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The UN chief issues a rare condemnation of excessive force by Israel in its Jenin raid
By EDITH M. LEDERER
Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is condemning Israel’s excessive use of force in its largest military operation in the West Bank in two decades, citing its airstrikes and ground operations in a refugee camp crowded with civilians. It was a rare condemnation of Israel by the U.N. chief, who was clearly angered at the impact of the Israeli attack on the Jenin refugee camp which he said had left over 100 civilians injured, forced thousands to flee, damaged schools and hospitals and disrupted water and electricity networks. He also criticized Israel on Thursday for preventing the injured from getting medical care and humanitarian workers from reaching everyone in need. Guterres called on Israel “to exercise restraint and use only proportional force.” | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/07/06/the-un-chief-issues-a-rare-condemnation-of-excessive-force-by-israel-in-its-jenin-raid/ | 2023-07-07 02:05:38 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/07/06/the-un-chief-issues-a-rare-condemnation-of-excessive-force-by-israel-in-its-jenin-raid/ |
Infor Healthcare applications improve productivity and patient care in less than 90 days
NEW YORK , July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Infor®, the industry cloud company, today announced that Confluence Health, an integrated healthcare delivery system in north-central Washington, has successfully implemented critical artificial intelligence solutions to accelerate business innovation and improve care for the communities it serves.
Confluence Health — with two hospitals, 40+ medical specialties, and over 300 physicians and 170 advanced practice providers servicing approximately 260,000 patients — has been able to execute key supply management processes faster, and improve staff experiences and productivity. AI-driven software automation has enabled Confluence Health to conduct key supply management processes at least 90% faster, and reduce time to execute from hours to minutes and minutes to seconds.
"One of the big challenges for the future of healthcare is to do more with less resources," said Tom Legal, Confluence Health CFO. "Partnering with Infor has really helped us take advantage of technology to be more efficient and save time, so we can reduce the demand for resources as we grow. For example, we just implemented Infor Coleman Digital Assistant, which allows any staff member to get fast answers to inquiries on supply. Time is no longer wasted searching to find supplies or check status, giving back valuable time saved to deliver better patient care."
Specifically, the Coleman Digital Assistant has improved employee satisfaction by alleviating the pain and anxiety the staff experiences when trying to locate supplies in a timely manner. Previously, under tight time constraints, staff faced tremendous stress in the storeroom, especially when a patient needs emergency care. With Coleman Digital Assistant, teams can now search for a specific item with a voice command to their mobile device on their way to the storeroom, and know exactly where it is and grab it quickly for the best patient outcome. Staff can now locate supplies in seconds, whereas previously it could take up to 15 minutes.
Watch this video case study to see how AI-driven software automation is helping Confluence Health execute key supply management processes faster.
Read the Infor Blog post: "How to improve productivity and patient care with integrated AI"
Infor Healthcare applications have also helped Confluence Health better understand the cost of the care it is providing patients, so it can create strategies to lower costs without compromising care. To optimize inventory by having the right amount of stock for patient care while not being overstocked, Confluence Health implemented Infor Inventory Intelligence. This AI-driven solution replaces a very manual, error-prone process that sometimes takes hours to calculate reorder points in one location.
"Finding the right stocking level is a challenge, and it's a process that you go through all the time, because trends can change, usage can change," said Stace Webley, Confluence Health financial systems support manager. "Sometimes you bring in new products, and sometimes products that you have been using are no longer in your system anymore. So, it's an ongoing process. And with Inventory Intelligence, you get to continually analyze those changes within your ERP system, and then review the recommendations. From there, it's as easy as pushing a button that you want to accept those changes, and it will push through new reorder points to your items. With an automated solution, we not only save time, but also have more confidence in our stock levels."
By implementing Infor's cloud-based healthcare solutions, built on Amazon Web Services® (AWS), Confluence Health has been able to quickly adopt new processes, establish a new system of record, and implement new reporting capabilities that can adapt to future demands and growth. In addition, staff was able to add more reliable information into a centralized supply chain and financial system, giving the organization a single, dependable source of information.
"The healthcare industry is constantly in flux, and organizations such as Confluence Health are leading the pack when it comes to innovating to overcome new challenges in order to best support their patients and communities," said Matt Breslin, Infor senior vice president and general manager. "Infor's cloud-based healthcare solutions give customers more confidence in the business decisions they are making, in real time and from anywhere, and underscores the value of adopting modern solutions to deliver better patient outcomes."
About Confluence Health
Confluence Health is an integrated healthcare delivery system that includes two hospitals, more than 40 medical specialties and primary care to provide comprehensive medical care throughout north-central Washington. With over 300 physicians and 170 advanced practice providers, Confluence Health is the major medical provider between Seattle and Spokane with the goal to deliver high-quality, safe, compassionate, and cost-effective care close to home. Staying on the leading edge of healthcare innovation is important with investment in modern technology to provide better care for our patients and allow our providers to operate at the highest level. Visit www.confluencehealth.org.
About Infor
Infor is a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry. Infor's mission-critical enterprise applications and services are designed to deliver sustainable operational advantages with security and faster time to value. We are obsessed with delivering successful business outcomes for customers. Over 60,000 organizations in more than 175 countries rely on Infor's 17,000 employees to help achieve their business goals. As a Koch company, our financial strength, ownership structure, and long-term view empower us to foster enduring, mutually beneficial relationships with our customers. Visit www.infor.com.
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Infor
312-662-2135
christina.ledger@infor.com
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Alex Morgan joins Soccer Post as an investor and Brand Ambassador
NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TZP Group ("TZP"), a multi-strategy private equity firm, announced today its investment in Soccer Post Holdings, LLC ("Soccer Post" or the "Company"), the largest local-market-focused omni-channel soccer specialty retailer in the United States. Soccer Post's mission is to provide an authentic soccer retail experience to local soccer families in every market it serves. TZP's partnership will help Soccer Post accelerate expansion into new markets and communities.
Soccer Post has been offering soccer apparel, footwear, and gear to enthusiasts, clubs, athletes, and families across the United States for over three decades. The Company has established itself as the go to destination for soccer families and one of the leading national omni-channel specialty retailers across e-commerce, physical stores, and institutional channels.
"We have experienced significant growth and have unprecedented opportunities to scale the business nationally through multiple channels. We needed to find a partner with expertise in omni-channel retailing and the capital to support our anticipated growth" said Sarah Jett, Chief Brand Officer of Soccer Post. "We selected TZP for their track record with omni-channel retailers, portfolio of authentic brands, and their confidence in our team and our vision for the future of soccer specialty retail."
"Our goal was to find an investment partner that understood and valued how special our business model is to soccer families and brought expertise to help Soccer Post's national expansion strategy. TZP has a long track-record as a management-focused partner with insight and resources to support management teams in executing ambitious growth plans for their businesses. Their experience in activewear and lifestyle companies, their operating expertise with disruptive business models, and their commitment to our shared vision made TZP a perfect fit for Soccer Post" said Blake Sonnek-Schmelz, Chief Executive Officer of Soccer Post.
"When we met Blake, we knew that he and his team had built something truly special," said Rodney Eshelman, TZP Partner. "Soccer Post is a well-known, national brand and its reach across channels is compelling. What is most compelling is the authenticity that the Soccer Post brand brings to the soccer communities it serves. We look forward to adding our resources and support to help Blake and his team scale the business."
Alongside TZP, Soccer Post announced that Alex Morgan has become an investor and Brand Ambassador. Mr. Sonnek-Schmelz said, "As a leader both on and off the field, Alex Morgan represents everything we look to bring to our Soccer Post community. We are thrilled to have her join the team and continue to elevate our plans for community interaction across the nation." Alex Morgan, Soccer Post investor and future Soccer Post store owner added "Growing up, I loved visits to local soccer shops. I'm excited to share my passions for the beautiful game and advancing women's soccer with the leading authentic omni-channel soccer specialty retail company in the United States. Together with Soccer Post, I will support the next generation of soccer families and communities."
Acquired in 2011 by Blake Sonnek-Schmelz (CEO) and headquartered in Eatontown, NJ, Soccer Post is the largest local-market-focused omni-channel soccer specialty retailer with over 30 store locations in the United States. Soccer Post has been offering soccer apparel, footwear and gear to enthusiasts, clubs, athletes, and families across the United States for over three decades. Soccer Post's mission is to provide an authentic soccer retail experience to local soccer players in every market it serves. The Company has established itself as the go to destination for soccer families and one of the leading national omnichannel specialty retailers across e-commerce, physical stores, and institutional channels. For more information, please visit www.soccerpost.com.
TZP Group, a multi-strategy private equity firm managing approximately ~$2 billion across its family of funds, is focused on control, growth equity, and structured capital investments in technology, business services, and consumer companies. Founded in 2007, TZP targets companies with solid historical performance and sustainable value propositions and aims to be a "Partner of Choice" for business owners and management teams. TZP seeks to invest primarily in closely held, private companies in which the owners desire to retain a significant stake and partner with an investor with complementary operating and financial skills to accelerate company growth, increase profitability, and maximize the value of their retained stake. TZP leverages its investment professionals' operating and investment experience to provide strategic and operational guidance and is dedicated to long-term value creation. For more information, please visit www.tzpgroup.com.
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Dan Gaspar, Partner, TZP Group | dgaspar@tzpgroup.com
Disclosures:
Certain statements about TZP made by portfolio company executives herein are intended to illustrate TZP's business relationship with such persons, including with respect to TZP's facilities as a business partner, rather than TZP's capabilities or expertise with respect to investment advisory services. Portfolio company executives were not compensated in connection with their participation, although they generally receive compensation and investment opportunities in connection with their portfolio company roles, and in certain cases are also owners of portfolio company securities and/or investors in TZP-sponsored vehicles. Such compensation and investments subject participants to potential conflicts of interest in making the statements herein. TZP does not make any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completements of the information contained herein and it should not be assumed that investments made in the future will be comparable in quality of performance to the investments described herein.
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The State Auditor’s Office has scheduled a free virtual audit conference later this month to provide training and resources for local governments.
Topics will include budgeting, law changes that impact audit requirements, audit reports and federal coronavirus aid. There also will be a question-and-answer session.
The conference is Wednesday, Aug. 31, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information or to register, go to ndsao.link/Audit-Summit. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/audit-conference-planned-for-local-governments/article_2e2f85f2-18b4-11ed-86ac-d73a3430ded6.html | 2022-08-15 07:16:51 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/audit-conference-planned-for-local-governments/article_2e2f85f2-18b4-11ed-86ac-d73a3430ded6.html |
CHICAGO — For the third time in the last four years, the Cubs have had a successful start to their season against a National League Central division rival.
Their pitching had a lot to do with it.
Led by starter Marcus Stroman, the Cubs shut out the Brewers 4-0 at Wrigley Field on a cool, party sunny Opening Day afternoon on the north side.
It’s their second-straight win over Milwaukee at Wrigley Field to start the season, having beaten them 5-4 in 2022. The Cubs also beat the Brewers to open the pandemic-shortened 2020 season at home in July of that year.
With the triumph, the Cubs improve to 81-65-2 all-time on Opening Day and go over .500 in openers played at Wrigley Field, as their record goes to 25-24-1.
Stroman led the way in the opening effort as he pitched six shutout innings, working out of a couple of jams to start his season on the right foot. He struck out eight batters compared to three walks and scattered three hits in 90 pitches.
Keegan Thompson, Brad Boxberger, and Michael Fulmer all pitched scoreless innings in relief to give the Cubs a win.
All the offense the Cubs would need came in the third inning when they struck for four runs. Dansby Swanson got an RBI on a single then an error allowed another runner to score to make it 2-0.
A run-scoring single by Trey Mancini then an RBI ground out by Yan Gomes brought in two more runs, which were plenty for the Cubs on this Opening Day. | https://wgntv.com/sports/cubs/cubs-shutout-the-brewers-on-2023-opening-day/ | 2023-03-30 21:17:39 | 1 | https://wgntv.com/sports/cubs/cubs-shutout-the-brewers-on-2023-opening-day/ |
Which Zojirushi container is best?
Keeping food hot or cold can be challenging because as time passes, your food naturally cools down, and your cold beverages become tepid. No container can keep your food at the desired temperature forever, but a Zojirushi container works better than a traditional lunchbox.
Zojirushi is a Japanese manufacturer of multinational consumer products and has innovated the traditional bento box. The top containers, such as the Zojirushi Classic Bento Vacuum Lunch Jar, keep food hot or cold for extended periods, are easy to clean and come with several accessories.
What to know before you buy a Zojirushi container
How Zojirushi containers keep food hot or cold
Zojirushi containers use vacuum insulation to prevent heat from escaping, and a thin sheet of aluminum is wrapped around the inner layer’s outer surface to reflect radiant heat. Heat transfer is also significantly reduced with a tightfitting insulated lid.
Food vs. beverage containers
Larger Zojirushi containers are designed to hold meals, while smaller, thermos-like containers are primarily for beverages such as coffee. If you’re going on a road trip or don’t want to use a microwave at work or school, a large container is ideal for keeping your food warm for extended periods. Smaller containers are excellent for keeping beverages such as coffee hot or water cold, but they usually don’t do it as long as larger containers.
Bowls
Zojirushi food containers have different components, but the most comprehensive ones come with an insulated main body and three stackable bowls, each designed for a specific type of food.
- Main bowl: this is ideal for hot solid foods and helps prevent heat from escaping or transferring to other bowls.
- Soup bowl: this has a silicone gasket and a tight-fitting lid for a leakproof fit that helps conceal liquids and maintain them hot.
- Side bowls: positioned in the uninsulated part of the container, they’re meant to keep the contents at room temperature, making them suitable for salads or dips.
- Insulated body: usually a sizable cylindrical container where bowls containing food are stacked. It has a nonstick surface, but food isn’t meant to be placed directly in it.
What to look for in a quality Zojirushi container
Ease of use and cleaning
Zojirushi containers are easy enough to use, but some people may find removing or opening some of the lids difficult. For that reason, some Zojirushi jars have dimpled covers that make it easy to pop them open.
You also want to ensure that your containers are easy to clean. Some have several components, so they may take longer to hand-wash than small food or liquid containers. Most containers and their parts are dishwasher-safe, but it’s important to note that the lids are not.
Leakproof seal
The last thing you want is to clean up a mess because your hot soup has leaked through its container’s top. Not only is a leaking lid inconvenient because of the mess it causes, it can also be dangerous to spill hot liquids. The best Zijirushi jars have tightfitting seals that contain hot foods and beverages well and significantly reduce leaking compared to traditional containers.
Accessories
Smaller Zojirushi containers and thermoses don’t come with add-ons. However, some larger food containers have utensils such as chopsticks, a forked spoon, and other accessories such as a cover or carrying bag.
How much you can expect to spend on a Zojirushi container
Compact food containers and thermoses typically cost $20 to $35, but if you want a more comprehensive container with several bowls and accessories, you can expect to spend up to $50.
Zojirushi FAQ
How can I keep food or beverages hot or cold for longer?
A. Preheat containers with boiling water or pre-chill them to keep their contents hot or cold for longer.
What if my containers are leaking?
A. It may be a quality control issue, but filling containers to the top can also cause leaking. It’s best to avoid overfilling them by leaving some space near the top.
What’s the best Zojirushi container to buy?
Top Zojirushi container
Zojirushi Classic Bento Vacuum Lunch Jar
What you need to know: This jar has a vacuum-sealed outer container, making it an excellent way to keep food hot or cold for extended periods.
What you’ll love: This stainless steel jar comes with a durable synthetic bag, three microwaveable inner bowls, a forked spoon, chopsticks, a carrying strap and a cover. The inner container has a snap closure and a nonstick coating, making it easy to clean.
What you should consider: The lids aren’t microwaveable. Some customers report minor leaking from the inner bowls.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Zojirushi container for the money
Zojirushi Stainless Steel Food Jar
What you need to know: This jar keeps food hot or cold for extended periods and has a straightforward design that’s easy for children to use.
What you’ll love: Its double-walled vacuum-insulated interior is great for keeping hot foods and cold desserts at the desired temperature. A clear-coat finish reduces fingerprints and makes cleanup easy, and the lid has a dimple that lets you open the container effortlessly.
What you should consider: It doesn’t keep food hot or cold as long as other Zojirushi containers. There are some reports of the lids retaining food odors even after they’ve been thoroughly washed.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This travel thermos is excellent for anyone looking to keep their beverages hot or cold for up to six hours.
What you’ll love: It’s made with safe plastic and has a wide-mouth opening for easy pouring, cleaning and accommodating large ice cubes. It has a compact design for traveling, a durable stainless steel interior and a flip-open lid with a safety lock that prevents it from spilling accidentally.
What you should consider: Some users found it difficult to open, and several parts, including two rubber rings and a stopper, make cleaning take longer than with standard thermos mugs.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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It happened just before 1 a.m. Sunday in the 900 block of Wright Street.
Goods played two seasons at Illinois State.
Anyone with information should contact the Clinton Police Department at 217-935-9441.
A Bloomington has been indicted by a McLean County grand jury for theft and fraud after receiving a Paycheck Protection Program loan that was later forgiven.
The Normal Police Department advised drivers one week ago that slowing down in an average school zone delays travel by just 13 seconds.
The ISU Police Department sent an emergency alert at 7:09 p.m. that an armed robbery had occurred at 707 Liquor & Mart, 315 W. Beaufort St., Normal.
His bond remains at $1 million, with 10% to apply for release.
The call went out at 12:11 p.m. Saturday for a house fire in west Bloomington.
Bloomington police are investigating a shooting incident that left a juvenile male injured. Details:
Friday nights need a change. | https://pantagraph.com/boomer/article_573c46b6-613e-5514-ad58-7e5472e74d2a.html | 2022-08-26 10:22:04 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/boomer/article_573c46b6-613e-5514-ad58-7e5472e74d2a.html |
DOTHAN, Ala., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Construction Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROAD) (the "Company"), a vertically integrated civil infrastructure company specializing in the construction and maintenance of roadways across five southeastern states, today announced that it will participate in the Raymond James 2022 Diversified Industrials Conference. Members of the Company's management team are scheduled to meet with investors at the conference on August 23, 2022.
About Construction Partners, Inc.
Construction Partners, Inc. is a vertically integrated civil infrastructure company operating across five southeastern states, with 59 hot-mix asphalt plants, 14 aggregate facilities and one liquid asphalt terminal. Publicly funded projects make up the majority of its business and include local and state roadways, interstate highways, airport runways and bridges. The majority of the Company's public projects are maintenance-related. Private sector projects include paving and sitework for office and industrial parks, shopping centers, local businesses and residential developments. To learn more, visit www.constructionpartners.net.
Contact:
Rick Black / Ken Dennard
Dennard Lascar Investor Relations
ROAD@DennardLascar.com
(713) 529-6600
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This Your Place Your Money features Stacy Larson, Communications Director for AARP Oregon, who talks about age-friendly communities. She shares that AARP is hosting a series of Livability Solutions Forums in November where we can learn more about how communities can become age-friendly.
Find out more about these forums here:
Virtual: November 1 6:30pm to 8pm
Medford: November 2 1pm to 2:30pm
Springfield: November 3 5pm to 7pm | https://kobi5.com/features/your-place-your-money/livability-solutions-forums-197438/ | 2022-10-14 20:04:22 | 1 | https://kobi5.com/features/your-place-your-money/livability-solutions-forums-197438/ |
From 7 a.m. on Saturday, July 22, to 7 a.m. Sunday, July 23, 2023, 9 people were booked into the Tom Green County Detention Center. Below is a summary of the booking charges and the individual arrest records.
Charge categories (Note: several that have been taken into custody have multiple charges filed against them that fit into more than one general category. See the individual records for details)
- DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED: 3
- CRIMINAL TRESPASS: 1
- ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY FAMILY VIOLENCE: 1
- MISC CPF X2: 1
- DRIVING WHILE LICENSE INVALID X2: 1
- NO PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: 1
- SPEEDING IN A POSTED SCHOOL ZONE 28 MPH ZONE: 1
- POSS/DEL DRUG PARAPHERNALIA: 1
- MISC FTA X5: 1
- MISC VPTA X4: 1
- POSS CS PG 2 < 1G: 1
- POSS MARIJ <2OZ: 1
- MISC ICE HOLD: 1
Leigh Adams
SO Number: 106822
Booking Number: 446329
Booking Date: 07-23-2023 6:19 am
Charges:
DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED
Bond: $1000.00
Vicente Zarate
SO Number: 106821
Booking Number: 446328
Booking Date: 07-23-2023 4:35 am
Charges:
DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED
Bond: $1000.00
Carlos Cardona
SO Number: 91170
Booking Number: 446327
Booking Date: 07-23-2023 3:54 am
Charges:
CRIMINAL TRESPASS
Bond: $1500.00
Brandon Sandoval
SO Number: 102514
Booking Number: 446326
Booking Date: 07-23-2023 2:18 am
Charges:
DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED
Bond: $1000.00
Arianna Sparks
SO Number: 106820
Booking Number: 446325
Booking Date: 07-23-2023 12:47 am
Charges:
ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY FAMILY VIOLENCE
Bond: No Bond
Desteny Bundick
SO Number: 82959
Booking Number: 446324
Booking Date: 07-23-2023 12:03 am
Charges:
MISC CPF X2
Bond: No Bond
Aaron Eagle
SO Number: 93017
Booking Number: 446323
Booking Date: 07-22-2023 9:52 pm
Charges:
DRIVING WHILE LICENSE INVALID X2
NO PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
SPEEDING IN A POSTED SCHOOL ZONE 28 MPH ZONE
POSS/DEL DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
MISC FTA X5
MISC VPTA X4
Bond: $9461.80
Joy Ross
SO Number: 106819
Booking Number: 446322
Booking Date: 07-22-2023 5:45 pm
Charges:
POSS CS PG 2 < 1G
Bond: No Bond
Vadim Negara
SO Number: 106818
Booking Number: 446321
Booking Date: 07-22-2023 12:31 pm
Charges:
POSS MARIJ <2OZ
MISC ICE HOLD
Bond: $1000.00
Disclaimer: Information presented on this website is collected, maintained, and provided for the convenience of the site visitor/reader. While every effort is made to keep such information accurate and up-to-date, the Tom Green County Detention Center can not certify the accuracy and/or authenticity of any information. The reader should not rely on this information in any manner. Under no circumstances shall Tom Green County, the Sheriff of Tom Green County, the web development supplier for Tom Green County Sheriff, the employees of Tom Green County nor the employees of Tom Green County Detention Center be liable for any decisions, actions taken or omissions made from reliance on any information contained herein from whatever source, nor shall the Tom Green County Detention Center be liable for any other consequences from any such reliance. *Booking and release times are approximate. These records are from the Tom Green County Jail system.
Source: Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office
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Address: 122 W Harris Ave, San Angelo, TX 76903
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Facebook and Twitter recently took down social media accounts attacking U.S. adversaries and spreading American interests across the world. Then, they gave the information about those accounts to researchers.
Here & Now‘s Celeste Headlee speaks with Femi Oke about the results of a new report detailing a sustained pro-U.S. influence campaign on social media.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Longtime safety and security expert will oversee major metropolitan emergency management and homeland security services
MORRISVILLE, N.C., June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IEM, the largest woman-and minority-owned disaster recovery and emergency management global consulting firm, has named Andrew Velasquez III the new Director of Big City Emergency Management. Velasquez will support IEM's emergency management projects, including disaster response and recovery efforts to build resilience, in large metropolitan areas.
"Andrew is a proven leader who will contribute to IEM's efforts to address complex challenges that large cities face," said IEM's Bryan Koon, Vice President of International Homeland Security and Emergency Management. "With such a high concentration of people, big cities face costly disasters and emergencies. Under Andrew's leadership, IEM looks forward to further growing our support to communities in large metropolitan areas, to help these jurisdictions mitigate and reduce risk, build resiliency, and save lives during unexpected events."
Velasquez joins IEM as the firm expands its focus on providing the resources and tools for strategic planning, program management, and safety, security and resiliency initiatives for major metropolitan areas.
"I look forward to providing the partnership and resources to help decision makers protect those who live, work, or visit these busy centers of activity," said Velasquez, who has over 30 years of experience. "I am excited to apply what I have learned throughout my career in emergency management, homeland security, law enforcement, and aviation to further the goals and mission of IEM and our clients."
Most recently, Velasquez served as the First Deputy Aviation Commissioner for the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) where he oversaw administrative and operational functions of Chicago's O'Hare and Midway International Airports. With the recent crisis relating to the influx of asylum seekers in Chicago, the Mayor directly sought his advice and assistance in leading the responsible city agencies in their support planning and response operations.
Previously, Velasquez was CDA's Managing Deputy Commissioner of Safety and Security and led airport security operations to ensure safe travel for more than 100 million passengers each year.
Prior to working for the CDA, Velasquez served as the presidentially appointed Regional Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Region 5, based in Chicago, where he coordinated preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation activities for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. While at FEMA, he directed federal response and recovery efforts for 35 major disasters and emergencies.
Velasquez has held state and city cabinet-level positions including Illinois Governor's Homeland Security Advisor, Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, and Executive Director of Chicago's Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC). Before joining OEMC, he was a member of the Chicago Police Department for ten years.
Velasquez earned an M.S. in criminal justice from Illinois State University and an MBA in management from Saint Xavier University. He also served in the U.S. Army Reserve and completed the Naval Postgraduate School's Executive Leadership programs in Homeland Defense and Security and Radiological Emergency Preparedness.
About IEM
IEM is a global crisis and disaster management consulting firm dedicated to building a safe, secure, and resilient world. Founded in 1985, IEM is the largest woman- and minority-owned firm in the world focused on providing services and expertise across the emergency management cycle — from preparedness and mitigation to response and recovery. We integrate science, technology, and real-world experience to provide our customers with innovative solutions and outcomes that matter. For information, visit www.iem.com.
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KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The African nations of Gabon and Togo have been admitted into the Commonwealth group of nations.
“We welcome them,” Rwandan President Paul Kagame, whose government hosted a summit of Commonwealth leaders this week, told reporters Saturday.
Gabon and Togo are Francophone countries that actively tried to join the bloc of 54 nations. The Commonwealth’s titular head is Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. Prince Charles represented his mother at the summit in Kigali, the Rwandan capital.
The admission of the two new members was a highlight of the summit. The meeting, which closes later Saturday, also raised more than $4 billion in pledges toward the fight against malaria and other tropical diseases.
The summit took place place at an uncertain time for the British monarchy as well as the Commonwealth, whose relevance is sometimes questioned.
Even as the Commonwealth appears attractive to prospective members, some existing member nations are discussing whether to remove the queen as their head of state.
Elizabeth is the head of state of 14 Commonwealth realms, but Barbados cut ties with the monarchy in November. Several other Caribbean countries, including Jamaica, say they plan to follow suit.
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WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local):
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7:30 p.m.
Third-seeded Ons Jabeur advanced to her first Grand Slam semifinal with a 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 victory over Marie Bouzkova on Centre Court at Wimbledon.
The 27-year-old Tunisian dropped her first set of the grass-court tournament but dominated the rest of the way. She will next face Tatjana Maria of Germany for a spot in the final.
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7:20 p.m.
Home favorite Cameron Norrie reached his first Grand Slam semifinal — where he’ll face Novak Djokovic — with a 3-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 win over David Goffin at Wimbledon.
The ninth-ranked Norrie is the last British player remaining in singles and advanced with Prince William and his wife Kate among the spectators on No. 1 Court.
At 5-5 in the fifth set, the 26-year-old Norrie broke his Belgian opponent and then served it out, winning on his second match point when Goffin sent a backhand into the net.
The 31-year-old Goffin fell to 0-4 in Grand Slam quarterfinal matches.
Djokovic, the No. 1 seed, advanced earlier with a five-set victory over 10th-seeded Jannik Sinner.
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5:15 p.m.
Three-time defending champion Novak Djokovic recovered from two sets down to beat Jannik Sinner 5-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 and advance to the Wimbledon semifinals.
The top-seeded Serb extended his winning streak at the All England Club to 26 matches.
The six-time Wimbledon champion improved to 10-1 in five-set matches at the All England Club, with the loss coming in 2006.
Djokovic, a 20-time Grand Slam champion, will next face either unseeded David Goffin or ninth-seeded Cameron Norrie for a spot in Sunday’s final.
Djokovic’s most-recent loss at Wimbledon was five years ago when he retired because of an elbow injury.
The win was Djokovic’s 84th at Wimbledon and ties him with Jimmy Connors for second-most men’s singles match wins at the All England Club, trailing only Roger Federer.
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3:30 p.m.
Tatjana Maria advanced to the Wimbledon semifinals — the 34-year-old German’s first final four at any Grand Slam tournament — by beating Jule Niemeier 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Maria will face either third-seeded Ons Jabeur or unseeded Marie Bouzkova for a place in the final.
The 103rd-ranked Maria is only the sixth woman in the Open era to reach the Wimbledon semifinals after turning 34.
Maria had also come back from a set down to beat 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko in the fourth round.
Niemeier was broken in the final game, hitting a backhand into net on match point. Niemeier was a qualifier at the French Open, losing in the first round in her only other appearance at a Grand Slam tournament.
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11 a.m.
Six-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic will be first on Centre Court in the quarterfinals of the grass-court Grand Slam and third-seeded Ons Jabeur will follow.
The top-seeded Djokovic will take on Jannik Sinner of Italy in the main stadium.
Jabeur will then face Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic.
On No. 1 Court, Tatjana Maria will play Jule Niemeier. The two Germans have never been this far at a Grand Slam tournament. Ninth-seeded Cam Norrie will then take on David Goffin in the later match.
Norrie is looking to become only the fourth British man to reach the Wimbledon semifinals in the Open era. Andy Murray, Tim Henman and Roger Taylor are the others.
