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NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AllianceBernstein L.P. and AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. (NYSE: AB) today announced that Second Quarter 2022 financial and operating results will be released on Friday, July 29, 2022. Management will conduct a teleconference beginning at 9:00 am (CT), following the release of its financial results. The call will be hosted by Seth Bernstein, President and Chief Executive Officer; Catherine Burke, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer; and Bill Siemers, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer.
Parties may access the conference call by either webcast or telephone:
- To listen by webcast, please visit AB's Investor Relations website at http://www.alliancebernstein.com/investorrelations at least 15 minutes prior to the call to download and install any necessary audio software.
- To listen by telephone, participants are required to obtain a personalized PIN via registration at https://dpregister.com/sreg/10168625/f382514a84 prior to dialing (888) 222-5992 in the US or +1 (412) 902-6748 from outside the US.
The presentation that will be reviewed during the conference call will be available on AB's Investor Relations website shortly after the release of Second Quarter 2022 financial and operating results on July 29, 2022.
A replay of the webcast will be made available beginning approximately one hour after the completion of the conference call on July 29, 2022. An audio replay of the conference call will also be available for one week. To access the audio replay, please call (877) 344-7529 in the US, or +1 (412) 317-0088 from outside the US, and provide the conference ID#: 3006846.
AllianceBernstein is a leading global investment management firm that offers high-quality research and diversified investment services to institutional investors, individuals and private wealth clients in major world markets.
As of June 30, 2022, including both the general partnership and limited partnership interests in AllianceBernstein, AllianceBernstein Holding owned approximately 35.7% of AllianceBernstein and Equitable Holdings, Inc. ("EQH"), directly and through various subsidiaries, owned an approximate 65.0% economic interest in AllianceBernstein.
Additional information about AB may be found on our website, www.alliancebernstein.com.
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Houston robbery suspect buys face mask before robbing store moments later, police say
The suspect purchased the mask in the early morning hours of July 4 before pulling out a gun and robbing the store where he bought it from, Houston police said
Houston police are looking for a suspect who purchased a face mask at a convenience store earlier this month and then robbed the same store moments later, authorities said Thursday.
The robbery occurred on July 4 around 4 a.m., the Houston Police Department said. A man walked in and purchased a mask and then waited until the other customers inside left, police said.
At the same time, the store clerk left the cash register to restock some items.
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"The suspect then put on the face mask, pulled out a handgun from his waistband, and demanded the money from the cash registers," police said.
Footage of the incident shows the suspect pulling out the gun and pointing it at the clerk. He appears to force the clerk to open a door to an enclosed area where the registers are and demands money at gunpoint.
The clerk complied and put some money in a bag and the suspect fled. | https://www.foxnews.com/us/houston-robbery-suspect-face-mask-robbing | 2022-07-15T19:39:56Z | https://www.foxnews.com/us/houston-robbery-suspect-face-mask-robbing | false |
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's top legal official has no plan to prosecute the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, an aide said Friday following revelations about an unserved arrest warrant and a newly revealed memoir by the woman.
“There’s no new evidence to open the case back up,” Michelle Williams, chief of staff for Attorney General Lynn Fitch, told The Associated Press.
Williams also said Fitch's office has not been in contact with Leflore County District Attorney Dewayne Richardson, the local prosecutor who would be responsible for pursuing any case against Carolyn Bryant Donham.
The Justice Department previously investigated without filing charges and closed the case, Williams said, referring to the government's decision in December to end its most recent review of the infamous slaying.
Neither Richardson nor Leflore Sheriff Ricky Banks immediately returned messages seeking comment Friday.
A group searching the basement of the Leflore County Courthouse in June discovered the unserved arrest warrant charging Donham, then-husband Roy Bryant and brother-in-law J.W. Milam in Till's abduction in 1955. While the men were arrested and acquitted on murder charges in Till's subsequent slaying, Donham, 21 at the time and 87 now, was never taken into custody.
In an unpublished memoir obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, Donham said she was unaware of what would happen to the 14-year-old Till, who lived in Chicago and was visiting relatives in Mississippi when he was abducted, killed and tossed in a river. She accused him of making lewd comments and grabbing her while she worked alone at a family store in Money, Mississippi.
Donham said in the manuscript that the men brought Till to her in the middle of the night for identification but that she tried to help the youth by denying it was him. Despite being abducted at gunpoint from a family home by Roy Bryant and Milam, the 14-year-old identified himself to the men, she claimed.
Till's battered, disfigured body was found days later in a river, where it was weighted down with a heavy metal fan. The decision by his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, to open Till's casket for his funeral in Chicago demonstrated the horror of what had happened and added fuel to the civil rights movement.
Deborah Watts, a cousin of Till who leads the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation, said the unserved arrest warrant and memoir are new evidence that show Donham’s involvement in the case.
“I truly believe these developments cannot be ignored by the authorities in Mississippi,” she said.
Dale Killinger, a retired FBI agent who handled a review that ended without charges 15 years ago, said grand jurors should get a chance to review recent developments in the case.
“It's still a prosecutorial decision. As an investigator, my position has always been and remains that a grand jury should be given all the facts,” he said.
Neither Donham nor any of her relatives have responded to messages and phone calls from the AP seeking comment. It is unclear where Donham currently lives or if she has an attorney. Her last known address was in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Transaction Expected to Close on July 20, 2022
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. (NYSE: HTA) ("Healthcare Trust of America" or "HTA") today announced that, based on a preliminary vote count, its stockholders have approved the previously announced combination with Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated ("HR") at today's Special Meeting of Stockholders ("Special Meeting").
In a separate special meeting of stockholders held today, based on a preliminary vote count, HR stockholders also voted to approve the merger.
"We are pleased that HTA's and HR's stockholders support our companies' transformative combination, which will create the preeminent, pure-play medical office building REIT, with the governance, management, assets and resources to more effectively compete and deliver sustainable value creation," stated Brad Blair, Chairman of the Board, Healthcare Trust of America.
The transaction is expected to close on July 20, 2022. HTA stockholders will receive a special cash dividend of $4.82 per share and a transaction exchange ratio of 1:1 based on HR's unaffected price of $30.26 on February 24, 2022.
Final voting results for the HTA and HR special meetings will be disclosed on Form 8-Ks filed by the companies with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is acting as exclusive financial advisor and McDermott Will & Emery LLP is acting as legal advisor to Healthcare Trust of America.
About Healthcare Trust of America, Inc.
Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. (NYSE: HTA) is the largest dedicated owner and operator of medical office buildings in the United States, with assets comprising approximately 26.0 million square feet of gross leasable area, and with $7.8 billion invested primarily in medical office buildings, as of March 31, 2022. HTA provides real estate infrastructure for the integrated delivery of healthcare services in highly-desirable locations. Investments are targeted to build critical mass in 20 to 25 leading gateway markets that generally have leading university and medical institutions, which generally translates to superior demographics, highly-educated graduates, intellectual talent and job growth. The strategic markets HTA invests in support a strong, long-term demand for quality medical office space. HTA utilizes an integrated asset management platform consisting of on-site leasing, property management, engineering and building services, and development capabilities to create complete, state of the art facilities in each market. We believe this drives efficiencies, strong tenant and health system relationships, and strategic partnerships that result in high levels of tenant retention, rental growth and long-term value creation. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, HTA has developed a national brand with dedicated relationships at the local level. Founded in 2006 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2012, HTA has produced attractive returns for its stockholders that have outperformed the US REIT index, since inception. More information about HTA can be found on the Company's website (www.htareit.com), Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Forward-Looking Language
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements with respect to HTA. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not descriptions of historical facts and include statements regarding management's intentions, beliefs, expectations, plans or predictions of the future, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Because such statements include risks, uncertainties and contingencies, actual results may differ materially and in adverse ways from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and contingencies include, without limitation, the following: HTA's ability to consummate the merger (the "Merger") with HR on the proposed terms or on the anticipated timeline, or at all, including risks and uncertainties related to satisfaction of the closing conditions to consummate the Merger; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the definitive merger agreement relating to the Merger; risks related to diverting the attention of HTA and HR management from ongoing business operations; failure to realize the expected benefits of the Merger; significant transaction costs and/or unknown or inestimable liabilities; risks associated with stockholder litigation in connection with the Merger, including resulting expense or delay; the risk that HTA's business will not be integrated successfully or that such integration may be more difficult, time-consuming or costly than expected; the ability to obtain the expected financing to consummate the Merger; risks related to future opportunities and plans for HTA, including the uncertainty of expected future financial performance and results of the combined company following completion of the Merger; effects relating to the announcement of the proposed transaction or any further announcements or the consummation of the Merger on the market price of HTA's or HR's common stock; the possibility that, if the combined company does not achieve the perceived benefits of the Merger as rapidly or to the extent anticipated by financial analysts or investors, the market price of HTA's common stock could decline; general adverse economic and local real estate conditions; changes in economic conditions generally and the real estate market specifically; legislative and regulatory changes, including changes to laws governing the taxation of REITs and changes to laws governing the healthcare industry; the availability of capital; changes in interest rates; competition in the real estate industry; the supply and demand for operating properties in HTA's proposed market areas; changes in accounting principles generally accepted in the US; policies and guidelines applicable to REITs; the availability of properties to acquire; the availability of financing; pandemics and other health concerns, and the measures intended to prevent their spread, including the currently ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; and the potential material adverse effect these matters may have on HTA's business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition. Additional information concerning HTA and its business, including additional factors that could materially and adversely affect HTA's financial results, include, without limitation, the risks described under Part I, Item 1A – Risk Factors, in HTA's 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K and in HTA's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contacts
Financial Contact:
Robert A. Milligan
Chief Financial Officer
480.998.3478
Media Contact:
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Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
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COON RAPIDS, Minn., July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Words can't describe this Al Parent custom built home. Inspired by Georgian architecture, it sits on a 3+ acre cul-de-sac lot rising above the Rum River with incomparable and stunning panoramic views. The 77,000 Queen size brick exterior is illuminated perfectly by the architecturally placed landscape lighting. Walk the trails behind for a breathtaking view of the back of the home. Play the jukebox in the Rock & Roll diner that takes you back to the 50's! Relax the day's stresses away in the sauna, after an invigorating workout in the fitness room. Prepare a sumptuous meal in the fully equipped kitchen complete with Sub Zero freezer, vegetable fridge, Corian counter tops! The upper level bonus room has it's own bathroom and is pre-wired for a complete home theatre. The spacious main floor Owner's Suite is decked out with large dual closets, marble surfaces, and a washer and dryer for convenience.
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- Ramsey has a population which is estimated at just over 26,000 people.
- Ramsey covers 28 square miles and is bordered by both the Rum and Mississippi Rivers.
- Ramsey is home to over a hundred businesses such as Connexus Energy, Life Fitness, Ace Solid Waste, and Vision Ease Lens.
- Ramsey is working to develop a new downtown, The COR.
- Ramsey offers two championship public golf courses—The Links at Northfork and Rum River Hills.
- Ramsey has two regional parks, three major City parks, and a network of trails and neighborhood parks.
- Ramsey is served by 55 paid on-call Fire Fighters that also contract Fire/Rescue coverage for Nowthen. Firefighters operate out of 2 Fire Stations in Ramsey and 1 Station located in Nowthen.
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Guv Biswa Bhusan Harichandan stresses need for global standards in higher education
- Urges students to serve the community with dedication
- Says education plays a vital role in the development of any nation
- States higher education is an important instrument in bringing social, tech, pol and eco changes
Vijayawada: Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan, who is also the Chancellor of the Dr NTR University of Health Sciences presided over the 24th and 25th convocations of the university held at Thummalapalli Vari Kshetrayya Kalakshetram in Vijayawada, virtually from Raj Bhavan on Friday. In his address, the Governor said that the scope and demand for higher education is increasing day by day and the most important mission of the higher education is the creation of intellectual minds by providing world-class education and promotion of global standards in the higher education institutions.
He said education plays a vital role in the nation's development and constitutes the backbone of a country, as it produces a human force which plays the most determining role in the advancement of a nation and in the progress of civilisation. The progress of the country is possible when its citizens are dynamic, resourceful, enterprising, and responsible, said the Governor. He also said the higher education is considered as an important instrument for bringing social, economic, political, and technological progress to any country particularly for a developing country like India.
He congratulated all the graduating students, awardees of gold medals and their parents, the faculty members and the administrative staff their commitment, creativity and talent. He hoped that the students would serve the society and give back to the society that gave them the skills and knowledge.
He appealed to students to serve the society by providing comprehensive health care. Dr G Subrahmanyam, renowned cardiologist and research director of Sri Padmavathi Multi Specialty Hospital at Tirupati was the chief guest on the occasion. He delivered the keynote address and was presented the Degree of Doctor Science, Honoris Causa by the vice-chancellor Dr. P Shyam Prasad. Earlier, vice-chancellor Dr P Shyam Prasad read out the annual reports of the university.
On behalf of the university, Dr V Vijayalakshmi and Dr M Manjulabai felicitated the Chancellor by presentation of a memento and shawl. Special chief secretary to Governor RP Sisodia, joint secretary to Governor PS Surya Prakash Rao and other officers attended the programme from Raj Bhavan. | https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/guv-biswa-bhusan-harichandan-stresses-need-for-global-standards-in-higher-education-753630 | 2022-07-15T19:40:55Z | https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/guv-biswa-bhusan-harichandan-stresses-need-for-global-standards-in-higher-education-753630 | false |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Justice Stephen Breyer is getting a different title: professor.
Harvard said Friday that Breyer, who retired from the Supreme Court June 30, is re-joining its law school faculty. Breyer is a graduate of the law school and first joined the Harvard faculty in 1967. He continued to teach at Harvard after he became a federal appeals court judge in 1980 until former President Bill Clinton nominated him to the Supreme Court in 1994.
Harvard said in a statement that Breyer will “teach seminars and reading groups, continue to write books and produce scholarship, and participate in the intellectual life of the school and in the broader Harvard community.”
Breyer, 83, does not yet have any classes listed in Harvard’s online course catalog. However, the school said his appointment as Byrne Professor of Administrative Law and Process would be effective immediately. Breyer is a longtime expert in administrative law, the law surrounding government agencies, and co-authored a textbook on the subject.
Harvard’s announcement included a statement from Breyer. “I am very pleased to return to Harvard to teach there and to write,” he said. “Among other things, I will likely try to explain why I believe it important that the next generations of those associated with the law engage in work, and take approaches to law, that help the great American constitutional experiment work effectively for the American people.”
Breyer has not said what else he might do in retirement. A 1937 law allows retired Supreme Court justices to continue to hear and decide cases on lower federal courts, a practice called “sitting by designation.” Breyer has not said if that is something he will do. | https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/ap-politics/retired-justice-stephen-breyer-joining-harvard-law-faculty/ | 2022-07-15T19:41:00Z | https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/ap-politics/retired-justice-stephen-breyer-joining-harvard-law-faculty/ | true |
Which garden tiller is best?
Creating a garden that allows plants to grow and flourish often requires the use of a garden tiller. These machines are designed to break up soil to create a fresh bed for plants and flowers.
There are a few types of tillers available, and while each performs a similar function, there are differences you should learn about before purchase. The one you choose will depend on several factors, like the type of soil, size of the garden and your own personal preferences.
What to consider before purchasing a garden tiller
Type
Before purchasing a garden tiller, you’ll need to decide which type you need. Considering the machine’s power source and how it is constructed will help you make that decision.
- Electric: An electric garden tiller is smaller and lighter than gas tillers, allowing the user to till a garden with little effort and lots of control. Some require a power source nearby, as they must be plugged into an outlet during use. Others are cordless, with lithium-ion batteries that require charging. These models do not have the power of a gas tiller, but are great for small vegetable or flower gardens.
- Gas: Gas garden tillers generally have an abundance of power and are the better option for larger gardens. They come with either front or rear tines and are used for breaking up new ground, as well as regular maintenance of existing plots. These items are often more expensive than other models and require the user to regularly purchase and store gasoline.
- Manual: Manual garden tillers do not require an outside power source or gas, as the user provides the power. Some items feature different styles of handles that allow the user to twist the metal tines back and forth to break up the soil. Others allow the operator to push it from behind, often featuring a single wheel and one or more tines for plowing and cultivating. These items are typically made of steel, are compact and come in a variety of sizes. This option is best for small, established gardens that do not require heavy-duty tilling, but cultivating. These are generally the easiest to organize in a tool shed or a garage.
Portability
The style of a garden tiller dictates how portable it is. Ideally, they can be easily moved from plot to plot, but some are more portable than others. Lightweight electric and manual tillers are the most portable, while gas models may require more work to transport. Some tillers may be designed for easier portability, with features like handles that can be folded down to make the item more compact. Some corded electric tillers may feature a retractable cord.
Garden size
One of the most important factors in choosing the best garden tiller for your needs is garden size. A small flower bed or herb garden may only require using a compact, manual garden cultivator. An electric model is best for small vegetable or flower gardens. Corded models can handle larger gardens, but the power source is a factor. Cordless models are more portable, but typically only run for 30-40 minutes before requiring several hours to recharge. For large gardens and breaking new ground, a gas tiller is typically your best bet. These models provide power, speed and till deeply so plants run their roots further into the ground so gardens can flourish.
Cost of a garden tiller
The best garden tillers are generally priced between $30-$1000, depending on the size, style and material used. Larger, more powerful tillers are priced higher than other options.
Garden tiller FAQ
Are garden tillers multi-purpose?
A. In addition to breaking up soil, the best garden tillers can be used like a cultivator to break up garden weeds for removal, or even bury them so they can break down and fertilize the soil.
What is the most durable material that a garden tiller can be made from?
A. The most durable material that a garden tiller can be made from is steel. While aluminum and plastic may be used in the body or handle, durable steel is typically used for tines and other heavy-duty parts.
Best manual garden tillers
This item is made from steel and is very durable. It is a handheld tool that offers users great control over a gardening project. The user operates it by twisting the handlebars and allowing the tines to break up the dirt. This item is not adjustable and is easily stored. It does not require any assembly and does not utilize a power source for operation.
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Earthway High Wheel Cultivator
This item is made from heavy-duty steel and helps the user till or plow a garden plot. The handle is adjustable to the user’s height. Entirely manual, it has a large front wheel that is good for use on rough soil. This item does not come entirely assembled, but is simple to use once it is set up.
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Best electric garden tillers
Sun Joe Electric Tiller and Cultivator
This corded electric tiller features six durable tines for breaking up the toughest dirt. This item is easily assembled and transported. The handle folds up entirely for storage purposes. It features an instant start and safety switch for the most convenient use and is easily controlled.
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Lawn Master Corded Electric Tiller
This powerful, corded tiller is made with durable steel blades that are resistant to rust and break up tough soil with ease. This tiller is lightweight, easy to control and is able to fold down for compact storage.
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Best gas garden tillers
Troy-Bilt Super Bronco Rotating Gas Garden Tiller
This sturdy, durable and easy-to-use gas-powered model comes from one of the most well-known names in garden machinery. This Troy-Bilt tiller maneuvers easily, allowing users to work their way around the toughest ground. The handles are wide for greater control. Users can even run it with one hand. Some assembly is required before use.
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Earthquake Mini Tiller and Cultivator
This tiller features adjustable height and wheel options, making it easy to maneuver and transport. It comes with a Viper engine and overhand handles for greater control when operating, as well as a 5-year warranty.
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(The Hill) – The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack scrambled to add new testimony from White House counsel Pat Cipollone to its latest hearing on Tuesday, and in the process bumped aside evidence about former President Trump’s ties to violent extremist groups.
Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) acknowledged the shift on Wednesday, saying the panel wanted to highlight testimony from a hard-won witness after Cipollone sat down for a formal deposition last Friday under subpoena. Left on the cutting room floor was evidence tying some of Trump’s closest allies to some of the prominent right-wing groups on the front lines of the Capitol insurrection.
“It was in the original script, but we pulled some back just because of the timing,” Thompson said in response to a question from The Hill about Trump world ties to groups like the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers.
“The Cipollone deposition was important. And obviously, it’s just a choice we had to make.”
Cipollone delivered a damaging assessment of Trump’s final weeks in office, confirming that he and other legal advisors had determined Trump had lost the election, exhausted his avenues to contest the result and should have conceded defeat instead of pressing his vice president, Mike Pence, to block the electoral count.
But the last-minute adjustment to feature Cipollone came at a cost, leaving unexplored some of the very ties the committee had previously revealed — and promised to explore in greater depth — between Trump and the extremists.
Left unmentioned, for instance, was a Jan. 5 request from Trump to have chief of staff Mark Meadows contact two informal advisors, Roger Stone and Michael Flynn, who both used extremist groups as security details.
The panel also excluded any mention of the so-called “war room” at the Willard Hotel near the White House, where leading Trump allies — including his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani — had huddled to devise strategy ahead of Jan. 6. At least one member of an extremist group, the 1st Amendment Praetorian, was reportedly among them.
Yet the extremist groups played a relatively minor role in Tuesday’s hearing, when the panel leaned on Cipollone’s fresh testimony to demonstrate a broader idea: that Trump drove the effort to overturn the election in defiance of his own White House counsel.
To advance that idea, the select committee cobbled together seemingly disparate themes: an “unhinged” meeting at the White House; secretive plans to make Trump’s call to march to the Capitol appear unexpected; and analysis of a tweet that mobilized extremist groups to show up armed in Washington on Jan. 6.
But the undercurrent was the committee’s push to show Trump’s willing engagement each step of the way, even as they fell short of expectations that they might establish a more direct link between the White House and violent extremists. Some outside legal experts noticed the void.
“I think the committee advanced the ball in terms of providing some new information, but it’s very clear that there are gaps in what their investigation has found with regard to potential conspiracy or Trump’s direct links to the militia groups and other extremists,” said Ryan Goodman, co-director of the Reiss Center on Law and Security at the New York University School of Law.
Over the course of the three-hour hearing, the panel sought to solidify Trump’s role, with Vice Chair Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) pushing back on any arguments that Trump was simply led astray by conspiratorial-minded advisors.
“The strategy is to blame people his advisers called ‘the crazies’ for what Donald Trump did,” Cheney said in her opening remarks.
“This, of course, is nonsense. President Trump is a 76-year-old man, he is not an impressionable child. Just like everyone else in our country, he is responsible for his own actions and his own choices.”
To make the case, the committee displayed a draft tweet revealing that Trump had planned days in advance to call on his supporters to march from a rally at the Ellipse, near the White House, to the Capitol, where Congress would be gathered to certify Joe Biden’s victory. The draft was marked “President has seen.”
That was paired with a text from Jan. 6 rally organizer Kylie Kremer stressing the need to be secretive about Trump’s plans to march to the Capitol since he would try to make the call “unexpectedly.” How Kremer knew in advance was not explored.
Trump also welcomed meetings with fringe advisors, including Flynn and Sidney Powell, over objections from his White House lawyers. (Powell joked that Cippolone “set a new land speed record” rushing to one Oval Office meeting with the group).
And it was Trump, not his speechwriters, who ignored the advice of West Wing aides to insist on attacking Pence during the Ellipse rally — something he did eight times during that speech.
But the committee chose not to build upon its previously teased evidence about Meadows’s call to Stone and Flynn, and never once mentioned the Willard Hotel.
The new evidence provided on Tuesday showed how Trump’s tweet on Dec. 19, when he called for a “wild” protest on Jan. 6, had energized extremist groups around the country, some of them interpreting the message as a call to arms. The committee also revealed evidence of coordination between Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, showing a Facebook post from Florida Oath Keepers chapter leader Kelly Meggs talking about the two groups joining forces with another group, the Three Percenters.
“This week I have organized an alliance,” he wrote. “We have decided to work together to shut this shit down.”
Goodman said it was strange to omit the Meadows call and the hotel.
“I think the fact that the Willard didn’t come up as a nucleus of activity, in which there was a significant overlap between some of the militia groups and Trump’s innermost circle, was unusual, especially because the committee has identified the Willard Hotel as potentially significant in their subpoenas,” he said.
Other committee members echoed Thompson, who said the exclusion was a matter of “bandwidth.”
“There’s only so much time in these hearings. There’s a lot of good stuff. And there was some great stuff that got left off the cutting room floor that hopefully will be released,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), one of the committee’s nine members, said Wednesday.
“As with all the hearings, we’re limited in how much we can cover in a discrete period of time. And that’s why our report will ultimately be so important,” Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) told The Hill.
Goodman argued that the committee succeeded in further demonstrating Trump’s responsibility for the events of Jan. 6, saying it’s clear the former president “made the situation even more incendiary.”
“Even though the committee did not provide very strong evidence of Trump’s direct legal responsibility for the acts of the militias, the hearings certainly provided very strong evidence of Trump’s personal culpability,” he said.
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LOS ANGELES , July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CalRecycle is banking on pilot programs around the state, including "mobile" return pilots, to make it easier for consumers to get California Redemption Value (CRV) refunds as the bottle deposit system crumbles. But a Consumer Watchdog investigation reveals the pilots are not convenient, financially sustainable, or remotely successful as models to save the system.
In one case, San Francisco, it is costing $1.25 per bottle or can to return a nickel to the consumer. None of the pilot programs appear to generate enough volume to sustain the program when the initial pilot grant money runs out.
"CalRecycle, the state's recycling regulator, has pushed city and county-based pilot projects as an 'innovative' solution to the redemption crisis," according to a new report, Pilot Error: How CRV Refund Pilot Programs Are Crashing And Burning. See the report here: https://consumerwatchdog.org/sites/default/files/2022-06/PILOT%20ERROR%20report.pdf
"A review of these state-funded pilot projects shows they do not create a new, financially viable model for redemption or improve the rate at which consumers turn in bottles and cans for CRV refunds. In at least one case, the pilot created a self-dealing relationship that enriched grocers and their consultants at the expense of taxpayers and consumers.
"Consumer Watchdog has reviewed the results from four bottle return pilots in San Francisco, San Mateo, Culver City and Irvine that CalRecycle funded with $5 million in grant money appropriated by the legislature in 2019. A fifth pilot program in Sonoma County that kicked off at the beginning of April has too little data to perform a review. The data show that 'mobile' recycling being tried in three of the pilots is not working, nor is it financially justified. A fourth pilot that is stationary is working but not likely to survive. Nevertheless, despite the failure of mobile recycling in every area, CalRecycle recently proposed $70 million to create new mobile recycling projects in underserved areas."
"None of these pilots offer convenient and financially viable solutions to consumer access to CRV refunds," said the report's author, consumer advocate Liza Tucker. "One, in San Francisco, is a blatant ploy to get retailers off the recycling hook, not to improve consumer access to deposit refunds. What we need is systemic reform including the provision of convenient and modern technology and the refund of CRV by the biggest supermarket chains in the state."
The report finds:
- Pilots approved by CalRecycle restrict consumer access to redemption because they exempt all retailers in a jurisdiction from instore redemption obligations or paying state fines to get out of recycling. In San Francisco, over 400 stores stopped redeeming bottles and cans when the pilot was deemed operational.
- Conflicts of interest in the San Francisco Department of the Environment's "BottleBank" pilot enriched connected consultants. Between 2017 and November 2021, consultants to a grocers association got more than $700,000 in CalRecycle grant money. They met retailers' primary objective – exempting them from redemption responsibilities – but failed to produce a viable pilot program. Consumer Watchdog has requested an investigation by City and State officials based on these findings.
- Two of the pilots are proving to be a financial bust. In San Francisco, it is costing the pilot operator $1.25 per container to hand a nickel back to a consumer. In Irvine, where customers schedule container pickup from their homes, it is costing $.14 cents per container to refund a consumer a nickel.
- In San Mateo, it currently costs a little more than half a nickel to refund a nickel deposit while it costs the Culver City pilot a penny and a half. In the real world, however, recycling centers must generate a lot of CRV container volume for the sale of scrap to be profitable in the face of inadequate state subsidies, especially in high cost areas such as these. These pilots are not likely to generate enough volume to make it without outside financial support.
- Mobile recycling is largely an illusion. For example, San Francisco's "mobile" project consists of two trucks parked in three different parking lots for four hours a day six days a week. Culver City's consists of one truck called a "mobile redemption center" that goes between two grocery store parking lots less than one quarter of a mile apart to provide stationary redemption service.
- Irvine is the one city whose recycling program is in fact mobile: it picks up bottles and cans from people's homes. However, it is serving roughly 10 to 15 customers a day in a city with a population of 273,000 and thus has no prospects of financial success.
- Pilots in San Francisco, San Mateo and Culver City are not convenient. They offer either part-time or fulltime redemption service mainly on weekdays and only during regular work hours when consumers can't recycle. This means that the pilots take in very limited container volumes, dooming them to failure.
- Pilots would be more financially stable if they received financial support and donated parking lot space from beverage retailers, producers and distributors. Yet there is no requirement that retailers donate any parking lot space or give direct financial support in exchange for comprehensive exemptions from recycling.
