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LAS VEGAS, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aristocrat Gaming™ announced today that Deanne McKissick has been named Chief Supply Chain Officer and Mark Wadley as Chief Marketing Officer.
Reporting to CEO of Aristocrat Gaming Hector Fernandez, McKissick will oversee the entire global supply chain, ensuring that customers continue to have the best product purchasing experience while Wadley will oversee the comprehensive marketing efforts at a global level to maximize the value of the Gaming division and products.
"As we continue to focus on changing the game, our superb talent is a core component of our ability to lead the market," said Fernandez. "Deanne and Mark's backgrounds lend a unique perspective to help take our business to the next level. We are delighted to welcome both to the global gaming leadership team where they will continue to inspire our employees, vendors, partners and customers to reach new heights."
Most recently, Deanne served as the Senior Vice President of Americas Supply Chain and Customer Order Execution, managing sales support, configuration and order change, material oversight, dual site manufacturing, and quality and customer delivery coordination. Her background includes leadership roles at Fortune 50 companies including Hewlett-Packard and she has been named a pioneer in Global Gaming Women. She holds a BA in Economics from Texas A&M.
Previously, Mark was the Senior Vice President of Marketing, responsible for marketing strategy, branding and partnerships for the Americas Region. Since joining in 2020, he charted the course for new branding, established innovative consumer facing partnerships and built an outstanding team of professional marketers. Mark joined Aristocrat with an extensive background in healthcare marketing where he held leadership roles at bluebird bio, Medivation and Amgen. He holds a BS in Purchasing and Logistics Management from Arizona State University.
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Aristocrat Technologies Inc. is a subsidiary of Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL), a global games leader with more than 6,500 employees. The company is licensed in over 300 gaming jurisdictions, operates in more than 90 countries, and offers a unique blend of products and services. The company is the leading designer, manufacturer, and distributor of Class III games as well as Class II Innovations for Native American casinos and emerging markets. The company's mission is to bring joy to life through the power of play. Its values are rooted in creativity and technology, and the company has a rich history of innovation that has shaped the gaming industry over many decades. For further information, visit the company's website at www.aristocratgaming.com.
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Oriana Branon, Oriana.Branon@aristocrat.com
Paul Speirs-Hernandez, paul@steinbeckcommunications.com
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Gap Stock Is Still Falling as Another Bull Calls It Quits
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Deutsche Bank became the latest firm to downgrade Gap stock (ticker: GPS) on Wednesday. That leaves just a pair of analysts still bullish on the stock, according to FactSet, while nearly a third are bearish. The average analyst price target of $9.15 a share is just a quarter of what it was a year ago. | https://www.barrons.com/articles/gap-stock-rating-ceo-51657725950 | 2022-07-13T16:48:51Z | https://www.barrons.com/articles/gap-stock-rating-ceo-51657725950 | true |
LAS VEGAS, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortress Blockchain Technologies announced today that NFTs minted on the Solana blockchain are now supported in the Fortress Wallet. This includes both the standalone app at my.fortress.app and, more importantly, the enterprise embeddable wallet for API integrators and developers who are embedding NFT wallets into their proprietary mobile and web applications located at developers.fortressapi.com.
The Fortress Wallet can now hold NFTs minted on any of the primary Web3 networks, Solana, Ethereum, and Polygon, side by side all in one place in one wallet. Naturally the wallet also supports the world's most popular cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin and USDC.
NFTs are forming the electronic future of how the world's assets are held. From ticketing, in-game items, music royalties, financial instruments, supply chain tracking, authenticity of physical goods, digital art, collectibles, real estate deeds, healthcare records, and more; almost everything in our world is non-fungible. Through tokenization onto the blockchain, apps and platforms can start to interact with these assets in a way the promotes utility, transparency, and establishes clear provenance.
By embedding the Fortress Wallet into their existing mobile and web applications, enterprise developers can quickly and seamlessly add Web3 NFT capabilities to their featureset. No more sending users to third-party wallets to support their NFT initiatives.
As an example, major ticketing platforms entering Web3 are creating a cohesive user experience where their customers can buy tickets in-app just as they always have and then access them in the embedded Fortress NFT wallet. This approach will become the standard as web2 companies and brands onboard the next billion users into blockchain. Today, Fortress is proud to announce that it now supports Solana as part of the embeddable wallet API product that enables brands, platforms, and developers to embed wallets for their users directly into their existing applications.
"Solana is a phenomenal layer-1 blockchain for the tokenization of assets, which aligns perfectly with our vision of how fungible and non-fungible tokens are evolving to become the keys for all data and assets in our business and personal lives." Co-Founder & CPO of Fortress, Kevin Lehtiniitty. "The speed, scalability, and low-cost of Solana makes it perfect for everyday assets like tickets, collectibles, and other assets with frequent transactions."
Developers from large Fortune 100s to innovative young startups can now embed a secure NFT fortress directly into their application and leverage the power of Solana within that wallet and their application. Developers in the Web3 space can now use Fortress's infrastructure to frictionlessly spin up a wallet for users to hold Solana based assets and together onboard new users into the blockchain world without sending them to third party wallets or requiring them to understand complicated blockchain UX like seed phrases.
With this announcement, Fortress is making the power of Solana more accessible to the global developer community. Through an easy to integrate JSON API, any web2 developer can now seamlessly create a Web3 wallet, hold users' NFTs in the wallet, and create on-chain transaction. It's easier than ever before for developers to build platforms that embrace Solana-based tokens and facilitate the next wave of new users into the web3 world.
"The web2 to web3 transition is one countless companies consider every week, but that transition process is still too difficult for many companies without partners like Fortress" Said Raj Gokal, co-founder of Solana Labs. "Solana Labs is helping onboard the first billion web3 users, and Fortress's support for the Solana blockchain will help us reach that goal."
Fortress provides a suite of API-driven B2B financial, regulatory and technology solutions to NFT and crypto innovators such as Solana and the people building incredible things on their blockchain. These leaders are setting up to transform the world thanks to Web3 initiatives.
For more information on the standalone or embeddable wallet, visit www.fortress.xyz. To sign up for the standalone wallet, visit www.fortress.app.
Solana is a decentralized blockchain built to enable scalable, user-friendly apps for the world. Recognized as the fastest blockchain in the world and the fastest growing ecosystem in crypto, Solana hosts thousands of projects spanning DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and more. Solana's scalability ensures transactions remain less than $0.01 for both developers and users. Acknowledged for their impeccable speed, with 400 millisecond block times, meaning as hardware gets faster, so does the network.
Fortress Blockchain Technologies is a software development firm and holding company that is purpose-built to create financial, regulatory and technology infrastructure for the rapidly emerging Web3 space. Fortress Trust Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fortress Blockchain Technologies and is a full-retail Nevada-chartered financial institution.
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BURBANK, Calif., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Walt Disney Company announced the six companies that will be joining the 2022 Disney Accelerator, a business development program designed to accelerate the growth of innovative companies from around the world. This year's Disney Accelerator class is focused on building the future of immersive experiences and specializes in technologies such as augmented reality (AR), non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and artificial intelligence (AI) characters.
The Disney Accelerator kicks off this week, connecting the 2022 class with the creativity, imagination, and expertise of Disney. Over the course of the program, each participant company will receive guidance from Disney's senior leadership team, as well as a dedicated executive mentor. The Disney Accelerator program will conclude with a Demo Day in the fall at The Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, CA.
"For nearly a century, Disney has been at the forefront of leveraging technology to build the entertainment experiences of the future," said Bonnie Rosen, General Manager of the Disney Accelerator program. "The Disney Accelerator is thrilled to be part of that legacy, and with our newest class of companies, we look forward to furthering our commitment to innovation and continuing to bring magical experiences to Disney audiences and guests for the next 100 years."
The companies selected to participate in the 2022 Disney Accelerator program are:
Flickplay: Flickplay is a Web3 social app that enables users to discover NFTs tied to real-world locations that they can experience and share via AR.
Inworld: Inworld allows users to create interactive, AI-driven characters for immersive experiences.
Lockerverse: Lockerverse is a Web3 platform that empowers creators and brands to tell culture-defining stories and deliver unique access and experiences.
Obsess: Obsess is an experiential e-commerce platform that enables brands to create immersive 3D virtual stores on their websites and on metaverse platforms.
Polygon: Polygon is a scalable blockchain network that allows developers and enterprises to build Web3 experiences.
Red 6: Red 6 is an AR company that has created a patented headset and interface that works outdoors in dynamic, high-performance environments.
As the Company focuses on its next-generation storytelling efforts, Disney will continue to work with companies like those in this year's Accelerator class to help develop new technologies and storytelling canvasses to create connected experiences across physical, digital, and virtual worlds.
For more information on the 2022 Disney Accelerator program, visit http://DisneyAccelerator.com.
Contacts:
Kirsten Underwood
Disney Accelerator Communications
kirsten.underwood@disney.com
Colby Colodner
Corporate Communications
colby.b.colodner@disney.com
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CINCINNATI, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) will report second-quarter 2022 operating results before Nasdaq trading begins on Friday, Aug. 5.
The second-quarter earnings conference call with the company's senior management team will take place at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time.
Scripps will offer a live webcast of the conference call. To access the webcast, visit http://ir.scripps.com/. The webcast link can be found on that page under "upcoming events."
To access the conference call by telephone, dial (844) 867-6169 (U.S.) or (409) 207-6975 (international) and give the access code 1864935 approximately five minutes before the start of the call. Investors and analysts will need the name of the call ("Scripps earnings call") to be granted access. The public is granted access to the conference call on a listen-only basis.
A replay line will be open from 12:30 p.m. Eastern time Aug. 5 until midnight Sept. 7. The domestic number to access the replay is (866) 207-1041 and the international number is (402) 970-0847. The access code for both numbers is 4808441.
A replay of the conference call will be archived and available online for an extended period of time following the call. To access the audio replay, visit http://ir.scripps.com/ approximately four hours after the call, and the link can be found on that page under "audio/video links."
About Scripps
The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) is a diversified media company focused on creating a better-informed world. As one of the nation's largest local TV broadcasters, Scripps serves communities with quality, objective local journalism and operates a portfolio of 61 stations in 41 markets. The Scripps Networks reach nearly every American through the national news outlets Court TV and Newsy and popular entertainment brands ION, Bounce, Defy TV, Grit, ION Mystery, Laff and TrueReal. Scripps is the nation's largest holder of broadcast spectrum. Scripps runs an award-winning investigative reporting newsroom in Washington, D.C., and is the longtime steward of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Founded in 1878, Scripps has held for decades to the motto, "Give light and the people will find their own way."
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FISHERS, Ind., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Verista, a leading business and technology firm providing systems, compliance, validation and quality solutions to life sciences companies, announces that their employees will be taking time off and volunteering to give back to their local communities in partnership with Life Science Cares.
On August 5, Verista employees in their Boston and Philadelphia locations will step away from their offices to help the areas where they live and work by leveraging the extraordinary abilities of their people and resources. Verista's Day of Service will be spent packing hygiene kits for Life Science Cares partners, Victory Programs and Nationalities Service Center. To underscore its community commitment, family and friends are invited while Verista provides all its employees at least 4 hours of Volunteer Time Off.
The company's mission of enabling life sciences clients to improve lives, along with its commitment to social responsibility, is an important element of how the company is run. Verista CEO, Manny Soman, says, "Volunteering is one of the ways in which we feel we can give something back to our local communities and respond to their needs. We must remember that success is defined not only by business achievements, but also by how well we serve our hometowns and enrich our ecosystem."
Verista's work promotes advancement and innovation within the scientific community, helping researchers, organizations and companies solve some of the world's most pressing health challenges.
Verista is a leading business and technology firm that provides systems, quality, and data integrity solutions to life sciences companies, enabling them to improve health and improve lives. For more information, visit www.verista.com.
Founded in 2016, Life Science Cares activates the financial and human capital of the life sciences industry and partners with nonprofits to disrupt the cycle of poverty and inequality in our communities. Made possible by companies and passionate leaders within the life science community, Life Science Cares makes grants and builds community partnerships to further their goal of leveraging the intellectual, financial, and human capital of the life science industry to collectively reduce the impacts of poverty, while helping companies build connections with the community and internally between employees. Life Science Cares currently operates in four communities: Boston, Philadelphia, San Diego, and the Bay Area. For more information, visit www.lifesciencecares.org.
Contact: Tom Libonate, tom.libonate@verista.com
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WAYNE, Pa., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Argosy Private Equity, a lower middle market private equity firm, today announced the sale of Linx Technologies to TE Connectivity.
Founded in 1997, Linx is a leading provider of wireless technology solutions to device manufacturers in the commercial, government, consumer, agricultural, and industrial segments. Linx is an antenna design and manufacturing company focused on serving original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") that require wireless functionality for their products. The company's antennas are engineered for industrial, scientific and medical ("ISM"), Wi-Fi, cellular and global navigation satellite system ("GNSS") bands for numerous Internet of Things ("IoT") applications. Linx complements its antenna product lines with RF connectors, RF modules, remote controls and sub-GHz data modules.
Argosy acquired Linx in December 2015 and immediately began to implement its Value Acceleration Methodology ("VAM™"), partnering with the CEO, Tolga Latif, to further penetrate existing markets and expand into new industry verticals. These VAMTM initiatives allowed Linx to nearly quadruple EBITDA over our six-year hold period.
"Working collaboratively with the Linx Technologies team has been an exceptional experience. The team embraced Argosy's VAM™ tools, with particular impact coming from the strategy deployment and new product development areas. The entire team came to truly embody the company's mission and succeeded in delivering the right product, at the right price to become one of the top brands of antennas, connectors and related RF devices selling through distribution. Our journey with this exceptional team has exceeded all our expectations." said Steve Morgenthal, Managing Partner of Argosy Private Equity.
"Argosy Private Equity has been a true partner throughout their investment. Early in our partnership, the IOT market dynamics changed, and we implemented a strategic shift by developing a novel strategy using analytics to guide rapid product development. It is never easy telling your investors that the investment thesis needs to change. Argosy supported the team, while asking tough questions to help refine and develop the right strategy that ultimately led to our rapid growth and successful sale to TE Connectivity." said Tolga Latif, CEO of Linx Technologies.
Argosy Private Equity, founded in 1990, specializes in providing capital and operating and financial expertise to lower middle market companies across a broad range of industries. Argosy partners with motivated management teams investing in companies with sustainable competitive advantages and attractive growth prospects. Argosy Private Equity is a division of Argosy Capital Group, Inc. ("Argosy Capital") together with Argosy Real Estate Partners, Argosy Credit Partners, Argosy Strategic Partners and Argosy Healthcare Partners. Argosy Capital is an investment adviser with approximately $2.7 billion of assets under management. All of the Argosy Capital funds focus on lower middle market investment strategies.
For further information on Argosy Private Equity, please visit www.argosype.com.
Argosy Private Equity
Sarah Busch
sbusch@argosycapital.com
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Amazon Prime Day 2022 is the best time to shop since there are so many major discounts, especially on home products. If you're looking to step up your hosting game, you need to get a premium wine open.
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Kid-Favorite Character Designs Make Mealtime Fun with Kid-Friendly Tableware
NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Brand Buzz CP has announced the launch of a family-friendly line of Glad products on GladforKids.com – an interactive website where parents can purchase Glad™ tableware designed specifically for kids.
In 2019, Brand Buzz and Glad launched a Glad for Kids line of paper products to provide mess-free and easy clean-up solutions for families. The Glad for Kids portfolio includes paper products like plates, bowls, cups, snack bowls with lids, straws, and more. What began with four lively prints — Sharks, Rocket Ships, Dinosaurs, and Unicorns — has since expanded into licensed partnerships featuring several well-known children's brands, including SpongeBob SquarePants, Peppa Pig, PAW Patrol®, PJ Masks, Nickelodeon, Sesame Street, and L.O.L. Surprise™.
The brand launched GladforKids.com to showcase the full line of products, as well as fun downloadable coloring pages with activity pages for parents.
Rory Wehrlie, director, Office of Strategic Alliances, Clorox, adds, "We're excited to collaborate with Brand Buzz on a family-friendly line of Glad® products and on a GladforKids.com website. As a health and wellness company, Clorox is committed to providing sustainable and family friendly products."
Glad and Clorox have been the go-to brands when it comes to conveniently containing everything from meals to messes. The Glad™ line of tableware products meet a family's needs for daily dining, parties, storage, and meals on-the-go.
"We are excited to showcase the Glad for Kids products on the new site, where parents can engage with the brand, get new product updates and be a one-stop-shop for all their tabletop needs," said Brand Buzz director of product development, Ashley Chase. "We're hoping these character-inspired products help make mealtime a little less messy and a little more fun for kids and parents alike."
Glad for Kids products are currently sold on Amazon. Contact info@brandbuzzcp.com for additional information.
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Quavo is speaking out about the infamous elevator incident with his ex-girlfriend Saweetie.
In a new interview, the Migos rapper shared that he did not like how he was publicly perceived after surveillance footage of the altercation was leaked by TMZ in March 2021, the same month the couple split.
"If I can ever speak on it, I never once in a million years want to do any harm to any woman, period," he told GQ on July 13. "I don't like what people think. When they saw the elevator thing they thought it was abusive, something crazy."
E! News has reached out to Saweetie's rep for comment but has not yet heard back.
The surveillance footage of the incident—which took place in 2020—appeared to show Saweetie, 29, and Quavo, 31, fighting over an orange Call of Duty case as they entered an elevator. Quavo then seemed to push the "My Type" rapper to the ground, where she stayed during the duration of their elevator ride. Quavo then carried the case out and used it to hold the elevator door open as Saweetie limped out.
On April 1, 2021, Saweetie spoke out regarding the video. "This unfortunate incident happened a year ago," she said in a statement obtained by E! News. "While we have reconciled since then and moved past this particular disagreement, there were simply too many other hurdles to overcome in our relationship and we have both since moved on."
She added, "I kindly ask that everyone respect my privacy during this time."
Quavo also spoke of the altercation in a statement to E! News. "We had an unfortunate situation almost a year ago that we both learned and moved on from," he said. "I haven't physically abused Saweetie and have real gratitude for what we did share overall." | https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1337822/quavo-reflects-on-leaked-elevator-footage-involving-his-ex-saweetie | 2022-07-13T16:51:06Z | https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1337822/quavo-reflects-on-leaked-elevator-footage-involving-his-ex-saweetie | true |
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The head of the governing body overseeing the British Open, one of golf’s four major tournaments, said Wednesday that the organization doesn’t plan to ban golfers who defected to the controversial, Saudi-funded LIV Golf from future tournaments, though he did lay breadcrumbs for how LIV golfers could be kept out of majors in coming years.
Key Facts
Banning LIV Golf players is “not on our agenda” for next year’s British Open, Martin Slumbers, the chief executive of Royal & Ancient, said at a press conference ahead of the British Open teeing off Thursday in St. Andrews, Scotland.
However, Slumbers hinted that if LIV golfers are excluded from other qualifying events such as the PGA Tour, they might not be able to rank highly enough to be invited to play at the British Open.
Slumbers said the R&A “agenda” includes a “review [of] our exemptions and qualifications criteria,” a likely nod to LIV Golf’s outstanding application for its tournament to be recognized in the Official World Golf Rankings.
LIV Golf’s application may be doomed, as the group reviewing its request includes the heads of some of its biggest rivals, including Slumbers, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and the heads of the bodies overseeing golf’s other three majors.
If the application is indeed rejected, then most LIV Golf players, who are banned from PGA Tour events, will likely slowly start failing to qualify for majors.
The Official World Golf Rankings are calculated on a two-year rolling basis and are how golfers qualify for majors, save for exemptions for prior winners, such as the Masters guaranteeing lifetime qualifications for past winners like LIV Golf participants Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson and Charl Schwartzel.
Keeping LIV Golf players out of majors would deal a crushing blow to the upstart circuit, which the PGA Tour desperately needs, as many defectors, including Johnson and Mickelson, have expressed their strong desire to keep playing in majors.
Key Background
The U.S. Open and the British Open, the two majors taking place since the official start of LIV Golf last month, each allowed golfers from the new tour to participate in the tournaments. Still, three of the four major heads have condemned LIV Golf. Slumbers said Wednesday LIV Golf is “harming the perception” of the sport. USGA CEO Mike Whan said the new tour “isn’t good for the game” and he could “foresee” a day where the golfers are banned from the U.S. Open. PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh, head of the PGA Championship, said he supports golf’s current ecosystem and called LIV Golf “flawed.” Will Jones, the executive director of the Augusta National Golf Club in charge of the Masters, has yet to comment on LIV Golf.
What To Watch For
If the Official World Golf Rankings board releases its decision on LIV Golf this week. The board met Tuesday to discuss LIV Golf’s application, according to ESPN. “If we get the OWGR points, then everything else takes care of itself,” LIV Golf CEO Norman said last month.
Further Reading
6 Numbers That Show How Saudi Money Forever Changed Golf (Forbes)
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I was intrigued to learn that Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., based in a Denver suburb, has hired a chief energy innovations officer. He is Reg Rudolph, and he has an unusual history in the world of electric cooperatives: Not only were he and his father chief executive officers of co-ops, but they also were CEOs at different co-ops at the same time.
In January, Rudolph left his role as CEO of the San Isabel Electric Association, Inc., a Colorado transmission member of Tri-State, to join Tri-State.
“My role is to help build what I call ‘the co-operative energy ecosystem,’ trying to balance and optimize power supply and power demand,” Rudolph told me in a telephone interview.
That assignment is as broad as it sounds. He is charged with finding optimum systems and technologies that fit the sprawling needs of the 42 distribution systems, including co-ops and public power districts, that make up the Tri-State association.
In the past, Rudolph said, utilities ran on a simple basis: You had generation and power lines delivering electricity to consumers, for which you charged rates.
“But now, as we look to the future, we have to try and work out how we integrate distributed energy resources, including intermittent renewables. My role is to create this new ecosystem that is a more finely tuned supply-and-demand engine.”
That fine-tuning is demanding.
Carbon Management Over Four States
Tri-State, contrary to its name, is active in four states: It serves member distribution companies in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Wyoming. The demands and expectations of the states and their regulators are in some ways contradictory. Colorado is committed to a rapid transition to clean power whereas Wyoming is fighting a rear-guard defense of its coal industry, while advancing carbon management technologies. In Colorado, Tri-State is committed to being carbon-free by 2040. Elsewhere in its association, the pursuit of carbon neutrality may take a little longer.
As Rudolph was explaining the complexities of running a system that is multidimensional with demand-side inputs, distributed energy resources, and the need for real-time decisions, it occurred to me that running a utility is like scoring new music for an orchestra, which will play it without rehearsal.
The force that makes modernization — the switch from carbon-based generation to carbon-free — so challenging is because it must be done in real time: the power must flow. There is no opportunity to shut down during a change or a retooling; the utility imperative always is to keep running.
There are no free lunches in the utility business.
“We have a philosophy at Tri-State that every energy source has some sort of externalities. We’re trying at Tri-State to find the energy sources that have the least negative environmental footprint,” Rudolph told me.
For example, in battery storage, Tri-State likes lithium-ion but has questions about the cost and the environmental impact of the way the materials are sourced. The same environmental concern applies to solar, and the environmental pedigree of panels made in China. Nonetheless the utility is heavily committed to wind and solar, and that commitment is open-ended: There will be more.
“We’re trying to weigh all the options but still keep the lights on,” Rudolph said.
As an innovator, he looks back as well as forward. “We have to look at some old technologies and see if they fit today.”
Something which might not have been useful in the immediate past might have a new future when welded with modern data analytics and speed-of-light connectivity, for example.
Ancient Roman Device Relevant
Rudolph said he was reminded of this in a recent conversation with a friend who told him about an ancient Roman device that can still have application today. I, too, was reminded of this last October, when my wife and I visited the Museum of Ancient Greek Technology on the island of Crete.
Next to decarbonization, Rudolph must seek ways to keep the price of electricity low. Many customers among the 1 million or so are poor, on or below the poverty line, Rudolph said.
“Tri-State has a pretty efficient generation system,” he said. “But when you better integrate the generation and transmission and the distribution system, that’s where we can improve; and that’s why I was brought in.”
As Rudolph sees it, modernization of the whole of the co-operative energy system and the application of demand-side management can reduce costs and assist the whole operation.
But it is a bespoke project: One size does not fit all among Tri-State distribution members. For example, setting incentives for interruptible supply is a different undertaking for a data miner than it is for a farmer with heavy irrigation demands.
“Irrigators want to water whenever they need to during the growing season — not just at night or during the week, and not at all out of season,” Rudolph said.
So, innovation is a subtle business of getting the most out of the present and looking to the future. But Rudolph cautions that while hydrogen and ammonia, small modular reactors, and new storage systems are all tempting for the future, “They aren’t going to keep the costs down and lights on in the near future,” he said. The immediate goal at Tri-State is more solar, more wind, and more fine-tuning of a complex ecosystem.
The Tri-State fuel mix still contains 36.5 percent coal, but this has been reduced by 20 percent since 2019. After adding two large wind projects in 2021, Tri-State boasts nine wind and solar facilities. The utility has more than 735 green megawatts to be constructed in six projects by the end of 2024 – all solar in Colorado and New Mexico — which will make it the largest solar power rural electric cooperative and supports Tri-State’s transition, as even more coal is to be retired. Rudolph says this can be done without triggering a duck curve, and that solar mostly fits the load shape of the association.
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Rishi TOPS first ballot of Tory leadership battle with 88 votes... but Penny Mordaunt comes SECOND with 67 after bombshell poll shows she would beat front runner in head-to-head among party members - while Jeremy Hunt and Zahawi are eliminated
- Rishi Sunak has topped the first round of the Tory leadership contest with 88 votes from the 358 MPs
- The former Chancellor was ahead of Penny Mordaunt but she performed above expectations with 67 backers
- Vote happened after bombshell poll of Tory members suggested Ms Mordaunt would beat Mr Sunak in run-off
- Mr Sunak's team was said to be trying to make his victory look 'inevitable' with huge number of backers
Rishi Sunak topped the first round of the Tory leadership vote tonight - but Penny Mordaunt came in a relatively tight second.
Mr Sunak received 88 votes from MPs with Ms Mordaunt on 67, after YouGov research indicated she is the overwhelming favourite of activists.
But Foreign Secretary Liz Truss recorded a relatively low showing in third on 50, suggesting she might struggle to make the last two who go to a run-off of Tory members.
There will now be a scramble for the support assembled by Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and Jeremy Hunt, who were both humiliatingly eliminated after failing to hit the threshold of 30.
Both Kemi Badenoch and Suella Braverman made it through the round, receiving 40 and 32 votes respectively, and will be in the next ballot tomorrow. Only one of the 358 MPs did not cast a vote.
The result came hours after a bombshell survey found trade minister Ms Mordaunt - who initially appeared an outsider - would defeat any competitor in a run off.
The margin against Mr Sunak was projected to be 67 per cent to 28 per cent, while the former Chancellor could lose 59 per cent to 25 per cent against Ms Truss.
Although the race is still at a relatively early stage, the dramatic results could have caused MPs to rethink their approach - with a 'Stop Sunak' campaign in full effect among some elements of the party.
Ms Mordaunt officially launched her leadership bid today vowing to restore the Tories' 'sense of self' - but also bizarrely tried to bat away a row over her 'woke' gender stance by stating that she does not have a penis.
In a generally slick performance at an event in Westminster, Ms Mordaunt said she is the 'candidate that Labour fear' and adding: 'They are right to.'
But Ms Mordaunt was also forced to address Tory qualms about her liberal views on trans rights. She quoted Margaret Thatcher's line that 'every PM needs a Willie' - a reference to her deputy Willie Whitelaw - and said: 'A woman like me doesn't have one.'
She is now likely to face more attacks over what some Tories see as her questionable views on the gender debate.
Allies of Ms Truss have been urging other candidates whose campaigns have run out of 'energy' to pull out and back her as a unity candidate for the right.
Running the gauntlet of PMQs for the first time since announcing his resignation earlier, Mr Johnson set hares in motion by suggesting his successor could be elected by 'acclamation' by MPs next week - rather than Tory members getting a say on the final two.
After being eliminated, Mr Hunt - who received fewer votes that he had nominations - tweeted: 'I want to thank my incredible team of loyal and talented supporters who put their faith in me. It's become obvious to me you only get one big shot at this, and I had mine in 2019.'
As the political drama gathered pace at Westminster today:
- Keir Starmer goaded Boris Johnson at PMQs that he must be 'demob happy' after being ousted by Tory MPs, but the premier shot back that any of his potential successors will 'wipe the floor' with Labour;
- The government has tabled a confidence vote into itself for Monday after rejecting Labour's bid because the Opposition had bungled the wording;
- The UK economy defied fears of a looming recession by surging 0.5 per cent in May.
Rishi Sunak was given food for thought today with a poll showing he is less popular with activists than Ms Mordaunt (right) - despite heading the list in the Tory leadership ballot stakes
YouGov poll found the run-off margin for Penny Mordaunt against Rishi Sunak could be 67 per cent to 28 per cent, while the former Chancellor could lose 59 per cent to 25 per cent against Liz Truss
Ms Truss (pictured leaving her London home today) came third in the first Tory leadership ballot today
Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi (right) and Jeremy Hunt (left), who were both humiliatingly eliminated after failing to hit the threshold of 30
Minutes before MPs started voting in the first round of the leadership contest, YouGov research suggested Ms Mordaunt is the overwhelming favourite of activists
Another helter-skelter day in Parliament started well for Mr Sunak as he secured an endorsement from Johnson ally and new Health Secretary Steve Barclay.
His campaign have been trying to make victory look 'inevitable'.
But his rivals are increasingly turning their fire on the front runner, accusing him of 'dirty tricks' by lending votes to candidates he is confident of beating and paying lip service to policies such as scrapping the BBC licence fee.
One source on a rival camp told MailOnline that Mr Sunak's team including former chief whip Gavin Williamson were trying to 'bounce' the party and it could 'backfire'.
'There's nothing people like less than feeling like they are being bounced into something over which they don't have any control,' the source said. 'It could massively backfire. Our MPs also really really dislike the idea that they are being played quite so obviously - which is clearly what Gavin and crew are up to.'
As the temperature rose again today, Mr Zahawi risked a backlash by suggesting he would offer Mr Johnson a Cabinet job if he wins.
Meanwhile, Ms Truss added backers, with Brexiteers Iain Duncan Smith and Mark Francois lining up behind her.
Launched her campaign in Westminster this morning, Ms Mordaunt joked that she had been 'speed dating' MPs.
'Recently I think our party has lost its sense of self,' she said.
She added: 'I'm the candidate that Labour fear. And they are right to.'
Ms Mordaunt also only gave a lukewarm response when asked if Mr Johnson was a good PM.