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Narcoleptics and insomniacs contend with obsessive dreamers and a scientist who thinks sleep is a socialist disease — the "great leveler" of the strong and the weak — in Jonathan Coe's 1999 novel The House of Sleep.
Set in a former college dormitory that has since been turned into an institute for sleeping disorders, Coe's novel brings together a hodgepodge of characters whose lives have been shaped by their curious relationships to slumber. Among the cast are Sarah, a narcoleptic whose affliction has destroyed both her lovers; Robert, an emotional drifter who disappears shortly after college graduation; and Terry, a film critic suffering from insomnia.
Moving easily between the early 1980s (when most of his characters are in college) and the mid 1990s (after years of separation and loss have transformed them), Coe creates an interplay between his characters' younger and older selves. The beauty of the novel emerges in the shifts of time and in the way these failed, fractured people rediscover and, often unwittingly, help one another. Friends and acquaintances interlock in a serendipitous tapestry of casual remarks and overheard gossip — a tragic romance intersects with a collegiate sexual awakening, which, in turn, leads into a murder mystery. Ultimately, these fragile chains of human interaction add up to an unexpectedly unified whole, in a style that recalls the fiction of Virginia Woolf.
Late in the novel, a Lacanian psychotherapist writes an article about a narcoleptic's sleep trauma, asserting, "Language is a traitor, a double agent who slips across borders without warning in the dead of night. It is a heavy snowfall in a foreign country, which hides the shapes and contours of reality beneath a cloak of nebulous whiteness."
But is the psychotherapist referring to language or to sleep itself? Though slumber betrays and conceals in The House of Sleep, it also provides a lens into the truth. Racing toward her lost lover, impelled by information revealed during a patient's sleep-talking, Dr. Madison worries whether her newfound knowledge can be trusted. "Yes, of course it could," she concludes. "For in the midst of all this confusion, all these unsettling convergences between past and present, at least one incontrovertible truth remained. Nobody told lies in their sleep."
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TOKYO (AP) — The head of a major Japanese boys-group talent agency has released a YouTube video apologizing for the sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated by her predecessor and promised to prevent a recurrence.
Allegations against Johnny Kitagawa, a powerful figure in Japanese entertainment and the founder of Johnny & Associates, have been tossed around for more than 20 years, although he was never charged with crimes. He died in 2019.
The allegations resurfaced as a hot topic of scrutiny after BBC News did a special earlier this year, focusing on several people who said they were sexually abused.
“More than anything, I apologize very deeply to the victims,” said a solemn Julie Keiko Fujishima, bowing four times during a one-minute video released late Sunday.
The scandal has served as a wake-up call for Japan’s lagging fight against sexual harassment. A consumer boycott has begun against Johnny’s, as the company is also known, making for an extensive list, as dozens of the “tarento,” or “talent,” appear in various advertisements. A petition drive expressing outrage has collected thousands of signatures.
Fujishima apologized for the “disappointment and worries” fans must be feeling. In an additional written statement, she stressed she had not known of any wrongdoing, although acknowledging that was no excuse. Compliance teams and counseling have been set up, she said, while stopping short of lining up an outside third-party investigation.
According to the allegations, Kitagawa asked fledgling singers and dancers, many of them children, to stay at his luxury home. When he told one of them to go to bed early, everyone knew “it was your turn.”
That kind of testimony from musician Kauan Okamoto, appearing at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Tokyo last month, raised the level of criticism against Johnny’s. Okamoto was the first accuser who appeared before reporters under his real name to share his story and be photographed.
He had been part of the backup group Johnny’s Jr., which also worked as a talent pool for Johnny & Associates. The company has under its wing some of Japan’s top actors.
Fujishima recently met with Okamoto.
She could not say with certainty whether his allegations were accurate or not. But she sees people are alleging abuse, and such a thing “should never happen again.”
“We are barely getting started, but he has given us an opportunity to change,” she said.
Okamoto’s reaction to his first meeting with Fujishima, whom he called “Julie san,” was overwhelmingly positive. It was like talking to a mom, he added. He understood she was genuinely sorry but had privacy and legal concerns.
Some critics said Fujishima’s apology was not sufficient, the company should hold a news conference, and she should resign to take responsibility.
Others have slammed mainstream Japanese media for long being silent, suggesting they feared retaliation and losing access to the talent pool. Shukan Bunshun, a weekly magazine, has been an exception, aggressively covering the Johnny’s scandal from the start.
Japanese entertainers have been facing serious competition from neighboring South Korea, where groups like BTS have met far greater international success. Some Johnny’s stars have been leaving the company over the years, including Okamoto.
“Everyone should come forward and tell the truth,” Okamoto said in his latest YouTube video.
He had been afraid of being rejected by Japanese society, when he had simply wanted love, as a person and a musician.
“It’s not easy to deliver dreams though entertainment and to truly move people,” Okamoto said.
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Taylor Swift fans are suing Ticketmaster
(CNN) – The title of one of Taylor Swift’s biggest songs is sort of perfect for her fans’ feelings about Ticketmaster: “Bad Blood.”
More than two dozen Swifties, as her fans are known, are suing the ticketing giant and its parent company, Live Nation.
They said Ticketmaster broke antitrust and other laws in the now infamously chaotic sales process for Swift’s “The Eras” tour.
The suit alleges the companies engaged in anti-competitive practices, charging higher prices on fans in the presale and resale market.
According to the plaintiffs, Ticketmaster forced concertgoers to exclusively use its site and controlled all registration and access to the tour.
Swifties want the companies to fork over a $2,500 penalty for each violation, which could be expensive based on the millions of angered fans who didn’t get tickets.
Ticketmaster has apologized to fans and said that the demand, along with the elevated number of bot attacks, drove unprecedented traffic to the site and essentially broke it.
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Russian diplomat says prisoner swap with US remains possible
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia and the United States have repeatedly been on the verge of agreement on a prisoner exchange, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday, adding that a deal is still possible before the year’s end.
The Biden administration has been trying for months to negotiate the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another American jailed in Russia, Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, including through a possible prisoner swap with Moscow.
Asked by reporters whether a swap is possible before the year’s end, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov responded that “there always is a chance.”
“Regrettably, there have been a few occasions when it seemed that a decision in favor of it was about to be made, but it never happened,” he said without elaborating.
“If that happened, if would undoubtedly send a positive signal that not everything is so utterly hopeless in Russian-U.S. relations,” Ryabkov added.
He reiterated Moscow’s call for the U.S. to discuss the issue discreetly and refrain from making public statements. He lamented that “Washington has been abusing ‘loudspeaker diplomacy’ instead of a quiet one, which didn’t help us to do business.”
Earlier this month, Griner began serving a nine-year sentence for drug possession at a Russian penal colony in Mordovia, about 350 kilometers (210 miles) east of Moscow, after a Russian court had rejected the appeal of her August conviction.
The all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and two-time Olympic gold medal winner was detained in February when customs agents said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.
At her trial, Griner admitted to having the canisters in her luggage but testified she packed them inadvertently in her haste to make her flight and had no criminal intent. Her defense team presented written statements saying she had been prescribed cannabis to treat chronic pain.
Whelan is serving a 16-year sentence in Russia for espionage.
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Best armyworms treatments
There’s nothing better than stepping out into your backyard to enjoy a lush green lawn. Anyone who maintains a lawn knows how much care goes into correctly watering and caring for grass.
So it can be frustrating when a pest like armyworms comes along and destroys your hard work. Luckily, it’s pretty easy to take care of an armyworm infestation. If you catch the problem early, you can even avoid the worst of the damage to your lawn.
What are armyworms?
Armyworms are the larvae of certain species of moths. The moths lay their eggs in your yard. Once the larvae hatch, they grow into caterpillars and feed on leaves and grass.
There are many species of armyworms in North America. They are most prevalent in the U.S. Southeast, where the temperate winters let them survive between seasons. Armyworms are most active from early summer to late fall.
What causes armyworms?
Armyworm infestations occur when adult moths lay their eggs in or around your lawn. The moths often lay the eggs on upright structures close to food sources. So you can find eggs on solid blades of grass, yard fencing or the side of your house.
An exceptionally dry season or drought can exacerbate an armyworm outbreak. During a drought, natural predators of armyworms (such as beetles and other large insects) are in short supply, making it easier for armyworms to thrive.
Signs of an armyworm infestation
Lawn damage
The bigger the larvae grow, the more severe damage they cause. At full size, before they burrow into the ground to incubate, an armyworm infestation can take out your whole lawn in one night. Early in their growth, you’re more likely to spot thinning or brown patches on the lawn.
Another early sign is if you spot transparent blades of grass. Depending on the type of grass and the size of the larvae, armyworms often strip the green layer from the grass blades.
When the armyworms grow bigger, you might spot scallop-shaped bite marks on the edges of leaves.
Caterpillar excretion
Another sign that armyworms are behind your lawn troubles is the presence of their excrement. Also known as “frass,” armyworms leave behind small pellets at the base of the grass. The pellets are 0.04 to 0.08 inches long, or 1-2 millimeters, and green or yellow.
Visual identification of armyworms
One of the quickest ways to confirm an armyworm problem is spotting the caterpillars in the grass. While several species affect U.S. gardens, some markings are common to all armyworms.
The body of an armyworm has white, brown, gray, yellow, green or red stripes. The heads vary in color, but most have a distinctive Y-shaped mark in white or yellow. At the later stage of their growth, armyworms measure between 1.5 to 2 inches long.
The best time to look for armyworms on your lawn is early morning or late at night, since this is when they’re active.
How can you get rid of armyworms?
Bacterial treatment
The best way to get rid of armyworms is to spot the signs early and treat your lawn while the larvae are small. If the armyworms are less than half an inch long, you can spray the grass with Bacillus thuringiensis. These harmless bacteria kill small caterpillars without damaging other small organisms in the grass.
Chemical insecticides
Bigger larvae require a more potent insecticide. These are different from insect repellents you spray on your skin.
Pellet insecticides are not very effective on armyworms, so a spray format is best. Choose an insecticide containing ingredients such as bifenthrin, cyfluthrin, permethrin or lambda-cyhalothrin. If you’re unsure, select an insecticide labeled explicitly for dealing with mature armyworms.
Apply the insecticide spray early in the morning or late at night, when the armyworms are most active. Don’t water your lawn or use sprinklers for 24 hours after application, and try to avoid rainfall. Water on the lawn will dilute the insecticide and make it less effective.
What you need to buy to get rid of armyworms
Monterey Worm & Caterpillar Killer Concentrate
This organic spray is suitable for preventing armyworms and treating infestations of young, small armyworms. It’s safe for other organisms such as worms and bees and is easy to apply to small or large lawns with a spray bottle or lawn sprayer.
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Bayer Crop Science Complete Insect Killer for Soil & Turf
This spray effectively kills infestations of larger caterpillars and protects your lawns from further outbreaks for up to three months. It contains chemicals, so ensure the lawn is thoroughly dry before letting pets and animals outside.
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Police sources have identified the officer who died in a shooting on Saturday evening as 31-year-old Chris Fitzgerald.
On Sunday morning, police descended on the Buckingham Township family home of 18-year-old Miles Pfeffer, sources said.
Pfeffer was arrested and detained using a pair of Fitzgerald's handcuffs, and according to law enforcement sources, he's expected to be charged with murder.
"That's a tradition that we do any time there is a fallen officer. We felt it was important to remember officer Fitzgerald by once again placing his cuffs on the suspect," Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal, Robert Clark explained at the time of the arrest.
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Officials said he was apprehended without incident.
This investigation is ongoing and this story will be updated as new information becomes available.
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The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol unveiled criminal referrals on Monday targeting former President Trump, recommending that the Department of Justice investigate the ex-president for inciting an insurrection, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and obstruction of an official proceeding.
The referrals mark the culmination of the committee’s 18-month probe of the Jan. 6 attack and the role Trump played before, during and after the riot. They are a crescendo in the panel’s central case that Trump was at the center of a conspiracy to keep himself in power.
Investigators on the committee said they decided on criminal referrals against Trump based on sufficient evidence showing that he violated various statutes: inciting, assisting, or aiding and comforting an insurrection; obstructing an official proceeding; conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to make a false statement; and other conspiracy statutes.
The recommendations themselves, however, are largely symbolic, as the Department of Justice is not required to look into referrals from congressional committees. They also come as the agency is conducting its own investigation into the Capitol riot that was recently put under the purview of an independent special counsel.
But the referrals nonetheless mark a significant escalation in the political fight between the committee and Trump, especially as the former president wages his third bid for the White House.
The Justice Department will now have to decide whether it wants to pursue any prosecution based on the panel’s recommendations. It is unclear how the agency will proceed.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a member of the panel, said he believes evidence exists for Trump to be prosecuted.
“I think that the evidence is there that Donald Trump committed criminal offenses in connection with his efforts to overturn the election,” Schiff, a former prosecutor, told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “And viewing it as a former prosecutor, I think there’s sufficient evidence to charge the president.” | https://www.cbs42.com/hill-politics/jan-6-committee-unveils-criminal-referrals-against-trump/ | 2022-12-19 19:52:08 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/hill-politics/jan-6-committee-unveils-criminal-referrals-against-trump/ |
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Police ID suspect in fatal New York City subway shooting
NEW YORK (AP) — Police on Tuesday identified a suspect in the fatal shooting of a passenger aboard a moving New York City subway train.
The NYPD says Andrew Abdullah is wanted in the death of 48-year-old Daniel Enriquez, who was shot and killed late Sunday morning aboard a Q train near the Canal Street station in Manhattan.
The police department tweeted a photo of the 25-year-old Abdullah and asked the public for help finding him.
Court records show Abdullah has two open criminal cases in New York City, one in Brooklyn stemming from an April 24 vehicle theft and the other for an alleged assault in Manhattan in 2020.
Messages seeking comment were left with lawyers representing him in those cases.
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LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global tech company, ESR, brings its new HaloLock™ Wireless Chargers with CryoBoost™ to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week. The collection consists of three MagSafe-compatible chargers for iPhone, AirPods, and Apple Watch. CryoBoost™ is an innovative phone-cooling technology that enables users to charge an in-use iPhone 14 or 13 series phone faster than the official Apple MagSafe charger.
"Every year, CES is one of the biggest and most anticipated events in the tech space. We are excited to start 2023 by showing off our newest and most innovative tech for the first time at this year's exhibition." said ESR CEO, Tim Wu. "CryoBoost™ is our answer to wireless charging's biggest problem: heat. By creating a constant flow of cooling air over the user's phone and utilizing first-of-their-kind heat dissipating components, our HaloLock™ charger will charge a phone while it's in use, faster than any other MagSafe charger. What's more, ensuring the user's phone stays cool during charging slows battery degradation and extends overall battery life."
Inspired by Apple's MagSafe magnetic charging, HaloLock™ is an entire ecosystem of innovative magnetic accessories that take MagSafe beyond what you'll find in the Apple store. From the world's first MagSafe-compatible car chargers to a collection of mounts and chargers for your home and office, HaloLock™ brings power-in-a-snap convenience to the places you want it most.
One of these accessories won a prestigious IF Design Award last year. The HaloLock™ Kickstand Wireless Charger, is a slim and compact magnetic wireless charger with a highly adjustable on-demand kickstand for hands-free viewing at a comfortable angle during charging.
With over 300 patents already secured and more on the way, innovation has always been a driving force behind ESR's design philosophy. This is why the company will continue to create products that make tech easier to use throughout 2023. The new year will see the continued expansion of the HaloLock™ system with the release of a new MagSafe-compatible wallet and power banks as well as other MFM-certified accessories.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Roadrunner Cash" game were:
02-14-18-35-36
(two, fourteen, eighteen, thirty-five, thirty-six)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Roadrunner Cash" game were:
02-14-18-35-36
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NEW YORK, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Otera Capital ("Otera"), a major institutional investor based in Canada and which has been active in commercial real estate financing in the United States, announced it has opened an office in New York City via its wholly-owned subsidiary Otera Capital U.S. Inc. ("Otera US"). The office will be led by Alfred Trivilino, Managing Director, U.S. Real Estate Credit.
The new office will focus on referring high quality commercial real estate financing opportunities as well as developing and maintaining relationships with top tier stakeholders in real estate investments in the U.S. The New York office will provide advisory services to Otera's Canadian Investment Team on a variety of U.S. credit investments consisting of construction, bridge and term loans.
"The addition of the New York office will strengthen Otera's presence in the U.S. and facilitates the delivery of even more personalized services to our clients. This further demonstrates our commitment to and the importance of the U.S. market to the long-term growth and diversification of Otera's portfolio" said Rana Ghorayeb, Otera's President and Chief Executive Officer.
"We are delighted to have Alfred's leadership and experience to assist us in the execution of our growth and diversification strategy" said Paul Chin, Otera's Executive Vice-President and Chief Investment Officer. "He brings strong relationships and extensive experience in all types of real estate financings, as well as an in-depth knowledge of the major U.S. real estate markets and stakeholders. His involvement will further strengthen our presence and help us in establishing long term partnerships in the U.S. and facilitate the efficient execution of transactions." Chin added.
With over U.S. $21 billion in assets under management and a vertically integrated team of commercial real estate lending professionals, Otera Capital is a major institutional investor active in commercial real estate financing across North America. Based in Montreal with offices in New York and Toronto, Otera is known for its expertise, professionalism, and reliability. Otera Capital is a subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec ("CDPQ"), a global investment manager with U.S. $332 billion in assets under management. Otera offers a wide range of commercial real estate financing solutions tailored to the needs of clients and partners in a variety of markets and asset classes including multi-family, office, life sciences, industrial, mixed-use and selective alternative sectors.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — With inflation in the United States still excessive, most Federal Reserve officials expect to raise interest rates further this year, Chair Jerome Powell told a House committee Wednesday.
“Inflation pressures continue to run high, and the process of getting inflation back down to 2% has a long way to go,” Powell said on the first of two days of semi-annual testimony on Capitol Hill.
Even so, the Fed last week kept interest rates unchanged after 10 straight hikes so it could take time to gauge how higher borrowing rates have affected the economy, Powell said.
The contrast between the Fed’s stated concern over still-high inflation and its decision to skip a rate hike has heightened uncertainty about its next moves. The hazier messaging suggests that Powell is seeking to balance competing demands from those Fed officials who want to keep raising rates and others who feel the central bank has done enough.
Asked on Wednesday to clarify last week’s messaging, Powell told the House Financial Services Committee that keeping rates level was consistent with the Fed’s increasing focus: Slowing the pace of its hikes in order to avoid raising rates higher than needed to reduce inflation and risk causing a deep recession in the process.
“It may make sense to move rates higher but to do so at a more moderate pace,” Powell said, likening the Fed’s rate hikes to a journey. “As you get closer to your destination, as you try to find that destination, you slow down even further.”
Partisan differences over the Fed’s policies emerged at the hearing, with Rep. Patrick McHenry, the North Carolina Republican who chairs the committee, saying the central bank “must remain committed to eliminating this stealth tax on American workers and families,” referring to inflation. “And I urge you to continue that resolve.”
Yet Rep. Maxine Waters of California, the senior Democrat on the panel, said “the Fed made the right decision to pause interest rate hikes.”
In his remarks Wednesday, Powell also indicated that the Fed chose to keep its key interest rate steady last week so it could assess the impact of three large bank failures this spring on the banking sector and whether the failures would reduce credit to consumers and businesses and slow the economy.
Despite the Fed’s focus on combating inflation, Republican committee members spent more time Wednesday questioning Powell about the central bank’s stance on bank regulation. McHenry suggested that Congress consider removing the Fed’s authority to regulate banks, if the policymakers take too strict an approach to overseeing small and medium-size lenders and potentially weaken lending.
After this year’s bank failures, Michael Barr, the Fed’s top financial regulator, indicated that the central bank might consider raising the level of capital that banks are required to hold in reserve against potential losses as a way to limit further failures.
But some committee Republicans argued Wednesday that requiring banks to hold more funds in reserve would restrict their ability to lend. Small businesses, they warned, would be especially hurt because they depend more on bank loans than do large companies, which can issue their own bonds. Reduced lending, they asserted, would weaken the economy.
Powell responded that any new such rules would likely focus on the largest U.S. banks — those with more than $100 billion in assets, like Silicon Valley Bank and the other two institutions that failed. Community banks, by contrast, typically have under $10 billion in assets.
The Fed chair also said it could be several years before such rules would take effect. At the same time, he underscored that there is always a trade-off between requiring banks to hold certain levels of funds in reserve and encouraging lending. The challenge, he said, is to strike the right balance.
With inflation still well above the Fed’s 2% target, most economists have said they believe that a rate hike at its next meeting in late July is all but assured. What actions the central bank might take after that remains much less clear. The policymakers indicated last week that they expect to raise rates twice more this year. Yet they might not follow through if economic data suggests that inflation is falling quickly back to their target level.
Speaking at a news conference last week, Powell said there were no plans to raise rates at every other meeting or to follow any other particular time frame. Instead, as he reiterated Wednesday, Fed officials will monitor economic data and make their rate decisions “meeting by meeting.”
The central bank’s streak of rate increases have made borrowing for consumers and businesses more expensive across a range of loans, including home and auto loans, credit cards and business borrowing. The goal has been to cool inflation by slowing spending and hiring.
Last year, the Fed jacked up its benchmark rate at a breakneck pace, including by three-quarters of a point on four occasions. Now, with year-over-year inflation having eased from 9.1% a year ago to 4%, Powell has indicated that the Fed wants to move much more slowly.
A slower pace of rate increases, Powell has said, could help the Fed achieve a tricky feat: Weaken the economy enough to tame inflation, without undermining it so much as to cause a deep recession.
Yet on Wednesday, Powell repeated a warning he has often made: Defeating inflation won’t be painless.
“Reducing inflation is likely to require a period of below-trend growth and some softening of labor market conditions,” he said.
“Softer labor market conditions” would include rising layoffs and a higher unemployment rate. Fed officials, though, have said they hope to curb inflation mainly by reducing the number of open jobs rather than through mass layoffs.
Cutting demand for workers would allow employers to slow their wage increases, thereby helping keep a lid on inflation.
Last week, 12 of the 18 Fed’s policymakers indicated that they envision at least two more rate hikes this year, and four predicted one additional increase. Only two officials forecast that the central bank will keep its key rate at its current level of 5.1% through year’s end. | https://wgntv.com/news/national/powell-to-face-capitol-hill-hearing-at-a-time-of-rising-uncertainty-over-feds-interest-rate-plans/ | 2023-06-22 17:04:18 | 1 | https://wgntv.com/news/national/powell-to-face-capitol-hill-hearing-at-a-time-of-rising-uncertainty-over-feds-interest-rate-plans/ |
Hikers explore two trails
Hill 'N Dale Hiking Club will hike Thursday along the Elk River Hiking Trail near Independence, Kan. The hike is 6 miles out and back. The drive to get there is approximately two hours, 20 minutes from Bella Vista.
The club will hike Nov. 16 on the Ozark Highlands Trail from the Morgan Fields trailhead to Hare Mountain, the highest point on the Ozark Highlands Trail. This is a 5-mile out and back hike.
Interested hikers should contact Bev Munstermann at 479-721-2193 or munster@olemac.net. For more information go to bvhikingclub.com.
Catch, release trout
Catch and release trout fishing season opens Friday at Roaring River State Park southeast of Cassville, Mo.
Anglers may use flies only. All trout must be released immediately. Anglers must carry a Missouri fishing license and annual trout permit. Fishing is allowed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays through Feb. 13.
Astronomers show planets, galaxies
Three meteor showers, two planets and fall constellations will highlight a free astronomy night Saturday at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area.
Astronomers with the Sugar Creek Astronomical Society will host the evening starting at 4:30 p.m. with a talk about light pollution. Night sky viewing starts at 5:30 p.m. High quality telescopes will be set up, but people may bring their own telescopes and binoculars. They should also bring a flashlight with a red balloon or red cloth cover and a folding chair.
Three meteor showers will occur that evening. Saturn and Jupiter will also be seen along with constellations and galaxies. The program is recommended for ages 8 and older.
Walk through Fayetteville
Ozark Hill Hikers, affiliated with the American Volkssport Association, invite all walkers to join a walk Saturday in Fayetteville along scenic trails in the Kessler Mountain Regional Park area.
Registration is from 9:30 to 10 a.m. at Walgreen's, 2964 Martin Luther King Blvd., in Fayetteville. There is a short drive to the start point at Cato Springs Trail where walkers may choose a 5- or 10-kilometer route.
Membership in the Ozark Hill Hikers is $12 per year prorated $1 per month remaining in the calendar year. For more information, email bvvohh@gmail.com or call 479-381-9366.
Eagle cruises set sail
Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area offers pontoon boat cruises to see bald eagles on Beaver Lake. Trips set sail Saturdays and Sundays through February. Extra dates have been added in December during the Christmas season on Dec. 23 and Dec. 27-31.
Cost is $15 plus tax for adults or $7.50 plus tax for children ages 6-12. Trips depart at 3 p.m. from Rocky Branch Marina. Advance reservations are required and are made through the park by calling the visitor center, 479-789-5000.
Trails close temporarily
Most trails at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area will be closed for limited permit deer hunts on certain days in November, December and January. Trails will be closed Nov. 16-20, Dec. 7-11 and Jan. 7-8. Closed trails include Hidden Diversity Multiuse Trail, Wolf Den Loop and Karst Loop, Shaddox Hollow, Sinking Stream and Pigeon Roost.
At 12,000 acres, Hobbs is Arkansas' largest state park and the only Arkansas state park that allows hunting. | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/nov/08/nwa-outdoor-briefs/ | 2022-11-08 13:38:12 | 0 | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/nov/08/nwa-outdoor-briefs/ |
(The Hill) – The Senate voted to advance a bill protecting same-sex marriages on Wednesday, clearing a procedural hurdle by gaining sufficient Republican support to overcome a filibuster.
In a 62-37 vote, 12 Republicans joined all 50 Democrats in supporting the measure, which would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and guarantee that valid marriages are given full faith and credit in other states, regardless of sex or race.
Here are the 12 Senate Republicans who voted to advance the bill:
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine)
Collins was one of three GOP senators who worked with a group of Democrats to spearhead the legislation and garner additional Republican votes.
The moderate Republican over the years has supported multiple bills supporting LGBTQ rights, including in 2004, when she voted against a proposed Constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
In the years since, Collins has supported the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and was the only Republican co-sponsor on the Equality Act, a bill that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in public accommodations and facilities.
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio)
Portman first indicated his support for same-sex marriage in 2013 after his son came out to the Ohio Republican as gay.
At the time, it made Portman the only sitting Republican senator to endorse same-sex marriage.
“I have come to believe that if two people are prepared to make a lifetime commitment to love and care for each other in good times and bad, the government shouldn’t deny them the opportunity to get married. This isn’t how I’ve always felt,” Portman wrote in a Columbus Dispatch op-ed at the time.
Portman was also part of the five-member group that spearheaded the legislation.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)
As the third and final Senate Republican to join Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) in pushing the legislation, Tillis’s support for the legislation came as no surprise.
In a 2014 debate for his first Senate run, Tillis, who was at the time serving as North Carolina’s House speaker, said he would “formally defend” the state’s gay marriage ban.
But he has since softened his position, and earlier this year told reporters he would “probably” vote for the Respect for Marriage Act before becoming more involved in the negotiations to add religious liberty protections.
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)
Blunt, who in just weeks will retire at the end of his term, said he supported the bill after the legislation’s sponsors added religious liberty protections.
Before the midterms, Blunt had publicly suggested lawmakers wait until after the elections to gain maximum GOP support.
“This bill is now designed to accomplish two things,” he said in a statement.
“People who are legally married in one state have the same protections and responsibilities in any other state that are offered to and required of marriages,” Burr added. “And, this legislation enhances the religious freedom for all Americans by protecting religious organizations from retaliation by federal agencies due to their views on marriage. I believe it’s better for Congress to clarify these issues than for federal judges to make these decisions.”
Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.)
Burr, who is retiring in January, joined his fellow North Carolina Republican in supporting the legislation.
More than a decade ago, Burr voted to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, although he previously voiced opposition to gay marriage.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)
Capito previously argued the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges 2015 landmark decision prohibiting same-sex marriage bans should have been left to the states.
In a statement supporting Wednesday’s bill, Capito echoed that criticism by saying the judiciary cannot be a policy-making entity, instead leaving decisions on same-sex marriage to lawmakers.
“This does not lessen the traditional sanctity of marriage or jeopardize the freedom of religious institutions,” Capito said of the bill.
“The House-passed legislation raised concerns among many about protecting religious freedoms, which is why my colleagues and I worked to strengthen those protections in the substitute amendment,” the statement continued. “I will be supporting the substitute amendment because it will ensure our religious freedoms are upheld and protected, one of the bedrocks of our democracy.”
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.)
Lummis in supporting the bill cited the Wyoming Constitution, saying it enshrines equality for all of the state’s citizens, also referencing the legislation’s religious liberty protections.
“As a Christian and a conservative, ensuring that the religious liberties of people in Wyoming are protected and that no institution would be forced to perform a ceremony that is not in line with their values is absolutely essential,” Lummis said in a statement.
“Furthermore, this bill makes it clear that the tax-exempt status of non-profit religious organizations will not be impacted in any way,” she added. “Striking a balance that protects fundamental religious beliefs with individual liberties was the intent of our forefathers in the U.S. Constitution and I believe the Respect for Marriage Act reflects this balance.”
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
Murkowski has long voiced support for same-sex marriage, arguing in a 2013 op-ed how the government should stay out of citizens’ private lives and not prohibit gay marriages.
“I have long supported marriage equality and believe all lawful marriages deserve respect,” Murkowski said in a statement on Wednesday.