"In general, reverse vending machines and bag drop technologies in use at or near supermarkets in most other bottle deposit states are far more convenient, available during and after work hours, and stimulate far higher participation rates. This brings the cost of collection and processing of empty containers down to a sustainable and acceptable minimum. The Administration must acknowledge that only increasing the number of redemption opportunities by requiring retailers to provide greater redemption, not less, will increase the redemption rate."
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NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers picked up their spending from May to June, underscoring their resilience despite painfully higher prices at the gas pump and in grocery aisles and allaying fears that the economy might be on the verge of a recession.
U.S. retail sales rose 1% in June, from a revised decline of 0.1 % in May, the Commerce Department said Friday.
The figures aren’t adjusted for inflation and so largely reflect higher prices, particularly for gas. But they also show that consumers are still providing crucial support for the economy and spending on such discretionary items as furniture, restaurant meals and sporting goods.
At the same time, last month’s spending gain is modest enough that it likely won’t encourage the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates even more aggressively. Stock prices rose after the report’s release.
“People did not fold in the face of the Ukraine shock and the subsequent surge in food and energy prices,” said Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics. “Instead, they ran down a small part of their pandemic savings in order to keep up their discretionary spending.”
Consumers still have significant savings, on average, bolstered by pandemic-era government relief checks and strong hiring and pay gains. JPMorgan executives said Thursday that their customers are still breaking out their credit and debit cards at a healthy pace.
Kathy Bostjancic, chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics, said that excluding inflation, retail sales still rose about 0.3% in June, up from a contraction of 0.4% in May. She expects the economy to grow at a slim 0.5% annual rate in the April-June quarter, after shrinking in the first three months of the year.
The report showed consumers’ ongoing appetite for non-essentials like gadgets and furniture. In fact, sales at furniture stores rose 1.4%, while consumer electronics stores rose 0.4%. Online sales showed resurgence, posting a 2.2% increase. Business at restaurants was up 1%. But department stores took a hit, posting a 2.6% decline.
The solid figures bold well for the back-to-school shopping season, the second largest sales period behind the winter holidays. Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracks spending across all payment forms including cash, forecasts that back-to-school spending will be up 7.5% from July 14 through Sept. 5 compared with the year-ago period when sales rose 11%.
But spending is volatile. The latest round of retail earnings reports released in May showed some slowing of spending, particularly with low-income shoppers. RH, an upscale furniture chain, cut it sales outlook for the year last last month, pointing to deteriorating macro-economic conditions. It cited higher mortgage rates, which are slowing sales of luxury homes, indicating that even wealthy shoppers are pulling back.
Nevertheless, the overall solid spending came even as shoppers were confronted with high prices in all areas. U.S. inflation surged to a new four-decade high in June because of rising prices for gas, food and rent, squeezing household budgets and pressuring the Fed to raise rates aggressively — trends that raise the risk of a recession.
The government’s consumer price index soared 9.1% in June compared with a year ago, the biggest yearly increase since 1981, with nearly half of the increase due to higher energy costs. The year-over-year leap in consumer prices last month followed an 8.6% annual jump in May. From May to June, prices rose 1.3%, following a 1% increase from April to May.
Some economists believe inflation might be reaching a short-term peak. Gas prices, for example, have fallen from $5 a gallon reached in mid-June to an average of $4.57 nationwide Thursday — still far higher than a year ago.
Arie Kotler, chairman, president and CEO of Arko Corp., one of the largest operators of convenience stores in the U.S., believes that if gas prices keep coming down “people will have more money in their pocket to spend inside the store.” The chain, located mostly in rural and small towns, continues to offer deals on coffee and food like $1.99 for a slice of pizza.
Accelerating inflation is a big problem for the Fed, too. The central bank is already involved in the fastest series of interest rate hikes in three decades, which it hopes will tame inflation by tamping down borrowing and spending by consumers and businesses.
The retail sales report covers about a third of overall consumer spending and doesn’t include services, such as haircuts, hotel stays and plane tickets.
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Rugaber contributed from Washington.
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Uddhav camp spars with Shinde-Fadnavis government over renaming of Aurangabad, Osmanabad
While the BJP faction alleged that the MVA government had taken the decision to rename the cities in an illegal Cabinet meeting that was called after it had lost majority in the Assembly, the Uddhav faction alleged that the new government was just trying to delay the renaming decision of the MVA government
The sparring between the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction and the Eknath Shinde-led rebel camp, allied with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), over the renaming of two cities in Maharashtra continued in earnest with Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Friday criticising the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government’s move to ‘review’ Mr. Thackeray’s final decision to rename Aurangabad and Osmanabad cities to ‘Sambhajinagar’ and ‘Dharashiv’ respectively.
Prior to the floor test following Mr. Shinde’s intra-party revolt that toppled the erstwhile MVA government, Mr. Thackeray in his final cabinet meeting on June 29 had taken a last-minute decision to rename Aurangabad, Osmanabad and the Navi Mumbai airport after the veteran Socialist politician D. B. Patil.
The renaming of Aurangabad to ‘Sambhajinagar’ – first mooted by the late Sena founder Bal Thackeray in the 1980s – had been a flashpoint between the Mr. Thackeray-led Sena and the BJP, after the latter accused the former for going ‘soft’ on Hindutva following Mr. Thackeray’s alliance with the ideologically opposed Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress.
Amid reports that the newly-formed Shinde government had decided to ‘review’ Mr. Thackeray’s eleventh-hour decisions, Mr. Raut attacked the new government for trying to postpone the decision to rename the cities.
“Is Aurangzeb now a relative of this new [Shinde-Fadnavis] government? These were the very people who were criticizing us for tardiness on renaming Aurangabad [named after Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb] to ‘Sambhajinagar’ [Chhatrapati Sambhaji whom Aurangzeb killed]. They accused us of forsaking ‘Hindutva’. And now they are pushing the renaming issue away despite Mr. Thackeray already having taken that decision,” said Mr. Raut, speaking in Nagpur on Friday.
The Sena MP accused the new BJP-Sena (Shinde faction) government of trying to rob Uddhav Thackeray of the credit of having already renamed these cities.
‘Decision not put on hold’
However, shortly after, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis hit back at Mr. Raut, clarifying that the decision to rename the cities had not been put on hold by the new government.
Mr. Fadnavis further said that the erstwhile MVA government had taken the decision to rename the city in an ‘illicit fashion’ as Mr. Thackeray had no right to hold a cabinet meeting when the Maharashtra Governor had already called the MVA coalition for a floor test to prove whether it had the numbers following Mr. Shinde’s revolt.
“One is not supposed to take any important cabinet decision when the Governor had already issued the directive for the floor test…the decision to rename Aurangabad and Osmanabad was taken in a hurry and not done legitimately. It was done at a time when the MVA had already lost majority. Furthermore, not all cabinet members approved of the decision,” Mr. Fadnavis said, alluding to the Congress and the NCP’s discomfiture at Mr. Thackeray’s announcement in his final cabinet.
Mr. Fadnavis said that the new government would rename the cities in a legitimate manner and that the CM had accordingly conveyed to the respective commissioners the importance of renaming them and the fact that they were earlier done at an illegal cabinet meet by the MVA government.
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In 2012, four members of Mariachi Nueva Generación, decked out in their dapper charro ensembles, took the stage at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as part of a performance organized for San Francisco Music Day. A video of the event shows the lights dimming to a warm red glow, after which the musicians raise their instruments and then ...
Silence.
Eventually, the trumpet player issues a short trill. Then, more silence. Some isolated notes emerge from the guitar. Silence. To watch the footage is to feel time expand, then contract. How long, exactly, have the mariachis been on stage? The crowd grows restive. Voices titter. “Is anyone in charge here?” yells a man. A woman exclaims loudly, “I hear music in my head. How ‘bout you?”
The performance was no accident. It’s an interpretation of John Cage’s “Variations II” as reimagined by San Francisco-based artist and composer Guillermo Galindo. “Juan Jaula Cage Variations II” dispenses with Cage’s accustomed electronic instrumentation in favor of a trumpet, a guitar, a violin and a guitarrón. It’s a work that unites Galindo’s interest in avant-garde music with the Mexican folk traditions of his roots. (He was born in Mexico City.)
The enthralling 16-minute video of the performance appears in “Sonic Terrains in Latinx Art,” a revelatory group show now in its final weeks at the Vincent Price Art Museum that explores the ways in which Latinx and Latin American artists have examined and engaged sound in their work.
Organized by curators Javier Arellano Vences, Pilar Tompkins Rivas and Joseph Daniel Valencia, the show features art and ephemera by a range of figures in the field. There are standard bearers such as experimental composer Pauline Oliveros and performance artist Raphael Montañez Ortiz, known for dismembering pianos with an axe. (The museum’s first-floor gallery contains the splintery remnants of one — covered in feathers.)
Also included is a new generation of artists, including experimental Los Angeles vocalists Carmina Escobar and Dorian Wood; Tijuana rapper Muxxxe, a nonbinary performer known for their guerrilla performances at the U.S.-Mexico border crossing; and installation artists such as Jimena Sarno, Gary Garay and Marcus Kuiland-Nazario, who give sound a tactile dimension.
“Sonic Terrains” is not an exhaustive survey, but it is ambitious, bringing together works by more than 30 artists from throughout the United States — as well as a few from Latin America — and occupying all three floors of the museum’s galleries. Video and listening stations abound; one third-floor gallery is devoted to music videos.
The show is so dense that Times arts editor Paula Mejía and culture columnist Carolina Miranda decided to tackle it together.
This conversation covers how silence can rile, the mariachi space opera staged by a bunch of Texas students and what a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer manages to make sound look like.
Miranda: I wanted to start with the piece by Galindo, which, very tellingly, opens the show. It felt to me as much a work of experimental music as it was a statement of physical presence: the mariachis standing on stage, looking impassive even as the audience grows impatient. It’s a work that isn’t simply about presenting Cage’s unusual score (a series of dots and lines spread out over 11 plastic sheets), but about resisting what the audience expects Mexican music — and, by extension, Mexican culture — to be.
The Los Angeles artist who outcools the skinny girls, Gabriela Ruiz delivers surreal DIY visions of herself in “Full of Tears” at the Vincent Price Art Museum.
I just wish the sound in VPAM’s installation was better because the audience reaction to what the mariachis are — and aren’t — doing is as much a part of the piece as any music that gets played. Thankfully there’s video as well as interviews with that event’s organizers on Galindo’s website. It’s really powerful.
Mejía: Totally agreed. I couldn’t hear much of anything in the video, but you can still feel the tension stewing within the audience. People jostle in their creaky seats, laughing uncomfortably when a musician plays a single guitarrón strum. It’s clear the audience is having a hard time processing the sight of four mariachis standing before them who aren’t playing a song like “La Bamba” for their entertainment.
Another thing that makes this performance so avant-garde? Audience members aren’t typically used to sitting with their own silence in a concert setting. Silence is discomfiting for a lot of people, so they start trying to fill that space with sound. And when they do it’s ... often revealing. The fact that they eventually started yelling out song requests for the mariachis to play is wild.
“Juan Jaula Cage Variations II” is wholly in the spirit of what John Cage initially set out to do with his piece: Back when he finished “Variations II,” in 1961, he stipulated that it was intended for “any number of players and any sound producing means.” So why not have a mariachi band?
Miranda: Since we’re on the subject of the avant-garde, I wanted to turn to the works in the exhibition by Raven Chacon, who this year was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in music — and who, interestingly, once had a chance encounter with Cage as a kid.
Native American composer Raven Chacon’s “Voiceless Mass” for organ ensemble is the winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for music.
Chacon, who is of Navajo and Chicano heritage, has a practice that encompasses an incredible breadth of work. In 2015, as part of the Postcommodity collective, he worked on a large-scale land installation, titled “Repellent Fence,” that bisected the U.S.-Mexico border with balloons painted with a scare-eye pattern. In 2020, he was one of two composers on the critically acclaimed experimental opera “Sweet Land,” which was staged by the Industry here in Los Angeles. He also produces experimental sound pieces and compositions. I managed to lay my hands on the LP of his 2020 album, “Anthology of Chants Operations,” which contains a series of really subtle sonic elements — think: birdsong, chants, experimental instruments — all encased in an origami-like album sleeve.
At VPAM, he has a pair of graphic scores on view, which includes the score for “Mouth Piece (for a collection of objects),” from 2020, produced for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art — a composition for the sounds and pitches created by pre-Columbian instruments. (You can hear the work on an audio loop inside VPAM’s permanent collection gallery of ancient Indigenous art.)
I was really taken by the score for “American Ledger No. 1,” 2018, on the first floor, which is inspired by the story of the foundation of the United States. What’s incredible about these graphic pieces is that you don’t need to read a lick of music to understand what Chacon might be saying about our troubled history.
Mejía: I’m glad you brought up Chacon’s work, and especially this striking graphic score at VPAM. It’s a moving piece, and I was in awe of its scale. It also made me wish I remembered something — anything — about reading sheet music from those piano lessons I took as a kid!
I also found myself drawn to Nervous Gender’s display at the museum. One of the museum’s galleries displays ephemera from the queer, electro-punk band’s ‘80s heyday: zines, handmade flyers for the East L.A. band’s performances and “Music from Hell” LP, a screen playing one of their high-wire performances. At a time when a lot of young people were picking up guitars following the shock factor of first-wave punk bands like the Sex Pistols, Nervous Gender were part of a trailblazing sect of the genre that used synthesizers to create melodies instead. They took a conceptual approach, intrigued by the way punk intersected with art and glam as a means of rebellion. The objects at VPAM give you a real sense of not only how central they were to the L.A. punk scene at the time, but also how provocative the band’s shows were. I mean, one of their flyers features a cross deliberately drawn to look like a certain phallus...
On the subject of religion: This display got me thinking a lot about how punk rock musicians have at once rejected Catholicism and responded to it in fascinating ways over the years. Both Catholicism and punk rock have an element of spectacle to them. In Nervous Gender’s case, Gerardo Velázquez, the late founding member of the band, met and bonded with future bandmate Michael Ochoa in middle school because, as Ochoa put it in this short documentary about the band, the two shared a “fascination with all things ‘Jesus Christ Superstar.’” They had songs called “Confession” and “Beelzebub Youth” that contended with religion, and one of their show flyers read: “Looking for a religious experience?”
Nervous Gender also went on to write a synth opera called “Homily” in 1981 — coincidentally not long after New York punk poet Jim Carroll (the author of “The Basketball Diaries”) wrestled with his faith in the searing album “Catholic Boy.” As someone who grew up Catholic and started bristling at it around the time I started getting into the Clash as a teenager, it struck a chord (sorry) with me.
The performance begins with coffee.
Miranda: I was intrigued by Nervous Gender too because I’ve regularly bumped into mentions of the band while writing stories about the L.A. arts scene of the ‘70s and ‘80s. In the ephemera presented at VPAM, you see so much cross pollination with the city’s visual arts and literary scenes — with figures such as Asco co-founder Harry Gamboa Jr. and poet Marisela Norte staging happenings with artists like Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara, a performance artist and musician who also figures prominently in “Sonic Terrains.”
For years, I’ve been hearing about Nervous Gender, so it was great to finally be able to see and hear a performance. It’s not quite like being in some dank bar reeking of smoke and beer, but it’s as close as I’m gonna get. It’s also a reminder of how diverse and gender-bendy early L.A. punk was. It’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately as I’ve listened to the Audible podcast “Punk in Translation,” about the Latino presence in punk. It’s a presence that — surprise! — goes back to the term’s very roots.
Mejía: I’d also be remiss not to mention “Mariachis on Mars,” the VPAM display by Sonic Insurgency Research Group, about the high school students of Crystal City, Texas, who put their own spin on a David Bowie rock opera in the late ‘70s to make a Chicano sci-fi epic play. The second-floor gallery display includes the production’s program, a video of students warming up and rehearsing onstage and four colorful speakers, arranged on streamers, whirring with a cappella versions of “Starman,” among other Bowie tunes. It’s incredibly gripping.
Here’s how the play came together: Gregg Barrios, a high school teacher in Crystal City, had played Bowie’s “Station to Station” for his students, and it got them talking about how stylistically unusual the music was. It’s important to note what was happening culturally and politically at the time: A few years before, a group of students in Crystal City — a rural community where 87% of high schoolers identified as Chicano or Mexican American — had led a successful walkout and strike for educational reforms such as hiring more Mexican American teachers, implementing bilingual education and more representation on the mostly white school board.
In the opera, the students probed the concept of “alien” not only in the extraterrestrial sense but in the racist sense of being labeled as such in their hometown. Barrios wrote about this for Texas Observer when Bowie passed away: “When a cast member and his family were returning from a shopping trip in Piedras Negras, Mexico, some 35 miles from Crystal, a Border Patrol agent pulled them over for inspection. My student asked the officer why they were stopped. ‘We’re looking for aliens,’ he replied. To which our young actor retorted, ‘Oh, I didn’t know they’d landed.’ After that, we decided that our play might also explore how the Border Patrol perceived them — as aliens in their own land. A history teacher pointed out that during World War II, Crystal City had been the site of an ‘alien detention camp,’ then located across the street from our high school.”
I’m curious what you thought of the play and what other pieces stuck with you.
The artist’s work spotlights the land her ancestors inhabited and reframes what it means to be American in the museum galleries of the Huntington.
Miranda: That piece was poignant to me for all the reasons you mention. I was also impressed by the design of the installation itself: to listen to the different audio channels, you have to keep walking around that ebullient arrangement of candy-colored speakers, making listening an active, not a passive act. It’s a far more compelling experience than being tethered to some monitor hung on a wall.
I was also completely bowled over by Mexican artist Luz María Sánchez’s installation, “Vis. [un]necessary force_1.01,” from 2014-2015. It consisted of a large white cabinet bearing almost two dozen 3-D printed objects resembling toy guns. But, really, they’re speakers. Visitors to the museum are invited to pick them up, place them to their ear and play the individual recordings embedded in each: sounds of gunfire from shootouts between narcotraffickers that the artist harvests from YouTube. In other words, to listen to this work, you literally have to put a gun to your head.
The audio is absolutely chilling. One track begins as the celebration of a child’s birthday that devolves into what feels like an eternal shootout involving assault rifles.
The work is about narco-violence — but also the often-sensational ways in which it gets presented in the popular culture. A large wall text features the captions that appeared on the original YouTube videos, captions like: “Live shooting at a children’s birthday party in Mexico INCREDIBLE.”
This particular work is about Mexico. But in the context of our mass shooting epidemic here in the U.S., it could very well be about us. And it left me queasy.
It really articulated the cult of the gun. And it couldn’t have made a better case for why sound can be so visceral as a medium. You can read endless stories about violence, but to hear the sound of a person’s voice as it is happening? That is something you will never forget.
"Sonic Terrains in Latinx Art"
Where: Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College, 1301 Cesar Chavez Ave., Monterey Park
When: Through July 30
Admission: Free
Info: vincentpriceartmuseum.org
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WASHINGTON — The company that makes some of the world's most iconic board games including Scrabble, Monopoly, and Clue is developing a new one based on Wordle, the obsessively popular digital word-guessing game.
Hasbro Inc. and The New York Times — which purchased Wordle earlier this year — announced Thursday that Wordle: The Party Game will be available for purchase in North America in October, with preorders already being accepted.
“Since Wordle burst onto the scene, it’s undoubtedly been a staple in social and pop culture vocabulary,” Adam Biehl, Pawtucket, Rhode Island-based Hasbro's general manager of gaming said in a statement. “We’re beyond thrilled to work with New York Times Games to bring our gaming worlds together and extend Wordle in new ways.”
In the free online version, players get six tries to guess a five-letter word with only the previous guess providing clues.
The appeal is its ease of play. Start by typing in a five-letter word. If a square turns green, it's the right letter in the right place. If it turns yellow, the letter is in the word but in the incorrect spot. Gray squares mean the letters are not in that day's word.
The drawback is that it can only be played once per day.
The board game will give players the opportunity to play against others, and play as much as they want.
One player picks a random five-letter word, and the others try to guess it.
There will also be multiple play options, including classic, fast, timed, or teams, Hasbro and New York Times Games said.
Wordle was created by Josh Wardle, a Brooklyn software engineer. He originally made it for his partner, but released it to the public in October. On Nov. 1, only 90 people had played it. Within two months, that number had grown to 300,000 as the addictive phenomenon spread rapidly on social media.
New York Times Games announced in January that it had purchased the game for an undisclosed price it described as the “low-seven figures,” and it now has millions of players per day.
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Are wired or wireless mice best?
The computer mouse is one of the most useful accessories for desktop and laptop users. A smooth, accurate and comfortable mouse offers an optimized computing experience.
There are several factors to consider when choosing between a wired or wireless mouse. These include portability, battery life, weight, grip style, response time, and more. Another consideration is that a wired mouse transmits information to the computer through a USB cable, while a wireless mouse uses either Bluetooth or RF technology for transmission.
Wired mouse
While the wired mouse was originally developed in the 1960s, it has been available for use with computers since the 1980s. This hand-held pointing device has evolved over the years into different shapes and using different technologies, but the basic function has remained the same. The wired mouse allows users to navigate the screen of the computer. Most modern wired mice feature a left-click button, right-click button, and wheel in the center of the mouse for scrolling.
Some advanced wired mouse products have extra features, such as the DPI/CPI toggle button, which allows users to increase or decrease the sensitivity of the mouse. Other features, like side buttons, programmable buttons, and lights can make a computer mouse an essential part of the user’s work or gaming experience.
Wired mouse pros
- For high-performance applications that require precision and accuracy, such as hardcore gaming or professional editing, the wired mouse can perform comparably to a wireless mouse with a similar price.
- As wired mice are connected through a wire, there are no issues with signal interference.
- Most wired mice are less expensive when compared to a wireless mouse of similar quality and features.
- Wired mice don’t need batteries, making them extremely reliable and long-lasting.
Wired mouse cons
- A wired mouse will be tethered to the computer and the wires can get entangled or damaged. Any damage to the wire can compromise the performance of the mouse. It also may be less aesthetically appealing
- Most modern wired mice require a USB port in the computer for connectivity. Some older wired mice use the PS/2 port but today’s computers don’t offer this port.
- Depending on their features, some higher-end wired mice can be expensive.
- The wired mouse is not as portable as a wireless mouse.
Best wired mouse
Razer Mamba Elite Wired Gaming Mouse
The Razer Mamba Elite Gaming Mouse offers a high-precision 16,000 dpi optical sensor with dedicated dpi control buttons. It also offers rubberized side grips for reduced fatigue when using the mouse for an extended time.
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Logitech G502 High-performance Wired Gaming Mouse
The Logitech G502 offers customizable buttons through an onboard memory system. It also features RGB lighting that can be customized using 16.8 million colors. The DPI sensitivity can be adjusted to as high as 25,600.
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Wireless mouse
As the name suggests, the wireless mouse does not need a wire to send a signal to the computer. Today’s radio frequency, or RF, wireless mice are usually “plug and play,” meaning that the user can plug the included nano receiver into the USB port of the computer, turn on power to the mouse and it’s ready to be used. When not in use, the nano receiver usually can be stored in a built-in storage compartment on the underside of the mouse.
A Bluetooth wireless mouse can connect directly to the computer without needing to use a nano receiver. However, Bluetooth wireless mice are not as battery-efficient as RF wireless mice.
Traditionally, wireless mice did not have the precision of wired mice, but as tracking technology in wireless mice continues to improve, the difference has narrowed. Unless you are a hardcore gamer or professional media editor that requires extremely high precision, a good quality wireless mouse should feel as precise and accurate as any regular wired mouse.
Wireless mouse pros
- The wireless mouse is more convenient and portable to use than a wired mouse.
- The minimalist design and lack of a wire makes it attractive, as well as less messy and cumbersome compared to a wired mouse.
- For most wireless mice, the maximum range without any interference is around 9 meters, which is enough for most desktop users or gamers.
- Many models are quite affordable.
Wireless mouse cons
- Wireless mice need batteries, which means you will have to either recharge or replace the batteries regularly. The longevity of the batteries will depend on the usage and type of mouse, but you can expect to replace the batteries every 3 to 9 months.
- If you misplace or damage the nano receiver, you might not be able to get a replacement.
- Depending on their features, some higher-end wireless mice can be expensive.
Best wireless mouse
The Max Master 3 comes from one of the most reliable mouse brands on the market. This product offers a long battery life and excellent control over scrolling.
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Lenovo ThinkPad Wireless Mouse
With its simple and professional design, the Lenovo ThinkPad is an affordable wireless mouse that offers a 1200 DPI sensor. There is no setup required, just plug the receiver into the computer, and it is ready for use.
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Should you get a wired or wireless mouse?
As long as charging or replacing batteries isn’t an issue, a wireless mouse is a better option for most users. They are becoming increasingly more affordable and offer better portability, versatility and convenience. Users looking for an ultra-portable mouse can get a travel wireless mouse that is smaller and has better battery life. For those that require it, there are higher-end models of wireless mice that offer excellent precision.
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Maria Sharapova has given birth! The retired tennis champion welcomes her first child with fiancé Alexander Gilkes
Maria Sharapova announced the birth of her first child Theodore on Friday, sharing a picture of the newborn along with her fiancé Alexander Gilkes.
The retired tennis champion, 35, and the British businessman, 42, looked every inch the doting parents as they cradled their newborn.
The Russian five-time Grand Slam champion, who retired from tennis in 2020, penned on Instagram: 'The most beautiful, challenging, and rewarding gift our little family could ask for.'
Congratulations! Maria Sharapova announced the birth of her first child Theodore on Friday, sharing a picture of the newborn along with her fiancé Alexander Gilkes
She previously broke the news of her pregnancy on her 35th birthday, April 19, by posting a breathtaking Instagram snap in which she bared her bump on the beach.
Maria penned: 'Precious beginnings!!! Eating birthday cake for two has always been my specialty,' captioned Maria, who included a snap of herself cradling her bump on the beach.
The couple made their major red carpet debut as a couple at the 2019 Met Gala.
The Russian five-time Grand Slam champion, who retired from tennis in 2020, penned on Instagram: 'The most beautiful, challenging, and rewarding gift our little family could ask for'
Amazing news: The retired tennis champion, 35, and the British businessman, 42, announced they were expecting their first child in April 2022
The British businessman proposed to the five-time Grand Slam tennis champion in December 2020. He presented her with a dazzling £300,000 diamond engagement ring.
'I said yes from the first day we met ❤️ This was our little secret, wasn't it @gilkesa,' wrote Maria, who announced their engagement on Instagram.
Speaking with MSN.com in September 2021, Maria admitted at the time that the pair 'haven't set a date' due to 'so many uncertainties' amid the coronavirus pandemic.
'We actually haven't discussed it yet because we want our friends and family to be comfortable in an environment and not feel like they have to attend something,' she explained.
Engagement: The British businessman proposed to the sport star in December 2020. 'I said yes from the first day we met ❤️ This was our little secret, wasn't it @gilkesa,' wrote Maria, who announced their engagement on Instagram
Alexander, who was educated at Eton College and the University of Bristol, is the co-founder of venture studio Squared Circles.
From 2011 to 2018, he was the president and co-founder of art and collectibles online auction house Paddle 8, but stepped down when it was sold to The Native.
In other pivotal career moments, Alexander has served as auctioneer for auctions including Madonna's Raising Malawi and Elton John's AIDS foundation.
Whirlwind: Maria began dating Alexander in 2018. They made their major red carpet debut as a couple at the 2019 Met Gala (pictured)
The businessman has been married once before, to fashion designer Misha Nonoo.
The pair tied the knot in Venice in 2012, with reports of their break up emerging in 2016.
The divorce was finalised in the summer of 2017.
Maria's life has undergone a number of changes over the past two years, including retiring from tennis in February 2020.
In a statement published to Vanity Fair, the athlete wrote that she was 'saying goodbye' to the sport that made her a household name.
'How do you leave behind the only life you've ever known? How do you walk away from the courts you've trained on since you were a little girl, the game that you love – one which brought you untold tears and unspeakable joys – a sport where you found a family, along with fans who rallied behind you for more than 28 years?
'I'm new to this, so please forgive me. Tennis – I'm saying goodbye,' she concluded.
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play4 Day" game were:
3-5-4-5, WB: 3
(three, five, four, five; WB: three)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play4 Day" game were:
3-5-4-5, WB: 3
(three, five, four, five; WB: three) | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Play4-Day-game-17308024.php | 2022-07-15T19:53:05Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Play4-Day-game-17308024.php | true |
HOUSTON, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Meriplex, a nationwide leader in managed cybersecurity and IT solutions, is pleased to announce the asset acquisition of Louisiana-based managed service provider, Verma Systems.
For over 31 years, Verma Systems has been a leading and trusted IT and consulting partner for businesses in Baton Rouge and across Louisiana. They provide personalized solutions to their clients allowing them to leverage IT and technology to enhance business efficiency.
"Verma Systems is an excellent addition to the Meriplex organization," said David Henley, CEO of Meriplex. "With their talented team and longstanding reputation in the Louisiana market, we will be able to provide more innovative technology and service offerings to their clients and work towards our goal of being the number one MSP/MSSP in the nation."
