moment, managing substantial investments for the community,” the job ad states.
“The CIO will have a critical role in the development and delivery of the ICT strategy that supports the council’s vision for the future.”
Prior to joining the ACT’s Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate (CMTEDD) in 2021, Stinziani spent more than three years as CIO at the Department of Parliamentary Services.
During this time, he witnessed first-hand the state-sponsored cyber attack against Parliament House in 2019, in which a limited amount of “non-confidential data” was stolen.
Since then, DPS has rolled out a number of upgrades, including domain-based message authentication, reporting and conformance (DMARC).
Stinziani also previously worked as Geoscience Australia’s CIO for more than seven years. | https://www.itnews.com.au/news/city-of-gold-coast-lands-act-gov-digital-exec-as-cio-582189?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iTnews+ | 2022-07-06T22:05:06Z | https://www.itnews.com.au/news/city-of-gold-coast-lands-act-gov-digital-exec-as-cio-582189?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iTnews+ | false |
Decentralized music licensing marketplace allows owners to set fees; eliminates third parties from music licensing transactions to increase speed of payment, reduce costs.
NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dequency has today launched its web3-powered music licensing marketplace, opening its portal to music rights holders everywhere, having completed a 4-month restricted beta phase.
Dequency is building a unique, decentralized music licensing marketplace for music rights holders and visual creators to connect, collaborate, and transact directly with one another.
Built on Algorand, the marketplace is the only option for on-chain sync licensing for blockchain-native content such as motion-visual digital art, NFT projects, games, and metaverse productions.
Analogous to Bitcoin's trustless digital payments, Dequency eliminates third parties from music licensing transactions to increase speed of payment, reduce fees, and give control of the system to market participants.
Dequency CEO Keatly Haldeman said: "We use web3 tools such as smart contracts and cryptocurrency, not to be part of the hype cycle, but because this technology enables unprecedented efficiency and control for licensing transactions and payment."
Prior to today, Dequency released a beta product with a limited seed catalog available to license.
Today's v1.0 launch creates a two-sided marketplace, allowing any music rightsholder that owns both the recording and publishing rights of a track to license their music directly to a licensee without an intermediary in between the transaction..
Music rights owners that use the Dequency marketplace are also able to set their own licensing fees, making this a first of its kind proposition for an online sync platform.
Dequency executed the first ever sync license on a public blockchain last year when Late Night People by Goldfish ft. Soweto Kinch was licensed through the platform's SmartSync contract for use in Algorand's Decipher conference, which was held in Miami, Florida last November.
The company raised $4.5 million via an investment round led by Borderless Capital in February this year.
About the v1 launch, Haldeman said: "Our goal is to create a decentralized sync marketplace where artists and music rights holders control their online licensing experience, thereby attracting the most discerning creators and copyright owners. Audio-visual content creators benefit from a uniquely diverse and elevated catalog of music with easy licensing for their projects. Today, we're one step closer to our vision becoming reality."
Black Dave, a musician and thought leader in web3 music, and an early adopter of Dequency said: "Using web3 technology to purchase, track and pay for licenses for music is absolutely the future. Automating this process as much as possible via the blockchain allows for a new era of democratization of sync licensing, and I'm very excited to be a part of it."
Among Dequency's earliest supporters, electronic music duo Goldfish said: "We have always strived to make music that is unique and finally we have a platform that suits our quest!"
Keatly Haldeman (CEO), a lifelong musician, is co-founder and former CEO of Riptide Music Group, a publishing company and record label specialising in the synchronization of music to picture. Riptide's roster includes songs by artists such as Foster The People, Selena Gomez, Migos, Quavo, Ziggy Marley, Big Gigantic, Black Flag, The Turtles, Goldfish, and Fatboy Slim.
George Howard (CIO), JD/MBA, was recently named one of America's 50 Greatest Disruptors by Newsweek Magazine. He is a founding member of Open Music Initiative (OMI), a collaborative effort between MIT, Harvard, and Berklee to create an open-source protocol to increase transparency for royalty distribution. He is the former president of Rykodisc; cofounder of digital music distributor TuneCore; a Distinguished Professor of music business/management at Berklee College of Music; and author of 2017's best-selling book: Everything In Its Right Place: How Blockchain Technology Will Lead to a More Transparent Music Industry.
Mark Ross (Board member) is the CEO of ACME Innovation which creates access to the metaverse for media companies, and has founded or financed a multitude of entertainment related companies and start-ups including Audigent, Music Audience Exchange, Riptide Music Group, Project M, and Sir George Martin's GrandMaster Music.
Steve Kokinos (Board member) is the CEO of Algorand Inc. and responsible for overall business vision and strategy. Steve is a serial entrepreneur, most recently co-founder and Executive Chairman of Fuze, where he was responsible for corporate strategy. Prior to Fuze, Steve was co-founder of BladeLogic, Inc., a recognized leader in the data center automation market with a Fortune 500 client list including GE, Time Warner, Microsoft, Cable & Wireless, Walmart, and Sprint, among others.
Visit: www.dequency.io.
Algorand is transforming economic models and economies of all kinds. Founded by Turing Award-winning cryptographer Silvio Micali, Algorand's high–performing Layer-1 blockchain is unparalleled for bringing fast, frictionless, and inclusive technologies to everyone. Algorand is reshaping every industry–from TradFi and DeFi to new creator economies and beyond. With an extraordinary commitment to interoperability and consistent delivery, our sustainable technology powers more participation, transparency, and efficiency for all. As the technology of choice for 2000+ global organizations, the Algorand ecosystem is transforming the next generation of financial products, protocols and exchange of value. For more information, visit www.algorand.com.
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‘I set my mind to it’: Diving 358 feet in less than 3 minutes, swimmer breaks national record
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A diver from Hawaii has broken the USA Men’s National Freediving Record.
During the International Association for the Development of Apnea (AIDA) depth championships in the Philippines last week, Kurt Chambers completed a self-powered dive to 358 feet on a single breath of air.
The record dive took two minutes and 54 seconds.
The Kailua-Kona native is now the deepest competitive free diver in all of North America.
“At some point I went ahead and set my mind on it, even if it was kind of an ambitious goal to reach those numbers based on where I was at,” Chambers said. “I set my mind to it and ended up being successful.”
Chambers teaches freediving courses in Hawaii.
He holds 10 national records.
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LOS ANGELES, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Employer defense law firm Hudock Employment Law Group announced today that Managing Attorney Robert Hudock was named an "Elite Boutique Trailblazer" in a special feature published by the National Law Journal, for his pioneering employer defense work with fast-growing companies in California. Hudock Employment Law Group is one of only 20 law firms selected nationwide for this honor.
"Known in the employment law space for careful case analysis and preparation, thoughtful counsel, and leadership skills," reports the profile, Hudock works hard to be a "disciplined advocate and tenacious litigator" for his clients, and enjoys "creative thinking to come up with solutions for legal problems deemed 'lost causes' by others."
Hudock Employment Law Group provides employment litigation and counseling services to growth-minded companies in California, helping them protect their reputations and attract top talent. According to the feature, Hudock likes to work with growing companies because he understands and appreciates "the entrepreneurial mindset," having founded and led his own firm.
Hudock started Hudock Employment Law Group in 2015 to "deliver tailored legal services to California companies that thrive in vibrant, creative work environments," states the feature. His clients are often companies looking at new markets and competitive opportunities, that want to recruit the best talent available, while avoiding distracting workplace issues or lawsuits.
Hudock is quoted in the profile saying he is "drawn to the 'human side' of employment law, helping clients overcome challenges presented by difficult issues and sparing them the angst of conflict and worry."
Hudock earned his JD from the University of San Diego School of Law and his BA from the University of Connecticut. Named a "Legal Visionary" by the LA Times in 2022 and 2021 and a "Top Litigator" by the Los Angeles Business Journal in 2021, Hudock is involved in several professional associations and community organizations. He is the past Chair of the San Fernando Valley Counseling Center Board of Directors and regularly volunteers for charity events, such as the Special Olympics and Challenged Athletes programs. Hudock is an active member of ACG-LA, SHRM, and PIHRA-LA and is a frequent contributor on topics related to hybrid and remote work issues and employment matters in a variety of publications including the Daily Journal, TechCrunch and Law360.
Hudock Employment Law Group provides employment litigation and counseling services to growth-minded companies in California, helping them protect their reputations and attract top talent. The firm has achieved successful results for clients in the areas of Wage & Hour, Discrimination, Harassment & Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, and Employee Leave, and has provided solutions for his clients in many areas, including Workplace Management, and Employment Agreements, Policies and Procedures. For more information, please visit https://hudockemploymentlaw.com/
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DACA: Appeals arguments heard on immigrants brought to the U.S. as kids
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Attorneys hoping to save an Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of people brought into the U.S. as children told a federal appeals court Wednesday that ending the program would cruelly disrupt the lives of thousands who have grown up to become tax-paying, productive drivers of the U.S. economy.
An attorney for the state of Texas, leading an effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood arrivals program, argued that DACA recipients have cost the state hundreds of millions in health care and other costs.
The dueling views at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans were exchanged as more than 100 DACA supporters held signs, beat drums and chanted outside of the courthouse. They called for preservation of the program that protects more than 600,000 people from deportation, and a path to citizenship for immigrants.
"I am undocumented, and I will speak out today," said Woojung "Diana" Park, 22, of New York. She said she was brought to the U.S. as a 1-year-old from South Korea. DACA, she said, "is the bare minimum that the U.S. government has offered immigrant communities after decades of fighting for basic human rights."
A federal judge in Texas declared DACA illegal in 2021 — although he agreed to leave the program intact for those already benefiting from it while his order is appealed.
The U.S. Justice Department defended the program, allied with the state of New Jersey, advocacy organizations such as the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund and a coalition of dozens of powerful corporations — including Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft — which argue that DACA recipients are "employees, consumers and job creators."
Texas, joined by eight other Republican-leaning states, argues that DACA was enacted without going through proper legal and administrative procedures, including public notice and comment periods. Additionally, the states argue that they are harmed financially by allowing immigrants to remain in the country illegally.