'I think we should thank him for delivering Brexit - it was an incredibly difficult thing to do - and I think we should remember him for that,' she said.
Mr Sunak has come under heavy fire for dismissing the idea of immediate tax cuts, but made a bid today to paint himself as a Thatcherite.
He told The Telegraph that his economic vision amounted to 'common sense Thatcherism' and insists 'you have to earn what you spend'.
But Nadine Dorries last night accused Mr Sunak of 'dark arts' and 'dirty tricks' amid claims that some supporters had been told to help Jeremy Hunt pass the first hurdle.
Jacob Rees-Mogg was another ally of Mr Johnson to tear into the 'disloyal' Mr Sunak, claiming that his choice Ms Truss had 'consistently in Cabinet opposed his tax hikes' in recent months.
Along with Mr Sunak, Ms Mordaunt, Ms Truss, Mr Zahawi and Mr Hunt, Tom Tugendhat, Suella Braverman, and Kemi Badenoch made the nominations threshold.
The candidates require backing from at least 30 MPs out of the 358 total to survive into the second round tomorrow. At least the lowest-placed contender will be eliminated in each ballot until two remain.
They will then be put to party members in a postal ballot, with hustings held across the UK during August.
The new leader will be announced on September 5, becoming PM the following day.
Ms Mordaunt waded into the trans right row today as she launched her Tory leadership campaign by saying women cannot have penises.
The trade minister spoke out as she sought to beat back criticism from her rivals over previous comments in favour of trans rights.
They have attacked her for previously saying 'trans men are men and trans women are women', with accusations she is 'a committed warrior for the trans lobby' and of risking 'enormous harm to women's rights and children'.
At a packed campaign launch in Westminster - where seats were adorned with fliers bearing her face, the 49-year-old referenced her background as a Royal Navy reservist as she vowed to return to traditional Conservative values of 'low tax, small state and personal responsibility'.
She also tried to woo MPs by offering them 'social capital pots' to spend in their constituencies.
But it was her attempts to outflank rivals aiming to make the culture war a key battleground that won her the loudest applause.
'I think it was Margaret Thatcher who said ''Every prime minister needs a Willie''. A woman like me doesn't have one,' she said.
The double entendre comment was first made by Mrs Thatcher about her loyal supporter, William Whitelaw. A former Tory leadership contender he served her loyally as deputy PM until handed a peerage in 1983. He died in 1999 aged 81.
During the PMQs clashes, Mr Johnson said: 'The next leader of my party may be elected by acclamation so it's possible this will be our last confrontation… it's possible.'
Mr Johnson defended his record on Brexit, infrastructure projects and supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia.
'It's perfectly true that I leave not at a time of my choosing, absolutely true,' Mr Johnson said.
'But I am proud of the fantastic teamwork that has been involved in all of those projects both nationally and internationally, and I am also proud of the leadership that I have given.
'I will be leaving soon with my head held high.'
Mr Johnson dismissed Sir Keir's barbs at the Tory leadership contest by saying: 'I think, if possible, he is referring not to me, but to some of the eight brilliant candidates who are currently vying for my job...
Mr Johnson went on: 'Anyone would wipe the floor with Captain Crasheroony Snoozefest. And after a few weeks' time, that is exactly what they will do. They will unite around the winner and they will do just that.'
Downing Street played down the significance of Mr Johnson's comments.
The PM's press secretary said: 'As things stand, he will still be doing PMQs in his last week.'
No10 denied it is running an anti-Rishi Sunak campaign to prevent the former chancellor succeeding Boris Johnson as prime minister.
Asked if the PM was involved in a 'stop Sunak' operation, the press secretary said: 'No.'
Pressed if No10 is still supportive of Mr Sunak, she added: 'We're not getting involved in any leadership conversations.'
Asked if he was disappointed that Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries and Brexit opportunities minister Jacob Rees-Mogg endorsed Liz Truss in Downing Street, the press secretary said: 'He's staying neutral in this contest.'
As the temperature rose again today, Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi (pictured) risked a backlash by suggesting he would offer Mr Johnson a Cabinet job if he wins
Warning about Mr Sunak's economic policy yesterday, Mr Hunt told LBC radio: 'Rishi Sunak is... increasing corporation tax and it will be higher than not just America or Japan, but France and Germany as well.
'And I'm worried that on our current trajectory, we're heading into recession, and we'll be there for too long...
'I was very worried when he announced his budget... The thing that struck me was this slashing of the growth forecast for next year.'
Former health secretary Sajid Javid - who triggered the coup against Boris Johnson by resigning last week - dropped out last night after falling short of the 20 endorsements from Conservative MPs needed to feature in the first round.
Home Secretary Priti Patel also withdrew and refused to say who she will be backing, but her exit is a potential fillip to Ms Truss's campaign.
Surprise candidate Rehman Chishti also conceded defeat shortly before yesterday's 6pm deadline after securing no supporters.
Mr Barclay became the latest big-name backer for Mr Sunak, saying 'he has all the right attributes to take our country forward'.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has been out batting for the front runner on the airwaves, saying he was 'clearly a guy who is fiscally conservative, wants to get the debt and deficit down, who wants to get the debt falling as a proportion of the overall economy – the idea that this is a socialist is clearly not true'.
Mr Sunak used a Daily Telegraph interview to claim his economic vision amounted to 'common sense Thatcherism'.
He insisted that he would take a more responsible approach to tax cuts.
'We will cut taxes and we will do it responsibly. That's my economic approach. I would describe it as common sense Thatcherism. I believe that's what she would have done.'
Mr Sunak also indicated that he would not lift the ban on new grammar schools nor the hunting ban.
And he declined to back an increase in defence spending - something that other hopefuls including Mr Tugendhat and Mr Hunt have been pushing.
Mr Zahawi was questioned about his plans to cut taxes, denying he was relying on a 'magic money tree' to fund his plan.
The Chancellor has pledged to reduce basic rate income tax by 1p to 19p in 2023 and then again to 18p in 2024.
He has also promised to scrap a planned increase in corporation tax and remove VAT and green levies from energy bills for two years.
'This is a fully costed plan,' Mr Zahawi told BBC Radio 4's Today. 'You will see I demonstrated in every job I've had that I deliver, whether it's vaccines, or the Department of Education.
'I will do the same thing: I will evidence it and you will see it and I will come on your programme and show it to you if I am prime minister.'
He acknowledged that Mr Sunak is the frontrunner in the leadership race, but insisted he could still make up ground on his rival.
'Colleagues will be making their minds up… a lot of undeclared colleagues remain. Rishi out in the lead, no doubt. He is a very talented man, he would make a great prime minister,' he told Sky News.
'But I think I can deliver. I am the man who has a track record of operational competence. I have the track record of delivering the (Covid) vaccine.'
Mr Zahawi also suggested he would offer Mr Johnson a job if he wins the keys to Downing Street.
He told LBC radio: 'Boris Johnson is a friend of mine of 30 years. If he wishes to serve in Cabinet, I would certainly offer him a job.
'He has been probably the most consequential Prime Minister of his generation. He has delivered Brexit.'
Mr Hunt described claims he had been lent support by Mr Sunak as 'absolute nonsense'.
He pointed to how each of his 20 supporters had to sign his nomination form - and so he would have been aware of any who had not been previous supporters.
After some speculation that he might not make it through to tomorrow's first ballot, Mr Hunt revealed he had reached the threshold of 20 MPs 'quite comfortably' in the end.
Sources close to Mr Sunak described the Ms Dorries' accusations as 'complete nonsense' and a 'dirty story being spread by anti-Rishi people'.
As the mudslinging intensified, Business Secretary Mr Kwarteng attended an event hosted by Charles for recipients of The Queen's Awards for Enterprise at the palace.
The Conservative MP was among a line of people who greeted Charles as he arrived, and as they chatted Mr Kwarteng appeared to make the remark.
Asked about the exchange later on, Mr Kwarteng said: 'It's kicking off, the leadership, even the Prince of Wales is interested in the Tory leadership.
'We do this every three years - but there you go.'
And speaking on his podcast for the ConservativeHome website, Mr Rees-Mogg insisted there was 'a problem with the timescale of the leadership election' as he took a swipe at Mr Sunak.
'Those who have been disloyal to the PM have had plenty of time to set up their campaigns,' the Cabinet minister said.
'Those who have undermined the PM, sometimes by actually running - dare I say it - not a very successful economic policy, have had six months or more where they have been cogitating, mulling, considering their next steps.
'Where people who have been loyal to the PM, of course, haven't.
'Because people who have been loyal to the PM wanted him to carry on and therefore weren't considering a leadership campaign.
'And I think there is a difficulty that haste favours the disloyal, rather than the loyal.'
A ConservativeHome survey has suggested that Mr Sunak would lose to his main rivals in a head-to-head run-off
The runners and riders in the race to succeed Boris Johnson
Rishi Sunak
- Super-rich father of two
- Married to Indian heiress
- Chancellor throughout the Covid pandemic
- Oversaw huge public spending
- Has pledged to cut taxes only when inflation and the economy are under control
- Bookies odds: 6/4 Favourite (William Hill odds)
In a slick campaign video launched on Friday, Mr Sunak announced his leadership bid with the message: 'Let's restore trust, rebuild the economy and reunite the country.'
One of the main front-runners the former chancellor's rise from relative obscurity to household name came as he turned on the spending taps to protect jobs through the furlough scheme when the coronavirus pandemic struck.
His calm and measured delivery during televised Covid briefings, and his viral declaration of love for a popular soft drink, will have endeared him to those perhaps not always plugged in to the political goings-on, as well as his resignation on matters of principle on Tuesday.
A Brexit supporter from the off, he has attracted more than 30 declared supporters so far from within the Tory ranks, including from serving and ex-ministers Mark Spencer, Oliver Dowden and Robert Jenrick.
However his stock has taken a tumble recently following disclosures that his wife had non-dom status for tax purposes, while she lived in Downing Street, and he held on to his US green card while serving in Government.
He has become the man to beat in the leadership race, and has already been the focus of concerted mud-slinging.
There have been claims that allies of Mr Johnson are aiming to stop Mr Sunak winning the Tory leadership contest over his 'treachery' in resigning from Government on Tuesday night - a move that precipitated the PM's downfall.
According to the Telegraph, a 424-word criticism of Mr Sunak is being widely shared across Tory WhatsApp groups.
As well as claiming 'there is nothing Conservative about the 'Big Tax and Big Spend' agenda of Rishi Sunak', Mr Sunak is also branded a 'liar' and accused of 'schoolboy errors'.
The ex-chancellor has also witnessed a TV clip of himself, from 20 years ago, talking about his circle of friends being 'err... not working class' go viral on social media.
Rishi Sunak was forced to deny links to 'toxic' former No10 adviser Dominic Cummings last night.
Mr Cummings has posted 'poisonous' claims online about Mr Sunak's rivals for the Tory leadership, but the former Chancellor's team insisted he had not spoken to the controversial adviser since he left No 10 in late 2020.
A rival Tory leadership campaign source said Mr Sunak should 'come clean' about whether his team had any links to Mr Cummings – or if they had been in contact with him.
Penny Mordaunt
- Former defence secretary
- Appeared on reality TV show Splash!
- Current trade minister
- Divorced Royal Naval Reservist
- Odds: 9/4
Ms Mordaunt's campaign got off to an awkward start on Sunday with her launch video hastily edited to remove several identifiable figures including athlete Jonnie Peacock and jailed Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius.
Announcing her bid, the international trade minister said the UK's leadership 'needs to become a little less about the leader and a lot more about the ship'.
Ms Mordaunt was Ben Wallace's predecessor as defence secretary, and the first woman to hold the post before being sacked by Mr Johnson shortly after he became Prime Minister in 2019.
The trade minister has many strings to her bow as a Royal Navy reservist and former reality TV contestant, having appeared on the Tom Daley-fronted diving show Splash.
She played a prominent role in the Leave campaign in the 2016 Brexit referendum, and enjoys the backing of Dame Andrea Leadsom and Michael Fabricant.
Mordaunt's bid was promoted on her Twitter page, where she has hit back against critics trying to depict her as 'woke' amid a row over her stance on transgender rights, insisting she has 'fought for women's rights all my life' as she hit back at opponents
Ms Mordaunt's bid was promoted on her Twitter page, where she has hit back against critics trying to depict her as 'woke' amid a row over her stance on transgender rights, insisting she has 'fought for women's rights all my life' as she hit back at opponents.
Her position as one of the bookies' favourites to become the next Tory leader has led to a furious row over her stance on trans issues, including her past claim that 'trans women are women'.
She has been accused of being 'a committed warrior for the trans lobby' and of risking 'enormous harm to women's rights and children'.
But Ms Mordaunt, a Royal Navy reservist, used a series of Twitter posts in the early hours of this morning to push back at opponents.
As well as highlighting her past work in Government, including when she was women and equalities minister under Theresa May, Ms Mordaunt also stressed there was a difference between 'biological women' and those who are 'legally female'.
Liz Truss
- Foreign Secretary
- Remainer turned Brexit hardliner
- Negotiating with EU over NI
- Loves posing for pictures on Instagram
- Odds: 7/2
The Foreign Secretary kept her powder dry as the Tory top brass turned on the mortally wounded Prime Minister, despite being a Johnson loyalist, though she did cut short a foreign trip to Indonesia to head back to Westminster as he announced his resignation.
But she confirmed long-standing expectations that she would throw her hat into the already crowded ring on Sunday, pledging to reverse the national insurance hike.
Ina video released today she vowed to return to 'proper Conservative policy' with tax cuts 'from day one' and business rates reforms. She suggested that the £2trillion debt mountain should be put on a 'longer-term' footing in order to give immediate wriggle-room.
In her video, she played up her experience at the top levels of government and said the party needs to 'deliver, deliver, deliver' to win the next general election.
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has already come out in support of Liz Truss
Writing in The Telegraph on Sunday, Ms Truss, who has been cultivating support among Tory MPs and enjoys the backing of Julian Knight, Jackie-Doyle Price and Chloe Smith, said she could be 'trusted to deliver'.
Social media aficionado Ms Truss has made little secret of her leadership ambitions, with a series of high-profile interventions and photo opportunities in which she appeared to be channelling late PM Margaret Thatcher.
She has the experience of working across many Whitehall departments, while her hard line on Ukraine, insisting Russian forces must be driven from the country, and threats to tear up the Northern Ireland Protocol with the EU play well with sections of the party.
Nadhim Zahawi
- Made Chancellor after Sunak quit last week
- Urged Boris to quit within a day of appointment
- Born in Iraq to Kurdish parents and came to Uk as a child
- Made millions by founded the YouGov polling company
- Questions over his tax affairs
- Odds: 50/1
Mr Zahawi's bid, also announced in The Sunday Times, is rooted in lower taxes and a 'great education' for all, promising to 'steady the ship' and 'stabilise the economy'.
He also appeared to suggest a hard-line stance on so-called culture war issues, claiming he would protect children from what he claimed was 'damaging and inappropriate nonsense from radical activists'.
The newly appointed Chancellor argued Britons must be trusted 'to do what is best for themselves', as he warned the country had lost a sense of 'boundless optimism and opportunity' that he traced back to Margaret Thatcher's tenure.
An outside bet among the bookies, the Iraqi-born former education secretary was a successful businessman and came to wider prominence as vaccines minister during the pandemic.
But he is facing questions over his tax affairs that could serious hinder his campaign.
There have been claims that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is probing Mr Zahawi after civil servants raised a red 'flag'.
But Mr Zahawi, who founded polling firm YouGov and is believed to be worth around £100million, dismissed the suggestion and said he will 'not apologise for being a successful businessman'.
Today he lashed out at 'smears' as he insisted he is 'not aware' of any investigation into his financial affairs.
The new Chancellor also attempted to turn the tables by vowing to publish his tax return annually if his Tory leadership bid is successful.
He also refused to give any estimate for his personal wealth saying he would 'probably get it wrong' and 'these things move around' with changes to investment values.
Tom Tugendhat
- Former soldier who served in Iraq and Afghanistan
- Married father of two
- Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee
- Russia and China hawk
- Remain-voting long-term Boris critic
- Has never held a ministerial post
- Odds: 12/1
Not a household name, but among the early contenders.
The multi-lingual chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee became the first to announce his intention to stand for leader should Mr Johnson be turfed out, with his declaration made in January, a position he repeated in Friday's Daily Telegraph, saying he was putting together a 'broad coalition' offering a 'clean start'.
His odds shortened almost immediately as a result.
The former soldier wrote in the paper: 'I have served before, in the military, and now in Parliament. Now I hope to answer the call once again as prime minister.'
A Remainer in 2016, he has been a trenchant critic of Mr Johnson, a stance that would appear to have cost him any chance of ministerial preferment under the current leadership.
Yesterday he provided a punchy response today when - asked about the 'naughtiest thing' he'd ever done - the Tory leadership candidate replied: 'Well, I invaded a country once.'
The former British Army officer looked to draw on his experience in the military - during which he served in both Iraq and Afghanistan - as he pushed forward his case to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister.
Although considered an outsider in the race for Number 10, as he has not previously been a Government minister, the 49-year-old insisted he had a wealth of experience as a 'leader'.
Mr Tugendhat, the chairman of the House of Commons' Foreign Affairs Committee, vowed to be tough on Russia and China.
He also promised to reverse a hike in National Insurance and to take action on 'crippling' fuel duties.
Suella Braverman
- Attorney General and hardline Brexiteer
- British daughter of Indian parents from Goa
- Has vowed to rewrite Brexit deal on Northern Ireland
- Also pledged to tackle 'woke' social issues
- Odds: 50/1
The Attorney General launched an unlikely leadership bid as support for Mr Johnson crumbled around him on Wednesday night.
But a surprise endorsement from prominent Brexiteer Steve Baker, who had earlier said he was considering running, has lent weight to her standing.
Ms Braverman, who was first elected as an MP in 2015, is regarded as something of an outlier for the top job.
A Suella Braverman for PM Twitter account has nonetheless sprung up, with Tory MP Sir Desmond Swayne being the first to tweet his support for her bid.
Jeremy Hunt
- Former foreign, health and defence secretary
- Lost to Johnson in 2019 leadership election
- Remainer turned Brexit supporter
- Long seen as the moderate, anti-Boris candidate
- Father of two whose wife is Chinese
- Odds: 50/1
Mr Hunt confirmed his widely anticipated leadership bid in The Sunday Telegraph, making similar tax-cutting pledges to fellow ex-health secretary Mr Javid.
The foreign secretary, whose Remainer background may have been part of what ruled him out of the running in 2019, has been a persistent critic of Mr Johnson.
Seen by some as a bit of a Thatcher reboot, Mr Hunt might appeal to those who want a sensible choice of leader after months of instability.
As chairman of the Commons Health Committee, he has used his position to make a number of critical interventions on the Government's handling of the pandemic, although his strong support for lockdown measures will not have pleased all Tory MPs.
Kemi Badenoch
- Former equalities minister who fought against 'woke'
- A 42-year-old banker with Nigerian heritage
- Has received the shock backing of Michael Gove
- Odds: 12/1
Former equalities minister Kemi Badenoch threw her hat into the ring with a plan for a smaller state and a government 'focused on the essentials'.
The MP for Saffron Walden said she supported lower taxes 'to boost growth and productivity, and accompanied by tight spending discipline'.
Writing in The Times, the 42-year-old former banker, who grew up in the UK, US and Nigeria, also hit out at 'identity politics' and said Boris Johnson was 'a symptom of the problems we face, not the cause of them'.
Ms Badenoch may be considered an outsider for the leadership given the Tory grandees already in the running, but her profile was boosted by an endorsement from Michael Gove on Sunday.
Writing in the Sun the former minister said: 'As I reflect on what it takes to deliver in government - on the mistakes I've made, the lessons I've learned, the progress I helped secure - I know one thing is true above all. If you want to drive change, empower the right people. Kemi Badenoch has the Right Stuff.'
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WAYNE, Pa., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Argosy Private Equity, a lower middle market private equity firm, today announced the sale of Linx Technologies to TE Connectivity.
Founded in 1997, Linx is a leading provider of wireless technology solutions to device manufacturers in the commercial, government, consumer, agricultural, and industrial segments. Linx is an antenna design and manufacturing company focused on serving original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") that require wireless functionality for their products. The company's antennas are engineered for industrial, scientific and medical ("ISM"), Wi-Fi, cellular and global navigation satellite system ("GNSS") bands for numerous Internet of Things ("IoT") applications. Linx complements its antenna product lines with RF connectors, RF modules, remote controls and sub-GHz data modules.
Argosy acquired Linx in December 2015 and immediately began to implement its Value Acceleration Methodology ("VAM™"), partnering with the CEO, Tolga Latif, to further penetrate existing markets and expand into new industry verticals. These VAMTM initiatives allowed Linx to nearly quadruple EBITDA over our six-year hold period.
"Working collaboratively with the Linx Technologies team has been an exceptional experience. The team embraced Argosy's VAM™ tools, with particular impact coming from the strategy deployment and new product development areas. The entire team came to truly embody the company's mission and succeeded in delivering the right product, at the right price to become one of the top brands of antennas, connectors and related RF devices selling through distribution. Our journey with this exceptional team has exceeded all our expectations." said Steve Morgenthal, Managing Partner of Argosy Private Equity.
"Argosy Private Equity has been a true partner throughout their investment. Early in our partnership, the IOT market dynamics changed, and we implemented a strategic shift by developing a novel strategy using analytics to guide rapid product development. It is never easy telling your investors that the investment thesis needs to change. Argosy supported the team, while asking tough questions to help refine and develop the right strategy that ultimately led to our rapid growth and successful sale to TE Connectivity." said Tolga Latif, CEO of Linx Technologies.
Argosy Private Equity, founded in 1990, specializes in providing capital and operating and financial expertise to lower middle market companies across a broad range of industries. Argosy partners with motivated management teams investing in companies with sustainable competitive advantages and attractive growth prospects. Argosy Private Equity is a division of Argosy Capital Group, Inc. ("Argosy Capital") together with Argosy Real Estate Partners, Argosy Credit Partners, Argosy Strategic Partners and Argosy Healthcare Partners. Argosy Capital is an investment adviser with approximately $2.7 billion of assets under management. All of the Argosy Capital funds focus on lower middle market investment strategies.
For further information on Argosy Private Equity, please visit www.argosype.com.
Argosy Private Equity
Sarah Busch
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TEL AVIV, Israel, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd (TASE: TASE) is pleased to announce that its financial statements for the period ended June 30, 2022 will be published on Monday, August 8, 2022, after market close.
In addition, the Company is pleased to announce that at 8:00 PM (Israeli time) on Monday, August 8, 2022, a conference call will take place, in English, in which the Company's financial statements for the second Quarter of 2022 will be reviewed before the Company's investors.
The Company's CEO, Mr. Ittai Ben-Zeev, and its CFO, Mr. Yehuda van der Walde, will host the call followed by Q&A.
Conference Call Dial-in Details (on passcode required):
Israel: 03-9180609
US: 1-888-744-5399 (toll free)
Canada: 1-888-604-5839 (toll free)
UK: 0-800-917-5108 (toll free)
All other Locations: + 972-3-9180609
The conference call will be held in English and will be accompanied by a presentation, which will be reported, in both Hebrew and English, on the Israeli Securities Authority website (MAGNA) and on the MAYA website, shortly before the conference call and, subsequently, also on the Company's website, under Investor Relations, whose address is: https://ir.tase.co.il/en
A day after the call, a recording of the English conference call will be uploaded to the Company's website, under Investor Relations.
The conference call is not a substitute for perusing the Company's interim financial statements for the period ended June 30, 2022 in which full and precise information is presented.
Contact:
Orna Goren
Head of Communication and Public Relations Unit
Tel: +972 76 8160405
tase.ir@tase.co.il
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BOSTON, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Just 10% of U.S. dioceses received scores above 60% in Voice of the Faithful's recently published 2022 report of lay involvement in Catholic Church governance. This is the first online review of diocesan finance councils' composition and compliance with Canon Law as represented on diocesan websites.
"With diocesan finance councils that adhere to the letter and spirit of Canon Law, Catholics can be more confident that diocesan finance councils exercise proper stewardship and oversight of the secular goods of the Church," said Joseph Finn, C.P.A., former VOTF treasurer and trustee and longtime advocate for lay role in Church governance.
However, "In our opinion," the report's authors concluded, "evidence of compliance with Canon Law by the diocesan finance councils is disappointingly low. The fact that only 18 dioceses achieved a passing grade obviously means there is room for improvement." To underscore the hope for improvement, the report notes that, during VOTF's related five-year history of producing its annual online diocesan financial transparency reviews, most dioceses have increased their scores.
Click here to read "Lay Involvement in Governance of the Church By and Through the Diocesan Finance Council: 2022 Report"
For this governance report, independent reviewers examined all 176 U.S. dioceses' websites to ascertain DFCs' level of compliance with Canon Law, regarding the duties, responsibilities, and authority of the DFC. Canon Law stipulates, for example, that DFC membership comprise individuals "competent" in finance, law, and real estate. Considering that clerical formation typically does not focus on these areas, the necessary competencies would be found with professionally educated and experienced lay men and women.
The governance report's reviewers graded dioceses' using a 10-question worksheet and seven of the questions referenced Canon Law directly:
- Is current information about DFC members posted on the website? (Canon 492)
- Are the terms of service for DFC members posted on the website? (Canon 492 and USCCB "Diocesan Financial Management: A Guide to Best Practices")
- What is the nature of DFC membership? (Canon 492 and USCCB DFM)
- Does the posted meeting information indicate that the bishop or his representative attends DFC meetings? (Canon 492)
- Is the DFC responsible for the preparation of the diocesan budget as to income and expenses for the coming year? (Canon 493)
- Does the DFC perform a diocesan financial review at the end of the year? (Canons 493 and 1287)
- Are acts of Extraordinary Administration defined on the diocesan website and does DFC approve their implementation? (Canon 1277)
"Based on our report's findings, we feel more strongly than ever that Diocesan Finance Councils, with appropriate lay involvement, can promote diocesan financial competence, increase financial transparency, and help prevent clergy abuse, and that a properly staffed and functioning DFC can provide a check on financial malfeasance, like that perpetrated within recent memory by the former bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia," Finn said.
Such low scores support VOTF's contention that, had dioceses followed canon 1277 with regard to obtaining "consent" from their finance councils for "extraordinary" payments to clergy abuse survivors, the "scandal and sin and sickness of abuse of children would most probably not have persisted as long as it has," according to the report. Lay involvement would have benefited financial transparency, and bishops would have been able to avoid being criticized for covering up the scandal with secret payments to survivors.
The top five highest scoring dioceses in the report were: Memphis, Tennessee, 95%; Kansas City, Kansas, 92%; Scranton, Pennsylvania, 83%; Atlanta, Georgia, 80%; and Cheyenne, Wyoming, 80%. The two lowest scoring dioceses were Crookston, Minnesota, and Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, which each scored zero. Thirty dioceses scored 7% and 26% scored 10%.
With this governance report, VOTF now has three comprehensive reviews of all U.S. dioceses' websites that can give the faithful in each parish enough information to judge diocesan activities within the purview of the reports:
- "Measuring and Ranking Diocesan Online Financial Transparency: 2021 Report" (VOTF's fifth such annual report)
- "Measuring Abuse Prevention and Safe Environment Programs as Reported Online in Diocesan Policies and Practices: 2022 Report" (VOTF's first such report)
- "Measuring Lay Involvement in Governance of the Church by and through the Diocesan Finance Council: 2022 Report" (VOTF's first such report)
VOTF also maintains a webpage called "Financial Accountability" that contains links to resources to help Catholics understand diocesan and parish finances. Click here to view the page. One of the links on that page goes to "Financial Accountability – U.S. Dioceses," a website VOTF developed to provide information on demographics, overall finances, the content of financials and diocesan finance council information for all U.S. dioceses. Click here to access the website directly.
Voice of the Faithful's® mission is to provide a prayerful voice, attentive to the Spirit, through which the Faithful can actively participate in the governance and guidance of the Catholic Church. VOTF's goals are to support survivors of clergy sexual abuse, to support priests of integrity, and to shape structural change within the Catholic Church. More information is at www.votf.org.
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LAS VEGAS, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aristocrat Gaming™ announced today that Deanne McKissick has been named Chief Supply Chain Officer and Mark Wadley as Chief Marketing Officer.
Reporting to CEO of Aristocrat Gaming Hector Fernandez, McKissick will oversee the entire global supply chain, ensuring that customers continue to have the best product purchasing experience while Wadley will oversee the comprehensive marketing efforts at a global level to maximize the value of the Gaming division and products.
"As we continue to focus on changing the game, our superb talent is a core component of our ability to lead the market," said Fernandez. "Deanne and Mark's backgrounds lend a unique perspective to help take our business to the next level. We are delighted to welcome both to the global gaming leadership team where they will continue to inspire our employees, vendors, partners and customers to reach new heights."
Most recently, Deanne served as the Senior Vice President of Americas Supply Chain and Customer Order Execution, managing sales support, configuration and order change, material oversight, dual site manufacturing, and quality and customer delivery coordination. Her background includes leadership roles at Fortune 50 companies including Hewlett-Packard and she has been named a pioneer in Global Gaming Women. She holds a BA in Economics from Texas A&M.
Previously, Mark was the Senior Vice President of Marketing, responsible for marketing strategy, branding and partnerships for the Americas Region. Since joining in 2020, he charted the course for new branding, established innovative consumer facing partnerships and built an outstanding team of professional marketers. Mark joined Aristocrat with an extensive background in healthcare marketing where he held leadership roles at bluebird bio, Medivation and Amgen. He holds a BS in Purchasing and Logistics Management from Arizona State University.
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Aristocrat Technologies Inc. is a subsidiary of Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL), a global games leader with more than 6,500 employees. The company is licensed in over 300 gaming jurisdictions, operates in more than 90 countries, and offers a unique blend of products and services. The company is the leading designer, manufacturer, and distributor of Class III games as well as Class II Innovations for Native American casinos and emerging markets. The company's mission is to bring joy to life through the power of play. Its values are rooted in creativity and technology, and the company has a rich history of innovation that has shaped the gaming industry over many decades. For further information, visit the company's website at www.aristocratgaming.com.
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More al fresco spots to love: OpenTable data shows 54% increase in restaurants listing outdoor dining nationwide
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Outdoor dining is heating up, and this year, diners will find more patios and streeteries to love: nationwide data from OpenTable (part of Booking Holdings Inc., NASDAQ: BKNG) shows the number of restaurants listing outdoor dining grew 54% compared to pre-pandemic 2019.1 And it's a good thing, because diners are eager to dine al fresco: this year, many cities coast-to-coast saw double digit increases in outdoor dining reservations from April – May, and again from May – June.2
To help diners discover a new favorite spot for outdoor dining, OpenTable released its annual list of the 100 Best Restaurants for Outdoor Dining, curated from 13.6 million verified diner reviews.3 The list identifies restaurants coast-to-coast with great views, delicious cuisine and above all, an incredible outdoor dining experience. This year, 25 states feature restaurants on the list, making seeking out one – or many – a breeze, whether at home or away. To explore other outdoor dining options, use OpenTable's Seating Options filter, available on its website and app, and select "Outdoor."