"For me, it has always been about the customer and our employees," said Mitch Verma, President of Verma Systems. "Joining forces with Meriplex means we have more resources at our fingertips including additional IT experts, new product lines, and the capability to offer more well-rounded technical solutions. I know the people behind Meriplex, and we share the same core values and work ethic. With their expertise, size and seasoned approach, I am confident we can provide more for our clients and our employees."
As a fast-growing managed services provider, Meriplex focuses on strategically acquiring businesses in leading markets in order to establish a regional presence and acquire talent to support their increasing large organic and inorganic growth. If you are interested in learning more about our M&A process, please reach out to us here.
Meriplex is a managed cybersecurity, IT, and SD-WAN solutions provider that enables transformation by combining secure, innovative technology with advanced expertise. As a trusted partner, we deliver business-driven solutions that provide the scalability and support needed to power growth for organizations. To learn more, visit www.meriplex.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
Established in 1991, Verma Systems is a Baton Rouge IT services company specializing in business technology tailored towards the SMB market. With our highly talented and experienced team, we know how to meet business needs by incorporating the right technology solutions to help your company be successful. Our mission is focused on hard work, smart work, and superior customer service. To learn more, visit www.vermasystems.com
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Hundreds honor WWII veteran on his 103rd birthday: ‘I could go another 103′
SUN CITY, Ariz. (Arizona’s Family/Gray News) - World War II veteran Gino Mei has had birthdays worldwide, but Thursday’s celebration in Arizona may have been one of his favorites.
Arizona’s Family reports hundreds of people came out to his street to give the U.S. Army veteran a 103rd birthday celebration he won’t soon forget. They did a drive-by salute to honor him.
“I feel great. I feel like I could go another 103,” Mei said.
People from all over the area joined in, including the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, veterans’ groups, police departments and more.
Before the parade, he was made an honorary Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office posse member.
Then it was outside where hundreds of people saluted him for his service and amazing life.
The 103-year-old said he has seen a lot over the years. He was in Italy with his parents when World War II broke out. He was drafted into the Italian Army when he was 18, but when they found out Benito Mussolini was going to side with Adolf Hitler, Mei was shipped to America. That’s where he joined the U.S. Army and went back to Europe, where he fought the Germans.
Mei said one time, he was put in charge of a mission to get across the river because the officers said it was too dangerous. There were 200 soldiers in his team. They were all decoys and helped.
“I got the Bronze Star in the war for that effort,” Mei said.
The U.S. Army veteran said he was recuperating in France and thought he was coming home, but then Gen. George Smith Patton said every abled-body soldier had to fight. So, Mei went to D-Day and fought in the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes Forest.
Besides the Bronze Star, he received the Purple Heart and several other medals. He stayed in the Army for nearly five years.
And when it comes to living a long life, Mei said it’s thinking of others.
“I always enjoyed doing things for other people,” he said.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul raised nearly $860,000 over the first half of the year and reported having more than $1.9 million cash on hand for his reelection bid this fall.
Kaul's fundraising was nearly double that of one of his Republican rivals. Former state Rep. Adam Jarchow said he raised more than $445,000 over the first six months of the year. Jarchow, of Balsam Lake, had about $208,000 cash on hand.
Other Republicans running, Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney and Chippewa Falls attorney Karen Mueller, had not yet filed their reports which were due by midnight Friday.
The winner of the Aug. 9 Republican primary will advance to take on Kaul in November. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Democrat-Kaul-haul-s-in-nearly-860-000-over-6-17308050.php | 2022-07-15T19:54:12Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Democrat-Kaul-haul-s-in-nearly-860-000-over-6-17308050.php | false |
The most fitting visual metaphor for the horror of the Uvalde shooting and its aftermath happens at 12:30:40:01 in the video.
It’s the infamous 82-minute video of a multitude of heavily armed law enforcement officers in the hallway of Robb Elementary School on May 24. They’re waiting, knowing a gunman is in a classroom and has fired multiple rounds.
Waiting, knowing that children and teachers are in the classroom.
Waiting, knowing some of those children and teachers need lifesaving medical attention.
Yet, waiting.
After some of the officers stopped waiting and killed the 18-year-old who carried a weapon of war into a classroom, a new round of waiting began.
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That is the waiting for answers from public officials. The waiting for accountability. The waiting for answers. The waiting for transparency.
The waiting for an honest investigation that isn’t about covering the behinds of any agencies, departments or officials.
The waiting for an investigation that understands that while there can never be closure for the families because of what they’ve lost, there must be closure of a process that forces them, daily, to respond to the failures of others.
The waiting for a genuine, humane response to the grieving families, one offered with grace and unconditional love.
But the families, their community and all of us who mourn with them are still waiting. Tuesday will mark eight weeks and still, there is the waiting.
At 12:30:40:01 on May 24, police had been waiting for nearly an hour in the hallway of Robb Elementary when one of them walked over to the sanitizer dispenser, applied some to his hands and rubbed them together.
It was a symbolic “washing of hands.”
Of course, the officer wasn’t thinking of Pontius Pilate, who said he was washing his hands of his power and responsibility, refusing to exercise them to save the life of an innocent man brought before him by an angry mob, nor is that officer responsible for the incessant foot-dragging and finger-pointing by politicians and law enforcement leaders that have defined the investigation.
But through their foot-dragging and finger-pointing and prolonging of the investigative process, state and city officials have washed their hands of any responsibility.
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This absence of accountability keeps the Uvalde families waiting for something that isn’t a lie or an incomplete rendering of the facts. It prolongs this stage of the long journey of pain that the families must travel; it doesn’t allow them to move toward the next stage.
How can any public official ask that these families be patient and wait for the answers they need? They will spend lifetimes waiting for their children and wives to come home even when they know they won’t. They will wait for phone calls or will start to make a call no longer possible.
We grieve for these families and think of them every day because we think of the loved ones they’ve lost every day. Along with them, we’re frustrated they’ve had to wait so long, and we’re frustrated with the lack of accountability and transparency.
Like them and other victims of assault weapons, most Americans don’t want those weapons accessible, certainly not to 18-year-olds.
But we must be careful about asking these families to be the champions we want. It’s tempting to look to families like those in Uvalde as the moral authority to speak out for the change we want to see.
Some of the families are not only being more forceful in expressing their frustration at how they’ve been treated by officials but are also using Facebook, legislative hearings and rallies to speak out against violence.
This is admirable and welcome, but those of us not suffering the pain they endure must allow them space and time to grieve.
For them, let’s raise our voices in demanding accountability from the officials who’ve failed them. Let the Uvalde families know we’ve not washed our hands of their cause, that hand in hand, we march on.
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SUPERIOR, Wis. (WFRV) – An off-duty police officer was arrested early Friday morning after he was a driver in a crash that killed one and sent two others to the hospital.
According to the Superior Police Department, on July 15 around 1:15 a.m., there was a ‘severe’ car crash in the 5200 block of East 2nd Street. The crash was described as a rear-end style crash. A 23-year-old man believed to be from Eau Claire died.
The vehicle had three other passengers, two of which were transported to a hospital. The status of the two is reportedly unknown.
The driver of the other vehicle was identified as off-duty Superior Police Officer, Sergeant Greg Swanson. Due to the situation, an outside agency will investigate the incident.
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the Wisconsin State Patrol were asked to investigate the incident. The investigation resulted in the Swanson getting arrested for homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle.
Swanson is currently being held in the Douglas County Jail. The jail’s website says Swanson is charged with negligent homicide. Officials say that Swanson is a 15-year veteran and has been placed on Administrative Leave.
This is a sad and tragic incident. We wish to express our sincere sympathy to the family and friends of the deceased, and our hopes of a speedy and successful recovery for the other occupants involved.
Police Chief Nicholas Alexander
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Innocent driver killed in South LA crash involving teen suspects chased by deputies
By Amy Powell and ABC7.com staff
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SOUTH LOS ANGELES, California (KABC) — An innocent motorist was killed at the end of a high-speed chase as the suspects — two teenage boys — slammed into multiple vehicles near the 105 Freeway ramp in South Los Angeles.
The crash happened just after 3 p.m. Thursday in South Los Angeles on South Central Avenue near the 105.
Four mangled vehicles were seen at the scene and at least two people, described as suspects in the chase, were badly injured and handcuffed to gurneys before they were brought to a local hospital in serious condition. Authorities believe they are 14 and 15 years old.
The suspects were driving a Kia Sportage with Oregon plates. The vehicle was reported stolen out of Compton last week.
It is believed that Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were chasing the suspects, described as a driver and one passenger, for reckless driving and possibly driving under the influence.
The Kia exited the westbound 105, clipped a truck and slammed into a red sedan. The person in that red car was declared dead at the scene. Two other vehicles also became involved in the crash.
The name of the person who died has not been released.
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Olympics-Thorpe gets his due 110 years after double gold at Stockholm Games
July 15 (Reuters) - A 110 years after Jim Thorpe won the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Games, the American who was stripped of his medals for infringing amateur rules at the time will now go down in history as the sole winner of the two events.
The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) -- the predecessor of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) -- deemed Thorpe was not an amateur as he had received payments for making appearances for a North Carolina baseball team before the Olympics.
Thorpe, a Native American and one of the 20th century's greatest athletes having also played professional baseball and American football, was stripped of his medals in 1913 after reports of the payments appeared in U.S. newspapers.
But in 1983, 30 years after his death, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially reinstated his medals, with his children accepting them on his behalf. However, he was still deemed a co-champion in both events.
On Friday, the IOC said Sweden's Hugo Wieslander, who was upgraded to the gold after Thorpe was stripped of his decathlon title, had never accepted the gold because he always maintained Thorpe was the "sole legitimate Olympic gold medallist".
Norway's Olympic committee said Ferdinand Bie made a similar declaration when he was named the winner of the pentathlon.
The IOC announced that Thorpe's name will henceforth be displayed as the sole gold medallist in the decathlon and the pentathlon, with the silver medals going to Wieslander and Bie, respectively.
"This is a most exceptional and unique situation, which has been addressed by an extraordinary gesture of fair play from the National Olympic Committees concerned," IOC President Thomas Bach said in a statement.
The athletes who were awarded silver and bronze medallists after Thorpe was stripped of his medals will not be demoted either, with World Athletics agreeing to amend their records.
Thorpe grew up under the name 'Wa-Tho-Huk' which translates to 'Bright Path'. Bright Path Strong, an organisation which petitioned to restore Thorpe's medals, said justice had finally been served.
"We are so grateful this nearly 110-year-old injustice has finally been corrected and there is no confusion about the most remarkable athlete in history," its co-founder Nedra Darling said.
"I pray that Jim, his family, and our ancestors are celebrating that the truth has been upheld today, on this 110th anniversary of Jim being awarded his Olympic gold medals. This is a day for great celebration." (Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Radnedge) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11018767/Olympics-Thorpe-gets-110-years-double-gold-Stockholm-Games.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-15T20:15:13Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11018767/Olympics-Thorpe-gets-110-years-double-gold-Stockholm-Games.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
A dispute over a gender-neutral bathroom has endangered Peru's plan to host the next gathering of the Organization of American States' top decision-making body.
Peru's congress is dominated by social conservatives, and it has voted to deny authorization for the scheduled Oct. 5-7 OAS General Assembly. It is supposed to bring together foreign ministers from across the hemisphere under the theme: "Together against inequality and discrimination."
The OAS had requested at least one gender-neutral bathroom be available. Peru's Foreign Minister César Landa issued an appeal on Twitter Friday urging lawmakers to reconsider. He said the action "seriously damages the international image of Peru."
“If they want to go to the bathroom here, they will go the bathroom that corresponds to their sex as it is: woman and man,” said Tania Ramírez, a Popular Front legislator.
The controversy struck gay lawmaker Susel Paredes as “a complete absurdity.” A gender-neutral bathroom is just “another bathroom that has a toilet, nothing more.” | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/bathroom-dispute-threatens-top-organization-of-american-states-meeting-in-peru | 2022-07-15T20:16:49Z | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/bathroom-dispute-threatens-top-organization-of-american-states-meeting-in-peru | true |
After a two-year hiatus because of COVID-19, a street in downtown North Adams, Massachusetts, will once again be the site of a beach party this weekend. That's after city dump trucks deliver hundreds of tons of sand.
Local artist Eric Rudd is the creator of the Eagle Street Beach Party, which started in 1999.
Rudd calls the event a community sculpture and said he originally envisioned it as a way to help merchants by bringing people to an area that was struggling. Since then, he said the beach party has evolved.
"Hundreds and hundreds of kids come with their parents and we try to give prizes not just for the best sand sculptures, but just participation," he said.
Rudd says the 25 truckloads of sand are donated by a local company and spread by volunteers.
For one night, the temporary beach will become the site of what Rudd called a Mexican fiesta designed for grown-ups. `
After the event is over, the city of North Adams will haul the sand away and save it for re-use. | https://www.nepm.org/regional-news/2022-07-15/after-covid-hiatus-beach-party-returning-to-downtown-street-in-north-adams | 2022-07-15T20:17:02Z | https://www.nepm.org/regional-news/2022-07-15/after-covid-hiatus-beach-party-returning-to-downtown-street-in-north-adams | true |
The German carmaker formalizes its contributions with membership in the project that helps developers build custom Linux-based systems
SAN FRANCISCO, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced that BMW Group is joining the Yocto Project as a member.
BMW Group's membership restates their commitment to work with, and in, sustainable ecosystems and software and to support open source and key tools they use to build their products. The Yocto Project welcomes this support and looks forward to benefiting from their input and experience. They are joining other members including Intel, Comcast, Arm, Cisco, Facebook (Meta), Xilinx, Microsoft, Wind River, and AWS.
With the rise of devices and sensors being used across every industry, developers today require a common set of tools that help them manage software stacks, configurations, and best practices tailored for Linux images for embedded and IoT devices. Over the last decade Yocto Project has been tuned for this purpose and today is the de facto set of tools for building and supporting a new generation of devices. In short, it helps developers create custom Linux-based systems regardless of the hardware architecture.
The Yocto Project has grown significantly since it was created, rising to the constantly evolving challenge of building custom operating systems for products in a maintainable and scalable way. The project leads in build system technology with bitwise identical build output every time, advanced software manifests, license handling capabilities, and strong binary artifact reuse among many other developments. Yocto Project 4.0 (aka Kirkstone) was released in April. Based on Linux kernel 5.15, glibc 2.35, and roughly 300 other recipe upgrades, Yocto 4.0 supports SPDX SBOM generation and is the latest Long Term Support (LTS) release.
"Recognising sustainability in the context of open source is an extremely welcome development, and we look forward to working more closely with BMW Group to further enhance the project" Richard Purdie, Linux Foundation Fellow. "We hope that others will follow their lead in sustainability and together we can strengthen and allow open source projects to reach their full potential".
For more information about the Yocto Project, please visit: https://www.yoctoproject.org/
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Long-term thinking and responsible action are the basis of economic success. Ecological and social sustainability, comprehensive product responsibility and a clear commitment to conserving resources are therefore an integral part of our strategy.
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WASHINGTON, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Press Club, the world's leading professional organization for journalists, has chosen Anissa Carby of Miami Gardens, Florida, as the recipient of its Wes Vernon Broadcast Scholarship. The award, which promotes diversity within the field, is given to an aspiring broadcast journalist and totals as much as $20,000 over four years.
An aspiring broadcast journalist, Carby impressed judges with her drive and resourcefulness to immerse herself in journalism despite having limited access and opportunities: She created her own reel and coverage even though her school didn't have a formal journalism department, and she sought out the mentorship of a cousin who works in the industry to shadow them.
"My first experience trying to report a story in front of a camera showed that I was shy and had work to do. I was determined to grow within myself, so I practiced in the mirror often, talked to others clearly, and told myself everything I said was important," Carby wrote in her application essay. "When I got back in front of the camera, you could see through the lens the growth and that I was filled with confidence."
Judges said Carby's passion for broadcast journalism is clear. Carby aims to own her own news network one day, something she decided while she participated in a broadcast journalism camp at a predominantly white institution.
"Seeing racism and being in situations where I was treated differently because of the color of my skin caused me to want to have my own news network filled with positive news and having great diversity," Carby said. "I believe that this generation and the generations to come should see more cultures on the screen through a positive lens."
Practicing journalism skills wherever she is comes naturally to Carby, an accomplished student leader at Miami Norland Senior High School and volunteer at her church. She has organized college and career weeks, interviewed authors during literacy week, and created a podcast for WUNC Youth Radio covering breaking into radio. As yearbook president, she took photos, reported, and designed pages.
"Anissa earned her position as the yearbook president after being a persistent student leader that attacked every task to ensure the yearbook was complete throughout the pandemic," wrote her yearbook teacher, Britney Thompson, in a recommendation letter. "She actively recruited future students, facilitated an interest meeting to explain the requirements, and provided information about being a student staff member."
Judges are excited about Carby's selection.
"Anissa represents the future of journalism - dedication, ambition, and service to diverse audiences," said Jen Judson, National Press Club president. "Her resourcefulness in creating a portfolio of work despite limited professional resources is a skill that will continue to serve her well. We are so pleased to support Anissa as she charts her path."
The Wes Vernon Broadcast Scholarship, started this year by Mr. Vernon's family, provides $5,000 annually to a student who demonstrates a commitment to a career in broadcast journalism. The award can be renewed up to three years for a total of $20,000 toward educational expenses. Named in memory of the late Wes Vernon, a prolific radio journalist whose career included national political reporting from Washington, D.C., the scholarship intends to remove barriers for students from backgrounds underrepresented in broadcast journalism.
This year's runner-up is Helen Acevedo Feliciano of Miami, Florida.
Scholarship winners are awarded one-year complimentary membership to the National Press Club.
CONTACT: Julie Moos, National Press Club Journalism Institute; jmoos@press.org
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Stamp out this hate speech manufacturing network
July 16, 2022 00:08 ISTThe online trolling of the judiciary is a new low, highlighting a sustained and organised campaign of intimidation
The recent ferocious attack on a judge of the Supreme Court of India by the IT cell of a prominent national political party has given the impression that there are a significant number of people opposed to the scathing judicial criticism of the former national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Nupur Sharma, for her remarks on the Prophet. Rather, it may well be that an overwhelming part of all religious communities would feel a sense of pride that a person of his standing would stand up to the tyranny of groups engaging in hate speech.
Pertinent questions
The criticism delivered from the Bench for the first time showed that some judges indeed have a spine and are capable of speaking the truth to power. Particularly at this time when Government interference with the judiciary is at its height (with transfers and supersessions of independent-minded judges), the pungent and fully justified remarks of the judge were like a fresh wind blowing through the country and the judiciary, and boosted the confidence of judges to stand up to executive excesses.
Equally important, the events of the past few days and the uncouth trolling of the judge raise very important questions relating to the ever-growing tendency by the Government to intimidate the judiciary. The questions that arise are: Who are these groups that attack democratic-minded individuals who speak out against injustice? Does the Government have an underground network which operates as an arm of the Government? And, are they financially supported and ideologically encouraged to engage in hate speech? Finally, what should the judiciary do to stamp out organised hate speech of this kind, whether it be against journalists, political opponents of the Government or the judiciary?
Growth, political support
In her book, I am a Troll, Swati Chaturvedi describes Internet trolls as persons who sow discord through inflammatory comments on the Internet. She traces the growth of this network from the early 2000s and attributes its steep upward curve to the support it received from a senior political leader in Government. ‘Rightwing propaganda websites constantly peddle hate tweets and slander journalists. They are backed up by coordinated hashtag campaigns where anonymous Twitter handles retweet the same tweet continuously until trending begins’.
She gives instances of tweets of ‘gory cow slaughter and imaginary instances of love jihad’. Some of them ‘mock women who face sexual abuse and harassment.’ They did not spare their own party leader, Maneka Gandhi, when she set up a helpline called ‘#IAmTrolledHelp’.
A Twitter handle from this group engaged in sustained abuse of a well-known female broadcast journalist. Another hosted a photoshopped picture of a female actor when she joined the Aam Aadmi Party. One of this network asked for ‘execution of undertrials without due process saying that the State should not bother to arrest suspects but kill in cold blood’. An extreme episode was when a Congress spokesperson ‘was threatened with Nirbhaya-style rape by trolls’. In the context of pellet blinding in Kashmir, there were trolls who called for ‘mass murder of Kashmiris, and the dropping of a bomb on a funeral procession’.
When journalist Gauri Lankesh was killed in Bengaluru in 2017, a Twitter handle followed by leaders of the party in power tweeted a message that had much profanity. Other journalists were also threatened that they were ‘going the Gauri Lankesh way’.
The Wire reported that a network of 757 Twitter accounts was used to mount attacks against Mohammed Zubair (co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News) and the website, and that the recovery email id for the anonymous Twitter handle was that of a youth leader of the party in power. These accounts revealed sub accounts ‘which exhibited multiple characteristics associated with bot-like and inauthentic behaviour posting more than 500 times a day at all hours of the day’. The purpose was to manipulate public perception about the arrest of Mr. Zubair.
Similar targeting processes were managed by ‘Tek Fog’ ( a ‘sophisticated app used by online operatives to hijack major social media and encrypted messaging platforms’); over eight lakh hostile replies were sent out to tweets by women journalists, of which over five lakh were classified as ‘offensive’. The Wire commented that the handlers of ‘Tek Fog’ are politically aligned and that is why ‘India’s political elite are silent’. One of the hashtags amplified by these operatives ‘reached an audience of around eight crore users’. Newslaundry has reported that this ‘well-oiled propaganda machine churned out fake videos and mass tweet links to gear up for Twitter storms’.
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An ‘attack factory’ at work
Online abuse has often led to actual violence as in the case of the attack on a prominent lawyer by persons who barged into his office. This is not surprising because, as reported by Ms. Chaturvedi, ‘office bearers of the party in power have publicly supported these trolls’.
The IT cell of the Government has seen its activity expand with the induction of many volunteers and paid workers. Ms. Chaturvedi has reported that the party in power has ‘created a bank of thousands of dormant Twitter accounts’ to be used for ‘synchronized tweeting’ and ‘storms’. The party also has ‘bots created by the central IT Cell which tweets out identical messages simultaneously’ so that they ‘look like a real user’. These volunteers and employees ‘were given a hit list of mainstream journalists who needed to be constantly attacked’. One of the India’s most prominent and respected female journalists was attacked in ‘filthy terms’ and given ‘rape threats’. These volunteers and employees use virtual private networks (VPNs) to ‘hide the actual location of the user’.
Going back to the incident of Nupur Sharma in the Supreme Court, it is imperative that the Court understands that the country stands with the judiciary. The hate speech tweets are manufactured by a factory of a political party that produces millions of hate speeches. A criminal investigation by an independent special investigation team of the police is called for. Prosecution must follow. This hate speech manufacturing network must be crushed. This is vital for democracy to survive and for the judiciary not to be intimidated.
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Alex Palou had to fight for every opportunity on his rise through open-wheel racing, and that probably makes everything that has transpired this week feel equal parts stressful and satisfying for IndyCar’s series champion.
To put it simply: Two different teams think he’ll be driving for them next season.
There’s his current team, Chip Ganassi Racing, which announced Tuesday it had exercised an option to keep the 25-year-old Spaniard in one of its seats next season. Palou drove the No. 10 car to last year’s title and, while he has yet to win this season heading into Sunday’s race in Toronto, his consistency has him sitting fourth in the points race.
Then there’s Arrow McLaren SP, which posted on social media shortly after Ganassi’s announcement that it had agreed to a deal with Palou for 2023 — though whether that means an IndyCar seat or Formula 1 ride is anyone’s guess.
“Obviously it’s not ideal, especially for my crew, the people around me,” Palou acknowledged before Friday’s practice session on the road course at Exhibition Place. “But for myself, it’s all right. I’m a warrior. This is not going to stop me. If people think this is going to affect me on the track or something, they do not know who I am.”
Palou declined to discuss the specifics of his contract Friday, leaving room for juicy speculation: Is owner Chip Ganassi willing to strike a deal with McLaren and let Palou leave, albeit at a price driven higher by the contract option? Or are there mechanisms in the contract that give Palou an out for certain opportunities, such as a potential F1 ride?
McLaren indicated Palou would join its F1 testing program with fellow IndyCar drivers Colton Herta and Pato O’Ward, while O’Ward and 2016 Indy 500 winner Alexander Rossi have signed to drive for the team next season.
Palou said in a tweet Tuesday that he did not approve Ganassi’s news release — and did not provide the quote it included — and that “for personal reasons, I do not intend to continue with the team after 2022.”
“I have nothing else to add to what I said. I’m not going to tell more,” said Palou, who spoke with Ganassi this week but declined to shed any light on their discussion. “We’re here in Toronto, we’re fighting for a championship together and we’re going to try to do the best we can to win it.”
Ganassi is having another banner season. Marcus Ericsson won this year’s Indianapolis 500 and leads the points race. Palou is still in the fight, and six-time series champ Scott Dixon is winless on the year but sixth in the standings.
So what does Dixon, who has driven for Ganassi since his 2003 rookie year, think of Palou’s current predicament?
“For sure there’s some awkwardness,” he said. “I think if you’re going to have an example of how not to go about things, this is 100 percent how you don’t go about it.”
Dixon said his own contract negotiations with Ganassi have been relatively straightforward over the years.
“You sit down, have a chat,” he said. “Even when I had options, I’d say, ‘Here are my options. What should we do?’ You have discussions. My first discussion with Chip didn’t go the way I thought it would go, but that’s part of the business. But I have always respected the black and white function of the way the operation has been.”
Neither Palou nor Dixon think the murky situation will carry from social media to the garage and ultimately onto the rough, bumpy track in Toronto. The team is full of professionals, they said, and their priority is winning races.
“I’m a driver. It’s the only thing I know how to do,” Palou said. “Me personally, it’s not going to affect. The team, the organization itself? I don’t think it’s going to affect at all. My crew? I don’t know, but I’m going to support them as much as possible because they have nothing to do about this.”
WELCOME BACK
IndyCar returns to Toronto for the first time since 2019, when Simon Pagenaud captured the last of his three wins that season. The layout is largely the same but the surface, with its patches and difficult concrete-asphalt transitions, should test the entire field — especially the half that has never competed on the circuit.
“It’s really rough,” Ericsson said. “It’s well-used, but I like that. That’s a challenge. We all need to accept that challenge and drive around it. I think the more rough it is, the harder it is for the teams and the drivers to get on top of it.”
Jimmie Johnson and Helio Castroneves were among several drivers that spun during a 75-minute practice Friday. There is another practice Saturday morning before afternoon qualifying.
“Concern is high,” Johnson said. “I was just surprised how different the surface is in real life. So many patches.”
FOYT PARKS CAR
A.J. Foyt Racing parked the No. 11 car of Tatiana Calderon this weekend because of missed payments by its primary sponsor, ROKiT, a global business conglomerate that also has been to court over missed payments to the Williams F1 team.
It was the ROKiT sponsorship that allowed Foyt to expand to three cars this season, with Calderon driving one of them on road courses and JR Hildebrand taking over on ovals; Dalton Kellett and Kyle Kirkwood are the other full-time drivers.
“We miss you, Tati, and hope to have you back soon,” the team said on social media.
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HONOLULU, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI) (NYSE: HE) will announce its second quarter 2022 financial results on Monday, August 8. In addition, American Savings Bank, F.S.B. (ASB), a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of HEI, will announce its second quarter 2022 financial results on Friday, July 29.
HEI will conduct a webcast and conference call to discuss second quarter 2022 consolidated earnings, 2022 earnings guidance and regulatory and other matters on Monday, August 8 at 10:15 a.m. Hawaii time (4:15 p.m. Eastern time).
To listen to the conference call, dial 1-844-200-6205 (U.S.) or +1-929-526-1599 (international) and enter passcode 638186. Parties may also access presentation materials and/or listen to the conference call by visiting the conference call link on HEI's website at www.hei.com under "Investor Relations," sub-heading "News and Events – Events and Presentations."
A replay will be available online and via phone. The online replay will be available on HEI's website about two hours after the event. An audio replay will also be available about two hours after the event through August 22. To access the audio replay, dial 1-866-813-9403 (U.S.) or +(44) 204-525-0658 (international) and enter passcode 484022.
HEI and Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (Hawaiian Electric) intend to continue to use HEI's website, www.hei.com, as a means of disclosing additional information; such disclosures will be included in the Investor Relations section of the website. Accordingly, investors should routinely monitor the Investor Relations section of HEI's website, in addition to following HEI's, Hawaiian Electric's and American's press releases, HEI's and Hawaiian Electric's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings and HEI's public conference calls and webcasts. Investors may sign up to receive e-mail alerts via the "Investor Relations" section of the website. The information on HEI's website is not incorporated by reference into this document or into HEI's and Hawaiian Electric's SEC filings unless, and except to the extent, specifically incorporated by reference.