“I thank my colleagues who improved the bill’s protections for religious liberty and continued prohibitions on polygamy, allowing it to move forward this week,” she continued. “All Americans deserve dignity, respect and equal protection under the law.”
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah)
Romney announced his support for the bill earlier on Wednesday, stressing the new version’s inclusion of religious liberty protections.
The announcement came after the Mormon church, which only endorses heterosexual marriages, announced its support for the bill. Romney is a longtime active member of the church.
“While I believe in traditional marriage, Obergefell is and has been the law of the land upon which LGBTQ individuals have relied,” Romney said. “This legislation provides certainty to many LGBTQ Americans, and it signals that Congress — and I — esteem and love all of our fellow Americans equally.”
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)
When first running for the Senate, Sullivan voiced support for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
His support comes after he previously was noncommittal about the bill.
Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.)
Young for months has been viewed as a potential GOP supporter of the bill.
In 2016, Young voted in support of an amendment that upheld former President Obama’s executive order banning discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity for federal contractors.
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Some Republicans lukewarm on another Trump run
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - In what will be his third run for President, Donald Trump is running on a platform of many things, including promises to impose term limits.
But for some members of Congress - Donald Trump’s time is already up.
“We rejected Donald Trump twice,” said Senator Jacky Rosen.
Democrats including Senators Rosen and Mazie Hirono believe the 2020 election and 2022 midterms were a clear referendum on Trump.
“I think that the American people said that they are not interested in continuing to deny the election,” said Hirono.
For Republicans, the possibility of Trump being the nominee is more complicated. For Some, like newly elected congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer, it’s a decision up to the party.
“I will support the Republican nominee whoever that is,” said Chavez-DeRemer.
Rep. Don Bacon thinks Americans want someone more even-keeled.
“Whether it’s Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, I think DeSantis has a lot of the policy positions of President Trump, but he has a lot of self-control to where he needs it,” said Bacon.
Senator John Thune believes it’s too early to tell.
“I think there’ll be a lot of other people out there. And I just think that you know, the American people are ready for a a robust discussion of the issues and and I think are ready for a competitive field when it comes to the presidential politics game,” said Thune.
President Joe Biden has said it’s a family decision about whether he’ll run again, and they’re going to have discussions about it.
According to a recent poll conducted by the Economist and YouGov, when asked about Trump and Biden’s candidacies, 53% percent of those asked did not want Trump to run again. 56% percent said they did not want Biden to run again.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Giant panda Le Le has died, the Memphis Zoo announced Friday.
The panda, born July 18, 1998, died Wednesday, zoo spokesperson Rebecca Winchester said in an email. His cause of death has yet to be determined as a medical investigation is pending, the zoo said.
“Le Le’s name translates to ‘happy happy,’ and his name perfectly reflected his personality,” the zoo said in a statement. “Le Le was a happy bear that enjoyed apples, engaging with enrichment and relaxing while covering himself with freshly shredded bamboo. He had an easy-going personality and was a favorite of all who met and worked with him over the years.”
Le Le had been at the zoo since 2003 and was expected to return to China soon with female panda Ya Ya as a loan agreement ended with the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens.
The life expectancy of a giant panda in the wild is about 15 years, but in captivity they have lived to be as old as 38. Decades of conservation efforts in the wild and study in captivity saved the giant panda from extinction, increasing its population from fewer than 1,000 at one time to more than 1,800 in the wild and captivity.
The advocacy group In Defense of Animals has applauded the return of the animals, saying they had been suffering in the zoo setting. Zoo officials have said the pandas are healthy and well taken care of, with as much as they want to eat. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/giant-panda-le-le-dies-after-20-years-at-memphis-17761993.php | 2023-02-03 17:57:17 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/giant-panda-le-le-dies-after-20-years-at-memphis-17761993.php |
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Midday" game were:
9-3-8-2
(nine, three, eight, two)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Midday" game were:
9-3-8-2
(nine, three, eight, two) | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Win-4-Midday-game-17268686.php | 2022-06-27 19:13:08 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Win-4-Midday-game-17268686.php |
NEW YORK (AP) — Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Bret Baier are among the stars who both Fox News and the voting machine company suing it for defamation have signaled could testify if the case heads to trial next month.
They are among the names submitted this week as potential witnesses by Fox and Dominion Voting Systems, although it doesn’t guarantee that they will appear in court. It still isn’t certain there will be a trial. Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis is expected to make a summary judgment ruling in favor of either side or to go forward with a trial.
Dominion has accused Fox of airing false allegations that the company was engaged in voter fraud during the 2020 election even though many at the network doubted the claims were true. Fox says it was lawfully reporting on newsworthy developments.
Carlson, Hannity and Baier all worried privately after the election that Fox’s early declaration that Democrat Joe Biden had won the key state of Arizona had damaged the network in the eyes of viewers who supported former President Donald Trump, according to documents revealed as part of the case.
Fox submitted the names of 35 potential live witnesses to the court this week, while Dominion offered 54 names. Dominion’s list included Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan, chief executive officer of Fox Corp. Dominion also has reserved the right to call former House Speaker Paul Ryan, who is on the Fox Corp. board of directors.
Fox has suggested testimony that the 92-year-old Rupert Murdoch has already given in a deposition would suffice.
Davis noted in a court hearing Tuesday that Murdoch had recently become engaged and talked about traveling to his different properties across the country.
“That doesn’t sound like someone who can’t go from New York to Wilmington,” said Davis, who has the authority under Delaware law to compel Murdoch, as a director of Fox Corp., to appear in court.
Matthew Carter, an attorney for the Fox defendants, said they have not argued that Murdoch is infirm or unavailable to travel. Rather, Carter said there is no reason to force him to testify live if he already has spoken under oath for seven hours at his deposition.
Colorado-based Dominion also said it wants former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg to testify. Grossberg has filed suit against Fox, alleging that its lawyers had coached her to give misleading testimony when questioned in a deposition in the Dominion case. Fox has denied that and fired Grossberg last Friday.
In a statement, Fox said Dominion’s “needlessly expansive” witness list “is yet another attempt to generate headlines and distract from the many shortcomings of its case. Ultimately, this case is about the First Amendment protections of the media’s absolute right to cover the news.”
Dominion, in reply, said it believes in the First Amendment but it “does not shield broadcasters that knowingly or recklessly spread lies.”
Also Tuesday, the judge granted a joint request from both sides to allow each to have six preemptory challenges in selecting jurors, instead of the usual three. Davis sided with Fox in ruling there would be six alternate jurors. Dominion wanted 12.
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Chase reported from Dover, Del. | https://www.ksn.com/entertainment/ap-entertainment/carlson-hannity-among-potential-witnesses-at-fox-news-trial/ | 2023-03-29 00:31:18 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/entertainment/ap-entertainment/carlson-hannity-among-potential-witnesses-at-fox-news-trial/ |
TSXV:OIII | OTCQX:OIIIF - O3 Mining
TORONTO, Jan. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - O3 Mining Inc. (TSXV: OIII) (OTCQX: OIIIF) ("O3 Mining" or the "Corporation") is pleased to provide its outlook and catalysts for 2023 in addition to a review of 2022.
"In 2022 our team set very ambitious goals to maximize the value for our shareholders and stakeholders and show that Marban can be a profitable standalone project. The team's tireless efforts to deliver on all milestones highlighted in 2022, show our commitment to our shareholders and our belief in this project. With a positive market outlook for 2023, we look forward to starting the Feasibility Study ("FS"), as well as unveiling Marban's growth potential by engaging in exploration activities over our 8,500-hectare property. We will continue to deploy our participatory approach with the authorities and stakeholders in the development of the Marban Engineering Project to not only improve the project but to make it an even more responsible mining project", said O3 Mining President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Jose Vizquerra.
- Updated resource at Marban Engineering – Increase in M&I open-pit resource by 520,000 oz (+29%), bringing the total M&I open-pit mineral resource to 2.3 million ounces gold at an average grade of 1.07 g/t Au (Press Release – March 1, 2022).
- Secured prospective ground near the Marban Engineering Project and consolidated the Corporation's position in the district - Acquisition of the East-West property from Emgold, located 200 metres from the Marban PEA pit edge, allows for amplification of brownfield exploration and potential for new discoveries (Press Release – March 15, 2022).
- Completion of Pre-Feasibility Study ("PFS") at Marban Engineering – Demonstrating a standalone project with robust economics and room for growth, using a long-term gold price of US$1,700 oz gold, the project has a post-tax unlevered IRR of 23.2% and a post-tax NPV of C$463M, an NPV/CAPEX ratio of 1.1x, with an AISC of US$882 per ounce, and an average annual production of 161,000 oz Au (Press Release – September 6, 2022).
- Maiden mineral resource at Bulldog and Kappa (Alpha) – Total inferred resource of 318,000 oz at 3.2 g/t Au (Press Release – November 10, 2022).
- Environmental Permitting – Filing of the Initial Project Description for the Marban Engineering project with the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada ("IAAC") at the federal level and the Project Notice with the Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Lutte contre les Changements Climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs ("MELCCFP") at the provincial level (Press Release – November 22, 2022).
- Completion of 77,855 metres of drilling – Including 55,286 metres at Marban and 22,569 metres at Alpha.
- Completion of several environmental baseline studies – Baseline studies necessary to the environmental and social impact studies.
Feasibility Study
- Bridging activities from the PFS initiated in Q4-2022 will continue during Q1-2023 with metallurgical, geotechnical & geomechanical field and test work.
- Mining optimization studies are underway and will be completed in Q1-2023, which will define the technology scenario for the FS.
- The kick-off for the FS is planned for H1-2023, with completion expected in Q1-2024.
Growth Potential at Marban – 26,000 Metres of Planned Drilling
In 2023, exploration efforts will be focused on expanding the life of mine ("LOM") of the Marban project with a total of 26,000 metres of planned drilling. The drilling contract was assigned to a joint venture between RJLL Drilling and Assibi Industries (a partnership aimed to create a link for the Anishnabe Nation of Lac-Simon and drilling activities on their territory).
- Marban Engineering near pit expansion – Adding value in Years 0 to 10
- Marban Engineering resource growth – Adding value in Years 10 and over
- Marban Regional – Testing gold and Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide ("VMS") targets
Table 1: Summary of Planned Drilling at Marban
O3 Mining initiated the permitting and environmental evaluation at both federal and provincial levels. After consulting with interested parties on what the impact assessment statement should include, both levels of authority will establish the requirements of the impact assessments to be developed. Only when these frameworks are made available by the two instances will O3 Mining be in a position to initiate the Impact Studies. The Corporation will continue to deploy its participatory approach with the authorities and stakeholders in the development of the Marban Engineering Project to not only improve the project but to make it an even more responsible mining project.
The Corporation will thus continue its dialogue with the First Nations and the various stakeholders, including but not limited to, citizens, host communities, municipal, provincial, and federal representatives, etc. O3 Mining will also look at developing more partnerships with First Nations companies and entrepreneurs like the drilling joint venture between RJLL Drilling and Assibi Industries, beginning in 2023. The Corporation is convinced that the Marban Engineering Project is promising and can be positively integrated gradually on a local and regional scale, both in terms of job sustainability and the Abitibi environmental and socio-economic ecosystem.
O3 Mining is committed to maintaining the UL 2723 ECOLOGO® Certification for Mineral Exploration Companies. Continuous training of employees, enforcement of ESG procedures and constant search for innovative solutions to improve ESG performance, will be at the core of the Corporation's ongoing exploration activities.
4,000 metres of planned drilling
- Follow up on Centremaque intrusion intercepts which remain open in many directions:
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By PAT EATON-ROBB
Associated Press
After fading into obscurity, the late artist Francis Hines is gaining new attention after a car mechanic rescued hundreds of his paintings from a dumpster in Connecticut.
Hines, an abstract expressionist, garnered some recognition in 1980 by using fabric to wrap the arch in New York City’s Washington Square in an intricate crisscross pattern. But he kept a low profile and drifted out of the art world’s spotlight, passing away in 2016.
The trove of paintings, most using his signature wrapping style, was found a year later — and that’s where the artist’s path to rediscovery began.
An exhibit of the found art will open May 5 at the Hollis Taggart galley in Southport, Connecticut, which is known for showing the works of lost or forgotten artists. A smaller exhibit will be shown simultaneously at the gallery’s flagship location in New York City.
Hines made a good living as an illustrator for magazines and the G. Fox department store, and his personal art was about the process, not about selling or displaying his work, said Peter Hastings Falk, an art historian who is helping curate the exhibit.
So for decades, once he finished a piece, he would ship it from his New York studio to a barn he was renting in Watertown, Connecticut, where it would be wrapped in plastic and stored.
“For him it was like, ‘OK , I did that, that was cool, I’ll put it away,’” Falk said. “Once he was done, he was done and on to the next project. And if you don’t have a gallery selling your work, it’s going to pile up a lot.”
Taggart, the gallery’s president and an art collector, said he’d “never seen anything like it before.”
“In today’s art world there is a definite interest in different mediums — textiles, fabrics and ceramics — people are trying to find new and innovative ways to present contemporary art,” Taggart said. “He did that back in the ’80s. He was somewhat of a visionary.”
Hines used his wrapping technique in other installations, including at JFK Airport and the Port Authority bus terminal. In his sculptures and paintings, he stretched fabric or other material over or through them to create a sense of tension and dynamic energy, Taggart said.
Hines’ work remained stored in Watertown until after his death at the age of 96, when his estate decided to dispose of the massive collection because the barn’s owner was selling the property.
Two 40-yard (37-meter) dumpsters filled with sculptures and paintings had already been hauled away to a landfill when Jared Whipple, a Waterbury-area mechanic and skateboard enthusiast, got a call from a friend, George Martin, who was helping dispose of the art.
Because some of the paintings included images of car parts, Martin thought Whipple might like them.
Whipple figured he could use the art in a Halloween display, or to hang at his indoor skateboarding facility. When he began taking the plastic covering off the pieces, he started to realize he’d stumbled onto something special.
“But at the same time, you would never think there was any type of importance or value there, because they are all in a dumpster,” he said.
Most of the works were signed F. Hines, but Whipple eventually found one small canvas, painted in 1961, that included the artist’s full name: “Francis Mattson Hines.”
That’s when the Google searching began and he went down what he called a “rabbit hole” for 4 1/2 years learning about art and knocking on gallery doors, he said.
That research led him back to the 1980 Washington Square arch installation, to a book about Hines by his wife, and eventually to Falk and Hines’ two sons, one of whom, Jonathan Hines, is also an artist.
Jonathan Hines is now working with Whipple, adding other pieces of his father’s work to the exhibit.
“I think that it is fate that Jared would discover my father’s work,” Jonathan Hines said. “It had to be someone from outside the art world. Had I not decided to throw out the art, none of this would have happened.”
The family knew the artwork had value — but without critical recognition, they made the painful decision to abandon it all, said Falk, the art historian.
Hines’ paintings, most of which are owned by Whipple, will be offered for sale at the exhibit, with the larger pieces expected to sell for about $20,000 each, Falk said.
But Whipple says it’s not about getting rich from something that was nearly lost to a landfill.
“I want to get this artist recognition,” he said. “And I’d like to get him into some major museums maybe, just get him the recognition he deserved.”
Falk said Hines should be remembered as an important American artist for how he fits in the timeline of abstract expressionism and his unique twist on the technique of wrapping. The fact that his work was nearly lost forever, he said, merely helps shine a light on it.
“Now we’re focused only on the art, not on the fact that it was thrown away, not that it was discovered by a skateboarder car mechanic, not on anything else,” Falk said. “Just the art on its own merit.”
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The following list includes recent reports from the Midland County Sheriff’s Office and the Midland Police Department. Compiled by reporter Tereasa Nims.
Thursday, July 28
11:52 p.m. - Deputies responded to a Midland Township residence for a possible domestic assault between a 33-year-old woman and a 36-year-old man. A report will be forwarded to the prosecutor for review regarding the alleged assault. The man was subsequently arrested on a warrant out of Grand Traverse County and was lodged without incident.
11:42 p.m. - Police were called to the 6100 block of Jefferson Avenue for a noise complaint.
10:02 p.m. - A deputy was sent to Lee Township to assist a woman who was making unusual statements. Upon arrival, the deputy contacted the woman’s husband and family. The family stated they would try to transport the woman to the ER for treatment or seek a mental health petition the next business day.
11:13 p.m. - Deputies conducted a traffic stop at a Greendale Township location. The contacted the 37-year-old male driver, who was subsequently arrested. The man was transported to the Midland County Jail, where he was lodged without incident. A report is being sent to the prosecutor.
10:22 p.m. - A deputy spoke with a 62-year-old Edenville Township man, who advised someone dropped a suspicious vehicle off at his residence that he believes may be stolen. The vehicle was not reported stolen at the time of the report.
8:07 p.m. - Police were called to the 6100 block of Jefferson Avenue for a civil complaint.
7:26 p.m. - A deputy spoke with a 56-year-old woman regarding an inappropriate message she received. The woman wished to have the incident documented. No further action was requested.
7:28 p.m. - Police were dispatched to the 1300 block of West Main Street for a private property crash.
6:26 p.m. - A deputy spoke with a 32-year-old Florida man who requested a wellbeing check for his 30-year-old Homer Township ex-wife. A deputy spoke with the woman, who advised she was fine and did not know why the man was concerned.
6:41 p.m. - Police responded to Cottonwood and Henry streets for an injury crash.
3:13 p.m. - A 64-year-old woman contacted the Sheriff's Office because she wanted to report excessive contact from a 63-year-old Sanford man. The woman had already told the man she did not want a relationship with him and he has not contacted her since. She wanted the event documented and did not want the deputy to contact the man.
3:14 p.m. - Deputies were dispatched to a Coleman City residence to check on the wellbeing of a 28-year-old woman. The woman was OK.
3:12 p.m. - An animal control deputy was dispatched to a dog bite complaint that occurred in Warren Township. An accidental injury occurred when a dog and a 5-year-old child collided with each other. Isolation notice issued.
1:58 p.m. - Deputies were dispatched to a Lincoln Township location for a motorist assist. The vehicle was taken off of the road shortly after deputies arrived.
12:59 p.m. - An 84-year-old Ingersoll Township woman reported her garbage can was taken while she was in the hospital for an extended time.
12:35 p.m. - A deputy took a report of a private property crash in Mount Haley Township.
1226 p.m. - Police were called to the 500 block of Buchanan for a domestic assault complaint.
10:33 a.m. - Deputies were dispatched to a neighbor dispute between a 64-year-old Edenville Township man and his 53-year-old Edenville Township male neighbor. Both parties were separated upon arrival. The complainant wanted this incident forwarded to the prosecutor for review.
9:58 a.m. - Police responded to East Buttles and State streets for a property damage crash.
5:08 a.m. - Deputies were dispatched to a possible domestic assault that occurred between a 28-year-old Coleman woman and her 28-year-old Mills Township estranged husband. The report is being sent to the prosecutor for review.
3:17 a.m. - A deputy spoke with a 24-year-old Hope Township man regarding a vehicle turning around in his driveway. The man believed it was a friend of his neighbor harassing him. The man was advised it is not a crime for someone to turn around in the man's driveway.
1:40 p.m. - Police responded to Sturgeon Avenue and N. Saginaw Road for a personal injury crash.
1:37 p.m. - Police were called to Eastman Avenue and Joe Mann Blvd. for a property damage crash.
1:24 a.m. - A deputy made telephone contact with a Lee Township man who stated his ex-girlfriend showed up on his property. The man asked that contact be made with the ex-girlfriend, and he said that she is no longer allowed on the property. Contact was made with the ex-girlfriend, who agreed to stay off of the property. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Crime-log-Trash-can-stolen-while-victim-in-17338423.php | 2022-07-29 20:08:48 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Crime-log-Trash-can-stolen-while-victim-in-17338423.php |
GENEVA (AP) — The number of coronavirus deaths globally dropped by about 21% in the past week while cases rose in most parts of the world, according to the World Health Organization.
In its weekly report on the pandemic released Thursday, the U.N. health agency said the number of new COVID-19 cases appears to have stabilized after weeks of decline since late March, with about 3.5 million new cases last week, or a 1% rise. WHO said cases increased in the Americas, Middle East, Africa and the Western Pacific, while falling in Europe and Southeast Asia. Some 9,000 deaths were recorded.
Infections rose by more than 60% in the Middle East and 26% in the Americas, while deaths fell everywhere except Africa, where they jumped by nearly 50%.
The COVID-19 figures reported to WHO do not include the recent outbreak figures announced by North Korea, which has yet to officially share requested data with the agency.
On Thursday, the authoritarian country headed by Kim Jung Un reported more than 262,000 more suspected cases as its caseload approaches 2 million, a week after the country acknowledged the outbreak and scrambled to slow infections in its unvaccinated population.
Earlier this week, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was “deeply concerned” about the spread of COVID-19 in North Korea, noting the population was unvaccinated and that there were significant numbers of people with underlying conditions that could put them at risk of more severe disease and death.
Tedros said the agency was working to persuade North Korea to share more information and to accept help including technical support, vaccines, tests and medicines, but so far had received no response.
In the Western Pacific, WHO said the biggest number of reported cases was in China, which saw a 94% increase, or more than 389,000 new cases. After weeks of a sometimes severe and chaotic lockdown, Chinese authorities say they will allow some supermarkets, malls and restaurants in its financial capital of Shanghai to reopen under limited conditions next week.
WHO’s Tedros has previously described China’s extreme “zero-COVID” approach as “ unsustainable,” but acknowledged that countries are free to choose their own control strategies.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday blasted organizers of a weekend revolt, the gravest threat yet to his power, as “traitors” who played into the hands of Ukraine’s government and its allies.
Speaking in a stern tone and looking tired in a five-minute TV address near midnight, Putin sought to project stability. He tried to strike a balance between criticizing the uprising’s perpetrators to prevent another crisis, and not antagonizing the bulk of the mercenaries and their hardline supporters, some of whom are incensed at the Kremlin’s handling of the situation.
Putin, whose troops are stretched thin in the face of a Ukrainian counteroffensive, praised the rank and file mercenaries for not letting the situation descend into “major bloodshed.” And he said the nation had stood united, although there had been localized signs of support for the uprising.
Earlier in the day, the head of the mercenary Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led the rebellion, defended his short-lived insurrection. He again taunted Russia’s military, but said he hadn’t been seeking to stage a coup against Putin. On Friday, Prigozhin had called for an armed rebellion to oust the military leadership.
Putin’s address was announced by his spokesman in advance and billed by Russian state media as something that would “define the fate of Russia.” In fact, the address didn’t yield groundbreaking developments.
Abbas Gallyamov, a former Kremlin speechwriter turned political analyst, called the address weak. In a Facebook post, he said it was a sign that Putin is “acutely dissatisfied with how he looked in this whole story and is trying to correct the situation.”
The Kremlin later showed Putin meeting with top security, law enforcement and military officials, including Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, whom the uprising had tried to remove. Putin thanked members of his team for their work over the weekend, implying support for the embattled Shoigu. Earlier, the authorities released a video of Shoigu reviewing troops in Ukraine.
Putin, who declined to name Prigozhin, said mutiny organizers had tried to force the group’s soldiers “to shoot their own.”
He said “Russia’s enemies” had hoped the mutiny would divide and weaken Russia, “but they miscalculated.”
Western officials have been muted in their public comments on the mutiny, and President Joe Biden said Monday that the U.S. and NATO were not involved. Speaking at the White House, Biden said he was cautious about speaking publicly because he wanted to give “Putin no excuse to blame this on the West and blame this on NATO.”
“We made clear that we were not involved, we had nothing to do with it,” he said.
Prigozhin said he had been acting to prevent the destruction of Wagner, his private military company. “We started our march because of an injustice,” he said in an 11-minute statement Monday, giving no details about where he was or what his plans were.
The injustice apparently was a government order requiring Wagner soldiers, if they want to remain fighting, to sign contracts with the Defense Ministry by July 1, which might effectively disband the group despite its battlefield successes in Ukraine. Prigozhin also accused Russia’s military of attacking his troops, prompting his march.
The feud between the Wagner Group leader and military brass has festered throughout the war, erupting into mutiny when mercenaries left Ukraine to seize a military headquarters in the southern Russia city of Rostov. They rolled seemingly unopposed for hundreds of miles toward Moscow before turning around after less than 24 hours on Saturday.
The Kremlin said it had made a deal for Prigozhin to move to Belarus and receive amnesty, along with his soldiers. There was no confirmation of his whereabouts Monday.
Prigozhin boasted that his march was a “master class” on how Russia’s military should have carried out the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. He also mocked the military for security breaches that allowed Wagner to march 780 kilometers (500 miles) toward Moscow without facing resistance.
It remained unclear what would ultimately happen to Prigozhin and his forces under the deal purportedly brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Prigozhin said Lukashenko proposed finding a way to let Wagner “continue its work in a lawful jurisdiction.” That suggested Prigozhin might keep his military force, although it wasn’t clear which jurisdiction he was referring to.
Though the mutiny was brief, it was not bloodless. Russian media reported that several military helicopters and a communications plane were shot down by Wagner forces, killing at least 15. Prigozhin expressed regret for attacking the aircraft but said they were bombing his convoys.
Russian media reported that a criminal case against Prigozhin hasn’t been closed, despite earlier Kremlin statements, and some Russian lawmakers called for his head. In his address Monday, Putin didn’t repeat threats he had made Saturday to punish the mutiny’s leaders.
Andrei Gurulev, a retired general and current lawmaker who has clashed with the mercenary leader, said Prigozhin and his right-hand man, Dmitry Utkin, deserve “a bullet in the head.”
And Nikita Yurefev, a city council member in St. Petersburg, said he filed a request with Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office and the Federal Security Service, or FSB, asking who would be punished for the rebellion.
Russian media reported that Wagner offices in several Russian cities had reopened on Monday and the company had resumed enlisting recruits.
In a return to at least superficial normality, Moscow’s mayor announced an end to the “counterterrorism regime” imposed on the capital Saturday, when troops and armored vehicles set up checkpoints on the outskirts and authorities tore up roads leading into the city.
For months, Prigozhin had blasted Shoigu and General Staff chief Gen. Valery Gerasimov with expletive-ridden insults, accusing them of failing to provide his troops with enough ammunition during the fight for the Ukrainian town of Bakhmut, the war’s longest and bloodiest battle.
Prigozhin said most of his fighters refused to come under the Defense Ministry’s command. He said Wagner had planned to hand over the military equipment it was using in Ukraine on June 30 after pulling out of Ukraine and gathering in Rostov, but they were attacked.
Russian political analyst Tatiana Stanovaya said on Twitter that Prigozhin’s mutiny “wasn’t a bid for power or an attempt to overtake the Kremlin,” but a desperate move amid his escalating rift with the military leadership.
While Prigozhin could get out of the crisis alive, he doesn’t have a political future in Russia under Putin, Stanovaya said.
It was unclear what the fissures opened by the 24-hour rebellion would mean for the war in Ukraine, where Western officials say Russia’s troops suffer low morale. Wagner’s forces were key to Russia’s only land victory in months, in Bakhmut.
The U.K. Ministry of Defense said Monday that Ukraine had “gained impetus” in its push around Bakhmut, making progress north and south of the town. Ukrainian forces claimed to have retaken Rivnopil, a village in southeast Ukraine that has seen heavy fighting.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday after visiting troops in the war-torn Donetsk region that his military had advanced there as well as in Zaporizhzhia. “Today, our warriors have advanced in all directions, and this is a happy day,” he said in his nightly address, without providing details.
The events of the weekend show the war is “cracking Russia’s political system,” said EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
“The monster that Putin created with Wagner, the monster is biting him now,” Borrell said. “The monster is acting against his creator.”
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Associated Press writers Lorne Cook in Brussels and Jill Lawless in London contributed.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Claflin University announces that Bank of America will invest $500,000 to support the University's Center for Social Justice and the Pathways From Prison Program. The Pathways From Prison Program is a historic collaboration between Claflin and the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) that provides incarcerated individuals in South Carolina access to the University's exceptional academic programs.
Incarcerated individuals that meet Claflin and SCDC requirements can earn a bachelor's degree in criminal justice, psychology, and organizational management. They can also earn minors and certificate credentials.
Bank of America's investment will support student scholarships; enhance technological resources such as laptops, keyboards, printers, routers, and wi-fi hotspots. Funding for the partnership will also be used to increase the number of qualified faculty and staff to ensure incarcerated students receive the same high-quality educational experience that has earned Claflin national recognition as one of the nation's premier liberal arts universities.
"We are extremely grateful for Bank of America's support for our Center for Social Justice and the Pathways From Prison Program. Research indicates a dramatic reduction in recidivism rates for incarcerated individuals who participate in prison education programs," said Claflin President Dr. Dwaun J. Warmack, a 2019 USA Eisenhower Fellow. Warmack's research during his fellowship explored global best practices for reducing mass incarceration through education and rehabilitation.
"Bank of America's reputation as a global leader in banking and finance is widely recognized. This partnership amplifies their commitment to equality, equity, and expanding economic opportunities for diverse populations."
"Education is a gateway to a better life," said Kim Wilkerson, President, Bank of America South Carolina. "We appreciate Claflin University's leadership and recognize the success and progress made through the Pathways From Prison Program. Issues of racial equality and economic opportunity are deeply connected, and it's important to remove the barriers to success and focus on areas where systemic, long-term gaps have existed."
The Pathways From Prison Program was established through the Second Chance Pell Grant Pilot Program, a U.S. Department of Education (DOE) initiative. The grant provides need-based Federal Pell Grants to individuals incarcerated in federal and state prisons. Claflin University was the only historically black college/university (HBCU) in South Carolina among 67 colleges and universities nationwide selected for the program.