DACA proponents argued that the program falls within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s power to prioritize enforcement. "DHS has limited resources," argued Brian Boynton of the Justice Department. "It’s unable to remove 11 million people in the country. It has to decide who it’s going to target first."
In court and in briefs, DACA backers have argued that Texas diminished its claims of financial injury by waiting six years to challenge the program. They also said the state ignores evidence that DACA recipients decrease Texas’ costs because many of them hold jobs with health insurance benefits, own homes and pay property taxes that support schools.
In addition, they claimed that Texas hasn’t shown DACA recipients would leave the state if the program were struck down. That point was met with skepticism by Judge James Ho, who noted that in a survey included with New Jersey’s legal arguments, more than 20% of DACA recipients said they were likely to leave if the program were abolished.
Boynton argued that the respondents’ answers were merely speculative and supporters of the program, in briefs, have questioned the methodology of the survey. But Ho again questioned whether the responses should be dismissed.
"This is a question about, literally, your entire life," Ho told Boynton. "This is a pretty profound question to get wrong."
Judd Stone, arguing for the state of Texas, said the state has shown that it expends millions of dollars on DACA recipients and that the end of the program would lead to some of those who receive that money leaving the state. "There is no evidence showing that either of those numbers are zero," Stone said.
In court briefs and in news conferences in New Orleans and South Carolina on Wednesday, DACA supporters pressed the argument that ending DACA would have devastating consequences for immigrants who have only known the United States as their home.
"I’m a father of a 10-year-old, so getting DACA rescinded would put me in limbo of not knowing if I’m going to take my son to his next football game," Yahel Flores, a DACA recipient and the Carolinas state director of the American Business Immigration Coalition, told reporters on a Zoom call.
In a court brief, DACA supporters said program beneficiaries "are parents of over a quarter-million U.S. citizens, and 70% of DACA recipients have an immediate family member who is a U.S. citizen."
DACA has faced numerous court challenges since then-President Barack Obama created it by executive order in 2012. Former President Donald Trump moved to end the program. But a U.S. Supreme Court decision determined that he had not done it properly, bringing it back to life and allowing for new applications. That was followed by the Texas-led lawsuit.
Assigned to hear arguments at the 5th Circuit were Chief Judge Priscilla Richman, an appointee of President George W. Bush; and two Trump appointees, Ho and Judge Kurt Engelhardt.
Associated Press reporter James Pollard in Columbia, South Carolina, contributed to this report. | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/daca-appeals-arguments-heard-on-immigrants-brought-to-the-u-s-as-kids | 2022-07-06T22:08:53Z | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/daca-appeals-arguments-heard-on-immigrants-brought-to-the-u-s-as-kids | true |
Pharmacists can prescribe COVID treatment drug Paxlovid, FDA says
WASHINGTON - Pharmacists can prescribe the leading COVID-19 pill directly to patients under a new U.S. policy announced Wednesday that’s intended to expand use of Pfizer’s drug Paxlovid.
The Food and Drug Administration said pharmacists can begin screening patients to see if they are eligible for Paxlovid and then prescribe the medication, which has been shown to curb the worst effects of COVID-19. Previously only physicians could prescribe the antiviral drug.
The announcement comes as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are rising again, though they remain near their lowest levels since the coronavirus outbreak began in 2020.
Biden administration officials have expressed frustration that several hundred Americans continue to die of COVID-19 daily, despite the availability of vaccines and treatments.
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Administration officials have been working for months to increase access to Paxlovid, opening thousands of sites where patients who test positive can fill a prescription for Paxlovid. The FDA change will make thousands more pharmacies eligible to quickly prescribe and dispense the pill, which must be used early to be effective.
"Since Paxlovid must be taken within five days after symptoms begin, authorizing state-licensed pharmacists to prescribe Paxlovid could expand access to timely treatment," said FDA drug center director Patrizia Cavazzoni.
Tablets of the drug Paxlovid for the treatment of Covid-19 pass through a packaging line in a building owned by Pfizer. (Photo by Philipp von Ditfurth/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Still, use could be limited by paperwork requirements. Patients are expected to bring their recent health records— including blood tests — and a list of their current medications so pharmacists can check that Paxlovid won’t negatively interact with other drugs. As an alternative, pharmacists can consult with the patient’s doctor.
Paxlovid is intended for people with COVID-19 who are more likely to become seriously ill. That includes older people and those with other health issues like heart disease, obesity, cancer or diabetes that make them more vulnerable.
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The FDA authorized Paxlovid last December based on results showing it reduced hospitalizations and deaths by nearly 90% among unvaccinated patients most likely to get severe disease. The drug has shown less impressive results in patients who already have vaccine protection and some physicians have reported cases of COVID-19 symptoms returning after treatment with the drug.
Expanding the test-and-treat program to include pharmacists could add thousands of additional options for patients. The two biggest U.S. drugstore chains — CVS Health and Walgreens — run around 19,000 locations combined.
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CVS Health already provides COVID-19 care at 1,100 clinic locations inside drugstores.
There also are nearly 19,400 independent pharmacies not tied to a big chain, according to the National Community Pharmacists Association.
Pharmacist Michele Belcher said ahead of the announcement that she hoped to be able to test customers for COVID-19 and offer the pill because there is a shortage of primary care doctors in her community, the small, southwestern Oregon city of Grants Pass.
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Belcher said she worries that some people may have a hard time getting a doctor’s appointment for a prescription during the narrow window to start the pill.
Belcher, owner of the independent Grants Pass Pharmacy, said she used to test and treat for COVID-19 using injectable drugs that are no longer as effective.
Her pharmacy routinely checks for potentially harmful interactions with other drugs a patient may be taking, she said.
"Pharmacists are the drug experts," she said. "That’s something we do every day, all day, make sure there are no interactions with any medications." | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/paxlovid-covid-pharmacists-prescription-pfizer | 2022-07-06T22:09:18Z | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/paxlovid-covid-pharmacists-prescription-pfizer | true |
NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Con Edison) (NYSE:ED) plans to report its 2nd quarter 2022 earnings on August 4, 2022 after the market closes.
Consolidated Edison, Inc. is one of the nation's largest investor-owned energy-delivery companies, with approximately $14 billion in annual revenues and $64 billion in assets. The company provides a wide range of energy-related products and services to its customers through the following subsidiaries: Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (CECONY), a regulated utility providing electric service in New York City and New York's Westchester County, gas service in Manhattan, the Bronx, parts of Queens and parts of Westchester, and steam service in Manhattan; Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R), a regulated utility serving customers in a 1,300-square-mile-area in southeastern New York State and northern New Jersey; Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses, Inc., the second-largest owners of solar electric projects in North America, which, through its subsidiaries develops, owns and operates renewable and sustainable energy infrastructure projects and provides energy-related products and services to wholesale and retail customers; and Con Edison Transmission, Inc., which falls primarily under the oversight of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and through its subsidiaries invests in electric transmission projects supporting its parent company's effort to transition to clean, renewable energy. Con Edison Transmission manages, through joint ventures, both electric and gas assets while seeking to develop electric transmission projects that will bring clean, renewable electricity to customers, focusing on New York, New England, the Mid-Atlantic states and the Midwest.
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Don't talk UK into a recession: Lloyds boss warns doom-mongering could become self-fulfilling
The chief executive of Lloyds has warned that Britain risks talking itself into a recession.
While Charlie Nunn acknowledged people were suffering financial hardships, he said: ‘I am concerned that we are collectively talking ourselves into the risk of too negative an outlook.
‘There are pockets of strength in the economy. There are significant parts of the consumers in the UK who have strength and want to spend and create that demand and we can continue to see opportunities to invest in growth.’
Staying positive: Lloyds boss Charlie Nunn (pictured) said there were pockets of strength in the economy and people were still spending, especially on travel
His comments came after the Bank of England this week said many households and businesses were struggling to pay debts.
Governor Andrew Bailey said: ‘The global economic outlook has deteriorated markedly.’
Inflation surged to 9.1 per cent in May and is predicted to rise by as much as 11 per cent this year amid increases in the cost of energy, food and raw materials.
Nunn said the bank had seen the number of customers with persistent debt problems jump by almost a third. ‘
Customers are concerned, and they should be. We have seen some areas where there’s real points of challenge.
‘Around 80 per cent of individuals and UK customers and families have less than £500 worth of savings in their current account and their savings account.
They might have money elsewhere but what we can see is less than £500.’
Lloyds said that around 20 per cent had cut back on discretionary spending to keep more money for essential items.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A small, largely rural county west of Florida’s capital saw an unheard-of spike in deadly drug overdoses believed to be caused by fentanyl mixed with other illegal drugs, a sign that the national problem is becoming even more far-reaching.
In all of 2021, Gadsden County had just 10 overdoses, Sheriff Morris Young said. He couldn't recall any being fatal. The state had even rejected a grant application to treat fentanyl overdoses because the county of about 43,700 people couldn’t definitively identify any cases involving the powerful synthetic opioid.
Then last Friday, calls to emergency services began flooding in. Over the holiday weekend, nine people died and another nine were treated over suspected fentanyl overdoses. It's the latest in a rash of fentanyl deaths around the nation.
“It's shaken the entire community. I feel their pain,” Young said Wednesday. “I'm really treating this like we had a hurricane coming into town. It means that much to me that we could lose people in such a short period of time.”
Gadsden County is largely known for its vegetable and livestock farms, historic Southern buildings and antique shops. Many families have known each other for generations. County Commission Chairman Ron Green said among the families of victims he knew were the children of a woman in her 60s who died over the weekend.
“They didn't even realize their mother was using again,” Green said. “This brought an alarming notice to them. Unfortunately it's too late.”
While the victims were 34 or older, Green worries younger people could be endangered, “if we can't hurry up and get it off the streets.”
Fentanyl can be 50 to 100 times more potent than heroin, and dealers lace it in with other illegal drugs to boost their addictiveness. Law enforcement officials say most people affected don't know it's in the illegal drugs they're buying — in amounts that otherwise wouldn't necessarily be deadly.
The problem has become so acute that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued a warning three months ago about what it called “mass-overdose events.” It cited dozens of deaths in more than a half-dozen clusters in recent months in locations ranging from the small town of Cortez, Colorado, with less than 9,000 residents, to major cities such as Washington, D.C.