"Outdoor dining played a major role in buoying the restaurant industry over the last few years, and restaurants took note – whether adding, expanding or elevating their offerings," said Susan Lee, Chief Growth Officer for OpenTable. "Offering outdoor dining is now a key part of restaurants' business, and we're happy to see that diners continue to embrace it."
Restaurants and Diners Revel in Al Fresco Dining
While nationwide, the number of restaurants listing outdoor space grew significantly, at the city-level, many saw double and even triple-digit increases. Those seeing the greatest increase in the number of restaurants listing outdoor dining space compared to pre-pandemic 2019 include: New York (141%), San Francisco (126%), Las Vegas (108%), Boston (92%), Beverly Hills (83%), Brooklyn (89%), Philadelphia (74%), Pittsburgh (77%) and Nashville (70%).1
Many cooler climate cities saw diners flock to patios and streeteries as soon as the summer season hit its stride. Cities with some of the greatest increases in outdoor dining reservations from May 2022 to June 2022 include Pittsburgh (53%), Chicago (49%), Boston (37%), Portland (31%), Cincinnati (28%), Baltimore (24%), Brooklyn (21%), Seattle (19%), Denver (19%), New York City (15%), Washington DC (9%) and Philadelphia (8%).2
The 100 Best Restaurants for Outdoor Dining
This year's list saw a greater range of cities compared to the last roster, debuted in 2019 – whether due to new nationwide culinary prowess or the pandemic-induced outdoor dining boost. New additions to this year's list hail from Austin, Atlanta, Greensboro, Houston, Louisville, Memphis, New Mexico, Portland, San Antonio and Wilmington. This year, California saw the greatest number of restaurants on the list, featuring 37 restaurants across Los Angeles, Napa, San Diego, San Francisco, Palm Springs, Sonoma, Santa Monica, Carlsbad and more. Florida is runner up, featuring 11 restaurants from cities including Miami Beach, Naples and Key West.
The 100 Best Restaurants for Outdoor Dining 2022 are (in alphabetical order):
- 1906 at Longwood Gardens – Kennett Square, PA
- Alma Nove – Hingham, MA
- Anis Cafe and Bistro – Atlanta, GA
- Anthonie's Market Grill – Simonton, TX
- AOC - 3rd Street – Los Angeles, CA
- Arnold Palmer's Restaurant – La Quinta, CA
- Bacari - Silver Lake – Los Angeles, CA
- Barca Wine Bar & Pier – Alexandria, VA
- Beachcomber Cafe – Newport Coast, CA
- Bella Siena – Benicia, CA
- Bistro Don Giovanni – Napa, CA
- Boat House Waterfront Dining – Tiverton, RI
- Brasserie Mon Chou Cho – San Antonio, TX
- Bravas Bar de Tapas – Healdsburg, CA
- Buck and Rider – Phoenix, AZ
- C-Level – San Diego, CA
- Ca Del Sole – North Hollywood, CA
- Cafe Bizou – Agoura Hills, CA
- Cafe Luxembourg – New York, NY
- Cafe Terracotta – Littleton, CO
- Campfire – Carlsbad, CA
- Canoe – Atlanta, GA
- Casa Nostra Ristorante – Westlake Village, CA
- Cesarina – San Diego, CA
- Charlie's Coastal Bistro (L'etoile Verte) – Hilton Head, SC
- Citron Bistro – Vero Beach, FL
- Coast Guard House – Narragansett, RI
- Coastal Fish Company – Memphis, TN
- Coastal Kitchen – Dana Point, CA
- Coasterra – San Diego, CA
- Continental Naples – Naples, FL
- Copley's on Palm Canyon – Palm Springs, CA
- Del Vino Vineyards – Northport, NY
- Dog Watch Cafe – Stonington, CT
- Dry Dock Waterfront Grill – Longboat Key, FL
- Duke's Beach House Maui – Lahaina, HI
- Echo & Rig Steakhouse & Butcher Shop – Las Vegas, NV
- El Chorro – Paradise Valley, AZ
- El Dorado Kitchen – Sonoma, CA
- EPIC Steak – San Francisco, CA
- FARM – Palm Springs, CA
- Farmhouse at Roger's Gardens – Corona Del Mar, CA
- Fia – Santa Monica, CA
- Fleet Landing Restaurant & Bar – Charleston, SC
- Fleetwood's On Front St. – Lahaina, HI
- Foreign Cinema – San Francisco, CA
- Girl & the Goat L.A. – Los Angeles, CA
- Gracias Madre – West Hollywood, CA
- Green Valley Grill – Greensboro, NC
- Hardware – North Aurora, IL
- Istanbul Hawaii – Honolulu, HI
- Izanami – Santa Fe, NM
- Jeune et Jolie – Carlsbad, CA
- Kyle G's Prime Seafood – Jensen Beach, FL
- L'Antica Pizzeria Da Michele – Los Angeles, CA
- L'Auberge Chez Francois – Great Falls, VA
- La Mar Cebicheria Peruana – San Francisco, CA
- Latitudes Key West – Key West, FL
- Le Diplomate – Washington DC
- Lon's at The Hermosa – Paradise Valley, AZ
- Los Andes Restaurant – Providence, RI
- Mala Ocean Tavern – Lahaina, HI
- Mariposa – Sedona, AZ
- Mediterrano - Naples – Naples, FL
- Mister A's – San Diego, CA
- Mitch's on El Paseo Prime Seafood – Palm Desert, CA
- Olive & Ivy Restaurant & Marketplace – Scottsdale, AZ
- Ophelia's on the Bay – Sarasota, FL
- Pacific Coast Grill – Cardiff-By-The-Sea, CA
- Palace – Miami Beach, FL
- Piccolo Sogno – Chicago, IL
- Poseidon – Del Mar, CA
- Prime: An American Kitchen & Bar – Huntington, NY
- Print Works Bistro – Greensboro, NC
- Raintree Restaurant – St. Augustine, FL
- RH Rooftop Restaurant – New York, NY
- River House Restaurant & Raw Bar – Louisville, KY
- Ruthie's All-Day – Arlington, VA
- Salty's on the Columbia – Portland, OR
- Spencer's Restaurant – Palm Springs, CA
- Steiner Ranch Steakhouse – Austin, TX
- Sunset Terrace at Omni Grove Park Inn – Asheville, NC
- Tavern on the Green – New York, NY
- Terrain Cafe – Glen Mills, PA
- The Black Whale – New Bedford, MA
- The Boathouse – Lake Buena Vista, FL
- The Front Yard – North Hollywood, CA
- The Mooring Restaurant – Newport, RI
- The Oyster Rock Waterfront Seafood – Calabash, NC
- The Twisted Olive – Green, OH
- The Village Bakery and Cafe – Woodside, CA
- Tin Roof Bistro – Manhattan Beach, CA
- Tisha's – Cape May, NJ
- Tom Hams Lighthouse – San Diego, CA
- Ulele – Tampa, FL
- Vivace Restaurant – Tucson, AZ
- Waterbar – San Francisco, CA
- Wildflower – Tucson, AZ
- Zaytinya – Washington DC
- Zinc Bistro – Scottsdale, AZ
The 100 Best Restaurants for Outdoor Dining in the US can be found here.
1 OpenTable Data Methodology
OpenTable looked at the number of restaurants listing outdoor dining availability from January 1 to June 30, 2022, compared to the same date range in 2019 (January 1 to June 30, 2019).
2 OpenTable Data Methodology
OpenTable looked at total seated reservations (online, phone, walk-in) for May and June 2022.
3100 Best Restaurants for Outdoor Dining in America Methodology
OpenTable's 100 Best Restaurants for Outdoor Dining in America is generated from over 13.6 million verified OpenTable diner reviews collected between May 1, 2021 and April 30, 2022. All restaurants with a minimum "overall" score and number of qualifying reviews were included for consideration. The overall score is made up of unique data points, such as overall diner rating, user klout, total number of reviews, and regional overall rating. Qualifying restaurants were then scored and sorted according to the percentage of reviews, for which "outdoor dining" was selected as a special feature.
About OpenTable
OpenTable, part of Booking Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), connects more than 1 billion people with restaurants every year, helping power hospitality at more than 50,000 restaurants, bars, wineries, and other venues across the globe. With software that drives reservations, experiences, payments, guest insights and operations, OpenTable enables restaurants to run their most successful business yet.
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Earl and Limited-production Reign Exterior Colors Now Open for Dealer Orders
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
- From concept to production: Earl, first shown on the Jeep® Gladiator Farout concept in 2020, joins the Jeep Wrangler production exterior color palette for the first time
- Reign exterior color brings purple back to Wrangler palette for a limited time for the 2023 model year
- Now open for orders, Earl and Reign are available on Wrangler Sport, Sahara, Rubicon, 4xe and 392 models, as well as the new Freedom Edition
Jeep® brand continues to keep its color palette fresh, giving Jeep enthusiasts the ability to order a custom look straight from the factory with not one, but two new exterior production colors on the 2023 model-year Jeep Wrangler: Earl and limited-production Reign.
First showcased on the Gladiator Farout concept in 2020, Earl, a standout shade of gray with hints of aquamarine, makes its debut as an available exterior production color on the Wrangler lineup for the first time for the 2023 model year.
Purple, last seen on the 2018 JK Wrangler, makes a comeback as Reign in the 2023 model year. Eye-catching Reign, available for a limited run in the 2023 model year, will appeal to all customers passionate about purple.
"We received a lot of positive feedback on Earl when it debuted on the Gladiator Farout concept, and we work to deliver what our customers tell us they want," said Jim Morrison, senior vice president and head of Jeep brand North America. "These limited-run colors like Earl and Reign draw a huge enthusiast following because they're exciting, authentic and stand out, much like the Jeep community."
Earl and Reign join a lengthy lineup of vivid and special-run colors that add customization and appeal to the Jeep Wrangler, with a special color palette straight from the factory. Available on all Wrangler models, including Sport, Sahara, Rubicon, 4xe and 392, Earl, with a U.S. manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) of $395, will be available for the entire 2023 model year. Limited-production Reign, with a U.S. MSRP of $495, can be ordered now through October.
These new colors join Firecracker Red, High Velocity, Hydro Blue, Sarge Green, Silver Zynith, Sting Gray, Granite Crystal, Black and Bright White for the 2023 model year.
Jeep Brand
Built on 80 years of legendary heritage, Jeep is the authentic SUV brand that brings capability, craftsmanship and versatility to people who seek extraordinary journeys. The Jeep brand delivers an open invitation to live life to the fullest by offering a broad portfolio of vehicles that continues to provide owners with a sense of safety and security to handle any journey with confidence. The Jeep vehicle range consists of the Cherokee, Compass, Gladiator, Grand Cherokee, new three-row Grand Cherokee L, Grand Cherokee 4xe, Renegade and Wrangler and Wrangler 4xe. Jeep Wave, a premium owner loyalty and customer care program that is available to the entire Jeep 4x4 lineup, is filled with benefits and exclusive perks to deliver Jeep brand owners the utmost care and dedicated 24/7 support. The legendary Jeep brand's off-road capability is enhanced by a global electrification initiative that is transforming 4xe into new 4x4 in pursuit of the brand's vision of accomplishing Zero Emission Freedom. All Jeep brand SUVs will offer an electrified variant by 2025.
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TORONTO - Canada's main stock index was down in late-morning trading following a supersized interest rate hike from the Bank of Canada and driven by weakness in financials, industrials and materials sectors.
The S&P/TSX composite index was down 49.18 points at 18,629.46.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 142.55 points at 30,838.78. The S&P 500 index was down 9.26 points at 3,809.54, while the Nasdaq composite was up 12.08 points at 11,276.81.
The Canadian dollar traded for 77.26 cents US compared to 76.83 cents US on Tuesday.
The August crude contract was up US$1.14 at US$96.98 per barrel and the August natural gas contract was up 49 cents at US$6.65 per mmBTU.
The August gold contract was up US$16.40 at US$1,741.20 an ounce and the September copper contract was up two cents at US$3.31 a pound.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 13, 2022.
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Erik ten Hag calls up 19-year-old defender Will Fish to join Manchester United's tour in Australia after Axel Tuanzebe is forced to leave due to 'personal issue'
- Axel Tuanzebe has left Man United's tour of Australia with a 'personal issue'
- Erik ten Hag has replaced Tuanzebe with teenage defender Will Fish
- Ten Hag currently has a lack of options at centre-back due to injuries
- This could allow Fish to get his opportunity to impress in the first team
Erik ten Hag has been forced to turn to teenage defender Will Fish to ease his central defensive crisis after Axel Tuanzebe left Manchester United's tour of Australia.
Tuanzebe was unavailable for Tuesday's game against Liverpool due to a minor injury, and he has now been ruled out of the rest of the tour after returning to the UK with a 'small personal issue'.
This continues a difficult 12 months for the 24-year-old, who had separate loan spells at Aston Villa and Napoli last term, but made just 13 appearances for the two teams combined.
Axel Tuanzebe has left Man United's tour of Australia with a 'small personal issue'
Tuanzebe has been replaced in the touring squad by teenager Will Fish (above)
Fish could now get his opportunity to impress after being drafted into the first team squad for the remainder of the tour down under.
This is not the first time that he has got a taste of playing with the senior team as Ralf Rangnick also got the youngster involved in training towards the back end of last season.
The 19-year-old played just two games for National League side Stockport County during his time on loan there in 2021-22, but he could be in line to get some minutes for the Red Devils in the coming days due to ten Hag's limited resources.
Harry Maguire sat out the win over Liverpool with a fitness issue, and Phil Jones has not even made the pre-season trip as he continues his personal training programme back in Manchester.
Erik Ten Hag currently has a lack of options in central defence as a result of fitness issues
This could give Fish the chance to come in and impress and some point during the current tour
This led to ten Hag going with a defensive pairing of Raphael Varane and Victor Lindelof in the first half against the Reds, before switching to Eric Bailly and Alex Telles after the interval.
Telles looked uneasy in an unfamiliar position, with his error leading to Mohamed Salah hitting the post, while Varane had his fair share of injury problems last season, and ten Hag may be wary of playing him again when United return to action on Friday against Melbourne Victory due to the quick turnaround in between games.
This could open the door for Fish to get some game time at the MCG, or he may make his bow under ten Hag in the other two pre-season matches in Australia against Crystal Palace and Aston Villa after that. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11010443/Man-United-boss-Erik-ten-Hag-replaces-Axel-Tuanzebe-teenager-Fish.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-13T17:05:16Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11010443/Man-United-boss-Erik-ten-Hag-replaces-Axel-Tuanzebe-teenager-Fish.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
Failure to Reach Agreement Could Negatively Impact Residents
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Teamsters Local 377 is calling on negotiators for the City of Youngstown, OH to meet with its members so they can address outstanding issues in the collective bargaining agreement they are negotiating. Local 377 members work in the Street Dept., which repairs and maintains roads, among other responsibilities.
"This proposal isn't just bad for our members, it's bad for Youngstown," said Steven Anzevino, Local 377 President. "The department is losing staff because many jobs that require a commercial driver's license pay better, additionally, some members are working twelve-hour days for 21 days straight during the winter. This puts the public at risk of having unsafe roads due to drastically delayed maintenance and driver fatigue. The good news is that we can resolve this contract if the City returns back to the bargaining table."
At issue is the City's proposals regarding paid time off and overtime, which effectively lead to a pay cut, and the municipality's refusal to grant the workers retro-active pay since their last contract expired on December 31. Dan Watson and Fred Saunders are drivers in the Street Dept. who serve on the union negotiating committee.
"We only have 19-20 members who can plow a street, and we're already down one third from seven years ago," said Saunders. "Our hourly wages aren't that high. We're willing to put up with that because of the benefits we have, but now they're trying to take that away."
"The other side saying 'we're done negotiating,' we feel that's a slap in the face," said Watson. "The City is trying to remove provisions from the contract that provide better benefits, so we need to return to bargaining and hash this out, because it isn't over."
Teamsters Local 377 represents workers in a wide variety of industries throughout Northeastern Ohio.
Contact:
Matt McQuaid, (202) 624-6877
mmcquaid@teamster.org
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BURBANK, Calif., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Walt Disney Company announced the six companies that will be joining the 2022 Disney Accelerator, a business development program designed to accelerate the growth of innovative companies from around the world. This year's Disney Accelerator class is focused on building the future of immersive experiences and specializes in technologies such as augmented reality (AR), non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and artificial intelligence (AI) characters.
The Disney Accelerator kicks off this week, connecting the 2022 class with the creativity, imagination, and expertise of Disney. Over the course of the program, each participant company will receive guidance from Disney's senior leadership team, as well as a dedicated executive mentor. The Disney Accelerator program will conclude with a Demo Day in the fall at The Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, CA.
"For nearly a century, Disney has been at the forefront of leveraging technology to build the entertainment experiences of the future," said Bonnie Rosen, General Manager of the Disney Accelerator program. "The Disney Accelerator is thrilled to be part of that legacy, and with our newest class of companies, we look forward to furthering our commitment to innovation and continuing to bring magical experiences to Disney audiences and guests for the next 100 years."
The companies selected to participate in the 2022 Disney Accelerator program are:
Flickplay: Flickplay is a Web3 social app that enables users to discover NFTs tied to real-world locations that they can experience and share via AR.
Inworld: Inworld allows users to create interactive, AI-driven characters for immersive experiences.
Lockerverse: Lockerverse is a Web3 platform that empowers creators and brands to tell culture-defining stories and deliver unique access and experiences.
Obsess: Obsess is an experiential e-commerce platform that enables brands to create immersive 3D virtual stores on their websites and on metaverse platforms.
Polygon: Polygon is a scalable blockchain network that allows developers and enterprises to build Web3 experiences.
Red 6: Red 6 is an AR company that has created a patented headset and interface that works outdoors in dynamic, high-performance environments.
As the Company focuses on its next-generation storytelling efforts, Disney will continue to work with companies like those in this year's Accelerator class to help develop new technologies and storytelling canvasses to create connected experiences across physical, digital, and virtual worlds.
For more information on the 2022 Disney Accelerator program, visit http://DisneyAccelerator.com.
Contacts:
Kirsten Underwood
Disney Accelerator Communications
kirsten.underwood@disney.com
Colby Colodner
Corporate Communications
colby.b.colodner@disney.com
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Amazon has provided Ring doorbell footage to law enforcement 11 times this year without the user’s permission, a revelation that’s bound to raise more privacy and civil liberty concerns about its video-sharing agreements with police departments across the country.
The disclosure came in a letter from the company that was made public Wednesday by U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat who sent a separate letter to Amazon last month questioning Ring’s surveillance practices and engagement with law enforcement.
Ring has said before it will not share customer information with police without consent, a warrant or due to “an exigent or emergency” circumstance. The 11 videos shared this year fell under the emergency provision, Amazon’s letter said, the first time the company publicly shared such information. The letter, dated July 1, did not say which videos were shared with police.
Brian Huseman, Amazon’s vice president for public policy, wrote in the letter that in each instance, “Ring made a good-faith determination that there was an imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to a person requiring disclosure of information without delay.”
In such cases, Huseman wrote Ring “reserves the right to respond immediately to urgent law enforcement requests for information,” adding the company makes a determination as to when to share video footage without user consent based on information provided to it in an emergency request form and circumstances described by law enforcement.
Some prior requests from law enforcement have raised concerns about how police might be attempting to use Ring footage. Last year, the non-profit digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation reported the Los Angeles Police Department requested Ring footage of Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.
In a statement, Markey’s office said the findings show a close relationship between Ring and law enforcement and a proliferation of police using the platform.
Amazon said in its letter 2,161 law enforcement agencies are enrolled in Ring’s Neighbors app, a forum for residents to share suspicious videos captured by their home security cameras. That number represents a five-fold increase since November 2019, according to the senator’s office.
“As my ongoing investigation into Amazon illustrates, it has become increasingly difficult for the public to move, assemble, and converse in public without being tracked and recorded,” Markey said in a statement.
Among other things, the senator's statement also criticized the company for not clarifying the distance Ring products can capture audio recordings. The company had said in its response letter what Ring captures “depends on many conditions, including device placement and environmental conditions.”
The Ring disclosure comes as Amazon is facing broader antitrust scrutiny in Congress about its ecommerce business, and accusations of undercutting merchants that sell on its platform by making “knock-offs,” or very similar products, and boosting their presence on its site. Markey and several other Democratic lawmakers are also pushing for a bill that prohibits the use of biometric technology by federal agencies and tie federal grant funding to states and localities on the condition they put a moratorium on the use of such technology. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Amazon-handed-Ring-footage-to-police-without-user-17302317.php | 2022-07-13T17:09:28Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Amazon-handed-Ring-footage-to-police-without-user-17302317.php | false |
Unique and Gourmet Salad Franchise Celebrates Ten Years of Consistent Growth While Posting Record Sales Numbers for 2022
HAMMOND, La., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Salad Station – a fully customizable salad franchise famous for serving farm-fresh gourmet ingredients – is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with incredible sales growth and the opening of new locations. Over the last ten years, Salad Station has taken a "Dream Job" hobby of a restaurant to a franchise brand of 26 locations and counting. Slated to open additional locations over the next 12 months in Jonesboro TN, Madison MS, Irving TX, Riverview FL, Oxford MS, Clarksville TN, and Prairieville LA, Salad Station will be well on its way to its goal of 100 locations in the next three years. The brand experienced tremendous same-store sales growth in the first half of 2022, with April and May setting monthly records. Salad Station is on pace to exceed 13% same-store sales growth for 2022.
"When we first created Salad Station, we wanted to create a salad concept focusing on fresh ingredients and empower people to create a gourmet salad their way in our local community. With a low-impact footprint, we help carry on the tradition of our Louisiana family farm of connecting our community with fresh local produce. We wanted to be able to offer delicious, gourmet salads and give our community – fast, fresh, and healthier options," said Scott Henderson, Co-Founder, and CEO of Salad Station. "These past ten years have been a great experience with challenges and growth. Every location we've opened is still open. We've developed a top-level team, invested in systems to streamline productivity, and we are positioned for rapid expansion over the next 10 years."
Celebrating 10 years, Salad Station hosted its First Salabration Conference in New Orleans, LA this summer. The conference, attended by over 30 franchise owners and vendors from all over the United States, included two fun-filled days in New Orleans with social events and awards, to keynote speakers highlighting new trends within the industry.
"The Salad Station 2022 conference was one to remember," said Garrick Robert, Franchise Operations Director of Salad Station. "It was the first time where everyone was able to be together, talk about their success, and learn from one another. We thank the exceptional keynote speakers for delivering insightful presentations that will help us to grow in the future and our Salad Station family for their dedication to the brand. They set the foundation for our future growth."
With sustained expansion, Salad Station has continued to build a top-notch support system with experienced industry professionals. In the early days of the brand, Salad Station added John Mike Heroman, founder of In and Out Phone Repair Franchise, as Franchise Sales Director. After previous stints at Raising Canes and Smoothie King, Garrick Robert joined the team in 2018 as Franchise Operations Director. Tom O'Keefe, previously president of Smoothie King and Chief Legal of Ruth's Chris, joined Salad Station as lead counsel.
In 2022, Salad Station continued building its all-star support staff by adding seasoned operational professionals. Stephanie Zito joined the team as Training Director with extensive training backgrounds at Starbucks and Raising Canes. Matt Battey joined the team as a Franchise Business Consultant with experience as operations consultant at Jimmy Johns Corporate and later managing partner of the Drew Brees led Jimmy Johns franchise group. D'Ann Davis, former Director of Sales with Hampton Inn by Hilton, joined as the Public Relations and Local Store Marketing Manager team to help guide Salad Station's #LettuceHelp initiative in each market.
The brand's booming success can be attributed to its gourmet and fully customizable menu, low labor requirements, proven operational systems, small waste footprint, and the fact that it is pioneering a new category of salad restaurants that have never been seen before. Salad Station is ready to help business owners grow their portfolio in local communities.
Salad Station is now searching for experienced franchise owners that would like to expand their current portfolio by adding a fast, gourmet, and healthy restaurant with minimal labor that align with the family-focused culture of the brand. As Henderson says, "Our franchising opportunity is perfect for a current franchise owner looking to add a healthy concept to their portfolio of businesses. With a franchise fee of $30,000 the estimated initial investment to open a Salad Station franchise is $192,300- $373,800. For more information on Salad Station, or if interested in a franchising opportunity, please visit https://thesaladstation.com/.
About Salad Station
Founded in 2012 and franchising since 2015, Salad Station prides itself as a gourmet salad restaurant serving fresh local produce combined with fast and friendly service. The brand has introduced an entirely new category of restaurant, allowing customers to pay by the pound, and encouraging customers to eat as they like while reducing waste in the process. Salad Station currently has 26 locations open throughout the United States. For more information, please visit https://www.saladstationfranchise.com/.
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WORCESTER, Md. — Maryland State Police from the Berlin Barrack in Worcester County, responded to reports of a shooting on Monday night.
Officers arrived to 10022 Hayes Landing Road around 9:53 p.m., and they found a man suffering from possible gunshot wounds.
They found 26-year-old Joseph Cooper III with traumatic injuries to his head. He was taken to a shock trauma center in Baltimore where it was later revealed that his wounds didn't come from a gunshot.
Investigators from the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation learned that Kimberly Renee, 31, along with two other men, were on Hayes Landing to purchase a Playstation from Cooper III.
The two other men identified as Avontae Curtis Fortt, 27, and Jaquan Frederick Cannon, 31, were all present during the time of the exchange.
Fortt struck Cooper III in the back of the head with a pistol while also firing several rounds from the gun.
The subjects fled the scene in a white Chevrolet Impala.
After failing to stop for emergency vehicles, the vehicle was chased by Deputies from the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office. The vehicle couldn't control its speed and collided with a fence.
During the arrest, Fortt assaulted Wicomico County Deputies.
They were all arrested with numerous charges.
Some of Worley's charges are attempted murder first-degree, attempted murder second-degree and reckless endangerment.
Canon was also charged with convicted felon in possession of a firearm and loaded handgun in a vehicle.
Fortt was charged with assault on a police officer, attempted first-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder.
All three are being held without bond at the Wicomico County Detention Center. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/man-selling-playstation-assaulted-and-shot-at-in-worcester-county | 2022-07-13T17:11:56Z | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/man-selling-playstation-assaulted-and-shot-at-in-worcester-county | false |
Hot Summer Nites brings over 250 Corvettes to Sioux Falls area
The event features 250 cars, live music, a drag racing style event, plenty of activities for kids, and much more.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) -Hot Summer Nites has become a staple of Sioux Falls bringing in corvettes from around the country for the last 29 years.
The event features 250 cars, live music, a drag racing style event, plenty of activities for kids, and much more.
“We don’t forget about the kids we do have a special section we call the kids corral where we have firetrucks police cars, ambulances, and their personnel that will interact with the kids plus all of the corvettes,” said Sioux Falls Corvette Club President, Mike Skiles.
Sioux Falls Corvette Club president Mike Skiles says he hopes this event will spur an interest in cars in kids from around the area.
“I believe that the car hobby whether it’s a corvette a mustang or any car street rods they’re all a good hobby and I’d love to see the younger generation carry that on,” Skiles said.
Hot Summer Nites is free to the public but organizers are hoping to raise money for a local charity with donation boxes.
“We encourage people to come out and drop a dollar or a $50 bill or a $100 bill into a pot and 100% of that money goes to the Children’s Inn program, so we’re a big time supporter of them so anyone with loose change bring it out and throw it in the pot,” Organizer Dave Rowe said.
Hot Summer Nites runs until 10 p.m. Wednesday night at the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds.
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Patients can save up to 80% on prescriptions at the register with free CareRx Inform!
RICHWOOD, N.J., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CareRx Inform announces its free prescription savings program, delivering instant savings at the register on thousands of brand name and generic medications. Consumers can search the website or download the CareRx Inform app to easily find immediate savings on common prescriptions at 65,000 participating pharmacies nationwide.
"Patients with or without health insurance can benefit from CareRx Inform," said Mark Provenzano, Chief Financial Officer. "We are proud to put the power of savings into the consumers' hands, giving them the tools they need to effectively price shop on thousands of common prescription medications, sometimes finding prices less than their usual co-pays."
Patients in across the U.S. can access CareRxInform.com to secure a free prescription savings card, which delivers discounts for every member of the family, including pets. There is no expiration, no fees or obligations, no limits on usage, and no cost at all to register. At checkout, patients show their CareRx Inform Discount Card to the pharmacist each time a prescription is filled or refilled. CareRx Inform brings even more value to consumers by offering access to tele-health consultations through a partnership with 24 Hour Physicians. Same-day, next-day and 2-day options to speak with a medical doctor about a variety of health issues, including mental wellness, are available by visiting the CareRx Inform website.
CareRx Inform has committed to be donor to St. Jude Children's Research Hospitals. Usage of CareRx Inform goes toward helping the families at St. Jude pay for treatment. Patients at St. Jude Children's Research Hospitals never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food.
"Our healthcare system can be very complex, frustrating and expensive for many Americans," said Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Corey Hebert. "At CareRx Inform, we are excited to provide such easy access to savings and medical advice, giving customers a cost-effective and simple solution to their families' medical needs."
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Wisconsin governor candidate won’t rule out decertification
Tim Michels’ comment came days after former president Donald Trump renewed his call for decertification of the 2020 presidential election results in Wisconsin.
Published: Jul. 13, 2022 at 10:40 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican candidate for governor in Wisconsin endorsed by Donald Trump won’t rule out attempting to decertify President Joe Biden’s 2020 win in the state, even though GOP legislative leaders and attorneys from both sides have dismissed the idea as impossible and unconstitutional.
Tim Michels told WKOW-TV on Tuesday that he would “need to see the details” when asked if he would sign a bill to decertify the election.
Michels’ refusal to rule out the idea came days after Trump renewed his call for decertification following a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that absentee ballot drop boxes are illegal.
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Well-established, women-owned Reno trucking company is revving its engine for a major expansion
RENO, Nev., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Full Tilt Logistics, a multigenerational family-owned logistics, transportation and warehousing company, today announced a massive expansion of its operation. The company acquired a new 250,000-square-foot warehouse space located on Prototype Drive in South Reno. The expansion will allow the company to hire additional staff.