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KICKSTARTER BOOK PROJECT LAUNCHING DECEMBER 2, 2022
"It is rare to work with a company that isn't driven by market or sales but by passion. It was a beautiful, inspiring, time-shaping culture with NOOKA. " —Karim Rashid, Industrial Design Legend
"THE FUTURE SHOULD NOT LOOK LIKE THE PAST." —Matthew Waldman, NOOKA creator
TOKYO, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Designing Time: How NOOKA Changed The Way We Saw the Future (www.kickstarter.com/projects/sanq/designing-timenooka-future) is being produced by SAN-Q LLC, a Tokyo-based design lab.
In the 1990s, designer Matthew Waldman, an early innovator in interface design, challenged how we told time. "Learning how to read 'time' is not intuitive for children, which presents an opportunity to view it in a new way." He created the manifesto that would become NOOKA, and presaged wearable and fashion tech long before Apple. "NOOKA was my attempt to communicate without words, transcending geopolitical and cultural borders using design as a problem-solving tool. Innovation should create new ideas, and aim to grow a better society."
What started as an exploration of what was possible, became a hot, young lifestyle brand. "NOOKA was a sexy vision of a techno future, which was a new idea at the time," says Matthew. "The first techno progressivist lifestyle brand. The fact that it was commercially viable wasn't the goal, but certainly validated that there was a need, a desire." However, Matthew would learn that keeping a business afloat, no matter how beloved the brand, was another matter altogether.
With an introduction by Paola Antonelli of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, Designing Time: How NOOKA Changed The Way We Saw the Future, is the full story of Matthew Waldman's futurist design brand: the birth and evolution of the brand and its design philosophy, the products and ideas it championed, the audiences it touched—and the impact it had on the fashion aesthetic of the 2000s.
Launching on Kickstarter on December 2, 2022 with a campaign running 45 days, this book features 200 pages of original sketches, renders, photos, and process images of unrealized projects—with powerful insights into American entrepreneurship: the myth that it is a democratic institution, and the importance of innovation in the face of stymieing commercialism. In today's market of fast fashion and copycat tech products, NOOKA's message of technoprogressive optimism for the future is more relevant than ever, and this book will inspire people to push for truly new ideas and innovation.
ABOUT THE KICKSTARTER PROJECT: LAUNCHING DECEMBER 2, 2022
SAN-Q's goal, with the help of a Kickstarter Japan, is to produce a 200-page book (A4; hard and soft cover) printed at a cutting-edge facility in Japan using eco-friendly inks and paper. (Specific paper and ink choices to be announced closer to production as they are subject to final quantities.)
The book campaign will be live on Kickstarter for 45 days and is available for purchase starting DECEMBER 2, 2022 at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sanq/designing-timenooka-future
Pledges will help pay for researchers, editors, interviewers, and resources needed to tell this story in its entirety, as well as for the quality printing materials this book deserves.
ABOUT NOOKA
Originally produced under license by Seiko of Japan, production under the brand name NOOKA Inc. began in 2004 with an auspicious launch at MoMA design stores in NYC and Tokyo. With a philosophy of true innovation (NOOKAFESTO), the brand quickly expanded their range of other physical expressions of their mission, creating a MINDSTYLE™ brand with additional innovative accessories such as a revolutionary belt called the STRIP, much imitated sunglasses embraced by celebrities like the late artist PRINCE, and a unique fragrance. NOOKA launched many successful collabs with brands that included FILA, Hello Kitty, and the then new Fear of God.
ABOUT MATTHEW WALDMAN, NOOKA CREATOR
Designer, inventor, and educator, Matthew Waldman is best known as the founder of NOOKA, the lifestyle design brand that brought the revolution of interface design to physical products, creating unique timepieces that reinterpreted how time was told. Before NOOKA, Matthew gained recognition as a pioneer in digital interactive and UX design, founding New York Zoom in 1997, then building an award-winning global team at Reuters in 2002. Currently, with his interactive design studios, he creates narrative-driven design for brands. As a professor at Keio University Graduate School of Media Design in Tokyo (KMD), one of the top schools of innovative design, Matthew now turns his focus to circular design, and expanding the designer toolkit towards material science and biodesign.
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A collection of wildfires in Humboldt and Trinity counties in the northwest part of California has prompted a series of evacuation orders.
The Six Rivers Lightning Complex, which began as a dozen lightning-caused blazes on Friday, consisted of eight active fires burning in “steep, rugged terrain” and encompassed 1,101 acres with zero containment as of Sunday morning, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
In Trinity County, many residents in the unincorporated community of Sayler, about 50 miles east of Eureka, were ordered to evacuate. State Route 299 remained open, but Campbell Ridge Road off the highway was closed.
In Humboldt County, residents in certain areas east and south of the community of Willow Creek, which is northwest of Sayler, were ordered to evacuate, with a number of additional areas under evacuation warnings. An evacuation center has been set up at Trinity Valley Elementary School at 730 Highway 96 in Willow Creek.
The fire was burning lands largely within the Six Rivers National Forest.
Meanwhile in Siskiyou County near the California-Oregon border, firefighters made progress fighting the McKinney Fire in the Klamath National Forest on Saturday, which has charred more than 60,000 acres and is at 40% containment. But hot and and windy conditions on Sunday could derail progress, with a red flag warning issued until 8 p.m. on Sunday and evacuation orders and warnings still in effect for some areas.
Kellie Hwang is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: kellie.hwang@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @KellieHwang | https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Lighting-caused-wildfires-prompt-evacuations-in-17357746.php | 2022-08-07 20:15:38 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Lighting-caused-wildfires-prompt-evacuations-in-17357746.php |
Blackburn will serve as the station's Crime and Safety Expert and join the Timesaver Traffic Team on Local 4 News each morning
DETROIT, Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Police Officer Darnell Blackburn is joining WDIV-Local 4 as the station's Crime and Safety Expert on all platforms -- Local 4 News on television, the station website clickondetroit.com, and on the station's streaming channel Local 4+ -- it was announced today by station Vice President and General Manager Bob Ellis. Blackburn will begin this role immediately and will provide in-depth analysis as part of the station's approach to its crime reporting to help viewers better understand what is important and how to keep themselves, their families, and friends safe from becoming a victim of crime. Blackburn will also join the team of on-air traffic reporters for the station's Timesaver Traffic segments during morning news weekdays from 4:30 a.m. until 8 a.m.
"We have heard loud and clear from the people of Southeast Michigan that they want to know what crimes are happening in their neighborhoods," said Ellis. But more importantly, they want to know why they matter, solutions to keep it from happening again, and what they can do to keep themselves safe. We are reinventing our approach to covering crime and adding Darnell will help us do that. Stations everywhere have historically reported on crime because they have always done it and it was easy. We're changing that. We say all the time viewers should expect more from their local news. We are investing in resources to further demonstrate why you can expect more from Local 4 News to make it worth your time to watch every day."
Blackburn is a veteran of law enforcement with more than 27 years' experience. He worked as a police officer at Michigan State University and served in the Auburn Hills Police Department where he worked road patrol, community policing, narcotics, and other special assignments. He has also been instrumental in the education of police throughout Southeast Michigan working for more than 15 years with the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES), the regulatory agency for all law enforcement in Michigan. There he helped oversee and develop the training and standards curriculum for all of Michigan's law enforcement officers. He is also an adjunct professor at Macomb Community College where he teaches courses ranging from criminal investigations to business marketing.
"Darnell's experience as a public safety officer at MSU and a street officer in Auburn Hills gives him a level of expertise you just cannot get any other way. To be able to share that experience with our viewers and readers to provide insights when there's a breaking news situation or show how to keep yourself from becoming a victim is a game-changer for this market. And there is no one better to help navigate the Michigan roads than a former patrol officer. We could not be more fortunate to have him join our news team," said Ellis.
Blackburn was born and raised in Detroit and attended Cass Technical High School. He graduated from MSU with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology. Darnell received his master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix in 2007. Darnell is also the founder and owner of PRAT LLC, a consulting company that specializes in soft skills training for organizations in Cultural Competency, Verbal De-Escalation, and Implicit Bias. Blackburn has acted as a facilitator with the US Department of Justice alongside Attorneys General Loretta Lynch and Jeff Sessions on police and community relations. He sits on numerous committees and currently holds numerous certifications. He is a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., NOBLE and several other professional organizations.
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On Thursday, 27th October, Leadstar Media was crowned Affiliate of the Year at the EGR Operator Awards show in London.
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leadstar Media is a well-established partner to many operators globally and was recognized with the prestigious Affiliate of the Year award at the EGR Operators Awards 2022, held at County Hall in London. This is the first award of this kind that the company has won and it represents a significant milestone in Leadstar Media's journey to become the best in the industry.
To decide on a winner for the Affiliate of the Year award, the judging panel took into account various factors including quality and scale of traffic, growth, and strong partner relationships:
"The judges will reward the affiliate that has stood out from the pack in a competitive sector through innovation, traffic generation and growth, genuine ROI for operators and the ability to build strong partner relationships. This is not an award for the biggest affiliate site, but scale will be a factor in determining the winner. Entrants will need to provide evidence of growth, innovation, quality and scale of traffic and differentiation."
Eskil Kvarnström, CEO of Leadstar Media, comments:
"We are very proud to accept the award for Affiliate of the Year. Given the parameters we are judged by it feels extra fun to win this award. Delivering quality traffic at scale, innovating and creating strong and valuable relationships with all our partners is at the heart of how we conduct business. We have enjoyed great growth each year since we started out and it always feels good to be recognized by the industry for our work. This award is a testament to the work and dedication from each and every person at Leadstar Media to become the best every day."
Leadstar Media was also shortlisted for the Sports Affiliate of the Year and Employer of the Year awards.
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(WDTN/NEXSTAR) – A popular Midwest fast-casual chain is ditching Pepsi products in favor of Coke beverages at all locations — and the switch is dividing loyal customers.
Culver’s, a Wisconsin-based chain which boasts roughly 900 restaurants throughout the Midwest and beyond, confirmed the news to Nexstar’s WDTN last week.
Eric Skrum, the company’s director of communications, added that Culver’s will still offer some of its mainstay beverages alongside the new Coke products.
“We would like to remind our guests that in addition to Coca-Cola products, many favorites including Culver’s Signature Root Beer, Diet Root Beer, Dr. Pepper, and fresh brewed sweetened and unsweetened tea are also available to enjoy with their fresh, never frozen ButterBurger,” Skrum said in a statement obtained by WDTN.
The chain’s official website has already been updated to reflect the change, with new beverages including Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Mello Yello, Minute Maid Lemonade, Hi-C and Powerade replacing Pepsi-owned products including Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew and Tropicana beverages.
The site’s copy has also been updated to note that Culver’s “proudly” serves Coke products, whereas an archived version of the webpages said the same of its Pepsi offerings only last week.
The change comes as upsetting news to plenty of Culver’s customers who complained on social media, with one critic calling it an “all-time blunder” and another dramatically claiming it was one of the “saddest” moments of her life.
“No more Pepsi? You just lost a customer,” wrote one of many upset (and perhaps former) Culver’s fans on the chain’s most recent Instagram post, which itself makes no mention of the beverage lineup. “Coke is everywhere and you having Pepsi is one of the reasons I come there. One more place I won’t frequent any more. Bad decision.”
“Listen, I’ll drink stuff from either company depending on where I’m at, but what am I gonna do when I get tenders and there’s no Mountain Dew?” another customer asked. “Some items just GO together, and Coke does NOT belong with Culver’s!”
Others, meanwhile, appeared thrilled at the idea of being able to order a Coke at Culver’s.
“Unpopular Midwestern Opinion: I, for one, am stoked that Culver’s is switching from pepsi to coke products,” one Twitter user wrote.
“Culver’s has always been the best but it got even better having Coke products now so like my life is complete,” another joked.
And then there were those who simply couldn’t believe all the fervor over fizzy drinks.
“I have seen more tweets about Culver’s changing from Pepsi to Coke than I have seen about the debt limit being hit,” one Twitter user wrote. “This is a BIIIG deal in the [M]idwest!”
“Seeing all these whiny people complaining about sugar water is hilarious,” another wrote. “OMG you fragile people.”
Skrum did not say when, exactly, all restaurants would be switching from Pepsi to Coke. A customer in Wisconsin tweeted out a photo of in-store signage that suggested the change would be taking place at different times in different regions.
Culver’s currently operates restaurants in 26 states, with the largest concentrations in Wisconsin (145 locations), Illinois (130), Michigan (93) Florida (93), Indiana (72) and Minnesota (60). | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/culvers-makes-big-change-to-menu-nixes-longtime-offerings-you-just-lost-a-customer/ | 2023-01-24 20:59:19 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/culvers-makes-big-change-to-menu-nixes-longtime-offerings-you-just-lost-a-customer/ |
Little green scrolls of shaved cucumber flank a pink bar of minced raw wagyu beef, tweaked with muhammara and carpeted with flowers and herbs. Nearby on the plate are elegant streaks of more muhammara, the Middle Eastern red pepper dip that dances from smoky to tangy to sweet to spicy and back.
The beef tartare at Art and Soul is served on a plate, but really, the appetizer merits a pedestal.
Same for the asparagus velouté. A seductive shade of green and a pure expression of the harbinger of spring, the soup is presented with concentric rings of creme fraiche and a crisp float of baked parmesan, plus a few citrusy sorrel leaves. It’s the sort of picture you show off to dining companions before you erase its beauty with a spoon.
The gorgeous food at this restaurant within the Yotel on Capitol Hill stands in stark contrast to the series of dining rooms, separated by sliding doors and some of the most generic seating in the city. The bar has the feel of an airport lounge in flyover country, save for when there’s live music on Thursday night. The well-trod wood floors cry out for a good buffing. Art and Soul extends outdoors, although its front patio comes with a view of a big beige Hyatt across the street.
Danny Chavez, 34, deserves a more attractive job site. A native of El Salvador, the executive chef came to the United States as a teenager, where he got his start as a dishwasher in his father’s restaurant in Connecticut and let him know every few months or so that he was ready for more responsibility. Washing dishes led to the cold station, the grill and, finally, a position as sous-chef. Chavez came to Washington in 2011 to help his mother and landed a job at Art and Soul as a line cook. As in Connecticut, he worked his way up. Last year, Chavez, who took brief timeouts to work at the late Plume and Gravitas, was promoted to the top job.
Celebrity chef Art Smith opened Art and Soul in 2008, but hasn’t been involved with the brand, at the time an Affinia hotel, since 2017. “He left us his name,” a server tells me one night, nodding to a blue neon “Art” on the wall, one of the few bright spots as far as decor is concerned. (Before this spring, my last visit was in 2016, when the cooking had a Middle Eastern lilt and the Southern comforts included a delicious rabbit pot pie and vegetarian-friendly collard greens but also a few misses, lobster bisque and lemon tart among them.)
Chavez’s food isn’t merely easy on the eyes. The chef also packs lots of flavor in his compositions, what he likes to call “wow” moments. Chances are, you’ve seen tuna crudo on a menu. Chances are, the raw fish dish at Art and Soul — ruby-colored tuna strewn with fried shallots, the plate garnished with precise dots of avocado puree — is among the most alluring. Pleasantly bitter grilled radicchio is balanced by juicy oranges and nuggets of sharp blue cheese in a salad that takes a moment to fully appreciate; hidden under the heap is Greek yogurt sprinkled with brown sugar and torched, creating a crackling brulee. Like a lot of dishes here, this one checks off the chef’s aims for acid, spice and sweetness.
He deploys heat well, too. Grilled swordfish teamed with a bed of quinoa, jump-started with charred broccoli rabe, arrives with a haunting chipotle dressing that lingers on the tongue and in the mind, even after the entree is dispatched. Tender confit octopus is splayed over chickpeas affixed to the plate with fiery harissa, a salad enlivened with creamy dots of saffron aioli and teasing jalapeño slices.
As much as I appreciate good editing — trimming one’s work so the essentials shine — Chavez is an exception to the rule. In his case, more can be more. Braised rabbit is but one reason to order the spaghetti, almost hidden by a garden of Eden composed of wilted spinach, blanched carrots, pickled pearl onions and (oh, why not?) ramp pesto. Sweet Maine scallops, capped with pureed garlic and minced chives, share a soft bed of couscous with blood oranges. At the table, a reduction of saffron and orange completes the canvas.
Little lifts — grilled naan with the beef tartare, thick housemade potato chips with an artichoke-shishito dip — enhance most dishes. Judging from overheard conversations, groups of customers who seem to be meeting for the first time and solo diners with telltale name badges, a lot of the restaurant’s clientele are business-traveling hotel guests. I hope they know how lucky they are to find such distinguished cooking in such an unexpected setting.
Infrequently, a dish underwhelms. A lunchtime pasta of fusilli tossed with peas, mushrooms and preserved lemon sounds better in print (a QR code, alas) than on the tongue. Missing from the picture is salt or other seasoning to tie the elements. Cup half full: It’s one less dish competing for your attention.
Speaking of lunch, bargain hunters should belly up to the bar (only) for “Power Hour” Wednesday through Friday, when a sandwich, salad or fries and glass of beer or wine are $22. (Ciabatta packed with smoky pork barbecue and tangy slaw is a whopper that threatens to ruin dinner plans.)
The second half of the restaurant’s name is best represented by the fried chicken. The entree is the lone dish on the menu that doesn’t look like it’s going to a black-tie affair. But what a lip-smacker! Chavez brines the bird in buttermilk, sometimes with pickle juice, and spikes his batter with paprika, cayenne and other bold spices before frying it to a state of good and gold. The chicken is arranged on smooth-as-silk pureed potatoes, rich with basically a dairy case of ingredients: butter, cream, creme fraiche and buttermilk. (Having indulged in them twice, I can understand the diner whose order was “Just mashed potatoes.”) The study in beige is broken with sauteed dandelion greens, verdant punctuation for the homiest dish on the menu.
Some kitchens lose steam by meal’s end, treating desserts like a chore. Art and Soul pays the last course respect. Lucky are chocolate lovers in particular, who can choose between a lovely tiramisu, served as a parfait in a clear glass cup, or a glossy round of ganache, from which brushstrokes of chocolate sauce end with a golden garnish of popcorn brittle. The sensible thing is to get both desserts and share. Kudos to the server who overheard a toast at my table one night and produced a gratis dessert with a candle in it for the birthday boy.
There’s nothing about the ambiance that would draw you into Art and Soul, where even going to the restroom with its interrogation-bright lights makes you wonder why so little attention is paid to basic physical comforts. The good news is, Chavez spent part of the pandemic dreaming up new dishes at home, and hopes to one day open a restaurant of his own.
Hurry, chef, hurry! I plan to be first in line.
Art and Soul
415 New Jersey Ave. NW. 202-393-7777. artandsouldc.com. Open: Indoor and outdoor dining and takeout 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Prices: Dinner appetizers $8 to $18, main courses $27 to $46. Sound check: 74 decibels/Must speak with raised voice. Accessibility: No barriers at entrance; restrooms are ADA-compliant. Pandemic protocols: Staff are not required to be masked or vaccinated. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/06/03/art-and-soul-restaurant-review/ | 2022-06-03 07:40:04 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/06/03/art-and-soul-restaurant-review/ |
It looked like a normal traffic stop. Ian Wolfe was sitting in an SUV that had been pulled over by a Fort Wayne Police Department squad car.
North Side High School junior Jazmin Greene was in the driver’s seat of the squad. She was going through the motions of running a check on the SUV when Wolfe burst out of the driver’s door.
Then she was shot.
But the multiple rounds fired by Wolfe, a real officer, were from a fake handgun. It was all part of a training exercise that more than 30 other students watched.
“I felt like I was trapped in the seatbelt,” Greene said afterward. The role playing was part of the Procedural Justice Training at the Public Safety Academy for Fort Wayne Community Schools students.
Many of the students were interested in law enforcement careers. The scenarios they went through showed the limited time that police officers have to react.
In lectures before the role-playing, students were told that action is faster than reaction. Studies show it takes a quarter of a second for a suspect to pull a gun from a waistband or a driver’s side console and less time to shoot while running. But it takes a police officer two to four times longer to react.
Greene said she attended as part of the Gear Up program to see what police deal with. It gave her a lot to think about, including the possibility of police work as a career, she said.
Deputy Chief Mitch McKinney said African-American females are one of the fastest-growing categories in police recruitment, and community outreach like the Procedural Justice Training is one reason.
The program has been offered to adults and students for about 10 years. The department likes to bring the students in early in the school year, McKinney said.
It was developed after the U.S. Justice Department reacted to Fort Wayne’s high number of homicides in 2013 – 45 of them, he told the students. The justice department told local police to work on that and on the high rate of African-American men arrested.
The department found that people felt policing wasn’t working, McKinney said. He told the students that police developed four pillars of interaction with the community and building relationships: fairness and treating others with respect; voice and making sure citizens are understood; neutrality in decisions; and impartiality.
Northrop High School Sophomore Emily Abrau said she attended the program because she wants to be a detective. She moved from New York City seven months ago, and the program showed her a different side of policing.
Abrau’s not sure whether she’ll stay in Indiana or return to New York where there’ll be more detective work, but police work still appeals to her.
“I don’t want an office job,” she said.
Northrop High School junior Rylan Gaston plans to be a police officer and found the seminar interesting, especially the scale of reacting with force. Gaston participated in the first roleplay, approaching a man sleeping on the ground (played by Wolfe). Gaston got shot. “It went really quick,” he said.
Northrop sophomore Landon Salinas wasn’t shot but lost control of a situation with an irate suspect, unsure what the rules were for pulling or using a gun, he said. The afternoon was “insight into what I would possibly do in the future,” he added.
Procedural Justice Training could also be good for a different career, said South Side High School senior Nate Miller. He plans to become an arson investigator, which has police powers, and said he wanted to see how police go through matters.
Miller also went through a car stop roleplay and was the first student to shoot the handgun, reacting to Wolfe’s throwing things out the vehicle’s window and hiding his hands and rocking before drawing a gun.
Miller said he’s also considering becoming a reserve police officer. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/students-experience-fort-wayne-police-training-and-work/article_23188e86-4431-11ed-b2f1-4b1a929fb63f.html | 2022-10-05 14:03:38 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/students-experience-fort-wayne-police-training-and-work/article_23188e86-4431-11ed-b2f1-4b1a929fb63f.html |
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) _ Insteel Industries Inc. (IIIN) on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $11.1 million.
The Mount Airy, North Carolina-based company said it had profit of 57 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to 44 cents per share.
The maker of steel wire reinforcing for the concrete and construction industry posted revenue of $166.9 million in the period.
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WFO LAS VEGAS Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, July 25, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
616 PM PDT Mon Jul 25 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST/9 PM PDT/
THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MOHAVE, SAN BERNARDINO AND SOUTH
CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES...
At 616 PM MST /616 PM PDT/, City officials and doppler radar
reported thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area.
Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life-threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Emergency management reported flash flooding in Bullhead
City, Arizona.
IMPACT...Life-threatening flash flooding of low-water crossings,
creeks, normally dry washes and roads.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Bullhead City, Laughlin, Needles, Mojave Ranch Estates, Mohave
Valley, Mesquite Creek, Arizona Village, Highway 95 And I-40,
Needles Highway, Laughlin Highway, Big Bend Rec Area and Willow
Valley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
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NEW YORK (WPIX) – A man made a terrifying leap from elevated subway tracks in Brooklyn onto the roof of a building across the street while running from police.
Officers arrested Kendall Floyd, 25, a short time later on a slew of charges, including assault on a police officer. Floyd allegedly led officers on a chase before his arrest.
It started when police stopped a car near Humboldt Street and Debevoise Street on Wednesday around 4:10 p.m. Floyd allegedly “flung his car door open, striking an officer in the arm and leg,” according to the NYPD. He ran away and was spotted at Broadway and Thornton Street, about three blocks away from where his car was stopped.
Floyd climbed a stanchion pole onto elevated subway tracks on Broadway, police said. A crowd gathered below and shouted at Floyd not to jump.
“Don’t do it, don’t do it, man,” someone on video posted to Twitter can be heard saying. “It’s not worth it.”
Despite the crowd’s pleas, Floyd “jumped a great distance onto the roof of a building,” injuring his leg, police said. Officers ran around a corner where one cop scaled a fence, video shows.
Police took Floyd into custody and he was taken to a hospital for treatment. The officer injured during the initial car stop was also taken to a hospital for treatment.
Floyd was charged with reckless endangerment, official misconduct, false personation, two counts of criminal trespass, disorderly conduct and a seatbelt violation. | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/video-shows-man-jump-from-subway-tracks-to-building-while-running-from-police/ | 2022-07-07 22:24:58 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/video-shows-man-jump-from-subway-tracks-to-building-while-running-from-police/ |
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FULTON • Ace Rogers, a freshman at Itawamba Agricultural High School, is ranked 27th in the world among junior competitors in the American Cornhole Organization (ACO).
The 15-year-old first started tossing bags two-and-a-half years ago while tagging along with his father to tournaments at Legends Sports Grille in Fulton.
He wasn't the best in the beginning, but continued to improve his skills week after week.
"We just kept going there, and we kept playing," Rogers said. "I got better, and so we decided to go to a major. It just started from there."
Before he knew it, Rogers was the 2021 junior state champion in Mississippi. And a week ago, he won the junior division of the ACO Regional in Decatur, Alabama.
Although Rogers has a set of cornhole boards at home, between school and other sports he doesn't practice often.
By taking part in tournaments each weekend, he gets plenty of throws in.
In competitive cornhole, the boards face each other and are positioned 27 feet apart. Throwing a bag in the hole is three points, and landing one on the board scores a single point.
Four bags are thrown per turn by each player, with scores canceling out. For example, if each player throws four bags into the hole, neither would receive any points. But if one player throws four in the hole and the other throws three in the hole and one on the board, the first receives two points. The first player to reach 21 points wins.
For Rogers, the most enjoyable part of competitive cornhole is meeting people and making friends at tournaments. He sees and competes with the same people often at events across the region.
Rogers is known for, and easily recognized by, his signature hairstyle: a mullet he started growing a couple years ago on a bet. He won the bet, kept the mullet and now includes #TheMississippiMullet in competition posts.
Later this month, he'll travel to an ACO major series competition in Panama City Beach, Florida. In April 2023, he'll go to Las Vegas, Nevada, for another ACO major.
He's already sponsored by a Florida-based company, Over The Top Cornhole. The partnership began in 2021 and has provided him with bags and jerseys. The largest cash prize he's won at a tournament so far was around $700.
Although he doesn't intend to make a career of cornhole, Rogers does plan to continue playing in his free time. Eventually, he hopes to reach the professional level of the sport.
To get there, Rogers will stick to a formula that's served him well so far. Although he doesn't have a set strategy for winning in cornhole, Rogers said he sticks to a few simple guidelines:
"Just stay focused, don't get off track," he said. "Just throw the bags in the hole."
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian military commanders said Friday that their troops had recaptured more territory from Russian forces at the scene of the war’s longest and bloodiest battle, for the eastern city of Bakhmut, but it wasn’t clear if this marked the start of Kyiv’s long-expected counteroffensive.
Russia's Defense Ministry, meanwhile, said Kyiv had stepped up attacks north of the region.
The 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) of territory retaken by Ukrainian forces south of Bakhmut this week represented a significant gain and will protect an important supply chain, according to commanders of Ukraine's 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, a special forces unit that led the attack.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he met with the top military commanders Friday, noting that he heard a report from Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi whose forces “stopped the enemy and even pushed him back in some directions.”
In a statement on Telegram on Friday, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar confirmed that Ukrainian forces gained ground around the city, reiterating statements from military commanders earlier this week.
The battle for Bakhmut, once a salt-mining town, has been grinding on for eight months.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the millionaire owner of the Russian military contractor, the Wagner Group, harshly criticized the Russian military for losing ground around Bakhmut and exposing the flanks of his forces battling for the city.
In a video statement, Prigozhin mocked the Russian Defense Ministry’s report claiming that its forces regrouped to take more favorable positions, saying that they effectively fled and “our flanks are crumbling.”
He warned that the Ukrainian forces have managed to reclaim key heights around the city and effectively deblocked the key supply link to Bakhmut. Prigozhin again accused the military leadership of refusing to provide the necessary ammunition to Wagner.
“You must immediately stop lying,” Prigozhin said, addressing the Russian miitary leaders. “If you fled, you must prepare new defensive lines.”
Prigozhin charged that the Defense Ministry’s failure to protect Wagner’s flanks amounted to high treason and could result in a “great tragedy” for Russia.
Ukrainian military officials have dismissed speculation that the fighting and forward movement in Bakhmut signaled that its anticipated counteroffensive was underway. Zelenskyy said in remarks broadcast Thursday that Kyiv was delaying the campaign because it lacks enough Western weapons. The comments were interpreted by some as designed to keep Russia guessing about Ukraine’s next move.
The territorial gains occurred near the Siversky-Donets canal, between the villages of Ivanivske and Kurdiumivka, according to a commander of the 1st Assault Battalion of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade. He spoke on condition he be referred to only by his call sign of “Rollo,” in line with Ukrainian military protocols.
“This was the enemy’s bridgehead which they intended to use in their future attacks along the canal, in the direction of Kostiantynivka,” he said. “We had to neutralize the enemy and push them to the other side of the canal.”
Another commander and a military spokesman corroborated his account.
Kostiantynivka is part of an important logistics chain that leads to the city of Kramatorsk.
Rollo said the win followed other successful operations, including one that secured an access road near Khromove, north of Bakhmut, and another that allowed Ukrainian forces to reclaim lost positions in the Industrial College inside Bakhmut city.