DISC Village is a nonprofit drug treatment center with services throughout Florida's Big Bend, the cluster of counties where the Panhandle meets the state's peninsula. It includes Gadsden County as well as Tallahassee, the state capital.
“In these last six months I've seen the most overdoses that I've ever seen since I've been working here,” said Jennifer Travieso, who has worked at DISC for 17 years. “It's definitely fentanyl and it's in drugs we wouldn't expect it to be in, for example cocaine or marijuana or methamphetamines.”
“For the dealers, with fentanyl and other opioids, they want to make sure people get hooked to keep their sales up,” Young said.
He gave an example of just how powerful the addiction can be. One of the men treated for an overdose on Friday was released from a hospital Sunday, only to return after a second overdose on Tuesday. Young said he had helped the same man get a job about a month ago.
“This is the scary part,” Young said. “These people, even with the fear of the fentanyl and that they could die, they're still going to take a chance going out there and getting these drugs. These are some of the addicts that are truly, truly addicted.”
He said investigators are trying to trace the source of the drugs laced with fentanyl. He believes it arrived in the county prepackaged, so it's possible local dealers weren't aware they were selling fentanyl. Either way, he wants severe punishment for those involved.
“We're hoping to push these cases to murder cases," Young said.
Young and other law enforcement plan to meet Thursday with officials from the Department of Children and Families and the state's surgeon general to discuss how to address the problem.
Young said EMTs have access to overdose treatments like naloxone, known by the brand name Narcan, but deputies do not. He said he wants to immediately get supplies in the hands of his officers and have them trained on their use.
“Fentanyl was not even on my radar, and that changed about 9 o’clock on Friday night,” Young said. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Rural-Florida-county-shocked-by-fentanyl-deaths-17288623.php | 2022-07-06T22:12:36Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Rural-Florida-county-shocked-by-fentanyl-deaths-17288623.php | false |
'Putin's regime must be overthrown': Widow who joined Russian unit fighting WITH Ukraine vows revenge after husband was killed by Ramzan Kadyrov's Chechen forces
- The woman implored her compatriots to join the Freedom for Russia legion
- Legion is made up of hundreds of Russians and Belarusians fighting for Ukraine
- 'We all need to stop the war together and bring true freedom to Russia,' she said
The widow of a Russian sergeant who was executed by Chechen forces when he refused to lead his troops into battle in Ukraine has joined a legion of disgruntled Russians fighting for Ukraine against their compatriots.
The woman, whose chose to conceal her identity, appeared in footage shared by the Freedom for Russia legion - a group of fighters comprised mostly of Russian and Belarusians who switched sides amid Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Sitting in front of a blue and white flag now synonymous with the anti-Putin legion, the defector announced defiantly: 'We all need to stop the war together and bring true freedom to Russia. The Putin regime must be overthrown.
'Stop tolerating the tyrant. Join our legion,' she implored her fellow countrymen and women in an attempt to drum up numbers for the rag-tag unit of defectors.
The group's exact numbers are not known but it is thought hundreds of Russians have crossed into Ukraine and signed up since it was formed in March.
The widow of a Russian sergeant who was executed by Chechen forces when he refused to lead his troops into battle in Ukraine has joined a legion of disgruntled Russians fighting for Ukraine against their compatriots
Sitting in front of a blue and white flag now synonymous with the anti-Putin legion, the defector announced defiantly: 'We all need to stop the war together and bring true freedom to Russia. The Putin regime must be overthrown'
Legion members fly a white and blue flag that has become synonymous with the anti-Putin group
The widow's Russian husband was executed by Chechen forces loyal to leader and Putin crony Ramzan Kadyrov (centre)
The woman told The Times she entered Ukraine in May after her husband was shot by soldiers loyal to Chechen leader and Putin crony Ramzan Kadyrov.
The sergeant had reportedly refused to send his men 'to slaughter' in Ukraine and he was promptly executed for insubordination.
His widow meanwhile was given the callsign 'First' when she joined the legion of disgruntled Russians because she was the first woman to do so.
She is joined in the legion by one extremely notable defector - the former Vice President of one of Russia's biggest banks.
Igor Volobuev, 50, was a distinguished member of Gazprombank - the third largest bank in Russia in terms of sheer asset size.
But he was shocked to his core when Putin decided to invade neighbouring Ukraine and defected, opting to lead the Freedom for Russia legion in an attempt to fight back.
'Guys from Russia – if you hate Putin's regime and want Russia to become a free, democratic country, join us,' Volobuev declared in a call to arms last month.
'I came here to defend my motherland.'
Many of the legion's troops are made up of Russian prisoners of war, who upon being treated well by their Ukrainian captors and educated about the impact of Putin's 'special military operation' agreed to switch sides.
'Guys from Russia – if you hate Putin's regime and want Russia to become a free, democratic country, join us,' former Gazprombank VP Igor Volobuev declared in a call to arms last month
Igor Volobuev, 50, was a distinguished member of Gazprombank - the third largest bank in Russia in terms of sheer asset size - before defecting and joining the Freedom for Russia legion
Another legion member, 48-year-old Volodymyr Grotskov, told The Daily Mail last month his anti-Putin awakening began 11 years ago when pro-democracy protests erupted across Russia following ballot-rigging and fraud to fix the success of the Russian president's party in parliamentary elections.
Grotskov joined small demonstrations in his home town of Kandalaksha after discovering a video posted by Alexei Navalny – the anti-corruption campaigner who has since survived a poisoning attack and been jailed.
The video, based on documents obtained by Navalny, exposed how billions of pounds were stolen from an oil pipeline project by one of Putin's closest cronies.
Grotskov said: 'I was shocked by the scale of corruption and injustice that was organised at the highest level. I started to look into the political and economic situation and realised that we need to fight this regime.'
The soldier, whose family remain in Russia, began putting up posters and joining protests. But after Putin illegally seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, he decided it was immoral to pay taxes to fund a thieving and toxic dictatorship.
'I've always been the kind of person who wants to fight for justice,' he said. 'I left for Ukraine because I knew the hottest spot of fighting Putin's imperial regime is here in this country.'
Volodymyr Grotskov, 48, says he loves his country and sees the Kremlin as a destructive 'cancer' threatening the world's peace and security. 'It might sound pretentious but I'm fighting for freedom and democracy,' he insists.
Grotskov said: 'I'm not personally against Putin (pictured) because if it's not Putin there will be someone else. Russia, the way it is today, should not exist. It is a cancer on the world's body. Take any military conflict around the world – such as Syria or in African countries – and you can always find the Kremlin's hand'
Initially he intended to set up an online project with friends inside Russia to spread information about corrupt state officials, expose the government's failure to prosecute them and encourage the imposition of stricter Western sanctions.
But after Putin stirred up a separatist insurgency in Donbas and war broke out later in 2014, Grotskov joined the Ukrainian volunteer forces despite living illegally in the country – and ended up fighting in one of the most vicious battles near Donetsk.
He is infuriated by the complicity of his fellow Russians: 'Many people get the same information I had but they ignore it. When the war started I realised that 99 per cent of people are happy to see Ukrainians suffering, to see them bombed and killed.'
Grotskov who was granted the right to remain in Ukraine last autumn, said he is proud to fight for Kyiv having joined up again four months ago, adding: 'I feel like it's my home. My friends are here, I love this country and I will fight for it.' But he also believes he is fighting to protect 'the whole civilised world' and to defeat dictatorship.
He wants to see Moscow's empire crushed since he argues that Russia's problem goes far beyond the current president.
He added: 'I'm not personally against Putin because if it's not Putin there will be someone else. Russia, the way it is today, should not exist.
It is a cancer on the world's body. Take any military conflict around the world – such as Syria or in African countries – and you can always find the Kremlin's hand.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10989103/Putin-overthrown-Widow-joined-Russian-unit-fighting-Ukraine-vows-revenge.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | 2022-07-06T22:12:43Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10989103/Putin-overthrown-Widow-joined-Russian-unit-fighting-Ukraine-vows-revenge.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | true |
Will Starship fly this month? SpaceX transports Ship 24 to the suborbital launchpad at its testing facility in Texas
- SpaceX announced its Starship 24 is now standing on the suborbital launch pad
- 'It preparation for the first orbital flight test of Starship,' SpaceX shared
- Elon Musk had long said there would be an orbital launch in July
Elon Musk promised the world an orbital Starship flight in July and it seems he is one step closer to making it happen.
SpaceX announced Wednesday its prototype, or Ship 24, is standing tall on the suborbital pad at its Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas.
The move is 'in preparation for the first orbital flight test of Starship,' SpaceX shared in a tweet, suggesting the massive rocket could take off this month.
All activity at the testing facility has been on hold for more than a year due to an environmental review by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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SpaceX announced Wednesday its prototype, or Ship 24, is standing tall on the suborbital pad at its Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas
According to a FAA report, SpaceX was required to 'take more than 75 actions to mitigate environmental impacts from its proposed plan to launch the Starship/Super Heavy vehicle' before it could launch another rocket for the site.
This includes killing plans to build its own natural gas power plant desalination and natural gas refinery and liquefaction facility at or near the launch site.
However, SpaceX did receive approval for up to 500 hours of road closures for operations and up to 300 hours for closures for emergencies per year.
This is a win, as the company was only granted 180 per year for its 2014 Falcon 9 rocket launches.
The move is 'in preparation for the first orbital flight test of Starship,' SpaceX shared in a tweet, suggesting the massive rocket could take off this month
All activity at the testing facility has been on hold for more than a year due to an environmental review by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Pictured is Ship 24 on the suborbital launch pad
The FAA report was published on June 13 and the next day, Musk tweeted: 'Starship will be ready to fly next month.'
He also tweeted on June 14 that SpaceX 'will have a second Starship stack ready to fly in August and then a monthly thereafter.'
However, it appears Musk's company has received approval from the FAA and is moving forward with its first Starship orbital launch.
DailyMail.com has contacted the FAA and has yet to receive a response.