Investors may also wish to refer to the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii (PUC) website at dms.puc.hawaii.gov/dms to review documents filed with, and issued by, the PUC. No information on the PUC website is incorporated by reference into this document or into HEI's and Hawaiian Electric's SEC filings.
The HEI family of companies provides the energy and financial services that empower much of the economic and community activity of Hawaii. HEI's electric utility, Hawaiian Electric, supplies power to approximately 95% of Hawaii's population and is undertaking an ambitious effort to decarbonize its operations and the broader state economy. Its banking subsidiary, American Savings Bank, is one of Hawaii's largest financial institutions, providing a wide array of banking and other financial services and working to advance economic growth, affordability and financial fitness. HEI also helps advance Hawaii's sustainability goals through investments by its non-regulated subsidiary, Pacific Current. For more information, visit www.hei.com.
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ROME (AP) — Italy entered into days of political and financial uncertainty Friday as political leaders calculated their options and Premier Mario Draghi weighed his after populist ally the 5-Star Movement sparked a crisis by withholding support on a government-sponsored bill.
On the immediate horizon are behind-the-scenes consultations through mid-week to see if Draghi could be persuaded to continue governing with a newly constituted majority — which key parties seem to want — or some other option other than an early election as soon as September.
Draghi immediately offered to resign Thursday after 5-Star senators boycotted a vote on helping Italians cope with rising energy prices, arguing that the conditions that created his national unity government, which included parties on the right, left and the 5-Stars, no longer exist. But President Sergio Mattarella rejected his offer and told Draghi to go back to Parliament on Wednesday to brief lawmakers and offer “an evaluation of the situation.”
Significantly Mattarella didn’t call for a confidence vote. Draghi has been clear that there wouldn’t be a second Draghi government or one without the 5-Stars. The extra days of limbo Mattarella prescribed would allow Draghi at least to have a planned visit to Algeria to finalize key agreements on gas imports.
The turmoil couldn’t have come at a worse time for the eurozone’s third-largest economy. Italy is facing soaring inflation and energy costs as a result of Russia’s war in Ukraine, a prolonged drought that is threatening crops and the ongoing implementation of its EU-financed pandemic recovery program.
While Draghi might still have the support of key allies to continue leading the government, some parties on the far-right and right are already gunning for an early election.
“With Draghi’s resignation, this legislature is over for the Brothers of Italy,” said Georgia Meloni, head of the right-wing party that is polling around 22%, nearly the same as the center-left Democratic Party. “We’ll fight until the Italian people are given back a right that citizens of every other democracy have: the freedom to choose their own representatives.”
She added the hashtag #electionsnow.
Meloni’s usual center-right allies — the Forza Italia party of ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi and the League led by Matteo Salvini — indicated a wait-and-see approach. In a joint statement Friday, they backed Draghi for what they said was his understandable ire and blasted the 5-Stars for having created a national crisis over their opposition to a new garbage incinerator for Rome.
“I have no words,” Forza Italia’s Antonio Tajani said.
Friday thus opened days of back-room discussions among party leaders to decide what position to take next Wednesday. Already, there were reports that the 5-Stars could vote in favor of a revamped Draghi program, but it’s not clear that other ruling coalition parties would want them back.
Guido Cozzi, professor of macroeconmoics at the University of St. Gallen, said international markets are alarmed at the instability and that Mattarella did well to try to keep Draghi, a former European Central Bank chief, in place since he is seen as a “vital pillar in guaranteeing the stability of Italian public finances.”
“His coalition government was an unprecedented miracle in Italian political history,” Cozzi said. “However, Draghi lacks an independent political force behind him, and his government will always depend on antagonist party leaders.”
The 5-Star Movement, the biggest vote-getter in the 2018 election, has seen its support tank in the ensuing years and would have everything to lose if Italy held an early election. In recent years, it has seen dozens of lawmakers defect, most recently the high-profile foreign minister, Luigi Di Maio, who left with 60 lawmakers to found a new movement.
Giuseppe Conte, the 5-Star leader and former premier, blamed others for forcing the Movement to boycott the confidence motion Thursday on 26 billion euros to help Italians withstand soaring inflation and energy costs. The tipping point, Conte said, was giving Rome’s mayor extraordinary powers to manage the capital’s garbage crisis — powers that Conte bitterly said had been denied the 5-Stars’ Virginia Raggi when she was Rome mayor.
Di Maio blasted Conte’s boycott of the vote a gift to Russia, since the 5-Stars have criticized the Italian government’s military support for Ukraine.
As if on cue, Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council headed by President Vladimir Putin, posted pictures Friday of ousted British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Draghi followed by a black box with a question mark, as if asking “who’s next?”
Medvedev’s social media post followed a stream of comments from other Russian officials who have attributed Johnson’s downfall to his focus on spearheading Western efforts to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
“My heart weeps seeing Moscow celebrating,” Di Maio told RTL radio. “Medvedev was toasting and was happy because Draghi’s head was served to Putin on a silver platter.”
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Tiger Woods removed his cap a few strides from Swilcan Bridge, knowing Friday might be the last time he crossed over in a British Open at St. Andrews.
This is where the legends pause, pose and wave goodbye.
“Stop! Stop!” a few photographers cried out as they positioned themselves for another historic moment at the home of golf.
Woods kept right on walking, even as tears began to form in his eyes.
“That’s when I started to realize — that’s when I started thinking about — the next time it comes around here, I might not be around,” Woods said.
He said this wouldn’t be his last British Open. Woods just doesn’t know if his 46-year-old body, battered by multiple surgeries on both legs and his back, would be fit enough to compete when it returns to the home of golf. Woods mentioned 2030. The R&A hasn’t announced the rotation that far out.
Still, the moment was not lost on him.
Woods saluted the thousands of fans in the grandstands on the left, and thousands more who watched from hotel balconies and rooftops on the perimeter of the Old Course, some peering through windows, others without a ticket hanging from the top of the fence on the road down the right side of the 18th fairway.
Rory McIlroy looked over at him from the first fairway — he was starting his second round as Woods was finishing a 75 to miss the cut — and tipped his cap. Justin Thomas was on the first tee and nodded to Woods.
“As I got closer to the green, the ovation got louder,” Woods said. “You could feel the warmth and you could feel the people from both sides. Felt like the whole tournament was right there.”
It may as well have been.
This is where Woods won his first Open in 2000 to become the youngest player to complete the career Grand Slam. He won another claret jug at St. Andrews in 2005, the year Jack Nicklaus finished his major championship career.
No one has ever won an Open at St. Andrews three times, and Woods wasn’t about to change that. The only thing ceremonial for him was his golf — a 78 in the first round, only one birdie in the second round despite the most benign conditions of the week.
No matter. The Old Course, which had been relatively quiet all morning, came to life the closer he made his way to the finish.
“The people knew that I wasn’t going to make the cut,” Woods said. “But the ovations got louder as I was coming home. And that to me was … just the respect. I’ve always respected this event. I’ve always respected the traditions of the game.”
“I put my heart and soul into this event over the years,” he said. “And I think the people have appreciated my play.”
Woods gave them little to celebrate on what might be his final round at St. Andrews. He only had four reasonable birdie chances. His flop shot over a pot bunker guarding the front pin on the 16th hit the top and rolled back into the sand, leading to his third double bogey of the week.
By then, it didn’t matter. The people just wanted to see him.
After he ripped his drive over the Old Course Hotel sign and into the 17th fairway, hotel guests and spectators lined up against the wall in front of the hotel and the Jigger Inn. The grandstand was full behind the 17th, and people stood six deep in the space behind the road and the stands.
It was similar to when Nicklaus played for the last time in 2005. He was 65 and had announced months out it would be his last Open, his 166th and final major. Everyone knew it was coming.
Not even Woods knows his future, only that he was thankful — and lucky — to be playing an Open on the Old Course just 17 months after he crashed his car in Los Angeles and sustained so many broken bones that doctors contemplated amputation on his right leg.
He headed to the 18th tee, the home hole. All he said he could think about was whether to hit 3-wood or 5-wood. But as he walked off the tee and got closer to the bridge, he realized his caddie, Joe LaCava, was lagging behind. So were Matt Fitzpatrick and Max Homa, who rode shotgun for an emotional day involving the best player of their lifetimes in golf.
“It was amazing. It gave me goosebumps,” said Fitzpatrick, who won his first major last month in the U.S. Open. “Just looking around, seeing everyone stood up, and giving him a standing ovation coming down 18. It was incredible. It’s something that will live with me forever.
“It’s thoroughly deserved, and I think towards the end of it, you could see he was a little bit emotional as well. Yeah, it was a big deal.”
Not even Woods could deny that. He just wished he could have written a better ending. He chipped with a mid-iron to about 4 feet for one last chance at birdie, a fitting farewell. Thomas, Shane Lowry and Viktor Hovland were at their second shots to the first hole. They all turned to watch Woods finish out.
He missed the putt.
All that mattered to Woods was an ovation he won’t forget.
“It’s very emotional for me,” he said. “To me it felt like this might have been my last British Open here at St. Andrews. And the fans, the ovation and the warmth, it was an unbelievable feeling, I understand what Jack and Arnold (Palmer) had gone through in the past. I was kind of feeling that way there at the end.”
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A train of the Spanish state-owned rail company Renfe, is pictured at the Principe Pio train station in Madrid, on September 5, 2019 Photograph:( AFP )
Season ticket holders in Spain are expected to benefit mainly in this scheme but tourists who buy multi-journey train tickets can take advantage of the scheme as well
Inflation has been worrying countries in Europe. As countries ponder their options, Spain appears to be in an action mode. A government scheme is making some train journeys totally free.
The government decided earlier this week that travel across parts of railway network Renfe will be free. Renfe is a rail network owned by the state. The scheme would come into effect on September 1 and will continue till the end of the year. The government has already announced 30 per cent reduction in tarnsport fares. This include metros, buses and trams.
Free railway journey scheme will be applicable for multi-trip ticket journeys on cercanías (commuter services) and media distancia (medium-distance routes, less than 300 km). Season ticket holders in Spain are expected to benefit mainly in this scheme but tourists who buy multi-journey train tickets can take advantage of the scheme as well.
“I’d like the people of Spain to know that I’m fully aware of the daily difficulties that most people have,” Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said on Tuesday. “I know salaries cover less and less and that it’s difficult to get to the end of the month.”
“This measure encourages using public transport to guarantee a safe, reliable, comfortable, economic and sustainable means of doing the daily commute amid the extraordinary increase of energy and fuel prices,” the Spanish Ministry of Transport said in a statement.
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History of the MLB All-Star Game originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington
Break open your Cracker Jacks. America’s favorite pastime is back for another All-Star Game.
The national tradition that has been grasping audiences since its 1933 debut in Chicago will be returning to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif. for its 92nd iteration this July.
The best of the best from the American and National League will face off for the Midsummer Classic to mark the symbolic halfway point of the 2022 MLB season.
All-Star Games have been played for almost a century and in a variety of venues for that matter. From Yankee Stadium in the Bronx to Comiskey Park in Chicago to the SkyDome in Toronto, the event has truly traveled the world.
Here’s everything you need to know about the annual classic before the game begins, including some history on its past locations:
Where is the 2022 MLB All-Star Game taking place?
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The 2022 MLB All-Star Game is being held in Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium on July 19.
Los Angeles was also supposed to host the 2020 game, however the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
How many times has Dodger Stadium hosted the All-Star Game?
The 2022 All-Star Game will be the third time the Dodgers will host the Midsummer Classic. It will be the second time the game is being held in Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium. The franchise hosted its first All-Star Game at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn back in 1949.
The last time the Dodgers hosted the All-Star Game out on the west coast was 1980.
What cities have hosted the MLB All-Star game?
Here are the past locations of MLB All-Star games, dating back to the very first game in 1933:
1933: Comiskey Park in Chicago, Ill.
1934: Polo Grounds in New York, N.Y.
1935: Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio
1936: Braves Field in Boston, Mass.
1937: Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.
1938: Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio
1939: Yankee Stadium in New York, N.Y.
1940: Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis, Mo.
1941: Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Mich.
1942: Polo Grounds in New York, N.Y.
1943: Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Penn.
1944: Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Penn.
1945: Canceled due to WWII (scheduled to be at Fenway Park in Boston, Mass.)
1946: Fenway Park in Boston, Mass.
1947: Wrigley Field in Chicago, Ill.
1948: Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis, Mo.
1949: Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, N.Y.
1950: Comiskey Park in Chicago, Ill.
1951: Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Mich.
1952: Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Penn.
1953: Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio
1954: Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio
1955: County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wis.
1956: Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.
1957: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo.
1958: Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Md.
1959: Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Penn.
1959: Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, Calif.
1960: Municipal Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.
1960: Yankee Stadium in New York, N.Y.
1961: Candlestick Park in San Francisco, Calif.
1961: Fenway Park in Boston, Mass.
1962: D.C. Stadium in Washington, D.C.
1962: Wrigley Field in Chicago, Ill.
1963: Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio
1964: Shea Stadium in New York, N.Y.
1965: Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minn.
1966: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo.
1967: Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, Calif.
1968: Astrodome in Houston, Texas
1969: R.F.K. Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C.
1970: Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio
1971: Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Mich.
1972: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Ga.
1973: Royals Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.
1974: Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Penn.
1975: County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wis.
1976: Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Penn.
1977: Yankee Stadium in New York, N.Y.
1978: San Diego Stadium in San Diego, Calif.
1979: Kingdome in Seattle, Wash.
1980: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif.
1981: Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio
1982: Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec
1983: Comiskey Park in Chicago, Ill.
1984: Candlestick Park in San Francisco, Calif.
1985: H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minn.
1986: Astrodome in Houston, Texas
1987: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, Calif.
1988: Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio
1989: Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, Calif.
1990: Wrigley Field in Chicago, Ill.
1991: SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario
1992: Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, Calif.
1993: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Md.
1994: Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Penn.
1995: The Ballpark at Arlington in Arlington, Texas
1996: Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Penn.
1997: Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio
1998: Coors Field in Denver, Colo.
1999: Fenway Park in Boston, Mass.
2000: Turner Field in Atlanta, Ga.
2001: Safeco Field in Seattle, Wash.
2002: Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wis.
2003: U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Ill.
2004: Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas
2005: Comerica Park in Detroit, Mich.
2006: PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Penn.
2007: AT&T Park in San Francisco, Calif.
2008: Yankee Stadium in New York, N.Y.
2009: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo.
2010: Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, Calif.
2011: Chase Field in Phoenix, Ariz.
2012: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.
2013: Citi Field in New York, N.Y.
2014: Target Field in Minneapolis, Minn.
2015: Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Ohio
2016: Petco Park in San Diego, Calif.
2017: Marlins Park in Miami, Fla.
2018: Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.
2019: Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio
2020: Canceled due to COVID-19 (scheduled to be at Dodger Stadium)
2021: Coors Field in Denver, Colo.
2022: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif.
Which city has hosted the most All-Star Games?
New York City has hosted the most All-Star Games in baseball history.
The Big Apple hosted the game nine times (1934, 1939, 1942, 1949, 1969, 1964, 1977, 2008, 2013) in five different stadiums, including Polo Grounds, Yankee Stadium, Ebbets Field, Shea Stadium and Citi Field.
Where are future locations of the MLB All-Star Game?
The 2023 MLB All-Star Game will be held at T-Mobile Park in Seattle in 2023.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security on Friday briefed all nine members of the House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol attack about his finding that the Secret Service deleted texts from around Jan. 6, according to two people familiar with the matter.
While lawmakers were tight-lipped about what they heard, the closed-door briefing with the inspector general, Joseph Cuffari, came two days after his office sent a letter to leaders of the House and Senate Homeland Security committees stating that Secret Service agents erased messages between Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021 “as part of a device-replacement program.” The deletion came after the watchdog office requested records from the agents as part of its probe into events surrounding the Jan. 6 attack, the letter said.
For the Jan. 6 panel, the watchdog's finding raised the startling prospect of lost evidence that could shed further light on Donald Trump's actions during the insurrection.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, the Democratic chairman of the House Jan. 6 panel, told the Associated Press on Friday that the committee is taking a deeper look at whether records may have been lost. “There have been some conflicting positions on the matter,” the Mississippi lawmaker said.
The private briefing was confirmed by two people familiar with the matter who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to discuss it.
The Secret Service insists proper procedures were followed. Agency spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said, “The insinuation that the Secret Service maliciously deleted text messages following a request is false. In fact, the Secret Service has been fully cooperating with the OIG in every respect — whether it be interviews, documents, emails, or texts.”
He said the Secret Service had started to reset its mobile devices to factory settings in January 2021 “as part of a pre-planned, three-month system migration.” In that process, some data was lost.
The inspector general has first requested the electronic communications on Feb. 26, “after the migration was well under way,” Guglielmi said.
The Secret Service said it has provided a substantial number of emails and chat messages that included conversations and details related to Jan. 6 to the inspector general. It also said text messages from the Capitol Police requesting assistance on Jan. 6 were preserved and provided to the inspector general’s office.
The Senate Homeland committee, which has jurisdiction over the Department of Homeland Security and the Secret Service, is also expecting a briefing from the inspector general about the letter, according to a person familiar with the committee’s discussions who was not authorized to discuss them publicly.
The Jan. 6 committee has taken a renewed interest in the Secret Service following the dramatic testimony of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who recalled what she heard about former President Donald Trump’s actions the day of the insurrection.
Hutchinson recalled being told about a confrontation between Trump and his Secret Service detail as he angrily demanded to be driven to the Capitol, where his supporters would later breach the building. She also recalled overhearing Trump telling security officials to remove magnetometers for his rally on the Ellipse even though some of his supporters were armed.
Some details of that account were quickly disputed by those agents. Robert Engel, the agent who was driving the presidential SUV, and Trump security official Tony Ornato are willing to testify under oath that no agent was assaulted and Trump never lunged for the steering wheel, a person familiar with the matter told the AP. The person would not discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
With evidence still emerging, the House Jan. 6 committee on Friday officials scheduled its next hearing to take place Thursday in primetime. The 8 p.m. hearing, which is the eighth in a series that began in early June, will take a deeper look into the three-hour-plus stretch when Trump failed to act as a mob of supporters stormed the Capitol.
It will be the first hearing in prime time since June 9, the first on the committee's findings. It was viewed by 20 million people.
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A tour of New Mexico 'Stranger Things' locations
Stranger Things is one of the most streamed TV shows of all time, with over 1 billion hours watched.
If you have not seen the newest season yet, this story will have spoilers.
The new season has a new house: The Byers family has now moved to California.
Their new home is just walking distance from the beloved Sandia Mountains
Season four of "Stranger Things" takes place in several different areas. During filming, a lot of it took place in New Mexico.
One of the new schools in the show is Lenora Hills High School, which is actually Eldorado High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Just down the street another filming location — Skate O-Mania.
While the show has the most familiar characters, you can see new faces here in New Mexico.
Like Roger Ivens, he plays the sniper in episode eight.
His role played an important part in the future of Dr. Martin Brenner.
Ivens said, "As an actor, you know, we were able to say, hey, guys can we break down every little part and really spend a lot of time doing that? And they're like yeah dude. And so it was just like they gave me a lot of freedom and rate."
Ivens recounted his time working with the duffer brothers as a great experience.
"They knew exactly what they wanted and they took me as the actor that we both did something absolutely amazing," Ivens said.
Ultimately Netflix and shows like Stranger Things continue to push the New Mexico film industry forward.
Ivens said, "Our capability as a state to produce big films is really what's benefiting the state in general. And, you know, there was a lot of investment with that into the past. Now we're starting to, you know, reap the benefits of that."
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BOZEMAN, Mo., July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Credova, a Bozeman Montana based Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) provider for the outdoor recreation market is attending iCast, the American Sportfishing Association's (ASA) trademark tradeshow July 19th through July 22nd. From the iCastfishing.org website, "ICAST, the world's largest sportfishing trade show, is the premier showcase for the latest innovations in gear, tackle, accessories and apparel. ICAST is the cornerstone of the sportfishing industry, helping to drive recreational fishing product sales year round." Credova will exhibit at booth 742, and will provide Credova's ASA member benefit information and show specials throughout iCast.
Recently, Creodva announced a new endorsement by the ASA as the preferred BNPL provider for the organization. "We are pleased to create payment technology solutions for the outdoor recreation and farm/ranch markets, and look forward providing our technology to ASA members," says Dusty Wunderlich, Credova CEO.
About The American Sportfishing Association (ASA): ASA is a national, non-profit trade association whose member companies and organizations share a stake in promoting sportfishing as part of a diverse, multi-billion-dollar industry that is global in scope. Our industry contributes to the economic strength and stature of our nation with a $129 billion impact on the nation's economy creating employment for 825,000 people in communities throughout the U.S. Our leadership and financial investments in conservation make all manner of outdoor experiences possible and support a healthy environment for everyone.
Since 1933, when ASA was formed, we've grown from a consortium of tackle manufacturers, to include every sector of the industry - independent dealers and distributers, rep groups, media companies, federal and state agencies and other non-profit organizations. ASA also produces ICAST, the world's largest international sportfishing trade show that encompasses the entire outdoor experience.
About Credova: Credova is a group of like-minded individuals who love the outdoors and the adventures it provides. We hold the special bonding among friends and family created while experiencing the outdoors as one of the greatest joys in life, and have made a business of helping Americans experience this joy. Outdoor adventures such as fishing, hiking, skiing, hunting, camping and motorsports (to name a few) require equipment. This equipment is often expensive and Americans sometimes need help spreading the payments for these enablers of joy over time. This is Credova's mission.
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(NewsNation) — The House passed two bills Friday that would restore and guarantee abortion access nationwide and protect a woman’s right to travel across state lines to get the procedure.
The House voted 219-210 to advance the Women’s Health Protection Act, and 223-205 on the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act.
The votes come as Democrats respond legislatively to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision overturning Roe v. Wade. But both bills are likely to face obstacles in the Senate, where 60 votes are needed for passage due to the legislative filibuster, and stand little chance of becoming law.
Pelosi said that she was not going to negotiate a slimmer abortion rights bill that could potentially get through the Senate.
‘We’re not going to negotiate on a woman’s right to choose. Senators Murkowski and Senator Collins may have their view, but it is not one about a woman having the right to decide,” Pelosi said. “So we’re not negotiating that, no.”
One of the two abortion bills passed by the House would prohibit punishment of a woman or child who decides to travel to another state to get an abortion. It specifies that doctors can’t be punished for providing reproductive care outside their home state.
“Congress has the authority and the responsibility today to protect people from these unconstitutional efforts to prevent or restrict, impede or otherwise to punish people traveling to another state to obtain a legal abortion and to protect the health care providers,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said on Friday.
The second House bill, which first passed in September but stalled in the Senate, would enshrine abortion access as protected under federal law. It would also expand on the protections Roe had previously provided by banning what supporters say are medically unnecessary restrictions that block access to safe and accessible abortions.
“The bill takes Roe v. Wade into the law of the land and protects it from some of the assaults that have occurred since it became overturned by the Supreme Court,” Pelosi said.
By overturning Roe, the court has allowed states to enact strict abortion limits, which is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.
Ahead of the House vote, Democrats highlighted the case of a 10-year-old girl who had to cross state lines into Indiana to get an abortion after being raped, calling it an example of how the court’s decision is already having severe consequences.
“We don’t have to imagine why this might matter. We don’t need to conjure up hypotheticals. We already know what’s happened,” Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Thursday on the Senate floor.
“Should the next little 10-year-old’s right or 12-year-old’s right or 14-year-old’s right to get the care that she desperately needs be put in jeopardy?”
Republicans spoke forcefully against the legislation, praising the Supreme Court’s decision and denouncing the bills as extreme.
GOP Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma, who supports instituting a nationwide ban on abortion, accused his colleagues across the aisle of seeking to “inflame” the issue of abortion. He said proponents of the travel bill should ask themselves, “Does the child in the womb have the right to travel in their future?”
Washington GOP Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said the Democratic legislation “has nothing to do with protecting the health of women. It has everything to do with forcing an extreme agenda on the American people.”
Only two Senate Republicans, Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, have been supportive of abortion rights, but they do not support the Democrats’ proposal, calling it too far-reaching. They have introduced alternative legislation that would bar states from placing an “undue burden” on a woman’s ability to obtain an abortion before fetal viability, among other provisions.
At a press briefing ahead of the vote, Pelosi echoed the White House in urging women to make abortion a key issue in the midterm elections.
“I have no question about this administration’s support for a woman’s right to choose and to take the necessary actions to ensure that this is something that is core to who we are,” Pelosi said. “It’s about freedom, it’s about health care, it’s about respect for women. And that is something that the president is wedded to.”
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MEXICO CITY, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Aeroméxico, S.A.B. de C.V. (together with Aerovías de México, S.A. de C.V., "Aeroméxico") (BMV: AEROMEX) is pleased to announce, following our prior relevant event of June 30, 2022, that the transaction (the "PLM Transaction") to obtain total control over Aeroméxico's loyalty program, Club Premier, has closed. By consummating the PLM Transaction, Aeroméxico has achieved a key long-term goal as PLM, the owner and operator of Club Premier, will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Grupo Aeroméxico, S.A.B. de C.V. Aeroméxico thanks Aimia for a long and successful partnership, and is excited for the future of Club Premier—Mexico's leading airline loyalty program.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements that reflect the current views and/or expectations of the Company and its management with respect to its performance, business and future events. We use words such as "believe," "anticipate," "plan," "expect,", "intend," "target," "estimate," "project," "predict," "forecast," "guideline," "should" and other similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements, but they are not the only way we identify such statements. Such statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. We caution you that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in this release. The Company is under no obligation and expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
About Aeroméxico: Grupo Aeroméxico, S.A.B. de C.V. is a holding company whose subsidiaries are engaged in commercial aviation in Mexico and the promotion of passenger loyalty programs. Aeroméxico, Mexico's global airline, has its main operations center in Terminal 2 of the Mexico City International Airport. Its destination network has reach in Mexico, the United States, Canada, Central America, South America, and Europe. The Group's current operating fleet includes Boeing 787 and 737 aircraft, as well as the latest generation Embraer 190. Aeroméxico is a founding partner of SkyTeam, an alliance that celebrates 20 years and offers connectivity in more than 170 countries, through the 19 partner airlines. Aeroméxico created and implemented a Health and Hygiene Management System (SGSH) to protect its clients and collaborators at all stages of its operation.
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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rally House is eager to branch out with new stores in fresh markets, which is why the company is delighted to announce a new location in West Des Moines, IA. Rally House Plaza at Jordan Creek joins one other existing Rally House store in the area, giving fans another dependable source for outstanding sports apparel, college gear, and localized merchandise.
Rally House strives to deliver an unmatched selection of clothing, accessories, and gifts so that fans can easily flaunt their team and hometown pride. "We're excited to bring another Rally House store to the Des Moines metro area! Rally House Plaza at Jordan Creek will have an even larger assortment of merch for collegiate and pro teams from the Midwest, along with local favorites like the Iowa Cubs and Drake University," says Senior Store Manager Jeremy Treichel. "This is the friendly store that fills the gaps of what this community is craving!"
There's a wide-ranging assortment of teams available at Rally House Plaza at Jordan Creek, including the Iowa Hawkeyes, Iowa State Cyclones, Drake Bulldogs, KC Chiefs, and Green Bay Packers, to name a few. Plus, patrons can shop confidently, as this store carries high-quality products from esteemed brand names like Nike, Mitchell & Ness, New Era, and '47.
The team at Rally House Plaza at Jordan Creek also wants to assist residents and tourists in boasting their love for all things Iowa and Des Moines. That's why there's an array of locally inspired products to browse, with legendary designs from the acclaimed RALLY Brand™.
Customers will appreciate the straightforward and fun shopping environment at this new Rally House store near Des Moines. Still, tons of products are available online at www.rallyhouse.com that can ship to all states.
To remain caught-up on store news, Rally House recommends that customers visit www.rallyhouse.com/rally-house-plaza-jordan-creek or follow Rally House Plaza at Jordan Creek on Facebook (@RallyJordanPlaza) and Instagram (@rallyjordanplaza).
About Rally House
Rally House and Sampler Stores Inc. is a family-owned specialty boutique that offers a large selection of apparel, hats, gifts and home décor representing local NCAA, NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and MLS teams in addition to locally inspired apparel, gifts and food. Proudly based in Lenexa, Kansas, Rally House operates 100+ locations across 13 states.
CONTACT:
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Jacksonville, Oregon is a town of slightly less than 3,000 residents, nestled in the Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon. However, anyone hankering for natural wines is not likely to go hungry. Josh Kimball opened Kimball’s Artisan Wines with his wife three years ago.
The store’s great selection and frequent tastings have added a lot to the wine scene in this beautiful rural slice of rural Oregon. So, I sat down with Josh recently to find out more about his shop. All answers have been edited and condensed for clarity.
Liza B. Zimmerman (L.B.Z.): How many wines do you carry?
Josh Kimball (J.K.): We carry approximately 200 wines from around the world.
L.B.Z.: Why are you interested in natural wines?