Strategically positioned in Northern Nevada, Full Tilt is able to deliver goods nationwide and can distribute to the eleven Western states within 24 hours. Full Tilt Logistics' headquarters and the company's new warehouse are at the epicenter of a massive transportation network on two major highway corridors: Interstate 80 and U.S. Highway 395.
"We are so fortunate to have a loyal customer base already. Now we can easily accommodate our existing customers' growing needs, and make room for many new customers," said Tiffany Novich, President of Full Tilt Logistic, "We have been building this business with intention for almost a decade and it's exciting to see our vision coming to fruition."
The new facility has 12 service doors allowing trucks to load and unload goods. The company expects 50 + employees on site, helping to expand not only the company but also generate local jobs.
A fast-growing women-owned business, Full Tilt Logistics has found incredible success in the third-party logistics (3PL) industry by focusing on customer service and building strong customer relationships. Full Tilt Logistics prides itself on being able to deliver shipments faster and at a lower cost than competitors. Full Tilt Logistics supports veteran employment hiring practices; 16% of the company's staff are U.S. military veterans.
Full Tilt Logistics is a family-owned Reno, Nev. logistics, transportation and warehousing company specializing in high value time sensitive freight such as gaming, blanket wrap, trade show, exhibits and special events. Full Tilt prides itself on being a team of strategic problem solvers who take a holistic approach to getting the most out of every network.
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There has been anger in Tonbridge this week at Kent County Council's decision to axe 38 subsidised bus services across the county. There have been warnings from councillors and parents that school children will face dangerous journeys including crossing busy roads, or roads without pavements or lighting, and many communities will be isolated.
The decision to make the £2.2million cuts was taken last week. The council said local bus use was at 80 per cent of what it was pre-pandemic.
It said it spent around £6million each year subsidising bus services and as KentLive reported, it said it had to make savings as it grappled with rising costs of statutory services. It also warned it could not afford to "intervene to save those services being stopped by operators who will see Government pandemic support funding end in September.
Read more: School buses among 54 Kent services set to be axed
So far around 20 commercial services have already been withdrawn or cancelled but a further 40 are expected to go before October. Last week the council published the sweeping and devastating changes or cancellations of services across Kent.
Opposition councillors who had previously gone to battle on this are now slamming the decision, with Green Party county councillor for Tonbridge, Mark Hood, warning of "the consequences of dismantling of the support system for communities".
Parent Kirsty Alfredson who lives on Mill Lane outside Hildenborough, has daughters Eliza, 13, and Freya, 17 who attend Tonbridge Grammar School and catch the T3. She has been fighting to keep a school bus in Tonbridge since 2018 and has captured a video of the perilous walk on a country lane children will face once the bus stops.
Talking about the T3 Line Knockholt to Tonbridge service, she wrote to councillors and MP Tom Tughendhat, saying: "This bus is extremely crowded and the children on Mill lane, Vines lane and Riding Lane near Hildenborough rarely get a seat but as it is the only bus service available we don’t complain and are grateful it turns up regularly.
"What I don’t understand is why this service is on the list at all? If it is crowded how can it be unprofitable? Does Kent County Council really want all those extra cars driving into Tonbridge causing traffic congestions and environment damage?" she said.
She said children will be "subjected to danger on the highway on a daily basis".
She said: "The video I have very clearly shows how dangerous the lanes are, children will have to dodge cars to get an alternative bus. The photo shows the crowded nature of the T3. What bus route will these children catch? Where is the joined up public transport policy?"
Mr Hood said the Green and Independents Group on the council had "tried our best" to stop the cuts. The group proposed four amendments, with only one success, which was against increasing the cost of the travel pass for children on free school meals.
At the meeting last week, Mr Hood said: "What we are seeing across our bus network is a dismantling of the support system for communities will lead to further pollution and increased congestion contrary to our own emissions strategy and Vision Zero. We are heading in the wrong direction while we are told that providing a practical alternative to the car through public transport and active travel are national priorities in our quest for carbon net zero.
“What we are seeing across our bus network is a dismantling of the support system for communities will lead to further pollution and increased congestion contrary to our own emissions strategy and Vision Zero.
Mr Hood said he did not believe the cuts were a result of the "conscious cruelty of the administration". He "We are hamstrung by austerity as identified by the author of the report but that is the policy of the conservative party and I find it incomprehensible that MPs like mine, Tom Tugendhat, have the audacity to berate this policy when the cuts to this local councils which he and his colleagues sign off are cutting services to the bone."
Matthew Sankey, Alliance councillor on Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, is campaigning for the 230 Tunbridge Wells to Tonbridge service used by school children.
He said: "Kent County Council and the Government need to come together to ensure that these services are not withdrawn, that they are properly funded. Proper funding also means that the drivers receive a proper living wage also."
In its report of changes to services, the council stated its position, which included: "KCC will also work with communities, parents and schools to support them if there is an appetite to fund and coordinate local solutions and the department is making available Community Transport funding for things like vehicles for this purpose.
"Children who have a legal entitlement to free transport to school will be provided with alternative transport solutions but for other passengers it is likely that no alternative transport will be available." | https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/parents-furious-tonbridge-children-face-7326700 | 2022-07-13T17:14:31Z | https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/parents-furious-tonbridge-children-face-7326700 | true |
Honored for Exceptional Innovation
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OneBill announced today that TMC, a global, integrated media company helping clients build communities in print, in person and online, has named its Billing Automation Platform as a 2022 Unified Communications Product of the Year Award winner. This is in fact the fifth consecutive year that the business has taken out this award.
"Receiving this award for the fifth consecutive year is truly an honor, and is a testament to the dedication and hard work that our engineering team is putting into constantly innovating our solution, to make billing more streamlined for our customers." said JK Chelladurai, CEO, OneBill.
"It gives me great pleasure to honor OneBill as a 2022 recipient of TMC's Unified Communications Product of the Year Award for their innovative solution, said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "Our judges were very impressed with the ingenuity and excellence displayed by OneBill in their groundbreaking work on their automated billing platform."
Winners of the 2022 Unified Communications Product of the Year Award will be announced online and highlighted in INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine online.
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Capitol rioter with Confederate flag gets 5 months in prison
A Maryland man who used a lacrosse stick attached to a Confederate battle flag to shove a police officer during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Wednesday to five months in prison, according to a Justice Department spokesman.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper also sentenced David Alan Blair, to 18 months of supervised release after his prison term and ordered him to pay $2,000 in restitution, said William Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Columbia.
Federal prosecutors recommended sentencing Blair to eight months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
Blair’s attorney, Terrell Roberts III, asked for a sentence of probation.
Blair, 27, left his home in Clarksburg, Maryland, and started driving to Washington, D.C., after the riot erupted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Shortly before 6 p.m., Blair encountered a line of Metropolitan Police Department officers on the Capitol’s West Lawn and refused to heed their commands to leave the area, prosecutors said.
A police officer’s body camera captured Blair walking in front of the police line and yelling, “Hell naw. Quit backing up. Don’t be scared. We’re Americans.”
Blair was arrested after he pushed his lacrosse stick against an officer’s chest.
The officer responded to the push by striking Blair three times in the head with a baton, drawing blood and giving him a concussion, according to Blair’s attorney.
Approximately 840 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the Capitol riot. Over 330 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanor charges punishable by no more than one year imprisonment. More than 200 have been sentenced, including approximately 100 who received prison terms ranging from nine days to over five years.
Blair is one of several Capitol riot defendants who carried a Confederate battle flag that day. The others include Kevin Seefried, a Delaware man who was convicted in June of storming the Capitol with his adult son. Another flag-toting rioter, Matthew Ryan Miller, was sentenced in May to 33 months in prison for assaulting police officers and obstructing an official proceeding.
Blair pleaded guilty in March to a felony charge of interfering with law enforcement during a civil disorder, which carries a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment.
In a court filing, Roberts said Blair thought he had the right to be where he was and to “exercise his First Amendment right of free assembly” before one of the advancing officers shoved him.
“The brute force which led to provoking the defendant was not called for,” Roberts wrote.
Blair didn’t enter the Capitol. He told investigators that he went there to “fight Antifa,” not to disrupt Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory, according to prosecutors.
Blair also said he had been trading social media messages with somebody who often made anti-Semitic remarks and “blamed Israel for the world’s problems,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Liebman wrote in a court filing.
“Blair further explained that as a result of these discussions he came to believe the United States was ‘falling apart’ and that he had to ‘stand up’ to communism,” Liebman added.
On Jan. 6, Blair was wearing a skull-themed neck gaiter and a backpack containing a knife with a serrated blade and a roll of duct tape. He told police that he used the duct tape to attach the Confederate battle flag to his lacrosse stick.
Liebman said Blair likely knew that displaying the flag, widely viewed as a symbol of racist hate, would “antagonize any ideological opponent he might encounter.”
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UK Conservative hopefuls strikingly diverse, firmly on right
London – Like most of his predecessors as Conservative Party leader, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is wealthy, white and male. There’s a good chance his successor will be different.
The eight candidates running in a party election to succeed Johnson are four men and four women, with roots in Iraq, India, Pakistan and Nigeria as well as the U.K. The race could give the country its first Black or brown prime minister, its third female leader, or both.
With the first round of voting by Conservative lawmakers set for Wednesday, the bookies’ favorite is former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, son of Indian parents who came to Britain from East Africa. Other contenders include Kemi Badenoch, whose parents are Nigerian; Nadhim Zahawi, who was born in Baghdad and came to Britain as a child and Suella Braverman, whose Indian parents moved to Britain from Kenya and Mauritius.
With Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss also in the race, only two white men – Tom Tugendhat and Jeremy Hunt – are running.
Zahawi, who recalled coming to Britain at age 11 speaking no English, said “the Conservative Party has made me who I am today.”
But if the contenders reflect the face of modern Britain, the winner will be chosen by an electorate that does not. The next party leader, who will also become prime minister, will be chosen by about 180,000 Conservative members who tend to be affluent, older white men.
The slate of candidates reflects successful efforts to attract more diverse talent to the party and shake its “pale, male and stale” image, begun after former Prime Minister David Cameron became party leader in 2005. Cameron made a push to draft diverse candidate shortlists for solidly Conservative seats, an effort that has seen Black and brown Tory lawmakers elected in constituencies that are predominantly white.
The party’s attempt to attract aspiring politicians from immigrant backgrounds has succeeded despite a Brexit vote in which the winning “leave” side – championed by Boris Johnson – played on concerns about immigration.
“The Conservative Party is very diverse at the very, very top,” said Sunder Katwala, director of the equality think-tank British Future. “It’s a massive, rapid change, and it’s a level of ethnic diversity that has never been seen in any leadership field for any political party in any Western democracy.
“It’s clear that minority candidates have a sense that their voice, their story, is relevant to this moment. That might be the story of aspiration, it might be the story of inclusive patriotism after Brexit.”
Change has happened despite the Conservatives lagging behind the left-of-center Labour Party in terms of overall diversity. Labour, which passed Britain’s first race relations act in 1965, has long seen itself as the natural home for ethnic-minority voters, as well as a champion of women’s rights. Half of Labour’s lawmakers are women and 20% come from non-white backgrounds; among Tory legislators, 24% are women and 6% belong to ethnic minorities.
But minorities in the Tory party have risen higher, and faster. Sunak and Zahawi served in Johnson’s Cabinet in senior posts. Both of Britain’s female prime ministers – Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May – have been Tories, while Labour has never had a female leader.
The only British prime minister from an ethnic minority background was 19th-century leader Benjamin Disraeli, who came from Sephardic Jewish stock. He was a Conservative, too.
“Labour continues to regard minorities as groups to be protected or talked about a lot – but for whatever reason it seems they can’t or won’t advance them on merit to the highest offices,” said Conservative commentator Alex Deane. “The conservative approach is to advance people on ability regardless of gender or color and – guess what?– it works.”
If the candidates’ backgrounds are diverse, their views are less so. Johnson’s drive for a “hard” Brexit from the European Union, regardless of the economic cost, drove many pro-European and centrist lawmakers out of the government. Those who remain, of all backgrounds, are small-state, free-marketeers inspired by “Iron Lady” Thatcher.
Contenders have fallen over one another to promise tax cuts, painting Sunak as a left-winger because he has suggested that slashing taxes might not immediately be possible amid war in Ukraine and a stuttering post-pandemic economy.
Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London, said the race was “a contest between different strains of Thatcherism.”
In part that’s because the candidates are wooing an electorate, members of the Conservative Party, that is significantly less diverse – racially, economically and ideologically – than Britain as a whole.
A study of political party membership by Queen Mary University of London and Sussex University, completed in 2020, found 95% of Conservative members identified as “White British,” compared to about 86% of the population as a whole. Some 63% of party members were men, 58% were aged 50 or older and 80% were middle class or above.
Still, Katwala, who studies British social attitudes, is confident the Conservative electorate “will see the leaders through their politics and through issues” rather than through gender or ethnicity.
“Britain has become a more tolerant, less racially prejudiced country, very significantly, over the last few generations,” he said.
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Amazon handed Ring footage to police without user consent, senator discloses
(AP) - Amazon has provided Ring doorbell footage to law enforcement 11 times this year without the user’s permission, a revelation that’s bound to raise more privacy and civil liberty concerns about its video-sharing agreements with police departments across the country.
The disclosure came in a letter from the company that was made public Wednesday by U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat who sent a separate letter to Amazon last month questioning Ring’s surveillance practices and engagement with law enforcement.
Ring has said before it will not share customer information with police without consent, a warrant or due to “an exigent or emergency” circumstance. The 11 videos shared this year fell under the emergency provision, Amazon’s letter said, the first time the company publicly shared such information. The letter, dated July 1, did not say which videos were shared with police.
Brian Huseman, Amazon’s vice president for public policy, wrote in the letter that in each instance, “Ring made a good-faith determination that there was an imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to a person requiring disclosure of information without delay.”
In such cases, Huseman wrote Ring “reserves the right to respond immediately to urgent law enforcement requests for information,” adding the company makes a determination as to when to share video footage without user consent based on information provided to it in an emergency request form and circumstances described by law enforcement.
Some prior requests from law enforcement have raised concerns about how police might be attempting to use Ring footage. Last year, the nonprofit digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation reported the Los Angeles Police Department requested Ring footage of Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.
In a statement, Markey’s office said the findings show a close relationship between Ring and law enforcement and a proliferation of police using the platform.
Amazon said in its letter 2,161 law enforcement agencies are enrolled in Ring’s Neighbors app, a forum for residents to share suspicious videos captured by their home security cameras. That number represents a five-fold increase since November 2019, according to the senator’s office.
“As my ongoing investigation into Amazon illustrates, it has become increasingly difficult for the public to move, assemble, and converse in public without being tracked and recorded,” Markey said in a statement.
Among other things, the senator’s statement also criticized the company for not clarifying the distance Ring products can capture audio recordings. The company had said in its response letter what Ring captures “depends on many conditions, including device placement and environmental conditions.”
The Ring disclosure comes as Amazon is facing broader antitrust scrutiny in Congress about its ecommerce business, and accusations of undercutting merchants that sell on its platform by making “knock-offs,” or very similar products, and boosting their presence on its site. Markey and several other Democratic lawmakers are also pushing for a bill that prohibits the use of biometric technology by federal agencies and tie federal grant funding to states and localities on the condition they put a moratorium on the use of such technology.
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Luis Gonzalez met Luis Gonzalez before Tuesday night’s game at Oracle Park, and it was good catching up.
“Really a special moment,” Gonzalez said.
As in Luis Gonzalez, San Francisco Giants outfielder.
The other Luis Gonzalez, of Arizona Diamondbacks fame, is in town as a team broadcaster. The hero of the 2001 World Series — his poke over Derek Jeter’s head clinched Game 7 — posted on Twitter, “Finally got to meet Luis Gonzalez!!”
Gonzalez, 54, played in the majors 19 seasons and completed his playing career in 2008.
Gonzalez, 24, grew up in Arizona, so naturally people figured he was the other Gonzalez’s kid.
“They always thought he was my dad, being from Tucson and playing ball,” the Giants rookie said. “I got it all the time. It became normal to me.”
The Gonzalezes met in front of the Diamondbacks’ dugout at Oracle Park and posed for pictures. The Giants’ Gonzalez said he hopes to get a shot for both of them to sign. In the game, he started in right field and was summoned to pitch the ninth inning with the Giants holding a 13-0 lead.
How did the encounter come to be?
“One of the coaches yesterday was telling me that Gonzo was looking for me,” the Giants’ Gonzalez said.
By the way, yes, they called each other “Gonzo.”
“They were asking me about my nicknames growing up,” the Giant said. “He had the same ones as me.”
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Man takes plea deal for 2018 Wichita Falls murder
Published: Jul. 13, 2022 at 11:51 AM CDT|Updated: 30 minutes ago
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - A man charged in connection to a 2018 Wichita Falls murder took a plea deal on Tuesday.
Judge Meredith Kennedy sentenced Eric Glenn Lee II to 45 years in prison for the shooting death of Matthew Liggins.
Police said Liggins was shot and killed during a robbery in 2018 in the 1000 block of Juarez.
Lee has been in jail since then, so he was given credit for timed served.
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Extension of service will reach the most populous city in Vermont with access to bustling downtown, arts and culture, and local colleges
BURLINGTON, Vt., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amtrak, in conjunction with the Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT), is now selling Ethan Allen Express tickets for daily travel between Burlington and New York City, including new stops in Vergennes and Middlebury, via Amtrak.com, the Amtrak app, Amtrak ticket desks and kiosks, and through 1-800-USA-RAIL.
Service will kick off at 10:10 a.m. Friday, July 29, 2022, with a celebratory event at Burlington's Union Station. The details, coming soon, will include $1 ticketed train fares within Vermont on the Ethan Allen Express, limited shuttle service on the day of the event for return transportation to Burlington from Vergennes for ticketed passengers, and 50% promotional fares on the Ethan Allen Express this summer.
"Passengers who want to experience the beauty, outdoor fun, and diverse offerings of Middlebury, Vergennes, and Burlington or travel to New York City can now do so sustainably, without being in bumper-to-bumper traffic, and while taking in some of the best views in the country via Amtrak," said Amtrak President Roger Harris. "The extension of service to Burlington highlights the continued growth in demand for train travel throughout this country, and we are proud to meet this demand with our partners at AOT."
"The State of Vermont has committed more than $115 million in state and federal resources, as well as decades of hard work by the Agency of Transportation and its partners, to complete this project," said Governor Phil Scott. "All of us here in Vermont are grateful for the support of our federal Department of Transportation partners, our Congressional delegation, state legislators, and countless rail advocates to bring this service to fruition. We are very proud of the collaborative efforts and widespread support to deliver passenger train service from Vermont's largest city to New York City."
"I am very proud of our Rail staff, planners, project managers, engineers, and Agency leadership, all of whose dedication to building the infrastructure necessary for Amtrak service between Burlington and New York City has made this important new service possible," said Vermont Transportation Secretary Joe Flynn.
In addition to Burlington, the new stops will also include the beautifully restored historic Ferrisburgh-Vergennes Station, which includes ample parking for Amtrak passengers, and the Middlebury Station, which consists of an impressive covered platform across the tracks from the historic Middlebury Station.
The extended service will depart Burlington daily at 10:10 a.m. and arrive in Moynihan Train Hall at New York Penn Station (NYP) in New York City at 5:45 p.m. Northbound, the Ethan Allen Express will depart NYP at 2:21 p.m. daily with arrival in Burlington at 9:55 p.m.
Vermont travelers and visitors can expect the same amenities onboard the Ethan Allen Express as they do on all other Amtrak trains, including free Wi-Fi, the freedom to use phones and electronic devices at all times (no "airplane mode"), the ability to travel with small pets on many trains, a café car, large spacious seats with ample leg room, no middle seat, and the option to take a bike with a reservation and $20 fee.
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TOKYO (AP) — A Tokyo court on Wednesday ordered four former executives at the utility behind the tsunami wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant to pay 13 trillion yen ($94 billion) to the company, holding them liable for the 2011 meltdown crisis.
In a high profile ruling, the Tokyo District Court said the former chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Tsunehisa Katsumata, and three other former executives failed to fulfil their duty of taking the utmost safety precautions despite knowing the risks of a serious accident in case of a major tsunami. It said they could have prevented the disaster if they had taken available scientific data more seriously and acted sooner.
A magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami destroyed key cooling systems at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, causing its three reactors to melt down, spreading massive radiation in the area and keeping tens of thousands of residents from returning home due to radioactive contamination and safety concerns.
A group of 48 TEPCO shareholders filed the suit in 2012 demanding that Katsumata and four others — former TEPCO president Masataka Shimizu, former vice presidents Sakae Muto and Ichiro Takekuro, and another executive, Akio Komori, pay 22 trillion yen ($160 billion) in damages to the company. It maintained that they had neglected to heed experts’ tsunami predictions and failed to take adequate tsunami precaution measures soon enough.
Presiding Judge Yoshihide Asakura said the former TEPCO executives “fundamentally lacked safety awareness and a sense of responsibility.” The ruling noted that TEPCO could have prevented the disaster if it had carried out necessary construction work to prevent the plant’s key areas from being flooded, including making its reactor buildings water-tight.
He said all five were liable but relieved Komori of the compensation obligation because he was appointed to his executive position only a year before the disaster and couldn’t have acted even if he had tried.
Wednesday’s decision to take the plant operators’ obligation to take safety measures more seriously contrasted with a Supreme Court ruling last month that found the government not responsible for paying compensation sought by thousands of Fukushima residents over the loss of their jobs, livelihoods and communities. It said a tsunami of that magnitude was not foreseeable even with the latest available expertise at the time.
The amount of compensation was the highest ever ordered in a lawsuit. It greatly exceeded a 59.4 billion yen ($433 million) compensation order to Olympus Co. over a coverup of losses and an order to sewing machine maker Janome Co. to pay 58 billion yen ($425 million) in damages for losses due to extortion. | https://www.wric.com/news/japan-court-holds-ex-tepco-execs-liable-for-fukushima-crisis/ | 2022-07-13T17:25:21Z | https://www.wric.com/news/japan-court-holds-ex-tepco-execs-liable-for-fukushima-crisis/ | true |
Enfamil maker Reckitt flies baby formula to U.S. from Singapore
By Richa Naidu
LONDON, July 13(Reuters) - Enfamil maker Reckitt on Wednesday afternoon flew 65 tonnes of baby formula to Chicago from its plant in Singapore, shoring up supplies amid a months-long shortage in the United States, the company said.
Similac maker Abbott Laboratories in February recalled dozens of types of baby formula, taking the country's biggest industry player off the market and creating one of the biggest U.S. food shortages in recent American history. (Reporting by Richa Naidu; editing by David Evans)
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — After years of addiction, Matthew Hirsch was sober. He landed a stable job working overnight shifts at a 7-Eleven in Southern California, lived with his girlfriend in a nearby apartment and spoke to his father every day.
Around 4:15 a.m. Monday, a masked shooter gunned down the 40-year-old clerk inside the convenience store. Authorities say it was one of six robberies by the same man at 7-Eleven stores across the region, senseless attacks that left two dead and three wounded.
The tragedy left Hirsch’s father reeling on Tuesday. Jim Hirsch had long feared his son’s death would come from another heroin overdose.
“I’d walk into his room at night and see needles,” Hirsch told The Associated Press. “Do I throw him out to die under a bridge? Or let him overdose in the house?”
Still, he always had an open-door policy for “Matt” at the home where his son grew up. Matt eventually sobered up as “he slowly straightened himself out” more than a year ago, his father said. He began working at the 7-Eleven in Brea about six months ago, juggling his job and his recovery.
Jim Hirsch was glad his son was employed but worried about him working alone late at night.
“He hadn’t had time to enjoy a normal life,” his father said. “He goes through a struggle for goodness and it ends in a shooting.”
The robberies occurred in a five-hour span early on Monday. Following the deadly robberies, 7-Eleven Inc. urged Los Angeles-area stores to close Monday and Tuesday nights for safety.
Investigators aren’t sure what led to Hirsch’s death in Brea, or what sparked the robberies in Ontario, Upland, Riverside, Santa Ana and La Habra. Riverside Police Officer Ryan Railsback said it doesn’t seem coincidental that 7-Eleven was targeted on July 11 — or 7/11, the day when the company celebrates its anniversary.
Hirsch was shot to death after authorities believe the gunman earlier gravely wounded a customer in Riverside and then fatally shot Matthew Rule, 24, outside a Santa Ana store. After those three shootings, the suspect then shot two people at a store in La Habra before disappearing.
Rule’s aunt said his mother was too distraught Tuesday to speak to a reporter.
Armed robberies also occurred at stores in Ontario and Upland shortly before the shootings. Authorities in those cities on Tuesday confirmed that the crimes they were investigating are linked to the crimes at the other locations.
Authorities in Ontario, Brea and Upland shared images of a masked man wearing what appeared to be the same black sweatshirt with a hood over his head. The sweatshirt had white lettering with green leaves on the front.
The first robbery happened around midnight in Ontario, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) east of Los Angeles. Then, about 45 minutes later, a gunman stole a few items and $400 to $500 in cash from a store in the neighboring city of Upland. About an hour later, the Riverside store was robbed and a customer shot and gravely wounded.
Another shooting occurred around 3:20 a.m. in Santa Ana. There, officers found Rule dead in the 7-Eleven parking lot. The victim did not work at the store, and surveillance video shows the suspect dropping items — believed to be the victim’s belongings while fleeing, police said.
About 40 minutes later, Hirsch was fatally shot and less than an hour later officers discovered two gunshot victims at a store in nearby La Habra. Those two victims are expected to survive.
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MCLEAN, Va. , July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kasm Technologies, has announced the release of KasmVNC v0.9.3. KasmVNC is a web-native open-source rendering technology used for streaming desktop, application and web containers to the browser. The v0.9.3 release includes performance, security and usability enhancements.
To learn more about the project and to download the source code: https://github.com/kasmtech/KasmVNC
KasmVNC is the streaming tech for Workspaces container images. While the term VNC is in the name, it is not intended to remain compliant with the RFB spec and has different goals than other VNC projects:
- Web-based - Designed to provide a web accessible remote desktop. It comes with a web server and websocket server built in. Simply run and navigate to your desktop's URL on the port you specify.
- Cybersecurity - The RFB specification (VNC) limits the password field to 8 characters. KasmVNC defaults to HTTPS with HTTP Basic Auth and disables the legacy VNC authentication method for enhanced security.
- Simplicity - Easy to deploy and configure since it is web-native and agentless.
"We are proud of our open-source release of KasmVNC, especially the performance, usability, DLP and clipboard/character input enhancements," said Matt McClaskey, Kasm Technologies CTO, "I am even more excited for our next release, which will cement KasmVNC as the modern, open-source leader in remote desktop server solutions."
Additional features that are new to this release include:
- GPU Support in collaboration with VirtualGL.
- Arm Support in collaboration with Arm.
- Webp/JPEG image compression for better bandwidth & CPU usage.
- Full screen video detection for improved playback performance.
- Seamless Binary clipboard support for text, images, and formatted text (Chromium browsers).
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Mexico sees $40 billion in U.S. investment through 2024 amid business talks
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. companies plan to invest $40 billion in Mexico between now and 2024, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told a meeting of U.S. and Mexican executives on Wednesday, according to Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard.
Lopez Obrador and Ebrard are in Washington after a meeting between the Mexican president and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden, as well as other officials, on Tuesday.
Calling it "great news for Mexico", Ebrard revealed the prospective investments on Twitter as Mexican officials met the executives for a business breakfast in the U.S. capital.
Mexican officials said the talks could deliver progress on a raft of pending investments in Mexico by U.S. energy companies.
Billions of dollars in foreign investment in Mexico have been held up by disputes between companies and the government as Lopez Obrador tightens state control of the energy market.
Still, Lopez Obrador on Tuesday told Biden that Mexico was ready to work with the United States to help secure energy supplies, and promote the economic integration of North America.
Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier, who was also at the business breakfast, said on Twitter that Lopez Obrador noted he had come to listen to energy companies, including Sempra Energy.
The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, said in June that Mexico and the United States are working through disputes involving U.S. companies worth some $30 billion.
(Reporting by Ted Hesson in Washington and Daina Beth Solomon and Dave Graham in Mexico City; Writing by Kylie Madry, editing by Stephen Eisenhammer and Marguerita Choy) | https://news.yahoo.com/mexico-sees-40-billion-u-163459493.html | 2022-07-13T17:28:35Z | https://news.yahoo.com/mexico-sees-40-billion-u-163459493.html | true |
Teen turned away from water slide because of weight, family says
GRAFTON, Ill. (KMOV/Gray News) – A family in Illinois said their 13-year-old daughter was turned away from a ride at Raging Rivers Waterpark after being told to step on a scale in front of strangers.
Andrew Batton told KMOV that he and his family went to the amusement park in hopes of trying the newest ride, the Mississippi Monster.
Batton said a worker asked his daughter to weigh herself in front of everyone when they made it to the front of the line.
“The guy looked at us and to my daughter and said, ‘You need to step on the scale,” Batton said, adding she was embarrassed by the incident.
The scale read 205, but Batton said they were told there was a 200-pound weight limit.
A spokesperson for Raging Rivers said the decision was made to prioritize the safety of guests.
“I get the safety, but just communicate it,” Batton said.
He claims there were no signs to indicate a weight limit on the ride.
“I was like, ‘There’s nothing on the media about that. Was this posted anywhere?’ He was like, ‘No. We’ve had some people getting hurt so we’re limiting the weight on the ride,’” Batton said.
According to Raging Rivers, new water tubes for the Mississippi Monster have been ordered to increase the weight capacity for the ride.
While Batton and his daughter are both season ticket holders, they don’t plan to return to the waterpark anytime soon.
“The disappointment that she felt by not being able to ride the brand-new ride was definitely overshadowed by the public humiliation of being asked to step on a scale,” Batton said. “Then further than that, being told that you’re overweight...We as parents now have to undo the emotional damage that this corporate company caused us.”
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What a wonderful All-Star weekend in Chicago. It was pretty neat that the city where I was able to start my career is where I had a chance to play my last All-Star Game.
There was so much to do before the actual game with media availabilities, practice and then when we left the arena I had a full day of events ahead.
My agency had set up a tea party for me — something to honor all I’ve done over my career. At first, I admit I didn’t really want to do it, but they insisted. I had to invite people, so I brought some of my Chicago friends as well as Coach (Cheryl) Reeve and her family.
As hesitant as I was at the start, I’m so glad they convinced me to do since it was really cool. We had a private room in a hotel where they had so many teas. I love tea by the way. They had the china out as well as these awesome little cakes.
It was a lot of fun.
Then I went back to the hotel to get ready for the Chance the Rapper concert. I met up with Napheesa Collier and we had a great time. The atmosphere, the loud music, the people jumping around. The music was good and the energy was great.