The assault south of Bakhmut was followed by a reported increase in Ukrainian offensive actions near the city of Soledar on Thursday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. Russia repelled 26 Ukrainian attacks carried out by over 1,000 soldiers, the ministry said, adding that up to 40 tanks were involved.
The slow and grinding fight for Bakhmut has cost both sides heavy casualties, with Ukraine seeking to deny Russia any territorial gains despite the area’s marginal strategic significance. Ukrainian forces are stationed in the city, while Russian troops are attacking from the north, east and south.
In other fighting, at least two people were killed and 22 injured elsewhere in the country since Thursday, according to figures from the Ukrainian President’s Office.
Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said a Russian strike hit the city of Kramatorsk, where some Ukrainian military units are based, destroying a school and residential building. Russian shelling hit 11 cities and villages in the region, killing 12 civilians, he said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives, according to new estimates from a federal watchdog investigating federally funded programs that helped small businesses survive the worst public health crisis in more than a hundred years.
The numbers issued Tuesday by the U.S. Small Business Administration inspector general are much greater than the office’s previous projections and underscore how vulnerable the Paycheck Protection and COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan programs were to fraudsters, particularly during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.
The inspector general’s report said “at least 17 percent of all COVID-EIDL and PPP funds were disbursed to potentially fraudulent actors.” The fraud estimate for the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is more than $136 billion, which represents 33 percent of the total money spent on that program, according to the report. The Paycheck Protection fraud estimate is $64 billion, the inspector general said.
In comments attached to the report, a senior SBA official disputed the new numbers. Bailey DeVries, SBA’s acting associate administrator for capital access, said the inspector general’s “approach contains serious flaws that significantly overestimate fraud and unintentionally mislead the public to believe that the work we did together had no significant impact in protecting against fraud.”
The SBA inspector general had previously estimated fraud in the COVID-19 disaster loan program at $86 billion and the Paycheck Protection program at $20 billion.
The Associated Press reported June 13 that scammers and swindlers potentially swiped about $280 billion in COVID-19 emergency aid; another $123 billion was wasted or misspent. The bulk of the potential losses are from the two SBA programs and another to provide unemployment benefits to workers suddenly unemployed by the economic upheaval caused by the pandemic. The three initiatives were launched during the Trump administration and inherited by President Joe Biden. Combined, the loss estimated by AP represents 10% of the $4.2 trillion the U.S. government has so far disbursed in COVID relief aid.
The SBA inspector general, Hannibal “Mike” Ware, said in a statement Tuesday that the report “utilizes investigative casework, prior (inspector general) reporting, and cutting-edge data analysis to identify multiple fraud schemes used to potentially steal over $200 billion from American taxpayers and exploit programs meant to help those in need.”
Ware, in an interview with The Associated Press earlier this month, said that these latest fraud figures won’t be the last ones issued by his office.
“We will continue to assess fraud until we’re finished with the investigations on these things,” Ware said. That could be a long while. Ware’s office has a backlog of more than 90,000 actionable leads into pandemic relief fraud, which amounts to nearly a century’s worth of work.
SBA previously told The Associated Press the federal government has not developed an accepted system for assessing fraud in federal programs. Previous analyses, the agency said, have pointed to “potential fraud” or “fraud indicators” in a manner that conveys those numbers as a true fraud estimate when they are not. For the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, the agency said it’s “working estimate” found $28 billion in likely fraud.
Han Nguyen, a spokesman for the SBA, said in a statement Tuesday that it is “vital to clarify that 86% of the likely fraud in the PPP and COVID-EIDL programs occurred in the first nine months of those programs when, as the (inspector general) has often noted, the rush to get funds out led to unwise decisions to pull down anti-fraud guardrails.”
Fraud in pandemic unemployment assistance programs stands at $76 billion, according to congressional testimony from Labor Department Inspector General Larry Turner. That’s a conservative estimate. Another $115 billion mistakenly went to people who should not have received the benefits, according to his testimony.
The Biden administration put in place stricter rules to stem pandemic fraud, including use of the “Do Not Pay” database. Biden also recently proposed a $1.6 billion plan to boost law enforcement efforts to go after pandemic relief fraudsters.
“I think the bottom line is regardless of what the (total fraud) number is, it emanates overwhelmingly from three programs that were designed and originated in 2020 with too many large holes that opened the door to criminal fraud,” Gene Sperling, the White House American Rescue Plan coordinator, said in an early June interview.
Bob Westbrooks, a former executive director of the federal Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, said in an interview the $200 billion number is “unacceptable, unprecedented and unfathomable.” Westbrooks published a book last week, “Left Holding the Bag: A Watchdog’s Account of How Washington Fumbled its COVID Test.”
“The swift distribution of funds and program integrity are not mutually exclusive,” Westbrooks said Tuesday. “The government can walk and chew gum at the same time. They should have put basic fraud controls in place to verify people’s identity and to make sure targeted relief was getting into the right hands.”
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OMNI INDUSTRIAL CAMPUS EYES JUNE FOR COMPLETION DATE
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C., March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The final development lot within the Omni Industrial Campus is set to deliver 1.33 million square feet in June of this year, filling out one of the most prominent and successful industrial parks in the Charleston region. Developed by a partnership between Clarius Partners and Stonemont Financial Group, leased by Bridge Commercial, the three-building project located on the 100 acre Lot 1 of the park will offer tenants occupancy ready, state-of-the-art, best in class, modern distribution and or manufacturing space.
With the initial building, Building 2, pre-leased to a long term build to suit user, the remaining two buildings, Buildings 3 and 4, (totaling ±971,000 square feet) are being developed speculatively and are available for lease. Both buildings feature 36' clear heights, ESFR sprinkler systems, LED warehouse lighting to 30 fc throughout and a full complement of 40,000 lbs. capacity loading dock positions. These buildings will also feature speculative office space to allow for immediate occupancy in June of 2023.
Building 4, at ±607,000 SF, is a cross dock building targeted to accommodate high volume distribution needs with ample trailer storage on site. Building 3, at ±365,000 SF, provides an alternate front park, rear load configuration, designed to attract a variety of smaller tenant spaces,100,000 SF and above. Supplemental circulation/driveways provide multiple or separate access points between the two buildings benefitting both single tenant or multi-tenant occupancies. These two buildings will offer solutions to a wide range of user types and sizes, all benefitting from Omni Industrial Campus' immediate proximity to the both the Jedbug Road and Nexton Parkway interchanges on I-26. Further, Tenants choosing to locate at the Omni Industrial Campus will enjoy competitive and consistent operating expenses, thanks in large part to a pre-negotiated FILOT agreement in place with Berkely County.
This announcement comes on the heels of a record-breaking year for the South Carolina Ports, handling nearly 2.8 million TEU's at the Port of Charleston in 2022, positioning it as one of the top ports for cargo volume along the East and Gulf Coasts. Together with explosive growth in the greater Charleston area this makes Omni Industrial Campus a prime location for companies looking to expand their operations for either distribution or manufacturing uses.
"Charleston is a top coastal market that will continue to attract a wide variety of e-commerce and third-party logistics providers in the decade ahead," said Zack Markwell, Managing Principal and CEO at Stonemont Financial Group. "Omni Industrial Campus is the largest near-term, port-centric option to service the Port of Charleston, providing a critical location advantage for businesses that need a prime intermodal launching point for the broader Southeast region. We look forward to starting the final phase of construction with our partner, Clarius Partners."
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ABOUT BRIDGE COMMERCIAL:
Bridge Commercial is a regionally focused commercial real estate firm headquartered in Charleston, SC. Our brokers are best in class and known nationally for their experience and expertise. We offer a variety of services including tenant representation, owner representation, investment sales, strategic planning, site selection, and consulting services.
ABOUT STONEMONT FINANCIAL GROUP:
Stonemont Financial Group specializes in investing across a broad spectrum of real estate asset classes and geographies to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns. Stonemont offers diversified and differentiated real estate investment strategies and vehicles to institutions, family offices, trusts and high net-worth individuals. The firm's founders and managing principals have a combined track record of more than 60 years' experience and $20 billion invested.
ABOUT CLARIUS PARTNERS:
Clarius is a full-service real estate investment and development company managing select, Class-A industrial, cold storage, hospital, medical office, corporate office and land development investments on behalf of the principals of Clarius as well as third-party real estate investors and owners. Clarius' completed and ongoing projects total over 16 million square feet of ground-up development delivered in multiple markets across the United States. Through its deep industry knowledge and extensive network, Clarius Partners aspires to deliver exceptional development results with quality, clarity and integrity.
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LOS ANGELES — The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Los Angeles Chargers in a thrilling Thursday Night Football contest, but we still have a LOT more to go in Week 2!
There are plenty of storylines and questions heading into Week 2, including if teams that we expected a lot from this season will bounce back after dismal opening starts in Week 1. That includes the Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos.
Three more matchups, after Chiefs-Chargers on Thursday night, this week feature two 1-0 teams: Bucs vs. Saints, Dolphins vs. Ravens and Vikings vs. Eagles.
All year long, Locked On Podcast Network analysts Brian Peacock and Matt Williamson, hosts of the daily Peacock and Williamson NFL Show, will pick five games each week to predict the scores with their "Pick 5" NFL picks of the week.
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Miami Dolphins at Baltimore Ravens
Time: Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
Watch: CBS
Spread: BAL -3.5, O/U 44
Brian Peacock: Dolphins 20, Ravens 17
Matt Williamson: Ravens 17, Dolphins 16
Tampa Bay Bucs at New Orleans Saints
Time: Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
Watch: FOX
Spread: TB -2.5, O/U 44
Brian Peacock: Bucs 27, Saints 20
Matt Williamson: Saints 20, Bucs 17
Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers
Time: Sunday, 4:05 p.m. ET
Watch: FOX
Spread: SF -8.5, O/U 41
Brian Peacock: 49ers 24, Seahawks 16
Matt Williamson: 49ers 24, Seahawks 13
Arizona Cardinals at Las Vegas Raiders
Time: Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET
Watch: CBS
Spread: LV -5.5, O/U 51
Brian Peacock: Raiders 30, Cardinals 23
Matt Williamson: Raiders 35, Cardinals 24
Minnesota Vikings at Philadelphia Eagles
Time: Monday, 8:30 p.m. ET
Watch: ABC
Spread: PHI -2, O/U 50.5
Brian Peacock: Eagles 31, Vikings 21
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PARIS, June 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A new chapter in travel has arrived on the global stage with the world class, digitally-led airline Riyadh Air, making its international debut at the 54th bi-annual Paris Air Show. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner adorned with Riyadh Air's unique livery touched down after a stunning fly-over the city of Riyadh for its first official reveal on Monday 12th June.
The disruptive new airline from Saudi Arabia will fly to more than 100 destinations, and reach 100 million visitors, by 2030 making Riyadh City a hub for global travel and encouraging visits to the Kingdom for business and leisure. The airline will bring a new level of attention to detail to guest experience and has technology that will raise the bar for the industry. The brand identity captures the heritage of the Kingdom whilst being modern and forward thinking with the tagline 'The Future Takes Flight'.
The aircraft is on display at the show, allowing visitors to view the unique indigo aircraft livery up close. Its lavender colour is symbolic of the welcoming and hospitable nature of the people in the Kingdom, as well as being a natural plant that carpets Saudi Arabia during spring and the tail design captures the movement of canopy tents in the desert.
Riyadh City is rapidly becoming a major player in global business and the rapid Saudi economic growth, which is targeted to be in the top 15 globally by 2030, is outperforming other major economies. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has many developing tourist sites, such as Al Ula, Diryah, and Qiddiyah, and the national airline will make the Kingdom more accessible whilst positioning Riyadh City as a global leader in aviation excellence.
The airline, which will join the global aviation sector with RX as its Airline Designator Code, is a catalyst for the Kingdom's National Transport and Logistics Strategy and the National Tourism Strategy by leveraging the Kingdom's strategic location connecting Asia, Africa, and Europe. It is chaired by governor of the Public Investment Fund, His Excellency Yassir Al-Ramayyan with Tony Douglas CEO at the helm.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. – Six plays, covering 70 yards and capped with a touchdown, was all it took for Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen in his preseason debut to show he’s ready for the regular season.
Eluding the pass rush, Allen spun around while stepping back in the pocket and found Gabe Davis for a game-opening 28-yard touchdown in an eventual 42-15 rout of the Denver Broncos backups on Saturday.
“It did feel weird only to play six, you know, once you get into that little rhythm,” said Allen, who had been anticipating going back out for one more drive before being told to take a seat.
“But shout-out to our guys coming out and playing today. Playing hard. Making plays. Came out with intensity from the get-go,” Allen added. “I’m proud of how we handled ourselves today. It was good to see.”
It was just like old times again, Davis said, referring to an Allen-led offense which has been one of the NFL’s most dynamic over the past two seasons.
“Yeah, 100% just picking up where we left off,” Davis said. “Just having that same chemistry and kind of thinking alike, I’m glad we were on the same page.”
Just as important, the offensive output — the Bills totaled 510 yards and scored touchdowns on each of their first six possessions — showed the team being on the same page as newly promoted offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey. Buffalo's former quarterbacks coach replaces Brian Daboll, who was hired by the New York Giants this offseason.
Allen completed all three attempts for 45 yards, while backup Case Keenum closed out the first half overseeing three touchdown drives and finishing 16 of 18 for 192 yards and a perfectly placed 7-yard touchdown pass to tight end O.J. Howard.
It was a bounce-back outing for Keenum, who threw two interceptions and lost a fumble in a 27-24 win over Indianapolis last week.
“I thought Dorsey was dialing them up with some great play calls,” said Keenum, who also got a chance to play with the starters during his first series. “I think those were priceless reps that you don’t get very often, so I wanted to make the most of them.”
Zach Moss rounded out the first-half scoring with a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs, while Duke Johnson scored on 2- and 8-yard runs in the second half.
Buffalo extended its preseason winning streak to 10 games. The run is the NFL’s second-longest active streak behind the Baltimore Ravens, who have won a league-record 21 straight, and play at Arizona on Sunday.
The Broncos took a step back after a 17-7 preseason-opening win over Dallas, while resting Russell Wilson and many of their starters for a second straight week.
First-year coach Nathaniel Hackett was left disappointed, especially after entering the game intrigued to see how his young defenders and backups on defense would hold up against Allen and Co.
“You get six touchdowns on six drives, obviously nobody did good. So we have to evaluate the group as a whole. We have to tackle better. We have to hold the point better. Everything,” Hackett said. “Obviously, our defense didn’t play good enough. The offense didn’t play good enough, especially in the beginning. But that’s why we do this.”
Journeyman Josh Johnson finished 8 of 16 for just 70 yards in the first half in his bid to lock up the backup job.
After overseeing a 12-play, 64-yard opening drive that ended with Brandon McManus hitting a 33-yard field goal, Johnson’s final three drives of the half combined for 52 yards and three first downs.
Denver’s Brett Rypien finished 22 of 26 for 191 yards and a 1-yard touchdown to Eric Saubert with 10:55 remaining.
INJURIES
BRONCOS: P Sam Martin was ruled out after hurting his ankle in pregame warmups. ... CB Michael Ojemudia dislocated his right elbow in the second quarter. ... OT Casey Tucker wore a protective boot on his right foot after being hurt in the third quarter.
BILLS: S Nick McCloud returned after requiring six stitches to close a gash on his face in the first quarter.
HONORING KNOX
The Bills held a moment of silence before the game to honor Florida International linebacker Luke Knox, who died on Wednesday. Knox is the younger brother of Bills tight end Dawson Knox, who has been excused from the team to be with his family. Bills fans have rallied to Knox’s support by donating more than $100,000 to the P.U.N.T. Pediatric Cancer Collaborative, a charity supported by the tight end.
Bills tight end Tommy Sweeney was spotted entering the stadium wearing a T-shirt, with “Long Live Luke” printed on the front.
UP NEXT
Broncos: Close preseason hosting the Minnesota Vikings on Aug. 27.
Bills: Close preseason at the Carolina Panthers on Friday.
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WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WDTN) — A new location for soft serve in Washington Twp. has released information on their opening.
On Friday, May 5, Goldies Flavored Soft Serve will hold its soft opening beginning at 3 p.m. The new dessert shop is located at 9352 Dayton-Lebanon Pike in Washington Twp.
When the store opens for businesses, consumers will get to choose from 48 different flavors of soft serve, including blue raspberry, key lime pie, peppermint, root beer and more. People looking to get their hands on a sweet treat at the new dessert shop should know the location is only a walk-up window, meaning there is no indoor access for patrons.
Goldies will close Friday at 9 p.m. to end the first day of the soft opening and will reopen on Saturday, May 6 and Sunday, May 7 for the soft opening celebration to continue.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Derby figures to draw 150,000-plus to Churchill Downs, with many beneath the Twin Spires impeccably dressed as they drink mint juleps, puff cigars and hope their bets on horse racing’s marquee event pay off.
Countless more aim to cash in on Saturday’s 149th Run For The Roses through online bets, although Kentucky’s recent passage of sports wagering means residents of the Bluegrass State can look forward to betting on other sporting events digitally and in person by the fall.
At the very least, proponents of sports betting believe opening sportsbooks at statewide tracks and gaming facilities that feature slots-like historical horse racing (HHR) machines will generate tax revenue that was being lost to neighboring states with expanded gambling options. It’s estimated to generate about $23 million annually in tax revenue and licensing fees, with a percentage earmarked for problem gambling and the state’s public pension system.
In attracting people on other sporting events, the hope is those bettors will also check out live racing. It will also help bolster purse money that tracks point out have continued to grow.
“There’s no revenue stream in the bill specifically for horse racing,” Senate Majority Leader Damon Thayer said of the bill that passed the Republican-dominated chamber 25-12 on March 30. Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear quickly signed the measure into law, which takes effect on June 29.
Thayer added, “But I think by requiring that the retail betting locations are at racetracks and simulcast centers, it can expose a new type of a bettor to horse racing. ... There’s an opportunity to create new fans and anytime you create new fans, that’s good for all participants — racetracks, owners, trainers, jockeys, et cetera.”
Kentucky Thoroughbred Association executive director Chauncey Morris added, “We just see sports wagering as an evolution of a parimutuel product that we’ve been stewards of for two centuries.”
Thayer is among many pleasantly surprised by the bill’s passage following failures in recent years and an uncertain fate in the just-concluded legislative session.
In fact, it broke from the gate so soon that state officials and tracks are trying to catch up by working out regulations, partnerships and locations. Beshear has expressed a desire for sports betting to be operational by the start of the NFL season in September.
What’s settled is the $500,000 upfront fee for horse racing tracks to be licensed as sports betting facilities with an annual renewal fee of $50,000.
Tracks could contract with up to three service providers for sports wagering at the track or through online sites and mobile applications. Those providers would pay $50,000 for the initial license with a $10,000 annual renewal. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission will regulate sports wagering operations.
KHRC Chairman Jonathan Rabinowitz said in a statement to The Associated Press that the commission is working with the state’s Public Protection Cabinet to draft proposed regulations. They’re also meeting with officials in other states that recently have legalized sports wagering.
Rabinowitz added, “The commission is excited for the opportunity afforded to it and working tirelessly to craft clear, responsible, and thorough regulations for sports wagering in the commonwealth.”
Things are also a work in progress for Churchill Downs Inc., which operates the historic track along with several others including recently-renovated Turfway Park in Florence, near Cincinnati; Ellis Park in Henderson; and Oak Grove.
Those tracks feature live racing along with HHR machines, which look and work like slot machines but allow wagers on past race results. CDI also operates Derby City Gaming near Churchill Downs with another facility under construction in downtown Louisville. The company also features TwinSpires.com for online thoroughbred racing.
CDI did not respond to interview requests, but President/CEO Bill Carstanjen told shareholders during last week’s quarterly meeting conference call that the company will be allowed to have up to nine retail locations and eight online sports betting licenses. He added that the company has a contract to provide online wagering platforms such as FanDuel.com in the Kentucky market.
“We believe our retail sportsbooks help to drive additional traffic to our properties and other states,” Carstanjen said, “and will further help to grow our properties across Kentucky.”
Keeneland director of wagering development Jim Goodman said the Lexington track is also devising its strategy for implementing sports betting.
Goodman noted that the bill’s unexpected approval just a week before the opening of its spring meet ratcheted up the process of negotiating contracts and infrastructure. One upside for the picturesque track is having historical racing machines at Red Mile track near downtown, which allows for quick modifications once plans are finalized.
It's a good problem to have, and the question is how many facilities Keeneland will offer. In any event Goodman sees an opportunity for increased foot traffic, with sports bettors potentially discovering horse racing, and vice versa.
Having the Triple Crown kick off this week certainly helps.
“It’s an opportunity to cross market,” Goodman said. “We take for granted in Lexington that everybody knows about horse racing, but that’s not the case. We’ve got a very knowledgeable fan base here as we do in Louisville, but other places in the country and maybe even in the state can use some maybe some push to get to horse racing.”
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150,000 active job postings in metro area, with nearly 40,000 added in the last week alone, according to new PeopleReady analysis
INDIANAPOLIS, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As summer approaches, the job market is red hot in Indianapolis and the surrounding metropolitan area, with nearly 40,000 new jobs being posted in the last seven days, according to a new analysis being released today by staffing firm PeopleReady. This addition brings the total number of active open jobs in the region to 150,000, a 12% increase in job openings from the same time last year.
Industries with the most job growth in the Indianapolis area include retail, manufacturing and food services, finds the PeopleReady analysis. The staffing leader also shares some of the region's most in-demand jobs:
- Retail sales associates
- Warehouse workers
- Customer service representatives
- Food service workers
- Building and general maintenance technicians
"Job seekers looking for immediate work in the Indianapolis area have a variety of opportunities available to them right now," said Kristy Willis, chief sales and operations officer at PeopleReady. "With new jobs being added at a high rate in many industries, PeopleReady remains deeply committed to helping connect people and work in local communities around Indianapolis and throughout the country."
As the official staffing partner of the 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES, PeopleReady is looking forward to driving home its mission of connecting people and work and making a difference in local communities at the GMR Grand Prix of Indianapolis this Saturday. The PeopleReady Force for Good Challenge, a partnership between PeopleReady and INDYCAR, gives drivers a chance to win $1 million to be split between themselves and a charity of their choice. With a victory on Saturday, Josef Newgarden will claim the $1 million prize for taking the checkered flag on all three types of INDYCAR tracks this season. Keep up with the leaderboard here.
PeopleReady is also offering an additional $10,000 to the winner of every race this season, also to be split with their chosen charity. This season, PeopleReady is the primary sponsor of Rahal Letterman Lanigan (RLL) Racing's rookie of the year candidate Christian Lundgaard.
PeopleReady has a variety of ways for job seekers to access job opportunities via app (JobStack) and online (jobs.peopleready.com).
About PeopleReady
PeopleReady, a TrueBlue company (NYSE: TBI), specializes in quick and reliable on-demand labor and highly skilled workers. PeopleReady supports a wide range of blue-collar industries, including construction, manufacturing and logistics, waste and recycling, and hospitality. Leveraging its game-changing JobStack platform and 600-plus branch offices across all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Canada, PeopleReady served approximately 94,000 businesses and put approximately 220,000 people to work in 2021. Learn more at www.peopleready.com.
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Native Americans say they're "sad, betrayed and exhausted" after the University of North Dakota recently found human remains of their ancestors in its possession.
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Native Americans say they're "sad, betrayed and exhausted" after the University of North Dakota recently found human remains of their ancestors in its possession.
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'If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone – so please know the facts. They can save your life…'
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Radio personality and voiceover artist Cayman Kelly continued his efforts to speak out and discuss his recent stroke, which took place on January 17. After the event nearly claimed his life, Kelly took some time off to recover and reprioritize the importance of his good health. Over time, with the love and support of his family and health team, Kelly is expected to make a full recovery and he has already returned to work. But Kelly has not forgotten just how precious life is, or how quickly and easily life can change in a flash. And he continues to share his story, hoping to encourage others to pay more attention to their bodies and their health.
"Early that day in January, I had stretched out on the floor for a few minutes – so when my hand started going numb, I just figured I had laid on it too long," said Kelly. "The symptoms got much more intense – I couldn't hold my toothbrush easily, or even remember when and if I had started to brush my teeth. But even though the feeling in my fingers never returned, I ignored it and went about my day. Later on, I went to my studio and just kept thinking 'I have work to do – this will ease up soon.' I knew something was wrong, but I don't like to complain about my health. Fortunately, my wife was off work that day and she wasn't having it. As a doctor, she knew there was trouble."
National Stroke Awareness Month: The F.A.S.T. Stroke Signs
Strokes are the 5th leading cause of death in the U.S. and a leading cause of severe disability*. Strokes can happen to anyone, at any age, and 80% of all strokes are preventable. One person dies from a stroke every four minutes, and strokes kill nearly 800,000 people a year in the U.S.
Healthcare professionals all agree that rapid access to medical treatment is usually the difference between a full recovery from a stroke and permanent disability. And that is why it is crucial to know the signs of a stroke event:
- F: Face Drooping – If one side of the face is drooping or numb, ask the person to smile. Is the smile uneven?
- A: Arm Weakness – If one arm is weak or numb, ask the person to raise both arms. Does one arm drift downward?
- S: Speech Difficulty – Is the person's speech slurred or slowed?
- T: Time to call 911 – Don't wait. Time is precious. Call an ambulance immediately.
· Other symptoms can include numbness of the face, arm, leg, especially on one side; confusion or trouble speaking and understanding others; trouble seeing in one or both eyes; trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination; severe headache with no known cause.
"Thank God my wife acted so quickly and got me to the ER," Kelly said. "She saved my life, because it wasn't long after I was admitted for the stroke that I also went into a full-blown seizure. It was really intense. I went from being totally fine and active to a full-stroke event, seizure, and now I have to recover, all in less than 24 hours. So, I'm telling you: it can happen to anyone. Be prepared. Get checkups. See your doctor. And don't ignore your health."
For up-to-the-minute news on Kelly's voice appearances, ESPN show announcements, and other projects, visit him online. And follow Cayman Kelly on social media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn.
*Health facts and statistics sourced from www.SOPHE.org and www.Stroke.org.
About Cayman Kelly: The National Voice of Monday Night Football
Cayman Kelly is the widely recognized imaging voice for multiple radio stations, including POWER 105.1 in New York, the syndicated Morning Show, "The Breakfast Club," and host of popular national show on SiriusXM's Heart & Soul. Recently, Kelly was chosen as the featured voice for the SPLAT! "GAME PLAN" image library, and he continues to be the national voice for ESPN and NFL Monday Night Football – the first African American to achieve that position – while also serving as the new imaging voice for the NHL. Learn more about his life and work at: www.CaymanKelly.com.
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Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield held in contempt for not turning over Trump documents
Posted/updated on: July 11, 2022 at 10:12 am(NEW YORK) -- Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield is being held in contempt of court for refusing to comply with subpoenas for information related to its business relationship with the Trump Organization, a judge in New York has ruled.
The subpoenas were issued by the New York Attorney General's Office as part of its civil investigation into how former President Donald Trump and his family business valued their holdings.
On Friday, however, the New York Supreme Court issued an interim stay under the condition that Cushman & Wakefield hand over the requested documents to the attorney general by Wednesday.
"We are pleased to have reached an agreement with the OAG that relates to an interim stay of the Contempt ruling," the company said in a statement. "Since the beginning of the New York Attorney General’s investigation in 2019, Cushman & Wakefield has endeavored to cooperate with the OAG’s investigation, responding to multiple document subpoenas and eight testimony subpoenas. We will continue to work to produce the documents requested by the OAG by Wednesday, July 13, in accordance with our agreement."
Should the firm meet the conditions of the deal, the contempt order will be dissolved and no fines would be collected.
Judge Arthur Engoron had imposed a $10,000 daily fine starting Thursday for every day that the real estate giant did not comply with the subpoenas.
"Cushman & Wakefield's work for Donald Trump and the Trump Organization is clearly relevant to our investigation, and we're pleased that the court has recognized that and taken action to force Cushman to comply with our subpoenas," New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement. "No person or company, no matter how powerful, is above the law."
A Cushman & Wakefield spokesperson had said the company would appeal the decision -- an appeal that was heard Friday.
"The ruling to hold Cushman & Wakefield in contempt demonstrates a failure to understand the extreme lengths Cushman has gone to comply with the Court's order," the company spokesperson said. "We have gone to great expense and effort to quickly identify, collect, review and produce the massive set of documents requested by the OAG, and we have now produced over hundreds of thousands of pages of documents and over 650 appraisals since the last subpoena was issued in February 2022."
"Cushman disagrees with any suggestion that the firm has not exercised diligence and good faith in complying with the Court's order, and we will be appealing this decision," the spokesperson said.
The attorney general's office filed a motion to compel the company to comply with subpoenas in early April, and the motion was granted the same month.
Cushman & Wakefield provided real estate services for Trump Organization properties for many years, including appraisals and brokerage services for properties that have been subject of the AG's probe.
The company has refused to comply with subpoenas for information related to its appraisals of three Trump-owned properties -- 40 Wall Street in Manhattan, Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles, and the Seven Springs estate in Westchester, New York -- as well as information about Cushman's larger business relationship with the Trump Organization, according to court documents.
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Phillies third. Matt Vierling grounds out to shortstop, CJ Abrams to Joey Meneses. Edmundo Sosa triples to deep left center field. Dalton Guthrie singles to right field. Edmundo Sosa scores. Kyle Schwarber grounds out to shortstop. Dalton Guthrie out at second.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Phillies 1, Nationals 0.
Phillies fourth. Rhys Hoskins homers to center field. Alec Bohm doubles to deep right field. J.T. Realmuto singles to center field. Alec Bohm scores. Jean Segura grounds out to shortstop. J.T. Realmuto out at second. Bryson Stott grounds out to shortstop, CJ Abrams to Joey Meneses.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Phillies 3, Nationals 0.