J.K.: To me they are the purest form of wine. The flavors, aromas, colors and textures are infinite and often they are made from lesser-known varietals, regions and techniques which keeps me interested and always wanting to learn more. The sky seems to be the limit with natural wines as the entire ethos is about exploration. It's exciting and something that is fun to follow and of which to be a part.
L.B.Z.: What do you think is unique about them?
J.K.: I love the vintage variation that they showcase. Unlike a lot of conventional winemaking where the goal is to make a super-consistent product no matter the vintage, natural wines do a better job of letting the vintage dictate the direction the wines will go in. The goal for the farmer is to grow the highest quality fruit possible given the challenges of the season and then the winemaking is dictated by the quality of the fruit. No vintage is truly ever the same with natural wines as the wines are not coaxed into what someone wants them to become: so, the wines essentially become themselves.
Natural winemakers don't shy away from "unmarketable" varietals or styles. Again, a lot of the ethos here is about exploration and doing something that you want to try even if it doesn't make the most sense from a financial perspective. I love the fact that people champion traditional varietals from regions where they've been overlooked like Criolla from Argentina and I also love people pushing boundaries and making things like Mencia in Oregon. There are a lot of risk takers in the natural wine world.
Quantities are typically miniscule. There are a lot of wines that we sell that are as limited as 25 cases produced.
L.B.Z.: Do you think consumers in general are interested in natural wines, if so why?
J.K.: Absolutely. A lot of what I see from our customers is that they want pure unadulterated expressions of delicious wine that not only tastes good when they drink it, but takes it to the next level where the wine is fascinating and makes them have to think about how complex those delicious flavors and aromas are. Also, a lot of our customers grew up during the Alice Waters-inspired farm-to-table movement where we focus on the primary ingredients. In some ways these wines and artisans who make them represent the same values and principles we see in the farmers’ market community where people come to seek the highest quality ingredients that are farmed in the most sustainable manner possible.
L.B.Z.: Is their interest growing, if so why?
J.K.: In the last 10 years with all the publicity natural wines have received, it has to be one of the fastest-growing segments in the wine industry: which is exciting because a lot of the business of wine is boring. It's a huge movement in wine that has proven that it's not a trend. There is enough room for everyone.
L.B.Z.: Do these wines generally cost more than standard wines?
J.K.: No, I don't think so.
L.B.Z.: How many wines do you carry at the store at one time? Price range top to bottom?
J.K.: 200 wines. $15 to $175 per bottle
L.B.Z.: How do you try to explain the story behind natural wines to the consumer?
We tell them that this is how wine has been made for thousands of years prior to the industrialization of wine which dates back roughly 100 years. The idea is that if you get a grape physiologically ripe enough then it knows how to make itself into wine.
Our criteria at the shop is that we prefer to sell wines that are organically or biodynamically farmed as it's all about grape quality and we feel that these methods based on our experiences in wine grow the highest quality grapes. Wine is all about grape quality. You can't make good wine from shitty grapes and it's pretty hard to mess up perfectly grown grapes. In addition, we prefer to sell wines that are fermented with native yeasts.
We think that yeast and bacteria are super important when making wines that are true to place and how natural winemakers take it amongst themselves to preserve these precious commodities where conventional winemakers take steps to kill them in an effort to better control the winemaking process.
Natural winemaking is all about taking calculated risks that allow for relinquishing control. Textbook or conventional winemakers never want to relinquish control because that's when things can go badly. Natural winemaking is about vintage variation and highlighting the differences in the vintage. Conventional winemaking is all about consistency so that every time you grab a bottle of Kendall-Jackson Chardonnay: no matter where you are in the world it always tastes the same. We are a soda pop and fast-food nation and so we are conditioned to want consistency. However, the real truth is that wine is all about farming, seasons change therefore consistency isn't necessarily what we as wine drinkers should be pursuing.
L.B.Z.: What are the challenges of running a natural wine shop in such a small town?
J.K.: Our biggest challenge has been logistics and sourcing as most of the wines we sell are imported or distributed by Portland-based companies which is over four hours north of us.
In a town of less than 3,000 people you don't have a large client base immediately available to you so you try to do the best you can with each customer who walks in the door to make sure you are doing all you can to make sure they leave with something they are going to enjoy. We think of it like having smaller class sizes. Each customer gets more personal attention. We get to know them. We spend more time with them individually and this allows for us to create trust which is the holy grail in our world.
L.B.Z.: Why do you favor wines made from family-owned wineries?
J.K.: Because anywhere you go in the world family is the most important and when you and your family are involved in something together, I think it makes a difference. There seems to be a greater level of commitment to quality in family-run businesses no matter what industry you are in.
We also love the value that oftentimes multigenerational family-owned wineries bring to the table. They aren't necessarily in this thing for ego or profit. They are in it to preserve a lifestyle that was introduced to them. Corporate wineries typically operate with the bottom line being the motivating factor. They often have to charge what the spreadsheet tells them to charge in order to make a profit and oftentimes the wines aren't worth the price. You should always be striving to drink wines that are worth it.
L.B.Z.: What do consumers really need to know about natural wines?
J.K.: That they are a viable option and they basically dispel all the preconceived notions you have about wine. If you care about where your food comes from you should also care about where your wines are coming from.
L.B.Z.: Do you think the wine market in general is moving towards green/bio/sustainable wines and if so why?
J.K.: Absolutely. The entire industry is to some sort of extent because the entire world is. Failure to acknowledge that would be foolish and there is too much money at stake and too many smart people involved in the wine industry to ignore it. | https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizazimmerman/2022/07/15/a-natural-wine-store-hits-its-stride-in-southern-oregon/ | 2022-07-15T20:49:17Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizazimmerman/2022/07/15/a-natural-wine-store-hits-its-stride-in-southern-oregon/ | true |
One of the stars of Greg Schiano’s first stint at Rutgers has officially ended a memorable football career.
Former Scarlet Knights safety Jason McCourty announced his retirement from the NFL on Friday afternoon, ending a 13-year career in the league in which he played for the Tennessee Titans, Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins. He won a Super Bowl alongside his twin brother Devin with the Patriots in 2018, defeating the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl 53. | https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/2022/07/former-rutgers-star-jason-mccourty-announces-retirement-from-nfl.html | 2022-07-15T20:52:15Z | https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/2022/07/former-rutgers-star-jason-mccourty-announces-retirement-from-nfl.html | false |
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Hanan Elatr, who was married to slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, about President Biden's meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman.
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Hilaria Baldwin is finding ways to stay fit during her pregnancy.
The yoga guru, who is currently expecting her seventh child with husband Alec Baldwin, shared how she's changing up her workout routine as she heads into the final trimester of her pregnancy.
"I feel my body slowing down," Hilaria captioned a July 14 throwback workout video, which featured her doing squats in heels. "I love exercising while pregnant and feel grateful that my pregnancies have allowed for me to be active."
However, just because Hilaria has been able to maintain a fitness regimen while expecting, that doesn't mean that each of her pregnancies has followed the same rule book.
"We all know that every pregnancy is different and much control we have to let go to nature and listen to what our reality is," she wrote. "I got pregnant with Carmen at 28 and I'm 38 [about] to have this baby girl. Age and wear and tear of so many pregnancies and babies are things I def feel."
So, the Living Clearly Method author is sharing a little insight into her favorite types of exercises.
"I was looking at old photos of the babes and I found this video from a few years ago," she wrote. "These are exercises I do now and will be some of the first I go back to after I give birth. Lots of pelvic floor concentration here with squats."
But, as Hilaria warned viewers, there's one major difference between the video and her present-day routine: "Obvs no heels…you guys know me: always moving around with whatever I am wearing."
Now, as she prepares to welcome a baby girl with Alec, Hilaria said she's "respecting the slowing down process and then the slow rev up again after baby."
"The expansion and contraction of the body," she continued. "How grateful I am to have these experiences in my life's story."
In addition to their little one on the way, Alec and Hilaria, who tied the knot in 2012, have welcomed six children together: Carmen, 8, Rafael, 6, Leonardo, 5, Romeo, 4, Eduardo, 22 months, and Lucia, 16 months. Alec is also dad to Ireland Baldwin, 26, who he shares with ex Kim Basinger. | https://www.eonline.com/news/1338190/pregnant-hilaria-baldwin-says-her-body-is-slowing-down-as-she-enters-third-trimester?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories | 2022-07-15T20:58:03Z | https://www.eonline.com/news/1338190/pregnant-hilaria-baldwin-says-her-body-is-slowing-down-as-she-enters-third-trimester?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories | true |
VANCOUVER, BC, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - LUXXFOLIO Holdings Inc. (the "Company" or "LUXXFOLIO") (CSE: LUXX) (OTCQB: LUXFF) (Frankfurt/Berlin: LUH), the Company took another strategic step to optimize its operations. LUXXFOLIO recently closed the sale of 100 Petahash, or approximately 970 cryptocurrency mining machines (the "Miners"). As part of the sale, the Miners will continue to be hosted by LUXXFOLIO under a two-year immersion hosting agreement. The sale reduces the Company's debt by approximately USD$3,200,000, allows the Company to continue to mine bitcoin on the overclocked Petahash of the Miners placed in immersion, and provides the Company with steady revenues via hosting fees. The sale of the Miners is part of LUXXFOLIO's commitment to continue to optimize its business in the face of current market pressures.
"These strategic decisions we have made in light of current market conditions puts us in a stronger position to navigate going forward." stated Ken MacLean, President of LUXXFOLIO. "We are entering a new segment of the mining industry by utilizing immersion technology to gain greater efficiencies from our current generation of miners. "
Kien Tran, COO of LUXXFOLIO, stated: "Our long-term outlook on bitcoin is bullish, and we believe our decisions provide us the best opportunity to participate in the Bitcoin mining industry and secure a slice of the world's largest and most secure decentralized monetary network. We are deleveraging and locking in a mix of steady revenues while still maintaining exposure to mining."
About LUXXFOLIO
LUXXFOLIO Holdings Inc. is a publicly traded, vertically integrated digital asset company based in Canada. It operates an industrial scale cryptocurrency mining facility in the United States powered predominately by renewable energy with a focus on the blockchain ecosystem and generation of digital assets. LUXXFOLIO provides a liquid alternative for exposure to digital assets for the broader capital markets.
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Pennsylvania toughens penalties for repeat DUI drivers
The bill was inspired by the death of Deana Eckman. A five-time drunken driver crashed head-on into the car she was riding in.
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Pennsylvania toughens penalties for repeat DUI drivers
The bill was inspired by the death of Deana Eckman. A five-time drunken driver crashed head-on into the car she was riding in.
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Updated: 4:46 PM EDT Jul 15, 2022
-- I LOOKED INTO HOW CAN WORK. SHEILA LOCKWOOD VIVLYID REMEMBERS THE LAST TIME SHE SAW HER 23-YEAR-OLD SON AUSTIN IN JUNE OF 20.18 >> AUSTIN LEFT MY HSEOU, GAVE ME A HUG, I TOLD HIM TO BE SAFE AND I LOVED H.IM AND HE WENT TO WORK. ADRIEN:NE AFTER WORK HE LEFT HIS HOME STATE OF ILLINOIS AND WENT TO HELP A FRIEND FIX UAP CABIN IN WISCONSIN. THEY WENT TO A BAR. >> THE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT ON THE ROAD IN ITS ENTIRETY MIGHT BE5 4 AND THAT’S FAST. HE WAS GOING OVER 70 MILESER P HOUR. AND LOST CONTROL AND CRUSHED MY SON AGAINST A TREE. ADRIENNE: AUSTIN WAS THE PASSENGER, HIS FRIEND, THE DRIVER. AFTER THAT OCONOMOWOC WLDOU BECOME AN ADVOCATE AND STARTED WORKING WITH MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING. IN NOVEMBER, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SIGNED THE INFO STRUCTURE BILL INTO LAW THAT WILL REQUIRE AUTOMAKERS INSTALL TECHNOLOGY THAT MAKES IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE DRUNK. >> IT WILL NOT ONLY SAVE LESIV, BUT IT WILL PROTECT THOSE THAT MAY BE MAKE A BAD DECISION AND GET BEHIND THE WHEEL WHEN THEY SHOULD NOT. ADRIENNE: BUT HOW WILL IT WORK? WE ASK A PROFESSOR IN THE SOFTWARE ENGINRINGEE PROGRAM AT THE MILWAUKEE SCHOOL WHOSE UD TO BE IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY. >> THE TECHNOLOGY, THE USAGE OF THE TECHNOLOGY IS NEW, BUT THE TECHNOLOGY ITSELF IS NOT NEW. ADRIENNE: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY IDEAS? >> THE INITIAL IDEAS, ONE OF THEM IS A SORT OF SENSOR THAT WOULD BE EITHER EMBEDDED IN THE START BUTTON OR ON THE STEERING WHEEL. AND WHAT IT WOULD DO IS SHINE AND INFRARED LIGHT INTO YOUR FINGER AND BASICALLY LOOK FOR THE TELLTALE SIGNOFS ALCOHOL INSIDE OF THE BLOOD. OTHER SYSTEMS THAT ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT WOULD POTENTIALLY LOOK AT EXHADLE BREATH AND MEASURING ALCOHOL CONTENT BASICALLY IN THE AIR. AND OTHER SYSTEMS THAT ARE DOWN THE ROAD WITH LOOK AT BASICALLY CAMERA PHOTOS OF THE DRIVER AS THEY ARE DRIVING, TO SEE WHAT IS -- WHERE THEY HAVE SIGNS OF BEING IMPAIRED. ADRIENNE: THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS. WHEN WE REACHED OUT TO THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THEY SENT ME A STATEMENT FROM THE BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY SAYINGN I ART, STATES ARE STILL WAITING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THEY WILL BE IMPACTED, INCLUDING ANY POTENTIAL FUNDING CHANGE TO IMPAIRED DRIVING PROGRAMS OR NEW REQUIREMENTS. EVEN WITH QUESTIONS, THIS MOTHER SAYS IT IS A BIG WIN. WHAT DO YOU THINK AUSTIN WOULD SAY? >> HE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A REALLY BIG RING ON HIS FACE AND SAY THAT’S SWEET, MOM. YOU KNOW? WAY TO GO. ADRIENNE: THANKS TO SHEILA FOR SHARING HER STORY WITH US. ACCORDING TO THE LEGISLATION, THE ANTI-DRUNK DRIVING SYSTEM CODUL BE IN CARS IN 2026. WISCONSIN IS
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Pennsylvania toughens penalties for repeat DUI drivers
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Gov. Tom Wolf signed legislation Monday to increase penalties for motorists who have multiple DUI convictions to try to end what critics call Pennsylvania's "revolving door" for the most serious drunken drivers.The state Senate passed the final version last week after a couple of attempts to get the bill through the Legislature.The new law takes effect in November and increases penalties for some offenders who receive a third or subsequent DUI conviction.It aims to lengthen sentences by requiring someone convicted of a third DUI offense to serve consecutive sentences for separate counts, instead of serving the sentences at the same time.The law also increases the grading of offenses - and the potential length of the sentence - for someone convicted of a fourth DUI if they are caught with drugs or record a high blood alcohol content.The bill was inspired by the death of Deana Eckman. A five-time drunken driver killed the 45-year-old Delaware County woman in 2019 when he drove his pickup truck across a double yellow line and slammed head-on into the car she was riding in, driven by Eckman's husband, who was seriously injured.The 30-year-old pickup driver pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and other charges and was sentenced to 25 1/2 to 51 years in prison.The driver, David Strowhouer, had been freed from state prison a few months before the crash after serving a concurrent sentence for his fifth DUI conviction.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) —
Gov. Tom Wolf signed legislation Monday to increase penalties for motorists who have multiple DUI convictions to try to end what critics call Pennsylvania's "revolving door" for the most serious drunken drivers.
The state Senate passed the final version last week after a couple of attempts to get the bill through the Legislature.
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The new law takes effect in November and increases penalties for some offenders who receive a third or subsequent DUI conviction.
It aims to lengthen sentences by requiring someone convicted of a third DUI offense to serve consecutive sentences for separate counts, instead of serving the sentences at the same time.
The law also increases the grading of offenses - and the potential length of the sentence - for someone convicted of a fourth DUI if they are caught with drugs or record a high blood alcohol content.
The bill was inspired by the death of Deana Eckman. A five-time drunken driver killed the 45-year-old Delaware County woman in 2019 when he drove his pickup truck across a double yellow line and slammed head-on into the car she was riding in, driven by Eckman's husband, who was seriously injured.
The 30-year-old pickup driver pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and other charges and was sentenced to 25 1/2 to 51 years in prison.
The driver, David Strowhouer, had been freed from state prison a few months before the crash after serving a concurrent sentence for his fifth DUI conviction. | https://www.wtae.com/article/pennsylvania-dui-penalties/40627713 | 2022-07-15T20:59:57Z | https://www.wtae.com/article/pennsylvania-dui-penalties/40627713 | false |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – After 18 years at the helm of the Hilltopper boys basketball program, Ken Cutlip has resigned, according to Science Hill Athletic Director Keith Turner.
“We would like to thank Coach Cutlip for his outstanding tenure as the boys’ basketball coach at Science Hill,” Turner said. “Through his dedication to the team and the players, Coach Cutlip led the program with unrivaled character and integrity.”
Cutlip tallied 506 wins as head coach at Science Hill and will leave as the school’s all-time winningest coach. He led the Hilltoppers to three state tournament appearances in his tenure (2009, 2012, 2016).
“Coach Cutlip’s record speaks for itself,” Turner continued. “Coach Cutlip etched his name along with other great coaches that have made the ‘Toppers one of the winningest teams in the country. We wish him and his family nothing but the best.”
A search for a new boy’s head basketball coach will begin immediately. | https://www.wjhl.com/sports/cutlip-resigns-as-science-hill-boys-basketball-coach/ | 2022-07-15T21:02:09Z | https://www.wjhl.com/sports/cutlip-resigns-as-science-hill-boys-basketball-coach/ | true |
Texas is sweltering through a weeks-long heat wave that is testing the reliability of the state's isolated power grid, which experienced a disastrous outage in February 2021.
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Texas is sweltering through a weeks-long heat wave that is testing the reliability of the state's isolated power grid, which experienced a disastrous outage in February 2021.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Hanan Elatr, who was married to slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, about President Biden's meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Hanan Elatr, who was married to slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, about President Biden's meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman.
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Court issues restraining order against Air Force COVID-19 vaccine mandate
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - An Ohio court has issued a temporary national restraining order against the Air Force COVID-19 vaccine mandate for those who seek religious exemption.
The Thomas More Society says on Thursday, July 14, a federal court in Ohio temporarily issued a national restraining order to prevent the U.S. Air Force from enforcing the military COVID-19 vaccine mandate when a request for religious exemption is involved.
The society of Roman Catholic lawyers noted that the order prohibited enforcement of the mandate when a service member has submitted a religious accommodation request which has either been denied or remains pending. It said its attorneys are pleased with the development as it directly affects a lawsuit in which they represent several Air Force members.
The Society indicated that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio entered the order, which was effective immediately, to ban the enforcement of the vaccine mandate in Doster v. Kendall. It said the order is valid for 14 days, during which the court will consider a preliminary injunction to extend the ban and protect those who object on religious grounds until a trial is held.
“This is a huge victory for our country and religious freedom,” said Stephen Crampton, Thomas More Society Senior Counsel.
In a similar case, Air Force Officer v Austin, in Georgia, the Society said its attorneys won the first preliminary injunction in the nation against the Air Force vaccine mandate on behalf of one officer. It said it now represents three additional Air Force members and seeks class action certification for a nationwide injunction against the mandate. It noted the motions have been fully briefed and await a ruling.
“This order could not have come at a better time,” added Adam Hochschild, Thomas More Society Special Counsel. “The government has recently ordered imminent punitive action against those men and women of faith who cannot in good conscience take these experimental vaccines, and this order stops the government in its tracks.”
Judge Matthew McFarland said in the federal court order out of Ohio, “The facts show Defendants [the Air Force] have engaged in a pattern of denying religious accommodation requests.”
The Society noted that the Air Force has granted about 1% of all religious accommodation requests submitted - virtually all of which are for airmen who are set to leave the service. It said the court stated the class includes over 12,000 members and it found class certification proper due to seeking relief under the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
“The court has correctly certified the class in Doster and rightly enjoined the Air Force mandate,” Crampton said. “It is gratifying to see the courts uphold their constitutional duty to ensure other branches of the government do not run roughshod over fundamental rights, as the Air Force has been doing here.”
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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala repatriated its first victim Friday from the smuggling attempt that left 53 migrants from Mexico and Central America dead last month in San Antonio, Texas.
The body of 13-year-old Pascual Melvin Guachiac Sipac arrived around midday in Guatemala’s capital. Twenty-one Guatemalans were among the migrants who died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer June 27 in sweltering heat.
The boy’s family was on hand to receive the casket at the capital’s airport.
Guachiac Sipac was an Indigenous Quiche who spoke little Spanish, but he set out nonetheless with his cousin for the United States, both hoping to work and help their families. His cousin, Wilmer Tulul, died too and his body was expected to return to Guatemala Saturday.
They were from Tzucubal, a community of about 1,500 people in the mountains nearly 100 miles northwest of the capital, where most live by subsistence farming.
A fourth flight carrying the last of the incident’s Mexican victims landed Friday. Mexico flew home 25 of its 26 victims this week in accordance with the families’ wishes.
Six Hondurans made up the remainder of the victims. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Guatemala-returns-1st-of-its-21-victims-from-17308265.php | 2022-07-15T21:07:16Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Guatemala-returns-1st-of-its-21-victims-from-17308265.php | false |
Stevens, Meijer, Hollier post strong fundraising hauls for U.S. House as primary nears
Amid a heated primary against a colleague, Democratic U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens again outraised her opponent, posting a quarterly fundraising haul topping $1 million Friday and $1.8 million in the bank for the last push before the Aug. 2 election.
Stevens of Waterford Township is facing Rep. Andy Levin of Bloomfield Township in the primary election for Michigan's new 11th District in Oakland County that's attracted millions in outside spending.
Stevens' campaign benefited from over $636,000 in contributions bundled by the pro-Israel lobby group the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, including $338,722 for the quarter ending June 30.
Pro-Israel outside groups have also ramped up spending in the 11th with an AIPAC-affiliated super PAC spending $2.4 million to boost Stevens so far, according to federal disclosures. A super PAC for J Street, a rival to AIPAC, has said it's spending at least $700,000 in support of Levin.
Levin's campaign again denounced Stevens for accepting support from the AIPAC-affiliated United Democracy Project, which is funded in part by Republican megadonors.
"While our opponent continues to take hundreds of thousands of dollars between AIPAC and corporate PACs and allows Republican-funded dark money to flood the airwaves, we are confident we can win this by doing what Andy Levin has always done: organizing," Levin spokeswoman Jenny Byer said.
"We have knocked 2.5 times as many doors as our opponent — fueled with enthusiasm and dedication that money cannot buy."
Levin in the second quarter raised $555,040, according to his campaign.
District 13
For the open seat representing the bulk of Detroit in the U.S. House, state Sen. Adam Hollier reported $412,983 in receipts for the second quarter, bringing his total for the first six months of the campaign to over $929,496. His campaign said that's a record for a first-time, non-incumbent congressional candidate running to represent Detroit.
But Hollier spent more than he brought in, $495,218 total, including for multiple direct mailings. He reported $371,043 cash on hand as of June 30 and loaned his campaign $15,000 on June 22.
Hollier led fundraising the nine-Democrat field vying for the 13th District seat in the first quarter and said this week his haul is the fruits of at least 750 hours of donors calls. His total included at least $43,500 in individual donations earmarked by AIPAC's political action committee, according to federal disclosures.
"The momentum we have in this race is strong,” Hollier said in a statement. “We’ve focused on connecting with voters and donors, making more than 180,000 calls; knocking over 30,000 doors; and having millions of online impressions to bring us to a win on August 2nd."
Another leading candidate, attorney Portia Roberson, raised $170,836 in the second quarter for a total $438,376 for the cycle so far, according to her campaign. Roberson had $141,612 in the bank as of June 30.
Attorney and educator Michael Griffie reported $67,112 in receipts, $265,064 in expenditures and $54,952 on hand as of June 30. Former Detroit Councilwoman Sharon McPhail raised $34,545 and had $32,786 cash on hand. Reports by other 13th District candidates were still outstanding as of Friday afternoon.
The bulk of the field is at a financial disadvantage after state Rep. Shri Thanedar committed $5 million of his own fortune to his campaign last year.
Thanadar's campaign has said the wealthy businessman refuses corporate PAC money and would be self-funding most of his campaign "so that he only has to answer to his constituents," rather than special interests. Thanedar carried Detroit in the 2018 Democratic primary for governor, which he finished last in statewide.
The new 13th District covers most of Detroit, the Grosse Pointes and downriver communities.
District 12
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit, posted $486,016 in receipts in her bid for a third term in the new 12th District, reporting $1.1 million in the bank. Tlaib is facing a primary challenge from Detroit Clerk Janice Winfrey, former state Rep. Shanelle Jackson and Lathrop Village Mayor Kelly Garrett.
Winfrey posted $58,290 in receipts Friday and $145,328 in cash reserves going into July.
District 10
Republican John James hauled in a whopping $2.6 million over the last three months, according to his campaign, which is likely to rank among the largest totals collected by a U.S. House candidate nationwide.
James of Farmington Hills is a former U.S. Senate candidate now running for the open seat in the new 10th District, which covers parts of Macomb and Oakland counties.
About $1 million went directly to James' campaign and about $1.6 million went to a joint fundraising committee, according to his campaign. He ended the quarter with $2.4 million cash on hand. Another Republican, Tony Marcinkewciz of Macomb Township, is also seeking the 10th District GOP nomination.
Five candidates are vying for the Democratic nomination in the 10th, including former Macomb County Judge Carl Marlinga of Sterling Heights, Warren Councilwoman Angela Rogensues, Sterling Heights Councilman Henry Yanez, attorney Huwaida Arraf of Macomb Township and Rhonda Powell of Mount Clemens.
Rogensues posted $120,147 in donations for the second quarter and had $85,395 in the bank. Powell's total was $22,207 in receipts and had about $5,300 cash on hand.
District 7
The campaign of U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Lansing, who's in a competitive race for a third term against state Sen. Tom Barrett, raised nearly $1.56 million over the last three months and had $6.5 million on hand as of June 30. The general election contest in the new 7th District is rated a tossup.
"We we are in a tight race and are one of the top 10 most difficult races in the country," Slotkin said Thursday. "But I've never had an easy race, and so we work exceptionally hard."
Barrett of Charlotte is facing a write-in primary challenge by Jake Hagg, who is running to Barrett's right but was disqualified from the ballot. Hagg has loaned his campaign $112,368 and spent $75,086 last quarter, ending with $39,511 in the bank. Barrett's quarterly report is not yet available.
District 3
In west Michigan, freshman U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Grand Rapids Township, again swamped his Trump-backed primary challenger, John Gibbs of Byron Center, with Meijer bringing in $578,749 in the second quarter to Gibbs' $216,255.
Meijer reported $1.4 million in cash reserves, and Gibbs had $124,574 left in the bank as of June 30.
This story is developing and will be updated.
Staff writer Craig Mauger contributed.
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A century or more ago, Baltimore artists created, drew and produced beautiful images within the solid walls of the Hoen lithography plant on Biddle Street on the east side.
The headquarters of the producer of detailed maps, colorful canning labels and Maryland rye whiskey labels closed 40 years ago and fell vacant. Trees sprouted in its decomposing walls. It was a six-alarm fire waiting to happen.
“It was an absolute disaster,” said Trevor Pryce, 46, the former Ravens defensive lineman who has leased a considerable portion of the old high-end printing plant, redeveloped by Cross Street Partners, for his live animation business, the Outlook Company.
Pryce, who grew up in central Florida, attended the University of Michigan and graduated from Clemson University, and played 14 seasons in the NFL. He founded a record label, Outlook Music Company, in 2001 while playing for the Denver Broncos.
He settled permanently in Baltimore, first in Columbia and now in Reisterstown, after his two daughters and son graduated from McDonogh School. He liked the education they received and decided to put down roots here after he left the NFL.
After visiting 20th Century Fox in 2005, he became enthralled with visual media and computer animation.
He was soon focusing his creativity into the Kulipari series, now a Netflix show. And Kulipari is now produced in East Baltimore, at Chester and Biddle streets.
“We are becoming the first company of our kind in this part of the world,” Pryce said. “The closest similar operation is PBS Kids in northern Virginia with its ‘Curious George.’”
His Kulipari, an Australian Outback aboriginal word for poison, is set in the Amphibilands, a secluded community of tree frogs. Kulipari began as a Simon & Schuster book and made the jump to an animated series.
His digital action animation was once located on Mosher Street in a Maryland Institute College of Art building in Bolton Hill. He outgrew that space and found his current new space in East Baltimore in a neighborhood that suits Pryce.