Then it was off to bed to get ready for the game.
I will always remember the reaction from the crowd when I was introduced. They’ve been with me since Day 1 and they’ve always stuck by me even when I left for Minnesota. They showed me mad love and didn’t hate on me and I can’t thank them enough. They are my diehards.
Now I know everyone was talking about the 3 and the dunk. Coach drew up the 3 in the locker room for the first play and at first I was like what is going on, but I was happy to do it. Coach (Cheryl) Reeve always challenges me to shoot them and I say no. In the game I was like why not?
When it went in I saw how happy everyone was and that made me happy.
As far as the dunk, I honestly wasn’t thinking much about it when I was going up for it. Just figured why not? And then to see everyone’s reaction afterwards is something I will always remember how happy I made them.
The hardest thing for me during the game was when they honored me and Sue Bird. It’s always nerve wracking for me. I never feel comfortable when people are gracious enough to honor me. Although the more it happens, the more I’ve learned to accept it and be grateful for it.
The other hard part was knowing that my sister Brittney Griner wasn’t there with us. Wearing her name and number on our jerseys in the second half makes sure she’s not forgotten. We still have work to do to get her home. We need to continue to get the word out.
The final memory I’ll take away is when Sue gave me the game ball after it was over. She said you deserve it for the way you played. That will have a special place in my house next to the autographed ball the players signed for me.
After the game, I made a quick pitstop over at the Nike Nationals tournament to see Team Fowles play. Sadly they lost, but we had fun chatting afterwards and I got to catch up with my former coach at LSU Bob Starkey.
Now it’s back to Minnesota to get ready for the rest of the season to make a playoff push.
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Here’s how much it costs to have a baby in the US, analysis finds
Health costs associated with pregnancy, childbirth and post-partum care average nearly $19,000 in the United States, according to a recent analysis, and that doesn’t include any spending on the baby after he or she is born.
The analysis by the Peterson Center on Healthcare and the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that vaginal delivery costs about $15,000, while cesarean sections cost more than $26,000 on average. Out-of-pocket costs for women enrolled in large group health insurance plans are about $2,854 on average — $2,655 for vaginal delivery and $3,214 for C-section.
"These costs are more than many families can afford," the study’s authors said. "Roughly one third of multi-person households and half of single-person households would not have the liquid assets needed to cover typical out-of-pocket costs associated with pregnancy and childbirth in private health plans."
Researchers calculated the costs by looking at the difference in health spending for women of reproductive age who give birth compared to those who don’t. The data only includes women who gave birth in a hospital; it doesn’t include pregnancies that ended in abortion or miscarriage.
Past studies had only examined the costs of specific services, like delivery, or services with a pregnancy-related insurance code.
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"The benefit of this approach is that it allows us not only to look at the cost of the delivery, but also at all health costs associated with pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care," researchers said.
According to the analysis, about half of people who give birth in a given year are covered by private insurance, and the rest are mostly covered by Medicaid, which generally has little or no out-of-pocket liability.
"Medical care for the infant can result in even more out-of-pocket costs for families with private insurance coverage," researchers said. "And these out-of-pocket health costs arrive just as these parents begin taking on additional costs of caring for a child. Many new parents also experience income losses due to a lack of paid parental leave, which can leave many new parents vulnerable to incurring medical debt."
100 million Americans carry medical debt
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Another poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that roughly 41% of adults have debt caused by medical or dental bills. Nearly a quarter of people polled (24%) say they currently have medical or dental bills that are past due, or they can’t afford to pay them.
Roughly one in five people (21%) say they have bills paid to a provider compared to one in six individuals (17%) saying they owe a medical debt to a bank, collection agency, or other lenders for loans used to pay medical or dental bills.
RELATED: 100 million Americans carry medical debt with some owing more than $10K, poll finds
The agency’s survey defines health care debt as money a person currently owes or debt they have based on personal medical or dental bills or someone else’s medical or dental care, including past bills, bills they can’t pay, and medical bills they’re paying off.
Roughly half of the people with current health care debt (56%) say they owe fewer than $2,500 compared to nearly half (44%) who say they owe at least $2,500 for medical or dental bills, including one in eight (12%) of respondents who say they owe $10,000 or more in health care bills.
Medical debt to be wiped clear of many credit reports
Close-up of the upper corner of a consumer credit report from the credit bureau Equifax (Photo via Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).
As of July 1, the three major U.S. credit reporting companies have stopped counting paid medical debt on the reports that banks, potential landlords and others use to judge creditworthiness.
The companies also are giving people a year to resolve delinquent medical debt that has been sent to collections before reporting it — up from six months previously.
RELATED: Medical debt to be wiped clear of many credit reports
Next year, the companies will stop counting unpaid medical debt under at least $500.
The companies say these moves will wipe out nearly 70% of the medical debt listed on consumer credit reports.
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WAYNE, Pa., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Argosy Private Equity, a lower middle market private equity firm, today announced the sale of Linx Technologies to TE Connectivity.
Founded in 1997, Linx is a leading provider of wireless technology solutions to device manufacturers in the commercial, government, consumer, agricultural, and industrial segments. Linx is an antenna design and manufacturing company focused on serving original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") that require wireless functionality for their products. The company's antennas are engineered for industrial, scientific and medical ("ISM"), Wi-Fi, cellular and global navigation satellite system ("GNSS") bands for numerous Internet of Things ("IoT") applications. Linx complements its antenna product lines with RF connectors, RF modules, remote controls and sub-GHz data modules.
Argosy acquired Linx in December 2015 and immediately began to implement its Value Acceleration Methodology ("VAM™"), partnering with the CEO, Tolga Latif, to further penetrate existing markets and expand into new industry verticals. These VAMTM initiatives allowed Linx to nearly quadruple EBITDA over our six-year hold period.
"Working collaboratively with the Linx Technologies team has been an exceptional experience. The team embraced Argosy's VAM™ tools, with particular impact coming from the strategy deployment and new product development areas. The entire team came to truly embody the company's mission and succeeded in delivering the right product, at the right price to become one of the top brands of antennas, connectors and related RF devices selling through distribution. Our journey with this exceptional team has exceeded all our expectations." said Steve Morgenthal, Managing Partner of Argosy Private Equity.
"Argosy Private Equity has been a true partner throughout their investment. Early in our partnership, the IOT market dynamics changed, and we implemented a strategic shift by developing a novel strategy using analytics to guide rapid product development. It is never easy telling your investors that the investment thesis needs to change. Argosy supported the team, while asking tough questions to help refine and develop the right strategy that ultimately led to our rapid growth and successful sale to TE Connectivity." said Tolga Latif, CEO of Linx Technologies.
Argosy Private Equity, founded in 1990, specializes in providing capital and operating and financial expertise to lower middle market companies across a broad range of industries. Argosy partners with motivated management teams investing in companies with sustainable competitive advantages and attractive growth prospects. Argosy Private Equity is a division of Argosy Capital Group, Inc. ("Argosy Capital") together with Argosy Real Estate Partners, Argosy Credit Partners, Argosy Strategic Partners and Argosy Healthcare Partners. Argosy Capital is an investment adviser with approximately $2.7 billion of assets under management. All of the Argosy Capital funds focus on lower middle market investment strategies.
For further information on Argosy Private Equity, please visit www.argosype.com.
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All lanes open after 18-wheeler fire on I-12 W in Livingston Parish
Published: Jul. 13, 2022 at 7:58 AM CDT|Updated: 5 hours ago
LIVINGSTON PARISH (WAFB) - All lanes are open on I-12 W in Livingston Parish after an 18-wheeler caught fire on Wednesday morning, causing heavy traffic delays.
DOTD announced the highway reopened just after 11 a.m.
According to Troopers with Louisiana State Police, authorities were on the scene of the commercial vehicle fire just west of LA 441 around 6 a.m.
One lane was shut down due to recovery efforts.
Crews worked at the scene to recover the vehicle.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd (TASE: TASE) is pleased to announce that its financial statements for the period ended June 30, 2022 will be published on Monday, August 8, 2022, after market close.
In addition, the Company is pleased to announce that at 8:00 PM (Israeli time) on Monday, August 8, 2022, a conference call will take place, in English, in which the Company's financial statements for the second Quarter of 2022 will be reviewed before the Company's investors.
The Company's CEO, Mr. Ittai Ben-Zeev, and its CFO, Mr. Yehuda van der Walde, will host the call followed by Q&A.
Conference Call Dial-in Details (on passcode required):
Israel: 03-9180609
US: 1-888-744-5399 (toll free)
Canada: 1-888-604-5839 (toll free)
UK: 0-800-917-5108 (toll free)
All other Locations: + 972-3-9180609
The conference call will be held in English and will be accompanied by a presentation, which will be reported, in both Hebrew and English, on the Israeli Securities Authority website (MAGNA) and on the MAYA website, shortly before the conference call and, subsequently, also on the Company's website, under Investor Relations, whose address is: https://ir.tase.co.il/en
A day after the call, a recording of the English conference call will be uploaded to the Company's website, under Investor Relations.
The conference call is not a substitute for perusing the Company's interim financial statements for the period ended June 30, 2022 in which full and precise information is presented.
Contact:
Orna Goren
Head of Communication and Public Relations Unit
Tel: +972 76 8160405
tase.ir@tase.co.il
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GRAPHIC: ‘I lost 11’: Uvalde teacher speaks out as sole survivor of classroom shooting
UVALDE, Texas (KABB) - A teacher who survived the Uvalde mass shooting is speaking out as he mourns the loss of his 11 students.
WARNING: Story and video in this story contains details that some may find disturbing.
Preparations for summer break were underway in classroom 111 at Robb Elementary on May 24 as fourth-grade teacher Arnulfo Reyes and his students watched a movie, unaware of the horror they would soon face.
“No training, no nothing would have ever prepared anybody for that,” Reyes said.
Reyes said shortly after finishing an awards ceremony, they heard booms getting closer and louder.
“The kids start asking, ‘What’s going on?’ Because it’s just very loud,” Reyes said. “You start seeing pieces of the wall falling off, like sheetrock flying everywhere.”
Reyes said he had his students hide under a table and pretend to sleep.
After he told them that, all he remembers is getting shot.
He said he fell to the ground and described in detail his encounter with the gunman moments after being shot.
“He tried to make me flinch. Spilled water on my back, cold water. I had a cup on a table, and he spilled it on me. I didn’t move,” Reyes said.
“He did the cell phone thing, where he dropped it on my back because I was getting calls and texts. The last thing he did to me was, he splashed blood on my face. My blood that was coming out of my arm.”
Reyes said after that he lost track of time, saying that it felt like an eternity.
He said that when the gunman was finally killed, Reyes was dragged into the hallway by a first responder after realizing he could not move.
“He dragged me to the hallway, put a tourniquet on my arm,” he said.
On Tuesday a nearly hour-and-a-half-long video from inside Robb Elementary during the mass shooting was released by the Austin American-Statesman.
Just hours before, it was announced families of the victims would view that video on Sunday.
Among the people under fire for their response to the mass shooting that killed 21 is the school district’s police chief, Pete Arredondo, who happens to be Reyes’ cousin.
“I want to set the record straight. I don’t blame him personally. It was a lot of agencies. They should’ve acted fast,” Reyes said.
Reyes is aware the video has been released and struggles with some of the details.
“For them not to do anything, it’s, I mean, it’s mind-blowing because they had a lot of time,” he said.
As Reyes continues to recover, he also thinks about his 11 students who he calls his children.
“Parents lost one and I lost 11,” he said as he read out the names of the students. “I just love them so much.”
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BOSTON, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Just 10% of U.S. dioceses received scores above 60% in Voice of the Faithful's recently published 2022 report of lay involvement in Catholic Church governance. This is the first online review of diocesan finance councils' composition and compliance with Canon Law as represented on diocesan websites.
"With diocesan finance councils that adhere to the letter and spirit of Canon Law, Catholics can be more confident that diocesan finance councils exercise proper stewardship and oversight of the secular goods of the Church," said Joseph Finn, C.P.A., former VOTF treasurer and trustee and longtime advocate for lay role in Church governance.
However, "In our opinion," the report's authors concluded, "evidence of compliance with Canon Law by the diocesan finance councils is disappointingly low. The fact that only 18 dioceses achieved a passing grade obviously means there is room for improvement." To underscore the hope for improvement, the report notes that, during VOTF's related five-year history of producing its annual online diocesan financial transparency reviews, most dioceses have increased their scores.
Click here to read "Lay Involvement in Governance of the Church By and Through the Diocesan Finance Council: 2022 Report"
For this governance report, independent reviewers examined all 176 U.S. dioceses' websites to ascertain DFCs' level of compliance with Canon Law, regarding the duties, responsibilities, and authority of the DFC. Canon Law stipulates, for example, that DFC membership comprise individuals "competent" in finance, law, and real estate. Considering that clerical formation typically does not focus on these areas, the necessary competencies would be found with professionally educated and experienced lay men and women.
The governance report's reviewers graded dioceses' using a 10-question worksheet and seven of the questions referenced Canon Law directly:
- Is current information about DFC members posted on the website? (Canon 492)
- Are the terms of service for DFC members posted on the website? (Canon 492 and USCCB "Diocesan Financial Management: A Guide to Best Practices")
- What is the nature of DFC membership? (Canon 492 and USCCB DFM)
- Does the posted meeting information indicate that the bishop or his representative attends DFC meetings? (Canon 492)
- Is the DFC responsible for the preparation of the diocesan budget as to income and expenses for the coming year? (Canon 493)
- Does the DFC perform a diocesan financial review at the end of the year? (Canons 493 and 1287)
- Are acts of Extraordinary Administration defined on the diocesan website and does DFC approve their implementation? (Canon 1277)
"Based on our report's findings, we feel more strongly than ever that Diocesan Finance Councils, with appropriate lay involvement, can promote diocesan financial competence, increase financial transparency, and help prevent clergy abuse, and that a properly staffed and functioning DFC can provide a check on financial malfeasance, like that perpetrated within recent memory by the former bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia," Finn said.
Such low scores support VOTF's contention that, had dioceses followed canon 1277 with regard to obtaining "consent" from their finance councils for "extraordinary" payments to clergy abuse survivors, the "scandal and sin and sickness of abuse of children would most probably not have persisted as long as it has," according to the report. Lay involvement would have benefited financial transparency, and bishops would have been able to avoid being criticized for covering up the scandal with secret payments to survivors.
The top five highest scoring dioceses in the report were: Memphis, Tennessee, 95%; Kansas City, Kansas, 92%; Scranton, Pennsylvania, 83%; Atlanta, Georgia, 80%; and Cheyenne, Wyoming, 80%. The two lowest scoring dioceses were Crookston, Minnesota, and Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, which each scored zero. Thirty dioceses scored 7% and 26% scored 10%.
With this governance report, VOTF now has three comprehensive reviews of all U.S. dioceses' websites that can give the faithful in each parish enough information to judge diocesan activities within the purview of the reports:
- "Measuring and Ranking Diocesan Online Financial Transparency: 2021 Report" (VOTF's fifth such annual report)
- "Measuring Abuse Prevention and Safe Environment Programs as Reported Online in Diocesan Policies and Practices: 2022 Report" (VOTF's first such report)
- "Measuring Lay Involvement in Governance of the Church by and through the Diocesan Finance Council: 2022 Report" (VOTF's first such report)
VOTF also maintains a webpage called "Financial Accountability" that contains links to resources to help Catholics understand diocesan and parish finances. Click here to view the page. One of the links on that page goes to "Financial Accountability – U.S. Dioceses," a website VOTF developed to provide information on demographics, overall finances, the content of financials and diocesan finance council information for all U.S. dioceses. Click here to access the website directly.
Voice of the Faithful's® mission is to provide a prayerful voice, attentive to the Spirit, through which the Faithful can actively participate in the governance and guidance of the Catholic Church. VOTF's goals are to support survivors of clergy sexual abuse, to support priests of integrity, and to shape structural change within the Catholic Church. More information is at www.votf.org.
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A recent victory at the state Supreme Court for the Mississippi State Ports Authority wrapped up the last of a string of litigation related to the $570 million restoration of the Port of Gulfport after Katrina.
The court’s early June ruling closed a bid dispute between the Ports Authority and Eutaw Construction Co. In a failed claim for $3 million, Eutaw challenged the correctness of allowing winning bidder Fore Trucking to increase the amount of riprap and other materials as specified in a bid-specification change order.
The materials change for elevating the port’s 84-acre West Pier by 14 feet came after the bid opening. The initial bid specs required 2,200 square yards of riprap and 2,500 square yards of aggregate base course, a type of crushed limestone. An amendment to the bid shortly before the opening increased riprap to 4,400 square yards and aggregate base course to 5,000 square yards.
Fore Trucking kept its bid price at $19.9 million and insisted its price took into account the added materials but failed to amend the materials amount in a bid response, said Brant Pettis, a Gulfport-based Balch & Bingham lawyer who represented the Ports Authority. “The port’s perspective and position are that the bidder” intended to offer the $19.9 million all along, he said.
The court agreed: “We conclude that the intended correct bid was evident.”
Pettis, in an interview, said the Mississippi Supreme Court’s ruling gives state agencies needed clarity on rules governing bid openings and awards. With the ruling, the court vindicated a claim that state administrative rules allow a state agency to accept a bid change after bid opening but before the bid award.
In this instance, the Ports Authority allowed Fore to increase materials to the specified amount with no increase in its bid amount.
“The real significance of this is for public procurement in Mississippi,” Pettis said. “Before this opinion, Mississippi courts have not had occasion to apply the Mississippi Procurement Manual to a state agency.”
Eutaw, which submitted a bid of $22.9 million, won early in the dispute, convincing Circuit Court Judge Winston L. Kidd the Ports Authority should have tossed out Fore Trucking’s bid.
The trial court served as an appeals court in the case, a typical practice for appeals from an admirative agency, Pettis said.
Kidd held that Mississippi law does not allow a bidder to alter its bid after opening. He relied on a 2000 state Supreme Court ruling in a bid lawsuit against the City of Laurel from Hempstead Construction. Hempstead prevailed in a challenge to a city bid award to a bidder allowed to substantially increase the bid amount after the bid opening.
“This court reversed that decision and held that ‘the relevant public bid law does not allow a governing authority to accept a bid price increase after the sealed bids are opened,’” the high court judges said in the ports ruling.
Calling Kidd’s ports ruling “misguided,” the judges said Kidd’s reliance on the Hempstead ruling failed to make a key distinction: The 2000 case allowed a bid price increase after a bid opening while the Ports Authority case allowed a change that left the bid price intact.
Fore’s corrections, which lowered the cost to taxpayers of what was already the lowest bid, is not what Hempstead is meant to protect against, the Supreme Court said.
Pettis called the overlooked materials quantity a “minor error” that does not run the risk of prejudicing the other bidders.
That is not to say flexibility on bid procedures won’t lead to difficulties, the Balch & Bingham attorney said. “If there is an effort to game the system, I don’t think that is something the court would allow.”
What the Supreme Court is willing to allow, Pettis said, is an acknowledgment “we don’t live in a perfect world and there needs to be some grace in this,” provided it is exercised objectively.
The reversal of Kidd’s appellate ruling closed years of litigation over contracts and other issues stemming from the rebuild of the port destroyed by Katrina in August 2005. A key ruling came in 2010 with U.S. District Judge James Robertson’s finding that the state could divert the $570 million cost of the restoration from a $5 billion federal funds allocated for victims of the hurricane.
Plaintiffs that included the Mississippi State Conference NAACP and the Gulf Coast Fair Housing Center lacked standing to sue, Robertson ruled.
For port-rebuilding contractor W.C. “Cotton” Fore, the June Supreme court ruling showed the Ports Authority “was just following the law” when it upheld Fore Trucking’s bid. “We didn’t see where Eutaw had a leg to stand on,” said Fore, company president, in an interview, adding “there is no hanky panky going on at the Port of Gulfport.” | https://www.djournal.com/mbj/mississippi-supreme-court-upholds-rules-allowing-bid-changes-after-opening/article_90fe3411-593b-5b0a-a8c4-cef9e33f118d.html | 2022-07-13T17:44:12Z | https://www.djournal.com/mbj/mississippi-supreme-court-upholds-rules-allowing-bid-changes-after-opening/article_90fe3411-593b-5b0a-a8c4-cef9e33f118d.html | true |
(WJW) – If you are a fan of the movie “Dirty Dancing,” you may want to mark your calendar. For 2 days only, the classic movie is returning to the big screen.
In honor of the film’s 35th anniversary, the movie will appear in theaters on August 14th and August 17th, 2022.
The special showings are hosted by Fathom Events at theaters around the country.
“Loved by generations of fans, this cinematic treasure has inspired multiple films, a stage version, and reality dance competitions watched around the world,” reads a Fathom Events description of the 1987 film. “On the film’s 35th anniversary, celebrate the magic of ‘Dirty Dancing’ and its timeless themes of love, family, class, and perseverance all over again.”
Dirty Dancing, staring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, was one of the highest-grossing films of 1987, according to Box Office Mojo. One of the songs from the film, “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life,” went on to win the Oscar for Best Original Song at the 60th Academy Awards.
Moviegoers looking to catch a showing of “Dirty Dancing” on the big screen this summer can find more information, including theater locations, at the official Fathom Events website. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/dirty-dancing-returns-to-theaters-for-35th-anniversary/ | 2022-07-13T17:45:04Z | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/dirty-dancing-returns-to-theaters-for-35th-anniversary/ | true |
Delta Air Lines said Wednesday that it earned $735 million in the second quarter, as packed planes and higher fares boosted revenue close to pre-pandemic levels.
However, the profit fell short of Wall Street expectations, and Delta’s shares fell more than 5% in midday trading.
Delta struggled in the quarter with rising fuel prices and the cost of canceling more than 4,000 flights in May and June.
“We had a rough six weeks,” CEO Ed Bastian said. “None of us were up to our best,” he said, referring to his own and other airlines.
Delta has hired thousands of workers and trimmed its schedule to run more smoothly, and those measures come at a steep cost. Delta expects to pay $700 million in overtime and premium pay to have enough people on the job the rest of the year.
Bastian said Delta is now nearly fully staffed, with a workforce that is only 5% smaller than in 2019 even as it operates 15% fewer flights.
Delta needed to go on a hiring spree — it has added 18,000 employees since the start of 2021 — to replace people that it encouraged to quit after the pandemic hit and travel collapsed. Now it faces a challenge to train new hires — “There’s a pretty big learning curve,” Bastian said — and that is compounded by lingering outages of employees due to COVID-19.
Bastian said he had no regrets about paying people incentives to quit back in 2020, when the industry was in dire condition and there were no vaccines against COVID-19. As a condition of $54 billion in federal pandemic aid, U.S. airlines were barred from laying off workers, but they weren’t prohibited from offering buyouts and early retirement bonuses, and tens of thousands of workers took the money.
Labor shortages are occurring across the airline industry. Delta said short staffing at European airports led to a baggage breakdown so severe that the airline made a special flight with only lost bags on board to reunite them with their owners in the U.S.
Shortly before July 4, airlines leaders were scolded during a virtual meeting with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who implored the carriers to do better over the holiday weekend. They did — although airlines and federal officials have since traded blame for massive delays and cancellations so far this summer.
The Atlanta carrier had the most canceled flights over the Memorial Day and Juneteenth weekends. Bastian said Delta and other airlines tried too hard to make up for two years of pandemic and grab the most revenue they could while demand was hot. “We probably pushed ourselves too far,” he said in an interview.
Bastian said Delta recalibrated by eliminating planned growth this year, continuing to hire pilots and other workers, and relaxing the schedule by giving passengers more time to board.
The airline canceled 337 flights or about 1% of its schedule, in the first 11 days of July, and just 83 after July 3, a major improvement over earlier in the summer, according to figures from tracking service Flightaware.
While vacation travel is booming, analysts have urged caution about the period after Labor Day. Business travel, which becomes crucial to airlines once families go home and kids return to school, has not recovered as quickly as personal travel. Employers are still hiring, but recession is being talked about more. Consumers are worried about inflation.
Delta is betting that consumers still want to travel and they have money, partly because they’re no longer buying as much stuff for their homes. Delta executives cited their own survey and one by Morgan Stanley that point to an increase in business travel.
Delta Air Lines Inc. predicted that third-quarter revenue will be 1% to 5% higher than in the same quarter of 2019, even though it expects passenger-carrying capacity to be no more than 85% of 2019 levels — a sign that Delta expects higher fares to remain in place.
Oil prices have cooled recently, and that could give another lift to Delta. The airline spent more than $3.2 billion on fuel in the second quarter, an increase of 41% over the same quarter in 2019. Delta paid an average of $3.82 a gallon for jet fuel, but it expects to pay between $3.45 and $3.60 in the third quarter.
Other expenses, including labor, continue to rise. Delta expects non-fuel costs to jump 22% over 2019 levels on a per-mile basis in the third quarter.
In the April-June quarter, revenue was $13.82 billion, including $1.5 billion from Delta’s refinery near Philadelphia. Revenue minus the refinery came in just 1% below the same quarter in 2019, and that was only because of weak international traffic.
Passengers traveled 18% fewer miles on Delta than they did three years ago, but revenue per mile – a stand-in for average fares – rose 18%.
Those higher fares apparently didn’t discourage travelers, or at least not many of them. The average flight was 87% full, just one point lower than in early summer 2019. By airline standards, that is a high occupancy figure and indicates that many flights during desirable morning and early-evening hours were sold out.
Delta said that excluding irregular costs it earned $1.44 per share. That fell short of the $1.73 per share that analysts surveyed by FactSet expected.
Spending rose sharply for fuel and modestly for labor, compared with 2019, but Delta paid out only $54 million in profit sharing compared with $518 million three years ago. | https://www.fox16.com/news/business/delta-posts-735-million-profit-sees-strong-revenue-in-3q/ | 2022-07-13T17:47:04Z | https://www.fox16.com/news/business/delta-posts-735-million-profit-sees-strong-revenue-in-3q/ | true |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After years of addiction, Matthew Hirsch was sober. He landed a stable job working overnight shifts at a 7-Eleven in Southern California, lived with his girlfriend in a nearby apartment and spoke to his father every day.
Around 4:15 a.m. Monday, a masked shooter gunned down the 40-year-old clerk inside the convenience store. Authorities say it was one of six robberies by the same man at 7-Eleven stores across the region, senseless attacks that left two dead and three wounded.
The tragedy left Hirsch’s father reeling on Tuesday. Jim Hirsch had long feared his son’s death would come from another heroin overdose.
“I’d walk into his room at night and see needles,” Hirsch told The Associated Press. “Do I throw him out to die under a bridge? Or let him overdose in the house?”
Still, he always had an open-door policy for “Matt” at the home where his son grew up. Matt eventually sobered up as “he slowly straightened himself out” more than a year ago, his father said. He began working at the 7-Eleven in Brea about six months ago, juggling his job and his recovery.
Jim Hirsch was glad his son was employed but worried about him working alone late at night.
“He hadn’t had time to enjoy a normal life,” his father said. “He goes through a struggle for goodness and it ends in a shooting.”
The robberies occurred in a five-hour span early on Monday. Following the deadly robberies, 7-Eleven Inc. urged Los Angeles-area stores to close Monday and Tuesday nights for safety.
Investigators aren’t sure what led to Hirsch’s death in Brea, or what sparked the robberies in Ontario, Upland, Riverside, Santa Ana and La Habra. Riverside Police Officer Ryan Railsback said it doesn’t seem coincidental that 7-Eleven was targeted on July 11 — or 7/11, the day when the company celebrates its anniversary.
Hirsch was shot to death after authorities believe the gunman earlier gravely wounded a customer in Riverside and then fatally shot Matthew Rule, 24, outside a Santa Ana store. After those three shootings, the suspect then shot two people at a store in La Habra before disappearing.
Rule’s aunt said his mother was too distraught Tuesday to speak to a reporter.
Armed robberies also occurred at stores in Ontario and Upland shortly before the shootings. Authorities in those cities on Tuesday confirmed that the crimes they were investigating are linked to the crimes at the other locations.
Authorities in Ontario, Brea and Upland shared images of a masked man wearing what appeared to be the same black sweatshirt with a hood over his head. The sweatshirt had white lettering with green leaves on the front.
The first robbery happened around midnight in Ontario, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) east of Los Angeles. Then, about 45 minutes later, a gunman stole a few items and $400 to $500 in cash from a store in the neighboring city of Upland. About an hour later, the Riverside store was robbed and a customer shot and gravely wounded.
Another shooting occurred around 3:20 a.m. in Santa Ana. There, officers found Rule dead in the 7-Eleven parking lot. The victim did not work at the store, and surveillance video shows the suspect dropping items — believed to be the victim’s belongings while fleeing, police said.
About 40 minutes later, Hirsch was fatally shot and less than an hour later officers discovered two gunshot victims at a store in nearby La Habra. Those two victims are expected to survive.
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News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York contributed. | https://www.fox16.com/news/national/7-eleven-shooter-ended-a-life-that-had-just-turned-around/ | 2022-07-13T17:47:52Z | https://www.fox16.com/news/national/7-eleven-shooter-ended-a-life-that-had-just-turned-around/ | true |
Capitol rioter with Confederate flag gets 5 months in prison
(AP) – A Maryland man who used a lacrosse stick attached to a Confederate battle flag to shove a police officer during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Wednesday to five months in prison, according to a Justice Department spokesman.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper also sentenced David Alan Blair to 18 months of supervised release after his prison term and ordered him to pay $2,000 in restitution, said William Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Columbia.
Federal prosecutors recommended sentencing Blair to eight months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
Blair’s attorney, Terrell Roberts III, asked for a sentence of probation.
Blair, 27, left his home in Clarksburg, Maryland, and started driving to Washington, D.C., after the riot erupted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Shortly before 6 p.m., Blair encountered a line of Metropolitan Police Department officers on the Capitol’s West Lawn and refused to heed their commands to leave the area, prosecutors said.
A police officer’s body camera captured Blair walking in front of the police line and yelling, “Hell naw. Quit backing up. Don’t be scared. We’re Americans.”
Blair was arrested after he pushed his lacrosse stick against an officer’s chest.
The officer responded to the push by striking Blair three times in the head with a baton, drawing blood and giving him a concussion, according to Blair’s attorney.
Approximately 840 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the Capitol riot. Over 330 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanor charges punishable by no more than one year imprisonment. More than 200 have been sentenced, including approximately 100 who received prison terms ranging from nine days to over five years.
Blair is one of several Capitol riot defendants who carried a Confederate battle flag that day. The others include Kevin Seefried, a Delaware man who was convicted in June of storming the Capitol with his adult son. Another flag-toting rioter, Matthew Ryan Miller, was sentenced in May to 33 months in prison for assaulting police officers and obstructing an official proceeding.