Nationals fifth. Josh Palacios grounds out to second base, Jean Segura to Rhys Hoskins. Riley Adams doubles to deep center field. Lane Thomas triples to deep center field. Riley Adams scores. Luis Garcia singles to center field. Lane Thomas scores. Joey Meneses grounds out to shallow infield. Luis Garcia out at second.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Phillies 3, Nationals 2.
Phillies sixth. Rhys Hoskins lines out to right field to Josh Palacios. Alec Bohm grounds out to shallow left field, CJ Abrams to Joey Meneses. J.T. Realmuto homers to center field. Jean Segura strikes out swinging.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Phillies 4, Nationals 2.
Nationals seventh. Alex Call homers to left field. Josh Palacios called out on strikes. Riley Adams flies out to center field to Matt Vierling. Lane Thomas grounds out to shortstop, Bryson Stott to Rhys Hoskins.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Phillies 4, Nationals 3.
Phillies seventh. Bryson Stott singles to center field. Matt Vierling singles to left field. Bryson Stott to second. Edmundo Sosa grounds out to shortstop. Matt Vierling out at second. Bryson Stott to third. Dalton Guthrie singles to shallow infield. Bryson Stott scores. Kyle Schwarber singles to left center field. Dalton Guthrie to second. Rhys Hoskins reaches on a fielder's choice to shortstop. Kyle Schwarber out at second.
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About 52 million adults in the United States — more than 1 in 5 — were living with chronic pain in 2021, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That included 17 million who experienced chronic pain severe enough to substantially restrict their daily activities, referred to as high-impact chronic pain.
Health experts generally define chronic pain as pain affecting any part of the body and lasting for three months or more, sometimes for years.
Chronic pain may stem from an injury or infection or be related to an ongoing condition such as arthritis or cancer. It also can be caused by such psychological factors as stress, anxiety or depression; in these cases, it’s known as psychosomatic pain.
The CDC report found that chronic pain, including the high-impact type, was more prevalent among women than men and among older adults, affecting about 30 percent of those 65 to 84. It also was more common among people with a disability and those with poor general health.
Treatments for chronic pain vary greatly, but they usually start with trying to identify and treat the initial cause of the pain. After that, the focus turns to managing the pain itself and improving the person’s ability to function. This often involves a combination of medication, lifestyle changes, therapy and complementary health treatments such as acupuncture, meditation and massage.
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How to Watch the WNBA on Friday: TV Channel, Game Times and Odds
The New York Liberty versus the Atlanta Dream is one of five solid options on today's WNBA slate.
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Today's WNBA Games
The Atlanta Dream play host to the New York Liberty
The Liberty take to the home court of the Dream on Friday at 7:30 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: ION
- Game Time: 7:30 PM ET
Records and Stats
- ATL Record: 2-3
- NYL Record: 4-2
- ATL Stats: 83.6 PPG (third in WNBA), 81.8 Opp. PPG (sixth)
- NYL Stats: 80.0 PPG (ninth in WNBA), 76.3 Opp. PPG (second)
Players to Watch
- ATL Key Player: Rhyne Howard (17.2 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 3.0 APG)
- NYL Key Player: Breanna Stewart (23.7 PPG, 10.5 RPG, 3.5 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: -7
- NYL Odds to Win: -327
- ATL Odds to Win: +253
- Total: 163 points
The Minnesota Lynx play the Indiana Fever
The Fever look to pull off a road win at the Lynx on Friday at 8:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: ION
- Game Time: 8:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- MIN Record: 1-6
- IND Record: 1-5
- MIN Stats: 78.6 PPG (10th in WNBA), 86.4 Opp. PPG (ninth)
- IND Stats: 80.8 PPG (seventh in WNBA), 86.7 Opp. PPG (11th)
Players to Watch
- MIN Key Player: Napheesa Collier (18.6 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 2.6 APG)
- IND Key Player: Aliyah Boston (15.8 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 1.7 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: -3
- MIN Odds to Win: -158
- IND Odds to Win: +132
- Total: 162 points
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The Dallas Wings host the Phoenix Mercury
The Mercury hit the road the Wings on Friday at 8:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
Records and Stats
- DAL Record: 4-3
- PHO Record: 1-4
- DAL Stats: 84.9 PPG (second in WNBA), 83.7 Opp. PPG (seventh)
- PHO Stats: 80.4 PPG (eighth in WNBA), 86.6 Opp. PPG (10th)
Players to Watch
- DAL Key Player: Satou Sabally (22.4 PPG, 10.6 RPG, 3.0 APG)
- PHO Key Player: Brittney Griner (22.4 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 1.8 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: -5
- DAL Odds to Win: -210
- PHO Odds to Win: +171
- Total: 168 points
The Seattle Storm play host to the Washington Mystics
The Mystics go on the road to face the Storm on Friday at 10:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: ION
- Game Time: 10:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- SEA Record: 1-4
- WAS Record: 3-3
- SEA Stats: 76.8 PPG (11th in WNBA), 88.2 Opp. PPG (12th)
- WAS Stats: 76.5 PPG (12th in WNBA), 75.8 Opp. PPG (first)
Players to Watch
- SEA Key Player: Jewell Loyd (28.0 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 3.4 APG)
- WAS Key Player: Elena Delle Donne (19.8 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 2.8 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: -12.5
- WAS Odds to Win: -760
- SEA Odds to Win: +514
- Total: 156.5 points
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The Los Angeles Sparks take on the Chicago Sky
The Sky travel to face the Sparks on Friday at 10:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
Records and Stats
- LAS Record: 3-3
- CHI Record: 5-3
- LAS Stats: 83.0 PPG (fourth in WNBA), 83.7 Opp. PPG (seventh)
- CHI Stats: 81.3 PPG (fifth in WNBA), 79.9 Opp. PPG (fifth)
Players to Watch
- LAS Key Player: Nneka Ogwumike (20.6 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 3.2 APG)
- CHI Key Player: Kahleah Copper (18.0 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 2.0 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: -3.5
- LAS Odds to Win: -150
- CHI Odds to Win: +125
- Total: 159 points
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Hate crime: Man sentenced for attacking Asian family he blamed for pandemic
MIDLAND, Texas (Gray News) - A Texas man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for assaulting an Asian family that authorities said he blamed for the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Justice Department announced that Jose Gomez III, 21, of Midland, Texas, was sentenced on hate crime charges for attacking an Asian family he believed was Chinese and therefore responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gomez had previously pleaded guilty to three counts of committing a hate crime.
Officials said according to the facts admitted in the plea, on March 14, 2020, Gomez entered a Sam’s Club Warehouse in Midland behind an Asian family with young children. Gomez had never seen them before and believed they were Chinese.
According to authorities, Gomez followed them in the store for several minutes because he perceived them to be a “threat” as they were “from the country who started spreading that disease around.” Gomez then momentarily left the family to find a serrated steak knife in the store.
The Justice Department reported Gomez bent the blade of the knife and returned to the family and punched the father in the face, cutting him. Gomez then left to retrieve another knife from the store. When Gomez returned, he abruptly turned towards the family’s two young children – then aged 6 and 2 years old – who were seated in the front basket of the shopping cart. Gomez slashed the 6-year-old child’s face and right ear.
Officials said Gomez also stabbed a Sam’s Club employee who intervened to stop him from further assaulting the Asian family. While being held down on the ground, Gomez yelled at the family to “Get out of America!”
The Justice Department reported that Gomez admitted he believed the family was Chinese and that he blamed them for the COVID-19 pandemic. Gomez further admitted he had attempted to kill the 6-year-old child. The 21-year-old also admitted he had attacked the store employee because he wanted to kill the 6-year-old child and the worker was preventing him from doing so.
“Pandemic-driven and racially-motivated acts of violence are deplorable crimes, and the Justice Department stands ready to use our hate crimes laws to hold perpetrators accountable,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, with the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
The department said the Midland Police Department and the FBI helped with the investigation of the case.
“Hate-motivated violence will simply not be tolerated in our society and every person deserves to feel safe from such vicious harm,” said U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff for the Western District of Texas.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A St. Petersburg police officer was justified in shooting and killing an armed man during an incident in September, according to State Attorney Bruce Bartlett.
The shooting happened around 3:30 a.m. on Sept. 12 at a home in the area of 20th Avenue North near 45th Street North.
Police said they responded to the home after a woman called authorities to say her son, 31-year-old Cody Kiley, had gotten ahold of her gun and was threatening her.
The woman told police she, in fear for her life, had taken her 4-year-old granddaughter to the bathroom and locked the door.
When officers arrived, they said Kiley was in the backyard of the house, holding a gun and ignoring their repeated commands to put his hands up.
One of the responding officers, Officer Stephen York, approached Kiley with a flashlight, identified himself and commanded the man to drop his gun. When Kiley refused, York released K-9 Loki who attacked Kiley's ankle, according to police.
Investigators said Kiley, still holding the gun, then turned toward York, who believed Kiley was going to shoot him or the other responding officers. York fired his gun, striking Kiley five times and resulting in his death, police said.
Per standard protocol, York was placed on administrative leave.
During the investigation, Kiley's mother said she noticed her son acting strangely in the days leading up to the shooting. This included Kiley taking his mother's gun from her nightstand and making "suicidal statements," State Attorney Bartlett wrote in a letter.
Out of concern, the woman reportedly moved her gun from her nightstand to her car. However, she believes Kiley heard her telling her mother she had hidden the gun in the vehicle.
According to Bartlett, the woman also told investigators Kiley made several bizarre comments to the effect of "the Earth isn't round" and his mother "wasn't human" because she had gotten the COVID-19 vaccine.
Investigators learned that Kiley had fired one gunshot into the wall of his mother's bedroom on the night of the incident, the state attorney added.
They also examined Kiley's phone. It contained reportedly messages in which the man said he had been sober for two years but relapsed. Kiley also referred to negative voices in his head and said he was on the verge of suicide, according to Bartlett.
The state attorney ultimately determined "that the death of Cody Kiley was the result of having been shot by Officer Stephen York, who was in the lawful performance of his legal duty, and that the shooting was Justifiable Homicide..." | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/st-pete-officer-justified-deadly-shooting-armed-man/67-26035ec6-7ec3-442e-b92f-0c301f82b0ae | 2022-11-15 20:45:00 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/st-pete-officer-justified-deadly-shooting-armed-man/67-26035ec6-7ec3-442e-b92f-0c301f82b0ae |
Smart Neighborhood™ concepts being planned for Aurora and Northern Fox Valley
NAPERVILLE, Ill., Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Nicor Gas and Southern Company are announcing a new partnership with the Fox Valley and Northern Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity affiliates to develop Smart Neighborhood™ communities dedicated to providing affordable, net zero greenhouse gas emissions housing options in the Chicagoland area.
Two planned communities, one in Aurora and a second being developed in Northern Fox Valley, will total 30 single-family net zero emissions homes equipped with a combination of renewable, electric, and natural gas technologies. Eligible residents will enjoy freedom from expensive mortgages and benefit from using features such as energy efficient appliances that help reduce high energy bills; all while reducing their carbon footprint.
The Smart Neighborhood will be built along Jericho Road and Garden Avenue near the Burlington Northern Railroad tracks in Aurora. Also known as CARE communities (Carbon-neutral, Affordable, Resilient and Efficient), each Smart Neighborhood will come with high efficiency building envelopes, solar panels and battery solutions that will allow for further reliability in the event of storms or inclement weather. Groundbreaking for the Aurora development is expected to take place next spring. Work on the Northern Fox Valley development is slated for 2024.
"We're only now at the beginning of imagining the potential within renewable technology and the resiliency of a net zero future," said Wendell Dallas, president and CEO of Nicor Gas. "As we enter this fourth industrial revolution, we must be more than innovative but inclusive to ensure everyone is able to enjoy the cost savings and the satisfaction of knowing they are doing their part to ensure a clean energy future for their communities."
Smart Neighborhood is a trademarked brand of Southern Company, the ultimate parent company of Nicor Gas. Smart Neighborhoods advance energy technologies that work together as a part of an affordable, reliable clean energy economy. They lead to job creation, diverse business partnerships, economic development, and green transportation. The Aurora community will be the first Smart Neighborhood to be built in Illinois and will launch a three-year research study to examine how natural gas can be part of the solution toward meeting net zero energy goals.
"At Habitat for Humanity, we are excited to work alongside Nicor Gas to create a pathway to strength, stability and independence through homeownership," said Jeffrey Barrett, executive director and CEO of Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity. "This collaboration represents a unique opportunity to advance the adoption of net zero energy solutions, while making them available to individuals who ordinarily could not afford these environmental upgrades."
As the largest natural gas provider in Illinois, Nicor Gas leads cutting-edge research and development focused on a resilient clean energy future every day. Nicor Gas is part of Southern Company Gas, a family of four natural gas distribution companies whose commitment to sustainability includes working towards net zero emissions from operations, while delivering quality customer solutions, enriching communities and investing in innovation.
Habitat for Humanity is a global nonprofit that brings people together to build homes, communities and hope, envisioning a world where everyone has a decent place to live. The housing organization works in communities across all 50 states.
For this project, Fox Valley and Northern Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity affiliates will serve as developer of the Smart Neighborhood Initiative. In addition, Habitat for Humanity will partner with local government officials on a broader Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative to conduct home repairs and build quality, affordable homes for those in need. Nicor Gas will support that initiative through its energy efficiency program.
To learn more about the Smart Neighborhood Initiative, please visit
www.NGSmartNeighborhoods.com.
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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping is keeping the West guessing about whether Beijing will cooperate with tougher sanctions on Russia as he meets President Vladimir Putin a year after declaring they had a “no limits” friendship ahead of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.
China has avoided violating sanctions but its purchases of Russian oil and gas rose almost 60% in August over a year ago to $11.2 billion. That helps to top up Moscow's cash flow after the United States, Europe and Japan cut purchases and expelled Russia from the global banking system.
Xi and Putin are due to meet this week in Uzbekistan at a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, an eight-nation Central Asian security group.
Washington and allies in the Group of Seven major economies want to squeeze Moscow by enforcing an upper limit on how much buyers are allowed to pay for its oil. That would require cooperation from China, India and other energy-hungry Asian economies that have avoided taking sides and still buy from Russia.
“India and China may decide to stay out of the fray and sign separate agreements with Russia,” wrote Sergey Vakulenko, a former strategy director for Russian gas giant Gazprom, in a report for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
China’s potential role as a spoiler reflects its strength as the second-biggest global economy and its reluctance to hurt Russia.
Beijing-Moscow relations were chilly during the Soviet era but the two sides have formed a political marriage of convenience since the 1990s, united by shared frustration with U.S. dominance of global affairs.
Russia is looking to China for support, said Alexander Gabuev, a leading Russian expert on ties with Beijing.
China is the largest trade and economic partner outside the sanctions coalition, he noted, contributing about 18% to Russia's foreign trade. As Russia embraces using the Chinese yuan as its main foreign currency and looks to China to replace some technology it cannot buy from the West, it will rise further.
“China will be a much larger partner of Russia by the end of this year, and especially in the coming years, when the oil embargo will fully work and gas exports to the EU will drop, possibly to zero, except for what gets through the Turkish stream,” Gabuev said.
Beijing bought 20% of Moscow's crude exports last year, according to the International Energy Agency. Purchases have risen this year, helping to top up Russia's cash flow in the face of Western sanctions. China spent 60% more on Russian oil and gas in August than a year earlier, according to customs data.
The ruling Communist Party's military wing, the People's Liberation Army, spent billions of dollars on Russian fighter planes and other weapons starting in the late '90s, but those purchases have ended as China develops its own technology.
G7 governments announced on Sept. 2 they would enforce price caps on Russian oil by prohibiting their shipping companies or insurers from dealing with any customer that pays more. They have yet to say when that might take effect.
Other sanctions imposed by Washington, Europe and Japan are enforced by the threat that any country that violates them, even if it has not agreed to them, might also be cut off from valuable Western markets and the global banking system.
China, the biggest global energy consumer, has one of the biggest tanker fleets and its own insurers, which would allow Beijing to operate outside G7 curbs.
If China, India or other Asian governments refuse to cooperate, the G7 has to decide whether to sanction their biggest trading partners and “risk waging an economic war on several fronts,” Vakulenko wrote.
Meanwhile, Russia has threatened to stop selling to any country that complies.
Xi's government also sees Russian oil and gas as a way to diversify supplies and reduce strategic risks from potential disruptions. Last year, China bought 20% of Russia's crude exports, according to the International Energy Agency.
China rejects sanctions already in place as improper because they weren't imposed through the United Nations, where Beijing and Moscow have veto power as permanent Security Council members. But Chinese banks and companies have complied for fear of losing access to valuable Western markets or the global financial system.
China or other countries aren't barred from buying Russian energy. But President Joe Biden has warned Xi of unspecified consequences if Beijing helps Moscow evade sanctions.
Some Chinese companies are pulling out of Russia, but Beijing appears to be looking for ways to profit from Moscow's isolation.
Gazprom agreed last week to let state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. pay in Russian rubles or Chinese yuan instead of dollars. That works in China's favor, because few other exporters accept yuan, which makes Russia more likely to buy Chinese goods.
Access to low-priced Russian oil and gas has helped China ward off the inflation that is roiling Western economies.
While inflation in the 17 countries that use Europe’s euro currency spiked to a record 9.1%, Chinese consumer prices rose just 2.5% in August, down from the previous month’s 2.7%.
Apart from imports that show up in official data, China also might be buying Russian oil, along with crude from Iran and Venezuela, through traders in the Middle East.
Merchants in Fujairah, a port in the United Arab Emirates, blend cargos from suppliers that are under sanctions and shift them between tankers at sea to hide their origin, The Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 29, citing unidentified traders.
Elsewhere, exports to China from Malaysia, an oil producer, exceed the Southeast Asian nation’s domestic output by one-third, according to Bloomberg News, suggesting it is being used as a channel for other supplies.
China gave Moscow an economic lifeline following Western sanctions imposed over its 2014 seizure of Crimea from Ukraine, agreeing to buy Russian gas in a 30-year, $400 billion deal. Moscow turned to Chinese state-owned companies to help pay for oil and gas development after Crimea-related sanctions cut off Western financing.
On Feb. 4, three weeks ahead of Moscow's attack on Ukraine, Beijing and Moscow announced a 30-year gas contract. The official newspaper Global Times said that will increase Russia's annual supplies to China by about 25%. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/China-keeps-West-guessing-about-economic-pressure-17440155.php | 2022-09-14 03:39:04 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/China-keeps-West-guessing-about-economic-pressure-17440155.php |
2 killed, 2 injured when 4 motorcycles crash on I-95 in Flagler County, FHP says
Two motorcyclists were killed and two others suffered minor injuries in a wreck Tuesday on Interstate 95 in Flagler County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The motorcyclists killed were a 22-year-old female and a 29-year-old man, both from Jacksonville, the FHP said. The two other injured were men, ages 36 and 25, also from Jacksonville, the FHP said. All four were wearing helmets, the FHP stated.
The group of motorcyclists was traveling northbound about 9:39 p.m. nearing mile marker 296 in the left travel lane when for unknown reasons the cycles collided with one another, the FHP stated. All four riders were thrown onto the highway, the FHP stated.
A northbound sport utility vehicle traveling in the center lane struck the 29-year-old motorcyclist, the FHP stated.
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The two surviving motorcyclists were taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, the FHP stated.
The occupants of the SUV, a 48-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl, were not injured, FHP stated.
The northbound lanes of Interstate 95 were closed for about six hours but have since reopened. Traffic was directed off the interstate at Matanzas Woods Parkway. | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/accident/2022/05/25/2-jacksonville-motorcyclists-killed-crash-95-flagler-county/9922567002/ | 2022-05-25 18:00:12 | 1 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/accident/2022/05/25/2-jacksonville-motorcyclists-killed-crash-95-flagler-county/9922567002/ |
The Chicago White Sox entered a season-defining series against the Cleveland Guardians this week looking to pick up crucial ground in the American League Central.
The series wrapped up Thursday with another disappointing day for the Sox, who lost 4-2 in front of 23,395 at Guaranteed Rate Field.
It was a deflating three games for the Sox, who were swept and trail the Guardians by seven games with 12 games remaining.
“It’s tough,” Sox right fielder Gavin Sheets said. “Obviously 162 doesn’t come down to three games. But we knew what we had to do this series and we weren’t able to do it.
“It’s frustrating, it’s disappointing, but it’s not just this series. We had to play better all season. Obviously this was a huge series and we weren’t able to pull through. They were playing great baseball. It certainly wasn’t just this series.”
The Guardians’ magic number to clinch the division is five.
“We came into this series thinking it was a very important series because we were chasing them,” Sox starter Johnny Cueto said through an interpreter. “Unfortunately it went the way it went.”
Cueto, pitching for the first time since Sept. 11 after an illness kept him from a weekend outing, allowed four runs — three earned — on eight hits with three strikeouts and a walk in six innings.
“To come up and pitch after being sick, he’s a competitor,” Sox acting manager Miguel Cairo said.
He faced a Guardians team that showcased its running, whether it was on an infield hit, going first to third on a single or legging out a triple.
José Ramírez reached on an infield hit in the first, moved to third on a single and scored on a bunt single by Andrés Giménez to give the Guardians a 1-0 lead.
The Sox tied the game with a two-out rally in the bottom of the first. José Abreu doubled and scored on an Eloy Jiménez single.
The Guardians reclaimed the lead in the third when Amed Rosario reached on an infield single, moved to third when Cueto threw wildly on a pickoff attempt and scored on a Ramírez sacrifice fly.
Steven Kwan drove in a run in the fifth with a triple and scored on another sacrifice fly from Ramírez, making it 4-1.
“They run, and they hustle, they play hard and they put the ball in play,” Cueto said of the Guardians.
The Sox got the run in the first against Guardians starter Shane Bieber but nothing else until Sheets’ eighth-inning homer. Bieber allowed two runs on seven hits with five strikeouts in 7⅔ innings.
“Bieber, he’s outstanding,” Cairo said. “He knows how to throw his fastball, his cutter, the curveball. He keeps you out off balance. And he attacks the strike zone. He makes you swing. He knows how to pitch.”
The Sheets homer cut the deficit to 4-2. Bieber exited after giving up a two-out double to Yoán Moncada in the eighth. Trevor Stephan entered to face Abreu, who represented the tying run, and struck him out.
Closer Emmanuel Clase retired the Sox in order in the ninth for his 37th save as the Guardians won for the 15th time in their last 18.
“We just fell short to a really good team,” Cairo said. “They know how to pitch, they play defense and they know how to put the barrel on the ball. You’ve got to play clean and you have to take advantage of the chances that they give you. It’s not too many.
“They’ve been playing good and it was a tough task. Our players, they fought too. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.”
The Guardians have a commanding hold on the division while the Sox, a preseason favorite, find themselves just two games over .500.
“Have to play for each other,” Sheets said of the team’s approach for the final 12 games. “Go out there with the same goal. Go out and try to win every game. Obviously we’ve put ourselves in a very, very tough spot. I don’t even know what the percentage is at this time, but more than anything we need to go out and play for each other.
“Play to get a win and regardless of where we’re at, we need to try to win every game.”
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Long before his #MeToo demise as a U.S. senator, Al Franken wrote an exposé of politicians and pundits who don't always tell the truth. "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them" caused upheaval in Washington.
Yet lying got worse than ever, including the election of a president who reportedly lied more than 30,000 times in his single term. People don't know whom to believe anymore. Millions bought the lie that coronavirus vaccines are part of a government plot. Millions more believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
Fox News is defending itself for having advanced the lie that Dominion Voting Systems helped rig the 2020 presidential election against President Donald Trump. Fox questions whether the lies caused actual harm.
Fox's Tucker Carlson defended himself in a 2020 slander lawsuit by arguing that the things he says on television are clearly exaggerations and aren't supposed to be believed by viewers. He won.
The big question hanging over Congress these days is whether Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) should be ousted over his serial lying to win election.
Lies provoke outrage. But unless physical or financial harm can be proven, Americans will have to live with all these lying liars and the lies they tell. | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/feb/01/the-right-to-lie/ | 2023-02-01 10:47:51 | 1 | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/feb/01/the-right-to-lie/ |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Lawmakers say they are concerned about an increase in human and drug trafficking across the border between the U.S. and Canada.
Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Penn.) says it’s time to expand the discussion about border security.
“There’s a lot more to the borders of the United States than just the southwestern border. We also have a northern border,” Kelly said.
That’s why Kelly and other house republicans created the Northern Border Caucus.
“We have big borders but we’ve always kind of trusted that there’s going to be oversight. The thing we’re finding out now is there really not as much oversight as we need,” Kelly said.
Kelly says all the current attention on the southern border is opening a door for human and drug trafficking up North.
“I do know in those New England states, the amount of drugs coming in through that area is having an incredible effect on the lives of people,” Kelly said.
The U.S.-Canadian border stretches across more than 5000 miles and is more than double the size of the border with Mexico.
“But the size and scope of that border is so big, it’s mostly unwatched,” Kelly said.
Rep. Lou Correa (D-Cali.) likes the idea of a northern border caucus but thinks its goal should be finding better ways to work with our northern neighbor.
“We’ve got to make sure we have a good working relationship with Canada. We want to make sure that Canada knows that their problems are our problems and our problems are the Canadian problems,” Correa said.
Kelly agrees but says right now his group is focused on getting more support from other members of Congress. | https://www.pahomepage.com/washington/washington-dc/republicans-from-northern-border-security-caucus-to-address-drug-human-trafficking-concerns/ | 2023-03-17 19:42:20 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/washington/washington-dc/republicans-from-northern-border-security-caucus-to-address-drug-human-trafficking-concerns/ |
NOLENSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The first encounter with racism that Harmony Kennedy can remember came in elementary school. On a playground, a girl picked up a leaf and said she wanted to “clean the dirt” from Harmony’s skin.
In sixth grade, a boy dropped trash on the floor and told her to pick it up, “because you’re a slave.” She was stunned — no one had ever said anything like that to her before.
As protests for racial justice broke out in 2020, white students at her Tennessee high school kneeled in the hallways and chanted, “Black lives matter!” in mocking tones. As she saw the students receive light punishments, she grew increasingly frustrated.
So when Tennessee began passing legislation that could limit the discussion and teaching of Black history, gender identity and race in the classroom, to Harmony, it felt like a gut punch — as if the adults were signaling this kind of ignorant behavior was acceptable. The law was broad, but to her, the potential impact was crushing.
“When I heard they were removing African American history, banning LGBTQ, I almost started crying,” said Harmony, 16. “We’re not doing anything to anybody. Why do they care what we personally prefer, or what we look like?”
As conservative politicians and activists push for limits on discussions of race, gender and sexuality, some students say the measures targeting aspects of their identity have made them less welcome in American schools — the one place all kids are supposed to feel safe.
Some of the new restrictions have been championed by conservative state leaders and legislatures, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who say they are necessary to counter liberal influence in schools. Others have been pushed by local activists or school boards arguing teachers need more oversight to ensure classroom materials are appropriate.
Books have been pulled from libraries. Some schools have insisted on using the names transgender students had before they transitioned. And teachers wary of breaking new rules have shied from discussions related to race, gender and other politically sensitive topics, even as students say they desperately need to see their lived experiences reflected in the classroom.
Among them are a transgender student at a Pennsylvania school where teachers are directed to use students’ birth names, a bisexual student in Florida who sensed a withdrawal of adult support, and Harmony, a Black student outside Nashville alarmed by efforts to restrict lessons on Black history.
For these and other students of color and LGBTQ+ kids, it can feel like their very existence is being rejected.
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In late 2020, during the pandemic school closures, Leo Burchell started using different pronouns, trying on new clothes and shorter hair. The changes felt right.
At school outside Philadelphia, Leo started telling teachers about using a different name and they/them pronouns, and the teachers were immediately accepting. A shift to using he/him pronouns followed.
“I changed my name to Leo, and for a while it was tough,” he said. “I told some of my friends. I told the people close to me, but I wasn’t ready to come out to everybody yet … and I had the space to do that in my own time.”
To tell his parents, Leo shared a poem he had written about his transition. He worried it would be hard for them, as parents who had always identified as “girl parents” to three daughters. His mom, dad, older and twin sister were all supportive.
Then, over the last year, the Central Bucks School District’s board barred staff from using students’ chosen names or pronouns without parental permission.
The board passed what it called a “neutrality” policy that bars social and political advocacy in classrooms — a measure opponents have seen as targeting Pride flags and other symbols teachers use to signal support for LGBTQ+ students. Reviews of the appropriateness of books have mostly targeted LGBTQ+ literature.
Each step felt like chipping away at the spaces that made Leo feel safe enough to explore his gender identity.
Across the district, parents and students told the board stories of slurs, hate speech and sometimes violence directed toward transgender children. But other adults pressed forward in their effort to restrict inclusion. During one board meeting when a transgender student was speaking, rather than listening, a group of parents whispered to each other. One adult audibly asked: “Is that a girl?”
One man told the school board transgender people posed a risk of violence in bathrooms. Leo expected another adult in the room to interrupt what felt to him like hate speech. No one did.
So at the next board meeting, Leo spoke up. “Attacking students based on who they are or who they love is wrong,” he said. Leo has spoken regularly at meetings since.
Leo worries about what school will be like for younger transgender students.
“I don’t want my friends to be misgendered and deadnamed every single day just because they don’t want to come out to their parents,” Leo said. “It really just breaks my heart to know that some of my friends, you know, might not want to go to school anymore.”
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Jack Fitzgerald, a high school student in Broward County, Florida, came out to friends by accident at first.