“Th vacants are starting to becoming high-end town houses,” he said. “My goal is to turn it into a Burbank. There is room for it here.”
Burbank, California, is the home to the major players in animation.
He now has 62 people on his payroll and envisions his operation spreading to other 19th century, formerly moribund structures scattered north of the Johns Hopkins medical campus.
Pryce is joining with Cross Street Partners to redevelop another industrial building at 1010 N. Chester St.and hopes to receive funding through State of Maryland Historic Tax Credits.
He sees it as becoming a “major virtual production studio for the East Coast.”
Cross Street Partners call the effort a “transformative redevelopment project will continue the ongoing revitalization of East Baltimore by repurposing an underutilized warehouse building on a blighted urban block into a nexus of opportunity.”
Pryce sees an enlarged studio as drawing major film projects to the Baltimore market.
“This is eventually,” he said. “In time, people in the industry will come to Baltimore.”
He recently showed his current studio to a summer youth group from the neighborhood adjacent to his studio.
“Until you see it on your own, with your own eyes, you don’t really know what we do,” he said. “If you were a kid of a similar age in Burbank, California, you would know all about it. The industry is there and you’d have a cousin or friend working in it.”
He wants to share his world of creativity and video action to East Baltimore.
“I can have an impact in this city,” he said.
The day those children saw his artists at their screens — and recognized they were making another part of the Kulipari series, one of them told him, “This is the coolest place in Baltimore.”
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Glenn Greenwald: Even if Elon Musk-Twitter deal implodes, seeing the establishment panic was a 'silver lining'
Glenn Greenwald remains hopeful Elon Musk will still own Twitter despite the current turmoil
Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald remains hopeful that Elon Musk will still take over Twitter despite the deal's current turmoil that has led the tech giant to sue the billionaire Tesla CEO.
Musk is attempting to withdraw his $44-billion bid to buy Twitter due to the company allegedly not being forthcoming on its data regarding how many bots are on the platform, while Twitter is taking Musk to court in order to force him to honor the deal.
Speaking with Fox News Digital at FreedomFest in Las Vegas, Greenwald insisted that even if the deal falls through, a "silver lining" was witnessing the utter "hysteria" from the establishment that Musk's takeover attempt ignited.
TWITTER SUES ELON MUSK OVER HIS ATTEMPT TO BACK OUT OF $44 BILLION DEAL
"I find silver linings in any episode that is illuminating about how our culture and politics actually function. And I can't recall any that was quite as illuminating as this Elon Musk episode because all he really did that caused so much indignation and panic on the part of establishment circles was say he wanted to restore some residue of free speech back to a major internet platform," Greenwald said.
He continued, "And simply by virtue of promising to do that, there was this wave of neurosis and hysteria unlike anything I've ever seen. And I think that reveals something very important, which is how genuinely vital and valuable this weapon of online censorship has become to institutions of establishment authority. And even if nothing changes in terms of Twitter's ownership structure, that lesson is deeply valuable."
Greenwald suggested that Musk's spat with Twitter is "just business" since he was "roped into a price" that was perhaps too high to begin with.
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"The idea that Twitter is this fundamentally different business than he thought it was because of bots prior to purchasing it only to discover the existence of bot at a much higher – no, that is not an actual thing that happened," Greenwald laughed. "That's totally a pretext to allow him to get out of a deal and negotiate a better price."
The Substack journalist struggled to say whether Musk's takeover of Twitter will actually happen since the tech tycoon is "almost impossible to predict" but strongly backed the multi-billion-dollar transaction.
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"I hope, though, that he ends up owning Twitter because even if the changes are minimal, the mere fact that we will have somebody in control of one of the major social media platforms who has explicitly denounced the censorship regime that has consumed and continues to consume social media platforms I think will be very important," Greenwald said. | https://www.foxnews.com/media/glenn-greenwald-elon-musk-twitter-deal-implodes-seeing-establishment-panic-silver-lining | 2022-07-15T21:09:25Z | https://www.foxnews.com/media/glenn-greenwald-elon-musk-twitter-deal-implodes-seeing-establishment-panic-silver-lining | true |
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HARTFORD, Conn., July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund (formerly known as Virtus AllianzGI Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund) (NYSE: AIO) previously announced the following monthly distribution on June 7, 2022:
Under the terms of its Managed Distribution Plan, the Fund will seek to maintain a consistent distribution level that may be paid, in part or in full, from net investment income and realized capital gains, or a combination thereof. Shareholders should note, however, that if the Fund's aggregate net investment income and net realized capital gains are less than the amount of the distribution level, the difference will be distributed from the Fund's assets and will constitute a return of the shareholder's capital. You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's Managed Distribution Plan.
The Fund provided this estimate of the sources of the distributions:
Information regarding the Fund's performance and distribution rates is set forth below. Please note that all performance figures are based on the Fund's NAV and not the market price of the Fund's shares. Performance figures are not meant to represent individual shareholder performance.
The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this notice are estimates only and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the distributions for tax purposes will depend on the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund or your broker will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you what distributions to report for federal income tax purposes.
About the Fund
Virtus Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund is a diversified closed-end fund that seeks to provide total return through a combination of current income, current gains, and long-term capital appreciation. A multi-asset approach based on fundamental research is employed, dynamically allocating to attractive segments of a company's debt and equity in order to offer an attractive risk/reward profile. Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. is the investment adviser to the Fund and Allianz Global Investors is its subadviser.
For more information on the Fund, contact shareholder services at (866) 270-7788, by email at closedendfunds@virtus.com, or through the Closed-End Funds section of virtus.com.
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NEW YORK, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of each of Neuberger Berman Municipal Fund Inc. (NYSE American: NBH), Neuberger Berman California Municipal Fund Inc. (NYSE American: NBW), and Neuberger Berman New York Municipal Fund Inc. (NYSE American: NBO) has declared monthly distributions for the dates below. The Funds seek to provide income that is exempt from regular federal income tax. Additionally, Neuberger Berman California Municipal Fund Inc. seeks to provide income that is exempt from California personal income tax and Neuberger Berman New York Municipal Fund Inc. seeks to provide income that is exempt from New York State and New York City personal income tax. Distributions of the Funds may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax for some stockholders. Each Fund's distribution announced today is payable on August 15, 2022, has a record date of July 29, 2022 and an ex-date of July 28, 2022.
The Funds will make the distributions described above in the following per share amounts:
In compliance with Section 19 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, a notice would be provided for any distribution that does not consist solely of net investment income. The notice would be for informational purposes and not for tax reporting purposes, and would disclose, among other things, estimated portions of the distribution, if any, consisting of net investment income, capital gains and return of capital. The final determination of the source and tax characteristics of all distributions paid in 2022 will be made after the end of the year.
About Neuberger Berman
Neuberger Berman, founded in 1939, is a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager. The firm manages a range of strategies—including equity, fixed income, quantitative and multi-asset class, private equity, real estate and hedge funds—on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors globally. With offices in 25 countries, Neuberger Berman's diverse team has over 2,500 professionals. For eight consecutive years, the company has been named first or second in Pensions & Investments Best Places to Work in Money Management survey (among those with 1,000 employees or more). In 2020, the PRI named Neuberger Berman a Leader, a designation awarded to fewer than 1% of investment firms for excellence in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. The PRI also awarded Neuberger Berman an A+ in every eligible category for our approach to ESG integration across asset classes. The firm manages $447 billion in client assets as of March 31, 2022. For more information, please visit our website at www.nb.com.
Statements made in this release that look forward in time involve risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the adverse effect from a decline in the securities markets or a decline in the Fund's performance, a general downturn in the economy, competition from other closed end investment companies, changes in government policy or regulation, inability of the Fund's investment adviser to attract or retain key employees, inability of the Fund to implement its investment strategy, inability of the Fund to manage rapid expansion and unforeseen costs and other effects related to legal proceedings or investigations of governmental and self-regulatory organizations.
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Watchdog briefs Jan. 6 panel on erased Secret Service texts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security on Friday briefed all nine members of the House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol attack about his finding that the Secret Service deleted texts from around Jan. 6, according to two people familiar with the matter.
While lawmakers were tight-lipped about what they heard, the closed-door briefing with the inspector general, Joseph Cuffari, came two days after his office sent a letter to leaders of the House and Senate Homeland Security committees stating that Secret Service agents erased messages between Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021 “as part of a device-replacement program.” The deletion came after the watchdog office requested records from the agents as part of its probe into events surrounding the Jan. 6 attack, the letter said.
For the Jan. 6 panel, the watchdog’s finding raised the startling prospect of lost evidence that could shed further light on Donald Trump’s actions during the insurrection.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, the Democratic chairman of the House Jan. 6 panel, told the Associated Press on Friday that the committee is taking a deeper look at whether records may have been lost. “There have been some conflicting positions on the matter,” the Mississippi lawmaker said.
The private briefing was confirmed by two people familiar with the matter who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity to discuss it.
The Secret Service insists proper procedures were followed. Agency spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said, “The insinuation that the Secret Service maliciously deleted text messages following a request is false. In fact, the Secret Service has been fully cooperating with the OIG in every respect — whether it be interviews, documents, emails, or texts.”
He said the Secret Service had started to reset its mobile devices to factory settings in January 2021 “as part of a pre-planned, three-month system migration.” In that process, some data was lost.
The inspector general first requested the electronic communications on Feb. 26, “after the migration was well under way,” Guglielmi said.
The Secret Service said it has provided a substantial number of emails and chat messages that included conversations and details related to Jan. 6 to the inspector general. It also said text messages from the Capitol Police requesting assistance on Jan. 6 were preserved and provided to the inspector general’s office.
The Senate Homeland committee, which has jurisdiction over the Department of Homeland Security and the Secret Service, is also expecting a briefing from the inspector general about the letter, according to a person familiar with the committee’s discussions who was not authorized to discuss them publicly.
The Jan. 6 committee has taken a renewed interest in the Secret Service following the dramatic testimony of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who recalled what she heard about former President Donald Trump’s actions the day of the insurrection.
Hutchinson recalled being told about a confrontation between Trump and his Secret Service detail as he angrily demanded to be driven to the Capitol, where his supporters would later breach the building. She also recalled overhearing Trump telling security officials to remove magnetometers for his rally on the Ellipse even though some of his supporters were armed.
Some details of that account were quickly disputed by those agents. Robert Engel, the agent who was driving the presidential SUV, and Trump security official Tony Ornato are willing to testify under oath that no agent was assaulted and Trump never lunged for the steering wheel, a person familiar with the matter told the AP. The person would not discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
With evidence still emerging, the House Jan. 6 committee on Friday officials scheduled its next hearing to take place Thursday in primetime. The 8 p.m. hearing, which is the eighth in a series that began in early June, will take a deeper look into the three-hour-plus stretch when Trump failed to act as a mob of supporters stormed the Capitol.
It will be the first hearing in prime time since June 9, the first on the committee’s findings. It was viewed by 20 million people.
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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala repatriated its first victim Friday from the smuggling attempt that left 53 migrants from Mexico and Central America dead last month in San Antonio, Texas.
The body of 13-year-old Pascual Melvin Guachiac Sipac arrived around midday in Guatemala’s capital. Twenty-one Guatemalans were among the migrants who died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer June 27 in sweltering heat.
The boy’s family was on hand to receive the casket at the capital’s airport.
Guachiac Sipac was an Indigenous Quiche who spoke little Spanish, but he set out nonetheless with his cousin for the United States, both hoping to work and help their families. His cousin, Wilmer Tulul, died too and his body was expected to return to Guatemala Saturday.
They were from Tzucubal, a community of about 1,500 people in the mountains nearly 100 miles northwest of the capital, where most live by subsistence farming.
A fourth flight carrying the last of the incident’s Mexican victims landed Friday. Mexico flew home 25 of its 26 victims this week in accordance with the families’ wishes.
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An educational discussion of Ohio's medical and legal landscape after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v Wade
CLEVELAND, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- What liabilities do attorneys, health care providers, companies and firms face as Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization becomes part of our legal system? What are the nuances and pitfalls of this incredibly complex ruling? What do attorneys and other professionals need to know as they begin to advise their clients about working within the boundaries of this landmark case?
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization overturning Roe v Wade opened a Pandora's box for attorneys, physicians, hospitals, clinics – and women all over Ohio. From genetic testing, IVF and ectopic pregnancies to rape and incest, medical personnel, health care administrators, parents – and their attorneys – now face unprecedented legal questions and perils.
On July 25, 2022, a free symposium will address issues raised by the Supreme Court's ruling and the immediate "trigger law" enacted by the Ohio state legislature. The first half of this symposium will address legal issues related to medicine, procedures and effective legal representation. The second half will offer medical and service providers information about the new legalities surrounding reproductive rights. The symposium will focus on Ohio law and also consider the impact of laws governing surrounding states.
This symposium is open to attorneys, medical professionals and members of the general public interested in factual information. It is not intended to be a forum for advocacy.
The program will be moderated by Ian Friedman, Esq., Friedman & Nemecek, LLC and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Adjunct Professor.
Speakers include Dr. Catherine Romanos, Women's Clinic of Columbus; Maggie Scotece, Esq., Interim Executive Director, Women Have Options Ohio; Jordyn Close, Executive Fellow, Ohio Women's Alliance and Board Chair, Women Have Options-Ohio; Madelyn J. Grant, Esq., Criminal Defense Attorney, Friedman & Nemecek, LLC; Jen Driscoll, Esq., Supervisor of Major Trial Unit, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office; Diane Menashe, Esq., Partner, Director of Litigation Training & Pro Bono Activities, Ice Miller Legal Counsel; Jessie Hill, JD, Professor of Law, CWRU School of Law; Sarah Inskeep, Chief of Staff & Operations Director, Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity (URGE); Collette Ngana, Chair, Board of Directors of Preterm; Victoria Vance, Esq., Chair, Tucker Ellis, LLP, Health Care Practice Group; Susan Scheutzow, Esq., Healthcare Attorney, Kohrman Jackson & Krantz; and David Burkons, MD, Physician and Owner, Northeast Ohio Women's Center, LLC and Toledo Women's Center.
This free symposium will take place on Monday, July 25, 2022 from 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM in-person at the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Conference Center, 1375 E. 9th Street in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It will also simultaneously be webcast on Zoom and Facebook. Online log-in information will be provided after registration. Attorneys will receive four hours of CLE.
To register: https://tinyurl.com/Post-Dobbs-Ohio-Symposium. For more information about this symposium contact Kari Burns: 216-539-5970 kburns@clemetrobar.org
This symposium is sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union; Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights; the League of Women Voters of Ohio; Malarcik, Pierce, Munyer, & Will Attorneys at Law; Spitz, the Employee's Law Firm; The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, the Academy of Medicine of Cleveland and Northern Ohio; OPEN; the Toledo Bar Association; the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Rittgers & Rittgers; ALJ; and Friedman & Nemecek.
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Asurion® Repair Experts Provide Fast Fixes on Phones, Tablets, Laptops, and More
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new electronics repair shop, Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions™, has opened in Memphis at 3462 Plaza Ave. in the Poplar Plaza across from Kroger. The store offers professional fixes for most consumer electronics, from smartphones, tablets, and computers to game consoles, smart speakers, drones, and more.
While common repairs include cracked screens, battery issues, and water damage, the company's repair experts have fixed millions of devices and can help with most any tech mishap, and many basic repairs can be completed in 45 minutes or less.
The store is locally owned by Marc L. Lawson Jr. and his brother Brandon Lawson, who also own locations in Germantown, Wolfchase, and Johnson City. The brothers also plan to open an additional location in Kingsport later this year.
"I have been a part of the Memphis community for over 10 years," said Marc Lawson, owner of Asurion Tech Repair and Solutions Memphis. "While owning three other locations, I fell in love with the company's dedication to serving tech users in a time when connectivity is more critical than ever. I'm eager to further this commitment to those living in the heart of Memphis."
The store's expert repair technicians fix all kinds of technology, regardless of make or model, and the store is an authorized repair provider for Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel smartphones. Customers can book a repair appointment online or stop by the store for walk-in service. The store offers free, no-obligation diagnostics on all gadgets, as well as a 1-year limited warranty on all repairs. It even offers a price match guarantee on any local competitor's regularly published price for the same repair.
The new Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions store brings the company's retail footprint to more than 800 locations across the U.S. Formerly known as uBreakiFix®, all U.S. locations will rebrand as Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions throughout 2022.
"We are excited to serve people in Memphis with fast and affordable tech repair," said Dave Barbuto, CEO of Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions. "We all rely on our phones and laptops more than ever before, and our mission is bigger than repairing shattered screens and broken charge ports. We fix tech because people depend on it to stay connected to things that are important to them. I look forward to serving this community through our new Memphis location."
The new store is located at:
Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions
3462 Plaza Ave Suite 101, Memphis, TN 38111
(901) 482-9911
About Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions™
Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions™, formerly known as uBreakiFix®, is the retail brand operated and franchised by a subsidiary of tech care company Asurion®. As the world's leading tech care company, Asurion eliminates the fears and frustrations associated with technology to ensure its 300 million customers get the most out of their devices, appliances, and connections. Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions stores specialize in the repair of consumer technology, including smartphones, game consoles, tablets, computers, and nearly everything in between. Asurion Tech Repair and Solutions repair experts fix cracked screens, software issues, camera issues, and most other tech mishaps at more than 700 stores across the U.S. The stores provide fast, affordable fixes for nearly any device type, regardless of make or model, including authorized repairs for Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy smartphones.
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ARLINGTON, Va., July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.1580 per share payable on August 15, 2022 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 1, 2022.
Additional information regarding dividends paid by AES, including tax treatment, can be found on www.aes.com by selecting "Investors" then "Stock Information" and then "Dividend History."
About AES
The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) is a Fortune 500 global energy company accelerating the future of energy. Together with our many stakeholders, we're improving lives by delivering the greener, smarter energy solutions the world needs. Our diverse workforce is committed to continuous innovation and operational excellence, while partnering with our customers on their strategic energy transitions and continuing to meet their energy needs today. For more information, visit www.aes.com.
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Actual results could differ materially from those projected in our forward-looking statements due to risks, uncertainties and other factors. Important factors that could affect actual results are discussed in AES' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including, but not limited to, the risks discussed under Item 1A: "Risk Factors" and Item 7: "Management's Discussion & Analysis" in AES' Annual Report on Form 10-K and in subsequent reports filed with the SEC. Readers are encouraged to read AES' filings to learn more about the risk factors associated with AES' business. AES undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Any Stockholder who desires a copy of the Company's 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed February 28, 2022 with the SEC may obtain a copy (excluding the exhibits thereto) without charge by addressing a request to the Office of the Corporate Secretary, The AES Corporation, 4300 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22203. Exhibits also may be requested, but a charge equal to the reproduction cost thereof will be made. A copy of the Form 10-K may be obtained by visiting the Company's website at www.aes.com.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with CDC Director Rochelle Walensky about the monkeypox outbreak in the United States and the steps the federal government is taking to manage it.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with CDC Director Rochelle Walensky about the monkeypox outbreak in the United States and the steps the federal government is taking to manage it.
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Pennsylvania's Senate race has changed on the Democratic side. John Fetterman was sidelined after a stroke, the Supreme Court overturned Roe and the Jan. 6 hearings affected voters' perceptions.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The flagship school of North Carolina's university system announced Friday that it has reached a settlement with the journalist who ultimately shunned the school in an extended dispute over tenure and joined a historically Black university.
David Boliek, chairman of the Board of Trustees at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said the settlement with Nikole Hannah-Jones was for less than $75,000 and was approved by school Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz, news outlets reported.
Attorneys representing Hannah-Jones, including the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., last year threatened to take legal action, including filing a federal discrimination lawsuit, against UNC-Chapel Hill and its board of trustees over the failure to give her tenure, news outlets reported at the time.
Boliek said the settlement reached by the university was to resolve that “potential legal action,” and that a formal lawsuit was never filed by Hannah-Jones’ attorneys.
Hannah-Jones couldn't immediately be reached for comment Friday.
The dispute over whether UNC grant Hannah-Jones a lifetime faculty appointment prompted weeks of outcry as numerous professors and alumni voiced their frustration, and Black students and faculty questioned during protests whether the predominantly white university values them.
Hannah-Jones — who won the Pulitzer Prize for her work on The New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project focusing on America’s history of slavery — was hired as UNC’s Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism at the Hussman School of Journalism and Media.
She noted that she hadn’t sought out the job and was recruited by UNC’s journalism dean before her tenure application stalled over objections by a powerful donor and concerns by conservatives about her work.
Hannah-Jones’ tenure application was submitted to UNC’s trustees in 2020, but it was halted after a board member who vets the appointments raised questions about her nonacademic background. Instead, she was initially given a five-year contract, despite the fact that her predecessors were granted tenure when appointed. After weeks of mounting pressure, the trustees finally voted to offer tenure.
While the trustees voted 9-4 to offer her tenure, Hannah-Jones said in an interview with The Associated Press that the unfairness of how she was treated as a Black woman steered her toward turning the offer down. She accepted a chaired professorship at Howard University, a historically Black school in Washington, D.C. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/UNC-Chapel-Hill-settles-with-Hannah-Jones-in-17308271.php | 2022-07-15T21:23:52Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/UNC-Chapel-Hill-settles-with-Hannah-Jones-in-17308271.php | true |
Women in Motion will address critical issues including truck parking, diversity
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the American Trucking Associations announced it is launching Women in Motion, a new program designed to elevate and highlight the contributions of women to the trucking industry, encourage more women to consider a career in trucking, and address important issues within the policy arena that specifically impact women.
"The trucking industry relies on women – whether in the boardroom, as a technician, or behind the wheel – and we believe that by highlighting the many contributions the women already in trucking make, we can demonstrate what a rewarding and lucrative career path it can be for millions of others," said ATA President and CEO Chris Spear. "The name Women in Motion is an apt description of our industry, and I'm pleased that ATA is recognizing these individuals who are critical to our industry, and looking for solutions to make their jobs even more gratifying and more secure."
"As a woman in this industry, I know firsthand that while trucking can be a tough job – it is a rewarding and important one," said Cari Baylor, President, Baylor Trucking. "I'm glad to see ATA launching this new initiative to celebrate the contributions of the many women in our industry and advocate for issues such as safe truck parking that our industry deserves."
The Women in Motion program will focus on the core issues women face on the road and in the industry. Working with coalition partners, policymakers, and business leaders, Women in Motion will work to provide a more secure work environment for women in the industry, including advocating for issues like safer truck parking, as well as greater diversity in trucking. The program will also provide support and development opportunities for women in the industry, as well as promoting trucking as a career path to women across the country.
The Women in Motion Steering Committee and Speakers Bureau can be found on the website: www.trucking.org/women-in-motion. The site also features research and tools that women can use to promote and educate others about opportunities within the industry. A new role within the ATA will oversee day-to-day management of the program.
Today, nearly eight percent of professional drivers are women, an all-time high – but still lagging behind the national average for workforce participation for women. Similarly, just four percent of all diesel technicians are women – well below the national average. Women in Motion will help the industry reach this untapped and underutilized segment of the population, highlighting the importance of and opportunities in trucking.
"I'm proud to be a professional truck driver, but also proud to be a woman behind the wheel," said Rhonda Hartman, professional truck driver, Old Dominion Freight Line. "This has been a great job—with great pay and benefits—and one that I truly believe more women should consider."
American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight. Follow ATA on Twitter or Facebook. Trucking Moves America Forward.
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WAYNE COUNTY, Pa. — While prices for summer camps have risen, Goose Pond Scout Reservation isn't letting that stop them or the scouts of our area from having fun outdoors.
It was an early start on Friday as campers from all over geared up for their last day at summer camp.
"I wasn't really an outdoors kid. I decided to give Cub Scouts a try and really enjoyed that, so I went with the Boy Scouts and really enjoyed that," said C.J. Muir from Troop 66 in Dunmore.
This year, a new attraction at the camp is an ATV park, in addition to the usual fishing down by the lake and a crafting area just outside the mess hall.
"The phrase is, 'Scouting is fun with a purpose,' and what we do is the kids are here to have fun. They are not here to have character-building; they are here to have fun and enjoy outdoor living," said Kevin Bishop, a Boy Scouts executive.
But this year saw a price jump for summer camp. Food and gasoline prices are rising all over the U.S., and scouting isn't immune to price changes.
"As a nonprofit organization, we are basically trying to make sure we cover our expenses and are able to improve the camp and the program," Bishop said.
With a price change for camp certain, scout organizations hunkered down during this off-season and focused on fundraising efforts to make sure every kid gets a chance at camp.
"This year, we had to look at our funding to see what we could do to help get the boys to camp. We don't want any kid to miss an opportunity to go camping. If you can't afford it, we'll get you there," said Dominic Pace, Scoutmaster for Troop 66.
With these efforts, the Goose Pond Scout Reservation had a successful start to summer camp and is ready to see what the future holds.
"I think the future of scouting is very strong, and the reason scouting has a bright future it's because of volunteers, people who care about the wellbeing of children," Bishop added.
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Turkish businessman Korkmaz extradited to US from Austria
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Washington (AFP) – A Turkish businessman wanted on money laundering, wire fraud and obstruction charges was extradited from Austria to the United States on Friday, the Justice Department said.
Sezgin Baran Korkmaz was escorted by US Marshals to Utah, where he has been indicted for allegedly laundering more than $133 million through bank accounts he controlled in Turkey and Luxembourg.
Korkmaz was arrested in Austria in June of last year and had been fighting extradition to the United States, telling a Turkish reporter from jail that he would rather face justice at home, where he is also wanted for money laundering and fraud.
According to a US indictment, Korkmaz and co-conspirators were involved in a scheme to defraud the US Treasury by filing false claims for more than $1 billion in tax credits allegedly for the production and sale of biodiesel by their company, Washakie Renewable Energy LLC.
Jacob and Isaiah Kingston pleaded guilty in July 2019 to federal charges and testified in 2020 at the trial in Utah of another co-conspirator, Levon Termendzhyan, who was convicted of all charges.
Korkmaz and his co-conspirators allegedly used proceeds from the fraud to acquire luxury homes, businesses such as Biofarma, the Turkish airline Borajet, a yacht named the Queen Anne, a hotel in Turkey and a villa and apartment on the Bosporus in Istanbul, according to the US authorities.
Working with officials in Lebanon, US Marshals seized the Queen Anne in July 2021 and sold it for $10.11 million.
The Justice Department said Korkmaz faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for each count of money laundering conspiracy, wire fraud and obstruction of an official proceeding.
The United States had been insisting on his extradition from Austria because the likelihood of Ankara extraditing him should he have been sent back to Turkey was low.
A large part of the reason lies in Washington's refusal to hand over a US-based Turkish cleric President Recep Tayyip Erdogan believes plotted a failed coup against him in 2016.
According to the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Korkmaz played a role in Ankara's efforts to curry favor with president Donald Trump in his first years in the White House.
The investigative group also alleged that Korkmaz facilitated a 2018 trip for Americans linked to Trump who sought to secure detained US pastor Andrew Brunson's release from Turkey.
The pastor's fate became a major issue for Trump, who thrust him to the fore of US-Turkish relations until Brunson's eventual release in late 2018.
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Mose Johnson III
Published 3:28 pm Friday, July 15, 2022
Oct. 7, 1941 – July 13, 2022
NATCHEZ — Services for Mose Johnson III, 80, of Natchez, who died on Wednesday,
July 13, 2022, at his residence will be held on Saturday, July 23, 2022, at 10 a.m. at Pleasant Green Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Sunset View Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Robert D. Mackel and Sons’ Funeral Home.
The body will lie in state at the church from 9 a.m. until 10 a.m. time of service Saturday.
Visitation will be held on Friday, July 22, 2022, at Pleasant Green Baptist Church at 221 East Franklin St., Natchez, 39120 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Social distancing and masking will be enforced at all times. | https://m.natchezdemocrat.com/2022/07/15/mose-johnson-iii/ | 2022-07-15T21:33:46Z | https://m.natchezdemocrat.com/2022/07/15/mose-johnson-iii/ | true |
MEXICO CITY -- Infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison and returning to drug trafficking, an official with Mexico's navy confirmed Friday.
The source was not authorized to speak publicly and agreed to confirm the action only if not quoted by name. No further details about the capture were immediately available.
Caro Quintero walked free in 2013 after 28 years in prison when a court overturned his 40-year sentence for the 1985 kidnapping and killing of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena. The brutal murder marked a low point in U.S.-Mexico relations.
Caro Quintero, the former leader of the Guadalajara cartel, had since returned to drug trafficking and unleashed bloody turf battles in the northern Mexico border state of Sonora.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has maintained that he is not interested in detaining drug lords and prefers to avoid violence.
An appeals court overturned Caro Quintero’s verdict, but the Supreme Court upheld the sentence. It was too late by then; Caro Quintero was spirited off in a waiting vehicle.
He was on the FBI’s most wanted list, with a $20 million reward for his capture through the State Department’s Narcotics Rewards Program. He was added to the FBI’s top 10 most wanted list in 2018.