Blair pleaded guilty in March to a felony charge of interfering with law enforcement during a civil disorder, which carries a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment.
In a court filing, Roberts said Blair thought he had the right to be where he was and to “exercise his First Amendment right of free assembly” before one of the advancing officers shoved him.
“The brute force which led to provoking the defendant was not called for,” Roberts wrote.
Blair didn’t enter the Capitol. He told investigators that he went there to “fight Antifa,” not to disrupt Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory, according to prosecutors.
Blair also said he had been trading social media messages with somebody who often made anti-Semitic remarks and “blamed Israel for the world’s problems,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Liebman wrote in a court filing.
“Blair further explained that as a result of these discussions he came to believe the United States was ‘falling apart’ and that he had to ‘stand up’ to communism,” Liebman added.
On Jan. 6, Blair was wearing a skull-themed neck gaiter and a backpack containing a knife with a serrated blade and a roll of duct tape. He told police that he used the duct tape to attach the Confederate battle flag to his lacrosse stick.
Liebman said Blair likely knew that displaying the flag, widely viewed as a symbol of racist hate, would “antagonize any ideological opponent he might encounter.”
Blair, whose mother is from South Carolina, “cared deeply about his family’s heritage,” his lawyer wrote.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — KSN News sent a questionnaire to each candidate facing a challenger in the August primary election. We have not made any edits to the candidate’s answers.
Biographical Information:
Tony Mattivi is a career prosecutor who has dedicated his life to law enforcement. Tony has his law degree from Washburn University. He began his legal career in Topeka, prosecuting speeding tickets in the DA’s Office, and working his way up to murder cases. He worked in the Kansas Attorney General’s Office and then spent 22 years in the US Attorney’s Office in Topeka, prosecuting everything from carjackings and kidnappings to complex drug organizations to terrorism and war crimes in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. He retired in 2020 and went back to work as in-house counsel for a healthcare company where he worked as a young paramedic. He lives in Topeka with his wife, Mary, with whom he has three children.
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What is your opinion of the Value Them Both Amendment? If it passes, what experience do you have to defend it against future lawsuits? What changes would you like to see regarding abortions in Kansas?
I support the Value Them Both Amendment and am proud to have been recognized by KFL for my pro-life stance and strong support of Value Them Both. Once we pass Value Them Both, the for-profit abortion lobby is coming after it in court. I have decades of experience in court, winning difficult and complex cases. I’ve won tough cases in front of judges and juries in state and federal courts. No other candidate can match my qualifications to defend Value Them Both as the attorney at the podium. When it comes to your Attorney General, experience matters. No other candidate is a proven winner in the courtroom like I am.
If you are elected, what are the first three things that you will want to accomplish?
My first priority will be keeping Kansas safe by prosecuting criminals and supporting our law enforcement. The Attorney General is the chief law enforcement official of the state, and I believe we need to elect a career law enforcement official. I will be ready on Day One to fight crime and win litigation on behalf of Kansans. We MUST ensure our prosecutors and law enforcement officers have the resources to keep our communities safe.
Second, I will work to defend Kansans from the unprecedented and unconstitutional overreach of the Biden administration. I will be strategic as our state’s chief litigator by taking on the most important cases and winning them myself.
Third, I will proudly stand at the podium before the Kansas Supreme Court and defend Value Them Both. No other candidate has my record of success in the courtroom. We have to elect an AG who is respected by the Kansas judiciary and will walk into court qualified and prepared to win on these important cases.
What do you think is the main role of the Kansas Attorney General?
The laws of our state establish the Attorney General as the chief law enforcement official of the state. The AG’s job is to support law enforcement and keep you safe.
What is your stance on the legalization of medical marijuana?
I oppose the legalization of marijuana in any form under any pretext.
What are your feelings about gun control in the wake of recent mass shootings?
I support the second amendment rights of Kansans, and tragedies shouldn’t be exploited for political gain to attack our constitutional rights. Nobody wants to see more horrific mass shootings, but we won’t get there by disarming law-abiding citizens.
What do you think needs to be done to promote social and racial justice?
At a time when violent crime- including murder- is surging in our state and in our nation, my first priority will be criminal justice. I want all Kansans of all races and from every walk of life to be safe from crime. As Attorney General, I will protect Kansans and prosecute criminals.
Should the Kansas Attorney General have a role in federal immigration issues? If so, what role?
The next Attorney General will have to go to court on immigration issues. This administration is acting in blatant violation of federal law regarding immigration (among other issues). We don’t have a country if we don’t have secure borders. As Attorney General, I will oppose this administration’s immigration policies, I will oppose sanctuary cities in Kansas, and I will cooperate with immigration enforcement efforts to the fullest extent of the law. | https://www.ksn.com/news/your-local-election-hq/candidates/tony-mattivi-republican-for-kansas-attorney-general/ | 2022-07-13T17:56:53Z | https://www.ksn.com/news/your-local-election-hq/candidates/tony-mattivi-republican-for-kansas-attorney-general/ | false |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Nickelodeon and Round Room Live will bring “Blue’s Clues & You, Live on Stage,” to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center on Oct. 5.
The theater production based on Nickelodeon’s popular kids television series, “Blues Clues & You!,” features beloved characters, including Blue and Josh and their friends Magenta, Rainbow Puppy, and more.
In the production, Blue, Josh and their friends need help creating a magical theater show. The audience will solve Blues Clues to see what Josh needs to make the show. The audience will also see Josh and Blue travel to fun places, make a rainbow with Magenta, create a music video with Rainbow Puppy, float in outer space, and more activites.
“’Blue’s Clues’ is a beloved show that has captivated children for generations,” said Stephen Shaw, tour producer and co-president of Round Room Live. “We are honored and excited to be bringing such iconic characters to the stage in a riveting, engaging production that the whole family will enjoy.”
The show also features distinctive puppets, puppetry techniques, scenic LED designs, fan-favorite music and a new lineup of original songs.
“’Blue’s Clues & You! Live On Stage’ brings an exciting original story to life through unique elements, dynamic staging and original music compositions that will have the audience out of their seats dancing and singing along from beginning to end,” said Pam Kaufman, President of Consumer Products and Experiences for Paramount.
For tour dates or ticket information, visit the Blues Clues Live website. Tickets can be bought on Ticketmaster. Presale is from July 11 to July 14, with public onsale starting July 15 at 10 a.m. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/entertainment/ticket-presale-open-for-blues-clues-you-live-on-stage-coming-to-charleston-oct-5/ | 2022-07-13T17:57:10Z | https://www.wowktv.com/news/entertainment/ticket-presale-open-for-blues-clues-you-live-on-stage-coming-to-charleston-oct-5/ | false |
In its seventh day, the Washburn Fire is growing beyond Yosemite’s eastern boundary, with fire managers describing a “perfect recipe for very active fire behavior.”
As of Wednesday morning, the fire had burned 3,772 acres (5.9 square miles) and was 17% contained, federal fire managers said. That was an increase of 256 acres from the previous evening. The map above shows the approximate burn area in black.
The fire started Thursday in the Mariposa Grove area.
Almost all its growth since Monday has been east of the park, in the Sierra National Forest. It has burned up to the South Fork of the Merced River; firefighters have extinguished the spot fires on the river’s north side, where young vegetation is taking hold in the burn footprint of the 2017 South Fork Fire.
The report Wednesday morning from federal fire managers said continued warm and dry weather and heavy accumulation of large fuels are factors in the fire’s activity. They said smoke is expected to remain heavy, particularly in the afternoon.
Evacuation orders remain in place for a 20-square-mile area including Wawona. The map below shows the evacuation area in red, and the fire advisory area in yellow. | https://www.chicoer.com/2022/07/13/map-washburn-fire-perimeter-and-evacuations-in-yosemite/ | 2022-07-13T18:05:35Z | https://www.chicoer.com/2022/07/13/map-washburn-fire-perimeter-and-evacuations-in-yosemite/ | true |
TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays fired manager Charlie Montoyo on Wednesday and promoted bench coach John Schneider to interim manager for the remainder of the season.
The Blue Jays are 3-9 in July. They went 1-6 on a road trip against Oakland, which has the worst record in the majors, and Seattle that ended Sunday with a four-game sweep against the Mariners.
Toronto’s skid started July 2, when it was swept in a doubleheader against Tampa Bay. Montoyo and first base coach Mark Budzinksi left the dugout during Game 2 after learning of the death of Budzinski’s teenage daughter, Julia.
Several members of the Blue Jays organization flew together to Virginia on Monday’s off day to attend Julia Budzinski’s funeral.
Montoyo, 57, replaced John Gibbons as Blue Jays manager after the end of the 2018 season. Montoryo’s contract was extended through 2023 on April 1.
Montoyo oversaw a tumultuous period in Blue Jays history, with the team playing home games in three cities last season, including two minor league parks, because of border restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Toronto also played its 2020 home schedule at its Triple-A stadium in Buffalo, New York.
Montoyo led Toronto to a 32-28 record and a wild-card playoff berth in the expanded playoffs that followed the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, but the Blue Jays were swept by eventual AL champion Tampa Bay in the opening round. Toronto went 91-71 in 2021 and missed tying for the AL wild card by one game.
Before joining the Blue Jays, Montoyo spent six seasons on Tampa Bay’s major league coaching staff, including his final three as bench coach. Prior to that, he spent 18 seasons as a minor league manager in the Rays system and also worked with the Puerto Rican team at the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
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LAS VEGAS, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AGS (NYSE: AGS) is pleased to announce its recognition as one of the 2022 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® in the Nation and Atlanta by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR). The commercial gaming supplier, which provides high-performing slot, table, and interactive products to casino operators has received honors in the employee-nominated award consecutively since 2017.
"AGS is honored to be recognized once again as a Best and Brightest company," said AGS President and Chief Executive Officer David Lopez. "We have remained steadfast in our effort to provide a welcoming workplace and create a culture of people that care about each other. It's the 850 individual employees that make AGS a great place to work and has made it into what it is today. This accolade is a testament to that effort, and we continue to strive to create an experience where employees feel more like family than coworkers."
Over a thousand companies were nominated through an employee survey in both the national and Atlanta categories. AGS was one of 139 winners nationwide and the only company in Nevada to win. Among the 102 Atlanta winners, AGS is the only gaming company named.
In addition to the employee survey, which is weighed heavily in scoring, winning companies are assessed by an independent research firm, which reviews companies on several benchmarks related to human resource practices ranging from employee offerings to the company's overall commitment to employee wellness.
AGS is a global company focused on creating a diverse mix of entertaining gaming experiences for every kind of player. Our roots are firmly planted in the Class II Native American gaming market, but our customer-centric culture and growth have helped us branch out to become a leading all-inclusive commercial gaming supplier. Powered by high-performing Class II and Class III slot products, an expansive table products portfolio, real-money gaming platforms and content, highly rated social casino solutions for operators and players, and best-in-class service, we offer an unmatched value proposition for our casino partners. Learn more at www.playags.com.
The Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® competition identifies and honors organizations that display a commitment to excellence in operations and employee enrichment that lead to increased productivity and financial performance. This competition scores potential winners based on regional data of company performance and a set standard across the nation. This national program celebrates those companies that are making better business, creating richer lives and building a stronger community as a whole. There are numerous regional celebrations throughout the country such as Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Houston, Milwaukee, San Diego and San Francisco. Nominations are now being accepted for all programs. Visit thebestandbrightest.com to nominate your organization.
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Kansas State Fair Board OKs wine Jell-O shots, says no to hard liquor
Jell-O shots containing wine will be allowed at the 2022 Kansas State Fair, but premixed “Jack and Coke” is a no-go.
The Kansas State Fair board voted Tuesday to adopt an alcohol protocol for the upcoming fair that, for the first time, will let patrons consume alcohol outside of designated beer and wine gardens.
This move came after the Kansas Legislature approved the change in alcohol consumption at the fair last session.
More:Fair Board approves next steps for building new fairgrounds venue, offering alcohol year-round
The state law allows the sale and consumption of “spirits,” but the board was cool to the idea, at least until after getting a year of open consumption under its belt.
Staff presented the proposed protocol to the board, which they unanimously approved.
That includes that there will be wristbands of a different designated color each day of the fair, with individual vendors receiving bands with a specific number tied back to their booth.
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Alcohol regulations at Kansas State Fair
Fairgoers will be allowed to purchase up to only two drinks at a time, with a maximum of 24 ounces of beer and 8 ounces of wine per serving. The beer can be a maximum of 6% alcohol and the wine, 16%.
For alcohol to leave a designated garden, it must be in a clear plastic cup.
Commercial Exhibits Coordinator Tonya Sinclair-Stuckey presented the ideas of Jell-O shots and premixed liquor drinks after meeting with fair vendors.
The shots would be 2-ounce servings, with 1.5 ounces of wine in each cup, and it will be topped with whipped cream.
Shots of up to 4 ounces are allowed under Alcoholic Beverage Control regulations, Sinclair-Stucky said. These contain less alcohol than in a glass of wine.
No hard liquor at the Kansas State Fair
Also brought up during a meeting with the fair’s three alcohol vendors was the sale of prepackaged liquor.
“People are tired of effervescence,” Sinclair-Stucky said of options offered outside of traditional drinks.
By using prepackaged liquor drinks, servings would have less alcohol than allowed with wine and ensure servers didn’t “overpour” alcohol amounts, she said.
“We’ve gotten rid of all spirits except served that way,” Fair Board President Paula Landoll-Smith said of a private establishment she owns. “Ladies love the High Noon. It has a low percent of vodka, which is what they want. I can tell you as a business owner outside of the state fair, we don’t see people getting any crazier on that than on beer.”
John Bottenberg said the board previously stated it would not allow spirits this year, and he didn’t want to go back on that. A subsequent vote to not allow the sale of hard liquor this year was unanimous.
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Air conditioning issues at KSF
The board was advised that: large fans will be installed in the Expo Center next week; a “request for qualifications” for architectural firms to design the Bison Arena improvements would go out later this week; and footings are being poured for the new Lake Talbot stage.
Also, an air conditioner in the Domestic Arts building received a new motor, but a new AC can't be installed in time for the fair.
In the Oz Building, four rented “porta-coolers” will to put in each corner of the building to run during the day during this year's fair, with plans to seek proposals to replace air conditioning in the Oz and Centennial Hall buildings next year.
Finally, asphalt paving on 23rd Avenue, from Leavenworth Street to the Bison Arena was to start Monday, with other patch work on the midway.
Mural plan rejected
Schulz advised the board he did not like the design planned for the mural on the west side of the arches on the Poplar Street entrance and wanted its input.
The original design included a tornado and large colored puffs representing cotton candy.
He went to the Chamber of Commerce, which is funding the mural with the aid of a state grant, asking it to speak with the project designer, Brady Scott, and come up with an alternate design.
However, Schulz also didn't like the new design, which includes a 10-foot-tall owl he called "scary for kids."
Schulz asked the design to include a buffalo instead, but Scott indicated it could not be worked into the design, offering to include a stone post with the word “Hutchinson,” topped by a rooster.
“So, do you want to go with the hoot owl or Hutch and a rooster on top?” he inquired of the board.
Some members suggested putting “Kansas,” rather than Hutchinson, on the post or withdrawing permission to do the project this year to allow time for a redesign.
Schulz noted the paint has been acquired, with the artist scheduled to start in two weeks.
The board voted to “push for the buffalo," and if that couldn't be done, add the post with “Kansas.”
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Entertainment booking RFP planned
Schulz advised the board he planned to seek a request for proposals for “production and entertainment groups” to bid on securing the fair's annual grandstand entertainment.
The fair has been with the same company, Romeo Entertainment Group, for more than a decade, and while "there were no significant issues," Schulz said, “we have to do our due diligence and not be locked in. There may be something better.”
The board agreed. | https://www.hutchnews.com/story/news/2022/07/13/new-alcohol-rules-allow-wine-jell-o-shots-but-no-pre-mixed-liquor/10044605002/ | 2022-07-13T18:10:21Z | https://www.hutchnews.com/story/news/2022/07/13/new-alcohol-rules-allow-wine-jell-o-shots-but-no-pre-mixed-liquor/10044605002/ | true |
Electric cars are getting more and more common every day, especially if you live in or around a major metropolitan area. Of course, they still represent just a small fraction of the total cars on the road, but that could be changing sooner than we thought if the sales data reported by Cox Automotive on Wednesday is any indicator.
See, while overall car sales for the first quarter of 2022 were down by over 20 percent, fully battery electric vehicles were up by 12.9 percent. That’s wild, considering the silicon shortage and concerns about the economy that might make the process of finding and actually buying an EV no mean feat. But wait, as they say, there’s more.
Electric vehicle sales are up by 66.4 percent over Q1 of 2021. That’s an insane difference, even accounting for the pandemic and its effect on people’s car-buying habits. That kind of difference bodes well for the EV industry as a whole and for consumers.
Why for consumers? Because the more EVs that get sold, the more EVs will get made, which, if conventional economic thought applies, means they’ll get cheaper. Cheaper EVs mean more people will likely buy them, and then it’s a short hop, skip and jump to a world where electric vehicles hit price parity with their internal combustion-powered counterparts.
Does this mean that you, fearless car shopper, should buy an EV right now? I don’t know; I’m not your dad. I don’t know your life. But, I can say that evidence continues to point to electric vehicles being the future of transportation, so they won’t be going away anytime soon. | https://jalopnik.com/all-electric-vehicle-sales-are-up-66-percent-despite-ov-1849173870 | 2022-07-13T18:13:52Z | https://jalopnik.com/all-electric-vehicle-sales-are-up-66-percent-despite-ov-1849173870 | false |
'A very difficult decision': PM Trudeau defends returning Russia-Germany pipeline turbines
'A very difficult decision': PM Trudeau defends returning Russia-Germany pipeline turbines
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending Canada's decision to grant a Canadian company an exemption to federal sanctions, allowing them to return turbines from a Russian pipeline that supplies natural gas to Germany.
The prime minister told reporters on Wednesday that while it was "a very difficult decision," Russia is trying to "weaponize energy as a way of creating division amongst the allies," and that Canada's move was made to help Germany in the short-term as it and other European countries work to reduce their reliance on Russian oil and gas.
"Canada has been one of the strongest countries in the world in standing with Ukraine," the prime minister said, vowing the continuation of support including sanctions and the billions of dollars in military and humanitarian aid offered to-date.
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The turbines, part of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, were sent to Siemens Canada in Montreal for repairs, but once the federal government imposed sanctions on Russian state-owned energy company Gazprom, the company was restricted from sending the equipment back.
Canada faced pressure from both Russia and Germany to return the turbines to Germany, fearing the risk of further energy instability. The energy giant claimed it needed the turbines in order to continue supplying Germany, after already considerably decreasing the gas flow through the pipeline.
"Countries in Europe, particularly Germany, have stepped up massively in their support of Ukraine as well, and we need to hold together, particularly faced with the attempts by Russia to weaponize energy policy, to divide us amongst ourselves," Trudeau said. "And that's exactly why we took this difficult decision, to be there for our allies, to ensure that in Europe — not just governments, but populations — stay steadfast and generous in their support of Ukraine."
The contentious decision — while backed by the U.S. and the EU — has been roundly condemned by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as well as the federal opposition parties. And, it is now facing a legal challenge.
On Tuesday night the Ukrainian World Congress announced that it had filed a notice of application for judicial review of the decision with the Federal Court, arguing that granting the permit "was not reasonable, transparent, or properly authorized."
"Over the past several days, the Ukrainian World Congress together with the Ukrainian Canadian Congress has been pleading with the Government of Canada to revoke the waiver… To date, our efforts have been unsuccessful, and we have had no choice but to take legal action," said the Congress in a statement.
While initially billed by Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson as a "time-limited and revocable permit," the deal allows for the movement of six turbines which, according to his office "follow a regular maintenance schedule" that will be allowed to be followed going forward, with the ability for the permit to be revoked at any time.
In backing Canada's decision to return the turbines, the European Commission says, in doing so, "one of the excuses being used by Russia for reduced gas flows has been removed."
"The Commission continues to work closely with its international partners, including Canada and the United States, to ensure the energy security of Europe for the coming winter," said the Commission.
More coming.
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Amber Heard faces high legal hurdles seeking to reverse Johnny Depp win
The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard libel trial, which generated intense interest for two months earlier this year as a livestreamed, no-holds-barred soap opera featuring one of Hollywood's biggest stars, is not fading away quietly.
Earlier this month, Heard's lawyers filed a 51-page motion asking Judge Penney Azcarate to set aside the jury's verdict, which gave $10 million to Depp and $2 million to Heard on competing defamation claims.
The motion cites multiple reasons that the verdict is untenable, from the surprising decision to declare both sides victorious to one extent or another, to a bizarre case of mistaken identity with one of the jurors.
Among the issues raised:
Why $10 million?
Depp sued for $50 million in Fairfax County after Heard wrote a 2018 op-ed piece in The Washington Post about domestic violence in which she referred to herself as "a public figure representing domestic abuse." The article never mentioned Depp by name, but his lawyers said several passages in the article defamed him by implication by referring to highly publicized abuse allegations she made in 2016 as she filed for divorce.
Heard then filed a $100 million counterclaim, also for defamation. By the time the case went to trial, her counterclaim had been whittled down to a few statements made by one of Depp’s lawyers, who called Heard’s abuse allegations a hoax.
The jury awarded $15 million to Depp and $2 million to Heard on her counterclaim. The $15 million judgment was reduced to $10.35 million because Virginia law caps punitive damages at $350,000.
Heard's lawyers say in court papers that the $10 million verdict is unsupported by the facts, and seems to demonstrate that jurors failed to focus on the fallout from the 2018 op-ed piece — as they were supposed to do — and instead just looked broadly at the damage Depp's reputation suffered as a result of the alleged abuse.
Depp's lawyers, though, say the damages are supported by testimony from his agent and others. They say the precedents cited by Heard's team to support her arguments "are decades old, and none involves an international A-list celebrity."
Steve Cochran, a civil lawyer in Virginia who was appointed by a judge as a neutral conciliator in the case to try to minimize pretrial discovery disputes, said he always believed the weakest link in Depp's case was the damages, given evidence that the actor's reputation had been ruined in Hollywood well before the publication of the op-ed. Still, he said he's skeptical that Heard can get the verdict set aside.
Scott Surovell, a lawyer and Democratic state senator who practices law in Fairfax, also said he sees little reason to set aside the damages.
"What the judge looks for ... is that the verdict was adequately supported at trial and wasn't based on speculation or conjecture. (Depp) makes a lot of money from movies. That doesn’t sound to me like the damages were based on speculation or conjecture, but on evidence," he said.
'Inconsistent and irreconcilable'
Heard's lawyers argue that the verdicts for Depp on one hand and Heard on the other are fundamentally nonsensical.
"The jury's dueling verdicts are inconsistent and irreconcilable," her lawyers wrote.
Depp's lawyers, though, say the verdict form used by jurors allowed them to express with specificity exactly which statements they found defamatory. When you look at the individual statements, they say, the dueling verdicts make sense.
Jeremiah Denton III, a Virginia Beach attorney with experience in defamation cases, said he doesn't view the verdicts as irreconcilable. If anything, he said, the award most in jeopardy is the $2 million given to Heard, because he said it's legally dubious that Depp can be held liable for statements made by his attorney.
"I don't understand why the judge even allowed that issue to go to the jury," he said.
Juror #15
One of the more unusual items in the discussion is a case of apparent mistaken identity with one of the jurors. According to court papers, a 77-year-old county resident received a summons for the trial. But the man's son, who has the same name and lives at the same address, responded to the summons and served in his stead.
Heard's lawyers say Virginia law is strict about juror identities, and the case of mistaken identity is grounds for a mistrial. They have presented no evidence that the 52-year-old son, identified in court papers only as Juror #15, purposefully or insidiously sought to replace his father, but they argue that possibility should not be discounted.
"The Court cannot assume, as Mr. Depp asks it to, that Juror 15's apparently improper service was an innocent mistake. It could have been an intentional attempt to serve on the jury of a high-profile case," Heard's lawyers wrote.
Paul Bekman, a Baltimore lawyer who has also tried cases in Virginia, said Heard's team needed to raise any issues about the juror ahead of time.
"Anybody looking at a 52-year-old and a 77-year-old would be able to tell — hopefully — that there’s a difference of 25 years, and they would have the right to inquire about that," he said. "I believe it is too late to complain about the juror."
Cochran also said he was skeptical that the confusion could result in a mistrial or the judge setting aside the verdict, but he cautioned that it's difficult to predict because the issue is so rare.
"I've been practicing for 50 years and never seen that issue come up," he said.
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Lavoie reported from Richmond. | https://www.wmur.com/article/amber-heard-johnny-depp-high-hurdles-for-reversal/40603071 | 2022-07-13T18:15:15Z | https://www.wmur.com/article/amber-heard-johnny-depp-high-hurdles-for-reversal/40603071 | true |
Top Prime Day Apple deals
Apple products are now on sale for Prime Day, and whether you’ve been waiting to upgrade your device — or you’re buying Apple for the first time — there are dozens of deals for the taking.
Although Apple Watch and iPad deals are attracting the most attention today, especially because prices are slashed on many Apple watches, they’re far from the only worthwhile deals today. Many premium and luxury brands are also rolling out deep discounts on some of their most popular products, and so far, we’ve found deals on Bowflex home gyms, Dutch ovens and smart TVs.
Because prices and availability are subject to change today — especially with lower-than-usual discounts — we’ll update this list of Prime Day deals frequently to keep you up to date. We organized this Apple Prime Day deals roundup by popular categories so you can find what you’re looking for quickly. Last updated: 12 p.m. PST.
Trending Apple deals
Apple AirPods Pro: 32% off
The AirPods Pro lets you enjoy immersive, personalized listening experiences with Adaptive EQ, which tunes music to the shape of your ear. The wireless earbuds offer more than 24 hours of battery life on a full charge and up to 4.5 hours of listening time.
Apple Watch Series 7 GPS + Cellular In Graphite Stainless Steel: $120 off
If you want a top-tier Apple Watch 7, this GPS and cellular model features a graphic stainless steel case and band. The elegant design has a dressy appearance, making it a popular choice for more formal occasions.
Apple Watch Series 7 GPS + Cellular: $120 off
The entry-level Apple Watch 7 is a feature-rich smartwatch that lets users measure blood oxygen levels and take ECGs. It integrates seamlessly into the Apple ecosystem and offers hands-free Siri access, plus it comes with three free months of Apple Fitness+.
Apple AirPods: 10% off
The second generation AirPods offer more than 24 hours of listening time with its charging case. The wireless earbuds are contoured for a comfortable fit, and they stay put during high-impact workouts such as running and plyometrics.
Apple Watch Series 7 GPS: $120 off
The Apple Watch 7 is a feature-rich smartwatch that lets users measure blood oxygen levels and take ECGs. It integrates seamlessly into the Apple ecosystem and offers hands-free Siri access, plus it comes with three free months of Apple Fitness+.
4 discounts that caught our eye
- Pick up the Apple Air Tag while it’s available for $27.50.
- Pick up the Apple Tag Keyring for 46% off today.
- Rock out with the Apple AirPods Max, which dropped to $449.
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Kitchen and dining deals from KitchenAid and Vitamix
Mikasa Harmony 65-Piece Silverware Set: 57% off
A timeless design, this Mikasa flatware set has service for 12 and is suitable for casual and formal dining affairs alike. The set, which is crafted from 18/10 stainless steel, is also dishwasher safe.
KitchenAid Artisan Mini Plus Stand Mixer: 32% off
Often referred to as the “Cadillac of stand mixers,” this KitchenAid model is known for its built-to-last design and powerful performance. The 10-speed mixer has a convenient tilt-head design so you have easy access to the stainless steel bowl.
Vitamix 5200 Professional Blender: $105 off
The 10-speed Vitamix blender, a top choice for bars and restaurants, makes quick work of pulverizing ingredients. It’s made with aircraft-grade stainless steel blades that can slice through even the toughest ingredients.
Instant Pot Vortex Plus 6-Quart Air Fryer Oven: $60 off
This air fryer from a trusted brand would be a great addition to your kitchen countertop. The 6-quart capacity means you can make a decent amount of food at once.
SodaStream Terra Sparkling Water Maker Bundle: 37% off
If you love sparkling water and don’t already have a SodaStream, now is the time to get one. This bundle comes with two cylinders of Co2, three reusable carbonating bottles and two flavor droppers.
5 discounts that caught our eye
- The Hamilton Beach Belgian Waffle Maker is a hot deal for only $44.19, which is 35% off.
- Enjoy a strong cup of coffee with Cafe Bustelo Espresso Dark Roast Coffee, now available for $22.07.
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- If there’s one deal worth getting today, it’s the Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker because it’s only $48.99.
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Tech deals from Amazon, Bose and other brands
Amazon Echo Show 15: $70 off
The top-of-the-line Echo device, a wall-mounted design, is often used as a smart home hub and household organizer. It keeps track of schedules, shopping lists and chores, or you can use it to stream media or cook hands-free following step-by-step recipes.
Fitbit Versa 3: 30% off
A crowd favorite, the Fitbit Versa 3 is a capable workout companion that logs Active Zone Minutes, heart rate and real-time pace and distance. It integrates with Alexa and Google Assistant so you can control smart home devices through voice command.
HP Pavilion 15 Laptop: $170 off
HP’s trim Pavilion laptop is powered by an 11th generation Intel Core i7 processor and has a 512 GB SSD drive for faster performance. The laptop also has an Intel Iris Xe graphics card that delivers crisp, vibrant visuals as well as an optimized battery life of eight hours.
Roomba i7+ Robot Vacuum: $500 off
First is no match for the Roomba i7’s smart mapping technology and three-stage cleaning system. Once the robot vacuum finishes household cleaning, it returns to the Clean Base and empties itself so you don’t have to worry about it.
Bose SoundLink Revolve Plus Portable Speaker: $100 off
Bose’s premium Bluetooth speaker is a feature-rich model with 360-degree sound, hands-free Alexa access and easy connectivity with other speakers. It has an IP55 rating, which means it’s suitable for outdoor use because it can withstand splash and humidity exposure.
6 discounts that caught our eye
- Now $300 off, it’s the right time to buy the new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3.
- The Bose SoundLink Color II currently 38% off.
- The Google Pixel 6 Pro is currently $100 off.
- The TP-Link Deco Mesh Wi-Fi System just fell in price down to $149.99.
- If you’re into outdoor sports, look at the Garmin Fenix 6s Pro since it’s on sale for $399.99 today.
- The Amazon Luna Controller, originally $69.99, is currently on sale for only $39.99.
Other trending deals from Samsonite, Bowflex and other top brands
Samsonite Winfield 2 Hardside Expandable Luggage Set: 55% off
Samsonite’s rugged luggage set has an updated design with recessed TSA locks, improved 360-degree wheels and internal organization. Each piece of the set expands by 1.5 inches and is backed by a 10-year limited warranty.