The FAA report was published on June 13 and the next day, Musk tweeted: 'Starship will be ready to fly next month'
He also tweeted on June 14 that SpaceX 'will have a second Starship stack ready to fly in August and then a monthly thereafter.' However, it appears Musk's company has received approval from the FAA and is moving forward with its first Starship orbital launch
The last Starship that flew was the Serial Number 15 (SN 15) on May 5, 2021 and it landed nominal.
However, not all of the rockets have returned to Earth in one piece.
The previous test flight, on March 31 last year, ended with SN11 in pieces on the launch pad.
SN10 was the first out of the four previous Starships to survive the landing, but the massive rocket exploded roughly 10 minutes after due to a methane leak.
The last Starship launched on May 5. The massive rocket also performed a perfect landing following its six-mile journey toward space
Both SN8 and SN9 (pictured) exploded into a ball of flames the moment they touched down
The failure occurred after SpaceX declared it a success, as SN10 flew and flipped - without crashing and burning like the previous prototypes SN8 and SN9. Musk praised the rocket in a tweet for 'landing in one piece'.
And both SN8 and SN9 exploded into a ball of flames the moment they touched down – and they both triggered reviews from the FAA.
SpaceX is planning to send humans to Mars using a two-stage spacecraft composed of Starship (the passenger-carrying section) and the Super Heavy rocket booster.
SN 9 and Sn 8 (pictured) both triggered reviews from the FAA
However, the firm has some work to do to finish the construction of the $216 million Starship, previously known as 'BFR', at SpaceX's Texas development site.
Musk aims to use Starship testing to finalize the final rockets to take humans to Mars and the orbital launch will bring the billionaire one step closer to colonizing the red planet. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10988925/SpaceX-transports-Ship-24-suborbital-launchpad-testing-facility-Texas.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | 2022-07-06T22:13:09Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10988925/SpaceX-transports-Ship-24-suborbital-launchpad-testing-facility-Texas.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | true |
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Robert Hubbard, former wrestling coach of Jayland Walker. Walker was a Black motorist who was shot dozens of times and killed by police in Akron, Ohio, on June 27.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Robert Hubbard, former wrestling coach of Jayland Walker. Walker was a Black motorist who was shot dozens of times and killed by police in Akron, Ohio, on June 27.
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Diaa Hadid chiefly covers Pakistan and Afghanistan for NPR News. She is based in NPR's bureau in Islamabad. There, Hadid and her team were awarded a Murrow in 2019 for hard news for their story on why abortion rates in Pakistan are among the highest in the world. | https://www.knau.org/2022-07-06/pakistan-audiences-react-to-ms-marvel-marvels-1st-muslim-superhero-headliner | 2022-07-06T22:14:03Z | https://www.knau.org/2022-07-06/pakistan-audiences-react-to-ms-marvel-marvels-1st-muslim-superhero-headliner | true |
The state's second-largest health care system, Care New England, to remain independent
PROVIDENCE — With new financial support in the recently approved state budget, Care New England, the state's second-largest health care system, will be able to remain independent, the health care provider announced on Wednesday.
"This allows us to stay as a locally governed nonprofit," CNE president and CEO Dr. James E. Fanale told The Journal in an interview. He said it means Care New England, which owns Butler, Kent and Women & Infants hospitals, will not need to entertain offers of acquisition.
"Today’s announcement followed months of examination and analysis of various offers and partnership structures, followed by deliberation of Care New England’s Board of Directors," the system said in a news release.
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"Just a few of the key areas under the microscope were: the financial commitments made by potential partners, the experience of potential partners in operating and integrating hospitals, their track record of working productively with health care workers in Rhode Island, their experience in academic health system environments, as well as any likely financial and regulatory barriers to implementing specific transactions."
A volatile year so far
Wednesday's announcement is the latest development in what has proved to be a volatile year thus far in Rhode Island health care. Events were set in motion in February, when the office of Attorney General Peter F. Neronha denied an application by CNE and Lifespan, the state's largest health care system, to merge. The proposed merger was the latest and likely last attempt to combine the systems.
Next came the April announcement that Lifespan president and CEO Dr. Timothy J. Babineau would resign at the end of May. That was followed a month later by the announcement that Fanale plans to retire in early 2023.
At the time, concerns were raised about CNE's ability to survive, given its precarious finances. But Wednesday's announcement, Fanale told The Journal, puts an end to "years of struggling with lots of things."
One key to CNE's continued independence is an increase in the state budget in Medicaid reimbursement for baby deliveries, which will significantly improve Women & Infants' finances.
In the CNE release, Fanale and CNE Board chairman Charles Reppucci said "this plan, coupled with the financial support included in the recently-enacted state budget, will help ensure that Care New England will maintain a stable operating platform and continue to fulfill its mission to care for its community of patients and support our staff.”
The release stated that the two men "also expressed wholehearted thanks to the legislative leadership, governor, and especially the Speaker of the House and Senate President for their counsel and support."
House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi said in a statement: "I have always recognized the value of Kent Hospital to my home city of Warwick, and it is near and dear to my heart. I worked hard throughout this year’s budget process to make certain that Kent will have the resources necessary to continue providing quality health care and to protect the jobs of the dedicated professional staff. The state funding will help Kent and Care New England as it works to build a stronger health care delivery system.”
According to the CNE release, "following the decision, Care New England will work on arrangements with Brown University, its health plans, Lifespan and other local hospitals and health systems, and clinical partners."
"It's been a hell of a four months and a lot of work," Fanale told The Journal, "but I'm delighted." | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/healthcare/2022/07/06/care-new-england-remains-independent-rhode-island-state-budget-medicaid/7821590001/ | 2022-07-06T22:14:47Z | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/healthcare/2022/07/06/care-new-england-remains-independent-rhode-island-state-budget-medicaid/7821590001/ | false |
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(RNS) — Outside the small Texas town of Elsa, a sheet metal fence too tall to see over surrounds a few acres of prime Rio Grande Valley land. In front of the compound’s drab, gray gate, bright orange letters spell out “Nature’s Resort.” The gate opens to reveal a seemingly ordinary community. RVs and small homes line the roads, péntaque and pickleball courts offer residents recreational spaces, and the front office acts as the community’s nucleus.
Nothing looks amiss, except that is, for what’s missing — namely, clothing.
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Misty Katz, part owner of Nature’s Resort, finds comfort in shunning clothes. Growing up in South Africa, she was scolded by her parents for undressing in public when her clothes got dirty. She didn’t take those lessons too seriously. More than half a century later, she lives at a nudist (or naturist) resort in South Texas and doesn’t worry about dirty clothes anymore.
For as long as Katz has been a nudist, she has also been a Christian.
Public nudity may seem antithetical to the modesty often promoted by churches, but to Katz, the two go hand in hand. “Believe it or not, we are modest,” Katz says. “Modesty doesn’t mean you have to cover everything up. We don’t display our wares, we’re not adorning various parts of our bodies in a way that’s going to attract attention.”
Her idea of modesty echoes Pope John Paul II’s 1981 book “Love and Responsibility,” in which he writes “nakedness itself is not immodest.” He goes on to explain that immodesty presents itself only when nakedness serves to sexually arouse.
At Nature’s Resort, public nudity is not sexual. “The initial conception is that this is a sexual thing,” Katz says. “People think we’re all out on the front lawn having sex with each other, swapping partners. In fact, if there is any overt sexuality, you see that gate open real fast and somebody is ushered out.”
Some Christian critics of nudism, including Mary Lowman of The Christian Working Woman, see the lifestyle as an affront to God. On her website’s page The Christian Dress Code, Lowman claims “God’s dress code from the beginning has been to cover our nakedness.”
Even still, nudism attracts unlikely allies. Some nondenominational, hard-line conservative clergy accept nudism. Pastor Ron Smith, of McAllen’s Church of the King, vehemently opposes homosexuality, abortion and the transgender community, but when it comes to nudism, his strident views loosen up.
“I think it’s odd, I think it’s strange, but I have no proof it’s sinning,” Smith said. “We have a retired couple that sit in the front row every Sunday that live at a nudist camp. I believe they’re dedicated Christians.”
Because the Bible doesn’t explicitly forbid nudism, Smith says he cannot condemn those who practice it. In fact, the Bible condones nudism on several occasions: “Adam and Eve were in the garden talking to God every day. They were nude,” Katz says. “When David had his big victory in battle, he went dancing in the streets naked to praise God. So, that must be OK in God’s eyes.”
Katz isn’t the only Christian at Nature’s Resort. Chip and Daisy are a married couple who requested to exclude their last names so friends and family don’t learn of their nudism. They, like most everyone at Nature’s Resort, are winter Texans, retirees spending their summers up north and coming down to the Rio Grande Valley when temperatures start to drop.
Chip, a Black man, is also one of the only residents of color out of the up to 250 people in the community. Like Katz, Chip and Daisy find nudism fits neatly into their Christianity and see it enhancing their religious lives. “In a nudist environment, the true Christian belief of valuing others and not judging others is accentuated,” Daisy says. “Here, you don’t judge someone for what they look like or what they wear.”
“It’s one thing to be with Christians in a building,” Chip says. “It’s another thing to be with Christians who are nudists. There’s a deeper connectivity.”
Though Nature’s Resort is not explicitly religious, it is affiliated with the American Association for Nude Recreation, an organization with deep Christian roots. AANR, once named the American Sunbathing Association, and the American League for Physical Culture before that, was led by Ilsley Boone in the 1930s.
Boone was a Dutch Reformed minister and a driving force behind popularizing Christian naturism in the U.S., where he preached a religiously enriching nudism. Christian naturism, popular in the early 20th century, continues to find success in the digital age on online forums.
And though Nature’s Resort’s particular brand of nudism is not the Christian variety, some of its members have found the lifestyle deeply spiritual.
“I think it’s far easier being a Christian nudist than being a Christian nonnudist,” Katz says. “That’s because as a Christian, you’ve got to love everybody. And as a nudist, you do love everybody.” | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Christians-strip-down-at-a-South-Texas-nudist-17288528.php | 2022-07-06T22:15:43Z | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Christians-strip-down-at-a-South-Texas-nudist-17288528.php | true |
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities on Wednesday started hauling away 177 lions, tigers, jaguars and other exotic big cats that were found at an animal rescue center in the mountains on Mexico City’s south side.