Caro Quintero was one of the primary suppliers of heroin, cocaine, and marijuana to the United States in the late 1970s. He blamed Camarena for a raid on a marijuana plantation in 1984. In 1985, Camarena was kidnapped in Guadalajara, allegedly on orders from Caro Quintero. His tortured body was found a month later.
The DEA did not immediately comment. | https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexico-captures-infamous-drug-lord-rafael-caro-quintero-86908520 | 2022-07-15T21:38:21Z | https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexico-captures-infamous-drug-lord-rafael-caro-quintero-86908520 | true |
Summer is in full swing, so we can expect sizzling days ahead. But we’ll also have rain showers, clouds, breezes and days that are sunny and pleasant. For KidsPost, that means we need a lot of drawings for our daily print weather forecast and online weather art gallery.
Here are a few guidelines:
⋅ Kid artists must be ages 5 to 13.
⋅ Bright colors work best.
⋅ You can use paints, markers or whatever art supplies you have.
⋅ Try to avoid leaving a lot of white space on the page.
A parent, guardian or teacher must give permission for your drawing to be used. Have that person fill out our online form, which you can find at wapo.st/kidspostweatherart. Look for your art Monday through Thursday in the print KidsPost and in the online photo gallery at wapo.st/weatherartgallery. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/kidspost/2022/07/15/summer-weather-show-us-what-that-looks-like/ | 2022-07-15T21:41:38Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/kidspost/2022/07/15/summer-weather-show-us-what-that-looks-like/ | true |
Boric says Chile should draft new constitution if current proposal fails
SANTIAGO, July 15 (Reuters) - Chilean President Gabriel Boric said on Friday that if a proposed new constitution is rejected in a referendum set for September, a new draft would have to be written up from scratch instead of modifying the current text.
In an interview with a local television channel, the leftist president said that since Chile's citizens voted to draft a new constitution in 2020, the process would have to be carried out again if the current proposal.
"If the plan is rejected, what will happen is that we will have to prolong the process for another year and a half, where everything will have to be discussed from the beginning," said Boric, who has avoided speaking of alternatives if voters reject the proposed text in September.
Boric has stated that both options - approving or rejecting the text - are legitimate, but his government seeks to promote broad social reforms that would be blocked by the current constitution.
"The constitutional process, if rejected, has to continue by the terms decided by the people of Chile," Boric said. "Not (to continue tweaking) the current constitution."
The current constitution, heavily pro-market, was enacted during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
Congress is currently debating lowering the number of votes needed to modify the current constitution in case the proposed text is rejected.
In October 2020, a year after protests broke out across the country, almost 80% of Chileans voted to draft a new constitution. Support has fallen since but voters continue to support change and or another alternative, polls show.
At the beginning of July, the constitutional assembly finished the proposed text that has 388 articles and focuses on social rights, gender, the political system and the environment. (Reporting by Natalia Ramos; Writing by Kylie Madry; Editing by Sandra Maler) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11018921/Boric-says-Chile-draft-new-constitution-current-proposal-fails.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-15T21:41:46Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11018921/Boric-says-Chile-draft-new-constitution-current-proposal-fails.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
Women in Motion will address critical issues including truck parking, diversity
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the American Trucking Associations announced it is launching Women in Motion, a new program designed to elevate and highlight the contributions of women to the trucking industry, encourage more women to consider a career in trucking, and address important issues within the policy arena that specifically impact women.
"The trucking industry relies on women – whether in the boardroom, as a technician, or behind the wheel – and we believe that by highlighting the many contributions the women already in trucking make, we can demonstrate what a rewarding and lucrative career path it can be for millions of others," said ATA President and CEO Chris Spear. "The name Women in Motion is an apt description of our industry, and I'm pleased that ATA is recognizing these individuals who are critical to our industry, and looking for solutions to make their jobs even more gratifying and more secure."
"As a woman in this industry, I know firsthand that while trucking can be a tough job – it is a rewarding and important one," said Cari Baylor, President, Baylor Trucking. "I'm glad to see ATA launching this new initiative to celebrate the contributions of the many women in our industry and advocate for issues such as safe truck parking that our industry deserves."
The Women in Motion program will focus on the core issues women face on the road and in the industry. Working with coalition partners, policymakers, and business leaders, Women in Motion will work to provide a more secure work environment for women in the industry, including advocating for issues like safer truck parking, as well as greater diversity in trucking. The program will also provide support and development opportunities for women in the industry, as well as promoting trucking as a career path to women across the country.
The Women in Motion Steering Committee and Speakers Bureau can be found on the website: www.trucking.org/women-in-motion. The site also features research and tools that women can use to promote and educate others about opportunities within the industry. A new role within the ATA will oversee day-to-day management of the program.
Today, nearly eight percent of professional drivers are women, an all-time high – but still lagging behind the national average for workforce participation for women. Similarly, just four percent of all diesel technicians are women – well below the national average. Women in Motion will help the industry reach this untapped and underutilized segment of the population, highlighting the importance of and opportunities in trucking.
"I'm proud to be a professional truck driver, but also proud to be a woman behind the wheel," said Rhonda Hartman, professional truck driver, Old Dominion Freight Line. "This has been a great job—with great pay and benefits—and one that I truly believe more women should consider."
American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight. Follow ATA on Twitter or Facebook. Trucking Moves America Forward.
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Updated July 14, 2022 at 3:17 PM ET
The Tops supermarket store in Buffalo, N.Y. — the site of the deadly mass shooting that killed 10 people in May — will officially reopen to the public Friday morning.
Company officials scheduled a gathering with a moment of silence and prayer on Thursday before the re-opening to honor the victims and employees impacted by the mass shooting.
Tops Friendly Markets representatives along with community members, local dignitaries and other various guests were in attendance for the store's commemoration.
The store, which has been fully remodeled since the shooting, will "quietly and respectfully reopen" to the community Friday morning, officials said.
News of the grocery store's re-opening comes after Tops Friendly Markets President John Persons told reporters last month that the store was emptied out of its product and equipment and will be reopened with a different feel and look, according to Buffalo TV station WKBW.
"Our effort has been towards trying to reopen the store as soon as possible and we will do it in a respectful way. We will do it properly," Persons told reporters.
Previously, the company said it was unable to commit to a specific timeline for reopening due to the ongoing investigation and not knowing the exact condition of the store. Additionally, the company wanted to give its staff and the community time to grieve.
Store employees who do not feel comfortable returning to the company's Jefferson Avenue location, Persons said they will have the option to relocate to a different store, WKBW reports.
The store, which opened in Buffalo's East Side neighborhood in July 2003, serves the community as more than just a grocery store.
"I remember it was a big deal," said resident Tommy McClam in an interview with NPR. "It was the village watering hole. It was more than just a Tops grocery store. It was a lot bigger than that for that community."
Thursday marks exactly two months since the deadly mass shooting that claimed the lives of 10 people and injured three others after an 18-year-old gunman carried out the racist attack in the predominately Black neighborhood.
The 18-year-old gunman pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of first-degree murder, second-degree murder as a hate crime and three counts of attempted murder as a hate crime when appearing in U.S. District Court last month, according to The Associated Press.
If convicted, he would face a maximum sentence of life without parole.
The suspect has been held without bail since his arrest after the May 14 shooting.
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Asheville Police Department hopes yoga helps officers hone skills, relieve stress
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ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The Asheville Police Department is offering officers time for peace and tranquility. The department now has a six-week yoga course for officers.
The program has been ongoing for two weeks with a local yoga instructor. Department members may attend classes on a volunteer basis.
APD Capt. Mike Lamb said the goal is to help officers work on breathing techniques, flexibility and calming techniques.
“On a daily basis, officers are in stressful situations,” Lamb said. “Unfortunately, a lot of times, we encounter people where they’ve been in a collision, robbery, break-in. So, day in and day out, we encounter a lot of stress. Yoga helps us to be able to regulate stress and be able to self-regulate.”
Lamb said the skills learned during the classes will help officers during their day-to-day activities and overall wellness.
“I find that the physical aspect is something that can be very familiar for officers in their training. They can see that there’s a physical element there and using it for other elements of realization, calmness and self-regulation,” yoga instructor John Baldwin said.
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This evening in Greensboro: Partly cloudy skies. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low 69F. Winds light and variable. Looking ahead, the Greensboro area can expect a sizzling hot day tomorrow. It looks like it will be a balmy 86 degrees. A 69-degree low is forecasted. Saturday, there is a 41% chance of rain in the forecast. Check the radar before you head outside, and don't forget an umbrella. The sunshine will be intense Saturday; high UV indexes are forecasted. Be careful outside, especially during late morning through mid-afternoon. If your shadow is shorter than you, seek shade and wear protective clothing and generously apply sunscreen on exposed skin. The Greensboro area should see a light breeze, with forecast models showing only 8 mph wind conditions coming up from the south. This report is created automatically with weather data provided by TownNews.com. Keep an eye on greensboro.com for forecast information and severe weather updates.
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Brits were tonight urged to take the Met Office’s extreme heat warning seriously amid fears soaring temperatures could spark health problems and even deaths.
Experts said there is a “very likely risk to life” as large swathes of the country swelter under highs of 41C on Monday and Tuesday.
The Met Office issued its first-ever red heat warning and urged people to stay indoors, keep homes cool, drink plenty of fluids and avoid excess boozing, whether vulnerable or not.
Commuters and those hoping to get away could also be hit as train tracks buckle and roads and runways melt on the hottest days ever. Even power cuts are a possibility.
There is now an 80% chance of breaking 2019’s all-time UK record of 38.7 on Monday and Tuesday and 50% chance of reaching temperatures of 40C, normally seen in California’s Death Valley, the world’s hottest place. The UK Health Security Agency also issued a Level Four heat-health alert covering the whole of England for both days.
It warned: “Illness and death may occur among the fit and healthy, not just in high-risk groups.”
Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner branded the situation a “national emergency”. There were more than 1,600 excess deaths last year during two short heatwaves nowhere near as extreme as this one. Met Office chief executive Penny Endersby said: “The extreme heat we’re forecasting is unprecedented.
“We’ve seen when climate change has driven such severe weather events all around the world, it can be difficult for people to make the best decisions because nothing in their life experience has led them to know what to expect. We’re used to treating a hot spell as a chance to play in the sun. This is not that sort of weather.
“Our lifestyles and infrastructure are not adapted to what is coming.”
Met Office spokesman Grahame Madge added: “If we get to 40C, that shows that climate change is with us now.”
Meteorologist Stephen Keates said: “We have crossed the line when it’s not funny any more, it’s serious. I’ve never seen our model produce 40C here.”
Night time may not bring much relief, with temperatures expected to be 25C in both the North and South.
The stark warnings came as Network Rail urged the public to avoid travelling due to track problems. Schools are closing early and extra staff are being drafted in to help the already struggling NHS.
The Ambulance Service is currently under “extreme pressure” with a 29% surge in Covid cases and day-long waits outside full hospitals.
Neighbours have been asked to keep an eye on the elderly and vulnerable. There are fears of power cuts with a surge in demand on air-conditioning units and the heat damaging transformers.
Passenger planes could become too heavy to take off as the heat reduces atmospheric pressure and affects lift.
Fire Brigade Union national officer Riccardo la Torre said members are “going to more floods than we used to and more wildfires”.
And he fears firefighters may be injured or killed.
Riccardo added: “The fire moves faster than a firefighter. I am waiting for the phone to ring because these conditions hurt firefighters. I’ve been in these fires and they’re killers.”
People have also been warned against cooling off in rivers after four teenagers drowned in the heatwave.
No10 insisted it had a “tried and tested contingency plan” for dealing with the extreme temperatures.
A third Cobra meeting could take place over the weekend. But Boris Johnson will be at Chequers and No10 was unable to say if he would attend the meetings.
Temperatures are likely to be cooler later in the week.
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US Navy punishes more than 20 sailors over fire that destroyed warship
By Oren Liebermann, CNN
The US Navy punished more than 20 sailors for the four-day fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard as the amphibious warship sat at port in San Diego in July 2020, the Navy announced Friday.
The most serious actions focused on the leadership of the warship and the fire response team. The ship’s former commanding officer, Capt. Gregory Scott Thoroman, and former executive officer, Capt. Michael Ray, received punitive letters of reprimand and forfeiture of pay. The former command master chief, Jose Hernandez, received a punitive letter of reprimand.
The Consolidated Disposition Authority, which decides upon punishments, was led by Admiral Samuel Paparo, the commander of US Pacific Fleet.
Vice Admiral Richard Brown, the retired officer who was the commander of US Pacific Fleet at the time, received a Secretarial Letter of Censure from Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro.
Brown “failed to identify and mitigate against the lack of oversight that contributed to the loss of the ship,” wrote Del Toro in the letter, criticizing Brown for not ensuring sailors in the command were properly trained and ready.
The CDA also handed down a number of nonjudicial punishments and other actions taken against sailors as a result of the investigation into the fire. The fire itself forced the Navy to scrap the billion dollar ship. The Bonhomme Richard was in port for upgrades that would have allowed it to carry Lockheed Martin F-35B fighter jets.
The Navy’s actions do not affect the ongoing criminal case against Seaman Apprentice Ryan Mays, who is accused of arson and hazarding a vessel. Mays was a member of the ship’s crew at the time of the fire. Mays’ lawyer maintains his client’s innocence.
“Losing Bonhomme Richard to this fire was preventable,” said Vice Chief of Naval Operations Admiral William Lescher. “We are making significant changes in the way the Navy learns and leads so that this does not happen again.”
In October, a Navy investigation found the fire that destroyed the ship was the result of a series of systemic failures, including a failure to maintain the ship, ensure adequate training, provide shore support, or carry out oversight.
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WICHITA COUNTY (KFDX/KJTL) — A 70-year-old Wichita Falls man is going back to serve more time in prison after his plea to assault of a county detention officer and violations of his sex offender reporting duties.
Robert Dale Ware received two five year sentences to be served concurrently, according to records.
Ware was in the Wichita County Jail in June 2018 for failure to comply with lifetime sex offender registration requirements.
A detention officer said he told Ware he had to remove certain items from the wall of his cell, and Ware did not comply.
When the officer entered the cell he said Ware assaulted him, holding him by his shirt and neck while hitting him in the head several times.
Ware was convicted of rape in 1978, and after serving a 20-year sentence he was convicted for two other failure to comply with registration requirements.
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In the early morning hours, under beaming lights, groups of migrants turn the corner of the border wall, anxiously trying to reach US Border Patrol agents.
One by one, the migrants turn themselves in, hoping to seek asylum. It's an example of the mass migration around the world that's arriving at the US-Mexico border.
The influx is an alarming trend made more difficult by the wide range of nationalities arriving. Many of the migrants who spoke to CNN said they came from Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia and Peru -- marking a shift from previous years.
Previously, Yuma usually received people from Mexico and Central America, meaning countries that are easier to process, according to Yuma Border Patrol Sector Chief Chris Clem. Now, they're seeing more than 100 nationalities.
"The countries we're receiving now -- those nationalities are flying in, arriving to the border, and they're having to be processed and there's just so many of them that it is posing a challenge to the workforce," Clem said, adding that up to 1,000 migrants are apprehended daily.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, more than 6 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants have fled the country.
A Venezuelan migrant, overcome with emotion, held on to her family as she walked toward Border Patrol.
"I feel as though I've been reborn," she told CNN, in Spanish.
Authorities can turn back migrants under a Trump-era pandemic rule, known as Title 42, but it doesn't apply to everyone. The public health authority allows border officials to swiftly expel migrants to Mexico, but there are limits on which nationalities can be turned back.
That, coupled with frosty relations with countries like Venezuela and Cuba, keeps the US from removing certain people, meaning they might be released while going through immigration proceedings.
The Yuma sector has tried to adjust to manage the increasing flow of people.
"We continue to evolve with technology and resources not only for our agents, but also for the overall mission, the form of surveillance systems. And then we continue to add to the processing and the humane care of the migrants in custody -- wraparound medical services, food contracts to make sure that we've got plenty of food and to be able to take care of those in custody," Clem said.
Border authorities are working closely with Mexico as well as using technology, like cameras, ground sensors and surveillance equipment, to monitor flows, Clem added, calling the situation "dynamic."
"An agent from Yuma Station can start off in the Imperial Sand Dunes. Next thing you know, they're jumping on the boat in the Colorado River pulling somebody out who may be drowning. And then responding to 200 people from all over the world," Clem said, describing shifts for agents in his sector where the ongoing flow of people has taken a toll.
A challenge for the Biden administration
The flow of people north presents a steep challenge for President Joe Biden, making it a top issue discussed this week between him and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
"Addressing migration is a hemispheric challenge, a commitment captured in the Los Angeles declaration adopted by the Summit of the Americas," Biden said, referring to a document that was signed on to by 20 Western Hemisphere nations, and later adding that migration is at "historic levels" throughout the region.
Administration officials have been monitoring the increased movement of migrants in the region for months. Many migrants who are journeying north worked informal jobs before the Covid-19 pandemic and were especially vulnerable to falling into extreme poverty as economies tightened, while others are fleeing violence and political instability.
Migrants often pass through a perilous jungle, known as the Darién Gap, which spans Panama's and Colombia's borders, in their journey to the US.
Between January and July 11, 56,175 migrants have crossed through the Darién Gap, according to the Panamanian government. Since February, the number of migrants passing through have increased, figures show. The first 11 days of July have already surpassed the entire month of April.
Isai Flores, a migrant from Venezuela, told CNN he had traversed the Darién Gap jungle on his way to the US, calling it "horrible." Flores cited worsening conditions in his country as his reason for leaving.
As he prepared to turn himself in to Border Patrol, Flores told CNN he finally felt freedom.
The US has sought assistance from Panama, as well as its neighbor Costa Rica, where migrants also travel through. An agreement between the US and Costa Rica outlines broad commitments to strengthen enforcement, exchange information on flows and stabilize host communities, according to text reviewed by CNN.
The document states, for example, that the US and Costa Rica will "explore options" to strengthen the Professional Migration Police and the Border Police of Costa Rica, "integrate technologies that facilitate the exchange of information on migratory flows, in accordance with the laws of each participant," and develop information campaigns. But it doesn't provide further specifics on the execution of those measures.
But those efforts take time. And the political pushback over the handling of the border has been swift.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation at the end of June to shore up funds for border security, following an announcement in May to bus migrants apprehended at the Yuma-Mexico border to Washington, DC. Twenty-five buses have departed Yuma with a total of 942 migrants as of Monday, according to the governor's office.
'We haven't seen these numbers since the Haitian migrant crisis'
The changing demographics of who's arriving have also strained resources along the Texas-Mexico border.
The Del Rio sector, located along the Texas-Mexico border, is facing record-breaking numbers, according to a US Customs and Border Protection official.
Over 24 hours this week, around 2,200 migrants were apprehended across the Del Rio sector, almost 1,000 more apprehensions than the Rio Grande Valley during that same time, the official said.
"We haven't seen these numbers since the Haitian migrant crisis," the official told CNN, referring to last September when thousands of migrants -- primarily Haitians -- gathered under the Del Rio International Bridge.
On Tuesday, one group apprehended totaled about 500 people, the official added, describing the total arrests as a "high-water mark" for the sector. For days, the sector has been grappling with three to five large groups, defined as 100 or more people, turning themselves in to Border Patrol daily.
This week, in a signal of the growing number of arrivals, CBP announced the opening of a new facility in Eagle Pass, Texas, to process migrants. The new facility replaces a smaller structure, according to CBP, and has a capacity of 1,000.
Migrants are crossing during the day and often have to wait hours in triple-digit heat to be processed and transported via buses to the station. They're usually from Cuba and Venezuela, nationalities that are not subject to Title 42. There has also been an influx of Nicaraguans and Colombians.
"We're doing everything we can to stop that from happening," the official told CNN, referring to a repeat of last September. "That's always a concern."
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A Paterson man collected $17,000 in Social Social benefits intended for his mother by failing to tell the federal agency she had died, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
Wayne Sessons, 52, was arrested Friday by members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Public Integrity-Special Investigations Unit and the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General.
He has been charged on a complaint-summons with third-degree theft by deception. Sessons, who was processed and released, is scheduled to make his first court appearance Aug. 2.
An investigation by the Office of the Inspector General revealed that Sessons deceived the United States Social Security Administration by not advising of the death of his mother, a Hudson County resident who died in May 2020.
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SAN ANTONIO — Dog lovers in San Antonio have a lot to look forward to this weekend. The river city cluster of dog shows is under way at the exposition hall at the Freeman Coliseum.
It is the thirty-fourth year for the River City Cluster of dog shows. It attracts dogs, breeders, and handlers from all over the country to the Freeman Expo Hall.
It is referred to as a cluster because it's made up of several different clubs holding all their shows all in one weekend, according to Pat Ferguson with the Bexar County Kennel Club
It is, in fact four all-breed shows hosted by the Bexar County Kennel Club and the Kennel Club Of Greater Victoria. You can see all kinds of dogs here big, and small.
"This is Calcifer,” said Eleanor Moffett, introducing her 8-month old standard poodle.
Moffett is a San Antonio owner/handler, but this show draws competitors from all over the country and even internationally. Ferguson said she’s seen competitors from Canada and Brazil and that there are two Westminster dog show winners.
"We have over a thousand each day,” she said. “It's a different number every day. tomorrow is the most with 1200 and some-odd."
197 breeds will be strutting their stuff from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day through Sunday and there are plenty of dog related goods up for sale.
"For me, this is a fairly big show,” Moffett said. “Most of the UKC shows I'm used to are a lot smaller, a little bit more lax. So, this is more of a formal event, but there's still some really friendly people here and there's not so many people that it's like over-crowded or anything."
As a dog-groomer, Moffett’s position is semi-professional, but she says amateurs and enthusiasts shouldn't be intimidated.
"Even if you don't have the best dog out there, it's really fun to come and learn how to show and learn about the sport of pure-bred dogs," she said.
Admission to the show is free, but there is a $10 fee to park.
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — The International Monetary Fund said Thursday it has reached a preliminary agreement with Pakistan to revive a $6 billion bailout package for this impoverished, majority Muslim nation struck by a serious economic crisis since last year.
Pakistan and the IMF originally signed the accord in 2019. But the release of a slightly over $1 billion tranche had been on hold since earlier this year. That’s when the IMF expressed concern about Pakistan’s compliance with the conditions of the bailout under former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The parliament ousted Khan in a no-confidence vote in April.
Under newly elected Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, the government has been in talks with the IMF since May, to avoid a default like Sri Lanka’s.
“The Agreement with the Fund has set the stage to bring country out of economic difficulties,” Sharif wrote on Twitter.
In recent weeks, Pakistan’s government imposed additional taxes and slashed subsidies on fuel, electricity and natural gas to meet IMF’s conditions. That made the government highly unpopular, but Sharif says the actions were necessary.
In a statement Thursday, the fund said it has “reached a staff-level agreement (SLA) with the Pakistan authorities.” It added that the deal is “subject to approval by the IMF’s Executive Board.”
It said Pakistan will be eligible to receive a critical installment of about $1.17 billion.
According to the statement, the IMF will also raise the value of the bailout from $6 billion to $7 billion, subject to approval from the IMF’s executive board — usually considered a formality.
Finance Minister Miftah Ismail blamed Khan for creating a Sri Lanka-like situation in Pakistan and claimed the ousted premier had deliberately violated IMF’s conditions to remain popular.
In a video message, Sharif on Thursday announced he was slashing the prices of fuel and diesel by up to 15%, a move he said was made possible by the reduction in oil prices on the international market.
Analysts say the revival of the IMF’s bailout will help the government overcome the economic crisis because the release of installment of loans from the fund will encourage other international financial institutions to engage with Pakistan.
Authorities say Sharif’s government also approached Washington for help reviving the IMF bailout. Since his ouster, Khan has repeatedly alleged that his government was toppled under a U.S. plot, a charge Washington denies. | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/business/ap-business/imf-reaches-preliminary-deal-with-pakistan-on-6b-bailout/ | 2022-07-15T22:06:18Z | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/business/ap-business/imf-reaches-preliminary-deal-with-pakistan-on-6b-bailout/ | false |
WHIPPANY, N.J., July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (NYSE: SPH), a nationwide distributor of propane, renewable propane, fuel oil and related products and services, as well as a marketer of natural gas and electricity and investor in low carbon fuel alternatives, today partnered with the Saranac Lake Youth Center to provide hygiene kits and seasonal clothing for area teens in need.
Saranac Lake Youth Center provides a healthy, substance free, supervised environment for teenagers in grades six through 12 throughout the Saranac Lake School District, and offers programs which develop social skills, personal growth and responsibility in a fun and supportive atmosphere. In the 2021/2022 school year, more than 175 individual students benefited from the Center's services, representing several thousand visits to the Center throughout the year. The Center is currently in the middle of a capital campaign to build a larger, permanent space for local teens.
"Suburban Propane is proud to support the Saranac Lake Youth Center's mission to help local students on their path to becoming responsible, productive adults through activities and community service," said Nandini Sankara, Spokesperson, Suburban Propane. "As a strong supporter of community initiatives across the nation, particularly those that impact children and families, we understand the critical need these important non-profits fill."
Items for the hygiene kits which include soap, deodorant, shampoo, feminine care, razors, shaving cream and other items, and articles of seasonal clothing that include shorts, tees, socks, sweatshirts, pants and jackets were purchased from local merchants. As an added bonus, Adirondack Farms, based in Peru, New York, provided sunglasses for the kits.
"Many of our youth find it difficult to acquire personal hygiene items and seasonally-appropriate clothing, especially when school is not in session," said Aleacia Landon, Executive Director of the Saranac Lake Youth Center. "We are so grateful to partner with Suburban Propane through their SuburbanCares initiative to help our kids get these basic necessities at no cost to the families."
The partnership is part of the company's SuburbanCares initiative which is dedicated to supporting community efforts across the United States. Recently, SuburbanCares has undertaken charitable endeavors in numerous underserved communities including Helena, MT; Charlotte, NC; Lewes, DE; San Diego, CA; Albany, NY; Dayton, OH; Philadelphia, PA; Santa Fe, NM; Santa Rosa, CA; Columbia and Charleston, SC; New Brunswick, NJ; and has fed healthcare professionals in some of the most COVID-19 affected regions in the nation, including Florida, California, Texas, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Washington, D.C.
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Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. is a publicly traded master limited partnership listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SPH. Headquartered in Whippany, New Jersey, Suburban has been in the customer service business since 1928 and is a nationwide distributor of propane, renewable propane, fuel oil and related products and services, as well as a marketer of natural gas and electricity and an investor in low carbon fuel alternatives. The Partnership serves the energy needs of approximately 1 million residential, commercial, governmental, industrial and agricultural customers through approximately 700 locations across 42 states. The Partnership is supported by three core pillars: (1) Suburban Commitment – showcasing the Partnership's 90+ year legacy, and ongoing commitment to the highest standards for dependability, flexibility, and reliability that underscores the Partnership's commitment to excellence in customer service; (2) SuburbanCares – highlighting the Partnership's continued dedication to giving back to local communities across the Partnership's national footprint and (3) Go Green with Suburban Propane - promoting the clean burning and versatile nature of propane and renewable propane as a bridge to a green energy future and developing the next generation of renewable energy.
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About Saranac Lake Youth Center
The Saranac Lake Youth Center opened in 1982 and serves all Middle and High School students in the Saranac lake School District. It is open 2:30-6:00 pm Monday – Friday after school and for a few weeks in the summer. The Youth Center is easily accessible from schools and neighborhoods. Inside there are two pool tables, a ping pong table, basketball nets, air hockey, computers, video games, music and a full kitchen available to learn cooking skills. Daily free snacks are provided which has encouraged the kids visiting to stay for hours. There is also an abundance of board games and art/craft supplies as well as lounge areas. Computer, video and music usage is carefully monitored for appropriate content.
In 2019 there were 5,387 visits, representing 234 individual youth. This means over 30% of the entire district's teen population use the Center. The Youth Center is vitally important to the many youth who are not involved in after school activities and many regular attendees are teens from homes with financial challenges. The Center's focus is on forming positive relationships and being respectful and responsible.
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Best cheap headphones
You can use headphones on trips around town, working during the day or just listening to music, all while creating a more enjoyable experience. However, with so many high-quality headphones costing hundreds of dollars, finding a good pair within a smaller budget can be difficult. With several cheaper headphones lacking solid audio quality or long-term durability, purchasing a more affordable pair often leads to needing a new pair in a matter of weeks. However, there are still several earbuds, on-ear headphones and over-ear headphones for $50 or less.
What features to consider before buying headphones
When buying a pair of headphones on a budget, there are a few different qualities and types of devices to consider.
Wired vs. wireless headphones
One of the biggest decisions to make when buying a new pair of headphones is between a wired pair or a Bluetooth-connected pair. While a wired pair may be cheaper and last longer, Bluetooth-capable headphones provide more versatility and convenience. Another factor to take into consideration for Bluetooth-capable headphones is connectivity and battery life. Wired headphone users only need to worry about damage directly to the wire.