At a book club meeting, he blurted out: “I don’t really like romance books unless they’re gay.” He hadn’t told anyone he was bisexual, but it came out easily in a place where he felt comfortable and safe.
Later, he would come out to his mother while watching television.
“So, I am bi,” he told her.
“And why are you telling me this?” she said. A lifelong conservative, his mother told him she had long known about his sexuality. It was not a problem.
The confidence and relief he felt led Jack to start his school’s gender and sexuality alliance club. Last year, as a junior, he led a school walkout to protest a new law that banned instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity for kindergarten to third grade. The law, part of the anti-LGBTQ+ legislation pushed by DeSantis, was dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” by critics and recently expanded to encompass all grades.
Jack was surprised by two things. Most students initially knew little about the bill. And once they learned about it, support for the walkout was overwhelming.
Teachers have been more cautious.
Jack remembers talking to his debate teacher about covering some controversial topics. “You have to realize, … teachers have families,” he told Jack, who took it as a comment on teachers worried about losing their jobs.
In another class, Jack recalls an environmental teacher told the class she could not answer a question during a discussion on climate change or she would be seen as “too woke.”
There also was a school board member, Debra Hixon, who won Jack’s admiration when she spoke last year at a town hall event for teens. Hixon, who became widely known after her husband was killed in the 2018 Parkland school shooting, expressed support for LGBTQ+ students.
“I think I even told my mom. I was like, ‘Oh, we’ve got to vote for her next time because she seems so impassioned, and she genuinely came across like she cared,’” he said.
When Jack asked her in April how the school district would react to the new laws, Hixon said they were going to comply with the law.
The response shocked Jack. He thought back to how the district had stood up to the DeSantis administration over COVID-19 policies like mask mandates. When it came to protecting LGBTQ+ students, it seemed, there was no appetite for defiance.
“They didn’t even try to act like they were going to try, you know?” he said. “And it was so disappointing. It really took the air out of me.”
Hixon said she felt badly that Jack had the impression she was not defending LGBTQ+ students.
“We have a lot of new laws to navigate, and I am still processing what they mean for our district, so I don’t want to overstep and say something that is incorrect or inappropriate,” she said. “I am more guarded with my responses, but I promise I will continue to defend our students to ensure they feel safe and welcome in our schools.”
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In Harmony’s freshman-year English class, a boy started playing with his mask and joked, “I can’t breathe, just like George Floyd,” Harmony recalled.
“I was really upset. And I called him out on it. And I was like, ‘Are you kidding me? Someone died,'” she said.
She told her teacher, who said she was sorry it happened but there was not much she could do. Nothing happened to the boy, Harmony said.
To be a Black student in this environment, and to see efforts to minimize the teaching of Black history, Harmony said, is a reminder of why it’s important that a full version of history is taught. A law passed by Tennessee in 2021 banned schools from teaching several concepts on race and racism, leading many teachers to avoid discussions related to race.
“If people are taking this out of schools, it’s making the ignorance go on, because they’re not understanding the pain and agony we have to go through,” she said.
The incident led Harmony to join the Forward Club, which works to promote cultural and racial inclusion at her predominantly white high school. The club’s members come from a diverse array of backgrounds — including the children of some adults who have disparaged the group.
At times, students who speak out against new policies have been targeted for harassment. In Williamson County, Tennessee, where Harmony goes to school, a political action committee accused another high school’s Black student union of promoting segregation. The PAC posted the time and place of the student group’s meeting on social media. Elsewhere, trans and nonbinary students who have spoken up about bullying have faced only more insults on social media.
For some, the hostility can be exhausting. Milana Kumar, a rising senior in Collierville, Tennessee, who is genderqueer, is comfortable with their identity among friends. But it’s not a conversation they bring up at school, where they said teachers and other students often do not respect chosen pronouns.
“I’ve never tried to navigate that, I think just as a response to save myself from a lot of hurt that would happen,” Milana said.
Recently, Tennessee passed a bill that would protect teachers from discipline or other consequences if they misgender their students. At the time, Milana was at the Capitol testifying on other legislation. She thought about how routine a day it was.
“Taking away a whole group of people’s right to be who they are, that’s just like, this is a typical day. I think I was more scared that that was a reality than I was sad about the bill itself.”
Attending predominantly white schools means Harmony has had to go out of her way to learn about Black culture and history — often outside of school. That has shaped where she wants to go next. She’d like to attend a historically Black college and pledge a Black sorority.
What Harmony wants, ultimately, is to be able to go to school like any other teenager and focus on learning. To go to a football game without hearing racial slurs. To stand up for herself without being seen as an aggressor.
Meantime, it’s something she’ll continue to speak up for.
“My sister is going to be an incoming freshman this year, and I want her to have a safe learning environment where she doesn’t have to really deal with all the ignorance and things,” she said. “I want her to be able to enjoy high school.”
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The Associated Press’ reporting around issues of race and ethnicity is supported in part by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content. | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/as-conservatives-target-schools-lgbtq-kids-and-students-of-color-feel-less-safe/ | 2023-06-08 14:28:31 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/as-conservatives-target-schools-lgbtq-kids-and-students-of-color-feel-less-safe/ |
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — Henny Schminke never considered herself a runner.
Growing up, she lived in Germany, Virginia and Pennsylvania where she played tennis, squash and lacrosse.
When she moved here to West Lafayette, one of the biggest adjustments was sports.
"Squash definitely is not a big thing here," Schminke said. "I found a lacrosse club, but it is an hour away, so it's based out of Indy."
Schminke had friends who ran cross country and track for West Lafayette. Her locker was also across from the coach's classroom, and he told her to come out to a practice.
"She came out hurtling, high jumping, and did a little bit at 800," West Lafayette Track and Field Head Coach Andy Dunn said. "So we kind of put her in a whole bunch of different places and then eventually kind of found that niche of that 800. It's come a long way from playing squash and lacrosse to finding out that she's a pretty good runner."
Henny showed up to practice that day to hang out with her friends and stay active for her other sports. But running quickly transitioned into much more.
"It kind of started out as a thing of like, I'm still a lacrosse player, I'm still a squash player, and I'm kind of just doing the stay in shape," Schminke said. "But then as I've gotten better at it, it's kind of transitioning more towards having the attitude of a runner, seeing myself more a runner as well as an athlete in different sports."
Most recently, Henny broke the 800 meter time at the City/County Track Meet.
She knew she wanted to break the record that night and finished with a time of 2:16.46.
Schminke broke the record by over a second. Her friends and coaches continue to be impressed.
"Everyone was little bit surprised at first," Schminke said. "But then now they're like, okay, well, there she goes again."
Coach Dunn said Schminke sets the bar for the younger runners on the team.
"She brings strong leadership," Dunn said. "She's a likable kid. She works really hard every day, so she brings a great work ethic."
As she wraps up the track and field season, Schminke hopes to drop her 800 time even more and win some state medals.
When the season ends, she starts up her summer lacrosse season.
Moving around has not only introduced Henny to a variety of sports.
"It's definitely helped me make adjustments to things a lot easier and kind of fit in wherever I end up," Schminke said. "That's honestly a really useful life skill, because as I go off to college, everyone's going to be in a new environment. But I've kind of had experience with that, and I hope that that'll help me later in life, just being able to adjust to things easily."
While cross country and track have helped her endurance on the lacrosse field, Henny Schminke said she definitely considers herself a runner now. | https://www.wlfi.com/news/henny-schminke-finds-success-on-the-track/article_913b9140-f2c5-11ed-bb34-9ffbaf7d5651.html | 2023-05-15 03:43:38 | 0 | https://www.wlfi.com/news/henny-schminke-finds-success-on-the-track/article_913b9140-f2c5-11ed-bb34-9ffbaf7d5651.html |
Sam Asghari stepped into the gym before he steps up to the altar.
Sam was photographed at an Equinox gym in Los Angeles on June 9, just hours before he is set to tie the knot with Britney Spears. For his pre-nuptials outing, the 28-year-old sported an orange sleeveless hoodie paired with blue camouflage shorts and sneakers, as seen in a photo obtained by E! News.
Sam and Britney's special day comes nearly seven months after the "I Wanna Go" singer's 13-year conservatorship was terminated. E! News learned that Britney's father and former conservator, Jamie Spears, along with her mother, Lynne Spears and sister Jamie Lynn Spears did not receive invites to the wedding.
In addition to their absence, a source confirmed to E! News Britney's sons Sean Preston, 16, and Jayden James, 15, who she shares with ex Kevin Federline, will not be present to see their mom and Sam say "I do."
Still, Kevin's attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan shared with TMZ, "Kevin and the boys are happy for Britney and wish her and Sam all the best going forward."
Sam and Britney got engaged back in September. At the time, Britney celebrated the special milestone by taking to Instagram with a video of her dazzling diamond ring. She captioned the moment, "I can't f--king believe it."
One week before Sam popped the question, a source close to the Can You Keep a Secret actor shared with E! News that getting engaged "has always been in the cards" for the couple.
"It's the direction their relationship has been heading for nearly two years now," the inside said. "It's always a discussion and it's not a question of if, it's when."
And it seems that question has finally found it's answer. | https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1334065/see-sam-asghari-hit-the-gym-before-wedding-to-britney-spears | 2022-06-09 21:09:19 | 0 | https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1334065/see-sam-asghari-hit-the-gym-before-wedding-to-britney-spears |
As long as there’s been electricity, humans have used more of it in the middle of the day, according to Matt Kakley, a representative from ISO-New England, the organization that runs New England’s regional grid. But things are changing with small-scale solar.
“What we’ve seen is that that’s still true, but over time, as more and more people have put solar panels on their roofs or of their homes or their businesses, is that they're getting that electricity from those solar panels rather than the bulk power system,” he said.
That means on some days, when the weather conditions are right, the demand on the regional power system is lower in the middle of the day than it is in the middle of the night. Those are called “duck curve” days, because the demand curve looks like a duck.
ISO-New England saw more duck curve days in 2022 than in all other years, combined – 45, in total.
“We saw them on weekdays; we saw them on weekends. We saw them pretty much every month of the year with a couple of exceptions, and really this has started happening more and more than we've ever seen in New England before,” Kakley said.
Kakley says understanding duck curves is important to plan for the grid of the future. It’s one way New England residents can see the clean energy transition play out in real time.
“Things that were true and taken as facts 15, 20 years ago are changed now,” he said. “The clean energy transition is happening. It’s already happening and will continue.”
When less electricity is needed from the regional grid, big power plants that run on fossil fuels – and emit the greenhouse gases that drive climate change – are less needed.
The grid operator incorporated better modeling for small-scale solar into its daily forecast for operations in 2019. Kakley says it’s always important for the ISO to have an accurate weather forecast, but even more so as the impact of solar panels increases.
In 2021, New England had about 4,800 megawatts of solar. By 2031, that’s expected to more than double to 11,500 megawatts, with the majority of that being the smaller-scale panels that drive duck curve days. | https://www.nepm.org/2023-02-17/new-england-grid-operator-says-small-scale-solar-is-driving-down-electricity-demand-on-some-days | 2023-02-17 21:02:04 | 1 | https://www.nepm.org/2023-02-17/new-england-grid-operator-says-small-scale-solar-is-driving-down-electricity-demand-on-some-days |
CHICAGO (NewsNation) — Many Special Operations veterans find it difficult to find a purpose after leaving the military. They possess unique skillsets, but trauma can make them feel isolated. But one group of Special Ops veterans are using their military diving skills to restore America’s oceans.
For special operations veterans, diving usually means carrying 200 pounds of gear underwater to destroy a potentially dangerous objective. Intense experiences like this lead 40% of veterans to suffer from depression when returning to civilian life.
That was the case for Rudy Reyes, a retired Recon Marine who struggled with post-traumatic stress and depression since returning home from multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. But while on a recreational dive trip to the Cayman Islands with two friends, his perspective on diving and life changed forever.
Shortly after the trip, the three men laid the groundwork for Force Blue, which retrains former combat divers to carry out marine research and conservation.
Finding a job after their military service affects nearly 200,000 veterans every year. According to the Pew Research Centern, one in four U.S. veterans have a job lined up after leaving the armed forces. | https://www.cenlanow.com/morning-in-america/special-ops-veterans-on-a-mission-to-restore-oceans/ | 2022-06-27 16:14:26 | 0 | https://www.cenlanow.com/morning-in-america/special-ops-veterans-on-a-mission-to-restore-oceans/ |
Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street as investors count down to the end of the worst year for the S&P 500 since 2008.
The benchmark S&P 500 fell 1.2% Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the technology heavy Nasdaq composite also lost ground.
Southwest Airlines shares dropped as the carrier’s dramatic trouble with flight cancellations continued. Energy stocks slipped along with falling crude oil and natural gas prices. Tesla recovered some of the steep losses it suffered after reports Tuesday that it temporarily suspended production at a factory in Shanghai.
On Wednesday:
The S&P 500 fell 46.03 points, or 1.2%, to 3,783.22.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 365.85 points, or 1.1%, to 32,875.71.
The Nasdaq fell 139.94 points, or 1.4%, to 10,213.29.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 27.49 points, or 1.6%, to 1,722.02.
For the week:
The S&P 500 is down 61.60 points, or 1.6%.
The Dow is down 328.22 points, or 1%.
The Nasdaq is down 284.58 points, or 2.7%.
The Russell 2000 is down 38.91 points, or 2.2%.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is down 982.96 points, or 20.6%.
The Dow is down 3,462.59 points, or 9.5%.
The Nasdaq is down 5,431.68 points, or 34.7%.
The Russell 2000 is down 523.29 points, or 23.3%. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/business/article/How-major-US-stock-indexes-fared-Wednesday-17681880.php | 2022-12-28 21:44:36 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/business/article/How-major-US-stock-indexes-fared-Wednesday-17681880.php |
On the afternoon of April 24, Dr. Attia Abdullah, a general medicine doctor and secretary general of the Sudan Doctors Trade Union, got a call: An airstrike had hit the Al-Kalakla neighborhood of Khartoum and civilian casualties were pouring in. He set off immediately for the hospital.
The route to the hospital was peppered with military checkpoints. Groups of soldiers roamed the streets carrying machine guns. Abdullah did not dare wear his medical scrubs or carry his professional badge. He also dared not drive. If he were stopped by the soldiers at one of the checkpoints, his driver's license would reveal he was a medical doctor. Like other doctors in Sudan, he had received many cryptic calls and text messages that made him fear for his life.
So he walked. Twelve miles, in his jalabiya, the floor-length billowy white robe traditionally worn by men in Sudan. By the time he arrived at Al-Kalakla Turkish Hospital three hours later, its hems were dusty with sand.
The waiting room of the hospital was crowded with patients and their caretakers. Many patients were actively bleeding. Some had gunshot wounds. Others bore crush injuries from the concrete rubble of bombed buildings. "We were not prepared for the casualties we saw," Abdullah recalls. Still, he and his few medical staff began systematically triaging and treating the many patients.
Taking aim at hospitals
The conflict in Sudan erupted on April 15, as two generals went to war over absolute power. Overnight, the generals turned Sudan's capital, Khartoum, into a playground for urban warfare, trapping millions of civilians in the crossfire. In shopping districts and residential areas across the city, soldiers exchange machine gun fire in open streets. Fighter jets have boomed overhead, raining down artillery shells that glimmer like meteoric orbs before plummeting down, destroying homes, schools and factories.
On May 22, a week-long ceasefire took effect to pause the fierce fighting and establish safe routes for the delivery of international aid. The product of weeks of negotiation, it was heralded as a breakthrough. However, within hours of taking effect, gunfire and explosions were heard throughout the capital of Sudan and the hope of humanitarian aid dwindled.
The conflict in Sudan has so far resulted in over 860 deaths, thousands of injured and over one million displaced civilians. Sudanese doctors are among the few organized groups attending to the humanitarian crisis on the ground in Khartoum — but the health system is teetering on the brink of collapse.
Hospitals under siege
Hospitals have been explicit targets in the conflict. They've been stormed by fighters with machine guns drawn, who hijack the buildings to establish strategic bases for their urban warfare, – and they've been targeted with aerial bombing.
According to the Sudan Doctors Trade Union, which is tracking hospital capacity across the country, barely a third of hospitals in all of the country's clash sites remain open. And even those facilities are operating at reduced capacity. In Geneina, Darfur, a town of over 250,000 in the western border where fighting has been especially severe, all health facilities are out of service.
In the hospitals still able to function, water is scarce and electricity is unreliable, as is the case in many sectors of the city. Our Sudanese colleagues tell us that surgeons are sometimes operating under the glow of cellphone lights, relying on basic surgical tools like steel scalpels. Resources like oxygen and dialysis supplies, anesthetics and other medications have completely run out in some hospitals. Supply chains that bring food and medicines to Khartoum by air and land have been severed by violence and looting.
Sudanese doctors are suffering the moral agony of making impossible medical decisions in these extreme circumstances. Dr. Abdullah and his colleagues ran out of blood while treating the flood of casualties at Al-Kalakla Turkish Hospital. The medical team also lacked the supplies needed to properly collect and store blood donations. Their only option was to perform direct blood transfusion, a risky medical practice wherein blood is passed directly from the arm of a willing family member into the arm of their injured relative through an intravenous tube connecting them. The blood types of the donor and patient are briefly checked for very broad compatibility using a blood typing card. However, because the blood is not tested for communicable diseases and may not be an exact match, the procedure carries the risk of infection and severe allergic blood reaction.
Aided by volunteers, Sudanese doctors are improvising to provide life-saving medical care. They pool what little medications are in stock, distributing them to the neediest patients. In addition, they have set up medical triage networks — including hotlines and websites that civilians can use to request help. They also organized mobile teams of community volunteers that can be dispatched to patients' homes to render first aid and identify those in most need of hospital transport.
Doctors are known as 'Soldiers in White'
As Sudanese-American doctors practicing in the United States, we are inspired by our Sudanese counterparts. They are exemplars of the ideals of our profession. They've not just managed to provide care in unimaginable circumstances; they've done so while facing enormous risks to their safety. They have long been called "Soldiers in White" for their dedication to their profession in periods of conflict — never more so than in this violent time.
Among the most sinister threats Sudanese doctors have faced are the direct personal threats to their lives. Sudanese doctors have maintained neutrality and abided by their professional oaths to treat all victims, including soldiers from both sides. However, the warring armed forces have indiscriminately trampled on the human rights guaranteed for medical staff under the Geneva Convention, accusing them of supporting the opposing side and sending staff death threats through both private telephone communication and public social media posts.
Despite escalating threats to their lives, the Sudan Doctors Trade Union released a statement on May 6 asserting that they "remained committed to the values of the medical profession, and the duty to provide care to injured and wounded amidst armed conflict."
Not only that, they have refused to stay silent – documenting the number of deaths and injuries, speaking out against human rights abuses and appealing for support from the international community. A joint statement with partner organizations abroad – including the Sudan Doctors Union-Canada, Sudanese American Physicians Association, Physicians for Human Rights and others – implores that the "international community and international organizations must also act swiftly to secure safe passage for civilians fleeing the war and prepare shelter, food, and medical services for internally displaced people and refugees."
The apparent failure of the May 22 ceasefire means this support won't arrive.
A doctor's dream
This is not the first ceasefire to fail in this conflict. The United States and many regional nations have attempted to broker multiple ceasefires. Their diplomatic strategy has been to negotiate just with the two warring generals. Civilian groups have been excluded. Attempted ceasefires have been broken, and both warring sides have thrown human rights principles to the wayside.
Other diplomatic strategies are needed. We have seen the remarkable capability of the United States and the global community to act when tyrants unlawfully threaten the rights of peoples. In supporting Ukrainian citizens from Russian aggression, the State Department committed to protecting the human rights of Ukrainians by "ensuring that perpetrators, human rights violators and war criminals are brought to justice." They have used a number of policy levers to do so, sanctioning Russian government officials, wealthy elites and entities that are financially fueling the violent conflict against Ukrainians and empowering Ukrainian civilian experts as "domestic authorities" to investigate human rights abuses.
For their herculean efforts to provide humanitarian relief against all odds, Sudanese doctors, nurses and civilian volunteers deserve the same full-weighted diplomatic efforts. It is time that the United States and other powerful nations give civilian groups a seat at the negotiating table. Aid organizations, including the U.N., should commit to localization and partner directly with local civilian organizations, rather than the armed forces, to distribute and manage aid. Lastly, the United States should proceed with sanctions against the generals who have committed clear human rights abuses and other entities fueling the conflict.
And what does Dr. Abdullah want from the international community? He told us: "If only one request, I would ask the international diplomatic specialists to stop this war immediately and unconditionally. This is my first request. This is my dream."
Hazar Khidir is a Sudanese-American emergency physician at Yale. Dalia Owda is is a Sudanese-American emergency physician at Yale. Hana Khidir is a Sudanese-American internal medicine physician at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center.
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CHICAGO — A pop-up across from Wrigley Field offers a warm and toasty lodge for visitors to get out of the cold and warm their bellies with holiday cocktails and festive food options.
WGN’s Marcella Raymond takes you to Smoke Daddy in Wrigleyville, which has rebranded itself as the ‘Lumberjack Lodge’ for the holiday season.
For more information on the holiday festivities happening at the bar and restaurant, visit their website. | https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-weekend-morning-news/weekend-break-smoke-daddy-transforms-into-the-lumberjack-lodge/ | 2022-11-28 01:42:47 | 0 | https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-weekend-morning-news/weekend-break-smoke-daddy-transforms-into-the-lumberjack-lodge/ |
The National Federation of Infectious Diseases and the CDC are urging people to get flu shots. Both groups say the flu is likely to come back after a two-year hiatus, and it could be a bad year.
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The National Federation of Infectious Diseases and the CDC are urging people to get flu shots. Both groups say the flu is likely to come back after a two-year hiatus, and it could be a bad year.
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) declared his opposition to a possible nationwide TikTok ban as many members of both parties push back against the platform, saying a ban would be a “mistake.”
Paul told Fox News in an interview on Tuesday that he believes a ban would violate the First Amendment. He noted that TikTok is unavailable in China, which is where TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is based.
“I think it’s a really bad idea. And people need to ask themselves, why does the Chinese government ban TikTok, and do we want to emulate the Chinese government? So I think it’s a mistake,” Paul said. “If you ban a social media platform, you know, I don’t know if you get any clearer that that goes against the First Amendment.”
Paul’s opposition comes as bills have been introduced in Congress in recent months to directly ban the downloading and use of the app and to grant the Commerce Department the authority to review and possibly ban technologies linked to foreign adversarial governments.
Punchbowl News reported that Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who introduced the federal TikTok ban, said he will seek unanimous consent for his legislation in the Senate on Wednesday. He told the outlet Tuesday that no one had raised an objection to the bill to him yet.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week amid questions from lawmakers about security procedures in place to protect U.S. users’ data on the app.
Members of Congress on both sides of the political aisle have raised concerns about the Chinese government having access to the data because TikTok is owned by a Chinese company. Chew maintained at the hearing and TikTok has emphasized over the months that it is not subject to the actions of the Chinese Communist Party and has policies in place to protect users’ personal information.
Several House Democrats have declared their opposition to a potential TikTok ban, including Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.), Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), but Paul makes at least one Republican who opposes the efforts.
Paul mentioned that the court system already blocked an attempted ban from the Trump administration in 2020, and courts might block any potential ban again.
“I’m for the First Amendment to the Constitution, which says that companies that operate in the United States, we shouldn’t limit their speech, or people who try to broadcast speech on those platforms,” he said. | https://www.wane.com/hill-politics/rand-paul-among-lawmakers-opposing-tiktok-ban-bills-i-think-its-a-mistake/ | 2023-03-28 23:30:16 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/hill-politics/rand-paul-among-lawmakers-opposing-tiktok-ban-bills-i-think-its-a-mistake/ |
LONDON, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shipments of large-area TFT LCD display panels dropped to historical lows in April as pandemic impacts combined with disruptions from the war in Europe and lockdowns in China to dampen demand, according to Omdia's latest Large Area Display Market Tracker.
Large-area TFT LCD panel shipments decreased by 10% Month on Month (MoM) and 5% Year on Year (YoY) in April, to 74.1million units, representing historically low shipment performance since May 2020. Omdia defines large-area TFT LCD displays as larger than 9 inches.
"With continued ramifications from the pandemic, demand for IT panels for monitors and notebook PCs remained strong in 4Q21. But as the market became saturated starting in 2022, IT panel shipments started slowing in 1Q22 and early 2Q22," said Robin Wu, Principal Analyst for Large Area Display & Production, Omdia.
Wu said that notebook panel shipments decreased 21% MoM in April, to 18.2 million units, or a 33% decrease from a peak of 27.3 million units in November 2021.
TV Shipments Dip 9% MoM
While TV panel prices have decreased noticeably since 3Q21, TV LCD panel shipments increased to a peak of 23.4 million in December 2021, driven by low prices. But rising inflation, the Ukraine crisis and continued lockdowns in China have slowed demand. As a result, TV panel shipments posted a 9% MoM decline in April, to 21.7million units.
Many TV panel prices have fallen below manufacturing cost, and panel makers began to lose money in their TV panel business starting in 4Q21. But Chinese panel makers, the biggest capacity owners, still haven't reduced their fab utilization. With no sign of demand recovery in 2Q22 or even 3Q22, the supply/demand situation is unlikely to see improvement, Wu said.
"IT LCD panels could still deliver positive cash flow for panel makers. But with prices dropping dramatically, panel makers will soon start to lose money in their IT panel business," Wu said. "Maybe only then will panel makers reduce their glass input and the overall supply/demand situation will return to balance."
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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Evening" game were:
3-2-5
(three, two, five)
¶ Ticket-holders with all three winning numbers in the order given win the top prize. Lesser amounts are also awarded to ticket-holders with other varying combinations of the winning numbers. | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-3-Evening-game-17576146.php | 2022-11-11 04:20:30 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-3-Evening-game-17576146.php |
Atlantic Southern Paving and Sealcoating announces its continued expansion in California with the acquisition of Black Diamond Paving & Concrete.
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlantic Southern Paving and Sealcoating ("Atlantic Southern," or the "Company"), a premier national commercial paving company headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL, announced today that it has acquired Black Diamond Paving & Concrete ("Black Diamond"), headquartered in Hayward, CA with an additional office in Escondido, CA. Black Diamond has earned a stellar reputation in Northern and Southern California, utilizing its unique "Diamond Standard" process.
Atlantic Southern's CEO, Michael J. Curry Jr., stated "We are thrilled to add Black Diamond to the Atlantic Southern team and continue our expansion in California. It's a great business fit with our long-term goals in the region."
This is Atlantic Southern's fourth acquisition this year as it continues to expand into new geographic markets. In addition to this transaction, Atlantic Southern acquired Superior Blacktop Services, C&T Paving and Pavement Exchange Group in April.
In 2019, Atlantic Southern partnered with Harbor Beach Capital, a middle market private equity firm with a proven track record of driving organic and acquisition growth in middle market businesses. The partnership's mission is to continue expanding Atlantic Southern's geographic footprint while also enriching its national service offerings to a growing customer base.
Headquartered in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Atlantic Southern is a leading, full-service commercial pavement maintenance and parking lot construction services company. Atlantic Southern offers its services throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The Company's services include ADA modification, asphalt paving, asphalt repairs, concrete, crack sealing, drainage, pavement marking, sealcoating, signage, speed bumps, and striping. For more information on Atlantic Southern Paving and Sealcoating, please call 954-581-5805 or visit www.AtlanticSouthernPaving.com
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As California’s efforts to enshrine abortion access continue, the University of California and California State University are working to provide medication abortions on all campuses by Jan. 1.
So far, none of the Cal State campuses offer medication abortions, and access within the UC system varies from campus to campus. Both university systems, however, say they are on track to implement a law passed in 2019 requiring their student health centers to provide access to the pills.
As many as 6,228 students could seek medication abortions on UC and Cal State campuses each year, once they are available, according to Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, a research program at the University of California San Francisco.
Making medication abortions available on college campuses would likely free up appointments at clinics throughout the state that could then be sought by people living in areas of California where abortion access is limited or in other states where it is now illegal, multiple reproductive health experts and advocates told CalMatters.
“Because there is going to be this increase in people coming to California, all of the clinics are going to have, you know, additional demand and kind of struggle with capacity,” said Cathren Cohen, a reproductive rights expert at the UCLA Center on Reproductive Health, Law and Policy. “While it’s not necessarily going to help all the people coming from out of state, it’s just generally going to increase the number of abortion providers.”
State Sen. Connie Leyva, who authored Senate Bill 24, said its significance could not have been anticipated years ago, before the recent Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the constitutional right to an abortion in the U.S.
“Little did we know how important this bill would be and this law would be based on the Supreme Court’s decision,” said Leyva, a Chino Democrat. “I think it’s even more important than it was when we did it.”
Securing abortion access on university campuses
Each month, between 322 and 519 students at Cal State and UC seek medication abortions, according to a 2018 report published by UCSF’s Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health.
As many as two-thirds of those students have to travel at least 30 minutes on public transportation to reach the closest non-campus clinic, the report estimated. The average cost of medication at facilities near campus is more than $600, according to the report, and the average wait time is a week.
“If one part of the population is able to get pregnant, has to go through hoops and overcome barriers to terminate a pregnancy, and in trying to do that has to miss class, that’s kind of an equity issue,” said UCSF OB-GYN and abortion specialist Josie Urbina. “You want everybody to have the same access, to have the same opportunities, to be able to concentrate and focus on their studies and their coursework without having to take time off.”
As campuses start providing medication abortions, many students will spend less time on the road and will see out-of-pocket costs decrease. Getting a medication abortion often involves a couple of appointments — either in person or virtually — and receiving a prescription.
The University of California Student Health Insurance Plan, which is required for students, covers the costs of medication abortions.