The federal Attorney General’s Office for Environmental Protection said 202 animals in all, including monkeys, dogs, donkeys and coyotes, were being taken to other locations, presumably zoos or animal reserves.
Dozens of heavily armed city police raided the “Black Jaguar White Tiger” animal sanctuary Tuesday after images of rail-thin, distressed and injured lions circulated on social media.
The founder of the reserve told local media that he had rescued some of the animals and that some of them arrived in bad shape.
Mexico City police chief Omar Garcia Harfuch said the property had been seized “for the crime of improper use of property and mistreatment of animals.”
City police said in a statement that “according to the inspection, the property where the aminals were kept is zoned for agricultural or grazing purposes, not for keeping the kind of species found.”
Under Mexican law, private individuals can register to keep exotic cats and other animals in supervised wildlife management units. The facility raided Tuesday appears to have filed such paperwork.
But the animal rights advocacy group PETA called the site a “false sanctuary,” saying it had been complaining for years that the facility was engaged in abusive practices.
Peta said the lions, tigers and jaguars were held in relatively small fenced-in pens, sometimes with more than one animal per enclosure, and also were forced to interact with humans for “selfies” or videos.
The Association of Zoos, Breeders and Aquariums of Mexico said its members would volunteer to take charge of the animals.
But Mexican drug cartel members illegally keeping big cats and the country's 2015 ban on animal acts in circuses have both contributed to the saturation of animal shelters and rescue facilities.
“Several of our facilities are already saturated with wild animals from various rescues, ranging from circuses to hundreds of seizures of illegal trafficking” of animals, Ernesto Zazueta, head of zoo association, said in a statement. “But we cannot allow these animals, many of which are endangered, to continue in these deplorable health conditions and malnourishment.”
Mexican narcos have long had a fascination with exotic animals.
In one week in June, a spider monkey dressed up as a drug gang mascot was found shot to death after a gunbattle, a 450-pound (200-kilogram) tiger wandered streets in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit, and a man died from being mauled when he tried to pet a captive tiger in a cartel-dominated area of western Michoacan state. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Police-haul-off-big-cats-other-animals-after-17288626.php | 2022-07-06T22:15:54Z | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Police-haul-off-big-cats-other-animals-after-17288626.php | false |
‘I set my mind to it’: Diving 358 feet in less than 3 minutes, swimmer breaks national record
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A diver from Hawaii has broken the USA Men’s National Freediving Record.
During the International Association for the Development of Apnea (AIDA) depth championships in the Philippines last week, Kurt Chambers completed a self-powered dive to 358 feet on a single breath of air.
The record dive took two minutes and 54 seconds.
The Kailua-Kona native is now the deepest competitive free diver in all of North America.
“At some point I went ahead and set my mind on it, even if it was kind of an ambitious goal to reach those numbers based on where I was at,” Chambers said. “I set my mind to it and ended up being successful.”
Chambers teaches freediving courses in Hawaii.
He holds 10 national records.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for fatally shooting a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Tony Cushingberry, 23, entered the plea in the April 27, 2020, slaying of carrier Angela Summers, 45, in Indianapolis, prosecutors said.
Cushingberry was upset about the lack of mail delivery to his home because of an aggressive dog, court documents said. Cushingberry pursued Summers onto a neighbor’s porch, causing Summers to reach for her can of defensive spray, and spray Cushingberry. Cushingberry took out a handgun from his waistband and shot Summers in the chest, documents said. Summers collapsed on the porch and was pronounced dead at a hospital.
“Letter carrier Summers was a dedicated public servant simply doing her job when she was senselessly murdered,” U.S. Attorney Zachary Myers said.
“We hope that this case’s resolution will serve as a deterrent to those criminal actors who threaten the fundamental right of a safe work environment for our nation’s postal employees,” USPS Inspector-in-Charge Rodney Hopkins said in a news release.
Cushingberry faces a possible maximum sentence of life in federal prison when he is sentenced at an undetermined date. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Indianapolis-man-pleads-guilty-to-killing-mail-17288422.php | 2022-07-06T22:17:09Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Indianapolis-man-pleads-guilty-to-killing-mail-17288422.php | false |
WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 6, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
404 PM CDT Wed Jul 6 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Randall, southeastern Oldham, northeastern Deaf Smith and Potter
Counties through 500 PM CDT...
At 404 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Wildorado, or 10 miles east of Vega, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Amarillo, Wildorado, Bushland and Valley De Oro.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 3498 10221 3523 10237 3560 10221 3555 10168
3519 10167
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 216DEG 20KT 3524 10223
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- COVID-19 vaccine acceptance increased 3.7% between 2020 and 2021, according to a new study from researchers at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH), the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), the Dalhousie University and the University of Calgary.
In a June 2021 survey of over 23,000 individuals across 23 countries, the researchers found that more than three-quarters (75.2%) of respondents reported vaccine acceptance, up from 71.5% one year earlier.
The study, which was published Monday in Nature Communications, was carried out within the context of a year of substantial but very unequal global COVID-19 vaccine availability and acceptance, which necessitated new assessments of the drivers of vaccine hesitancy and the characteristics of people not vaccinated.
Concerns about vaccine safety and efficacy and mistrust in the science behind vaccine development were the most consistent correlates of hesitancy. Other factors associated with vaccine hesitancy varied by country and included personal experience with COVID-19 (e.g., sickness or loss of a family member) and demographic characteristics (e.g., gender, education, and income).
The authors found that vaccine hesitancy did not significantly correlate with a country's current COVID-19 case burden and mortality. In June 2021, vaccine hesitancy was reported most frequently in Russia (48.4%), Nigeria (43%), and Poland (40.7%), and least often in China (2.4%), the United Kingdom (UK) (18.8%), and Canada (20.8%).
"In order to improve global vaccination rates, some countries may at present require people to present proof of vaccination to attend work, school, or indoor activities and events," says CUNY SPH Senior Scholar Jeffrey Lazarus. "Our results found strong support among participants for requirements targeting international travellers, while support was weakest among participants for requirements for schoolchildren."
Support for vaccine mandates was substantially lower among those who were hesitant to get vaccinated themselves. "Importantly, however, recommendations by a doctor, or to a lesser extent by an employer, might have an impact on a respondent's views on vaccination in some countries," said CUNY SPH Dean Ayman El-Mohandes.
Although some countries are currently disengaging from evidence-based COVID-19 control measures, the disease has by no means been controlled or ended as a public health threat. The authors note that for ongoing COVID-19 vaccination campaigns to succeed in improving coverage going forward, substantial challenges remain. These include targeting those reporting lower vaccine confidence with evidence-based information campaigns and greatly expanding vaccine access in low- and middle-income countries.
Jeffrey V. Lazarus, Katarzyna Wyka, Trenton M. White, Camila A. Picchio, Kenneth Rabin, Scott C. Ratzan, Jeanna Parsons Leigh, Jia Hu & Ayman El-Mohandes. Revisiting COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy around the world using data from 23 countries in 2021. Nature Communications.
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Simon Hart has become the third senior British minister to resign from Boris Johnson's government, stepping down from his position as Welsh Secretary.
Hart's resignation came on the heels of the departure on Tuesday evening local time of the country's health and finance ministers, with many MPs from the ruling Conservative Party openly saying they want Johnson, prime minister since 2019, gone.
"I have never been a massive fan of Ministerial resignations being the best means of forcing change," Hart wrote in his resignation letter.
"Colleagues have done their upmost in private and public to help you turn the ship around, but it is with sadness that I feel we have passed the point where this is possible." | https://www.perthnow.com.au/politics/third-senior-uk-minister-resigns-from-govt-c-7433730 | 2022-07-06T22:23:31Z | https://www.perthnow.com.au/politics/third-senior-uk-minister-resigns-from-govt-c-7433730 | false |
Agudath Israel of America praised the reversal of a judicial standard that came about as a result of a Supreme Court ruling backing a public high school football coach who prayed on the fifty-yard line.
Abba Cohen, the Washington director for the haredi Orthodox umbrella body, said the group was pleased that Justice Neil Gorsuch, who wrote the decision for the court’s 6-3 conservative majority, did away with a decades-old standard for assessing whether a government authority violated church-state standards.
Cohen clarified later that this did not mean his organization was praising the entire ruling. “Agudath Israel has long expressed concern about and opposition to denominational public prayer and the proselytization in schools,” he said.
The “Lemon test,” stemming from the 1971 Lemon v. Kurtzman decision, assesses whether a government action advances or inhibits religion. Orthodox groups have long said the test was overly restrictive.
“Rather than offering protection, ‘Lemon’ too often resulted in Establishment Clause hostility toward religion, which itself is constitutionally prohibited,” Cohen said. “The First Amendment is stronger with its demise.”
Gorsuch in his decision said the Lemon test should be superseded by more recent traditions that refer to “historical practices and understandings.”
“The Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression, for religious and nonreligious views alike,” Gorsuch wrote.
Monday’s ruling backed Joseph Kennedy, an assistant coach in the Seattle area who was let go from his job because he would not stop on-field prayers. The coach asserted, and the Court majority agreed, that his prayers were “private,” even though his players would join in. Jewish civil rights groups said the ruling put at risk a 1992 ruling banning clergy from praying in schools. That ruling, which the groups said protected children from proselytizers, was spurred by Jewish parents in Rhode Island.
The Orthodox Union, the umbrella body for Modern Orthodox groups and synagogues, declined to comment on Gorsuch’s decision, named Kennedy v. Bremerton School District.
Rabbi Levi Shemtov, the executive vice president of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad), said he had mixed feelings about the ruling. Chabad has advocated for years for moments of silence in public schools, seeing them as a means for reflection and promoting more considered behavior.