Bulova Men’s Marine Star Series C Watch: 43% off
Sporty yet sophisticated, this Bulova watch has fine craftsmanship and refined details, including luminous markers and leather band. It features quartz movement and is water resistant to 100 meters.
Bowflex PR1000 Home Gym: 40% off
You can do over 25 full-body exercises on this Bowflex home gym. Whether you’re a longtime fan of Bowflex or only just setting up your home gym, this is a great deal from a trusted name in the space.
Ray-Ban Classic Polarized Aviators: 30% off
This classic sunglass style never goes out of fashion and the polarized lenses mean great visibility even when you’re on the water.
Furbo 360-degree Dog Camera: 30% off
If you have a tendency to miss your dog or cat when you’re away from home, the Furbo would make a great addition to your home. We love that this treat tossing model can turn 360 degrees so you can get an even better view of your pet.
3 discounts that caught our eye
- Up your shades game with the Ray-Ban Hexagonal Flat Lens Sunglasses, now 30% off.
- The NordicTrack RW900 Rowing Machine is currently 25% off, dropping its price down to $1,199.
- If you’re interested in a new heat styling tool, the new L’Oreal Steam Pod Flat Iron is on sale for $200.
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Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. (NYSE: BHVN)'s sale to Pfizer Inc. for $148.50 per share in cash. Biohaven common shareholders, including Pfizer, will also receive 0.5 of a share of New Biohaven, a new publicly traded company that will retain Biohaven's non-CGRP development stage pipeline compounds, per Biohaven common share. If you are a Biohaven shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
GrandSouth Bancorporation (OTC: GRRB)'s sale to First Bancorp for 0.910 shares of First Bancorp common stock for each share of GrandSouth common and preferred stock. If you are a GrandSouth shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: SIMO)'s sale to MaxLinear, Inc. Per the agreement, each American Depositary Share of Silicon Motion will receive $93.54 in cash and 0.388 shares of MaxLinear common stock. If you are a Silicon Motion shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
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Twenty-fifth year provides opportunity to celebrate, reflect and look forward
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OST, a Midwest-based digital and IT consultancy, is celebrating 25 years of impact, driving value for market leaders. Over 25 years, small ripples have grown to be significant waves of impact. For each connection, solution, relationship and friendship we've built over the years, we are grateful for the opportunity to serve.
"For 25 years, OST has walked alongside clients as a transformational partner to architect, build and manage how and where technology runs," said OST President and CEO Meredith Bronk. "This influence carries ripples of impact across the lives of our clients, their customers, our teams and an entire culture of people through the Koniag shareholders. This year, we are pausing to reflect on where we started, celebrate how far we've come and dream of what good we can do next."
OST brings cross-functional knowledge and experience in a broad range of services from the cloud and data center to digital product development to advisory consulting to enable customers' success. OST impacts organizations who are the best at what they do by helping them transform their organization around technology in this rapidly changing world.
Founded in 1997, OST has grown from three to 350 employees with offices in Grand Rapids, Minneapolis and Detroit as well as global reach. As an employee-first organization, OST employees are guided by five principles: honor, delight, serve, embrace and learn.
"We exist to provide a sustainable, employee-first business where people who do what we do can thrive and contribute to a collective, shared impact on the world," Bronk said. "I believe in the collective impact of empowered individuals rallied around a shared purpose," Bronk said. "That's what gets me out of bed every day."
OST is proud to partner with community organizations including long-established partnerships in Grand Rapids, Detroit and Minneapolis. OST and its employees have made contributions to causes including children's food security, diversity in IT and access to STEAM education. In 2012, OST was purchased by Koniag, an Alaskan Native corporation. The work done by OST positively impacts the day to day lives of Koniag Shareholders, Descendants, employees, customers and business partners.
Forward has always been OST's path. A 25th anniversary is about celebration, reflection and dreaming about what the next 25 years will bring for our employees, our clients and the impact we can have on our world, together.
OST is an integrated, cross-functional business technology firm bringing together strategy and insights, digital experiences, connected products, data center transformation and enterprise managed services as we work alongside clients to optimize and grow their businesses. OST has offices in Michigan and Minnesota with teammates across the nation. Our customers include organizations ranging from startups to global Fortune 500 companies. With an employee-first culture driving our success, OST has been recognized for excellence, including in Inc. Magazine's 5,000's Fastest Growing Private Companies, in CRN's Tech Elite 250 and as a National Best and Brightest Company to Work For.
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(WFRV) – Sweet cherry season is underway in Door County, with tart cherries shortly behind.
Millaine Wells stopped at Soren’s Valhalla Orchards to learn about the different varieties, and why cherries grow so great on the peninsula.
Always be sure to check the hours for pick-your-own before making a trip to your favorite orchard.
When you are shopping in the store, look for Montmorency Cherries to support growers in the United States.
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YBVR accelerates deployment of Sports Metaverse with additional funding from TELUS Ventures
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- YBVR, the global leader on Immersive Live Sports streaming, announced additional funding from TELUS Ventures, to advance the introduction of fully immersive Sports Metaverse services in Canada.
The investment provides a boost to scale and deploy the technology across Canada, creating a major milestone for the company. TELUS Ventures' investment comes to YBVR on top of previous investments from Verizon and Telefonica, reinforcing YBVR's research and development across 5G/MEC and low latency video technology.
"YBVR is looking forward to partnering with TELUS for the next-generation of Live Sports streaming, bringing the tech that will make the Metaverse of Sports a marketplace for fans to enjoy and for the industry to monetize the value created around the sport," said Hector Prieto, Cofounder and CEO of YBVR. "With TELUS' 5G/MEC capabilities, we will ensure fans are closer to live sports emotions, whether remote or in-venue, providing immersive experiences with sub second latencies."
In Canada, YBVR will deploy the next generation VR technology for streaming live immersive sports and music events with unparalleled quality across devices that is yet to be experienced.
"We are excited to be working with YBVR on growing the role of virtual reality experiences in live entertainment and leveraging our world-leading network to connect audiences with interactive and accessible content from around the globe," said Mario Mele, Vice-president, TELUS Ventures. "At TELUS Ventures we value the role technology plays in our day-to-day lives and are looking forward to working further with this innovative Silicon Valley based startup."
YBVR is re-defining the way fans experience live sports. Fans can now experience the magic of 'being there' from anywhere. YBVR tech enables a new immersive and interactive dialogue with sport fans, especially the new generations, engaging from home and in-venue. YBVR cloud-based tech empowers sport and music event organizers/right-holders with new assets for engagement and monetization. Fans can decide when, how, what and with whom to enjoy live streaming with premium viewing experiences, in real-time, and across devices. YBVR's technology provides high-quality 360-degree live streams in 8K with patented Field-of-View optimization that consumes up to 80 per cent less bandwidth.
YBVR headquarters are in California, with commercial presence in six markets.
YBVR is the leader in immersive sports tech, already trusted by Wimbledon, Australian Open, Real Madrid, Fan Controlled Football, Euroleague Basketball and a number of other relevant players in the sports industry as well as Verizon, TELUS, Singtel and Telefonica.
YBVR is embarking on their Series A raise to continue their leadership position in the market and capture the massive Sports Metaverse opportunity while building additional partnerships with major players.
As the strategic investment arm of TELUS Corporation (TSX: T, NYSE: TU), TELUS Ventures is one of Canada's most active corporate venture capital funds. TELUS Ventures invests globally in companies from Seed to Pre-IPO with a focus on innovative technologies such as AgTech, HealthTech, Connected Consumer, IoT, AI, and Security to actively drive new solutions across the TELUS ecosystem. Led by a team of experienced operators, investors and executives, the Ventures team is passionate about creating positive social impact through financial tools and has invested in more than 100 companies since inception. For more information please visit ventures.telus.com.
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Your to-dine list just got a lot longer. On Wednesday, July 15, The Michelin Guide announced 25 additions to its New York City selections, a predecessor to the revered guide’s announcement of Bib Gourmand and Star awarded restaurants later this year. The list is to help food lovers and adventurous diners explore these restaurants prior to any potential accolades (and potentially sold out tables, if they’re not booked up already).
“By revealing some of the new additions made by our inspectors throughout the year, we enhance our digital tools to further strengthen the ties that bind us to food lovers,” said Gwendal Poullennec, international director of the Michelin Guides. “We hope that these regular revelations and updates to the selection throughout the year will provide opportunities to highlight the profession and invite everyone to discover and support the restaurants around them.”
Ranging from regional Mexican food, to contemporary Korean to New York steakhouses and beyond, these selected restaurants are diverse in flavor, ownership and price point.
Here’s the list of Michelin New York City additions, with previews of the inspector notes for each restaurant:
Bar Tulix
Baja-inspired eats meet SoHo sleek at Bar Tulix, a hot spot from John McDonald and Justin Bazdarich. The food straddles a very relaxed line between casual and haute Mexican cuisine, and the seafood-leaning menu is primed for enjoyment.
Barbuto
After closing its original location, this favorite from Chef Jonathan Waxman reopened just a few blocks away. The feel of the space is much the same, with the likes of a humming kitchen and arched windows with views of the Hudson.
Bonnie's
Inside, the look is retro Hong Kong diner through and through but Chef Calvin Eng plates Cantonese regional cuisine with modern interpretations.
CheLi
Chef Qiling Wang and wife/pastry chef Fang Fang are clearly in charge of this deep study on Shanghainese cuisine. There is wine-soaked chicken to get things going, while a stew of minced crabmeat and peach resin deserves its specially marked notation.
Cómodo
Felipe Donnelly and Chef/co-owner Tamy Rofe have resurrected their much-loved SoHo spot, now at the Freehand Hotel. This iteration is wooing patrons with its warm interior and tempting dishes blending Latin American influences from Brazil to Mexico.
Dame
Dreamed up by Patricia Howard and Ed Szymanski, this pop-up turned brick-and-mortar is all the rage. It’s a quaint space, and the seafood-focused menu spins to the season, although fish and chips is the dish that catapulted it to fame.
Esora Omakase
Esora is a counter within another Japanese restaurant, J-Spec, owned by Tomoe Food Services, a local and specialized meat distributor. Preparing the omakase menu, Chef Koichi Endo incorporates wagyu throughout the progression of courses.
Gage & Tollner
Seafood towers, big steaks, crab cakes and a particularly superb platter of fried chicken with cornmeal fritters take their cues from the legendary Edna Lewis, who ran the kitchen in the late ’80s.
Gotham
Three decades in, longtime pastry chef Ron Paprocki now runs the show at this tried-and-true institution. Gotham exudes old-school New York, as does the classic American cooking with Continental accents.
Icca
Chef counters are a treat, but a seat in front of Chef Kazushige Suzuki feels like a best-kept secret. The room has a presence of its own, notable in scale and hidden away in the back past a cocktail bar.
Joomak Banjum
Chef Jiho Kim and pastry maven Kelly Nam merge global flavors on their approachable tasting that riffs on familiar dishes, like jajangmyeon, made here with squid ink-sourdough noodles.
LittleMäd
Chef Sol Han has created a menu that offers freedom of choice in its contemporary à la carte compositions, all of which delight with endless — and many Korean — surprises.
Lore
Run by chefs/partners Jay Kumar and John Kim, this unique corner storefront at the base of a Park Slope residential building delivers creative, highly enjoyable Indian-infused and American fare.
Mel’s
Salads and vegetable-focused dishes kick things off; and then there are the pizzas. Chef Melissa Rodriguez has the necessary skills to make a truly good pie (think a paper-thin crust with chew and char).
Nudibranch
A former pop-up from two Ssäm Bar alums, chefs Victor Xia and Jeff Kim, Nudibranch has found its footing in its East Village space, proffering a three-course prix fixe (or four if you seek dessert — and you do).
Nura
Chef Jackie Carnesi’s menu is deliciously informed by co-owner Michelle Lobo-Hawley’s Indian heritage. From coriander garlic naan to maple sweet crumbly corn bread, the fresh bread basket is a marvel.
Porcelain
In a vintage space that was once the set of a Martin Scorsese film, big flavors and big portions fly with abandon. The menu’s approach to Asian cuisine is daring and has no sections — it's a roaming, borderless lineup.
Rolo’s
By day, the front is a bakery and bodega. By nightfall, the room morphs into a spacious cocktail bar. An adjoining space also comes to life as a roaring wood-fired grill bathes the room in flickering amber hues and signals the start of dinner service.
Sushi Ikumi
This rather modest sushiya is simply outfitted; the best seat in the house — naturally — is at the counter, where diners can watch the master in action, as he prepares his top-notch fish and seafood with purity and delicious simplicity.
Sweetbriar
Sweetbriar is Chef Bryce Shuman’s broadly appealing second act. Here, he delivers New American cooking kissed by the flames of a wood-fired grill and a seasonally directed menu that has something for everyone.
Veranda
On the second floor of the ModernHaus hotel, the décor is dramatic yet breezy. Keeping company with this convivial setting is a range of accessible fare, like ‘nduja with béchamel, burrata, and honey coupled with fresh-baked flatbread.
Victor
This Mediterranean beau arrives in Gowanus courtesy of well-known chefs, Ian Alvarez and Ryan Angulo. This is cooking that optimizes the wood oven and is best enjoyed with a friend. Dishes are seasonal, adopt a modern approach, and harness bold flavors.
Wau
The façade of this Salil Mehta operation is meant to evoke the hawker stalls of Singapore; and thankfully, the chef’s creations are equally unique and delicious.
Wenwen
Chef Eric Sze and partner Andy Chuang bring the vibrant flavors of Taiwanese cooking to Greenpoint with Wenwen.
Yoshino
Revered Tokyo chef Tadashi “Edowan” Yoshida has named his NYC venture for the town in Nara Prefecture where his father hails. This meticulous approach is seen in the room, and again in the presentation of dishes. | https://www.forbes.com/sites/melissakravitz/2022/07/13/michelin-guide-adds-25-new-restaurants-to-its-new-york-city-selections/ | 2022-07-13T18:24:01Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/melissakravitz/2022/07/13/michelin-guide-adds-25-new-restaurants-to-its-new-york-city-selections/ | true |
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Futsal fans will soon have a new place to play the game in downtown Grand Rapids.
Three courts for the game, which is similar to soccer but is played on a hard surface, will be built by Downtown Grand Rapids Inc. (DGRI) on a portion of what’s now a surface parking lot at 250 Seward Ave. NW. The parking lot is owned by the Grand Rapids Downtown Development Authority, which is managed by DGRI.
“Having these futsal courts is a fun, unique way to stay in shape, to meet new people, to be active,” said Corey Mathein, a project manager at DGRI.
On Wednesday, the DDA board approved $337,000 to build the courts, which are temporary and expected to remain in place for at least two years. The courts would be open to the public free of charge, and are also expected to host tournaments and other activities. They are expected to be completed by late August or early September, Mathein said.
DGRI is a nonprofit, created in partnership with the city of Grand Rapids, that manages tax revenue collected by the DDA and oversees development in the city’s urban core. In a memo, the nonprofit said building the courts will help activate what’s now an “underutilized” parking lot, and provide health and fitness opportunities for residents.
The temporary futsal courts, which will be open every day, will be enclosed by 12-foot-tall fencing and double gates for each court.
The parking lot where the three courts will be built is known as Area 9, and is serviced by a free Downtown Area Shuttle, or DASH. The courts will take up 136 spaces in the lot, which runs along Seward Avenue from Lake Michigan Drive to just south of Bridge Street.
Mathein was not immediately sure how many parking spaces total are in the Area 9 lot. But, he said, the courts won’t take up the entire parking lot.
“There will still be spots available,” he said. “The only time the whole thing will be closed down is if we do a tournament — for safety reasons.”
He added, “In terms of research, when it comes to the parking lot, that section was under utilized.”
Mobile GR, which operates city-owned parking lots and garages, confirmed that the northern section of the lot is used less than the southern section, and that “the courts would not negatively impact the availability of parking spaces to the public,” according to a DGRI memo.
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Alex Murdaugh officially disbarred by South Carolina Supreme Court
A South Carolina attorney at the center of multiple criminal investigations and civil lawsuits has now been officially disbarred by order of the South Carolina Supreme Court.
On Tuesday, July 12, the state Supreme Court issued its official order disbarring Richard Alexander “Alex” Murdaugh from the practice of law in South Carolina in the wake of scores of criminal charges stemming back more than a decade and spanning the width of the S.C. Lowcountry.
This is the most recent – and potentially one of the most poignant and powerful – developments in the fall from grace for Murdaugh, a fourth-generation attorney and prosecutor from one of the most powerful and storied legal families in South Carolina.
Previous coverage:S.C. Supreme Court seeks to disbar Alex Murdaugh pending hearing next week
Pending charges:Murder charges pending for Alex Murdaugh. 'We want the truth,' family says
For more than a century, Murdaugh attorneys have practiced civil law and prosecuted cases as solicitors in the five-county 14th Judicial Circuit, and the Murdaugh name is synonymous with the law in their hometown of Hampton County.
This ultimate sanction for an attorney came on the same day that Murdaugh's family members reported that state police had disclosed intentions to charge Murdaugh in connection with the June 7, 2021, double homicide of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, at their Colleton County home. A date for these charges to be filed has not been officially announced.
In its first order involving Murdaugh, the S.C. Supreme Court suspended the Hampton attorney from legal practice on Sept. 8, 2021, following an alleged insurance fraud scheme and allegations that he had stolen money from legal clients and his family law firm. Since then, Murdaugh has been charged with a total of 84 criminal charges – from financial crimes to drug charges – and 11 civil suits.
The Supreme Court order stated its disbarment decision was based on Murdaugh’s “admitted reprehensible misconduct,” adding that Murdaugh “admitted in various court proceedings and filings that he engaged in financial misconduct involving theft of money from his former law firm; that he solicited his own murder to defraud his life insurance carrier; and that he is liable for the theft of $4,305,000 in settlement funds” (from the Estate of Gloria Satterfield).
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On June 16, the Supreme court issued an order directing Murdaugh to personally appear before the court on June 22 to present legal argument on the question of whether he should be disbarred. That hearing was cancelled after Murdaugh’s attorneys filed an affidavit waiving all rights to a hearing and stating that Murdaugh did not wish to contest any decision involving disbarment.
While the court order notes that disbarment “is among the most serious sanctions this Court can impose for unethical conduct committed by members of the legal profession,” it may not be the final sanction the Supreme Court imposes.
The order adds that Murdaugh’s misconduct remains under investigation by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel and that, if additional acts of misconduct are discovered, the Supreme Court my issue supplemental orders and impose additional sanctions, which could include fines and restitution.
Murdaugh is currently detained in Richland County’s Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center on a $7 million bond he has been unable to meet. | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2022/07/13/alex-murdaugh-news-officially-disbarred-sc-supreme-court/10044376002/ | 2022-07-13T18:28:15Z | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2022/07/13/alex-murdaugh-news-officially-disbarred-sc-supreme-court/10044376002/ | false |
CARY, N.C., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- e-Emphasys Technologies, Inc., a leading global enterprise software provider for the equipment distribution and rental industry today announced the appointment of Mayank Kalla as Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Kalla will be responsible for driving e-Emphasys' global financial strategy and managing the next stages in the company's growth. Kalla brings more than 21 years of extensive international finance and operational experience and has a proven track record of charting technology disruptors' paths towards key financial milestones.
"e-Emphasys is committed to cementing our place as the global leader in this industry and continuing to help our customers gain market share and competitive advantage," said Milind Bagade, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of e-Emphasys Technologies. "The addition of Mayank will act as a further catalyst towards our continued success. His experience navigating high-growth companies, developing business strategies, and his overall operational mindset will deliver meaningful results in this exciting new chapter in the evolution of our company."
Prior to joining e-Emphasys, Kalla served as VP – Corporate Finance at Sitecore, a global leader in content marketing management software. During his time at Sitecore he helped guide them through a rapid growth transformation, increasing annual recurring revenue multifold and expanding their global footprint. Prior to Sitecore, Mayank spent 15 years in procurement technology. He was the international division CFO at Ariba Inc, a publicly listed company that was acquired by SAP in 2012. He was also the CFO for SAP's Cloud line of business for APJ based out of Singapore.
"I am extremely excited to be joining e-Emphasys during this phase in its growth journey. The entire equipment dealer and rental industry is looking to technology solutions to drive growth and gain efficiencies," said Kalla. "e-Emphasys plays a mission critical role in this digital transformation journey for its customers to drive superior financial outcomes. I am excited to bring my finance and operational experience to the team as the company launches into its next phase of growth"
e-Emphasys Technologies Inc., is a global enterprise software provider for the equipment, heavy truck, and rental industries. e-Emphasys is exclusively focused on the Industrial Machinery and Equipment (IM&E) domain, providing services to dealers and rental companies, including several Fortune 500 customers. The e-Emphasys Dealer Management Platform incorporates a full suite of best-in-class technology including Business Intelligence and Reporting, CRM, Mobile Field Service Applications, Inspection Applications, eCommerce Customer Portals, RFID, Artificial Intelligence, IoT and Telematics. For more information, visit www.e-emphasys.com.
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SAN ANTONIO, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SWBC® announced today that it has acquired AnyHour Solutions – a leading provider of comprehensive call/contact center-outsourcing services for financial institutions. This acquisition allows SWBC to continue to expand its contact center services in the credit union, banking, and mortgage markets.
"The addition of AnyHour fits with our strategic plan of introducing new and enhanced contact center capabilities," said Janet Loriot, EVP of SWBC's Financial Institution Group. "We are confident that this investment will allow us to provide new services to our financial services market that in turn continue to support their growth strategies."
With the AnyHour acquisition, SWBC will now provide customer service-overflow call volume transferred from a financial institution, loan-by-phone (LBP) support, and fraud prevention. Acquiring the company helps SWBC enter the servicing market, which in turn, helps the company's current client base. In addition, while SWBC believes our technology is second-to-none, AnyHour's integration with multiple core systems allows us to thrive in a competitive landscape.
All of AnyHour's employees (both full- and part-time) will transition to SWBC. This includes AnyHour Solutions' President Andy Hardin, who will become SVP of Operations.
"We knew this would be a great fit," said Hardin. "SWBC and AnyHour share many of the same values – especially when it comes to our clients – service, for example. SWBC is highly respected in the financial services industry, and we are excited to join the team."
Established in 1994, AnyHour is headquartered in Rockford, Illinois.
As a diversified financial services company, SWBC provides financial institutions, businesses, and individuals a wide range of services, including insurance, mortgages, wealth management, employee benefits, and more. Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, SWBC has partners and divisions across all 50 states and manages business around the world. No matter how wide its reach, SWBC always listens to its customers' needs, analyzes their current situations, and recommends customized solutions. For more information about our innovative approach to personalized service, visit SWBC's website at swbc.com.
AnyHour Solutions is a highly flexible provider of comprehensive, 24/7/365 call/contact center-outsourcing services for credit unions via our AnyHour MSR and AnyHour Loan-By-Phone services. Our purpose is to help our credit union partners to enhance service to their members, increase loan volume, and reduce operating expenses. AnyHour Solutions has been providing contact center services to credit unions for over 26 years. Highlighted by the industry's most experienced staff of agents, our contact center goal is to provide "Service They Will Remember."
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Man charged in rape of Ohio 10-year-old who sought abortion in Indiana, reports say
(Gray News) - A suspect was arrested for allegedly raping a 10-year-old in Ohio and getting her pregnant, media reports said.
Because of the abortion law in Ohio, which bans abortions after six weeks, the girl had to go to Indiana for an abortion, a story that captured national headlines and got the attention of President Joe Biden.
Gershon Fuentes, 27, was arrested Tuesday, the Columbus Dispatch and WBNS reported. The arrest happened after police said he confessed to raping the child at least twice.
The rape was reported June 22, and Fuentes was named by the victim this week, WBNS reported.
The suspect appeared in court Wednesday, was charged with one count of first-degree rape and was given a $2 million bond. He remains jailed.
The plight of a 10-year-old who had to get an abortion in another state drew the ire of Biden, who said it was an example of an “extreme” abortion restriction in some states since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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The Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department stopped by this morning to give advice on how to keep your pets cool in this intense heat.
Officer Andres Couch offered some steps to preserve the health of pets, including not leaving them inside a car even with the windows down. Couch’s wants to remind owners to be extremely careful with their pets in this heat wave. Officer Couch also discussed the sanctions neglecting pet owners can be exposed to. Such sanctions can vary from fines to jail time in extreme cases.
Couch also discussed tips to keep pets cool during the summer. He emphasized the importance of having plenty of fresh water and shade available to avoid a heatstroke. Some signs of a heatstroke are heavy panting, rapid heartbeat, lack of coordination and profuse salivation. If you think your pet is having a heatstroke, immediately contact your veterinarian and try to lower your pet’s body temperature with ice packs or cool towels for example.
For more information, visit www.cabq.gov/pets | https://www.krqe.com/new-mexico-living/albuquerque-animal-welfare-gives-tips-to-keep-your-pets-safe-in-the-heat/ | 2022-07-13T18:41:51Z | https://www.krqe.com/new-mexico-living/albuquerque-animal-welfare-gives-tips-to-keep-your-pets-safe-in-the-heat/ | true |
Twenty-fifth year provides opportunity to celebrate, reflect and look forward
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OST, a Midwest-based digital and IT consultancy, is celebrating 25 years of impact, driving value for market leaders. Over 25 years, small ripples have grown to be significant waves of impact. For each connection, solution, relationship and friendship we've built over the years, we are grateful for the opportunity to serve.
"For 25 years, OST has walked alongside clients as a transformational partner to architect, build and manage how and where technology runs," said OST President and CEO Meredith Bronk. "This influence carries ripples of impact across the lives of our clients, their customers, our teams and an entire culture of people through the Koniag shareholders. This year, we are pausing to reflect on where we started, celebrate how far we've come and dream of what good we can do next."
OST brings cross-functional knowledge and experience in a broad range of services from the cloud and data center to digital product development to advisory consulting to enable customers' success. OST impacts organizations who are the best at what they do by helping them transform their organization around technology in this rapidly changing world.
Founded in 1997, OST has grown from three to 350 employees with offices in Grand Rapids, Minneapolis and Detroit as well as global reach. As an employee-first organization, OST employees are guided by five principles: honor, delight, serve, embrace and learn.
"We exist to provide a sustainable, employee-first business where people who do what we do can thrive and contribute to a collective, shared impact on the world," Bronk said. "I believe in the collective impact of empowered individuals rallied around a shared purpose," Bronk said. "That's what gets me out of bed every day."
OST is proud to partner with community organizations including long-established partnerships in Grand Rapids, Detroit and Minneapolis. OST and its employees have made contributions to causes including children's food security, diversity in IT and access to STEAM education. In 2012, OST was purchased by Koniag, an Alaskan Native corporation. The work done by OST positively impacts the day to day lives of Koniag Shareholders, Descendants, employees, customers and business partners.
Forward has always been OST's path. A 25th anniversary is about celebration, reflection and dreaming about what the next 25 years will bring for our employees, our clients and the impact we can have on our world, together.
OST is an integrated, cross-functional business technology firm bringing together strategy and insights, digital experiences, connected products, data center transformation and enterprise managed services as we work alongside clients to optimize and grow their businesses. OST has offices in Michigan and Minnesota with teammates across the nation. Our customers include organizations ranging from startups to global Fortune 500 companies. With an employee-first culture driving our success, OST has been recognized for excellence, including in Inc. Magazine's 5,000's Fastest Growing Private Companies, in CRN's Tech Elite 250 and as a National Best and Brightest Company to Work For.
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Lawsuit Filed a Month After Uber Disclosed That Nearly 1,000 Sexual Assaults Occurred in U.S. Uber Vehicles in Single Year
Complaint Details How Riders Were Assaulted by Uber Drivers As the Company Prioritized Growth Over Passenger Safety
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Uber Technologies, Inc. ("Uber") today has been named in a civil action alleging that women passengers in multiple states were kidnapped, sexually assaulted, sexually battered, raped, falsely imprisoned, stalked, harassed, or otherwise attacked by Uber drivers with whom they had been paired through the Uber application. The complaint was filed today in San Francisco County Superior Court by attorneys at Slater Slater Schulman LLP, a full-service law firm focused on representing survivors of catastrophic and traumatic events. Slater Slater Schulman LLP has approximately 550 clients with claims against Uber, with at least 150 more being actively investigated.
Last month, Uber released its second U.S. Safety Report, in which it stated that there were 998 sexual assault incidents, including 141 rape reports, in 2020 alone, the most recent year with available data. Uber disclosed that it received 3,824 reports of the five most severe categories of sexual assault in 2019 and 2020, ranging from "non-consensual kissing of a non-sexual body part" to "non-consensual sexual penetration," or rape.
As detailed in the complaint filed by Slater Slater Schulman LLP today, as early as 2014, Uber became aware that its drivers were sexually assaulting and raping female passengers; nevertheless, in the eight years since, sexual predators driving for Uber have continued to attack passengers, including the plaintiffs whose claims were alleged in today's action:
- In February 2022, an Uber driver sexually assaulted and attempted to rape a woman who was a passenger in his vehicle in Chino Hills, CA.
- In November 2021, an Uber driver fondled and raped a passenger in Perris, CA.
- In August 2021, an Uber driver convinced a woman passenger to sit in the front seat of his vehicle, where he forcefully kissed her and sexually assaulted her.
- In October 2021, an Uber driver attempted to rape a woman outside Pittsburgh, PA, rather than take her safely to her destination.
- Also in October 2021, an Uber driver attempted to rape a woman passenger in Boston, MA.
"Uber's whole business model is predicated on giving people a safe ride home, but rider safety was never their concern – growth was, at the expense of their passengers' safety," said Adam Slater, Founding Partner of Slater Slater Schulman LLP. "While the company has acknowledged this crisis of sexual assault in recent years, its actual response has been slow and inadequate, with horrific consequences."
Uber's prioritization of growth over customer safety – and the resulting horror experienced by many of its passengers – is well-documented. As outlined in the complaint, Uber was fixated on getting new drivers onboarded as quickly as possible to fuel growth, so it eschewed traditional background check standards. For example, former CEO Travis Kalanick intentionally opted to hire drivers without fingerprinting them or running their information through FBI databases, and Uber's current CEO Dara Khosrowshahi continued this policy after he took over in August 2017.
Additionally, Uber has a longstanding policy that it will not report any criminal activity – even assaults and rape – to law-enforcement authorities. After widespread media reporting of Uber's sexual assault and harassment problems, Uber in 2018 acknowledged a "deeply rooted problem" of sexual assault. Despite awareness of this problem, the company has refused to install video cameras in cars, even though doing so could prevent passengers and drivers from being assaulted, and it has maintained a "three strikes" policy for its drivers that kept predators at the wheel even after serious passenger complaints.