Earbuds vs. on/over-ear headphones
Another major choice is between earbuds, on-ear headphones or over-ear headphones. Earbuds are the easiest to store and use on the go, but over-ear and on-ear headphones provide better sound quality and possibly more durability. Earbuds will also likely be more affordable while offering better performance for a fair price.
Headphone audio quality
Audio quality is an essential factor to any pair of headphones, with the primary purpose of any pair being listening to music or podcasts. However, for users who care less about overall sound performance, there will be more options under $50 available.
Headphone durability
While many headphones may cost less than $50, a large portion of them won’t hold up under heavy duress or wear and tear. A pair of headphones within this budget that can withstand water or weather damage can help save even more money over a longer time frame.
Best earbuds under $50
Best of the best under $50 earbuds
Skullcandy Sesh Evo True Wireless In-Ear Earbud
What you need to know: These are wireless earbuds from a well-known brand that offers resistance to sweat, water and dust.
What you’ll love: Despite being just earbuds, the buds still have up to 24 hours of battery life alongside a portable charging case.
What you should consider: Users report the battery capacity declining by several hours after extended months of use.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best bang for your buck under $50 earbuds
What you need to know: An affordable pair of wired earbuds with surprisingly high-quality sound and a comfortable fit for any sized ear.
What you’ll love: The headphones come equipped with a microphone and control line built into the wire.
What you should consider: Some users report reverberation in the audio when making calls on the headphones.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Honorable mentions
Skullcandy Ink’D+ Wired In-Ear Headphones
What you need to know: Incredibly affordable headphones with solid durability and comfort for users.
What you’ll love: These headphones come with a two-year warranty, ensuring longevity for whoever buys them.
What you should consider: The cord can sometimes easily break, ruining the connectivity of the headphones.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
What you need to know: Wired earbuds with solid sound quality and durability for most daily wear and tear.
What you’ll love: Available for purchase with both a lightning connection and a 3.5mm jack connection making these perfect for Apple or regular devices alike.
What you should consider: Some users report connectivity problems if the cord is bent too much over months of use.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best on/over-ear headphones under $50
Best of the best under $50 on/over-ear headphones
Audio-Technica ATH-M20X Professional Studio Monitor Headphones
What you need to know: Some of the highest quality sound for a pair of headphones for under $50 available today.
What you’ll love: The 10-foot cord allows for users to stay plugged in even walking around the room.
What you should consider: The headphone cord has no microphone or touch controls leaving them less versatile than other pairs.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best bang for your buck under $50 on/over-ear headphones
JVC HARX500 Full-Size Headphones
What you need to know: These comfortable and affordable headphones have solid sound quality for the price.
What you’ll love: They are incredibly durable headphones that can withstand a solid amount of impact without faltering in performance.
What you should consider: These are only available as wired headphones, which can be less versatile than other pairs.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Honorable mentions
Sony MDRZX110NC Noise Cancelling Headphones
What you need to know: Solid all-around headphones with comfortable ear cups for all-day use without discomfort.
What you’ll love: These are one of the few headphones in this price range that offers strong noise-canceling technology.
What you should consider: The noise-canceling technology will not be up to the standard of Bose or higher quality Sony products.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Anker Soundcore Life Q20 Hybrid
What you need to know: Highly durable wireless headphones offer solid noise-canceling capabilities for the price range.
What you’ll love: Up to 40 hours of continuous playing time without the need for a single recharge makes them perfect for long activities outside of the house.
What you should consider: Some users report popping noises when the headphones if jolted while playing music.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Panasonic Full-Sized Lightweight Long-Cord Headphones
What you need to know: These are affordable and lightweight headphones that offer several different varieties for every use.
What you’ll love: They’re equipped with an in-line microphone, perfect for wearing during video conferencing meetings at work.
What you should consider: Some users report the ear cups falling apart after extended use.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Sony Bluetooth headphones
A solid pair of headphones improves any audio listening experience, whether it is music during a workout, a podcast on a commute or even a videoconference during work. This is especially true for Bluetooth-connected headphones, which offer more versatility and portability without the cumbersome nature of a wire. Sony is a significant name in electronics that has several different Bluetooth headphones available. However, knowing which pair from Sony is best for any specific set of needs can be difficult.
Sony Bluetooth headphones features to consider
Before buying a pair of headphones, knowing what features are important to you can make a big difference.
Earbuds or on/over-ear headphones
The first choice any user has to make is what type of headphones to buy. On and over-ear headphones provide superior audio quality and have a longer battery life than wireless earbuds. On or over-ear headphones usually possess better noise-canceling. Earbuds are more portable and are typically less expensive than their counterparts.
Noise cancellation
Sony has several different pairs of headphones that come equipped with noise-cancellation technology. For loud environments, noise-cancellation can help a user focus on just the audio coming from the headphones. Some headphones come equipped with multiple levels of noise-canceling to tailor to any volume or place perfectly.
Audio quality
One of the most critical factors for any pair of headphones is the audio quality. While nearly all products on the Sony line have high-quality audio, some of the more expensive headphones have a superior sound. On and over-ear headphones generally have better overall sound quality.
Battery life
For wireless headphones, one of the most significant factors to consider is the battery life. Battery life for earbuds tends to be short, with most pairs having anywhere between 4-8 hours on a single charge. However, many earbuds come with portable charging cases for a quick charge on the go. On and over-ear headphones usually have longer battery lives, with an average pair providing 8 hours on the lower end and over 30 hours on the high end.
Comfort and durability
The comfort of a pair of headphones can significantly impact users who will be wearing them for extended periods. Some headphones have specialized ear cups or uniquely designed earbuds that contour to the user. Durability is also an essential factor, especially for active users.
The best Sony Bluetooth headphones
Best of the best Sony Bluetooth earbuds
Sony WF-1000XM4 Noise Canceling Wireless Earbud Headphones
What you need to know: One of the best pairs of wireless earbuds on the market, it has top-of-the-line sound quality and noise-canceling technology.
What you’ll love: These have 8 hours of battery life and an additional 16 hours of battery in the portable carrying case. The earbuds are also water and sweat-resistant for active use.
What you should consider: The earbuds do not contour the user’s ears which can be uncomfortable after extended wear.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best bang for your buck Sony Bluetooth earbuds
Sony WI-C310 Wireless in-Ear Headset/Headphones
What you need to know: These are affordable headphones with up to 15 hours of battery life for a full day of listening.
What you’ll love: The built-in microphone and touch controls make these earbuds great for hands-free use without having to use the connected device.
What you should consider: The headphones have a lower quality build making them less durable to water and sweat.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Dell
Honorable mentions
Sony WF-1000XM3 Noise Canceling Truly Wireless Earbuds
What you need to know: These high-quality earbuds have noise-canceling technology and multiple ear tip sizes to fit perfectly with every user.
What you’ll love: The rapid charging feature allows for users to gain 90 additional minutes of listening in just 10 minutes.
What you should consider: Even at a full charge, the earbuds only offer 7 hours of playtime. The microphone also lacks clarity.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Dell
Best of the best Sony Bluetooth on/over-ear headphones
Sony WH-1000XM4 Wireless Noise-Cancelling Over-the-Ear Headphones
What you need to know: One of the most well-rounded headphones on the market is equipped with solid noise-canceling technology and excellent sound quality.
What you’ll love: Equipped with 30-hour battery life, these earbuds have a rapid charge that provides users with an additional five hours of battery life in just 10 minutes.
What you should consider: The built-in microphone has poor quality, with some users reporting muffled voices and loud background noises.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Dell
Best bang for your buck Sony Bluetooth on/over-ear headphones
Sony Wireless Headphones WH-CH510
What you need to know: Affordable and comfortable headphones, these headphones boast solid audio quality and strong noise reduction technology.
What you’ll love: They have an impressive 35 hours of battery life on a single charge, as well as a swivel design for better portability and storage.
What you should consider: The headphones lack durability with no water resistance and a slightly cheaper outer shell meaning the devices are far more susceptible to damage.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Honorable mentions
Sony WHXB700 Wireless Extra Bass Bluetooth Headset/Headphones
What you need to know: A solid pair of headphones with 30 hours of battery life and a built-in microphone for taking calls seamlessly.
What you’ll love: The headphones have an impressive amount of bass, which greatly enhances music listening, especially for techno and electronic music enthusiasts.
What you should consider: Some users report connection issues with certain video conferencing apps and susceptibility to damage from dropping or other physical impacts. The headphones also sacrifice other portions of its audio quality for an emphasis on bass.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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EXCLUSIVE: 'Everything I've done in my life I would do all over again.' Ivana Trump said she had NO regrets about marrying Donald, squashed rumors she wed for wealth and stated she considered money a 'chore' in 2016 sit-down with celebrity journalist
- Celebrity journalist Chaunce Hayden sat down with Ivana Trump for a 2016 interview for New York-based Metropolis Nights magazine
- Hayden, the former publisher of Steppin' Out magazine, met Ivana several times over the years and described her as 'kind and friendly' and 'smart as a whip
- 'Everything that I have done I would do all over again, including my marriage, because it's life and like life, things go up and down,' Ivana said in the interview
- She squashed rumors that she married Donald for wealth
- She said money causes problems, adding, 'Money is important, but I look at money as a chore more than anything else'
- Ivana Trump died on Thursday of a suspected cardiac arrest after being found 'unconscious and unresponsive' in her New York City townhouse. She was 73
Celebrity journalist Chaunce Hayden sat down with Ivana Trump who shared insights into her life, including if she had any regrets marrying Donald Trump, living with and without wealth and what the public's biggest misconception is about herself.
Hayden is the former publisher of Steppin' Out magazine who met Ivana several times over the past 20 years. He interviewed 'kind and friendly' Ivana in 2016 for New York-based Metropolis Nights magazine and described her as 'smart as a whip.'
'I see a lot of Ivana in Ivanka. Ivana was a lot of things, but most of all I think she would want to be remembered as a mom who adored her kids,' Hayden said. 'She faced hard times with elegance and most of all she was an awesome mom.'
Ivana Trump died on Thursday of a suspected cardiac arrest after being found 'unconscious and unresponsive' in her New York City townhouse. She was 73.
Here, DailyMail.com recaps that 2016 interview.
Ivana Trump died on Thursday of a suspected cardiac arrest after being found 'unconscious and unresponsive' in her New York City townhouse. She was 73
Celebrity journalist Chaunce Hayden sat down with Ivana Trump for a 2016 interview for New York-based Metropolis Nights magazine
'Everything that I have done I would do all over again, including my marriage, because it's life and like life, things go up and down,' Ivana said in the interview, squashing rumors that she married Donald for wealth
'Ivana was a lot of things, but most of all I think she would want to be remembered as a mom who adored her kids,' Hayden said. 'She faced hard times with elegance and most of all she was an awesome mom'
Chaunce Hayden: How would you describe yourself?
Ivana Trump: Well I did come from a small town (laughing) but I didn't come from what you would call modest means. Czechoslovakia is a very sophisticated country. I had a fantastic education and lived in a beautiful home.
I received my Masters Degree (Physical Education) from Charles University in Prague and I always traveled around the world with my ski team, so it wasn't like I was coming from nothing to something. Another misconception about me, which is all wrong, is that I married for wealth.
Donald was working for his father when I met him. It was a nice life but we were very young kids who started from nothing. People have this idea that when I married Donald, I married this multi-billionaire. But that's not true at all. We were very young kids who started from scratch.
Hayden: Do you have any regrets marrying Donald?
The interview originally appeared in this edition of Metropolis Nights published after Donald Trump had been elected but before he took office
Ivana: Everything that I have done I would do all over again, including my marriage, because it's life and like life, things go up and down. Not always is everything wonderful; there will always be disappointments. And again, whatever I had done in my life I would do again.
There are a lot more women out there who are in a lot worse situations than I am. Yes, I did have a bad divorce and yes, I did not lie down and die; I went on with my life and turned a negative into a positive despite all the adversity. We are in this life only once.
This is not a dress rehearsal and you just have to go on with your life, as hard as it may be.
Hayden: How important is it for you to have wealth and could you survive without it?
Ivana: Well I have been there. I came from a middle class family, but if somebody said that money wasn't important they would be lying. Money is important, but I look at money as a chore more than anything else.
Yes, money does buy you a nice car and a nice home but it does not buy you happiness, that's for sure. Money can cause a lot of problems. Many families with money have children who slip and get involved with drugs.
So money is good in that it makes your life easier but if I did not have money, I would still make it.
I would always make enough money for my children and my mother to survive on. After all, how many cars can you drive and how many steaks can you eat.
Ivana said money causes problems, adding, 'Money is important, but I look at money as a chore more than anything else.' She was last pictured on June 22 in New York City
Media gather outside the residence of Ivana Trump on Thursday after her death at age 73
Hayden: What do you think is the public's biggest misconception about Ivana Trump?
Ivana: I think it was one of your questions earlier. You said, ''Ivana, you came from a communist country and gained all this incredible wealth.''
I think that is the biggest misconception. I did not marry for incredible wealth. When I got married I was about 27 and Donald was about 31 and working for his father.
But his father is a good man and didn't just give him a lot of money and say, go have a good time and do whatever you want to do with it. Donald had to earn his salary. So whatever he has, he earned.
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US STOCKS-Wall St ends tumultuous week with strong rally as rate hike fears wane
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Banks have biggest percent gain in 18 months
Citigroup jumps after results
S&P, Dow end five-day losing streaks
Retail sales beats estimates
Indexes up: Dow 2.15%, S&P 1.92%, Nasdaq 1.79%
Updates with closing prices
By Stephen Culp
NEW YORK, July 15 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed sharply higher on Friday, ending several days of sell-offs with a rebound fueled by upbeat earnings, strong economic data and easing fears of a larger-than-expected interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve.
All three major U.S. stock indexes posted solid gains, with financials .SPSY leading the charge in the wake of Citigroup Inc's C.N earnings beat. This reversed Thursday's sell-off driven by downbeat guidance from rivals JPMorgan Chase JPM.N and Morgan Stanley MS.N.
The S&P 500 and the Dow both snapped five-day losing streaks, and all three indexes ended below last Friday's close.
"We're still below the downward sloping trend line," said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist of CFRA Research in New York. "One day does not a new trend make."
Consumer prices in June showed the highest annual growth rate since 1981, raising chances that the Fed could raise its key fed funds target rate by 100 basis points, steeper than the 75 basis point hike previously expected.
"(Investors) would be unnerved by a 100 basis point rate hike, as it would imply that the Fed does not know what it is doing and is being controlled by the data," Stovall added.
Those fears were calmed by remarks from Fed officials on Thursday and Friday, which indicated an interest rate increase of 75 basis points is likely in the cards.
Economic data released on Friday surprised to the upside, with stronger-than-expected retail sales, an uptick in consumer sentiment, lower inflation expectations and cooling import prices.
"Economic indicators are not consistent right now," said Tim Ghriskey, senior portfolio strategist Ingalls & Snyder in New York. "They are positive and negative, which shows we're in a period of transition.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJIrose 658.09 points, or 2.15%, to 31,288.26, the S&P 500 .SPXgained 72.78 points, or 1.92%, at 3,863.16 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXICadded 201.24 points, or 1.79%, at 11,452.42.
All 11 major sectors of the S&P 500 ended the session higher, with financial stocks easily nabbing the largest percentage gain of 3.5%.
Second-quarter earnings season is well underway, with 35 of the companies in the S&P 500 having reported. Of those, 80% have beaten Street expectations, according to Refinitiv.
Analysts now expect aggregate year-on-year S&P 500 second-quarter profit growth of 5.6%, down from the 6.8% estimate at the beginning of the quarter.
Citigroup bucked the trend among big bank earnings reports as its quarterly profit beat expectations, sending the stock up 13.2%.
Wells Fargo & Co WFC.N said its quarterly profit nearly halved due to increased loan loss provisions and a weak mortgage business. Still, its shares gained 6.2%.
The S&P Banking index jumped 5.8%, its biggest one-day percentage surge since January 2020.
Unitedhealth Group Inc UNH.N advanced 5.4% after the healthcare company raised its annual profit forecast for the second straight quarter.
BlackRock Inc BLK.N rose 2.0% even after the world's largest asset manager posted a steeper-than-expected profit drop.
Market participants are looking to next week's full ledger of scheduled earnings releases, from Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS.N, Bank of America Corp BAC.N, International Business Corp IBM.N, Netflix Inc NFLX.O, Tesla Inc TSLA.O, Twitter Inc TWTR.N and assorted heavy-hitting industrials.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners on the NYSE by a 4.53-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 2.36-to-1 ratio favored advancers.
The S&P 500 posted one new 52-week high and 31 new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 37 new highs and 126 new lows.
Volume on U.S. exchanges was 10.26 billion shares, compared with the 12.31 billion average over the last 20 trading days.
(Reporting by Stephen Culp; Additional reporting by Anisha Sircar and Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by Richard Chang)
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PHOENIX, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroAge, The Digital Transformation Experts®, announced the acquisition of cStor, a leading provider of cybersecurity, modern infrastructure, and digital transformation solutions. The acquisition will expand MicroAge's robust digital transformation service offerings to provide enhanced solutions and services for its clients, including a mature cybersecurity practice as well as extensive data center delivery and networking engineering expertise.
cStor was founded in 2002 by Bill Nowlin and initially launched as Custom Storage, providing data center consulting and solutions. Over the past few decades as technology and cybersecurity threats have rapidly evolved, cStor stayed in lockstep with the technology landscape, developing comprehensive offerings and expertise in cybersecurity, digital transformation, and modern infrastructure. In support of those practice areas, the company also expanded its professional services capabilities to enhance the value and improve overall business outcomes for clients.
"Together, our companies are even better positioned for scale and growth," said Rob Zack, CEO of MicroAge. "With our combined expertise, we can positively impact our clients' business outcomes with shared resources that expand our services, market knowledge, technology access, and technical expertise."
"Since our inception, cStor has been dedicated to client success by architecting solutions through innovative problem solving and an understanding of our clients' overall business challenges," said Larry Gentry, president and CEO of cStor. "By joining MicroAge, we are better positioned to deliver the most impactful solutions and services that will successfully transform our clients' businesses now and into the future."
cStor helps organizations strategize, design, and implement cybersecurity, digital transformation, and modern infrastructure solutions and services that address the evolving needs of today's enterprise. cStor's proven capabilities with best-in-class technologies provide peace of mind and put organizations on a path to success. cStor serves clients throughout the Southwest with a focused, collaborative approach and superior results. For more information, visit www.cStor.com.
MicroAge combines a powerful mix of technology services, backed by vendor-certified engineers and an acclaimed panel of experts to deliver the competitive edge technology leaders need to lead in a disruptive, digital environment. A Gold-Certified Microsoft partner, MicroAge is recognized annually by the Computer Reseller News (CRN) in the Tech Elite 250, Solution Provider 500, and MSP 500 lists of top-performing technology integrators, strategic service providers, and IT consultants.
Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, MicroAge has a rapidly expanding national salesforce to support growing demand. To learn more, visit MicroAge.com.
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BANGKOK (AP) — Top financial officials from the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations met on the Indonesian island of Bali on Friday seeking strategies to counter inflation, food insecurity and other troubles that have worsened due to the war in Ukraine.
Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati opened the two-day meeting by urging fellow finance ministers, central bank chiefs and other leaders to find ways to “build bridges, not walls.” The consequences of failure, especially for less wealthy nations, would be “catastrophic,” she said. “Millions and millions if not billions of people are depending on us.”
In their closed door meetings, the financial leaders are searching for ways to coordinate how they shepherd their economies through inflation that is running at 40-year highs, unsnarling supply chains and bottlenecks due to the coronavirus pandemic and fortifying financial systems against future risks.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called for the G-20 to take action to fight food insecurity as millions go hungry due to soaring costs for food and other necessities. It is crucial, she said, to avoid stockpiling and export bans, to provide financial help to the needy and to ensure all organizations, such as development banks and food agencies, do their part to alleviate hunger.
“The speed and wisdom of our decisions now will make the difference on whether we get the current crisis under control,” Yellen said. “The G-20 must work together to tackle these challenges and protect vulnerable families from the threat of hunger today and tomorrow.”
Indonesia is among the developing countries contending with shortages and rising prices of fuel and grain due to the war and it says the G-20 has a responsibility to step up and ensure the rules-based global order remains relevant.
This week’s meetings in Bali’s heavily guarded Nusa Dua resort town follow a gathering there of foreign ministers earlier this month that failed to find common ground over Russia’s war in Ukraine and its global impacts.
At that meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov were present in the same room at the same time for the first time since the Ukraine war began but they pointedly ignored each other.
A G-20 finance meeting in Washington, D.C. in April saw officials from the U.S., Britain, France, Canada and Ukraine walk out to protest the attendance of Russian envoys. That meeting ended without the release of a joint statement.
Caught in the middle as host, Indonesia has urged officials from all sides to overcome mistrust for the sake of a planet confronting multiple challenges from the coronavirus to climate change to Ukraine.
G-20 financial meetings have the advantage of being less political in nature, Indrawati said. She said Indonesia, as host, has tried to act as an “honest broker,” uniting a divided East and West, but there’s no “playbook” for how to find agreement given the unprecedented tensions over the war.
Still, the G-20 managed to bridge differences in coping with the 2008 global financial crisis and the pandemic, Indrawati said.
One key goal for Yellen and some other Western financial officials is gaining support for setting a price cap on Russian oil that might help bring energy costs under control and alleviate the decades-high inflation seen in many countries while also limiting Moscow’s access to revenues to fund its war effort.
Yellen said Thursday that no price had yet been determined for such a cap, but the level would have to be one “that clearly gives Russia an incentive to continue to produce, that would make production profitable for Russia.”
Without a price cap, a European Union and probably a U.S. ban on providing insurance and other financial services would take effect.
Yellen said she was “hopeful” that countries such as China and India that recently boosted imports of Russian crude oil, sold at steep discounts, would see it as being in their own self-interest to observe the price cap.
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DALLAS, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognizing that there is a pressing need within the legal profession for lawyers who can combine skill and integrity in the courtroom, the American Board of Trial Advocates and the National Bar Association have joined efforts again to hold the Civil Trial Advocacy Boot Camp. The program, which has become a summer tradition for the two associations, will be held in Memphis, Tenn., during the NBA's 97th Annual Convention and Exhibits on Tuesday, July 26, 2022.
The Civil Trial Advocacy Boot Camp is a one-day program designed to instruct lawyers on effective, winning trial skills and preparation strategies and is led by NBA and ABOTA members serving as faculty.
"I am thrilled that we are partnering with ABOTA again this year for this phenomenal program," said Vanita M. Banks, NBA Past President and Civil Trial Advocacy Section Chair. "As we strive for greater diversity and inclusion, our collaboration is a win-win that benefits both our organizations."
One of the topics covered in the Boot Camp will be the "Role of Race and Bias in the American Judicial System: Why Diverse Lawyers, Judges and Juries Matter." The session, led by John E. Sweeney, will focus on the state of diversity in the legal profession and the role of race and bias in the American Judicial System. Mr. Sweeney will discuss why diverse attorneys, judges and juries matter, and examine implicit bias in the legal profession and how to combat it.
The faculty members for the topic will include NBA Past President Michael S. Rosier, who is the Principal for the Rosier Law Firm in Maryland and Washington, D.C; and NBA Past President H.T. Smith, who is the Director of the Trial Advocacy Program at Florida International University College of Law in Miami.
"This collaboration is important to ABOTA and, as the Co-Chair of ABOTA's Diversity of Membership Committee, I am excited to serve as faculty for the program," said Mr. Sweeney, Principal at The Sweeney Firm in Beverly Hills, Calif., and life NBA Member. "We are proud of this ongoing partnership between the NBA and ABOTA as we continue to educate attorneys all over the nation."
"The collaboration among the finest trial attorneys in the NBA and ABOTA in presenting this program is a natural fit, affording learning opportunities for attendees," said Lewis R. Sifford, ABOTA National President. "Cultivating the spirit of camaraderie and fellowship between our organizations works to advance our respective missions."
The NBA Civil Trial Advocacy Boot Camp will provide lawyers with four hours of continuing legal education credit. This program is co-sponsored by the NBA Civil Trial Advocacy Section and Law Professors Division.
The program will include a Fireside Chat with John E. Sweeney: The Man Who Exposed LA's Notorious Sheriff Gangs. The chat will be moderated by Ms. Banks.
The final session is titled, Emerging Trends in Civil Litigation: Opportunities and Challenges, which will be moderated by NBA Past President Alfreda Robinson, Associate Dean for Trial Advocacy at George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC. The faculty members will be Tamara F. Lawson, Toni Rembe Dean-Designate and Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law, Chair, Law Professors Division and Board Member at Large;
Mario Barnes, Professor of Law University California, Irvine School of Law, Vice Chair, Law Professors Division.
The NBA was founded in 1925 and is the nation's oldest and largest national network of predominantly African-American attorneys and judges. It represents the interests of approximately 65,000 lawyers, judges, law professors and law students. The NBA is organized around 23 substantive law sections, 9 divisions, 12 regions and 80 affiliate chapters throughout the United States and the world.
Founded in 1958, ABOTA is a national association of experienced trial lawyers and judges. ABOTA and its members are dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the civil jury trial right provided by the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. ABOTA membership consists of more than 7,300 lawyers — equally balanced between plaintiff and defense — and judges spread among 96 chapters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. For more information visit ABOTA.org.
For more information:
Tara Neumann
taran@abota.org
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Lil Uzi Vert announced via an Instagram post on Wednesday the date for his upcoming EP Red & White.
The Philly rapper says the project will drop before his highly anticipated album The Pink Tape, which he has been heavily hyping since 2020.
The Pink Tape will be Lil Uzi Vert’s first release since ‘Eternal Atake,’ which was his second ever studio album. He released his single ‘Demon High’ in 2021, which is expected to be the lead single on The Pink Tape.
‘Demon High’ was Uzi’s first release since he appeared on the soundtrack for Space Jam: A New Legacy. Before that, he dropped Lil Uzi Vert vs. The World 2, a retouch of the rapper’s second studio album, Eternal Atake, which had arrived a week before.
As it relates to the upcoming EP, Uzi has not given much information away but has publicized the cover for the project, putting it up on his social media platforms with the caption “Red & White Ep …. Before The P!NK”.
The cover shows a Lil Uzi Vert’s painting and what is believed to be the cover for ‘P!NK’ in front of an audience with the album covers he previously released being depicted in the background. The Philly rapper had indicated that the EP would be available only on SoundCloud. However, given the recent hype surrounding the project, there is speculation that he may release it on all platforms.
In May, Uzi had given an update on The Pink Tape Twitter, saying, “They just trying to hear the real deal and I only let them hear the fake I am stepping bad on this album and y’all ain’t hear nothing maybe a lil but nothing [flame emoji]. Trust me you will be back they always come back.”
There is no release date for the Red & White, but sources say Uzi fans should expect the EP within the next few weeks. | https://stluciachronicle.com/lil-uzi-vert-teases-new-ep-red-white-with-dotting-artwork/ | 2022-07-15T22:17:42Z | https://stluciachronicle.com/lil-uzi-vert-teases-new-ep-red-white-with-dotting-artwork/ | false |
(NewsNation) — More than a week after a Texas mother went missing from her home, investigators are still looking for any clues that might turn up answers in the investigation into her disappearance.
Chrissy Powell was last seen July 5 on a Ring doorbell camera leaving her San Antonio home. The video shows Powell, a mother of two, leaving in a rush. She left her phone behind, but she never arrived to work that day at a legal firm seven miles away.
Lauren Leal said it was uncharacteristic of her lifelong friend to not show up for work.
“We’re in our late 30s, we have a very strong work ethic,” Powell said. “We’ve always, you know, if you say you’re gonna be at work, you’re gonna be at work, and I think that’s why she woke up and was like, panic mode.”
Leal came from out of town to help search for Powell, to no avail. The family has been unable to locate her car.
Attorney Robert Wilson, Powell’s employer, said she informed the office she had overslept that day and was on her way in. But when she didn’t show up, the office manager went to Powell’s home to investigate.
“Employees are hard to find right now. And, you know, they’re not all perfect or do a wonderful job. And one employee that … stood out to us was Chrissy because she was so low-key and there wasn’t any drama,” Wilson said.
The San Antonio Police Department is working on the case, warning that Powell also left home without her medication.
Powell’s mother told NewsNation her daughter had an argument with her ex-boyfriend over the Fourth of July weekend, but it was nothing she found disturbing. The family said police have spoken with the ex, and they don’t believe he knows where she is.
Leal said she’ll continue the search for her friend for as long as it takes.
“I know she would do it for me,” Leal said. “I’ll never give up. I’ll look for forever.” | https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/texas-mother-still-missing-week-after-disappearance/ | 2022-07-15T22:18:26Z | https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/texas-mother-still-missing-week-after-disappearance/ | false |
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