But Shemtov said the coach’s Christian prayer was not quite the same. “A parochial prayer can present some real problems while a moment of silence is all but unassailable,” Shemtov said in an interview. A moment of silence “gives each individual the right to worship in the privacy of their own mind even in the presence of others.” JN | https://www.jewishaz.com/specialsections/leading-orthodox-group-praises-reversal-of-standard-in-supreme-court-ruling-on-football-coach-s/article_c9fa0038-fd5d-11ec-96ae-af94a608f22d.html | 2022-07-06T22:26:22Z | https://www.jewishaz.com/specialsections/leading-orthodox-group-praises-reversal-of-standard-in-supreme-court-ruling-on-football-coach-s/article_c9fa0038-fd5d-11ec-96ae-af94a608f22d.html | true |
Decentralized music licensing marketplace allows owners to set fees; eliminates third parties from music licensing transactions to increase speed of payment, reduce costs.
NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dequency has today launched its web3-powered music licensing marketplace, opening its portal to music rights holders everywhere, having completed a 4-month restricted beta phase.
Dequency is building a unique, decentralized music licensing marketplace for music rights holders and visual creators to connect, collaborate, and transact directly with one another.
Built on Algorand, the marketplace is the only option for on-chain sync licensing for blockchain-native content such as motion-visual digital art, NFT projects, games, and metaverse productions.
Analogous to Bitcoin's trustless digital payments, Dequency eliminates third parties from music licensing transactions to increase speed of payment, reduce fees, and give control of the system to market participants.
Dequency CEO Keatly Haldeman said: "We use web3 tools such as smart contracts and cryptocurrency, not to be part of the hype cycle, but because this technology enables unprecedented efficiency and control for licensing transactions and payment."
Prior to today, Dequency released a beta product with a limited seed catalog available to license.
Today's v1.0 launch creates a two-sided marketplace, allowing any music rightsholder that owns both the recording and publishing rights of a track to license their music directly to a licensee without an intermediary in between the transaction..
Music rights owners that use the Dequency marketplace are also able to set their own licensing fees, making this a first of its kind proposition for an online sync platform.
Dequency executed the first ever sync license on a public blockchain last year when Late Night People by Goldfish ft. Soweto Kinch was licensed through the platform's SmartSync contract for use in Algorand's Decipher conference, which was held in Miami, Florida last November.
The company raised $4.5 million via an investment round led by Borderless Capital in February this year.
About the v1 launch, Haldeman said: "Our goal is to create a decentralized sync marketplace where artists and music rights holders control their online licensing experience, thereby attracting the most discerning creators and copyright owners. Audio-visual content creators benefit from a uniquely diverse and elevated catalog of music with easy licensing for their projects. Today, we're one step closer to our vision becoming reality."
Black Dave, a musician and thought leader in web3 music, and an early adopter of Dequency said: "Using web3 technology to purchase, track and pay for licenses for music is absolutely the future. Automating this process as much as possible via the blockchain allows for a new era of democratization of sync licensing, and I'm very excited to be a part of it."
Among Dequency's earliest supporters, electronic music duo Goldfish said: "We have always strived to make music that is unique and finally we have a platform that suits our quest!"
Keatly Haldeman (CEO), a lifelong musician, is co-founder and former CEO of Riptide Music Group, a publishing company and record label specialising in the synchronization of music to picture. Riptide's roster includes songs by artists such as Foster The People, Selena Gomez, Migos, Quavo, Ziggy Marley, Big Gigantic, Black Flag, The Turtles, Goldfish, and Fatboy Slim.
George Howard (CIO), JD/MBA, was recently named one of America's 50 Greatest Disruptors by Newsweek Magazine. He is a founding member of Open Music Initiative (OMI), a collaborative effort between MIT, Harvard, and Berklee to create an open-source protocol to increase transparency for royalty distribution. He is the former president of Rykodisc; cofounder of digital music distributor TuneCore; a Distinguished Professor of music business/management at Berklee College of Music; and author of 2017's best-selling book: Everything In Its Right Place: How Blockchain Technology Will Lead to a More Transparent Music Industry.
Mark Ross (Board member) is the CEO of ACME Innovation which creates access to the metaverse for media companies, and has founded or financed a multitude of entertainment related companies and start-ups including Audigent, Music Audience Exchange, Riptide Music Group, Project M, and Sir George Martin's GrandMaster Music.
Steve Kokinos (Board member) is the CEO of Algorand Inc. and responsible for overall business vision and strategy. Steve is a serial entrepreneur, most recently co-founder and Executive Chairman of Fuze, where he was responsible for corporate strategy. Prior to Fuze, Steve was co-founder of BladeLogic, Inc., a recognized leader in the data center automation market with a Fortune 500 client list including GE, Time Warner, Microsoft, Cable & Wireless, Walmart, and Sprint, among others.
Visit: www.dequency.io.
Algorand is transforming economic models and economies of all kinds. Founded by Turing Award-winning cryptographer Silvio Micali, Algorand's high–performing Layer-1 blockchain is unparalleled for bringing fast, frictionless, and inclusive technologies to everyone. Algorand is reshaping every industry–from TradFi and DeFi to new creator economies and beyond. With an extraordinary commitment to interoperability and consistent delivery, our sustainable technology powers more participation, transparency, and efficiency for all. As the technology of choice for 2000+ global organizations, the Algorand ecosystem is transforming the next generation of financial products, protocols and exchange of value. For more information, visit www.algorand.com.
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The Texas Progressive Alliance wishes everyone a happy Fourth of July despite it all as it brings you this week’s roundup.
Off the Kuff discussed a tempoarary reprieve for some abortion providers in Texas, and the valiant but fruitless promise that some state District Attorneys have made to not prosecute abortion-related “crimes”.
SocraticGadfly has a full background on that “I wanted to go play ice hockey” Putin-Macron phone call.
Stace tells us that recent migrant deaths were caused by a broken political system. It’s not a new thing.
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And here are some posts of interest from other Texas blogs.
Lisa Gray offers some advice for people who need an abortion, or might need one some day.
G. Elliott Morris corrects some bad math in that AP story about people changing their voter registration.
Steve Vladeck proposes Congress take more of a role in shaping SCOTUS’ docket.
Mary Lynn Pruneda lists the key highlights of the 2021-22 Texas STAAR results.
Therese Odell reviews what she missed while she was on vacation. | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106000 | 2022-07-06T22:29:07Z | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106000 | true |
Ex-Bachelorette Brooke Blurton is the latest reality star to jump on the OnlyFans bandwagon as she reveals she has a 'secret' account: 'Why not?'
Brooke Blurton has signed up for OnlyFans - but as a fan, not a creator.
While she isn't making content herself, the former Bachelorette has an account on the adult website that she uses to follow her favourite models.
The 27-year-old, who is single following her split from ex Darvid Garayeli, told Yahoo on Wednesday: 'I have an OnlyFans account, as in I watch other people.'
Brooke Blurton has signed up for OnlyFans - but as a fan, not a creator
'I just find it so intriguing. I'm interested, I'm curious, I can't help that! I have to know!' added Brooke, who just launched a Nova podcast called Not So PG.
'And, you know, I'm also gay so I love women's bodies and physiques, and if that's what it is, why not?'
The bisexual youth worker said OnlyFans is a diverse platform that isn't just limited to porn, calling it a 'creative space for people to show themselves creatively'.
While she isn't making content herself, the former Bachelorette has an account on the adult website that she uses to follow her favourite models
Brooke, who rose to fame on The Bachelor in 2018 before starring on Bachelor in Paradise and The Bachelorette, appears on the cover of Women's Health this month.
She told the magazine it's important for her to set 'healthy boundaries' on social media, but at the same time she's 'not afraid to share the ugly stuff as well'.
'If you can be vulnerable with yourself and also with others, I admire that over being physically strong because I think that, for me, is so admirable and the strength to share vulnerability is not credited enough in this world,' she said.
The 27-year-old, who is single following her split from ex Darvid Garayeli, told Yahoo on Wednesday: 'I have an OnlyFans account, as in I watch other people'
Brooke recently shared her abortion story after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in a controversial move that has divided the country.
She said on Instagram she'd had an abortion a 'very little time ago' and called on women to 'come together' to protect reproductive rights.
The reality star said she was 'lucky' to have freedom of choice in Australia, because many women around the world do not have access to safe abortions.
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Californian man found guilty of murdering Nipsey Hussle, American Grammy-winning rapper
A California man was found guilty on Wednesday of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Grammy-winning Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle in 2019.
Key points:
- Eric Ronald Holder Jr. was found guilty of killing the Grammy-winning rapper
- He shot him at least 10 times after being called a 'snitch'
- Holder was also convicted of attempted voluntary manslaughter and assault with a firearm for wounding bystanders
A 12-person jury in Los Angeles County convicted Eric Ronald Holder Jr., 32, in the killing of Mr Hussle outside a clothing store the rapper owned in south Los Angeles.
Prosecutors said Holder shot Mr Hussle at least 10 times when the pair had a chance meeting on a Sunday afternoon in the neighbourhood where they both grew up.
After a brief conversation, Holder left and returned about 10 minutes later and opened fire, killing Mr Hussle and wounding two bystanders.
Public defender Aaron Jansen acknowledged that Holder killed Mr Hussle but argued that he should not be convicted of first-degree murder because the attack was not premeditated.
Mr Jansen told jurors that Holder acted in "the heat of passion" after Mr Hussle told him there were rumours of him "snitching" to police, which he considered a serious offence. Holder did not testify during the trial.
Mr Hussle, whose real name was Ermias Asghedom, was 33 when he died and had publicly acknowledged that he joined a gang as a teenager.
He later became an activist and entrepreneur as he found success with rap music and collaborated with artists including Snoop Dogg and Drake.
In 2020, Hussle won two posthumous Grammy Awards including one for best rap performance for "Racks in the Middle," released a few weeks before his death and featuring Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy.
The jury also convicted Holder of two counts each of attempted voluntary manslaughter and assault with a firearm for wounding bystanders when he shot at Hussle.
Holder faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Sentencing was set for September 15.
Reuters | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-07/california-man-found-guilty-of-killing-nipsey-hussle/101215602 | 2022-07-06T22:31:21Z | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-07/california-man-found-guilty-of-killing-nipsey-hussle/101215602 | true |
CALABASAS, Calif., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE: AMH) today announced that the Company will release its second quarter 2022 financial and operating results on Thursday, August 4, 2022, after the market closes. The Company will host a conference call on Friday, August 5, 2022, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time to review second quarter results, discuss recent events, and conduct a question-and-answer period.