However, students in the Cal State system — and those who waive the insurance requirement at the UC — will have to pay to receive the medications. Sacramento State University expects the cost of medications would be between $60 and $80.
“There’s still a lot of areas where abortion access maybe is less than perfect or varies between different campuses and surrounding communities, or for different students within those communities,” said Alex Miles, chairperson of government relations for the UC Student Association. “Reproductive health care access, in general, has to be central and fully accessible.”
To meet the Jan. 1 deadline, Cal State and UC campuses without medication abortion access — including UC San Diego, UC Davis and UC Riverside — will have to both train providers and update information on websites so students know the service is available. The COVID-19 pandemic has delayed some of that preparation, said Annie Sumberg, senior director for medication abortion access for Essential Access Health, a reproductive health advocacy and consulting group that is helping campuses gear up.
Essential Access Health is offering Zoom training sessions for UC and Cal State campus providers that give an overview of the new law, how to administer a medication abortion and how to support patients after they end their pregnancies.
Several campuses said they are considering offering telehealth appointments for medication abortion and allowing students to pick up pills at a pharmacy closer to home.
The FDA approved having abortion medications sent by mail in 2021, and demand for telehealth has grown during the pandemic. Physical exams and ultrasounds are not necessary to safely end a pregnancy, said Urbina, the OB-GYN at UCSF.
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s assistant vice president for health and wellbeing, Tina Hadaway-Mellis, also raised the possibility of having prescriptions mailed to students. Increased access to telehealth, she said, has been one of “very few silver linings as a result of the pandemic.”
“If (students) prefer to be someplace that offers them a sense of privacy, or if they don’t live very close to campus, if they’re only coming to campus one or two days a week, but they live an hour away, a telehealth appointment would be much more approachable and convenient,” Hadaway-Mellis said.
UC Berkeley has been offering medication abortions at the campus Tang Center since the fall of 2020, according to University Health Services spokesperson Tami Cate.
The campus has provided 34 medication abortions since 2020, and students are often able to get an appointment the same day, Cate said. Currently, UC Berkeley only administers medication abortions on site, but it might add telehealth options in the future, she said.
Enabling access for community and out-of-state abortion seekers
Directing students toward campus medical centers is particularly important, abortion rights activists say, because California is expecting a surge of people seeking abortions from states where it is now illegal.
UCLA’s Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy expects the influx could be as large as 8,000 to 16,100 people each year.
There are also several regions throughout the state where abortions are already difficult to access. These “abortion deserts” are especially concentrated in California’s Central Valley, said Larissa Mercado-López, Fresno State University Chair of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies.
“We have large swaths of land without abortion providers or even comprehensive reproductive health clinics,” Mercado-López said.
Forty percent of California’s counties do not currently have an abortion provider, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research and advocacy organization. There are several Cal State and UC campuses located in these areas, Cohen said, including CSU Bakersfield, CSU Fullerton and CSU Stanislaus.
Raising awareness
Regardless of where individual campuses are in implementing the new law, advocates stress the importance of raising awareness of abortion services at student health centers.
“It’s not well advertised,” said Esmeralda Quintero-Cubillan, president of the UC Student Association. “Most students, if you were to ask them, would not know we offered medicated abortions or that you could pursue reproductive health care services.”
Many anti-abortion groups, including the California Family Council, opposed the requirement for public universities to provide medication abortion before it passed the Legislature, but did not return CalMatters’ requests for comment.
Pro-abortion activists say they are gearing up to educate campus communities about the availability of medication abortion. URGE, a group that organizes young people to support reproductive rights, is conducting presentations on medication abortion to gender studies classes and students pursuing health-related careers.
The presentations highlight the safety of medication abortions, introduce audiences to the new law and provide an overview of the reproductive justice movement, said Callie Flores, a student at UC Merced who sits on the group’s student advisory board. The board also conducts anonymous surveys that ask students for input on what their campuses should be doing to support abortion access, and shares the results with campus health centers.
“We try to push like that, you know, being abortion positive means that there’s no shame, no stigma and no apologies connected to getting the abortion,” Flores said. “Abortion isn’t a bad word. It’s not a bad decision. It’s a decision that people make for themselves, and it’s totally valid.”
Reeling after the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, Flores said activism has given her a sense of purpose and made her feel like she’s making a difference.
“I gotta do something with this anger,” she said.
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ATLANTA — Turkey farmers have struggled this year while demand for a tasty Thanksgiving centerpiece is rising, leading some to wonder how difficult it will be to find the right turkey for the holidays.
At Atlanta’s Buckhead Butcher Shop, owner Connor Boney has had to stay on his toes when it comes to stocking to meet the demand for turkey this year.
“Had to be aggressive about buying,” said Boney. “Turkeys have been tight, so when people have product you have to jump right on it.”
U.S. turkey farmers have lost about 8 million birds to the avian flu since February. It’s had an impact on grocery stores across the country - the scope of the impact could be felt at the dinner table this holiday season.
THE QUESTION
Could the turkey shortage impact your Thanksgiving?
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THE ANSWER
Yes, the shortage could impact the supply or price of one's Thanksgiving turkey. It depends on what sort of turkey families are searching for and if they're being particular. Ultimately, there are turkeys - but the price may look different in past years.
WHAT WE FOUND
According to the U.S.D.A, the number of turkeys headed to the store will be down all the way through the first part of next year.
Beth Breeding of the National Turkey Federation said the avian flu cost the U.S. about 3% of its typical supply.
“We’re confident that if you’re looking for a turkey product you’re going to find one,” said Breeding. “But if you’re looking for something specific, a certain weight or certain style of turkey, we encourage you to shop early.”
Connor Boney said he has plenty of turkeys to go around.
“We even have a little bit of surplus to donate birds,” said Boney.
While prices have increased drastically since last year there are some deep discounts. According to the USDA, the price of a frozen turkey here in the southeast is as much as $2.29 a pound but you can find it for as little as .37 cents a pound.
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Planned Parenthood political arm blasts 'White women,' calls for the elimination of women in abortion advocacy
Planned Parenthood's political arm said the term 'Female anatomy' should not be used
Planned Parenthood's political arm in Vermont called for the elimination of the term "women" from its "healthcare" advocacy.
Fox News Digital found that on numerous occasions the Planned Parenthood Vermont Action Fund peddled narratives on social media that blasted "White women" or called for gender-neutral language that would exclude terms such as "feminine," "women" and "female."
"Access to abortion is an intersectional issue," a video on the action fund's TikTok said. "Our language needs to acknowledge those intersections."
It also referred to women as "people with uteruses."
The Vermont Action Fund posted a video on TikTok blasting "White women" who are not the "right voices" for the annual Women's March. "Please leave the pussyhat at home," the caption said.
The posts further discussed how to eliminate the term women from conversations on "healthcare" since "abortion care is trans care."
It said, "women's healthcare" should be referred to as "reproductive healthcare."
"Women's choice" should be "a person's choice."
"Women's right" should be referred to as a "Human right."
"Feminine hygiene products" should be referred to as "Menstrual products."
It adds that the term "Female anatomy" should not be used. Instead, the terms "ovaries" and "vagina" should be used instead.
Fox News Digital reached out to Planned Parenthood for comment but didn't immediately receive a response.
It wasn't the first time Planned Parenthood erase women from healthcare.
Fox News Digital previously reported that Planned Parenthood chapters were involved in creating a K-12 sex education curriculum which called for the elimination of women from conversations on teen pregnancy.
Sex educators should not discuss fertilization in female/male terms, according to the guide. This would include saying, "The only way a female can get pregnant is if sperm cells enter her vagina and fertilize one of her egg cells."
It asked educators to "[c]reate a positive and affirming environment by removing shaming language" that could cause trauma for gender diverse individuals.
The proper way to address pregnancy – the guide said – would be to strictly address the body parts.
"The only way a person can get pregnant is if sperm cells enter the vagina, fertilize an egg cell, and then that fertilized egg implants in the uterus. This can happen through vaginal intercourse with a penis," the guide stated. "The new phrasing is inclusive of gender and body diversity; it does not assume all females have vaginas and all males have penises, and acknowledges that some people’s genders are non-binary and they may not identify as male OR female."
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The Planned Parenthood-approved guide was being used in California's Sacramento City Unified school district. Fox News Digital previously reported that an early childhood development teacher, Danita McCray, recommended introducing concepts such as sexuality and gender identity to toddlers with a "gender unicorn."
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Two Vietnam vets share story of friendship and how they honor the fallen
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Fifty-three years ago, Jimmy Mosconis saved Jan Scruggs’ life in Vietnam.
“My right arm stopped working. I was filled with shrapnel, and I needed somebody to rescue me,” Scruggs recounted being injured in Vietnam. “And Jimmy was the guy who came along. He was our platoon sergeant at the time.”
Mosconis, who lives in Apalachicola, Fla., came to see Scruggs this Memorial Day weekend at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
“It was worth just seeing him, and seeing somebody I was with 53 years ago,” said Mosconis. “It’s hard to believe. It’s hard to believe we’re getting old.”
In the late 1970s, Scruggs decided he wanted to make a memorial for the fallen in Vietnam. He began the fund that led to the memorial wall that exists today.
“I just believe we all need healing in our lives. And particularly people who have been through wars. This is for them,” said Scruggs.
The two vets caught up near a Vietnam soldier statue by the memorial wall. Mosconis helped bring a similar statue to Florida, with a little advice from Scruggs.
“The only reason we have the one in Apalachicola is because of him,” said Mosconis. “He talked me into it.”
Scruggs says all these decades later, it’s always nice to see the man responsible for getting him home.
”When you see somebody who you haven’t seen for decades and decades, within five minutes it’s like, nothing ever happened. The 50 years didn’t go by. You’re just completely bonded,” said Scruggs.
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Stellantis’ Ram brand has been hinting for several years that while there may be a fully electric truck in the future, it sees a plug-in hybrid truck as part of the plan, too.
With the debut of the Ram 1500 Revolution Concept at CES on Thursday, and the confirmation that a production version will bow within months and be delivered in 2024, the EV is now a given. Ram CEO Mike Koval confirmed to Green Car Reports that the the plug-in hybrid has a place on the brand’s timeline, as well.
“Let’s face it, it’s going to have white-knuckle performance in terms of acceleration and horsepower,” Koval said of the electric truck. “The driving dynamics and characteristics are phenomenal.”
That said, Koval was quick to admit that there’s a sticking point for electric trucks.
“Let’s call out the elephant in the room, and that’s real world range, especially under towing,” he said. “So when we talk about the Range Extended Paradigm Breaker (REPB)…it will carry all of those characteristics that are outlined but will also provide class-leading real-world range.”
Offering a plug-in hybrid as part of the Ram truck lineup will help distinguish it from Ford, Chevy, GMC, and Toyota, Koval argued.
“When I talk about the portfolio of solutions—the optionality—that’s really what’s going to help differentiate Ram within the segment,” he said.
What Ram hasn’t yet explained is whether such a plug-in hybrid truck will look like the traditional gasoline pickup or the radically different Ram 1500 Revolution Concept. If it’s any hint, a 2021 teaser showed the REPB following a futuristic profile that looks more like that of the concept truck.
The layout of the PHEV truck hasn’t yet been detailed either. But in 2020, head of global propulsion Micky Bly suggested that it had a good set of building blocks with the plug-in hybrid system featured in the Jeep Wrangler 4xe and Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe—a system that might be applied to other trucks in the automaker’s roster.
Meanwhile, Koval explained that electrified members of the Ram family won’t mean compromise.
“This truck still has to do truck things. Electrification cannot be a limitation. I can’t stress that enough,” he said. “Our customers are willing to come with us, but they do not want to sacrifice, they do not want to compromise on those core attributes.”
Koval said that starting with the Ram BEV there will be a full suite of electrified solutions “able to push past what our competitors have announced in terms of performance, towing, range, charge time, as well as payload.”
Although the fully electric truck may not be at the top in all of those categories versus gasoline models, Ram may end up showing, in a way that other vehicle makers haven’t, that daily electric driving and weekend towing aren’t mutually exclusive.
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- Deloitte reports record FY2022 revenue of US$59.3 billion, a 19.6% increase in local currency
- Recognized for the fourth consecutive year by Brand Finance as the strongest and most valuable commercial services brand in the world; ranks as one of the world's best workplaces
- Workforce expanded to approximately 415,000 globally
NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Deloitte today reported aggregate global revenue of US$59.3 billion for the fiscal year ending 31 May 2022 (FY2022), a 19.6% increase in local currency from FY2021. In seven years, Deloitte revenue has grown US$24 billion, or 69%, in USD terms.
"Over the past several years, we have steered a remarkable course to become the leading professional services organization in the world. The power of our multi-disciplinary and private partnership model along with our global strategy drives our performance, allowing Deloitte to serve clients with distinction, take care of our people, give back to our communities, and uphold the public's trust," says Punit Renjen, Deloitte Global CEO. "These principles have also helped us successfully navigate another tumultuous year of further unexpected shocks—from geopolitical conflicts to an ongoing pandemic to extreme environmental events and the highest inflation in a generation. By staying true to our purpose to make an impact that matters, our people have demonstrated their resilience by flexing and adapting to meet the challenges of the past year, all the while focusing on building better futures—for our people, clients, and communities."
At a time when uncertainty has become the new normal and change is happening at warp speed, Deloitte has proven it has the agility and capabilities to rise to the most unexpected challenges, while helping clients do the same.
In April, we announced a first-of-its-kind "partnership with purpose" with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Through this partnership, Deloitte will provide a global team with wide-ranging management and business consulting capabilities to support the IOC with its digital transformation strategy, advance the IOC's Olympic Agenda 2020+5 goal, and drive initiatives related to sustainability, diversity, equity and inclusion, and athlete career transition and well-being.
As Deloitte continues to take measurable, decisive actions on climate change throughout our operations and business, we are also assembling one of the largest global networks of sustainability capability through Deloitte's Sustainability & Climate practice, to help clients accelerate their journeys to a more sustainable future.
We have sustained our relentless focus on quality. We have transformed our Audit & Assurance practice through use of new technologies, training, and process improvement. As a result, Deloitte continues to be an industry leader in audit quality.
Through the power of our global organization, delivery centers, and strong collaboration between Consulting, Advisory, and Tax, we have increased our global alliance and ecosystems sales by 23% from the previous year, contributing to ~27% of Deloitte's FY2022 aggregate sales. We have strengthened our relationships with 15 alliances globally by co-creating innovative assets, going big on social venture initiatives (e.g., Sustainability and Climate, Diversity and Inclusion), and executing ecosystem strategies that drive short and long-term benefits to clients.
Among the businesses, Consulting revenue grew fastest at 24.4% in USD, followed by Financial Advisory, which grew 22.1%. Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) was the fastest growing industry, followed by Financial Services. Among the regions, the Americas grew the fastest at 22.1%, followed by Asia Pacific (APAC) at 17.1%.
- Audit & Assurance (A&A) continued its commitment to quality, integrity, and independence in upholding Deloitte's vital role in the financial reporting ecosystem. Ongoing investments in the development of our A&A practitioners, solutions, and technologies enabled Deloitte to redefine what's possible in corporate reporting, audit, and assurance. This includes a critical focus on climate and sustainability and ESG reporting to further help clients provide transparent, reliable, and meaningful performance disclosures that respond to evolving market demands and stakeholder needs. Audit & Assurance revenue grew 8.7% in USD.
- Consulting helped clients build organizational resilience, pivot business models, and shape better futures using its scale, depth of experience, and breadth of offerings to deliver a full suite of Advise, Implement, and Operate services. We continued to invest in, and accelerate, digital transformation and help clients address sustainability and climate initiatives by scaling our practices in software engineering, artificial intelligence, and cloud and edge computing. Our practitioners continued to deliver solutions built with alliances and ecosystems and evolve cloud-based industry solutions like Converge™. We made targeted acquisitions to enhance our services in areas such as product engineering and digital content production. Consulting revenue grew 24.4% in USD.
- Financial Advisory supported clients on more than 10,000 transactions this year, covering the M&A lifecycle, debt and capital strategies, and Turnaround & Restructuring programs. Our Forensic practice collaborated with public, private, and third-party organizations around the world to identify vulnerabilities to global financial crime and design solutions for information sharing, legislative reform, and asset recovery. Our practitioners advised clients on strategies to drive sustainability and climate opportunities, model net-zero transformations, and strengthen stakeholder trust. Our Infrastructure practice shaped the future of mobility by improving transportation options for more than one billion people. Financial Advisory revenue grew 22.1% in USD.
- Risk Advisory developed sophisticated solutions to support organizations' evolving risk and regulatory needs. An example is RegHub, which enhances how companies structure, source, and manage compliance using digital cloud platforms to track and address regulatory change. In addition, Deloitte Cyber practitioners used leading-edge technology to help clients protect against, and respond to, an array of cyber risks. Practitioners in Deloitte Cyber Operate teams also assisted global companies with digital identity and threat detection and response. Risk Advisory revenue grew 19.5% in USD.
- Tax guided clients through the shifting tax and economic landscape, helping them navigate the global push for tax transparency, the digitization of tax authorities, and other complex challenges arising from global tax reforms. With advanced tools that automate processes, speed response times, and improve accuracy, Deloitte worked together with clients to anticipate and address these issues, including major implications for data quality and access. At the same time, the acceleration of new business models drove demand for solutions to transform the way clients operate tax functions through outsourcing, in-sourcing, and co-sourcing routine compliance and reporting activities.
Similarly, Legal helped clients transform with tech-based solutions for managing contract lifecycles, collaborating with advisors in real-time, and automating routine tasks, which improve the accuracy and speed of processes while producing cost efficiencies. Where permissible under local laws and regulations, Deloitte Legal practices also worked with clients to help them manage their intellectual property, navigate compliance with ESG regulations, navigate transactions and streamline contracts, and design and roll out policies to address the changing work environment and resolve disputes. Tax & Legal revenue grew by 11.5% in USD.
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Through our WorldImpact initiatives, we are focused on making a tangible impact on society's biggest challenges and creating a more sustainable and equitable world. In FY2022, our societal impact investment was US$284 million, bringing our seven-year investment total to US$1.7 billion.
Aiding Ukraine: Our commitment to our people also means supporting them when the unthinkable happens. When Russia invaded Ukraine, Deloitte responded swiftly to assist our people in Ukraine and move their families to safety. Our member firms and people around the world demonstrated incredible solidarity to support humanitarian response efforts, raising more than US$7 million in financial donations and providing in-kind, volunteer, and pro bono support to organizations across the region. We also joined the Tent Partnership for Refugees, committing to support people forced to flee their homes in Ukraine, including supporting Ukrainian refugee women across Europe. Deloitte is committed to supporting education, skills building, and employment opportunities for refugees and displaced persons around the world.
WorldClimate: Climate change is the defining global challenge of our time. Through our WorldClimate strategy, we are making responsible climate choices within our organization and beyond. We launched a climate learning program last year, resulting in more than 300,000 professionals completing the learning, and 95% of professionals committing to reducing their climate impact. Recognizing that we must work with others to create the needed change, last year we joined the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) and the World Economic Forum's First Movers Coalition.
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- In Nigeria, Job Oyebisi co-founded StanLab, a 3D virtual laboratory app where teachers set up virtual labs for students to learn, practice, and master STEM subjects. Deloitte Africa is supporting the expansion of their virtual 3D science laboratory platform to 10 new countries across Africa by 2023.
- In India, Utsav Kheria works directly with parents and educators to transform childhood education. Through Rocket Learning's tech-savvy program, they have reached one million children aged three to eight by sharing daily learning activities with parents via messaging applications. Deloitte India is helping Utsav scale his work even further, allowing him to reach more children, and expanding the ages he serves, too.
In FY2022, Deloitte reached 13.6 million individuals through more than 1,150 WorldClass programs and initiatives around the world. Since 2017, we have reached 34 million individuals.
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Throughout the year, Deloitte has developed a range of internal resources—from inclusive leadership training and conversation guides to practical tips, programs, learning resources, and guidance on DEI-related topics, including race, LGBT+ inclusion, gender balance, mental health, neurodiversity, and disability.
Learning and development: Deloitte continued to provide virtual learning as part of a hybrid approach to professional development and to complement in-person training programs.
As our offices around the world reopened, learning teams worked to balance in-person classroom activities and virtual learning delivery. Deloitte University (DU) is our cultural home, providing in-person moments that matter—augmented by online learning programs. As the pandemic recedes, DU will be an even more important place for our people and leaders to meet safely in a renewed context of inclusion and physical and mental well-being. Time spent together in person at DU is focused on capability building, coaching, mentoring, and making connections.
We are also leveraging our virtual learning platform, which uses artificial intelligence to provide customized, online learning options covering more than 400,000 learning assets from internal and external sources. The platform personalizes learning based on the learner's needs and interests and democratizes the process by giving our people both a voice and a choice in their learning while enabling collaboration and individual contribution. By the end of FY2022, more than 360,000 of our people had accessed the platform.
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Presidential campaign paperwork purporting to be from former Vice President Mike Pence is fake, according to a spokesman.
Devin O’Malley, who served as press secretary to Pence while in the White House, wrote on Twitter that a Federal Elections Commission (FEC) statement of candidacy for “Mr. Mike Richard Pence” does not actually belong to Pence.
“Former Vice President Mike Pence did not file to run for President today,” O’Malley wrote.
The filing, which was made on Monday, lists a principal campaign committee titled “Mike Pence for President” and a P.O. box in Anderson, Ind., Pence’s home state.
The former vice president has acknowledged that he is mulling a 2024 White House bid, but he indicated he will make a decision after discussing a potential campaign with his family during the holidays.
“I didn’t have it on my Bingo card for ANY of the days between Christmas and New Year considering Pence has been saying that if there was an announcement to be made, it would made in 2023!” O’Malley wrote.
An FEC spokesperson declined to comment on the specific filing but indicated the commission has a verification process to authenticate filings after they are made.
Pence is one of multiple Republicans seen as potentially considering a primary challenge to former President Trump, the only prominent Republican to enter the 2024 race.
Pence, who has broken with his former running mate over the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, has suggested there will be better choices than Trump in the GOP primary, although he has not yet made a formal campaign announcement.
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DALLAS (WXIN) — We’ve got a good feeling about an upcoming auction celebrating the 45th anniversary of the film that started the most successful sci-fi film franchise of all time.
Collectors and “Star Wars” fans will have the rare opportunity to bid on items actually used in “Stars Wars: Episode IV: The New Hope.”
Heritage Auctions is auctioning off a screen-matched stormtrooper helmet and screen-used E-11 blaster shared within the film by stormtroopers, and the characters of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia.
The helmet is one of the six original stormtrooper helmets completed in time for filming “Star Wars” in the Tunisian desert in 1976. The so-called “sandtrooper” helmets have unique hand-painted detailing that’s slightly different from stormtrooper helmets completed later on during production of the film.
“Finding screen-matched props from ‘Star Wars’ is virtually unheard of,” said Joe Maddalena, the executive vice president at Heritage Auctions. “…There is something particularly magical about the helmet and blaster. These recognizable, revered items were made for a movie that was turned down by studios before 20th Century Fox OK’d a franchise that continues to thrive in the 21st century.”
According to the auction house, the helmet up for grabs was worn by a Stormtrooper who spoke to the bartender at Mos Eisley after Obi-Wan Kenobi cut off an opponent’s arm. It also was used by the Stormtrooper who said, “Stop that ship! Blast ’em!” before meeting his demise at the hands of Han Solo.
The screen-used hero E-11 blaster was wielded by various characters during the Mos Eisley spaceport shootout, as well as in the trash compactor scene, and other sequences on the Death Star and Tattooine.
Some lightsabers will also be up for auction, including the lightsaber hilt used by Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan Kenobi in “Revenge of the Sith.”
The opening bid on the helmet will be $300,000 and $12,000 for the blaster.
The auction will go run July 22-23 and will feature non-“Star Wars” items such as the Batman suit worn by George Clooney in “Batman & Robin.” | https://www.wdtn.com/news/blast-em-stormtrooper-helmet-blaster-used-on-screen-in-original-star-wars-could-be-yours/ | 2022-07-10 21:41:04 | 0 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/blast-em-stormtrooper-helmet-blaster-used-on-screen-in-original-star-wars-could-be-yours/ |
NEW YORK, Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: IAS), a global leader in digital media quality, announced today that Lisa Utzschneider, CEO, will participate in a fireside chat at the Oppenheimer 25th Annual Technology, Internet & Communications Conference on Wednesday, August 10th at 11:35 a.m. ET. The fireside chat will be available via live webcast and archived replay on the IAS investor relations website: https://investors.integralads.com/
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DENVER — The former elections manager for a Colorado clerk indicted on charges of tampering with voting equipment has been arrested on allegations that she was part of the scheme, an official said Wednesday.
Peters and her chief deputy, Belinda Knisley, are being prosecuted for allegedly allowing a copy of a hard drive to be made during an update of election equipment in May 2021. State election officials first became aware of a security breach last summer when a photo and video of confidential voting system passwords were posted on social media and a conservative website.
Peters, who has become a hero to election conspiracy theorists, following the lead of former President Donald Trump, lost her bid to become the GOP candidate for Colorado secretary of state last month.
Peters is charged with three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, criminal impersonation, two counts of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, one count of identity theft, first-degree official misconduct, violation of duty and failing to comply with the secretary of state.
Knisley is charged with three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, one count of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, violation of duty and failing to comply with the secretary of state.
Neither have entered a plea yet and both have dismissed the allegations, with Peters calling them politically motivated.
Mesa County, in western Colorado, is largely rural and heavily Republican while Colorado’s state government is controlled by Democrats.
Brown was released the day after her arrest.
Efforts to reach for comment were unsuccessful via phone numbers that may be associated with her. Court records did not say whether Brown has an attorney who could speak on her behalf. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/3rd-arrest-made-in-alleged-colorado-election-security-breach/2022/07/13/10f8b9c8-02d8-11ed-8beb-2b4e481b1500_story.html | 2022-07-13 19:37:08 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/3rd-arrest-made-in-alleged-colorado-election-security-breach/2022/07/13/10f8b9c8-02d8-11ed-8beb-2b4e481b1500_story.html |
TOKYO, Japan — The shooting sent shudders through low-crime, orderly Japan: A prominent politician was killed by a man emerging from a crowd, wielding a homemade firearm so roughly constructed it was wrapped in tape.
The 40-centimeter-long weapon used to kill former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday as he campaigned for his ruling party in western Japan, looked crude, more like a propellant made of pipes taped together and filled with explosives.
A raid of the suspect’s home, a one-room apartment in Nara, turned up several such guns, police said. Unlike standard weapons, homemade guns are practically impossible to trace, making an investigation difficult.
Firearms are rarely used in Japan, where most attacks involve stabbings or dousing a place with gasoline and setting it ablaze, or running haywire on the street in a vehicle.
Strict gun control laws likely forced the attacker to make his own weapon. Tetsuya Yamagami, who was arrested on the spot, was a former member of Japan's navy and knew how to handle and assemble weapons.
Crime experts say instructions on how to make guns are floating around on the internet and guns can be made with a 3D printer.
Some analysts characterized the attack on Abe as “lone-wolf terrorism." In such cases, the perpetrator plots and acts alone, with the solitary nature of the crime also making it difficult to detect in advance.
The motive for Abe’s assassination remains unclear. Police said Yamagami told investigators he acted because of Abe’s rumored connection to an organization he resented but had no problem with the former leader’s political views. Media reports said it was a religious organization.
Japan has seen attacks on politicians in the past. In 1960, Abe’s grandfather, then-Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, was stabbed but survived. In 1975, when then-Prime Minister Takeo Miki was assaulted at the funeral for former Prime Minister Eisaku Sato, Abe’s great-uncle, Japan set up a security team modeled after the American Secret Service.
Hideto Ted Osanai, chief executive at the International Bodyguard Association in Japan, and other experts believe that the Japanese may have merely learned superficial things like escort formation rather than the prevention mindset critical to security.
“Japanese are so used to leading peaceful lives, the security guards were caught asleep,” says Yasuhiro Sasaki, president of Safety-Pro, a Tokyo-based security company.
Sasaki said he couldn’t believe that no one moved to protect Abe in the seconds between the first and the second shot, a scene shown over and over on national TV.
Guards should have acted by physically pulling Abe away from danger, Sasaki said. More critically, he wondered why weren’t they aware of a suspicious person approaching, drawing what could be a weapon from a bag?
Isao Itabashi, chief of the research division at the Council for Public Policy, which oversees such risks, said that providing security during an election campaign was challenging when the whole point is for politicians to get close to people.
Unlike the U.S., the use of bulletproof glass is relatively scant in Japan, and security officials rarely resort to shooting potential attackers.
“The presumption here is that people are not armed,” Itabashi said.
Osanai worried more people may make their own weapons like the one used in Abe’s assassination in “copycat crimes.” He noted a trend of disgruntled people turning to random crimes, indiscriminately targeting victims.
“Japan's conformist culture makes it difficult for some people to live freely, and they put great pressure on themselves. When they blame themselves, they turn to suicide. When they blame others, they turn to indiscriminate crimes,” he said.
Last year, a man wearing a Joker costume brandished a knife and started a fire on a Tokyo train, injuring 17 people. In December 2021, arson at a clinic in Osaka killed 25 people. In 2019, another arson in a Kyoto animation studio killed 36 people. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/nation-world/shinzo-abes-killing-haunts-japan-leaves-questions-on-homemade-guns/507-a1e5913d-68d2-490b-83ca-e7c94d192326 | 2022-07-11 10:51:34 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/nation-world/shinzo-abes-killing-haunts-japan-leaves-questions-on-homemade-guns/507-a1e5913d-68d2-490b-83ca-e7c94d192326 |
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