"There is so much more that Uber can be doing to protect riders: adding cameras to deter assaults, performing more robust background checks on drivers, creating a warning system when drivers don't stay on a path to a destination," said Adam Slater. "But the company refuses to, and that's why my firm has 550 clients with claims against Uber and we're investigating at least 150 more. Acknowledging the problem through safety reports is not enough. It is well past time for Uber to take concrete actions to protect its customers."
Individuals seeking to be linked to resources for sexual assault survivors can call 800.656.HOPE (4673) to be connected with a trained staff member from a sexual assault service provider in your area. The National Sexual Assault Hotline operated by RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) provides confidential support from trained staff members and can assist with finding local healthcare resources, help talk through what happened, and offer referrals for long-term support.
ABOUT SLATER SLATER SCHULMAN LLP
Slater Slater Schulman LLP is a prominent full-service law firm with over 40 years of experience representing survivors of catastrophic and traumatic events. Our nationally renowned attorneys are committed to ensuring the best results for our clients through persistence and zealous representation. We have achieved successful resolutions in some of the most challenging cases in the industry, including complex historical sexual abuse cases involving massive institutions, including academic, religious, and youth organizations. Our firm also has been recognized for its efforts representing clients in pharmaceutical drug litigation, product liability litigation, environmental litigation, employment and labor law, medical malpractice, and personal injury, and has successfully represented thousands of World Trade Center survivors to receive compensation for their injuries. Learn more at sssfirm.com.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Three-Midday" game were:
7-1-5, Fireball: 2
(seven, one, five; Fireball: two)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Three-Midday" game were:
7-1-5, Fireball: 2
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 4" game were:
8-2-6-8
(eight, two, six, eight)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 4" game were:
8-2-6-8
(eight, two, six, eight) | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Midday-Daily-4-game-17302581.php | 2022-07-13T18:45:43Z | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Midday-Daily-4-game-17302581.php | true |
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (AP) — A volunteer fire department in a Mississippi community lost the use of three trucks when its own station went up in flames.
WLOX TV reports that the fire happened Monday night at the Nicholson Volunteer Fired Department station. Nicholson is a community in Pearl River County, near the Gulf Coast and the Louisiana state line. Five neighboring firefighting agencies assisted in fighting the blaze.
Three trucks were heavily damaged, according to the TV station. And a county press release says several other pieces of key firefighting equipment were destroyed in the fire.
Former Nicholson fire chief Bobby Robbins estimated the damage at $1 million and said it could take around 100 days to have the equipment replaced. There were no injuries. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.
Robbins said the trucks were donated by Deep South, a company the team is now considering renting from. The Pearl River County Fire Marshal added they are working with other agencies in the meantime to borrow equipment.
Authorities must determine how the fire started as well as how to provide immediate protection in Nicholson without the fire trucks, equipment and a useable firehouse. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Too-close-to-home-Fire-at-firehouse-in-17302567.php | 2022-07-13T18:45:58Z | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Too-close-to-home-Fire-at-firehouse-in-17302567.php | false |
Evolut FX TAVR System Used to Treat Patient with Symptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis
LOS ANGELES, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital is the first hospital in Los Angeles to treat patients with the next-generation, self-expanding Evolut FX Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) System, a minimally invasive alternative to open-heart surgical aortic valve replacement for the treatment of symptomatic severe aortic stenosis (ssAS). The first patient was treated on June 29, 2022.
Severe aortic stenosis occurs when the aortic valve leaflets become stiff and thickened and have difficulty opening and closing, making the heart work harder to pump blood to the rest of the body. Severe aortic stenosis often reduces a patient's quality of life and limits their daily activities. If left untreated, patients with ssAS can die from heart failure in as little as two years. Severe aortic stenosis affects approximately 300,000 people worldwide, of which 100,000 reside in the U.S.
"This marks a significant improvement in the Evolut family of valves allowing treatment of a more complex subset of patients," says Steven Burstein MD, PIH Health director of interventional cardiology.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved the Evolut FX TAVR system, providing physicians at PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital another option to treat the growing symptomatic severe aortic stenosis (ssAS) patient population. Patients with ssAS should discuss TAVR with their PIH Health doctor to evaluate if the procedure is right for them.
PIH Health is a nonprofit, regional healthcare network that serves approximately 3.7 million residents in the Los Angeles County, Orange County and San Gabriel Valley region. The fully integrated network is comprised of PIH Health Downey Hospital, PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital, PIH Health Whittier Hospital, 35 outpatient medical office buildings, a multispecialty medical (physician) group, home healthcare services and hospice care, as well as heart, cancer, digestive health, orthopedics, women's health, urgent care and emergency services. The organization is recognized by Watson Health as one of the nation's Top Hospitals, and College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) as one of the nation's top hospital systems for best practices, cutting-edge advancements, quality of care and healthcare technology. PIH Health is also certified as a Great Place to Work®. For more information, visit PIHHealth.org or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
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Canix, the industry leading cannabis ERP software, has continued to grow despite market downturn.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Since the start of 2022, Canix, the industry leading cannabis ERP software, has grown its team by over 20%. Despite the recent market downturn, the company remains strong. Canix has not done any layoffs or furloughs and they continue to hire and promote from within.
The cannabis industry has been hit hard this year and the price of cannabis continues to fall. Cannabis software companies have especially suffered the effects of that downturn; bootstrapped cannabis companies are returning to manual inventory management to cut costs.
Meanwhile, the opposite is true for many Canix users. They have found that the software is aiding their financial stability and key to their operations. The platform's all-in-one cannabis cultivation, manufacturing and distribution solution is proving too valuable to a cannabis operation.
Other software solutions in the cannabis industry have had to reduce or completely cut their employees as a cost saving measure.
Canix has been proactively hiring the entire year, and continues to hire despite the market conditions. Since December of 2021, the company has grown its staff by 20% and promoted several key individuals. The company recently brought on Alyson DeNardo as Head of People Operations to keep up with the hiring needs.
"By far, the best part of Canix is the people we have the honor of working with every day," said Stacey Hronowski, CEO and co-founder of Canix.
The company is most focused on growing the engineering team. Check out Canix's job listings here.
The company raised a Series A earlier in the year and has since used those funds to bring on the best engineers, customer support representatives and members of the leadership team.
Functionality offered by the software has also grown significantly. Canix now offers CRM features, forecasting, a better Metrc integration, granular business intelligence reporting and more. Learn more about Canix's features by visiting the website.
Along with this internal growth, the company's user base has blossomed. Today, Canix is used in 660 facilities across 15 states and 6 countries.
Canix is a cannabis ERP software and seed-to-sale platform for cannabis cultivators, manufacturers and distributors. Founded in 2019, the company serves both large commercial operations and standalone single-service operators. Canix provides a suite of tools for cannabis companies to operate efficiently and increase profit margins while remaining compliant with legislative authorities. With Canix, businesses have complete control over their real-time inventory and sales data. For more information about Canix, visit www.canix.com.
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U.S. House Democrat says agreement coming on semiconductor bill
The Senate passed a version of the bill in June 2021, and the House passed a version in February. Lawmakers must resolve their differences and pass the legislation through both chambers again before President Joe Biden can sign it into law. | https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/auto-components/u-s-house-democrat-says-agreement-coming-on-semiconductor-bill/92859482 | 2022-07-13T18:48:28Z | https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/auto-components/u-s-house-democrat-says-agreement-coming-on-semiconductor-bill/92859482 | true |
YBVR accelerates deployment of Sports Metaverse with additional funding from TELUS Ventures
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- YBVR, the global leader on Immersive Live Sports streaming, announced additional funding from TELUS Ventures, to advance the introduction of fully immersive Sports Metaverse services in Canada.
The investment provides a boost to scale and deploy the technology across Canada, creating a major milestone for the company. TELUS Ventures' investment comes to YBVR on top of previous investments from Verizon and Telefonica, reinforcing YBVR's research and development across 5G/MEC and low latency video technology.
"YBVR is looking forward to partnering with TELUS for the next-generation of Live Sports streaming, bringing the tech that will make the Metaverse of Sports a marketplace for fans to enjoy and for the industry to monetize the value created around the sport," said Hector Prieto, Cofounder and CEO of YBVR. "With TELUS' 5G/MEC capabilities, we will ensure fans are closer to live sports emotions, whether remote or in-venue, providing immersive experiences with sub second latencies."
In Canada, YBVR will deploy the next generation VR technology for streaming live immersive sports and music events with unparalleled quality across devices that is yet to be experienced.
"We are excited to be working with YBVR on growing the role of virtual reality experiences in live entertainment and leveraging our world-leading network to connect audiences with interactive and accessible content from around the globe," said Mario Mele, Vice-president, TELUS Ventures. "At TELUS Ventures we value the role technology plays in our day-to-day lives and are looking forward to working further with this innovative Silicon Valley based startup."
YBVR is re-defining the way fans experience live sports. Fans can now experience the magic of 'being there' from anywhere. YBVR tech enables a new immersive and interactive dialogue with sport fans, especially the new generations, engaging from home and in-venue. YBVR cloud-based tech empowers sport and music event organizers/right-holders with new assets for engagement and monetization. Fans can decide when, how, what and with whom to enjoy live streaming with premium viewing experiences, in real-time, and across devices. YBVR's technology provides high-quality 360-degree live streams in 8K with patented Field-of-View optimization that consumes up to 80 per cent less bandwidth.
YBVR headquarters are in California, with commercial presence in six markets.
YBVR is the leader in immersive sports tech, already trusted by Wimbledon, Australian Open, Real Madrid, Fan Controlled Football, Euroleague Basketball and a number of other relevant players in the sports industry as well as Verizon, TELUS, Singtel and Telefonica.
YBVR is embarking on their Series A raise to continue their leadership position in the market and capture the massive Sports Metaverse opportunity while building additional partnerships with major players.
As the strategic investment arm of TELUS Corporation (TSX: T, NYSE: TU), TELUS Ventures is one of Canada's most active corporate venture capital funds. TELUS Ventures invests globally in companies from Seed to Pre-IPO with a focus on innovative technologies such as AgTech, HealthTech, Connected Consumer, IoT, AI, and Security to actively drive new solutions across the TELUS ecosystem. Led by a team of experienced operators, investors and executives, the Ventures team is passionate about creating positive social impact through financial tools and has invested in more than 100 companies since inception. For more information please visit ventures.telus.com.
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Missouri has the Highest Black Homicide Victimization Rate in the Nation for the Sixth Year in a Row
WASHINGTON, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Guns are by far the most common weapon used to kill Black homicide victims in America, according to a new study by the Violence Policy Center (VPC). The study found that 88 percent of Black homicide victims nationwide were killed with guns. Of these, nearly two thirds were killed with a handgun.
In addition to national data, the annual study, Black Homicide Victimization in the United States: An Analysis of 2019 Homicide Data, also ranks the states according to their Black homicide victimization rates. It is based on unpublished data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Supplementary Homicide Report (SHR). The study details homicide rates for 2019, the most recent year for which comprehensive national data is available. This is the 16th year the Violence Policy Center has released the study. To see past editions of the study, click here.
"Black men, women, boys, and girls are the most impacted victims of homicide in our nation, yet year after year this shocking and unacceptable toll is allowed to continue. These deaths almost always involve a gun, and the resulting devastation ravages families, friends, and community members. The goal of our research is to help support advocates and organizations working on the ground to stop this lethal violence while, at the same time, continuing to educate and engage the public and policymakers on the need to address this ongoing national crisis," states VPC Executive Director Josh Sugarmann.
For the entire UNITED STATES, the study finds that in 2019:
- There were 7,441 Black homicide victims in the United States that year. Black Americans represented 14 percent of the U.S. population, yet accounted for 52 percent of all homicide victims.
- For homicides in which the weapon used could be identified, 88 percent of Black victims (6,190 out of 7,056) were shot and killed with guns. Of these, 64 percent (3,935 victims) were killed with handguns.
- On average, more than 20 Black Americans died each day from homicide, of these, 17 were known to have died from gun homicides.
- The Black homicide victimization rate in the United States was nearly four times the overall national victimization rate and nearly seven times the white homicide victimization rate. In 2019, the black homicide victimization rate was 18.08 per 100,000. In comparison, the overall national homicide victimization rate was 4.79 per 100,000. For whites, the national homicide victimization rate was 2.69 per 100,000.
- Eighty-seven percent of Black homicide victims were male (6,454 of 7,441) and 13 percent were female (986 of 7,441). The sex of one victim was unknown.
- The Black male homicide victimization rate in the United States was more than four times the overall male victimization rate and more than eight times the white male homicide victimization rate. In 2019, the homicide victimization rate for Black male victims was 32.49 per 100,000. In comparison, the overall rate for male homicide victims was 7.68 per 100,000 and the rate for white male homicide victims was 3.88 per 100,000.
- The Black female homicide victimization rate in the United States was more than twice the overall female victimization rate and three times the white female homicide victimization rate. In 2019, the homicide victimization rate for Black female victims was 4.60 per 100,000. In comparison, the overall rate for female homicide victims was 1.95 per 100,000 and the rate for white female homicide victims was 1.52 per 100,000.
- For homicides in which the victim to offender relationship could be identified, 77 percent of Black victims (2,282 out of 2,954) were killed by someone they knew. The number of victims killed by strangers was 672.
- For homicides in which the circumstances could be identified, 70 percent (2,856 out of 4,102) were not related to the commission of any other felony. Of these, 56 percent (1,591 homicides) involved arguments between the victim and the offender.
The 10 states with the highest Black homicide victimization rates in 2019 were:
In addition, individuals living in communities where violence is prevalent are at higher risk for a broad range of negative health and behavior outcomes. An increased understanding of how trauma resulting from community violence influences development, health, and behavior can lead to improvements in the way many social services are delivered as well as policy changes at the local and federal levels (see the July 2017 VPC study The Relationship Between Community Violence and Trauma: How Violence Affects Learning, Health, and Behavior). At the same time, the firearms industry, looking to expand beyond its shrinking base of white male gun owners, has launched an organized marketing campaign focusing on Black and Latino Americans. If successful, such efforts can only increase gun death and injury in these communities (see the January 2021 Violence Policy Center study How the Firearms Industry and NRA Market Guns to Communities of Color).
The rate of Black homicide victimization is calculated by dividing the number of Black homicide victims by the Black population and multiplying the result by 100,000. This is the standard and accepted method of comparing fatal levels of gun violence.
The full study is available at http://vpc.org/studies/blackhomicide22.pdf.
The Violence Policy Center is a national educational organization working to stop gun death and injury. Follow the VPC on Twitter and Facebook.
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Man charged in rape of Ohio 10-year-old who sought abortion in Indiana, reports say
(Gray News) - A suspect was arrested for allegedly raping a 10-year-old in Ohio and getting her pregnant, media reports said.
Because of the abortion law in Ohio, which bans abortions after six weeks, the girl had to go to Indiana for an abortion, a story that captured national headlines and got the attention of President Joe Biden.
Gershon Fuentes, 27, was arrested Tuesday, the Columbus Dispatch and WBNS reported. The arrest happened after police said he confessed to raping the child at least twice.
The rape was reported June 22, and Fuentes was named by the victim this week, WBNS reported.
The suspect appeared in court Wednesday, was charged with one count of first-degree rape and was given a $2 million bond. He remains jailed.
The plight of a 10-year-old who had to get an abortion in another state drew the ire of Biden, who said it was an example of an “extreme” abortion restriction in some states since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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Coronation Street's Fiz Stape could be left gutted next week when she has her annulment hopes dashed by Phill Whittaker.
Fiz (Jennie McAlpine) ditched Phill (Jamie Kenna) on their wedding day last week and has since reunited with her ex Tyrone Dobbs, but it's not going to be a smooth transition.
Fiz is desperate to keep their reunion a secret from Phill so that he will allow an annulment without kicking up a fuss.
She's even asked Tyrone (Alan Halsall) to abuse Phill's trust and try and persuade him that the marriage is already over.
However, new ITV spoilers reveal that Fiz's plan will come crashing down next week when Phill walks in on her having a therapy session with Tyrone.
In Monday's episode, Tyrone returns from his break with Phill and admits to Fiz that they’re no further forward as every time he tried to broach the subject of marriage, Phill became upset.
Fiz and Tyrone then attend their first couples’ therapy session together as they try and give their romance another good go.
On Wednesday, Fiz lets slip over coffee at Roys that she likes a man in uniform which leads to Phill calling at the factory dressed as Richard Gere from the movie An Officer and a Gentleman.
To Fiz’s horror, Phill attempts to lift her up, but his back goes and he ends up dropping her - leaving her mortified.
Fiz helps Phill into A&E and explains to the receptionist that he’s hurt his back and whilst in the waiting room, Phill admits defeat and promises he’ll sign the annulment forms for her.
By Friday, Fiz confirms that she’s meeting Phill in the café as he’s promised to sign the annulment forms, but she's shocked when he asks her to go to a couple’s therapy session with him, and even more shocked when it turns out to be the same therapist she and Tyrone are seeing.
Evelyn decides to have a chat with Phill but he's distracted when he realises he left his phone at the therapist - the very one who is currently sat chatting to Tyrone and Fiz.
The therapist makes it clear that she’s not impressed with their lies and deceit, but suddenly there’s a knock on the surgery door and Phill appears, looking for his phone.
Will he sign the annulment form now that he's found out about Fiz and Tyrone's reunion?
After some wise words from Evelyn it looks like he will, but a farewell chat with Hope puts a different light on things.
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Mother accused of fatally stabbing son, then herself, deputies say
HOBBS, New Mexico (KCBD/Gray News) – A mother in New Mexico is accused of stabbing herself after stabbing her 11-year-old son to death.
Bruce Johnson, Sr. told deputies he was asleep when he heard his son screaming, KCBD reports. He found his son in his room, lying on the bed alive with stab wounds.
He went to call 911 when he found Mary Johnson, 49, also stabbed and unconscious in another room.
According to the Lea County Sheriff’s Office, deputies found Bruce Johnson Jr., 11, and his mother, both with multiple stab wounds.
The boy told deputies his mom stabbed him and then herself.
The child was taken to a hospital in Hobbs where was pronounced dead a few hours later. His body was sent to the Office of the Medical Investigator in Albuquerque for an autopsy, which confirmed he had been stabbed multiple times.
Investigators have issued an arrest warrant for the boy’s mother, who is in a Lubbock hospital with critical injuries.
Lea County investigators say Bruce Johnson, Sr. had moved to Hobbs with his son from Oklahoma and left Mary Johsnon behind after allegations that she was abusing his son.
He told investigators he was planning to file for divorce because of the abuse and that Mary Johnson was often violent with him.
He said Mary Johnson had not seen her son in 40 days and had been begging to see him, so she came to Hobbs to spend time with them before the divorce was filed.
Investigators say there had been two abuse reports when they lived in Oklahoma, but none filed in New Mexico.
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Shur brings deep healthcare industry expertise, strategic innovation and technology leadership to new position with healthcare navigation's market leader
DUBLIN, Ohio, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantum Health, the industry leading healthcare navigation and care coordination company, announced today that Dan Shur is joining its leadership team as chief product officer. In his new role, Shur will lead product innovation, strategy and development.
"Helping consumers effectively navigate through the increasingly complex healthcare landscape is more essential than ever," said Shannon Skaggs, president of Quantum Health. "Dan shares this mission and brings extensive healthcare and technology experience, as well as a deep understanding of the ever-changing healthcare ecosystem. He also understands our key stakeholders — from consumers to providers to payers and benefit plan sponsors — and what they need to feel supported and succeed. We are thrilled to welcome Dan to Quantum Health as we continue to expand and enhance our navigation and care coordination solutions to meet the needs of our growing market."
Shur has over 25 years' experience creating and building innovative technology strategies and solutions for organizations across the healthcare landscape. Prior to joining Quantum Health, he led product strategy and development for multiple companies within GuideWell Venture Group. Before GuideWell, he led innovation and growth at two healthtech organizations, Cloudbreak Health (telemedicine) and Progyny (fertility benefits). Earlier in his career, Shur also led multiple product strategy and development initiatives at EmblemHealth and Cigna.
"I empathize deeply with people struggling to get care and I strive to make their experience better. To that end, I am always looking for ways to make healthcare more accessible, efficient and human," said Shur. "Quantum Health is the respected leader in an area I am passionate about. I am proud to join the Quantum Health team as we help our stakeholders achieve the best experience and results, while continuing to transform the healthcare experience and break new ground in health benefits navigation."
Shur holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration from Cornell's Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, including a prestigious Park Leadership fellowship.
Quantum Health is the industry-leading consumer healthcare navigation and care coordination company that delivers an unparalleled consumer experience to its members, as well as validated claims savings and high satisfaction rates for its self-insured employer clients. Quantum Health's proprietary Real-Time Intercept® model identifies opportunities for early intervention in a member's healthcare journey, resulting in better engagement, outcomes and cost efficiencies.
The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Dublin, Ohio. Since its inception, Quantum Health has earned numerous awards and honors, including the Fastest-Growing Private Companies by Inc. 5000, the MedTech Breakthrough Award for technology innovation, the Gold Stevie for Front-Line Customer Service Team of the Year and a Great Place to Work by FORTUNE Magazine and Entrepreneur Magazine. The Women Presidents' Organization has ranked Quantum Health as one of the 50 Fastest-Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies, and Columbus Business First has honored Quantum Health as a Best Place to Work.
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Black educator Mary McLeod Bethune honored in Statuary Hall
WASHINGTON (AP) — Civil rights leader and trailblazing educator Mary McLeod Bethune on Wednesday became the first Black person elevated by a state for recognition in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall
Florida commissioned the project after a grassroots campaign succeeded last year in removing a statue of Edmund Kirby Smith, among the last Confederate generals to surrender after the Civil War. Bethune joins John Gorrie, a pioneer in air conditioning and refrigeration, in representing Florida.
Bethune was born in South Carolina in 1875, seven years after the ratification of the 14th Amendment, with its guarantee of equal protection under the law for all in the United States. She died in 1955, having helped to lay the groundwork for the civil rights movement.
“To have her statue here is quite phenomenal, absolutely, as a reminder of what our democracy is about,” said granddaughter Evelyn Bethune.
Mary McLeod Bethune is perhaps most remembered for founding the school now known as Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida, which she started as a girls school in 1904. She also was one of the founders of the United Negro College Fund, which became a financial backbone for predominantly Black higher institutions nationwide.
After forming a strong friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt, Bethune became director of the Negro Affairs Division for the National Youth Administration, a New Deal-era program.
Bethune led the “Black Cabinet” of President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the highest-ranking Black government official, pushing him to diversify the defense industry and later helping draft President Harry Truman’s executive order desegregating the armed forces, said Ashley Robertson Preston at Howard University, a Bethune biographer.
“She was the Oprah of her time. She was the Booker T. Washington of her time. She was the Martin Luther King of her time,” Preston said.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. hosted the unveiling of her statue, joined by members of Florida’s congressional delegation.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said that “in the face of the ignorance, the cruelty and the prejudice of others, she refused to surrender to bitterness, cynicism, or despair.”
To Democratic Rep. Val Demings, who is running against Rubio this year, Bethune “made what seemed impossible, possible.”
The white marble statue shows Bethune in academic robes, holding a black rose. She endearingly called her students “black roses,” Preston said, after visiting a garden in Europe where she saw black roses growing among the yellows and reds.
Books stacked at the statue’s feet are inscribed with some of the core values from her last will and testament: love, hope, faith, racial dignity, a thirst for education, courage and peace.
The statue of Kirby Smith — who fled to Mexico fearing treason charges after surrendering in Galveston, Texas, on May 26, 1865 — was installed in the Capitol in 1922, during a decade when Black people in Florida were being lynched for trying to vote and white mobs burned down entire towns.
The Southern Poverty Law Center said in a statement that “there is still work to do” in removing statues that honor “men who voluntarily fought on behalf of the Confederacy.” The group urged replacing them in Statuary Hall with those who represent “their state’s values of diversity, equality and justice.”
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tim Cone is the Phil Jackson of coaching basketball in the Philippines. He’s the Gregg Popovich. He’s the Bill Belichick.
Technically, those comparisons sell Cone a bit short. Jackson, Popovich and Belichick — a trio that’s among the greatest coaches in recent decades across pro sports — have combined for 22 championships as head coaches in their leagues. Cone has 24.
Yet for the last couple of weeks, Cone was an assistant coach for the first time in his life. He was on the Miami Heat staff during NBA Summer League, looking for new ideas, new things to teach, different ways to think about the game.
“It’s just been eye-popping for me,” Cone said. “Honestly, the whole reason I’m here is to bring things back, introduce them to our league. Because you know, anything that’s good, it’s copied. So I’m going to bring things back, do some things over there that’s new, other coaches will pick it up and hopefully that’ll elevate all of us in our league and elevate the level of basketball.”
Cone’s presence was just part of this year’s international feel to Summer League, which almost always has some sort of element that serves as a reminder of the game being a global one. China and Croatia sent their national teams to Summer League in past years, and this summer, there were no fewer than 86 international players on the rosters in Las Vegas — meaning roughly one in every five players in the league were born outside of the U.S.
And the world is watching: For example, when Fanbo Zeng of China got his first basket of Summer League for the Indiana Pacers, it became national news in his country.
“He’s got a great feel for the game,” Pacers assistant coach Ronald Nored said.
Some of the foreign-born players in Las Vegas will be on NBA rosters this season. Others will end up in the G League, and many will play overseas.
Cone’s future wasn’t in any doubt: He is headed back to the Philippines on Thursday to resume his season. He coaches Barangay Ginebra in the Philippines Basketball Association, perennially the most successful team in the league. And this experience will make his star shine a little more brightly, especially given who he was spending time with in Las Vegas.
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is a Filipino-American. Basketball is the national sport in the Philippines, and the Heat are always huge news there because of Spoelstra — who has visited his mother’s homeland in the past amid great fanfare and will be back next year as part of USA Basketball’s coaching staff for the Basketball World Cup if the Americans qualify as expected.
Cone, like Spoelstra, is an Oregon native. They’ve known each other for years. The seeds for Cone joining the Heat summer staff were planted a few years ago when a player from the Philippines came to Las Vegas for work with another NBA team.
“I was on the phone with Spo and he goes, ‘Why aren’t you here, doing that with us?’” Cone said. “That was like three years ago and then the pandemic happened. Last year, we were in the playoffs in my own league back home, so I couldn’t come. This year, we spoke again, and the subject was brought up. Lo and behold, I’m here. And I mean, it just has been an amazing, amazing experience.”
Spoelstra points to Cone’s 24 championships and calls him an “absolute legend.”
“Tim, obviously, has such extensive head coaching experience,” Spoelstra said. “He’s been a great resource. Tim has great emotional intelligence. He’s extremely humble. He’s here for a great experience. From a head coaching perspective, he’s a great guy to just bounce ideas off. It’s been really good for both sides.”
And Cone's presence in Las Vegas was just another reminder that the game is more global than ever.
“There's no question about it now," Spoelstra said. “There's players coming from every single region."
Coaches, too.
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Robocorp Named a High Performer in the Grid® Report for Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Summer 2022
As the RPA Industry Grows, Robocorp is Recognized for their Outstanding Work and Exceptional Reviews from Real Users
SAN FRANCISCO, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Robocorp, the top provider of Gen2 robotic process automation (RPA), has been awarded six bades by G2, the world's largest and most trusted software marketplace: Grid® Report for Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Small-Business Grid® Report for Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Enterprise Grid® Report for Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Asia Regional Grid® Report for Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Asia Pacific Regional Grid® Report for Robotic Process Automation (RPA), and India Regional Grid® Report for Robotic Process Automation (RPA).
Robocorp received a score of 8.63 out of 10 on the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Relationship Index from G2 and 8.42 out of 10 on the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Relationship Index: Small-Business from G2. The company's overall rating on G2 is 4.6 out of 5 stars from 48 reviews with every review being 4 stars or higher.
"We are honored to be awarded these six badges and recognized by G2 in such a substantial way," said Dave Dabbah, Chief Marketing Officer at Robocorp. "Our company is dedicated to providing consumers with the best RPA solutions available and it's a testament to our work and our technology to receive such positive reviews from users."
The Summer 2022 Quarterly report from G2 highlights the top rated solutions in the industry based on real customer reviews. All reviews are manually reviewed by G2 for validity before being posted and reflected in the score. Companies are awarded based on the reviews of verified users compared to similar products in each category. In order to be included, a product must have received 10 or more reviews
"Rankings on G2 reports are based on data provided to us by real software buyers," said Sara Rossio, Chief Product Officer at G2. "Potential buyers know they can trust these insights when researching and selecting software because they're rooted in vetted, verified, and authentic reviews."
These awards come in the wake of additional recognition from G2 including the Users Love Us badge, which awards companies with 20 reviews with an average rating of 4.0 stars.
Learn more about what real users have to say (or leave your own review of Robocorp) on G2's Robocorp review page.
About RobocorpRobocorp empowers businesses and teams to work smarter by shattering previous boundaries of RPA and intelligent automation. The company makes it easy, affordable and fast to build software robots and automate manual tasks with first-class, open-source process automation tools. It also provides a robust, secure orchestration and execution platform to allow customers to run both cloud-based and self-managed robotic automations with consumption-based pricing. Robocorp is backed by Benchmark, Canvas Ventures, Slow Ventures, FirstMinute Capital, Harpoon Ventures, Uncorrelated Ventures, Artisanal Ventures, Haystack, and angels. Robocorp is headquartered in San Francisco, with our primary offices being online. Learn more at https://robocorp.com/.
About G2G2 is the world's largest and most trusted software marketplace. More than 60 million people annually — including employees at all of the FORTUNE 500 — use G2 to make smarter software decisions based on authentic peer reviews. Thousands of software and services companies of all sizes partner with G2 to build their reputation, manage their software spend, and grow their business – including Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoom, and Adobe. To learn more about where you go for software, visit www.g2.com and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A World Boxing Council championship belt belonging to former South African President Nelson Mandela has been stolen from a museum in Soweto, according to police.
The belt was given to Mandela by American boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard during one of his visits to South Africa.
It was one of many artifacts inside the Nelson Mandela National Museum, a major tourist attraction for local and international travelers.
Mandela, a former amateur boxer, revered the belt and it was prominently displayed in the museum in a house where he once lived in Soweto township, west of Johannesburg.
The museum is one of the top attractions on Vilakazi Street, the only street in the world to claim two Nobel laureates as former residents. Mandela and the late anti-apartheid stalwart Archbishop Desmond Tutu both lived on the street.
According to police, the belt was stolen when thieves broke into the museum, popularly referred to as Mandela House, and the theft was reported to police on July 1.
No suspects have been arrested and police have appealed for any information related to the theft, police spokeswoman Dimakatso Sello said.
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