About American Homes 4 Rent
American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE: AMH) is a leading single-family property owner, leasing operator, and build-to-rent developer. Recent achievements include being named a 2022 Great Place to Work®, a 2022 Top U.S. Homebuilder by Builder100, one of America's Most Responsible Companies 2022 and America's Most Trusted Companies 2022 by Newsweek and Statista, and a Top ESG Regional Performer by Sustainalytics. We are an internally managed Maryland real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on acquiring, developing, renovating, leasing, and managing homes as rental properties. As of March 31, 2022, we owned 57,984 single-family properties in select submarkets in 22 states. Additional information about American Homes 4 Rent is available on our website at http://www.americanhomes4rent.com.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Baker Mayfield’s wild four-year ride in Cleveland is over.
The No. 1 overall pick in 2018, Mayfield was traded Wednesday by the Browns, who moved on from the divisive quarterback months ago and finally sent him to the Carolina Panthers for a future draft pick.
Mayfield, who was pushed out of his starting job amid the Browns’ pursuit of Deshaun Watson, is going to Carolina for a conditional draft pick in 2024 or 2025.
The Browns are paying $10.5 million of Mayfield’s $18.8 million contract for next season, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The Panthers will pay $4.8 million and Mayfield will take a $3.5 million pay cut, said the people, who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the trade can’t be finalized until Mayfield passes a physical.
Mayfield can earn back some of the money through incentives. Also, if he plays 70% of Carolina’s snaps next season, the pick the Browns are receiving will be a fourth-rounder in 2024.
The trade was announced by both the Browns and Panthers, who coincidentally will meet in next season’s opener in Charlotte, a matchup spiced up by Mayfield switching teams.
Mayfield’s time with the Browns effectively ended in March when the team traded three first-round selections and six overall to the Houston Texans for Watson, who is facing a possible NFL suspension for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.
Watson has been accused of sexual misconduct by two dozen massage therapists in Texas. The league’s disciplinary officer is expected to rule on Watson before the Browns open training camp later this month.
Mayfield, who played most of last season with a left shoulder injury, felt betrayed by Cleveland’s move for Watson, demanded a trade and then had to wait until the Browns found a team both interested in him and willing to take on his salary.
Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam thanked Mayfield for his contributions.
“From the moment he was drafted, he gave his all for this organization and this city,” they said. “With his fierce competitive spirit, he excited the fanbase and accomplished things that no player at his position had done in Cleveland for a very long time. He also made a difference in the community, whether it was hosting events at the Boys and Girls Club, honoring our troops, supporting the Special Olympics as well as countless other charitable endeavors.”
The 27-year-old will compete for Carolina’s starting QB job with Sam Darnold, who was taken two picks after Mayfield in 2018.
The Panthers, who have not made the playoffs since 2017, have been searching for stability at the quarterback position ever since head coach Matt Rhule was hired in 2020. They also took a run at Watson before he chose Cleveland.
Mayfield’s four years with the Browns included fewer memorable moments than distracting ones as he couldn’t end the team’s long search for a franchise QB.
The stint was full of highs and lows, coaching changes, too much drama and not nearly enough wins.
Former Browns general manager John Dorsey was enamored with Mayfield’s talent and swayed by his swagger, choosing the Heisman Trophy winner from Oklahoma first despite other options, including Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson.
Mayfield began his rookie season as Tyrod Taylor’s backup before coming off the bench in Week 3 and rallying the Browns to their first win in 635 days, a 21-17 victory over the New York Jets on national TV.
Mayfield wound up passing for 3,725 yards and throwing 27 touchdown passes as a rookie, breaking the NFL record for a first-year quarterback. For the first time in years, there was genuine hope for a floundering franchise that has had 32 starting QBs since 1999.
However, Mayfield’s second season was a major setback. He threw nearly as many interceptions (21) as touchdowns (22) and seemed to be on a different page of the playbook than star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. Cleveland went 6-10 and fired coach Freddie Kitchens.
Mayfield also regularly squared off with commentators criticizing his play and sparred with local reporters. His immaturity showed particularly on social media, where he often posted rebukes to detractors.
The 2020 season signaled a turnaround as Mayfield led the Browns back to relevance with their first postseason appearance since 2003. He thrived in first-year coach Kevin Stefanski’s offense, throwing 20 TD passes and just three interceptions in his last 12 games.
Mayfield directed a playoff win — the Browns’ first since 1994 — over the rival Pittsburgh Steelers on Jan. 10, 2021, and came within minutes of getting Cleveland to the AFC Championship a week later before losing at Kansas City.
The resurgence triggered Super Bowl predictions for the Browns in the 2021-22 season and speculation they would sign Mayfield to a long-term contract.
Neither came close to happening.
After dropping the hyped season opener to the Chiefs, the game’s outcome decided when Mayfield threw a late interception, he suffered a torn left shoulder labrum the following week while trying to make a tackle.
The injury worsened when he was sacked by Arizona’s J.J. Watt a few weeks later, and Mayfield never found his rhythm the rest of the season. Beckham forced his way off the roster and the Browns stumbled to a 8-9 finish and missed the playoffs.
Mayfield also raised eyebrows by publicly questioning Stefanski’s play-calling.
Mayfield sat out the finale and had surgery soon after. Browns general manager Andrew Berry said he expected Mayfield to bounce back as the team’s starter in 2022, but everything changed with the pursuit of Watson.
In recent weeks, as Watson’s legal entanglement dragged on, there had been speculation the Browns could turn to Mayfield. But the quarterback recently said he didn’t think a reconciliation was possible.
They were done with him long ago.
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US judge rules woman can assert sexual abuse as murder defense
A murder conviction carries an automatic life sentence in Wisconsin
A young American woman will be allowed to plead not guilty to murder on the grounds her victim sexually abused her, according to a decision issued by a US judge Wednesday in a closely watched case.
In June 2018, then-17-year-old Chrystul Kizer allegedly killed 34-year-old Randall Volar at his home in Kenosha, Wisconsin before setting his house on fire and driving away in his car.
Kizer told detectives she "had gotten upset and she was tired of (him) touching her," and told the Washington Post that Volar had paid her for sexual acts, a crime which is considered sex trafficking of a minor in the northern state.
After much legal back and forth, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin on Wednesday finally ruled that Kizer's legal team could claim self-defense from sexual abuse in her murder defense.
"Even an offense that is unforeseeable or that does not occur immediately after a trafficking offense is committed can be a direct result of the trafficking offense, so long as there is still the necessary logical connection between the offense and the trafficking."
Before his death, Volar had already been the subject of an investigation into the sexual abuse of minors -- pornographic videos had been found at his home, including ones showing Kizer herself.
After his death, Kizer was charged with murder and, if convicted, would have faced a sentence of automatic life in prison, as required by Wisconsin law.
But Kizer's lawyer invoked a Wisconsin law allowing minor sex trafficking victims to be absolved from crimes committed as a "direct" cause of the abuse.
Prosecutors pushed back -- they claimed Volar's murder was not the "direct result" of the abuse Kizer suffered, but that it had been planned as part of Kizer's efforts to steal his car.
But, the state's high court ruled, "unlike many crimes, which occur at discrete points in time, human trafficking can trap victims in a cycle of seemingly inescapable abuse that can continue for months or even years," a situation which Kizer can point to as part of her criminal defense.
Despite the ongoing legal delays, Kizer has been met with strong public support, including from celebrities such as actress Alyssa Milano, while supporters raised $400,000 for the then-teen's bail fund in June 2020.
And an online petition calling for the murder charges against Kizer to be dropped on self-defense grounds received 1.5 million signatures. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-10989239/US-judge-rules-woman-assert-sexual-abuse-murder-defense.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-06T22:38:54Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-10989239/US-judge-rules-woman-assert-sexual-abuse-murder-defense.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for June 2022
Published: Jul. 6, 2022 at 4:52 PM CDT|Updated: 47 minutes ago
Compared to June 2019, passenger traffic increased by 40.1% in Colombia, 11.5% in Mexico and 7.2% in Puerto Rico
MEXICO CITY, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR), ASUR, a leading international airport group with operations in Mexico, the U.S. and Colombia, today announced that passenger traffic for June 2022 reached a total of 5.6 million passengers, 16.9% above the levels reported in Jun 2019.
Compared to June 2019, passenger traffic increased by 40.1% in Colombia, 11.5% in Mexico and Puerto Rico 7.2%. Passenger traffic growth in Mexico and Colombia was driven by both domestic and international traffic, and in Puerto Rico mainly domestic traffic, while international traffic continued to gradually recover.
This announcement reflects comparisons between the periods June 1 through June 30, 2022, 2021 and 2019. Transit and general aviation passengers are excluded from traffic measures in Mexico and Colombia.
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (ASUR) is a leading international airport operator with a portfolio of concessions to operate, maintain and develop 16 airports in the Americas. This comprises nine airports in southeast Mexico, including Cancun Airport, the most important tourist destination in Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America, and six airports in northern Colombia, including Medellin international airport (Rio Negro), the second busiest in Colombia. ASUR is also a 60% JV partner in Aerostar Airport Holdings, LLC, operator of the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport serving the capital of Puerto Rico, San Juan. San Juan's Airport is the island's primary gateway for international and mainland-US destinations and was the first, and currently the only major airport in the US to have successfully completed a public–private partnership under the FAA Pilot Program. Headquartered in Mexico, ASUR is listed both on the Mexican Bolsa, where it trades under the symbol ASUR, and on the NYSE in the U.S., where it trades under the symbol ASR. One ADS represents ten (10) series B shares. For more information, visit www.asur.com.mx.
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The internet went wild after the Virginia-Kentucky District Fair shared that Linda Skeens dominated the competition. Mason Mousette, a radio host at HOT 93.3 in Dallas, was determined to find her.
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Who's No. 1? Uncertainty surrounding top pick at NHL draft
Rather than tip his hand on who the Montreal Canadiens plan to select with the first pick in the NHL draft, Kent Hughes joked they´ll end up with all three of Shane Wright, Juraj Slafkovsky and Logan Cooley.
If the Canadiens want to make a splash, they could end up with two of them.
There´s uncertainly surrounding who´s going No. 1 for the first time in nearly a decade, when the Colorado Avalanche chose Nathan MacKinnon in 2013. In the aftermath of MacKinnon leading the Avalanche to the Stanley Cup, the Canadiens are confronted with a potentially franchise-changing decision in their first time picking first in 42 years and as the hosts of the draft in Montreal.
"If there was any one player with a perfect track record, it would be a pretty simple decision and we probably would have already declared what we were going to do," Hughes said Wednesday. "Everything we can know, whether it´s Shane or Logan or Juraj, we want to know to what extent they will be able to live with the pressure of playing in Montreal."
Wright for years has been playing with pressure, in the microscope in the Ontario Hockey League as the long-projected top pick in this draft. He put up 94 points in 63 games of junior hockey this past season.
The Canadian center believes he´s NHL-ready and wants the pressure of getting picked first overall by the Canadiens at Bell Centre 51 years after they selected Guy LaFleur in the same slot.
Juraj Slafkovsky, left, Shane Wright, center, and Logan Cooley, right, pose at the NHL Draft top hockey prospects media availability, Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in Montreal. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)
"I´m competitive," Wright said. "I always want to be first, I always want to be the best. I think no matter what position you´re in, no matter where you´re ranked, it´s always your goal and you always want to be first. You want to be that first guy chosen and that´s always been my mindset."
Dan Marr, head of NHL Central Scouting, has said Wright and Slafkosky, a big forward from Slovakia, are the most likely prospects to play in the league next season. Slafkovsky has drawn comparisons to late Hall of Famer Clark Gillies and was named most outstanding player at the Olympics after scoring seven goals in seven games.
Slafkovsky repeated Wednesday he would be good fit on left wing with Montreal centers Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield. Asked if the Canadiens were going to take him, the charismatic 18-year-old responded: "I don´t know. You need to ask them."
Because Hughes isn´t telling, the teams with the next few picks have to get ready for multiple scenarios. The New Jersey Devils took a significant amount of calls about trading the second pick, but they´re prepared to make it depending on what Montreal does before them.
"We´ve got it mapped out," GM Tom Fitzgerald said. "At the end of the day, Montreal´s going to pick a player and then we´re going to have a decision to make."
The Arizona Coyotes pick third, the Seattle Kraken fourth and Philadelphia Flyers fifth. Arizona may have a tough choice between Cooley, an American center from Pittsburgh, and Cutter Gauthier, who grew up in the Phoenix area.
The dominos beginning with the top pick could take the draft in many different directions.
"Obviously we´ll cross four names off before we call a name, assuming we stay at 5," Flyers GM Chuck Fletcher said. "I can see scenarios when nearly every player there could be available at 5."
There´s also a scenario in which the Devils could do something surprising, given Czech defenseman David Jiricek and Slafkovsky Olympic teammate Simon Nemec are also in the top tier of available prospects. Much like nine years ago when long-projected top pick Seth Jones fell to four, that could happen to Wright.
Or Wright could go first, like most in hockey have been expecting for some time.
"There´s no clear-cut No. 1," Fitzgerald said. "The majority of years you´ve had someone, so that´s why it´s unique. They´re all really good players, a lot of different positions. But they all may end up being the same at the end of the day with all having similar ceilings in our opinion."
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NHL Draft top hockey prospects pose during a media availability, Wednesday, July 6, 2022 in Montreal. Back row left to right: Joakim Kemell, Juraj Slafkovsky, Cutter Gauthier, Nathan Gaucher. Front row left to right: Conor Geekie, Shane Wright, Logan Cooley and Matthew Savoie. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)
Shane Wright speaks to reporters at the NHL Draft top hockey prospects media availability, Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in Montreal. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)
NHL Draft top hockey prospects pose during a media availability, Wednesday, July 6, 2022 in Montreal. Back row left to right: Joakim Kemell, Juraj Slafkovsky, Cutter Gauthier, Nathan Gaucher. Front row left to right: Conor Geekie, Shane Wright, Logan Cooley and Matthew Savoie. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)
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LOS ANGELES, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Reuben Raucher & Blum announced today that Certified Family Law Specialist and head of the firm's Family Law Department Stephanie Blum has been selected as a nominee for the Los Angeles Business Journal's "Women's Leadership Awards," which honors the impact of women business leaders in the Los Angeles community.
"We are thrilled to see Stephanie honored for the meaningful work she does not only for her clients and our firm but for the legal profession and our greater community," says firm Managing Principal Timothy Reuben.
Blum advises those who face the turmoil, uncertainty and challenges of a divorce. Though her first preference is always to mediate spousal, financial, and custody issues, Blum is also a fierce and relentless opponent in a court of law. Her philosophy in dealing with her clients is to bring sensitivity to what they are going through and to always treat every case on a highly individualized basis. "I always keep in mind my client's needs and circumstances," she says. "That means sound strategy, pragmatic advice, and excellent knowledge of the system. I'm fully prepared to resolve disputes but, when necessary, to fight to secure my client's rights."
Already this year, Blum has been selected as a "Top 100 Lawyer" by the Los Angeles Business Journal, named a "Trailblazing Family Lawyer" by The National Law Journal and recognized as a "Top Family Law Attorney" by the Daily Journal. Blum has been selected by Southern California Super Lawyers as a "Top Rated Family Lawyer" for the past ten years.
A Cornell University graduate and USC School of Law alumna, Blum has appeared on radio and television shows, such as "Entertainment Tonight," "Celebrity Justice," "Inside Edition," "The Insider," KZLA Radio, and KOST Radio. She has been featured and quoted in publications and print, such as iparenting.com, Variety, CBSMarketWatch.com, People Magazine, US Weekly and the Daily Journal and she is a Contributing Expert to Living Brentwood Magazine on family law topics. Blum also co-authored the book "Divorce and Finances: Know your Rights Clearly and Quickly."
The Harriet Buhai Foundation has honored Blum for her pro bono work on their behalf. She currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Family Law Section and was formerly on the executive committee of the LA County Bar Association family law section. She has worked pro bono for both Harriett Buhai and Levitt and Quinn Family Law Center representing clients who could not afford counsel.
REUBEN RAUCHER & BLUM has earned widespread recognition as a boutique litigation and family law firm representing a broad spectrum of clients. The firm has an outstanding track record in resolving complex disputes for its clients through mediation and other settlement methods, but also has obtained multi-million dollar results, as well as total vindication and recovery of attorney's fees when representing the defense. For more information, please visit https://www.rrbattorneys.com/.
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Flight attendant gives saucy performance during safety demonstration
They say if you love your job, you never work a day in your life and that’s probably what this one Southwest flight attendant was thinking during a flight from Tennessee to Georgia on July 5.
Video shared on Twitter by Brittney Abernathy showed one of the flight’s crew members really hamming it up while giving a safety demonstration.
In the video, the unnamed flight attendant seductively unrolled one of the life vests and charismatically modeled it as he strutted down the aisle as if it were a catwalk.
FILE - Freeze frame showing unnamed male flight attendant giving a charismatic performance during the flight’s safety demonstration. (Brittney Abernathy via Storyful)
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During the portion of the demonstration which discussed putting a life vest on an infant, the flight attendant mimed holding a baby in his arms after which he appeared to promptly throw the imaginary baby aside before he sashayed away.
The unexpected charismatic performance was met with laughs and was appreciated by those on board, according to Abernathy.
Abernathy later posted the video on Twitter with the caption, "Hey @SouthwestAir give this man a raise."
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DENVER, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - SSR Mining Inc. (NASDAQ: SSRM) (TSX: SSRM) (ASX: SSR) ("SSR Mining" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed the sale of the Pitarrilla project in Durango, Mexico to Endeavour Silver Corp. (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) ("Endeavour Silver") following the receipt of all required regulatory approvals and satisfaction of all closing conditions. As consideration for the sale, SSR Mining received US$35 million in cash, US$35 million in shares of Endeavour Silver, and a 1.25% net smelter return royalty on the Pitarrilla property.
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SSR Mining Inc. is a leading, free cash flow focused gold company with four producing assets located in the USA, Türkiye, Canada, and Argentina, combined with a global pipeline of high-quality development and exploration assets. In 2021, the four operating assets produced approximately 794,000 gold-equivalent ounces. SSR Mining is listed under the ticker symbol SSRM on the NASDAQ and the TSX, and SSR on the ASX.
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is about to swap solitary confinement at Minnesota's only maximum-security prison for an unknown future at a federal prison.
Experts say that despite Chauvin's national notoriety for killing George Floyd, he probably will be safer at whatever federal prison he's placed, and might have a bit more freedom there. Chauvin will be sentenced on Thursday on federal civil rights charges.
He's already serving 22 1/2 years for his conviction in state court on murder and manslaughter charges. His plea deal on the federal charges calls for a concurrent sentence of 20 to 25 years in federal prison.
For his own safety, Chauvin, 46, has been held since his conviction in “administrative segregation” at the state’s maximum-security prison at Oak Park Heights. He’s been largely confined to a 10-by-10-foot room, which he’s been allowed to leave for an average of one hour a day for exercise. | https://www.3newsnow.com/news/national/chauvin-faces-future-in-federal-prison-for-floyds-death | 2022-07-06T22:45:32Z | https://www.3newsnow.com/news/national/chauvin-faces-future-in-federal-prison-for-floyds-death | false |
Houston police were joined by family members on Wednesday as they asked someone to come forward with more information about the fatal shooting of 5-year-old girl who was killed in a drive-by shooting on Sunday.
Officers responded to a report of a drive-by shooting around 12:50 a.m. on Sunday at 13350 Northborough Drive. Police said witnesses saw a silver, four-door sedan approaching the intersection and a suspect leaned out of the vehicle to fire shots at a food store.
"The juvenile victims were in a vehicle driven by their mother," said police. "They were stopped at the stop sign on Northborough Drive and were caught in the crossfire."
Their mother had just gotten off work, according to police; 5-year-old Khamaya Donelson was killed and her 8-year-old brother was wounded.
"The victims' mother drove them to an area hospital where doctors pronounced the female victim deceased," said police.
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